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With all of the big promotion companies in competition with each other to fill the airwaves with fight cards these days, often we miss out on some quality shows thrown by the promoters who happen to miss out on some national TV time. This of course does not mean that …

Promoter Frank Maloney is offering fans who buy tickets for his shows from the FTM website heavyweight discounts. Maloney launches the new scheme with his action packed show which will be staged at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Tuesday June 30. The Sky Sports televised card is headed by Nottingham’s …

Russian amateur sensation Dmitry Chudinov will be ringside this Saturday night, June 13th, at the “Mecca of Boxing”, New York City’s Madison Square Garden, to watch his rival countryman Matt Korobov battle on the undercard of the Welterweight World Championship Bout between Miguel Cotto and challenger Joshua Clottey.

After Wladimir Klitschko has neglected his offer to step in for injured David Haye to fight the IBF / WBO / IBO champion in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on June 20th Arena’s heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis (13-0) will be back in action this Friday, June 12, at Miccosukee Resort & Gaming in …

Three-time world champion Israel Vazquez will jet to New York City this week where he will be honored on Friday night, June 12th, by the Boxing Writers Association of America for his role in the ‘2008 Fight of the Year’ at their annual awards dinner. The honor is being bestowed …

Two time heavyweight world title challenger Fres Oquendo will face Gonzalo Omar Basile in the new ten round main event on Friday, June 26th at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pelosi’s 8 Count Productions. Recently signed to Simmons Entertainment Marketing LLC, Oquendo is looking towards another …

This Friday, June 12th, Star Boxing’s undefeated heavyweight contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (22-0-1, 9KO) will be honored at the 20th annual Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. Johnson, who is ranked as the WBA #4, WBC #10, and IBF #13 rated heavyweight in the world, will be part of the …

With only 10 short days to go before fight night, tension is starting to mount in the camps of WBC World Light Heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (25-0, 15KO) and Jean Pascal (22-1,15KO) from Laval. Both local boxers will meet at the Montreal Bell Centre on June 19th 2009 to dispute …

Floyd Mayweather Jr. v Juan Manuel Marquez Sat 18th July ’09 Grand Garden Arena – MGM Grand Casino & Resort Also featuring on the bill ; Matthew “Magic” Hatton v Zab “Super”Judah.

British Champion John Murray believes he’s ready to take on the biggest and best names in the lightweight division and he’s willing to do so on away ground if necessary. Murray makes the second defence of his British title at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan this Saturday (June 13th) …

Fans of heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury will have to wait a little longer for his seventh professional outing. The 6 foot 9 inch Fury has suffered a back injury in training meaning that his next bout has now been postponed until July 18 in Norwich. Fury had been set for …

Standing at 5 foot 11, a hairline away from 6 feet, Yakub Shidaev is a 20 year old junior welterweight who’s amateur career was split between two countries. Shidaev’s nationality is Chechen but he was born and grew up in Kyrgyzstan. Chechens were considered terrorists in the USSR because they …