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Amazon review At a fighting weight of little more than 11 stone [154 pounds], Paddy Monaghan was not immediately as intimidating as bare-knuckle boxers like Lenny McLean or Roy Shaw. But if anyone dared to underestimate Monaghan – as many foolish opponents did in the past – the full force …

By Per Ake Persson WBA Cruiser Champ Firat Arslan takes on mandatory challenger Guillermo Jones from Panama on September 27 at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg. Supporting bouts will be announced later but this date has previously been mentioned for the WBC heavyweight eliminator between Vladimir Virchis and Juan …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England, World Sports Organisation promoter Jon Feld hosted a fight night headlined by the 10 round light heavyweight contest between Gary “JJ” Ojuederie and Joey Vegas. This was to be 28 year old Ojuederie’s …

The vacant IBF Welterweight title was up for grabs last night at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada between determined combatants Zab Judah, a former owner of the belt, and Joshua Clottey. Clottey came into the scrap the far less experienced man but had only lost to world champions Antonio …

There was a lot of action this weekend below the Rio Grande and we kick off the proceedings with the return of former WBC Super Bantam Champion Oscar Larios, 62-6-1 (39), who rocked the house on Saturday with a seventh round KO of Nicaragua’s Marlon Aguilar to retain the Interim …

It was a pretty good week for Australian boxing, but most of the action happened of a Wednesday night show at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, NSW, headlined by Anthony Mundine and supported by super prospect Billy Dib. Mundine, who recently gave up the WBA Super Middleweight belt rather than …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “The Raging Bull” Vic Darchinyan promised a highlight reel knockout and delivered one bone-crunching left hand after another. The Armenian-born Australian stopped Russia’s Dimitri Kirilov in the fifth round to earn the IBF Junior Bantamweight championship, his second career world …

Boxing returns to Aviator Sports at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, August 6 with ESPN2 will carrying the event on their Wednesday Night Fights series. “This is some fight card,” said promoter Sal Musumeci of Final Forum Boxing. “We have heavyweights, light welterweights, a little something …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England, World Sports Organisation promoter Jon Feld presented a night of boxing which would be memorable in more ways than one! Although not the main event, home-boy Ojay Abrahams faced Jamie Ambler of Aberystwyth …

Tonight at The Palms in Las Vegas, ex-two weight world champion Zab Judah will attempt to recapture one of his former title belts but must overcome one of the most avoided fighters in the welterweight division, Johsua Clottey, in order to do so. While Judah, 36-5 (25), is coming off …

Middleweight Sebastien Demers was scheduled to be on his way to a return match with IBF Champion Arthur Abraham later this year but last night at the Gare Windsor Salle des Pas Perdus in Montreal, Colombian slugger Dionisio Miranda altered those plans with a shocking split decision upset of the …

In an action packed night of fights on ShoBox: The New Generation, junior middleweight Ishe “Sugar Shay” Smith of Las Vegas overwhelmed Poland’s Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak en route to a 10 round unanimous decision victory from the Aviator Arena in Brooklyn, New York.