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On Friday, December 3, boxing fans will be treated to a doubleheader featuring two of Mexico’s top rising stars as Gilberto Gonzalez and Marco Antonio Periban as well as Paramount, California sensation Charles Huerta will see action in separate fights at the University of Guadalajara Olympic Coliseum in Guadalajara, Jalisco, …

On Saturday night January 29th, Heavyweight championship boxing will headline a big boxing card at the beautiful Turning Stone Casino & Resort as Jason Gavern will take on Mike Mollo in a twelve round fight for the WBC Caribbean Heavyweight championship. In the exciting co-feature, Isaac Rodrigues will look to …

Three of the top boxers appearing on Don King Productions’ Dec. 17 card at American Airlines Arena in Miami—Ray Austin, Odlanier Solis and Ricardo Mayorga—participated in media workouts yesterday at the famed 5th St. Gym in Miami. WBC No. 1-ranked heavyweight contender Ray Austin (28-4-4, 18 KOs) was dismissive of …

Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch and his coach Robert McCracken put together a master class performance which the power-punching strongman Arthur Abraham had no way of overcoming in Helsinki at the weekend. Froch, who moves into second place on the Super Six: World Boxing Classic scoreboard behind tournament leader and WBA …

© Rich Hundley III / Showtime Boxing In non Super Six action at the Oracle Arena in Oakland California, Andre Ward defended his WBA Super Middleweight belt against tough Sakio Bika, a fighter who has a reputation of being avoided due to his wild and rough fighting style. Bika, who …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last evening was another great night of fights among the 168lb elite. First up in Helsinki, Finland’s Hartwall Arena was Carl Froch facing Arthur Abraham in his quest to advance into the next round of the Showtime Super Six Tournament. As an added bonus, …

In a thrilling turn of the tides lightweight dual title clash, Juan Manuel Marquez bested Michael Katsidis in a genuine Las Vegas war at MGM Grand. Marquez started off sharply punishing Katsidis with crisp counters until the Australian broke through the champion’s tight defense and floored Marquez hard in the …

There was good old fashioned Mexican action last night at the Arena in Tijuana as Miguel Vazquez kept hold of his IBF lightweight belt in dominant fashion. Vazquez had put the title in harm’s way for the first time since securing the IBF trophy in a decision win over Ji …

Nagoya’s Nihon Gaishi Hall was a hotbed of fisticuffs last night as two WBC title fights resulted in one big victory for Japanese boxing. Seven months after Fernando Montiel ended Hozumi Hasegawa’s 10 defense reign as WBC bantamweight king, the veteran southpaw returned as a featherweight, clashing for the vacant …

© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of their WBA and WBO lightweight title clash tonight at Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand casino, champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Michael Katsidis, along with the undercard fighters, weighed in yesterday. WBA/WBC Lightweight Championship, 12 rounds Juan Manuel Marquez: 134 lb …

Making his first defense of the IBF title, Miguel Vazquez headlines tonight’s show at The Arena in Tijuana, facing seasoned vet Ricardo Dominguez over twelve scheduled rounds. Just 23, Vazquez, 26-3 (12), has already tangled with former world champion Timothy Bradley at light welter and world class welter Saul Alvarez …

Former world champions “King” Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) of Germany and Carl “The Cobra” Froch (26-1, 20 KOs) of England both made weight Friday for their eagerly awaited fight tomorrow/Saturday, Nov. 27, on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, same-day-delay, from Helsinki, Finland. The 12-round fight will be the final …