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Up and Coming New Jersey boxing manager Rich Masini is proud to announce the signing of former prized amateur and currently undefeated Welterweight prospect Anthony “Juice” Young of Atlantic City. Young is added to Heavyweight John Lennox and newly signed Cruiserweight Jaywon Woods.

When Amir Mansour and Epifanio Mendoza square off for the vacant WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight title on Saturday December 2 at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware, it is one of those fights where the spectators better keep their eyes open at all times.

Ricardo Williams has endured throughout the good and bad times. But now, he believes he has a chance to finally achieve the goals he set out to accomplish back when he fought for his country in the 2000 Olympics, winning a silver medal in the process.

One of the most exciting young prospects from Johnny Eames’ always excellent Trad TKO stable, ‘Sugar’ Nathan Weise, gets his first taste of Championship action – when he challenges West Drayton’s Steve O’Meara for the Southern Area Light Middleweight title on December 14th.

Saturday November 26 was another busy WBF championship fight-night, as new champions were crowned in Poland and France. Aleksy Kuziemski and Doudou Ngumbu battled it out for the vacant World Light Heavyweight title in Byalistok, while Loic Foure and Stefan Worth clashed for the International Welterweight strap in Saint Maur.

“I am ready and I am sharp. I have a whole new plan. I’m gonna shock the world with my agility and skill level,” says Roy Jones, Jr. ahead of his December 10 showdown with Max Alexander in Atlanta. Jones has spent most of his time training out of Pittsburgh, …

Buxton Promotions and Hennessy Sports announced today that they are now co-promoting unbeaten Canadian light middleweight prospect Brandon “Bad Boy” Cook. The 25-year-old Cook (4-0, 2 KOs), fighting out of Ajax, Ontario, is a very popular prizefighter who made his pro debut last February, taking a four-round decision from Francis …

Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Prizefighter will head to the Midlands for the first time as the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton plays host to the Light-Welterweights II of 2012 on February 11. The early line-up sees Wolverhampton’s English and British title challenger – Dean Harrison, …

Ken Egan and Con Sheehan claimed light-heavyweight and super-heavyweight gold following wins in the finals of the Olympic Test Event at the ExCel in London today. But Belfast middleweight Conrad Cummings had to settle for silver after he lost his 75Kg final to Russia’s Maxim Koptyakov.

Carl Froch has signed a sponsorship deal with West Yorkshire fire and rescue supply company North Fire ahead of his Super-Middleweight unification showdown with Andre Ward on December 17 in Atlantic City. Froch puts his WBC belt on the line in the Super Six final at the Boardwalk Hall and …

Michael Nevin edged out Joel Scullion out on a countback in a cracking National Intermediate Championships bantamweight quarter-final at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight. Both boxers were tied at 13-13 at the final bell, but it was Nevin that got the nod on accepted scores at the end of …

WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin (22-0) and challenger Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion (29-1) both made exactly the welterweight limit of 147 lbs (66.6 kg) at today’s weigh-in in Trabzon. Dan brought a lot of Romanian fans to Turkey – including IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute – who …