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Sitting at the gate at Los Angeles Airport last week, Alex Valdez went almost unrecognized as he waited for the boarding call for his flight to Tokyo, Japan, where he will battle WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa this Thursday night, October 16. “I had a couple of guys come over …

Cestus Management’s new signing, undefeated James “Quick Draw” Dubois will make his Cestus debut on October 25, 2008, at the Township Auditorium in Columbus, South Carolina. “Quick Draw” DuBois was a former Texas, National, and United States Armed Forces amateur boxing sensation and will be fighting on the undercard of …

Andy Bell aims to make up for missing out on Young Boxer of the Year by coming through a successful first defence of his British super-flyweight title. The Doncaster youngster risks his title when he faces Bristol southpaw Lee Haskins at Robin Park Arena on Friday, November 7.

History will be made on Saturday, Nov. 1, when WBA/WBC Super Flyweight world champion Cristian Mijares climbs into the ring to face IBF world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan at the The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Mijares and Darchinyan are fighting in the very first 115-pound World Championship …

Tonight’s edition of ESPN’s prime-time newsmagazine E:60, at 7 p.m. ET, will include a profile of Kelly Pavlik, the undefeated middleweight boxing champion from Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik takes on two-division world champion Bernard Hopkins in a 12-round light heavyweight battle Saturday, October 14 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.

A pair of undefeated super flyweights, Raul Martinez, of San Antonio, TX, and Victor Proa, of Monterrey, Mexico, meet in the scheduled 10 round main event Friday evening, November 14, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia.

By Per Ake Persson Russian junior welter Dennis Shafikov, 16-0, faces former WBA Lightweight Champ Raul Balbi from Argentina in a non-title ten-rounder on P3 Boxing´s big show at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on November 28 in what should be an interesting fight.

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Sunday afternoon, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions hosted a seven fight bill at the newly built Leigh Sports Centre in Lancashire, England. Top of the bill saw Thomas “Tommy” McDonagh of Manchester face Jason “The Rocket” Rushton of Doncaster in a …

© ARENA Box-Promomtion When Vitali Klitschko beat Samuel Peter for the WBC world heavyweight champion title in Berlin on Saturday, Juan Carlos Gomez was sitting in his house in L.A. watching the fight on TV. Now the “Black Panther” is looking forward to face the winner next.

© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Boxing fans, this is a one and only chance for you to support Cancer Awareness and win an autographed t-shirt signed by many of the great boxers featured and in attendance at the Shamrocks and Dreams Event in Philly on October 4, 2008.

Odlanier Solis is new WBC International Heavyweight Champion. “La Sombra” beat Chauncy Welliver by TKO as referee Daniel Van de Wiele stopped the one-sided fight in round nine. “Of course, Solis can still improve”, says promoter Ahmet Öner. “But it was a very convincing victory and he showed that he …

Like Christopher Columbus, two-division world champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins is about to?make a new discovery, courtesy undefeated World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik. Pavlik and Hopkins battle in a 12-round light heavyweight rumble this Saturday, October 18, headlining “Unstoppable”, a four fight pay-per-view extravaganza broadcast live from Atlantic …