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Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBO Champion Kendall Holt and WBC Champion Timothy Bradley worked out for the media yesterday in preparation to their 140-pound world title unification fight on Showtime this Saturday, April 4 at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.

If the media members who participated in the Showtime Media Prediction Poll have called it correctly then Timothy Bradley’s going to walk away victorious over Kendall Holt Saturday on Showtime. But it will it be close. Bradley, the WBC champion, and his WBO counterpart Holt clash in an eagerly awaited …

By Per Ake Persson Spanish all-time great Javier Castillejo, 40, comes back April 4 in the big indoor bullfighting arena in Leganes against compatriot Pablo Navascues. Castillejo, 62-8-0-1 and a world champ at both junior middle and middleweight, comes off a bad KO loss to Sebastian Sylvester last year and …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing went along to see St. Helens boxer Gary Davies yesterday as he makes his last minute preparations before Friday night’s clash against Matthew Edmonds for the British Bantamweight title. Pulling up to the Leisure Centre off the Warrington Road in Prescot, England, I …

The overwhelming fan underdog in his last fight in Montreal, Canada, a controversial loss to Lucian Bute, 30-year-old Librado Andrade is looking forward to the cheers that will undoubtedly rain down on him Saturday night from the boxing-crazed Bell Centre crowd. Andrade, 27-2 (21,) is ranked No. 3 in the …

NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa feels every fight is like a chess match and he plans to put former two-time world champion Randall Bailey into a checkmate position Friday night on ESPN2 during their scheduled 12 round IBF title eliminator in Memphis. The winner between IBF No. …

He’s called “Fast Eddie” for having, arguably, the fastest hands in the heavyweight division. He could be called “Steady Eddie,” for the consistent, workmanlike manner he conducts his business in the ring. But in the aftermath of his disciplined victory at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles over former WBC …

Peter McDonagh believes that his topsy turvy career is back on the rise ahead of his English Light Welterweight title clash with Lenny Daws at the York Hall, London on April 11. The bout is the chief support to the eagerly awaited Commonwealth title decider between John O’Donnell and Craig …

Thell Torrence of Platinum Entertainment in association with Adam Fish of Big Fish Boxing Promotions will present boxing at its finest when they showcase former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah (37-6-0 KO: 25) vs. former 3-Time Light Welterweight Champion Jesus Rodriguez (19-3-0 KO: 5). The co-main event features the rising …

Undefeated Carl Froch, a household name in his native England, looks to enhance his reputation in America when he defends his WBC Super Middleweight title against Jermain Taylor, a former undisputed middleweight champ and one of the most highly regarded and recognizable fighters of this generation, in a world championship …

Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, 26-4 (16), is back in action April 23, 2009 when the Tachi Place Casino hosts the “Best of Both Worlds PFC/Boxing” fight card. Quezada, who currently holds the WBC Cabofe heavyweight title, battles Chad Van Sickel in a scheduled ten round bout.

Ex-professional boxer and former Commonwealth Champion Scott Dixon has asked the Malta Boxing Federation to issue a statement on his behalf. Mr. Dixon denies that there is any truth whatsoever in rumors of a comeback into competitive boxing whether this is on the local or international scene.