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Panamaʼs Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion is poised and ready to take on AJ “Bazooka” Banal in the much anticipated battle for the WBA Super Flyweight crown at New Cebu Coliseum, Philippines on July 26, 2008. Concepcion is ready for Banal. His training for the world title has been well planned, …

Oscar Diaz and Delvin Rodriguez addressed the media yesterday in their final press conference before their much anticipated showdown for the USBA welterweight championship that will take place tonight at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, TX. The fight, which will be shown on ESPN2’s “Wednesday Night Fights,” has had …

Building upon its tradition of delivering the most evenly matched and significant fights in boxing, Showtime Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports and Event Programming Ken Hershman officially announced today the fight that boxing pundits and fans have been waiting for. World champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, 27-4 (19), …

Undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will host an open media workout in Puerto Rico, this Friday, July 18. This will be Cotto’s final day working out in preparation for “The Battle!”, the four-bout pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by Cotto’s world title defense against two-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, in …

From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: Regarding the WBC interim super featherweight world championship fight between Humberto Soto and Francisco Lorenzo, the WBC Board of Governors has voted for the following: 1. The World Boxing Council officially confirms its decision of “No Contest”, which was rendered at ringside on June 28.

Daniel Santos became a world champion for the third time by defeating previously undefeated WBA super welterweight champion Joachim Alcine in Montreal on Friday night at the beautiful outdoor Uniprix Stadium. The energetic crowd of nearly 10,000 in Alcine’s adopted hometown could not prevent Santos, who was making his 12th …

Dunne, If You Want It, Come And Get It Frank Maloney, promoter of Rendall Munroe, the European Super Bantamweight Champion has decided to answer criticism from Dublin, Ireland based boxer Bernard Dunne’s camp. “At no time has the European champion Munroe declined to fight Bernard Dunne, the former European champ, …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England also saw an exciting and entertaining undercard. Former IBO Champion Brian Magee of Belfast faced Simeon Cover of Worksop in a six round super middleweight contest. Cover, of the Ingle’s stable, has …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Newly crowned British Lightweight Champion John Murray could be making his first defence against Martin Gethin after Gethin waged a very exciting fight against Ingle Camp boxer Nadeem Siddique on the undercard of Murray vs. Lee Meager on Friday night at the …

Danny Williams, current British heavyweight champion and the most likely Briton to win a heavyweight world title since Lennox Lewis, gets into the ring on Friday, July 18 to defend his prestigious Lonsdale belt against Essex man John McDermott at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. Williams, 39-6 (31), is …

The Cinderella story of Tony Thompson’s world title dreams came crashing to the canvas in the 11th round last night at a packed Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, courtesy of one too many right hands from IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. Thompson began the bout with plenty of gusto, …

Ulises Solis, 27-1-2 (20), led the way on a big card south of the border at Palenque De La Expo in Hermosillo, Mexico as the longtime IBF Light Flyweight Champion outpointed Filipino veteran Glenn Donaire, 17-4-1 (9), by wide margins to retain his crown for the seventh time. Rising light …