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Click for larger image © Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Ahead of the fight card tonight at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the principal fighters stepped to the scales yesterday. 12 rounds, middleweights Winky Wright: 159 lb Paul Williams: 157 lb

By Per Ake Persson Firat Arslan is sidelined with an injury but European cruiser champ Marco Huck will still defend the titleon May 9 in Bamberg and Sauerland Event will announce the challenger within a few days.

From WBC President José Sulaimán: On behalf of all the members of the World Boxing Council, I would like to thank God on this Good Friday for helping Genaro “Chicanito” Hernandez in his battle against cancer. Last week, the doctors’ report showed that his treatment has been a complete success …

The last time they met it was a pitch battle that many felt was the fight of the year in 2008. Now, Hennessy Sports and Groupe Yvon Michel are pleased to announce that WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, 24-0 (19), and Montreal’s Jean Pascal, 22-1 (15), are working together …

On April 24 at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, junior middleweight, Kassim Ouma of Kampala, Uganda, 26-5-1, (16 ), will take on Troy Browning, of Philadelphia, PA, 20-3-1 (8), in what promises to be an exciting 10 round boxing match. The fight is the co-feature on a Main Event boxing …

Winky Wright: “I want to fight the best, I’ve been out for 21 months and I’m ready to get back in the ring. There won’t be any playing around. I won’t be just blocking, I’ll be throwing a lot of punches, a lot of hard punches on Saturday night. No …

© AlfonsoSGomez.com Alfonso S. Gomez returns to the ring May 1, aiming to impress the worldwide boxing audience that will be focused on Las Vegas the first weekend of May with a convincing win against Juan Manuel Buendia.

English super bantamweight Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, who was due to fight on the undercard of Brian Cohen’s WBC Americas title fight in South Philadelphia on May 9, suffered a further setback to her career when the American Embassy in London refused her visa application. After regularly traveling back and …

Boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper is predicting that heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury could have a big future ahead of him. Fury has his fifth pro fight in London on Saturday night when he takes on “Magic” Matthew Ellis live on ITV4 from 7:45pm. The fight is part of a Hennessy …

Former world featherweight champ Barry McGuigan is tipping John O’Donnell to take the Commonwealth Welterweight title from Craig Watson in London tomorrow night. McGuigan will be providing expert analysis from ringside for the eagerly anticipated clash which is live on ITV4 from 7.45pm.

World renowned boxing management company Cestus Management is showcasing the States of Texas’ best young talent as on April 18, 2009 , the beautiful Gateway City of Laredo in Texas will host the IBC heavyweight world title fight between Hector “Hurricane” Ferreyro and Cessi Salif.

Hennessy Sports is pleased to announce that WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch will set up shop in Canada while preparing for his April 25 showdown with former undisputed middleweight champion, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor. The Nottingham-based undefeated Froch will ready his body and mind for battle at …