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In a superb battle for the British Lightweight title, Jon Thaxton outlasted and eventually overwhelmed Dave Stewart in the twelvfth and final round to keep a dream fight with Amir Khan alive. It was a gallant effort from Stewart, who more than proved he belonged at this level. He gave …

Last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, super featherweight Marco Antonio Barrera fought to overcome nemesis Manny Pacquiao in a rematch, but the 33 year old Mexican also found himself contending with the withering effects of an eighteen year career and dropped a unanimous decision to the celebrated …

Samuel Peter, 29-1 (22): When you were down did you think you were done? “No, no. I am the champion and I needed to defend my belt. When I went down I knew I had to stand up. I broke my left hand during training camp and both of my …

Last night on a big Don King promotion at Madison Square Garden, Jameel McCline almost erased his nearly man status by dropping WBC Interim Champion Samuel Peter in the second and then twice more in the third but the towering New Yorker couldn’t finish off the Nigerian Nightmare. Peter, 29-1 …

Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions has announced further details of “Bad Blood”, an evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, October 19 at Cicero Stadium. Headlining “Bad Blood” is a lightweight Mexican showdown between Chicago native, Jaime “Superfly” Sandoval and Juan Carlos “El Pez” Martinez of San Luis …

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, …