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“Ref Cams” Provide Viewers an Up-Close Look at All the Action CBS College Sports Network, in partnership with the National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA), will host the 2008 Collegiate Boxing Championships from the Downtown Reno Ballroom in Reno, NV. this Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12. The Boxing Championships …

WBC champion Cristian Mijares and WBA title-holder Alexander “El Explosivio” Munoz will fight May 17 in the first super flyweight unification title bout in more than 10 years, headlining the “Noche de Campeons” pay-per-view event live from the Auditorio Centenario in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. The 12-round co-feature pits Mexican …

British light middleweight champion Gary Woolcombe can’t wait to get in the ring with Sheffield southpaw Ryan Rhodes at York Hall on Friday, April 18. Woolcombe, who has only one loss in a dazzling 26 bout career, is unbeaten in 14 appearances at the historic venue. Woolcombe’s winning streak began …

Undefeated Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson, 18-0-1 (6), proves once again he is ready at the drop of a dime as the WBA 9th ranked heavyweight in the world takes on the tough Terry Smith, 30-4-1 (18), in the main event at the Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, OK on April 18, 2008. …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Sofrito Puerto Rican Cuisine in New York City, Top Rank hosted the final press conference for their World Welterweight Championship Double Header which will take place this Saturday, April 12 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ . “Two World …

For some considerable time I have wanted to write a technical appraisal of the magnificent and timeless Jack Johnson. I have refrained from doing so because Jack, the great Lil’ Arthur as he was known, comes with so much historically vital yet distracting baggage. His story – and ye gods, …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Saturday night at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL, sees a pair of light heavyweight world title fights as IBF Champion Clinton Woods faces IBO titlist Antonio Tarver and WBC Champion Chad Dawson faces former world titlist Glen …

Showtime will smash into the second quarter of 2008 this weekend with consecutive live ShoBox: The New Generation and Showtime Championship Boxing telecasts on April 11 and 12, respectively. America’s No. 1 Boxing Network will continue to enhance its reputation as the place to go for the best boxing on …

Bernard Dunne and Felix Machado will come head to head at the Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar at 1pm on Friday (April 11th) to weigh in for this Saturday’s Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the same venue. Dunne will be looking to make a winning return to the ring this weekend …

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has put together an exciting co-feature and yet another interesting undercard to complement the ESPN2 April 25 explosive main event featuring Andrey Tsurkan, 25-3 (16), vs. Jesse Feliciano, 15-6-3 (9), scheduled for ten rounds, live from the Utopia Paradise Theater in the Bronx.

Don King’s illustrious promotional career ventured into cyberspace with his first-ever live webcast of a boxing event on DonKingTV.com on March 27. As usual, his presence was felt when 400,000 total page views and 200,000 unique page views were recorded for his championship doubleheader featuring Cory Spinks vs. Verno Phillips …

© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Miccosukee Resort in Miami, Florida, undefeated Super Middleweight James McGirt Jr 18-0 (9) will face Carlos De Leon Jr 19-2-2 (12) in his first scheduled ten round bout live on Showtime’s Shobox, the New Generation. No pun intended but the …