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Defending World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich appeared to be cruising to a decision win in a relatively uneventful contest under a full moon at Phoenix’s Chase Field Saturday night until Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs exploded in the last 30 seconds in the 12th and final round …

Liakhovich to Face Briggs, Diaz to Square Off With Angulo on Saturday, Nov. 4, At 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING From Chase Field, Phoenix, Ariz. SERGEI LIAKHOVICH (23-1, 14 KOs): “I will test Brigg’s chin. We“ll see what he’s got.” “I’m a fighter. I need to feel my …

Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to today’s Madison Square Garden Championships fight conference call. At this time all parties are in a listen only mode. After the presentation, a question and answer session will be conducted at the moderator’s discretion. At that time if …

From left to right: Challenger Fernando Angulo (left) and WBA Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz (right) both weighed in at 134 pounds today at Tradiciones Restaurant in Phoenix, Ariz. Don King (middle) will present the Diaz-Angulo bout on Saturday from Chase Field in Phoenix. In the main event, WBO Click for …

The discussion regarding the upcoming Superfighter Tournament and its potential participants battling it out in a one-night eight-man heavyweight elimination tournament with the victor receiving a five million dollar grand prize has brought out various names that want to take a shot at the cash, and the former heavyweight contender …

The cheers had barely died down from WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Celestino Caballero’s spectacular third round stoppage of 46-1-1 Somsak Sithchatchawal on October 4th when bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez started making noise about moving up to 122 pounds to fight “Pelenchin’ for his title. Caballero (25-2, 18 KOs), unbeaten in …

Unfortunately, International Boxing Federation junior bantamweight champion Luis “El Demoledor” Perez was forced to vacate his title when he was unable to make weight yesterday in Phoenix as part of the Liakhovich – Briggs WBO Heavyweight Championship fight card on HBO on Saturday night.

The big names from sports, television and entertainment will join boxing trainer and ESPN/2 Friday Night Fights television analyst Teddy Atlas to help the needy in New York at the 10th annual Dr. Theodore Atlas Dinner on Thursday night, November 16, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island, New …

Tickets go on sale this Monday, Nov. 6, 2006 Popular Great Falls, VA middleweight JIMMY LANGE (27-3-1, 19 KOs) will battle Puerto Rican native FONTAINE CABELL (22-6-1, 17 KOs) of Alamonte Spring, FL in the ten-round Main Event of Major League Boxing’s six-bout card scheduled for Saturday, December 9, 2006 …

This past Thursday night Cestus Management’s 160-prospect Donovan George scored an impressive fifth-round technical knockout victory against tough Haitian fighter Julio Jean. The fight took place on the under-card of the Top Rank promoted card which featured Kelly Pavlik.

In the Heavyweight division, a fighter is always just one punch away from glory. When you’re a three-time holder of the sport’s most prestigious crown, your odds are even better, so with boxing’s glamour division wide open and in need of a spark of life, Michael Moorer has returned to …

In a crossroads fight, Duva Boxing will pit two of the brightest young super lightweights when Kendall Holt (20-1, 12 KO’s) squares off against unbeaten Isaac Hlatshwayo (25-0, 1 NC, nine KOs) for the vacant North American Boxing Organization (NABO) 140-pound crown Friday, Nov. 3, on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In …