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Unbeaten Hartford heavyweight prospect Tony “TNT’ Grano, one of New England’s most popular fighters, steps up in class on June 13 when he takes on Missouri knockout artist Leroy Childs in the eight round co-feature on “Connecticut Conquest” at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

Former lightweight world champion Julio “Kidd” Diaz, 34-4 (25) will face unbeaten David “El Torrito” Torres, 20-0 (13) in a 10 round bout on Wednesday, June 25, from the world famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA, televised on ESPN2 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT.

Hartford’s popular boxer Israel “Pito” Cardona injured his elbow, forcing him to withdraw from his scheduled June 13 fight against Jason Pires, but promoter Jimmy Burchfield has announced that Cardona will be inducted into the CES Ring of Honor during a special ceremony mid-way through the “Connecticut Conquest” pro boxing …

From WBC President Jose Sulaiman “The family of Jimmy Garcia received yesterday the money from the life insurance policy of the WBC, which was finally paid to Jimmy’s young daughter. This insurance could not be paid to the girl until the time that she reached the legal age of 18.

Battalions of Kelly Pavlik fans will be invading the beaches of Atlantic City to witness the public weigh-in for Pavlik’s first defense of his world middleweight title. Thousands and thousands of fans from the Pavlik Nation, traveling Coast-to-Ghost, by car, boat, buses, and planes, will be lending their moral and …

Quezada And Oruh Meet At The Crossroads Boxing makes a return to the HP Pavilion in San Jose on Thursday night with this year’s second installment of the popular “Fight Night At The Tank” series. Headlining the bill are a pair of heavyweights that meet at a crossroads. For the …

© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing had the honor of briefly speaking with Oscar De La Hoya, a man who needs no introduction, in the dressing room of Ricky Hatton after the Hatton vs. Lazcano fight in Manchester, England recently. SaddoBoxing: What are your impressions on the Hatton vs. …

© Tom Hogan Before the Hatton-Lazcano fight, I watched Lazcanoʼs previous two fights to gain an ʽideaʼ of Hattonʼs opponent. Those two fights suggested to me that Lazcano was a ʽslow-starterʼ with a good solid right punch, used the left-uppercut, threw few body-punches, but did include a couple of low …

Joe DeGuardia, President of Star Boxing announced today, the appointment of Kevin Rooney Jr., Director of Media Relations. Rooney, a 2006 graduate of Fordham University, is no stranger to the boxing world being the son of world renowned trainer Kevin Rooney and godson of 6-time world champion Vinny Pazienza. In …

Darren McDermott claims his British Middleweight Title showdown with Wayne Elcock on June 20 is the biggest all-Midlands clash for 28 years. Dudley’s ‘Black Country Body Snatcher’ argues there has not been a bigger Midlands boxing derby since former world title challenger Pat Cowdell and Dave Needham faced each other …

Originally ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner had planned to present heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis in the USA on May 17th, 2008 but the Cuban Olympic gold medallist was denied visa. Now ARENA’s attorneys tried again to get “La Sombra” into the US but the Consulate in Berlin denied the application again.

From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The Japan Boxing Commission has agreed to use instant replay in WBC title fights. The WBC is very happy with this development regarding the instant replay rule, which was adopted during the 45th Annual WBC World Convention in Manila , Philippines , in November 2007.