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The Malignaggi-Cotto and Taylor-Wright championship mega fights in June are not the only DiBella Entertainment attractions on the horizon. The month of April promises to be a particularly busy month, with a trio of DBE main events set for the next two weeks. Olympian Andre Berto (10-0, 8 KO’s) will …

Former world champion and local favorite Jose Antonio Rivera gets a second chance to win a world championship match in his adopted hometown when he challenges World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Alejandro “Terra” Garcia at the DCU Center on Saturday, May 6. The entire card has been dubbed Dynamite …

“Bobby Bostick Promotions and the Palm Beach County Convention Center Presents Spring Break Boxing and The Battle of the Sexes Best Body Contest” April 19, 2006. The Palm Beach County Convention Center. As the lights go dim there is an electricity in the air. At first the music sounds far …

Fight Academy’s Dennis Hobson has welcomed rival promoter Frank Warren’s latest public communication regarding the much talked about Clinton Woods v Joe Calzaghe IBF light heavyweight title fight. At Hobson’s request, Warren is now offering the Fight Academy promoter odds of 7-4 for the well-publicized six figure side bet the …

Frank Warren has once again called the bluff of Clinton Woods’ promoter Dennis “zipper neck” Hobson – and offered him the chance of winning almost a million pounds on the outcome of a fight with Joe Calzaghe. Fright Academy and Hobson first expressed an interest in having money on a …

The 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues with a world championship doubleheader Saturday, May 6, 2006, on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In one of the 12-round world title fights, Alejandro “Terra” Garcia (25-1, 23 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Association super welterweight …

“Ireland’s” John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs) makes his first WBC Continental Americas middleweight title defense June 10 against veteran Freddy Cuevas (25-8-1, 17 KOs) in a 10-round bout on the Cotto-Malignaggi pay-per-view card at the famed Madison Square Garden.

Brian Magee is still bitterly disappointed that he has had to give up the home advantage of the Kings Hall in Belfast for his challenge against the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Carl Froch now that the show has been moved to the famous York Hall in London’s East End. …

Impact Boxing today revealed that Stoke’s popular Light-Welterweight, Gary Reid, is to appear on the undercard of the much heralded face-off for the British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight titles between Nottingham’s Carl Froch (holder) and Belfast’s Brian Magee. The fight will take place at the home of British boxing,York Hall, Bethnal …

When promoter Lou DiBella signed Olympian Andre Berto a little over a year ago prior to his pro debut, the president of DBE called the Winter Haven, FL native his “most hotly recruited fighter coming out of the 2004 games.” Recalls DiBella: “I spent more time scouting Andre than any …

Silverhawk Boxing announced today that it has signed a pair of Detroit fighters, unbeaten heavyweight Leo “Paco” Nolan (24-0, 10 KOs) and world-rated super middleweight Rubin “Hollywood” Williams (27-2, 16 KOs), to exclusive promotional contracts.

“Ireland’s” John Duddy (16-0, 14 KOs) makes his first WBC Continental Americas middleweight title defense June 10 against veteran Freddy Cuevas (25-8-1, 17 KOs) in a 10-round bout on the Cotto-Malignaggi pay-per-view card at the famed Madison Square Garden.