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Jim Houlihan, curator of “Fighting Irishmen: A Celebration of the Celtic Warrior” set for the Irish Arts Center beginning on August 28, has collected many interesting artifacts for the exhibition from John L. Sullivan’s fur coat to Jack Demsey’s blazer to Gerry Cooney’s robe to John Duddy’s trunks to the …

Carl Johanneson’s trainer Rick Manners believes that fight fans are in for a treat when his charge meets Billy Corcoran for the vacant British Super Featherweight Title next Wednesday on the Hennessy Sports “Fifty-Fifty’ event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green being shown live by Sky Sports. “I think …

World Boxing Association super welterweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera is dangling his new title belt in front of all the best 154-pounders in the world and challenging any of them to a high profile fight in 2006. Rivera (38-4-1, 24 KOs) captured the WBA super welterweight title May …

Rogers Mtagwa, of South Philadelphia, will make the second defense of his United States Boxing Association (USBA) featherweight title when he faces challenger Alvin Brown, of Kansas City, MO, in a scheduled 12-round contest Wednesday evening, Aug. 2, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets next to Forman Mills, …

Independence Day celebrations continue Friday night (July 7) as championship pro boxing returns to Cape Cod, headlined by the double championship match between Joey “KO Kid” Spina and local favorite Jay Pina, on “Let Freedom Ring” live at the Melody Tent in Hyannis (MA). The 12-round main event pits USNBC …

This Saturday July 8th at the Monterey Conference Center at #1 Portola Plaza in downtown Monterey Ca. Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will make an appearance at “The Riot” show promoted by Jerry Hoffman. “The Ghost” will be sitting at ringside and be introduced to THE RIOT fans at showtime. Afterwards, …

Finally the country has woken to up to the poor performance of the English football team who once again failed to delivery. An overpaid bunch of primadonas who seem to forget they were playing for the pride of their country while enjoying shopping sprees and relaxation with the WAGS while …

Roman “Made in Hell’’ Karmazin (34-1-1, 1 ND, 21 KOs) will defend his IBF 154-pound title against former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) in Spinks’ hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, July 8, on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed in the west …

The torch was passed Saturday from old generation to new when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another fought on a historic special edition of “Shobox: The New Generation” on SHOWTIME. DiBella Entertainment promoted the notable event from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Mich.. …

There are contenders and pretenders, but knockout artist Sam Peter, is ranked in the top five by all major organizations, and is also universally recognized as the top contender. Now, Peter is on a mission. “Sam clearly illustrated that he belongs with the heavyweight elite in his match against Wladimir …

Jorge Paez Jr. will not be able to fight July 1 in Manistee, Mich., because he has been denied entry into the United States by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security it was announced today. The 18-year-old Paez Jr. attempted several times to gain admittance into the U.S. Thursday …

Unbeaten heavyweight contender Leo Nolan (25-0, 10 KOs), promoted by Silverhawk Boxing, returned to the ring last Thursday (June 29) after a 14-month absence and won a unanimous eight round decision against twice-floored Wallace McDaniel at The Plex in Charleston, South Carolina. Nolan’s next scheduled fight is August 25 against …