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It’s Now Or Never He is a faceless title holder in an increasingly faceless sport, but come September 7 WBC Light Welterweight champion Junior Witter will get the opportunity to stand up and be seen. Witter, 33, is only weeks away from a career defining showdown with number one contender …

Amir Khan puts his unbeaten record on the line when he steps up against Scott Lawton at the Nottingham Arena in six weeks time. Khan will be making his second appearance at 12 rounds on October 6 and just three months after his first attempt resulted in the eighth round …

WBA and WBC super middle champ Mikkel Kessler began the training today at the CIK Gym in Copenhagen with six rounds of sparring with stablemate Lolenga Mock. Kessler will now do the heavy physical preparations in his new home in Monaco and then return to Copenhagen for sparring September 17. …

For now, at least, Irish heavyweight champion Kevin “The Clones Colossus” McBride is best known as the fighter who knocked “Iron” Mike Tyson into retirement. McBride, however, can change his legacy if he defeats Andrew Golota on October 6, and then eventually attains his nearly lifelong dream of becoming the …

Jose Hernandez, of Atlanta, GA, will challenge Johnnie Edwards, of Florence, SC, for Edwards’ NABA featherweight title over 12 rounds on Friday evening, Aug. 31, at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel. The non-televised fight will be the first boxing event held in the 1,904-seat Events Center at the Seneca …

Cota Boxing Promotions has added Russian middleweight contender, Sergey Stepkin (17-2, 9 KO’s) vs Eric Mitchell (20-4-1,10 KO’s) as the co-feature to Miguel Espino vs an opponent TBA at the Double Tree Hotel in Bakersfield Ca, September 21st 2007. Mitchell who has been inactive for the last year is excited …

A vintage double left hook to the head gave David “Tuaman” Tua an impressive first round knockout victory against Saul “La Cobra” Montana in tonight’s main event on the Pinnacle FiteNite pay-per-view show, promoted by C.A.M. Boxing, Inc. in association with Sports and Entertainment Media, Inc. and Gotham Boxing, at …

Robert Nelson is on a mission to ensure Bradford has two champions at the The Dome at Doncaster Lakeside on Friday, September 7. Nelson challenges fellow Yorkshireman Andy Bell for the inaugural English super-flyweight title as chief support to Junior Witter’s WBC world light-welterweight title defence against Guyana’s Vivian Harris …

Reigning IBF World Junior Lightweight champion Mzonke Fana has left his home base in Cape Town and migrated up to Johannesburg ahead pf his first title defence against Javier Alvarez at the Banquet Hall in Klerksdorp on 31August. Fana will be wrapping up his training in Jo’burg with assistance from …

World Sporting Promotion and Union Boxing Promotion join forces August 21 in Donetsk, Ukraine, for a very interesting show. Unbeaten welter Vyacheslav Senchenko defends the European External European Union title against Serbian Zoran Didanovic in one of the headliners. At super middle, WBC Youth champ Stas Kashtanov is in against …

By Per Ake Persson IBF middle champ Arthur Abraham retained the title with a brutal knockout over a very brave challenger in Khoren Gevor on Saturday at Max Schmeling Hall in Berlin. The end came at 2:41 of the eleventh. Gevor, who had fought with a belief, heart and determination …

Popular welterweight prospect Mike Alvarado puts his undefeated record on the line as he returns to Chicago for his third straight fight this Friday night, August 24 at the Congress Theater against Mexican prospect Jorge Alberto Padilla. The Alvarado/Padilla ten round bout is featured at “El Bravo,” another action packed …