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CES presents pro boxing show “August Annihilation” tonight at Twin River Events Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. NABF Interim Super Middle Championship Peter Manfredo Jr: 168 lb Donny McCRary: 166 lb Joey Spina: 170.5 lb Jim Strohl: 168 lb Angel Camacho Jr: 163.5 lb Ariel Espinal: 164.5 lb Bobo Starino: …

By Per Ake Persson Ukrainian super middle Vitaly Tyspko, IBF # 2, is awaiting the outcome of IBF champ Lucan Bute´s defence against Libradro Andrade on October 24. Tsypko will then be one of the participants in an eliminator to determine the next mandatory challenger for the titleholder. Slovenian welter …

He is the longest reigning champion in the middleweight division today, a European superstar who now has his sights set on conquering new land in America after a spectacular US debut in June. On Saturday, October 4, ‘King’ Arthur Abraham defends his IBF 160 pound title for the eighth time …

Anthony Small headlines Frank Warren’s fourth annual DebRA charity dinner on Friday, September 12, at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. The three previous events have raised a combined total in excess of £1million, and have been attended by the stars of stage, screen and sport. In a special UK v …

Undefeated world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and legendary former two-division world champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will host a news conference, followed by a boisterous fan-friendly public Pep Rally, in Youngstown, OH on Wednesday, August 27, celebrating their upcoming light heavyweight showdown. Admission is free. Members of the …

Liverpudlian David Price faced Lithuanian Jaroslav Jaksto in the super heavyweight quarter-final this week at Worker’s Gymnasium at the Beijing Olympics. A relaxed Price – who lost to Jaroslav four years ago – scored the first point with a left and moments later notched up a second. Jaksto hobbled off …

It’s no secret that Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman don’t like each other very much. Both fighters have exchanged insults in the lead up to their championship showdown on September 13 on Showtime. Making his first title defense, Campbell will risk his IBF, WBO and WBA Lightweight titles against the …

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has added three additional exciting undercard fights to the already stellar card on September 5 at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The card will be broadcast live on GoFightLive.TV and with an intriguing double header, featuring “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis, 19-2-2 (9), vs. Nasser …

Up until this past Monday, unbeaten WBC Youth Featherweight title-holder Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard, 14-0 (7), was scheduled to fight WBC Continental Americas Featherweight Champion Adalberto “Terrible” Borquez, 18-6 (17) on August 29 in “Title Wave,” live on ESPN Friday Night Fights from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Remillard, …

Flashy boxer Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell will make the first defense of his IBF, WBO and WBA Lightweight titles against undefeated two-division world champion Joan “Sycuan Warrior” Guzman on Saturday, September 13 at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi, Miss. Campbell, 32-5-1 (25), from Jacksonville, FL., picked up his …

I hated writing the words that make up the title to this piece, but after seeing a replay of Cotto vs. Judah last week, I had to admit that Zab doesn’t get due credit for something boxing fans find pretty important: fighting dangerous opponents. Sure, he loses to them more …

America has become too fixated on the fights that generate the most money. This acts as a force that steers the attention of fans and the media onto a mere fragment of the boxing world, rather than the whole. The history, the amateurs, the professionals–famous, unrecognized, or in need of …