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The undercard for the InterBox Gala featuring Lucian Bute vs. William Joppy is taking shape, with three fights now confirmed. Two of the three fights will be title bouts with Renan St-Juste fighting for the WBC Continental Americas 160 lb belt and Victor Lupo defending his Canadian Welterweight crown. The …

Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Mike Alvarado will battle Jesus “Chuy” Rodriguez in the ten round main event at “Celebration” an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing on Friday, February 15th at Cicero Stadium presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum’s Top Rank Incorporated. The Denver based …

Former world champion Martin “El Gallo” Castillo and three-time world title challenger Jose Navarro hosted a media workout today at the South El Monte Community Gym. Both fighters are training for world title fights which will be broadcast live on the pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by the 12-round rematch between undefeated …

Debuting February 23 on HBO On Saturday February 23, and in honor of black history month, HBO Sports will be present its poignant documentary JOE LOUIS: AMERICA’S HERO, BETRAYED, a touching retrospective of the life of the legendary boxer and his tremendous impact on segregated America.

Luckless welterweight boxer Jimmy Doherty has been forced to withdraw from Impact Boxing’s next promotion scheduled for 1st March at Stoke’s Kings Hall. The popular Tunstall based fighter has injured the same right hand that forced him out of and earlier show at the Kings Hall last September. Doherty, now …

Son of legendary Heavyweight World Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Marvis Frazier, announces his plans for the building currently housing the Gym in North Philadelphia that bears his father’s name. Marvis passionately believes this project will revive a once vibrant neighborhood and in doing so create a true ‘Beacon to the …

Unbeaten NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs), rated No. 1 by the World Boxing Council, travels to Germany to battle undefeated, No. 2 ranked Rudy Kraj (13-0, 10 KOs) on March 8 in a WBC title elimination bout determining champion David Haye’s mandatory challenger.

There was a lot of boxing this past Saturday night and this time we start at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines where there was an important clash at super flyweight. At stake was an IBF official eliminator and it was a battle of the southpaws as former WBO …

Friday night, at the York Hall, Bethnall Green, London – female boxer Laura Saperstein, fighting out of Kentish Town, made her first appearance on a major fight card promoted by Frank Maloney. Saperstein, aka ‘Boxergirl’, faced Ukrainian Olena Varchenko in a 4 x 2 minute light welterweight contest in which …

British featherweight Marianne Marston left her London home earlier this week and travelled to America to train full-time under the watchful eyes of legendary Heavyweight World Champion Smokin’ Joe Frazier and his son, Olympic Gold Medallist and heavyweight contender, Marvis Frazier, at their gym in Philadelphia. “She’s going to be …

WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez, one of the most feared pound-for-pound boxers in the world, made a special appearance at historic thoroughbred racing track Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA this weekend. Vazquez, who battles Rafael Marquez for a third consecutive time on Saturday, March 1 at the Home …

Last night at the 02 Arena in London, Sports Network in association with Frank Warren staged some exciting boxing in the shape of Derry Matthews, Michael Jennings and Amir Khan. Liverpudlian Derry Matthews, the British Boxing Writers “Young Boxer of the Year”, defended his WBU Featherweight title in impressive fashion …