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It was a good weekend on the Continent with most of the action taking place on Saturday night, and we kick off this report in Germany. The Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg saw a European title fight at super middle between old rivals as Kitzingen slugger Karo Murat, 19-0 (12), forced veteran …

Undefeated featherweight Abraham Lopez thrilled the packed house at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California, on Friday night with a crunching second round knockout of Manuel Sarabia. With the win, the heavy handed 21 year old improved his record to 6-0-0 with five knockouts.

The WBA Championship Committee has declared two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, 43-8-1 (29), presently rated No. 3, as the mandatory challenger for the winner of this year’s Ruslan Chagaev vs. Nicolai Valuev WBA title fight. The 37 year old previously lost to Chagaev once and Valuev twice …

Philadelphia’s undefeated junior welterweight prospect Danny “Swift” Garcia improved to, 11-0 (7), with a dominating performance against crafty veteran Cristian Favela, now 17-19-6 (10), last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. In the early rounds, Garcia pressed the action, landing accurate jabs, followed by impressive counter punching that …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England Frank Maloney hosted a fight night billed as “Sublime Skill vs. Brute Force”, headlined by the clash between Rendall Munroe of Leicester, England and Kiko Martinez of Alicante, Spain. “Boxing Binman” or “2Tone” Munroe …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing It was all right hands on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation as IBF Cruiserweight Champion Tomasz Adamek, 37-1 (25), successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks, 20-1 (14), with a win by technical knockout at 1:30 of the eighth round at Newark, NJ’s Prudential …

The WBC Super Middleweight title fight between undefeated title holder Carl Froch, 24-0 (19), and ex-Middleweight World Champion Jermain Taylor, 28-2-1 (17), has been set for April 25 with the clash possibly taking place at Foxwoods at Mashantucket, CT. Showtime will present the bout as Nottingham man Froch makes his …

One of the most anticipated matchups in the lightweight division takes place tonight as Juan Manuel Marquez clashes with Juan Diaz for the WBA, WBO and IBO title belts at Houston’s Toyota Center with WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John making his first American appearance on the undercard as the Indonesian …

Bernard Dunne, Kenny Egan and Katie Taylor will appear on “Tubridy Tonight” on RTÉ ONE from 21:35 on Saturday night. The knockout trio will chat to host Ryan Tubridy ahead of their bouts on the Hunky Dorys World Title Fight Night at The O2, Dublin on Saturday, March 21. Dunne …

The long awaited showdown between Northern Nevada arch rivals Jesse Brinkley and Joey Gilbert lived up to it’s billing of “Civil War” as a packed house of over 7,000 fight fans stood “loud and proud” for their Northern Nevada favorites on Saturday, February 14. With blood being drawn early, the …

2004 US Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada, and Alexander Povetkin, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and the IBF’s No. 1 contender, will clash April 4 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Estrada, 15-1 (3), and Povetkin, 16-0 (12) ,should have fought in the amateurs at the 2003 World Championships or a scheduled USA-Russia dual …

On March 6 at the beautiful Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing will put on an exciting six bout card, headlined by a sizzling showdown between Star Boxing promoted welterweights Delvin Rodriguez, 23-2-2 (14), and Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez, 20-1 (11). At stake will be Rodriguez’s USBA …