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In front of an M.E.N Arena full of screaming partisan fans, WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe utterly dominated visitor Jeff Lacy over the course of twelve rounds to annex the American’s IBF title to his trophy cabinet. It was a masterful performance from the Welshman as his quicker hands …

On Saturday, Shane Mosley, 41-4 (34), will battle Fernando Vargas, 26-2 (22), at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada in a WBA Junior Middleweight title elimination bout on HBO pay per view. Many boxing insiders are picking Mosley to easily outbox Vargas, and win a unanimous decision victory. …

Those of us who are true followers of boxing understand the difference between a skilled fighter and an unskilled one. Boxing technique is not merely throwing punches as hard as possible, but rather punch combinations, stances, head movement, defense, stamina, etc., all coordinated by intelligence. If a fighter has great …

2006 will be the last year for one of these fighters! 2005 brought a changing of the guard in boxing as longtime champions and top pound for pound kings either fell hard or had time finally catch up with them and 2006 so far has brought more of the same. …

Rex Walker and the North American Boxing Federation are excited about the NABF Women’s Division. The NABF wants to fill their Championship Titles with the best women boxers around. They intend to support their current and future title holders completely; as well as reach out to new and upcoming women …

Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez started his professional boxing life eighteen years ago as a super featherweight and struggled through eight losses before meeting Shane Mosley for the IBF Lightweight crown in 1997, getting stopped in the eleventh by a prime “Sugar” Shane. Since then Gomez had lost only one of fourteen …

Super feather Kevin Kelly, “The Flushing Flash”, rolled back the years Friday night on a shared Top Rank/8 Count promotion bill from Cicero Stadium near Chicago by knocking out seasoned veteran Juan Carlos “Ranchero” Ramirez in the second round. Kelly, 58-6-2 (39), a highly respected former WBC and WBU Featherweight …

It was the perfect day off in California; a pleasant afternoon at the beach, with Hawaiian barbecue, a few Coronas, beautiful women and harmonic melodies. In short, a celebration of life. Indeed, it was a celebration as the WBO celebrated the title winning effort of Daniel Ponce De Leon, 27-1 …

SHOWTIME On Demand is replaying two exciting SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts featuring unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (21-0, 17 KOs) and his WBO counterpart, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (40-0, 31 KOs). In perhaps the most highly anticipated unification showdown in years, the talented, outstanding 168-pound world champions will collide …

Question – What do Nelson Mandela, The Tokyo Dome, A 42-1 longshot and the baddest man on the planet all have in common? Answer – They were all part of one of the most amazing weekends in world and sports history. On the weekend that Nelson Mandela was finally freed …

By Keith McMenamin and Jeff Imbrogno Philly Fighters Win “War” Shuler Boxing was back at the First District Plaza in Philadelphia for a night dubbed the “War at the District” featuring local fighters against out of state competition. The war turned into a massacre for the Percy Custas stable as …

Three Hennessy Sports fighters have landed British Title shots. Lenny Daws has been formally rewarded for his outstanding win over Colin Lynes in January with a showdown against Nigel Wright at light welterweight, whilst Lee Meager and Dave Stewart will meet for the lightweight version of the Championship. The British …