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Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing World championship doubleheader featuring two of boxing’s most dynamic performers, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, live at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

The hottest young heavyweight in the world, Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter, and one of the craftiest pugilists in history, James “Lights Out” Toney, will meet in a World Boxing Council-ordered re-match on Saturday, Jan. 6, in the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in …

One day before Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito co-headline a terrific world championship doubleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, a spectacular 2006 season of late night Friday fistic festivities will end on Dec. 1 when unbeatens Mario Santiago and Timothy Bradley co-headline the final presentation of the year on “Shobox: The …

The huge “Gloria Dominicana” boxing event which will be held on December 18 at the Sports Palace is loaded with Dominican boxing talent besides main event star and national hero Joan Guzman. The undefeated WBO super featherweight champion is just one of seven Dominican boxers who will be fighting out …

Francisco Lorenzo will face Cristobal Cruz in the co-main event at Cicero Stadium this Friday night, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The super featherweight bout is part of December Frenzy, a nine bout evening of world class professional boxing presented by 8 Count …

IWBF lightweight and featherweight champion Missy “The Fury” Fiorentino takes on six-time world title challenger Belinda “Brown Sugar” Laracuente in a six-round, non-title super featherweight bout on Friday night’s (December 1) “Jingle Bell Pop” pro-am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence.

Undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Joan Guzman, who heads a spectacular, pre-Christmas boxing show in his native Dominican Republic on December 18, isn’t getting a holiday cream puff as an opponent. Instead of taking on a lightly-regarded challenger in the “Fight Before Christmas” card in Santo Domingo, Guzman and his …

World cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey closes out an outstanding 2006 on December 1 with in an eight-round co-feature on “Jingle Bell Pop” against veteran Lloyd “Jabba” Bryan at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.

HBO’s hit late-night boxing series presents a special Thanksgiving edition when HBO Boxing After Dark: Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Jimrex Jaca is seen Saturday, Nov. 25 at 10:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Tex., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Fran Charles, Max …

Amidst the aftermath of the Halemba Mine blast in the region of Silesia in Southern Poland, Seminole Warriors Boxing extends it’s condolences to the families, friends and victims of this tragedy. “This disaster will be on the hearts and minds of us all,” said Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole …

British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch and long-time rival Tony Dodson both scaled well inside the 12 stone super middleweight limit ahead of their highly anticipated showdown at the Nottingham Arena tomorrow night. Dodson was the first to step on the scales at this afternoon’s Click for larger …

In 2006, SHOWTIME continued to live up to its billing as America’s No. 1 Boxing Network by televising the most compelling championship fights on the first Saturday of every month. The memorable 20th anniversary year of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will conclude in sensational style on Saturday, Dec. 2, with an …