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By Per Ake Persson It´s official: the battle between the hurricanes is on: IBF middleweight champ Sebastian “Hurrakan” Sylvester defends the title January 30 in Neubrandenburg against Spaniard Pablo “Huracán” Navascues. Navascues is now # 15 in the IBF ratings and thus eligible for a shot at the title.

Richie Boy Promotions’ top prospects, IBF No. 15 rated junior lightweight Ira Terry and 2008 Ringside World Championships winner Chris Rudd, both closed out 2009 in style with knockout victories. Richie Boy Promotions also promotes undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KOs).

The mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is now in jeopardy after Golden Boy Promotions, on behalf of Mayweather Promotions, learned today that Manny Pacquiao is refusing to comply with Olympic style drug testing as outlined and mandated by the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) and as requested …

© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Ghana’s two time Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Charles ‘The Crusader’ Adamu celebrated his victory over Liverpool’s Carl ‘Dynamite’ Dilks on Friday night by calling out current WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch.

By Per Ake Persson French bantam Malik Bouziane has relinquished the European title to concentrate on a possible shot at WBA king Anselmo Moreno during 2010. There was to have been purse bids for Bouziane vs Jerome Arnould today in Rome in what would have been a dangerous mandatory defence.

Women’s boxing champion, Carina “La Reina” Moreno, received a special award from the WBC at their WBC Cares Christmas Toy Drive event ,which took place this past Sunday in Los Angeles.

Advance tickets are now on sale for “Windy City Fight Night” set for Friday, January 29th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. “We’re very excited to have two of Chicago’s finest, Donovan George and Ivan Popoca in the headline bouts. …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Undefeated fan-favorite, multiple amateur titlist and rising professional star Fernando Guerrero (16-0, 13 KOs) of Salisbury, MD, will showcase the skills that have many touting him as the future of the middleweight class when he takes on cross-town rival Jesse Nicklow (19-1-2, 7 KOs) …

Jacksonville, Florida native Nate Campbell began his professional boxing career in February of 2000 and ever since has showcased the speed, agility and power which have helped him to rack up 33 wins, with 25 coming by way of knockout. Now, he has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions as …

A native of East Los Angeles, the same neighborhood that produced boxing superstar Oscar de la Hoya, Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora has paved a golden road for himself as well, winning the first season of “The Contender” and then going on to win a junior middleweight world championship in …

The Honorable Ted Strickland, Governor of Ohio, will officiate the Official Weigh-in of WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, of Youngstown, Ohio, and his opponent, WBC No. 3-rated contender Miguel Espino of Los Angeles, at the Beeghly Center at Youngstown State University, on Friday, December 18 at 1 p.m. …

© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro This coming Friday, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, Ghana’s Charles ‘The Crusader’ Adamu is focusing on regaining the Commonwealth Super Middleweight title, that he lost to Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch back in 2004.