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Last night at the Lucky Eagel Casino in Rochester, WA, Jonathan “Too Sweet” Williams, 7-5 (6), defeated Eric “The Night Train” Boose, 12-2-1 (7), in a controversial TKO 2:39 seconds into the second round to take the NWBA Heavyweight title. The punches hit like thunder and lightning as the fighters …

Boxing’s current longest-reigning world champion, Joe Calzaghe, will mark the tenth year of his monarchy on Thursday, October 11. Calzaghe captured the vacant WBO title on October 11, 1997, knocking down two-time world champion and British boxing legend Chris Eubank twice en route to a dominating unanimous decision on scores …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at Madison Square Garden , Don King Productions will present Samuel Peter, 28-1 (22), against Jameel McCline, 38-7-3 (23), for the Interim WBC Heavyweight Championship. The night of boxing has been named, “Faith, Hope, and Glory …Ain’t No …

Four years after stopping Mexican living legend Marco Antonio Barrera in the eleventh round, Filipino star Manny Pacquiao has to once again take on the “Baby Faced Assassin” as the two square off at the Mandalay Bay tonight in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, 44-3-2 (35), first met Barrera, 63-5 (42), as …

Reigning British Lightweight titlist Jon Thaxton walked through a wall of leather from challenger Dave Stewart last night on a Hennessy Sports promotion to ultimately ground down his stablemate in a bloody display of grit and determination. The towering Scotsman Stewart repeatedly picked off the far shorter champion through the …

Light welterweight contender Mike Stewart of New Castle, DE ran into a roadblock on a Peltz Boxing card at The New Alhambra in Philadelphia last night in the form of Denver’s Robert Frankel, dropping a ten round unanimous decision. The 27 year old Frankel simply had just too much in …

Click for larger image © Carlos Baeza / Thompson boxing Yonnhy Perez fights better than he spells. The talented, undefeated bantamweight with the unusually spelled first name – it is pronounced “Johnny” – improved to 14-0 with 11 knockouts with a dominant, impressive fourth-round stoppage over comebacking Alexander Fedorov (18-4-1, …

A fabulous read: the ultimate story of a truly great legend The ultimate book on the great Sugar Ray Robinson is out and has received wonderful reviews. It has been nominated as “The Sports Book Of The Year” by retailer William Hills, voted book of the month by the Daily …

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing announced today the addition of undefeated fighting Irishman James “Jim” Moore (12-0, 9KO’s) to the already sensational action packed “Boxing At The Ballroom” card, Thursday October 18. Moore is returning for the third time to the Manhattan Center where he made his professional debut back in …

By Per Ake Persson Sauerland Event promotes a small, off TV show in Helle Mitte in Berlin as part of a local festival headlined by welter Frank Shabani and cruiser Enad Licina. Italian heavy Paolo Vidoz has relinquished his position as co-challenger for the vacant European Union title. Previously Michael …

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing today announced the long over due American debut of Moroccan sensation Ali “The Hurricane” Oubaali (19-3, 16 KO’s). Oubaali came to the states 20 months ago to realize his dream of becoming a world champion. With a record of 19 wins, and a non-stop punching style, …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing I arrived at the Phoenix Buildings in Stalybridge, Manchester England yesterday looking forward to seeing former British Super Featherweight Champion Michael Gomez as he prepares for the fight night billed as “Nowhere to run! Nowhere to hide!” on October 19 …