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British cruiserweight Mark Hobson finally captured the WBU belt on his third attempt as the Huddersfield, England based battler outpointed his defensive minded opponent, Pavol Polakovic, in the headlining match of Frank Warren’s DeBRA charity show at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last night. For Hobson, 26-4-1 (13), the …

The Newark Bears Professional Baseball Club will host rising Junior Welterweight boxer Edgar Santana (18-2, 12 KO’s) in an appearance at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium on tonight (Friday, September 8 ) as the Bears host Caribbean Night. Gates open at 5:35 pm and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 …

Ron Scott Stevens, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, in association with Cirillo World, will host a special “Boxing and Sports Night” cash cocktail reception at 6:30 pm on Wednesday night, September 13, prior to the 8:00 pm curtain of Stevens’ play “Cherry’s Patch” at the Soho Playhouse, …

Impact Boxing have today announced that they will present a seven fight card on their 4th show at Stoke’s Kings Hall to be held on 30th September. Cellarhead’s English lightweight champion Scott Lawton will again top the bill against the Mauritius light-welterweight Judex Meemea in an eight round contest. Billed …

In last Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero dominated defending champion Eric “Mighty Mouse” Aiken to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title. In doing so, Guerrero (19-1-1, 12 KOs) of Gilroy, Calif., joined a growing list of young fighters from “ShoBox: The New Generation” to …

Lord of the Flys, Vic Darchinyan to Defend Title against Glenn Donaire in Co-Feature Saturday, Oct. 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING From Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas Two boxers with a genuine disdain for each other will duke it out with bad intentions for a …

English lightweight champion Scott Lawton will be joined by super-bantamweight British Masters and Central Area champion, Gary Davis on Impact Boxing’s 30th September show at the Kings Hall, Stoke. The 24 year-old Liverpool boxer is set to produce fireworks having gone the distance only once in his six previous professional …

King’s Promotions’ Saturday Night at the Fights, to be held this Saturday evening September 9th in the Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA, will include a special tribute to the two local Reading police officers killed recently in the line of duty. Honored will be Officer …

With a combined knockout percentage of 78%, it goes without saying that the featured performers on the Seminole Warriors Boxing show on Friday, October 13th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida, are going into battle with just one thought in mind: Getting the Knockout.

European Light Welter Champion Junior Witter’s long awaited return to a world championship bout nears the boiling point as the Bradford, England based power puncher is set to meet former WBO titlist DeMarcus Corley on 15 September at the Alexandra Palace in London for the vacant WBC title on a …

Back in the saddle and on the road back to the Heavyweight Title, it may be an omen of good things to come when former World Champion Oliver McCall makes his debut in the hometown of the legendary Muhammad Ali on Saturday, September 9th, when he fights for the WBC …

2006 CES Ring of Honor inductees Godfrey-Batchelder headlines “Night of the Rising Stars” Sept. 23 Pro-Am show in Hartford World Boxing Association super welterweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera and retired boxer and present trainer “Iceman” John Scully will be inducted into the CES Ring of Honor during a …