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Troy Ross hopes beating John “Buster’ Keeton for the vacant Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title tonight will edge him closer to facing the division’s top fighters. Canadian Ross faces Sheffield’s British champion Keeton, (26-14), at the Montreal Casino on a Hennessy Sports Canada/GYM event, aiming to move his career on to the …

Such was the intensity of last night’s WBC/WBA Cruiserweight title fight in France that the heated action didn’t quite stop after the bell had rung to officially close the twelve contentious rounds. Bell (26-2-1, 24 KOs), from Jamaica now fighting out of Atlanta, did not agree with the decision. “Mormeck …

Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing Keith Chadwick Reports on Friday’s British Title Clash When Scott Lawton stepped between the ropes in Norwich on Friday night to challenge holder and homeboy Jon Thaxton he was the rank outsider. When he stepped out of the ring after …

Although Vinny Maddalone is squaring off against living legend Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield this Saturday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX, the amiable slugger took some time out of his training schedule to meet and greet some of the local boxing community. Although Corpus Christi is virtually …

It’s fitting that a meeting of two heavyweight kings should take place in a palace, and Seminole Warriors Boxing and Golden Grain Promotions are pleased to announce that they have secured such a location for the WBO Heavyweight Championship bout on June 2nd between champion Shannon Briggs and number one …

John Duddy 159 ¾ lbs. Anthony Bonsante 159 ¼ lbs. (IBA World & WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Championships) Giovanni Lorenzo 160 lbs. Robert Kamya 160 lbs. Andy Lee 164 lbs. Carl Daniels 168 lbs. Click for larger image

WBC number one ranked cruiserweight David Haye, 18-1 (17 KOs), will meet Polish heavyweight Tomasz Bonin, 37-1 (20 KOs), in a hugely anticipated clash of big men at London’s Wembley Arena on 27 April, 2007. Before Haye flies out to his training camp he will attend the WBC World Cruiserweight …

Don King received a French boxing promoter’s license today in Paris. This marks the first time France has given a boxing license to King. King met in the office of French Boxing Federation President Humbert Furgoni with other members of the federation (F.F. Boxe). After approving King’s application, Furgoni presented …

Both World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero of Panama and challenger Ricardo Castillo of Mexico made the 122-pound limit Thursday, the day before their nationally televised 12-round title fight at the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. Caballero, who’s co-promoted by Sycuan Ringside Promotions and …

Boxing Beauty Mia Rosales- St. John to Face Chicago’s Undefeated Rita “La Guera” Figueroa On April 20 Octavius James, CEO of One In A Million Inc., has announced that Chicago’s undefeated Rita “La Guera” Figueroa (9-0, 3 KOs) will face Mia “The Knock Out” Rosales- St. John (43-8-2, 18 KOs) …

Former world title challenger Israel “Pito” Cardona’s comeback continues April 6 against Juan Manuel Buendia in the eight-round co-feature on “Collision Course,” headlined on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights by cruiserweights Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey against Felix “Bad News” Cora, Jr., at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The final press conference for Saturday’s rematch of a 2006 Fight of the Year candidate featuring World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion. O’Neil “Supernova” Bell meeting former unified cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck was held today at the Evergreen Laurel Hotel in Levallois-Perret, France, a suburb of Paris. …