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Classy southpaw Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will hopefully return to action for a longer period this year. The IBO light middleweight champion travelled to Spain to defeat Jorge Pina earlier this month, but his is a talent that deserves to be in more significant fights. Martinez capped off a successful tour of England with a TKO…
Universally recognized world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson recently indicated on Canadian sports channel TSN that he would fight Antonio Tarver as many times as the people would pay to see it. It looks likely that he will engage Tarver at least one more time before the mid-point of this year in a rematch of…
British heavyweight contender Danny Williams will return to the ring despite the protests of his promoter Frank Warren to consider his future plans in the wake of what was a terrible beating at the hands of world champion Vitali Klitschko last month. Williams has announced that he will not have to undergo a surgical procedure…
It is incredible to think that a twelve-fight novice should have to negotiate his way through a comeback period at this stage of his career, but this is the scenario facing former IBO cruiserweight title challenger David Haye. Londoner Haye was knocked out in five rounds by aging champion Carl Thompson last year. Haye will…
Former WBA welterweight world champion Ike Quartey will make his return to the ring tomorrow in Ghana against Clint McNeil. The fight is significant for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it is Quartey’s first fight in approximately five years and that he will now be campaigning as a middleweight….
Former world heavyweight title challenger David Tua will return to action on March 31st in his native Auckland, New Zealand against veteran campaigner Talmadge Griffis. Tua’s long awaited return comes at just the right time as the heavyweight scene could not be more open for a single fighter to take over as the new champion….
Brian Halquist Productions signed undefeated welterweight prospect David Torres following his seventh consecutive victory Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino’s Battle at the Boat Boxing series. “It was a natural thing to sign Davidâ€, said promoter Brian Halquist. “David has fought his last six fights here at the Emerald Queen, he beat two undefeated…
Houston boxing fans are using the box office to show their support for hometown WBA world lightweight champion Juan Diaz, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Although there is still more than a week to go before Juan Diaz defends his crown against Billy Irwin on Jan 21 at the Reliant…
Guilty Productions, a production company specializing in boxing television programming, will be a first time exhibitor at the 2005 NATPE Conference & Exhibition, January 25-27, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. Founded in 2004, Guilty Productions, along with its parent company, Guilty Boxing, annually provides a minimum of forty-eight episodes…
Boxing promoter Don King filed a defamation suit Wednesday claiming he was portrayed in a false light in a May documentary on the ESPN cable channel, and his attorney said King is entitled to damages of more than $2.5 billion (euro 1.9 billion). The lawsuit says the program accused King of being “a snake oil…
Golden Boy Promotions is wasting no time in getting ready for a stellar 2005 and beyond, as the company is pleased to announce the signing of Xavier D. James Sr. as a Special Advisor for Sports Programming and Strategy. James will perform various advisory functions in connection with the development and acquisition of sports programming…
Former three weight world champion Erik Morales may have been upstaged by Marco Antonio Barrera last November, but he doesn’t suffer embarrassment for very long. Far from spending months brooding over his loss, Morales has usurped the momentum gained by Barrera and virtually every other fighter in the featherweight division by stealing in to fight…