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World ranked super middleweight Jesse Brinkley will travel to the nation’s capital, Washington, DC, this Saturday night, December 20, to battle James Johnson at the Burr Arena in a six round bout.. With the announcement of “Civil War”, Brinkley’s crosstown grudge match against Joey Gilbert set for Saturday, February 14, …

World ranked super bantamweight Rendall Munroe continues his busy reign as European champion when he meets rugged Italian challenger Fabrizio Trotta on a big boxing show at City University’s The Helix in Dublin, Ireland tomorrow, Thursday, December 18. Supporting the main event is a the much anticipated debut of Olympic …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There were two other ʽtitleʼ fights on Saturday night at the Brentwood Centre, Essex, as Brian Magee faced Stevie McGuire for the vacant British Super Middleweight belt and Lee Purdy met Peter McDonagh for the British Southern Area Light Welterweight crown. Irish-born …

Wilfried Sauerland’s Sauerland Event and its Managing Director, Christian Meyer, in association with Don King Productions, present a PPV broadcast , distributed by Integrated Sports, from Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday, December 20, 2008. The main event features Nikolay “The Russian Giant” Valuev, 49-1 (34), the two-time and reigning …

At the boring world heavyweight championship bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman this past Saturday, the only man who brought some excitement to the show was former undisputed world cruiserweight champion David Haye, who showed up in Mannheim, Germany, to call out both Klitschko brothers.

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has announced the signing of Phoenix, Arizona’s 24 year old light middleweight contender Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzalez, 24-1 (13). The Mexican- American southpaw, whose nickname translates into “The Hammer” in English, was one of the most decorated amateurs to ever come out of Arizona, and was …

Tony Jeffries is set to take Sunderland by storm as the “Mackem Mauler” begins his professional career with one aim in mind – to bring the world title to the North-east. Olympic Bronze Medallist “Jaffa” Jeffries has signed professional forms with Sheffield-based promoter Dennis Hobson in what promises to be …

Recently deposed IBF cruiserweight champion Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham speaks out for the first time since the epic battle at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on December 11, which saw Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek from Jersey City, NJ. capture the IBF crown by a contentious split decision.

In a real crossroads battle between two boxers who could hardly afford to lose, Risum Boxing’s David “Silenter Danger” Kiilu, 30-9-2 (16), scored a twelfth-round stoppage of local hero Dariusz Snarski, 26-29-2 (6), in Bialystok, Poland on Sunday December 14. With the victory, Kiilu captured the vacant UBC Lightweight title.

Irish Olympic hero Darren Sutherland held a media workout in London and produced a startling display of skills in sparring with rugged undefeated light heavyweight Carl Dilks in round after round of furious action. Sutherland showed fine form against his quality sparring partner and is on target to produce a …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Brentwood Centre in Essex, England, “Dazzling” Darren Barker of Barnet, London, defended his Commonwealth Middleweight title against Jason McKay of Northern Ireland. In a Hennessy Sports promotion, Barker makes his second defence of the title he won by …

© Tom Casino/ Showtime Boxing Last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, WBO Light Welterweight Champion Kendall Holt swept back the challenge posed by late replacement opponent Demetrius Hopkins, posting a split decision victory in a bout that went the distance. Holt negated the height and reach advantage of …