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“ For their dedicated work in and out of the ring, the Klitschko Brothers have received “The Golden Camera,” the most famous Media Award in Europe. Vitali, the World Boxing Council and RING magazine heavyweight champion, and younger brother Wladimir, a former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champ, were in attendance …

Last night at the Avalon in Hollywood, California, super bantamweight contender Daniel Ponce De Leon was stunned by little-known Celestino Caballero. Caballero boxed mainly from the outside but did considerable damage to the hard-hitting De Leon who found infrequent success with his less-organized, swinging punches. When it was all said …

Boxing manager Steve “Tank” Tankanow has come out firing on behalf of his World Boxing Association “regular” welterweight champion, Jose Antonio Rivera. “Tank” has been irked by some of Judah’s comments since capturing the undisputed world welterweight title February 5 with a stoppage of Cory Spinks, particularly about whom Zab …

Australian light welterweight Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou has pulled out of his fight with England’s Junior Witter as negotiations were not to his satisfactions between his promoter Dan Goossen and Witter’s representative Mick Hennessy. The fight seemed certain upon Ndou’s journey to the U.S., but the fighter that gave Click …

The WBC/WBO world super bantamweight unification fight will not happen as soon as we thought. WBC champion Larios suffered an inury to one of his biceps while defending his title recently against Irishman Wayne McCullough. This unfortunate happening means that Larios will not be able to compete against WBO champion …

NABA light heavyweight champion George Khalid Jones puts much more than his title belt on the line February 25 when he fights veteran Thomas Reid in the 12-round main event on “Championship Boxing Returns to Lowell” at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. The first pro show to be held …

Othello’s Welterweight boxing prospect, David Torres will fight tough journeyman Cesar Vega (6-4) on Friday, February 25th at the Emerald Queen Casino’s “Battle at the Boat XXXV” boxing series. Torres, the undefeated Latino sensation (7-0, 5KO’s) will fight the semi-main event at the Emerald Queen with the first fight starting …

Exclusive video footage of Howard Eastman, Bernard Hopkins, Junior Witter and Carl Froch in preparation for their appearance in LA on February 19th is now available in the HennessySports.com video lounge. HennessySports.com members can now view in the behind the scenes area: – Howard Eastman speaking at the final press …

Bernard Hopkins is a middleweight nearing middle age, and he intends to play that to the hilt. “I turned 40 years old on Jan. 15, so the question is where and when Bernard Hopkins starts looking like he’s 40? I’m going to sell it,” the undisputed 160-pound champion said Wednesday. …

Youngstown, Ohio’s unbeaten middleweight Kelly Pavlik will get some much needed exposure from SHOWTIME. Kelly will be part of a ” ShoBox: The New Generation” doubleheader on March 4th from Choctaw, Mississippi. Kelly is sporting a 23-0 ledger with 20 KO’s. He is currently ranked number by the W.B.O., number …

I was present at Gallagher’s today on behalf of SaddoBoxing.com for Zab Judah’s post-fight press conference. He will be fighting his mandatory, Cosme Rivera on May 14. The bout will be a featured attraction beneath the main event of Felix Trinidad-Ronald Wright. In addition, Judah’s brother, up and coming super …

Argentinian WBU World Heavyweight Title challenger Fabio Eduardo Moli has promised to make it a double-upset for England when he defeats Matt Skelton on Friday 25 February at the Wembley Conference Centre. The tough-talker from Cordoba is from the same stable as Javier Alvarez who ripped Michael Gomez’s WBU World …