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The final press conference prior to Saturday’s showdown between World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor and International Boxing Federation super welterweight champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks, who is moving up to 160 pounds for this fight, took place yesterday in the Grand …

Stevie Johnston 135 lbs. Humberto Toledo 135 lbs. (IBA Lightweight Championship) Adrian Mora 138 ½ lbs. Marc Thompson 139 ½ lbs. (IBA Light Welterweight Championship)

Irish Ropes Promotions presents “Tomorrow’s Champions” tonight at the Beacon Theatre, New York, NY. Main event is Irish boxing sensation John Duddy who meets opponent Dupre Strickland over a scheduled ten rounds. Limited $100.00 tickets on sale at the door fight night only. The MSG network will televise the action …

Silverhawk Boxing presents “Rocky Mountain Mayhem: Return of the Champ” tonight at the Broomfield Event Center, in Broomfield, CO. In the main event, ex-WBC Lightweight champ Stevie Johnston puts his IBA crown on the line against Humberto Toldeo. Stevie Johnston: “I know (Humberto) Toledo comes to fight. I don’t know …

President Sulaiman today sent the following letter to WBC super featherweight world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, mandatory challenger Manny Pacquiao, and their representatives: To: Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao From: Jose Sulaiman Ch. May 17, 2007

Crowd-Pleasing, Talented, Undefeated Up-And-Comers Look To Keep Momentum Going At 11 p.m. ET/PT On SHOWTIME From Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif. Two of boxing’s most-talented, world-ranked, unbeaten prospects look to elevate there status to legitimate world title contenders when James “Mandingo Warrior’’ Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) and Timothy “Desert …

The 39th annual North American Boxing Federation convention was inaugurated today by Governor Felix Gonzalez Canto in Cancun, Mexico, with the attendance of 200 delegates from the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. The NABF voted unanimously to adopt the 30 and 7-day weigh-ins for NABF championship fights.

World rated light heavyweight Victor Oganov has offered to step in for the injured Manny Siaca who was scheduled to face Danny Green on May 30 in Perth. Organov has offered to fight for free. Further to this, his trainer Jeff Fenech has offered a wager of $50,000, however Team …

It is with great disappointment I inform you that we have had to cancel Danny Green’s up coming fight with Puerto Rico’s Manny Siaca. Last night I received a fax from Siaca Snr stating that his son has a chronic stomach ailment. He has been instructed to take a full …

The NABF featherweight title will be the prize when Rogers Mtagwa, of Philadelphia, PA, and Aldo Valtierra, of Mexico City, meet over 12 rounds for the vacant belt on Friday evening, July 20, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets in South Philadelphia. Telefutura/Univision will televise the Mtagwa-Valtierra championship …

A high stakes clash took place in the light heavyweight division last night at the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida with former world titlists Glen Johnson and Montell Griffin going at it hammer and tongs in an IBF eliminator. For eleven rounds they battled it out with the short …

Steve Spartacus claims Tony Oakey is “made for him’ and expects their clash of styles to make for a thrilling fight in Friday’s showdown for the vacant British Light-Heavyweight Title, being shown live by Sky Sports. Spartacus and Oakey will swap blows in the top of the bill feature on …