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By Ciaran Gibbons **With Slideshow** © Ciaran Gibbons / Saddo Boxing Cardiff, Wales, successfully hosted the ‘WBC Night of Champions’ Festival from Thursday 29th thru Saturday 31st July of this year. The high profile event – which celebrates boxing achievements – takes place every four years. The three day Festival …

Click the above Image for more Weigh In Photos Today at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV the fighters weighed in for tomorrow night’s “Fight of the Year: The Rematch” featuring the Unified Lightweight World Championship fight between Juan Manuel Marquez 50-5-1 (37) and Juan Diaz 35-3 …

Click the above Image for more Photos Wednesday in the lobby of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions held a final press conference to promote “Fight of the Year: The Rematch” the Unified Lightweight World Championship fight between Juan Manuel Marquez, 50-5-1 (37), and Juan Diaz, 35-3 …

Click the above Image for more Photos Yesterday at the lobby of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the fighters featured in Saturday’s pay-per-view event made their grand arrivals. The festive mood complete with a mariachi band was highlighted by the arrival of main event fighters Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz …

Click the above Image for more Rendall Training Photos Rendall Munroe is back in the gym – and there’s more than a little spring in his step -as he looks clearly excited about his forthcoming world title shot against WBC Super-Bantamweight Champion – Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan . Nishioka has …

Click the above Image for all Photos from the Savannah Boxing Club Often, when people are first introduced to one another they politely say, “It’s a pleasure to meet you.” They may not mean it all the time but once in a while you come across someone that is truly …

Trainer Freddy Roach has said publicly that his protégé, Manny Pacquiao, will fight at Cowboy stadium on November 13, 2010. There is no opponent scheduled yet but Roach is adamant that talks are in the works to get the undefeated welterweight, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to agree to a fight for …

**With Slideshow** © Heidi Sherwood The 2010 Hall of Fame weekend in Canastota, NY has ended and as with previous ceremonies, excitement filled the air for both fighters, fans, honored guest and inductees. While the weather for the event was less than desirable, not only hot but excessively humid, fans …

After all the fights I have attended, all the fighters, promoters, managers and trainers I have had the pleasure of either interviewing or being friends with to this day nothing excites me more the the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekends. It is the only time all of our …

Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik developed a reputation as boxing’s blue collar good guy. A brawler hailing from Youngstown, OH who represents everything inside the ring that the city itself does outside. Hard working, honest and takes nothing for granted, this attitude has garnered him an impressive fan following, similar …

Click the above image to see all photos from this Event On Saturday May 15, 2010 WBA Super Lightweight Champion Amir Khan, 22-1 (16), will make his U.S. debut when he steps into the ring at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the “Mecca of Boxing”. He will defend …

Now that the dust has settled following welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr’s comprehensive outpointing of Shane Mosley, the focus once again returns to a potential showdown between Mayweather and fellow multi-weight champion Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has gone on record saying that anyone he fights from now on must undergo FDA approved …