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They may be small in stature, but they are huge on action! On Friday, June 8th, NABF champion Giovanni Segura of Mexico faces WBA Latin champion Cesar Canchila of Columbia in a 12-round World Boxing Association light flyweight championship eliminator from Gary, Indiana. Promoted by Octavius James’ One In A …

2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada is back in action May 11 on “The Pride Is Back” card at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Estrada (8-1, 1 KO), fighting out of Providence, takes on former IBU heavyweight Robert Hawkins (21-7, 7 KOs), only five weeks after …

Golden Boy Promotions in association with Walt Lambert, Northeast Promotions and Sampson Lewkowicz, Ringstar Promotions present “RELENTLESS” live on HBO Boxing After Dark on May 26, 2007 from the Anaheim Arena in Anaheim, CA. The main event will be Michael “The Great” Katsidis (22 – 0 20KO’s) Toowoomba, Australia defending …

Solo Boxeo from Gary, IN- Segura vs. Canchila Plus Gary’s Mary McGee They may be small in stature, but they are huge on action! On Friday, June 8th, NABF champion Giovanni Segura of Mexico faces WBA Latin champion Cesar Canchila of Columbia in a 12-round World Boxing Association light flyweight …

Chicago heavyweight Carl “Iron Fist” Davis returns to the ring this Friday night against Zack Page at Cicero Stadium in the ten round co-main event of “Mano A Mano” presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, Davis, 9-2 (8KO’s) is coming off a devastating first round knockout of Nigerian Innocent …

Fight Production today announced the signing of former WBO “world’ heavyweight title challenger Willi Fischer, who hopes to start the comeback he has quietly been preparing for for almost a full year with his new management this summer. For Fight Production, who have mostly handled foreign boxers over the last …

Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime Two of boxing’s most promising young heavyweights, “Fast” Eddie Chambers and Cristibol “The Nightmare” Arreola, kept their unblemished records intact in the co-featured bouts Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.’’ Chambers (29-0, 16 KOs) registered a unanimous 10-round decision over Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-5-1, 19 …

Until his death in 1988 from leukemia, legendary boxing manager and former world handball champion Jim Jacobs was one of the world’s formost collectors of boxing memorabilia. Jim’s wife Loraine Jacobs will be auctioning Jim’s collection of boxing memorabilia at Lelands Auction on May 18. All proceeds go to Leukemia …

Training alongside Oscar de la Hoya has inspired John Murray and John O’Donnell to put on an eye-catching display at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas on Saturday. The Hennessy Sports duo box on the undercard of their US co-promoters highly anticipated clash against Floyd Mayweather, arguably …

Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime ShoBox Weigh-in: Eddie Chambers weighed 214 pounds, Dominick Guinn tipped the scale at 222, Chris Arreola weighed 235, Malcolm Tann 230. Undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers (28-0, 16 KOs) faces Dominick “The Southern Disaster’’ Guinn (28-4-1, 19 KOs) in the 10-round main event Friday, May 4, 2007, on …

By Per Ake Persson European Lightweight champ Yuri Romanov, fresh off a third round knockout win over Tontcho Tontchev, will make another voluntary defence of the title in July in Donetsk, Ukraine. Romanov will take on Andrei Kudriatsev. It will be Brazilian Carlos Nascimento that challenge WBO Junior Middle champ …

Chicago boxing favorite Angel “Toro” Hernandez returns to the ring on Friday, May 11 to battle Kendall Gould at Cicero Stadium as the special feature attraction of “Mano A Mano”, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The thirty one year old Hernandez, 27-6 (16KO’s) …