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Sensational super bantamweight prospect Leo “Teremoto” Santa Cruz has been added to the star studded “An Evening Ringside” Jonathan Ogden Foundation Benefit card this Thursday night, October 21st at the Martins Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, Maryland.

There are only two “Fight Night Club” events left in 2010, so Golden Boy Promotions and AEG are pulling out all the stops to deliver the hardest-hitting shows of the season beginning with the Thursday, October 28 event at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia, which features boxing’s next big thing, unbeaten …

Showtime Sports hosted a press conference Thursday at The Conga Room , L.A. Live, to formally introduce and discuss “the bantamweight tournament that begins Saturday, Dec. 11, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast from Irapuato, Mexico.

Veteran contender Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson has been tapped to replace the injured Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and is preparing to meet Allan Green in a Group Stage 3 bout on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the …

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 …

All four fighters stressed the importance of what tomorrow night means to them at Thursday’s weigh-in, just one day out of their appearance on ShoBox: The New Generation tonight, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Both main event boxers, world-ranked welterweight Freddy “El Riel’’ …

The WBO featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Rafael Marquez, of México City has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. …

Golden Boy Promotions is extremely saddened about the loss of our friend and colleague Dr. Frank Ryan, who passed away on August 16 following injuries sustained in a car accident in Ventura County, California. Dr. Ryan was a mainstay at all of Golden Boy’s major West Coast boxing events, volunteering …

World-ranked bantamweight Chris Avalos measured 118 pounds and Chris “The San Diego Kid” Martin weighed in at 120 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Grand Casino Hinckley, in Hinckley, Minn. The hard-hitting Avalos (16-0, 13 KOs), of Lancaster , Calif. , by way of San Diego , will face fellow …

ShoBox: The New Generation fans will see a familiar face in the corner of Lateef “Power’’ Kayode on Friday’s telecast from Hinckley, Minn., as perhaps the world’s most well-known trainer Freddie Roach will be coaching the undefeated upstart cruiserweight from Nigeria in a 10-round co-feature bout on Showtime at 11 …

Four dedicated, determined fighters with a combined 64 wins with 41 knockouts will be featured when ShoBox: The New Generation returns Friday, Aug. 6, on Showtime at 1 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. In yet another ShoBox battle of unbeatens, world-ranked bantamweight Chris Avalos (16-0, 13 KOs), of …

Let’s Get It On Promotions and current USBA light-heavyweight champion, Otis “Triple OG” Griffin, have entered into a long term promotional agreement. Griffin, with a record of 22-6, 9 KOs is also ranked #10 in the world in the IBF. Griffin, who was the winner of Fox’s The Next Great …