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World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Erislandy Lara will face Spike O’Sullivan this Saturday as part of the main event back-up to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The bout will be part of the big event in which Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero will feature …

British Ellie Scotney will fight for the WBA Intercontinental super bantamweight belt against Argentinean Cecilia Roman. The fight will be one of the attractions in London tomorrow and both met the weight.  The 24-year-old Briton weighed in at 121.5 pounds and the Argentinean made the same weight when she stepped …

Former WBA lightweight champion Paulus “The Hitman” Moses (27-1, 19 KOs) will face Brazilian lightweight champion Sidney Siqueira (16-5-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in his hometown of Windhoek, Namibia. Moses traveled to Japan in 2008 and defeated Yusuke Kobori to win the WBA lightweight …

WBC light middle titlist Saul Alvarez kept hold of his belt for the second time with a sixth round finishing against veteran challenger Alfonso Gomez at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Former WBA welter title challenger Gomez started off by pressuring Alvarez, at 21 nine years younger than Gomez, but …

Rendall Munroe will face Japanese star – Ryuta Miyagi -at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge Arena on Saturday 24th September. The ten round non-title battle is chief support when Dewsbury’s Gary Sykes risks his British super-featherweight crown against Cardiff’s Gary Buckland. Munroe is no stranger to fighting boxers from the Land of …

Universidad Autonoma in Guadalajara, Mexico was the site of a thrilling fight last evening that saw Juan Carlos Salgado survive a rocky final round to capture the vacant IBF super feather crown against Argenis Mendez. Salgado went into the bout having won two straight after losing the WBA super feather …

Undefeated ex-WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa defeated heavy-handed former WBO super bantam titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Delivering a toned-down cautious performance, likely out of respect to southpaw Ponce De Leon’s punching power, former Cuban amateur star Gamboa nonetheless …

Paxton Promotions and Worcester MA’s own two-time world boxing champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs) will step through the ropes for the third time this year since coming off of a two year hiatus on Saturday November 5th at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on …

Former WBF Super Featherweight Champion turned promoter Carl Greaves presents the opportunity for boxing fans to spend an evening with one of the greatest British boxers of all time – undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Joe Calzaghe – at the Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark, Nottingham on Saturday 8th …

In a big night of boxing at the Stade de l’Est in Saint Denis on the beautiful Indian Ocean island of Reunion (a French overseas department), reigning WBF womens light welterweight champion Myriam Lamare (18-3, 10 KO’s) will make the second defense of her world title against the experienced former …

Tyson Fury says he will battle with North American champion Nicolai Firtha at Belfast’s King’s Hall on September 17 because he wants to give the Irish fans a night to remember. The 12 round international contest will be shown live on Channel 5. British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Fury could …

Two big Mexican names were in action last night south of the border with ex-three weight world champion Humberto Soto and former world middleweight title challenger Marco Antonio Rubio treading the boards on separate fight cards. Soto, who gave up his WBC lightweight crown in July after four successful title …