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Tecate, cerveza con carácter, continues its efforts to make boxing accessible to its adult consumers by sponsoring Golden Boy Promotions’ “Lightweight Lightning” four-bout card on April 4 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. That night, the ring will host seven former world champions as they vie for recognition …

Over a span of 28 days Showtime Sports will feature a frenzied fight schedule, with late March and April filled with championship fights and meaningful matchups. With two highly anticipated Showtime Championship Boxing telecasts and two installments of ShoBox: The New Generation almost every weekend features a can’t-miss event. It …

Tickets are now on sale as Scott Wagner’s Ballroom Boxing and Chet Koerner’s TKO Boxing Promotions, present an evening of world class professional boxing on Thursday, April 2nd at Michael’s Eighth Avenue. Said Koerner, “This card truly exemplifies what our partnership with Ballroom Boxing is all about. Between the wealth …

Risum Boxing announced today the opponent for lightweight prospect Kim Poulsen on April 5 in Berlin, Germany. The 22-year-old from Horsens, Denmark will take on local journeyman Tom Pudler over six rounds. Pudler brings a less than impressive record of 1-7, but manager Henrik Risum still feels it is a …

From the office of WBC President José Sulaimán: World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman and all the members of the WBC Executive Offices joined the Mexican people and attended the lying in state mass that was officiated at the Shrine of Guadalupe, where Raul “Raton” Macias said goodbye to his …

The Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez WBC heavyweight championship title defense contested in Stuttgart on Saturday was a big hit in Germany and throughout Europe. Vitali’s ninth round knockout victory over challenger Gomez was watched by a sold out crowd of 12,500 spectators.

WBC Cabofe Heavyweight Champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, riding a 15-fight winning streak and is currently ranked # 17 by the WBC, is calling out James “Lights Out” Toney. “When I heard the news that James Toney wanted to start his own promotional company and headline his first show my …

© Kurt Taylor / Saddo Boxing Both Sam Peter and Eddie Chambers are hoping the winner of their bout on March 27 on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will earn a title shot in the heavyweight division. Peter, 30-2 (23), ranked #5 in the world and a former WBC Heavyweight Champion …

Former British super-middleweight champion Tony Dodson will now have to defeat a ‘friend’ in order to lift his old crown, following the withdrawal of Brian Magee from their March 28 dust-up. Due to Magee’s back injury, Dodson now locks horns with Merseyside rival Tony Quigley, a man he’d been helping …

© Lawrence Lustig In preparation to their Prizefighter lightweight tournament tonight in Glasgow, the principals all weighed in and under the agreed upon limit of 9st 11lb or 137 pounds.

Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, has planned an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing set for this Friday, March 27 at the UIC Pavilion for it’s inaugural “Windy City Fight Night” event. “As we start our 12th year, the most important thing for 8 Count has always been the …

This time, Jermain Taylor is training for one thing, and one thing only. He wants his championship belt back. Taylor, who held the Middleweight Championship from 2005 through 2007, will get his shot at the WBC Super Middleweight belt when he faces current WBC titleholder Carl Froch on Saturday, April …