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By Per Ake Persson Wiking Box Team promotes a show in Greifswald / Wusterhusen in the north of Germany on September 27. In the main event, Thomas Troelenberg squares off against Steve Klockow in a German title fight at middleweight. On the undercard, heavyweight Konstantin Airich returns after the loss …

Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES) has promoted eight shows this year in three different states, including four broadcast nationally on ESPN, in order to build a foundation for world and regional title runs by its fighters in 2009.

Steve Molitor, the IBF Super Bantamweight Champion, is looking towards a defining moment in his career. The undefeated boxer is fresh from winning his most recent bout, against Ceferino Dario Labarda. According to his handlers Orion Management, a victory would secure Molitor a title unification fight against Celestino Caballero. So …

Ronald Hearns, 20-0-0 (16), is scheduled to lace up the gloves against Paul Clavette, 14-1-1 (2), on Friday, October 24 at the Bell Centre in Monreal. Hearns earned a TKO1 victory over Alexander Pacheco Quiroz, 14-7-1 (4), last week to set up the October 24 clash. This bout will be …

IBF All-African Light Middleweight Championship Eromolsele Albert: 153 lb Ossie Duran: 153 lb

Four undefeated rising stars hope to excite and impress Friday, Oct. 3, on ShoBox: The New Generation when highly touted welterweight prospect “King” James De la Rosa takes on Baltimore ’s own Tim “Pit Bull” Coleman, and local favorite Fernando Guerrero battles Pittsburgh middleweight Tyrone “TT” Watson. Showtime will televise …

New England’s favorite son Demetrius Andrade, a 2008 U.S. Olympian and reigning World Amateur Champion, will host a news conference luncheon homecoming with his promoters Joe DeGuardia and Art Pelullo of Star Boxing and Banner Promotions, respectively, tomorrow to announce his highly- anticipated professional boxing debut, which will be televised …

Undefeated top 10 super welterweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. and International Boxing Federation flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donair, Jr., headline “Final Impact” an explosive pay-per-view extravaganza Saturday, November 1 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.

Don King Productions Director of Boxing Juan Gonzalez and his wife Dharmarie are proud to announce the birth of their first baby, a son, Juan Miguel Gonzalez Jr., yesterday, September, 22 at 9:30 a.m. in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Baby boy, mama and Juan are doing just fine.

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England new promoter Hayemaker Boxing hosted it’s first fight-night. The main event of the evening was Ryan Rhodes’s first defence of his second reign as British Light Middleweight titlist against Jamie Coyle of …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Hayemaker Boxing Promotions, Adam Booth and David Coldwell, hosted their first event on Saturday night. Held at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, England, it was ‘The Ryan Rhodes Show’, headlined Ryan Rhodes’s defence of the British Light Middleweight title against Scottish …

As one of the more decorated and dynamic amateurs in the country and runner up at the 2007 U.S. Championships in 2007, there was no one doubting that Rico Ramos was an exceptionally good boxer. What few predicted though, was that the 125 lb Olympic alternate would turn out to …