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Kronk Irish Middleweight Star, Andy Lee (27W-1L, 19KOs) is ready and available to fight WBC Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45W- 1D, 1NC 31KOs) on June 2 or 16. Following Chavez Jr.’s second successful defence of his WBC title against Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio on February 4, …

Kieran Farrell will now box Stephen Jennings when he bids for his first title later this week. The Liverpool boxer (5-1-1) has stepped in at one week’s notice to challenge Farrell for the vacant Central Area light-welterweight title at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre, on Friday (March 2).

From John L. Sullivan and Sandy Saddler, to Rocky Marciano and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, Massachusetts has been home for some of boxing’s all-time greats. The 21st century, though, has been somewhat lean, quantity-wise, to the point that Bay State boxers in particular, New England fighters in general, have been unfairly …

Junior Middleweight Captain Boyd “Rainmaker” Melson will put his perfect record on the line when he faces fellow unbeaten Delen “Sniper” Parsley of Brooklyn, NY in an eight round contest Wednesday, March 7 at BB King Blues Club in New York City.

A huge night of boxing in Belfast is on the way as Paul McCloskey and Prizefighter Middleweights II take over the King’s Hall on May 5, live on Sky Sports. McCloskey is looking to keep in World title contention following his brave victory over Breidis Prescott in September and will …

WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin defends his title against cruiserweight champion Marco Huck on Saturday, February 25, in the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The fight will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on Epix, the multiplatform premium entertainment service. EpixHD.com will stream the fights live as part of a …

DiBella Entertainment has announced a solid undercard supporting the Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin card, entitled “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up”, on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Ring 8 Board member Frankie Pena, Ring 8 member and ring announcer David Diamante, active boxer/actor Tommy Rainone (17-4), “Kid Shamrock” producer David Schuster, Ring 8 President Bob Duffy and Bobby Cassidy, Newsday reporter and “Kid Shamrock” playwright were just some of the luminaries to attend the most recent Ring …

The oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world title, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, and former World Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson will meet again to settle their heated feud following their October 2011 bout, which was originally scored as a TKO win for Dawson, but later ruled a no …

Tickets for Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. Miguel “Junito”Cotto, 2012’s biggest night of boxing, go on sale next Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The WBA Super Welterweight Championship between the undefeated Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Mayweather and Three-Division World Champion Cotto will take place Saturday, May 5 …

Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin will host an open media workout in Manhattan at 12 noon next Wednesday, Feb. 29th, as the countdown continues ahead of his mega fight with Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez at Madison Square Garden in New York on St. Patrick’s Day.

Anthony Crolla will head Hatton Promotions top class bill at Oldham Leisure Centre, on Saturday April 21. British lightweight champion Crolla (23-2) makes the second defence of his title against Derry Mathews (29-6-1) in a mouth-watering North-West clash.