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Andre Ward, America’s Olympic gold medalist from the class of 2004 has made the decision to turn his talents to the professional ranks and will make his debut in the light heavyweight division on a night that will ensure him massive exposure. Ward makes his first outing as a support …

Everything was falling into place for heavyweight contender Dominick ‘Southern Disaster’ Guinn; he was rising through the ratings and getting heavy exposure from HBO in beating the likes of Michael Grant and Duncan Dokiwari in excellent style. Then fellow heavyweight contender Monte Barrett came along and suddenly, the gravy train …

Felix Sturm, the man that first gained recognition by beating Oscar de la Hoya this June everywhere except on the judges scorecards will make his second return fight since that controversial loss on the fourth of December. Sturm will fight former world champion turned European middleweight trialhorse Hassine Cherifi of …

Hamburg – South African heavyweight contender Corrie Sanders will make a determined comeback to the boxing ring. “I want to become world champion again”, Sanders announced, who won the WBO crown in 2003 by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko, later vacated the title and lost a WBC world title shot against …

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 24, 2004) – World-class junior welterweight ‘Sucra’ Ray Oliveira (47-9-2, 22 KOs) hopes to follow the same path to England that fellow Massachusetts boxer ‘Irish’ Micky Ward took three-and a half years ago. Oliveira challenges WBU light welterweight champion Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton (37-0, 27 KOs) …

PROVIDENCE, RI (November 22, 2004) – World Boxing Council youth middleweight champion ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson (15-0, 10 KOs), of New Haven (CT), has a lot to be thankful for this holiday. Dawson will be featured in his first main event December 10 against former World Boxing Association champion Carl ‘The …

Former Olympic super heavyweight champion Audley Harrison fought three times in 2004, defeating two undefeated fighters along the way to claiming himself the WBF heavyweight title. It is almost five years since his Olympic triumph and many of the Olympic class of 2000 have progressed much further than he has. …

Reigning European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi is set to defend his championship against Timo Hoffmann on the fourth of December. Both fighters live and fight out of Germany and the fight will be held at the Estrel Convention Center, Berlin, Germany. Krasniqi, a former sparring partner of former undisputed world …

In addition to announcing the continuation of his career as a welterweight fighter, Oscar de la Hoya recently declared the dissolution of his contractual agreement with long-time promoter Top Rank. De La Hoya split with Bob Arum’s Top Rank a few years ago amid much acrimony and a war of …

Former six weight world champion and modern day boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya has decided to remain in boxing but at his more natural fighting weight of the 147-pound welterweight division. De La Hoya lost two of his high profile fights at welterweight to Felix Trinidad and then Shane …

After Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright’s majority decision and second consecutive defeat of ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley, the champion signaled his desire to make himself available for the big fights with the priority being a showdown with Puerto Rico’s awesome puncher Felx ‘Tito’ Trinidad. Wright has always been a quality operator but his …

Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright retained his WBC light middleweight title tonight, and really the only light middleweight title that matters with a razor thin majority decision over former three weight world champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley. Mosley raised his intensity level for the fight and managed to take several rounds away from …