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Arena CEO Ahmet Öner brings Cuba libre, Cuban music and Caribbean atmosphere to the German North Sea on September 12! Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis, 10-0 (6), is ready to delight the fans at Cuxhaven ’s Kugelbake Halle. The 2004 Olympic gold medallist is one of the last great Cuban amateur …

In a terrific fight in the second-half of an excellent world championship doubleheader, IBF/WBO/WBA lightweight champion Nate Campbell, 32-5-1 (25), of Jacksonville, Fla., will make his first defense against undefeated two-division world champion Joan Guzman, 28-0 (17), of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, live on Showtime Championship Boxing …

The new boxing season kicks off at the Kings Hall, Stoke on September 13 when local promoters Impact Boxing host their latest event. The city’s leading professional, Scott Lawton, will head the bill and will be joined by local welterweights Scott Miller and Jimmy Doherty, heavyweight Alex Ibbs completes the …

Golden Boy Promotions undefeated twin sensations, Carlos Ivan, 8-0 (7), and Juan Carlos, 9-0 (5) Velasquez make their way to the bright lights of Las Vegas when they square off against opponents later to be announced as both brothers will be featured on the undercard when Joel Casamayor battles Juan …

One of the three world championship matches set for Saturday’s Don King Productions fight card in Biloxi, Miss., has been scratched after one of the boxers became ill. International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko, 25-1 (22), from Accra, Ghana, was to have made his first title defense …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The third title fight of the night at Nottingham on Friday was the English Light Welterweight title clash between ‘Super Scotty’ Haywood of Derby and Dean ‘Deano’ Harrison of Wolverhampton. It was a close evenly matched contest between these two with nothing …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Matthew Hatton v Scott Woolford 8 x 3 Welterweight Contest This was to be Hattons’ first fight under new trainer Lee Beard. Having suffered a defeat to Craig Watson in May, Hatton now fights out of Bobby Rimmer’s Boxing Academy. It was …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Rendall “2Tone” Munroe made his second defense of the European Super Bantamweight title against Arsen Martirosian, a France-based Armenian, on a Maloney Promoted fight night billed as ‘Working Class Hero’. This …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Frank Maloney hosted the second of three title fights. This was the scheduled English Lightweight title fight between John ‘Fireball’ Fewkes and Martin Gethin. Fewkes had a nightmare Thursday when weighing …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, undefeated Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Amir Khan suffered a sensational first round knockout at the hands of Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott for the WBO Intercontinental crown. The end came for Khan inside …

In a hotly anticipated showdown between hard-nosed come-forward sluggers, lightweights Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis went to war last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, and after the dust settled Diaz had pulled out a split decision victory to capture the vacant IBO title. For the first half …

Hot lightweight prospect Amir Khan tops the bill tonight at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England when he faces dangerous Colombian Breidis Prescott. At stake is the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight title, but more importantly both men’s unbeaten records are on the line. Khan, 21 from Bolton, England, is …