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After a long and highly decorated amateur career, former Captain of the England team Steven Bell turned pro as a super featherweight in May of 2003, but ran headlong into a roadblock on his maiden voyage by drawing with rough and tumble journeyman Jus Wallie at the Kingsway Lesiure Centre …

One night before Samuel Peter defends his WBC interim heavyweight title against Jameel McCline on Showtime, talented, unbeaten Yonnhy Perez (13-0, 10 KOs) will collide with Alexander Fedorov (18-3-1, 10 KOs) in the 10-round main event on ShoBox: The New Generation, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT delayed on …

Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson said it best when he called boxing a “hurt business”. But unfortunately for fight fans who once considered the heavyweight division to be the sport’s glamour division, the boxers who are supposed to represent the best of the class are too busy nursing various aches and …

The latest comeback of Michael Gomez has spanned a mere six rounds over two fights. Now, the original sombrero wielding Mancunian Mexican, faces Carl “Ingemar” Johanneson on October 19. The fight, at Doncaster Dome, will be contested over twelve rounds for the British title. A title Gomez claims is his …

When 31 year old Scott Lawton steps onto the national stage on Saturday he will be cheered on by almost 2000 fans as he strives to become the first man to beat Amir Khan in the professional ring. Thousands more Potters will be glued to TV sets in pubs throughout …

Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus” McBride has broken his Vero Beach (FL) training camp and arrived today (Monday, Oct. 1) in New York City for his crossroads fight Saturday night against Andrew Golota at Madison Square Garden.

KO King Wilson willing to step in and face WBO Boss Cruiserweight knockout artist Darnell “Ding-a-Ling Man” Wilson (22-5, 19 KOs) is publicly inviting WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli to prove to the world he is truly “in it for the glory” by facing him. Maccarinelli (27-1, 20 KOs) is …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a terrific atmosphere at the FM Hallam Arena, Sheffield, England on Saturday night as Dennis Hobson and Fight Academy presented a fight night billed as “He’s Back”, featuring Sheffield’s Man of Steel, Clinton Woods, defending his IBF Light …

Ex-championship prizefighter Oscar De La Hoya, now an established promoter and businessman, has given boxing aficionados around the world ample reason to lament following his curious and highly controversial acquisition of the sport’s last remaining link to legitimacy. For those of us who still give a damn, and who, for …

Last Monday, the WBC board voted in Samuel Peter as its interim heavyweight champion after Oleg Maskaev pulled out of their October 6 championship bout. Maskaev, who injured his back while in training camp, says he needs at least three months in order for the injury to heal. But his …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Other action at the Dennis Hobson Fight Academy card at FM Hallam Arena in Sheffield, England on Saturday night’s Clinton Woods vs. Julio Gonzalez rematch saw Mark Hobson of Huddersfield slug it out in a return with John Keaton of …

San Antonio’s first World Boxing Champion, native son, and San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame inductee, the late Robert Quiroga, whose tribute and motorcycle ride dubbed the RoQ and Ride Community Fest is a non-profit family and community oriented event. Spearheaded by his brother Epi Quiroga and brought together by …