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By Per Ake Persson British heavyweight Matt Skelton is out of the fight against Sinan Samil Sam for the vacant European title July 4 in Istanbul. Replacing Skelton is Italian veteran Paolo Vidoz.

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing This week, at ‘Mbargo’ in the SkyDome Arena, Coventry, England, media were in attendance for the official press conference hosted by Hennessy Sports which saw Wayne Elcock and Darren McDermott come face to face ahead of their ‘clash’ on June 20. Billed …

Three of a kind of the boxer Vittorio Panariello, from Naples, got the qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games in Peking due to his victory at the tournament in Athens this past April or third place against the Slovak Rudolf Dydi in the bantamweight category at 54 kgs. Parrinello, from …

On July 4, the vacant European Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in Istanbul, Turkey. Originally, Matt Skelton was meant to fight local hero Sinan Samil Sam, but the former British and Commonwealth Champion had to pull out of the fight due to a virus infection.

“The Tiger” Prepares For Showdown With Heavyweight Champ Wladimir Klitschko On July 12 Upon my return from Germany, I immediately started training in order to get in shape for my dream fight. My manager (Nate Peake), Sharmba (Mitchell), Steve Francis and Brandy Hudson went to New Orleans, Louisiana to meet …

Former world champions James Toney and Hasim Rahman will face off tomorrow at a press conference in Sherman Oaks, CA in what surely will be a lively event. Both men are noted for their up close and personal trash talking styles and with their rematch on July 16 looming, quite …

Two of the best featherweight prospects on the East Coast, Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, PA, and Thomas “KO” Snow, of Capitol Heights, MD, collide in the eight round main event Friday evening, July 18, at the New Alhambra in South Philadelphia. The co-feature matches light heavyweights Richard Stewart, of New …

Star Boxing had a chance to sit down for an exclusive interview with 2004 Olympic Team Captain and now hot heavyweight prospect Devin Vargas. In this interview Vargas talks about his first round annihilation over tough Dave Brunelli, the heavyweight division now and where he feels he falls in the …

King Arthur Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) is on his way to the U.S. The undefeated IBF middleweight champion has boarded a plane at Berlin Tegel at 9.50 am this morning. After a quick stop in Munich, he is expected to arrive in Miami at 4.35 pm local time. “I am …

The Chicago Cubs, owners of the best record in Major League Baseball, will welcome WBC Champion David Diaz to throw out the first pitch this Tuesday night, June 10, prior to the opening game of their three game home series against the Atlanta Braves. Diaz will take to the mound …

Seven bouts out of a scheduled eight went off as planned on Friday night, June 6, 2008, at the sovereign Performing Arts Center, in Reading, Pennsylvania promoted by Marshall Kauffman and Top Rank. Spanish channel Telefutura provided commentary in English and Spanish. Attendance was spartan at the fight card as …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing So, Floyd Mayweather has retired, again!. I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking that what he probably means is…”I’ve retired (unless something interesting crops up!)” It seems the five-weight champion is no longer ‘happy’ to fight and retires at the height of his …