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Jose Hernandez, of Atlanta, GA, will challenge Johnnie Edwards, of Florence, SC, for Edwards’ NABA featherweight title over 12 rounds on Friday evening, Aug. 31, at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel. The non-televised fight will be the first boxing event held in the 1,904-seat Events Center at the Seneca …

Cota Boxing Promotions has added Russian middleweight contender, Sergey Stepkin (17-2, 9 KO’s) vs Eric Mitchell (20-4-1,10 KO’s) as the co-feature to Miguel Espino vs an opponent TBA at the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield Ca, September 21st 2007. Mitchell who has been inactive for the last year is excited …

Robert Nelson is on a mission to ensure Bradford has two champions at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September 7. Nelson challenges fellow Yorkshireman Andy Bell for the inaugural English super-flyweight title as chief support to Junior Witter’s WBC world light-welterweight title defence against Guyana’s Vivian Harris …

Reigning IBF World Junior Lightweight champion Mzonke Fana has left his home base in Cape Town and migrated up to Johannesburg ahead pf his first title defence against Javier Alvarez at the Banquet Hall in Klerksdorp on 31August. Fana will be wrapping up his training in Jo’burg with assistance from …

World Sporting Promotion and Union Boxing Promotion join forces August 21 in Donetsk, Ukraine, for a very interesting show. Unbeaten welter Vyacheslav Senchenko defends the European External European Union title against Serbian Zoran Didanovic in one of the headliners. At super middle, WBC Youth champ Stas Kashtanov is in against …

Popular welterweight prospect Mike Alvarado puts his undefeated record on the line as he returns to Chicago for his third straight fight this Friday night, August 24 at the Congress Theater against Mexican prospect Jorge Alberto Padilla. The Alvarado/Padilla ten round bout is featured at “El Bravo,” another action packed …

An eight round heavyweight contest between NABC Great Lakes Champion Franklin Lawrence and “Wreckless” Willie Chapman highlights Crown Boxing’s card this Friday, August 24 at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Also on the bill, undefeated Donnie Orr takes on Jamal Davis over …

Ryan Wissow, president and co-founder of the WIBA, has announced that Laila Ali will be honored as their first ever “Champion Emeritus of the World”. Laila is taking a sabbatical from the sport to start a family after recently marrying former NFL star, Curtis Conway.

Chicago’s 8 Count Productions have signed two of boxing’s hottest prospects, middleweight Victor “The Ukranian Tiger” Polyakov and welterweight Andrezej Fonfara, to exclusive promotional contracts, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. Said Pesoli, “I’ve been very impressed by both of these young prospects. Polyakov …

Pennsylvania based veteran Dhafir Smith 17-16-5 {4 KO’s} has stepped in to challenge Contender season 1 star Jonathan “Reid Dawg” Reid 34-6 {19 KO’s}. The fight which will be the co-main event at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be fought at catch weight of 165 lbs. Smith is …

Don King held a national conference call earlier this week to announce the signings of Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. to meet in early 2008. Felix Trinidad: “I always want to fight great fighters and I am coming back to fight Roy Jones Jr. because he is one …

The records are pristine and spectacular – a combined 81-0 with 55 knockouts. However, the stage is now set for “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather or Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton to face a blemish on their record Saturday, Dec. 8, something both men are willing to go to war to prevent. …