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On Friday, at the Civic Hall, Grays, Essex, local man Lee Markham won the vacant British Masters Middleweight Title by outpointing Harry Matthews of York over ten rounds. On Saturday, at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lee McAllister of Aberdeen won his six round Welterweight contest against Ivan Godor …

This week it has been announced that Birmingham’s former British and European Middleweight champion Matthew Macklin will be looking at his third world title shot in New York City on the 29th of June if he faces the unbeaten WBA and IBO Middleweight knockout king Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan. The …

On yet another edition of Lou Dibella’s Broadway Boxing series on Thursday from the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, many fighters showed their unique styles, skill and endurance that makes them world class boxers. In the most conclusive bout of the evening, Yuri Foreman (30-2-0 8 KO’s) put on …

Known for his sharp jab and exceptional boxing ability – Paul Spadafora boasts a 47-0 record, including a four year Lightweight title run. The belt was controversially stripped from his waist in 2004. Earlier in the 37 year old Spadafora’s career, he scored some head-jolting wins; Roman “Rocky” Martinez, Angel …

One of the most respected boxing promoters, Lou Dibella of Dibella Entertainment, is set to provide yet another extravagant bill through his serial “Broadway Boxing” series. Some of Lou’s top international competitors including Yuri Foreman (29-2-0 8 KO’s), Luis Orlando Del Valle (16-1-0 11 KO’s), Ionut “Jo Jo” Dan (30-2-0 …

It goes without saying that Lucian Bute vs. Jean Pascal is the fight that boxing fans everywhere in Canada have been waiting to see for a long time now. Even if there is no title belt on the line for this fight, both fighters have been vocal in the past …

Two of the elite fighters in the Super Featherweight division, Devis Boschiero and Ermano Fegatilli, are continuing to cross paths after a heated July 2012 battle. The 31 year old Boschiero (33-1-0 16 KO’s) has since edged Antonio De Vitis in a close skirmish, and impressively derailed overmatched Frenchman Samir …

Recently, it has been announced that Adrien Broner, the current WBC Lightweight Champion, will jump up two divisions to face off against current WBA Welterweight titleholder Paulie Malignaggi on the 22nd June at a venue yet to be announced in the United States. The announcement of this title fight will …

Back in December last year I, wrongly, thought that Miguel Cotto would be too big, too strong, too experienced and generally better in all areas than Austin Trout. As we all now know, Trout won the fight decisively and unanimously. Trout looked impressive in that victory, he didn’t allow Cotto …

On April 20th, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will take on Austin Trout for the WBC light middleweight title and the WBA Super light middleweight title. According to Canelo, the Trout fight is a personal matter. “Of course it is personal. He is a great fighter, an undefeated world champion, a difficult …

On Friday, March 15th, GoFightLive heads to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for a staggering bill where, in the main event, top local prospect Naim Nelson (9-0-0 1 KO) will face Georgian born warrior Georgi Kevlishvili (12-4-0 3 KO’s) over eight potentially thrilling rounds. Kevlishvili, 31, is much better than his record …

There was a high level of excitement from boxing enthusiasts when the announcement was made that Nonito Donaire would meet Guillermo Rigondeaux in the ring on April 13. However, none of us expected this fight to bring boxing out of the dark ages and into a modern infrastructure where fighter …