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WBO junior welterweight champion Ricardo Torres, 32-1-1- (28), his opponent, top-rated contender Kendall Holt, 23-2 (12), undefeated top five contender Lamont Peterson, 24-0 (11), and his opponent, former IBA world champion Rogelio Casteneda, 24-13-3 (8), will step on the scale for their official weigh-in.

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Arriving at the doorway of the Wednesbury Boxing Academy, I was still wondering why I hadn’t visited the gym before. I used to live locally, so Wednesbury is a place I’ve been to many times. The front of the single-storied building looked fairly small …

Tonight at the famed Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the WBA Light Heavyweight title vacated by Australia’s Danny Green will be fought over by Hugo Hernan Garay and Yuri Barashian. For Garay, 30-3 (17), this could be the breakthrough moment denied to him during narrow split and majority …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In an eagerly awaited 12 round rematch of a hotly disputed fight 10 months ago, Kendall Holt will challenge defending champion Ricardo Torres for the WBO Junior Welterweight title Saturday in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime at 11 p.m. …

Double power-charged bouts at middleweight with Enrique Ornelas and Daryl Salmon in the main event Cerveza Tecate and the boxing power arrive to Texas this week in an exhilarating fight between Enrique Ornelas and Daryl Salmon with Solo Boxeo Tecate. The encounter will take place this Friday, July 4 at …

NABF Heavyweight Champion Travis Walker, ranked WBO #6, WBC #12, set the record straight today regarding his decisive win over Jason Estrada in response to Estrada’s comments last week that Walker won the fight because of a “hometown” decision. In response, Walker stated, “Jason ‘Little 6’ Estrada? I am calling …

By Per Ake Persson AMI Production have cancelled the July 26 show that would have featured WBA Light Fly Champ Brahim Asloum defending the title against Giovanni Segura. Asloum dropped out of training after taking a hefty paycut from televising network Canal+. Promoter Michel Acaries tried to salvage the show …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Stuart Elwell is looking in great shape ahead of his clash with Ted Bami this Friday night! In a Matchroom Sports promoted fight night at the Everton Sports Centre in Liverpool, England – Walsall Boxer – Stuart Elwell is hoping for a good win …

After his recent win against Chaz Witherspoon, heavyweight Chris Arreola boasted that he was willing to fight anyone at anytime. NABF Champion Travis Walker, ranked WBC #12 and WBO #6, has accepted Arreola’s challenge and has upped the ante by stating he will fight Arreola on a “winner-take-all” basis. “First …

He won’t have Uri Geller in his corner this time, but Peter McDonagh believes it will still be a case of mind over matter when he defends his Irish Lightweight title against Andrew Murray on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 12, 2008. While …

Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion has arrived in New York from Panama to intensify his training for the WBA Super Flyweight fight against AJ “Bazooka” Banal. “Rafael is looking strong,” says Damon de Berry from Optimum Sports Agency. “He arrived in New York last week and he is looking forward to …

By Mesuli Zifo Top American fighter Zahir Raheem arrived in East London yesterday for his IBF lightweight title eliminator against Ali Funeka at Jan Smuts Stadium on Saturday.