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With his dominant 12 round win over rugged contender Jose Luis Cruz in June, unbeaten Shamone Alvarez showed that he was ready for prime time in the ultra-competitive welterweight division. On Friday, August 31st, “The Truth’ will look to build on the biggest win of his career when he defends …

A native of the same Brooklyn neighborhood that produced former world champions Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, junior middleweight contender Sechew Powell has shown the talent and desire to one day join those championship ranks, and Seminole Warriors Boxing and Bad Dog Productions are proud to announce …

Hennessy Sports are pleased to announce that tickets for Junior Witter’s mandatory defence of his WBC World Light Welterweight Title against former world champion Vivian Harris are now on sale. The Championship headlines the Hennessy Sports ‘Vicious Hitters’ event at The Dome in Doncaster on Friday September 7th.

There’s a lot of action to go over for tonight’s line up of fights across the world and there’s no better place to start than at the Knox Netball Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully in Victoria, Australia where local based Nigerian slugger Fatai Onikeke defends his IBA …

The following conversations with “El Feroz” Fernando Vargas and Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga took place at their Wednesday, July 25 press conference inside Affinia Manhattan’s Grand Ballroom in New York. This followed their July 11 press conference at Staples Center in Los Angeles in which a brawl broke out. Mayorga …

Former world champions and current top-rated contenders Vernon Forrest and Carlos Baldomir collide for the vacant World Boxing Council super welterweight title, Saturday, July 28. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, in association with Brian Halquist Productions, the Forrest-Baldomir title tilt will be broadcast live from the Emerald Queen Casino in …

On Friday, July 27th, Golden Boy Promotions and Desert Diamond Casino are teaming up once again to present a pugilists showdown that includes a super lightweight main event between Guadalajara’s Francisco “Panchito” Bojado and veteran Rogelio Castaneda Jr. The evening includes six scheduled bouts and a special appearance by boxing …

By Per Ake Persson Spotlight Boxing won the purse bids on Tuesday for WBA middle champ Felix Sturm´s mandatory defence against American Randy Griffin. Spotlight beat both Arena Box Promotion, Don King Production and its main company, Universum Box Promotion, with an offer for 1 678 555 UISD. When and …

Former undisputed cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell still hasn’t let March 17th go. On that day in France , hometown hero Jean-Marc Mormeck turned a fight into a track meet in the final four rounds of his championship rematch with “The Supernova’ and heisted the WBA and WBC title belts via …

Chester based novices Kevin Buckley and Chris Goodwin will both appear on Impact Boxing’s next event which is scheduled for 29 September at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke. Opponents have yet to be secured for the duo who will be presented as part of the undercard to Stoke’s Scott …

Former Contender season 1 star and world title challenger Jonathan “Reid Dawg” Reid 34-6 (19) will fight one time mega-prospect Rashiem Brown 17-3 (14) on August 24. The fight will be the co main event at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. Reid, who is fighting for the first …

Three days before Showtime presents the highly anticipated rematch between the two best little men in boxing, Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, the network will air their dramatic first fight – a “Fight of the Year” candidate from March 3, 2007. On Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, Showtime …