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In a potential candidate for Fight of the Year, unbeaten Abner Mares will defend his IBF and WBC Silver Bantamweight Championship titles against former two-time IBF 118-pound champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko in the main event on Showtime Championship Boxing this Saturday, Dec. 3, live on Showtime at 9 p.m. …

“World Dominance” features the top two women’s boxers in the world, American favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) and French knockout specialist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs), in arguably the No. female fight of all-time.

The latest outstanding talent to emerge from Oxnard, California, unbeaten junior middleweight Hugo Centeno Jr., will have LA’s lights shining brightly on him this Thursday, December 1 when he headlines the 2011 season finale of Golden Boy Promotions and AEG’s “Fight Night Club” at L.A. Live’s Club Nokia.

Three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto and professional rival and three-time welterweight world champion Antonio “The Tijuana Tornado” Margarito sold the last ticket available at Madison Square Garden this morning for their long-awaited world championship rematch.

Top Rank announced today that the December 3 Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II world super welterweight championship rematch event at The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden, will be available live on both pay-per-view television and online.

Martin Murray will be bidding to become Hatton Promotions first ever world champion in Mannheim tomorrow night. St Helens’ Murray (23-0) goes into the lion’s den when he challenges WBA Super Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1) in Germany.

Live world championship boxing returns to Epix when newly-minted undefeated WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin makes his first world title defense, against Cedric “The Boz” Boswell, Saturday, December 3. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live broadcast will emanate from Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland.

One of the hottest prospects in the world, unbeaten middleweight Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira, returns to the ring December 17 in Quebec City. The power-punching, fan-friendly Oliveira (16-0, 12 KOs), rated No. 15 by the WBC, puts his undefeated record on the line in a 10-round bout against veteran …

The 25th annual Ring 8 Holiday Event and Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 PM/ET), December 18 at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. A star-studded group of past and present world champions and industry dignitaries will be in attendance. Steve Farhood will serve as …

On December 2 t the Georgia World Congress Center´s Thomas Murphy Ballroom in Atlanta, Sports Fan Properties, Shea Bailey Promotions and Delgado Boxing Promotions will present two WBF North American title fights on a card billed as “The Big Rock Out”.

With just four days until their respective world championship showdowns on Saturday, Dec. 3, live on Showtime, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, rom Honda Center in Anaheim , Calif., all four fighters preparing for the World Championship Doubleheader participated in an open media workout at Westside …

Judges Dave Moretti, Sandy Pino and Lisa Giampa, as well as referee Rocky Burke, have been assigned to work Friday night’s “World Dominance” showdown between nine-time world boxing champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) and six-time world titlist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs).