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NY Press Conference: Showtime Closes the Season with a Triple-Header **With Slideshow** Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the famous Gallagher’s Steakhouse in New York City, Gary Shaw Productions and Showtime held a final press conference to promote their triple-header to close out the …

Veteran trainer Don Turner believes WBO No. 2 rated middleweight contender “Ireland’s” John Duddy (22-0, 17 KOs) will become his 21st world champion. First, though, Duddy has to get past former European champion and 2-time world title challenger Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman (42-5, 35 KOs) on December 8 in …

Former IBA champion and world ranked Cruiserweight Bobby Gunn 18-3 {15 KO’s} is hoping for a fight with former WBC Light Heavyweight and current IBO Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek. Gunn was recently mentioned for a fight with Antonio Tarver, but was passed by for Danny Santiago. “I watched the fight …

November 30 in Drummondville will mark the first ever Feminine North American title fight in the history of Quebec. Fighting in her eleventh pro fight, Danielle Bouchard, 8-1-1 (1), originally from Jonquiere, will try to capture her first belt, the WBC International Super Bantamweight title, against Maria Nunez Anchorena, 7-3 …

Click for larger image © David Martin-Warr / DKP Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, …

World rated light heavyweight contender Danny Green has entered the most crucial phase of training camp in preparation to his title challenge of WBA Champion Stipe Drews at Challenge Stadium in Green’s hometown of Perth, Australia on December 16, 2007.

Donna Brooks has no doubts in her mind about the skill level of Shaun George. “I’ve seen it since day one when we signed him,” said Brooks, president of Hall of Fame Promotions. When Shaun George enters the ring on December 6 in Newark, NJ’s Robert Treat Hotel, the rest …

Hard-hitting eleventh ranked WBC 154-pound contender James Kirkland (20-0, 17 KOs) hopes to continue his ascension to the top of the junior middleweight division when he takes on the dangerous Allen Conyers (11-2, nine KOs) Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, on ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. …

Coming into his fight against the IBF Welterweight Champion Kermit Cintron (29-1, 27KO’s), Saturday night at the Staples’ Center, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing promoted, Jesse “El Rayo” Feliciano (15-6-3, 9KO’s) understood that many saw him not only as a huge underdog to take Cintron’s title, but that he would be …

Some of the Big Apple’s best and brightest boxing prospects will showcase their talents December 13 on the “Holiday Hits” pro boxing show, co-promoted by Ring Promotions and Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing, at The Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

**With Boxing Slideshow** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a packed house at ‘The Muni’, otherwise known as Municipal Hall, in Colne, Lancashire, England yesterday for another VIP Promotion by Steve Wood. There were four contests followed by ‘entertainment for the boys’ as part …

Click for larger image The upcoming December 8 showdown between boxing’s top pound for pound performer Floyd Mayweather and British wrecking ball Ricky Hatton has captured the imagination of fans of the sport the world over as the date draws near. Most in the media are tipping Mayweather to extend …