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Stoke’s boxing enigma, Gary Reid, will travel to Nottingham on 7th March to enter the ring against Derby’s Scott Haywood in a light-welterweight clash. Reid and Haywood will appear on the same bill as Jason Booth who defends his Commonwealth bantamweight title and Rendall Munroe as he attempts to secure …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing NOTE: WEIGHTS – Alfredo Angulo weighed 152 pounds and Ricardo Cortes tipped the scales at 153 pounds during Thursday’s weigh-in. Mickey Bey., Jr. and Roberto Acevedo, who will be fighting in the co-feature Friday night, will weigh-in tomorrow morning. The Mille Lacs Band Of …

It was standing room only at the Southside Boxing Club in Youngstown yesterday as undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (32-0, 29 KOs), and trainer Jack Loew hosted a media workout. Reporters and TV crews from all over Ohio descended on the only gym Pavlik has ever known to …

This Friday, February 1, sees comeback kid Tony Oakey put his career on the line once more when he steps up against English light heavyweight champion Peter Haymer, who came away the winner in a hotly disputed decision over the British Champ when the pair fought in June, 2005. Oakey …

After a very successful trip overseas to Macau China, Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing is ready to take Heavyweight Champ, Derric Rossy to the next level. “Not many people know this,” said Musumeci,”Hasim Rahman was the original opponent for Macau. For whatever reason, the distance, the …

“The Viper” Is Running Out Of Patience! “To have patience is the ability to wait for things that you wish to happen, happen! You sit, you toil and you tarry. You don’t complain, you don’t cry and you don’t grumble. Soon that patience runs its course and frustration sets in. …

In anticipation of the impending rubber match between super bantamweight world champions Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez, Showtime will re-air both scintillating boxing matches between the offensive-minded sluggers in their entirety on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The instant classics—titled Marquez-Vazquez I & II—will also air on SHO2 …

With less than a month to go to the heavyweight unification showdown on February 23rd between WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov and IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch and tickets are rapidly being snatched up by fans eager to …

International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has started off the new year in grand fashion, appropriate for one befitting a young world champion with his flamboyant personality and crossover appeal. First, The Ring magazine selected Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) as its 2007 Comeback of the …

Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) and his father/trainer, James “Buddy” McGirt (73-6-1, 48 KOs), former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year, are on a special mission together. The McGirts, born and raised in Brentwood (NY) but now living and training in Vero …

Two-time world champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero comes to the University of San Francisco to show support for the 2008 USA Boxing Championships taking place February 1-3. On Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 1:30 pm, Guerrero will hold a sparring session on campus at Hagan Gym located at 222 Stanyan …

Click for larger image © Star Boxing “Punchin’ at the Paradise” which is promoted by Joe DeDuardia’s Star Boxing will continue its eighth installment on Thursday, January 31st at the Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY. The card will host a rare triple co-feature; former world champion Lou Del …