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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Wednesday at the smart Novotel City South Hotel, near London Bridge in England’s capital, media were assembled to a press reception that officially announced Robert Smith as the new General Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control. Currently acting as the assistant General …

Click for larger image © Wayne Barrall / Everyday Images James De La Rosa tipped the scales at 149 pounds and Tim Coleman tipped the scales at 147 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Md. Hometown favorite Fernando Guerroro measured 159.75 pounds …

© Naoki Fukuda With 10 days to go before the toughest fight of his career, “Bad” Chad Dawson prepares for the IBF/IBO Light Heavyweight title fight against “The Magic Man” Antonio Tarver.

Rugged spoiler “King” Henry Castle has torn through four opponents over the past year, turning his career around on the strength of solid performances to earn a shot at one of the top lightweights in the UK. The 29 year old former amateur standout meets Graham Earl in a crucial …

Arthur Abraham 160 lbs. Raul Marquez 160 lbs. (IBF Middleweight Championship) Enad Licina 197 lbs. Otis Griffin 186 ½ lbs. (IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Championship)

Herbie Hide will have his first fight in Britain for four years in a non-title eight round bout at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich on Saturday, 4th October. The former world heavyweight champion boxes in an eight-round bout against Aleksejs Kosobokovs (Latvia), who has won two of his last three …

Jon Thaxton believes victory over Juan Carlos Diaz Melero on Saturday will put him in contention for the World Lightweight title. Norwich’s former British champion faces Juan Carlos Diaz Melero of Spain for the vacant European Lightweight title at the Norfolk Showground as top of the bill on the Hennessy …

From WBC President José Sulaimán: “400 people have registered to attend the World Boxing Council’s 46th Annual Convention, to be held in Chengdu, China, from November 2 to November 8.

Puerto Rico’s hard hitting twin dynamos, Carlos, 9-0 (8), and Juan Velasquez, 9-0 (5), are set to return to the ring on October 10, 2008 when they face opponents later to be announced at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona, televised live on Telefutura.

International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham, 21-1 (11), will meet Polish-born former world champion Tomasz Adamek, 35-1 (24), at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 11.

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing “Manny! Manny! Manny!” shouted the Filipino fans as Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao kicked off their six-city press tour at Liberty Island Wednesday afternoon in New York City. Although both the Filipino and Latino fans came out to support their …

With just over a week to go before former European and British Cruiserweight Champion Terry Dunstan makes his return to the ring, things are going according to plan. Dunstan is sparring with heavyweight “Big” Dave Howe and Billy Boyle and they are both confident that the cruiserweight will make a …