Four-time world champion Chevelle “Fists of Steel†Hallback, 26-5-2 (11), is one of the most recognizable, experienced and respected woman boxers in the world. Her June 13 showdown against WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9†Garside, 7-0-1 (3), in the 10-round co-feature feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) lightweight championship on the “Finally 
Let’s Get It On Promotions is excited to announce that championship boxing returns to Reno on June 13. WBC USNBC Super Middleweight titlist Jesse Brinkley, 30-5 (21), is set to face Canadian Light Heavyweight Champion Jason “Notorious” Naugler, 18-7-1 (11).
After a long illness, the mother of esteemed longtime Top Rank publicist Lee Samuels, Irene Rose Samuels, 83, sadly passed away over the weekend. Lee, his brother Curtis and his sister Phyllis have arranged a viewing and service on Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m. ET at Laughrey Funeral Home, 1 North Broadway in their hometown…
Junior Witter is looking forward to impressing a big TV audience in the next defence of his WBC light welterweight title at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, May 10. Witter, of Bradford, England, is aiming to end the undefeated record of mandatory challenger Timothy Bradley, of Palm Springs, California, in the third defence…
Philadelphia’s newest boxing sensation, Danny Garcia, 5-0 (5), is ready for the big stage as he’s scheduled to fight Manuel Bocanegra, 7-8-1 (5), Saturday May 3, 2008 on the Oscar De La Hoya vs Steve Forbes card.
Following a twelve month absence from the ring, Stokeʼs Danny Johnston will fight twice within three weeks. He will contest the International Masters Title at light middleweight against Birminghamʼs Terry Adams at Trentham Gardens on June 6 but will prepare with a four round warm-up contest against veteran Peter Dunn at the Kings Hall, Stoke…
English lightweight champion John Murray hopes that beating fellow unbeaten lightweight prospect John Fewkes next week will lead to a British title shot. Murray, of Manchester, 23-0, is expecting a tough first defence of his English title against Fewkes of Sheffield, 17-0, when they meet at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports in association…
No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger Gary “The Rocket” Lockett, 30-1 (21), from Cwmbran, Wales, has vowed to follow in the footsteps of two-division world champion and fellow stablemate Joe Calzaghe by winning his debut fight in America. The Rocket Man challenges middleweight kingpin Kelly Pavlik, 33-0 (29), from Youngstown, OH, in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk…
Risum Boxing’s Kenyan super featherweight David “Silent Danger†Kiilu, 27-8-2 (14), will return to action after a nine-month involuntary break from the ring, when he takes on an opponent yet to be confirmed over six rounds at the Club Afrique in hometown Nairobi on May 3.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing staged an action-packed night of boxing billed as ʽLights Going Outʼ. The main event featured popular Mark Thompson of Heywood, Lancashire, as he faced Polish Boxer Maurycy Gojko, for the Masters International…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The ninth installment of Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing series “Punchin’ at the Paradise†could have been renamed “Knockouts at the Paradise†as Andrey Tsurkan stopped Jesse Feliciano inside the distance, a trend all the fighters on the ESPN Friday Night Fights telecast followed in the Bronx , NY on…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing What better stage to highlight a New York rivalry than a live HBO telecast from Madison Square Garden? Dmitriy Salita, 28-0-1 (16), hopes to take his first step towards the boxing elite by facing cross town rival Edgar Santana, 24-5 (15), on the undercard of DiBella Entertainment’s Boxing After…