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World ranked light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud returns to Chicago to battle on August 24 at the Congress Theater in a featured ten round bout as part of “El Bravo” the next evening of world class professional boxing presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions.

By Per Ake Persson Junior welter prospect Ali Chebah headlines R 2 Image & Events show August 12 in Oporto, Portugal. Chebah faces Brazilian Luiz Augusto Dos Santos in a non-title ten rounder. Polish welter Rafael Jackiewicz is in against Spaniard Juan Martinez Bas and German Frank Shabani takes on …

IBF light welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs), still savoring his masterful title-winning performance against Lovemore N’dou, is home in Brooklyn fuming about Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. (33-0-1, 26 KOs) and his team openly challenging him.

Some of the top, young boxing talent in New England will serve as strong support Friday night (August 10) for Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey, WBC rated No. 2 cruiserweight, and his unbeaten stable-mate Aaron Williams in the main event and co-feature, respectively, on Takin’ It To The River,” part of …

N.E. Philly’s Derek (Pooh) Ennis and Bayonne’s Dennis Sharp headline a 7 bout card at The new Alhambra Boxing Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dee Lee Promotions/Prime Time Entertainment present Derek (Pooh) Ennis, 12-3-1 (9), N.E. Philadelphia, PA vs Dennis Sharp, 17-5 (3), Bayonne, NJ in an eight round light middleweight …

When one door closes, another door opens and that is exactly the case when Ricardo Rocky Juarez will have a shot at Juan Manuel Marquez and his WBC Super Featherweight World Title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on “Fireworks” live on Pay-Per-View on September 15th. An opening to fight …

Last night at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, living legend Erik Morales tried to become the first Mexican fighter to win major world titles in four weight divisions but despite a strong performance, was denied the honor by WBC Lightweight Champ David Diaz. Reigning WBC …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing La Venganza! It was vengeance, vindication and redemption for a jubilant Israel Vazquez Saturday night on Showtime. Vazquez stopped Rafael Marquez in a rematch to regain the WBC Super Bantamweight world title that he lost to Marquez earlier this year …

Risum Boxing went 3-0 on a show promoted by Ashira Oure Promotions, owned by former two-time world title challenger and current light middleweight contender Evans “The African Warrior” Ashira, when David Kiilu, James Kimori and Samson Onyango all won their fights on Saturday afternoon, August 4. The show was staged …

With Erik Morales scheduled to take on David Diaz tonight, I got to thinking about just how bad things have gotten for “El Terrible”. Morales entered 2004 with a remarkable, 48-1 (34), but the worst was yet to come. Morales has since fought seven times, compiling a 3-4 record and …

Last night at the Patrick Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, undefeated super middle prospect Jean Pascal enjoyed a successful coming out party in outpointing a game but overmatched former middleweight world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke. Pascal spent the early portion of the bout on the defensive as the towering Ikeke looked …

The popular fistic series ShoBox: The New Generation delivered an exciting night of boxing on Friday, August 3 with heavyweights Kevin “The Kingpin” Johnson and Damian “Bolo” Wills in a fast passed, highly entertaining battle that had the near capacity crowd at Far West Rodeo on their feet for part …