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Coming off of his first pro loss, James McGirt, Jr., 18-1 (9), very well could have settled on his next opponent being a confidence builder. However, instead of fighting somebody brought in to lose and make James look good, Team McGirt jumped at the opportunity to fight former IBO and …

On June 18, in Tokyo, it was categorically confirmed that there will be two female boxing world championships on the same stage and on the same day, precisely on August 11, at Korakuen Hall of Tokyo, the mecca of Japanese Boxing since 1962, with capacity for over two thousand spectators. …

IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, 25-1 (5), had a cast removed from his right hand last Tuesday and he has started rehabilitation. Malignaggi underwent hand surgery May 28 to repair a fractured metacarpal bone of the middle finger on his right hand, suffered during his title-defense …

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IBF World Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute, 22-0-0 (18), can count on the support of his ever-growing fan base when he laces up the gloves for his mandatory title defense bout against very tough Mexican fighter Librado Andrade, 27-1-0 (21). InterBox was able to close a deal with Andrade’s promoter …

Tickets are now on sale for “Hard Eight”, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing, headlined by the IBF Light Heavyweight title eliminator clash between undefeated contender Tavoris Cloud and former world champion Julio Gonzalez set for Friday, August 8 at the Aragon Ballroom to be broadcast on ESPN2’s …

“Fight of the Year,” “Round of the Year,” “Minute of the Year”; any and all the above are being used to describe Saturday’s wild WBO Junior Welterweight Championship rematch between defending champion Ricardo Torres and the newly-minted world champion Kendall Holt.

Nadeem Siddique aims to prove he is one of Britain’s top lightweight contenders with an emphatic win over Steve Saville on Friday, July 11, 2008. Unbeaten star Siddique’s eight round contest is chief support to the vacant British Lightweight title battle between Manchester duo Lee Meager and John Murray at …

Fawaz Nasir and Kim Poulsen are putting the final touches on their training for this coming Fridays fights in Cuxhaven, Germany. Super middleweight Nasir, 13-2 (8), is taking on Robert Stieglitz, 31-2 (19), over eight rounds in a bid to take over the Russian-Germans IBF # 4 world ranking, and …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The Everton Park Sports Centre in Liverpool, England also played host to a cracking undercard on Friday night in a Matchroom Sports promoted fight night which was headlined by British Light Welterweight Champion David Barnes’s unanimous points win over Scottish boxer and …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In a torrid, 61 second affair last night at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV, WBO Light Welterweight Champion Ricardo Torres and Kendall Holt engaged in a vicious rematch that ended in shocking fashion. The pair started the bout with …

One of America’s top lightweights came to Jan Smuts Stadium in East London last night in search of a world title opportunity and in the eyes of many, Zahir Raheem was almost certain to return home to the US with that title challenge in his pocket. After all, hadn’t Raheem …