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© Aaron Sprecher – Hoganphotos In one of the most anticipated clashes of the new year, top lightweights Juan Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez will clash for Diaz’s IBO title on February 28 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.

Integrated Sports will distribute “The Champion Returns” show, featuring WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev against unbeaten challenger Carl Davis Drumond, February 7 on pay-per-view in the United States live from Rostock, Germany.

It’s the homecoming fight Rocky Juarez has dreamed of ever since he turned pro and on Saturday, February 28 at Houston’s Toyota Center, the 2000 US Olympic Silver medalist will have an opportunity to face the premier featherweight in the world, unbeaten WBA World Featherweight Champion Chris John in a …

Lenny Daws will now challenge Dean Harrison for the vacant English Light Welterweight title and is confident that a late change in opponent will not throw him off course in his ambition to become British champion again in 2009. The Morden boxer was supposed to box Scott Haywood but he …

Four-time world champion Carina “La Reina” Moreno, 20-1 (6), has a new opponent for her scheduled February 5, 2009 date at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore Ca. Two-time world champion Wendy Rodriguez was originally slated to face Moreno, but had to pull out due to an injury. The Watsonville …

Lee McAllister believes boxing away from his home in Aberdeen will bring out the best in him when he challenges John Murray for the British Lightweight title at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan on Saturday, January 17, 2009. In a fight that will be shown live on ITV4, Murray, …

Thrilling ex-British super flyweight champion Chris Edwards returns to the ring Friday, January 23 when the pint-sized terror drops down a division to meet his chief domestic rival, Wayne Bloy, in a clash for the vacant British and Commonwealth flyweight belts. Fans are expected to pack out the Fenton Manor …

After turning back most of his top level competition at super middleweight, longtime WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe left behind the 168 pound division in a much anticipated move to light heavyweight and has summarily dismissed legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones in 2008. Standing now at 46-0 (32), the soon …

Rendall Munroe has landed home advantage for his European super bantamweight title defence against old rival Kiko Martinez. The Leicester binman, 28, will make his fourth title defence against the Spaniard, 20-1, at Barnsley Metrodome on February 27. Promoter Frank Maloney managed to lure the mandatory challenger to England with …

© Brian Peters Promotions Brian Peters believes that the name Andy Murray is going to become very familiar to sports fans this year – and he’s not talking about the tennis player. Irish boxing has it’s own rising star in Cavan’s Andy Murray and having just signed a managerial deal …

Dynamic play-by-play broadcast veteran Gus Johnson of CBS Sports has signed with Showtime Networks Inc. to host and call the action on the premium network’s flagship sports series Showtime Championship Boxing, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Showtime Sports & Event Programming. Johnson …

The battle lines have been drawn and now the stage is set for the February 28 IBO Lightweight Championship between champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Juan Diaz which will take place at Houston’s Toyota Center. Mexico’s premier fighter and a future Hall of Famer, Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez, 49-4-1 …