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What’s wrong with a fighter who throws every punch with deadly intent? Who can fight anywhere between 135 and 147? And add to that, he wants to do it at least six times a year. Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner is upset. Someone is keeping food off his table. Whether it’s …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This past Wednesday, the “Undefeated” press tour made it’s third stop when it landed at Rockefeller Center in New York City to promote the highly anticipated match up between the Pound for Pound Champion Floyd Mayweather, 38-0 (24), and Junior …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday in London, British Bantamweight Champion Ian “Dappa’ Napa faced challenger Lee Haskins as they weighed in ahead of their clash tonight, scheduled to be televised live on Sky Sports. Promoted by Frank Maloney Promotions, Napa and Haskins top the …

Beaches and boxing. Although the two are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the sweet science will meet the sandy shores of the Caribbean Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on Showtime In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights and former amateur stars will invade the beautiful Caribbean island of St. …

Tonight, the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield, CA will be host to a great night of boxing when WBC CABOFE middleweight champion, Miguel Espino (16-2-1 5 KO’s) defends this title against Ray Ortega (10-5-2 7 O’s) in the main event where both fighters are predicting a knock out.

The two top bantamweights in the UK met face to face yesterday as they weighed in at promoter Frank Maloney’s gym in Deptford and both Ian Napa and Lee Haskins insisted that they would come out on top in tonight’s hotly anticipated British title showdown at London’s York Hall. Reigning …

The CES debut of unbeaten (35-0, 28 KOs) “Baby” Joe Mesi and the return of 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada co-headline in a pair of heavyweight bouts on October 12 in “Clash Of The Titans,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc., continuing “The Budweiser Night …

Dino Duva, president of Duva Boxing, the promoter of WBC no. 1 contender Samuel Peter, was very emotional about the fact that the sacred Madison Square Garden boxing ring has been retired before Peter’s October 6 World Heavyweight Title fight against Oleg Maskaev, and not after the fight.

WBC Heavyweight World Champion Oleg Maskaev and his impending challenger Samuel Peter joined “Smokin” Joe Frasier, Emile Griffith, Iran Barkley and a host of world-class prizefighters at Madison Square Garden yesterday to retire the historic boxing ring that has hosted world championship title fights since 1925.

New IBA America’s middleweight champion Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak, fresh off of his fourth-round TKO of “Flawless” Dan Wallace (9-2, 3 KOs) last Friday night in Long Island, will come right back on November 15, headlining a show promoted by Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions at Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

The University of Arkansas Press is proud to announce the publication of a new book by acclaimed author Thomas Hauser. Tom Hauser has become “must reading” in the boxing community, and his latest collection of columns demonstrates why. “The Greatest Sport of All” recreates another year in professional boxing and …

Chicago fan favorite and Contender Season 2 alum, Rudy “El Cachorro” Cisneros, will return to the ring against fellow prospect Jose Luis “El Cuervo” Gonzalez of Garden City, Kansas for the Illinois State Junior Middleweight Title, billed as “Bad Blood” on Friday, October 19 at Cicero Stadium, it was announced …