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Local flyweight Daiki Kameda kept hold of his WBA title last night in a clash against former titlist Takefumi Sakata at Tokyo’s Big Sight Arena. Kameda, just 21, effectively held off his more seasoned crosstown rival over the course of the twelve round contest, but it wasn’t easy as Sakata …

By Per Ake Persson Helsinki, Finland, has been mentioned in the past by various sources including MTV3 in Finland as a possible site for the postponed Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham Super Six tournament fight. The working date is November 27. I have been told that the date and site …

The Group Stage 3 matchups in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the unprecedented boxing tournament from Showtime Sports, featuring the world’s best super middleweights, have been rescheduled for November 27, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager for sports programming on the network. …

With fans from the United States to England to Argentina clamoring for it for well over a year, super lightweight supremacy will finally be decided on Saturday, December 11. That’s when British superstar Amir “King” Khan returns to the United States for his second consecutive bout to defend his WBA …

WBA heavyweight champion David Haye will touch down in Manchester and Birmingham this Saturday, September 25, to further publicise volume one of his official Hayemaker bookazine. The boxer will be on hand in Selfridges in Manchester at mid-day (12 pm) and will then travel to Selfridges in Birmingham for a …

Boxing fans will have plenty to be thankful for Saturday, Nov. 27 when Golden Boy Promotions celebrates Thanksgiving Day weekend with a 12-round championship battle between two of boxing’s most exciting warriors, WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and WBO Interim Lightweight Champion Michael “The Great” Katsidis, …

By Per Ake Persson German light heavy Thomas Ulrich returns to action October 9 in Hamburg. There are according to Bild many reasons for the comeback of the former European champ and world title challenger and they all spell money. Ulrich was at his best a very good boxer / …

Middleweight Matthew Macklin recaptured the European title he never lost in the ring by stopping Shalva Jormadashvili Saturday night at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. Macklin, 27-2 (19), took the fight to the visitor from Georgia, but Jormadashvili, 27-3-1 (19), appeared to relish an old fashioned slugfest as the pair …

Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora engaged in a light middleweight bout last night at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, producing a 12 round draw in a bout that looked more like a track and field event than a boxing match. Mora’s strategy entailed running from the 39 year old Mosley and …

WBC lightweight kingpin Humberto Soto leads the way on a good fight card tonight from Estadio Banorte in Culiacan, Mexico. Soto, 52-7-2 (32), is making the third defense of the lightweight crown after retaining the WBC super feather strap on three occasions and at age 30, “La Zorrita” is at …

On Saturday, September 18, three European title fights, two world title eliminators, a British and Commonwealth title fight and a WBA intercontinental bout will be held at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. Some serious British talent is on show, with Nathan Cleverly in an WBO light heavyweight elimination clash, Matthew …

Anthony Mundine was back in action on Wednesday, stopping domestic rival Ryan Waters in the tenth round at the Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, New South Wales. Mundine made his second appearance as a light middleweight, two years from from his second reign as WBA super middleweight champion and his edge …