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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the famous York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London, Hennessy Promotions hosted a fight night which would headline the heavyweight clash between Danny Williams, of Brixton, London, and Albert Sosnowski of Brentwood, Essex. British Champion Williams was scheduled to meet John McDermott …

Richie Parrillo Jr. has released further details regarding “Double Down,” an evening of championship boxing including three titles up for grabs on Friday, November 21 at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond. Special guest, boxing legend Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, will be ringside as Parrillo presents the10-bout card with a portion of …

Click for larger image © Emily Harney “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo, Jr., with his father/head trainer Peter Manfredo, Sr., and Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika participated in an open media workout at Manfredo’s Gym in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Having fought Roy Jones Jnr. In an Olympic Semi Final and Joe Calzaghe in a World title bout not to mention winning a World title himself Richie Woodhall’s views have to be respected. The Birmingham man’s prediction that Delroy “Sweet Dee” Mitchell is going to upset Henry Coyle on this …

Super flyweight Raul “The Cobra” Martinez, of San Antonio, TX, who did everything as an amateur except make the 2004 United States Olympic Team, goes against amateur standout, hard-hitting Victor Proa, of Monterrey, Mexico, over 10 rounds Friday evening, Nov. 14, at the New Alhambra, in South Philadelphia.

Cestus Management’s 140-pound destroyer, Robert “Nighthawk” Luna Jr. made his professional debut on the under card of the Class Act promotional event held in Round Rock, Texas.

World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman led the general assembly meetings at the WBC’s 46th annual convention on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday morning was devoted to ratings, which will be published soon. The afternoon was free, and many attendants toured the Panda Research and Breeding Base in Chengdu to see …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, England Andy Bell faced Lee Haskins in a British Super Flyweight title contest on a Frank Maloney promoted fight night billed as “The Explosive Thin Men!” Bell was making his first defence of …

Former WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), will be back in the ring before the year ends. Guzman will travel to his native Dominican Republic to take on WBA Fedelatin lightweight champion Ameth Diaz, 25-7 (19), on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, from El Palacio de los Deportes in …

Arena boss Ahmet Öner fought for his #1 rated heavyweight Juan Carlos Gomez at the 46th annual WBC Convention in Chengdu, China and got what he wanted: Vitali Klitschko has to defend his belt against mandatory challenger Gomez immediately. Q: How do you feel after this decision, Mr. Öner? Ahmet …

Bernard Dunne says he’s determined to prove he’s ready for a world title fight by beating Cristian “El Terrible” Faccio in style on this Saturday’s Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland. After an intensive six week training camp in Belfast, Dunne is confident that he …

It should have been another great night for Selcuk Aydin. On November 18, the WBC international champion was set to defend his title against Said Ouali in Istanbul. But in one of his last sparring sessions, Arena’s “Mini-Tyson” broke a rib and won’t be able to fight for at least …