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Johnson challenges Woods to a bet of $50,000 on this weekends IBF Title fight, Woods refuses. As things heat up for the IBF Light Heavyweight Title fight between Glen Johnson and Clinton Woods, Johnson confronts Woods at today’s press conference in Bolton, England regarding comments that Woods apparently made in …

WBO Junior Featherweight Champion and current Golden Boy Promotions fighter Daniel Ponce De Leon has re-signed a multi-fight deal/multi-year deal with Golden Boy Promotions. “Golden Boy Promotions is committed to the success of Daniel Ponce De Leon and we are very pleased that he has decided to remain in the …

Unlike previous media gatherings in advance of the September 2nd “NO RISK, NO REWARD” boxing event, today’s final press conference at LA’s Staples Center featured little in the way of the usual banter and personal insults. Instead, main event heavyweights James “Lights Out” Toney and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter, …

Don King Introduces WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev To America Legendary promoter Don King welcomes undefeated WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev, 44-0 (32), to the US with a giant sized media blitz to announce King’s upcoming Big Red October fight card featuring Valuev defending against challenger Monte “Two …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing A serious-minded James “Lights Out” Toney was all business during a private workout Tuesday night, 8/30/06 at Billy Blank’s Gym in Sherman Oaks,CA.. A former world champion at middleweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight, Toney faces powerful-punching Samuel Peter in the …

Click for larger image © Joe Miranda Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter (26-1, 22 KOs) and Robert “The Ghost’’ Guerrero (18-1-1, 11 KOs) participated in an open media workout Monday at the Los Angeles Boxing Academy as they continued to prepare for their big fights Saturday at STAPLES Center on …

Few world champion boxers can be as friendly and easygoing as IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods. The Sheffield box-puncher prides himself on his unpretentious working class roots, and is the type of fighter who greets autographs hunters with a handshake and almost embarrassed smile. However, with his crucial rubber …

The Mitchell twins, Aaron and Eric, and Leo “Paco” Nolan were all victorious last night Saturday night in title matches featured on “Fight Night” at Club Cinema in Pompano Beach. Aaron “Homicide” Mitchell (25-1-1, 20 KOs) captured the vacant IBO International middleweight championship by sixth-round TKO of Christopher “The Hammer” …

8 Count Promotions teams up with Golden Boy Promotions to present Independence Brawl at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 15 September. Headlining the evening is the WBC’s #1 ranked super middleweight Librado Andrade, 23-0 (17KO’s) a native of Leon Guanajuato, Mexico, who will battle Richard Grant, 19-13-1 (5KO’s) of …

Junior welterweight prospect Chad Brisson, of Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada, makes his first start in 12 months when he boxes veteran Russell Stoner Jones, of Denver, CO, in the scheduled 10-round main event Friday, Sept. 29, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. …

Ricky Hatton and his promoter Dennis Hobson have welcomed the news that pound-for-pound fighter and potential rival Jose Luis Castillo has escaped a lengthy suspension from boxing. On Thursday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission fined the Mexican $250,000 – the maximum amount allowed – for his failure to make the …

A new date has been set for the IBF Middleweight World Title fight between Edison Miranda and Arthur Abraham for September 23, 2006 at the Rittal Arena in Wetzlar, Germany. The fight, which was originally scheduled for this Saturday, August 26th at the EWE-Arena in Oldenburg, Germany, was postponed when …