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The fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya was truly a classic clash that will be remembered for many years to come. I thought the fight was much closer than official stats have shown, and I could understand Oscar De La Hoya’s disappointment when the decision was …

2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada is back in action May 11 on “The Pride Is Back” card at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Estrada (8-1, 1 KO), fighting out of Providence, takes on former IBU heavyweight Robert Hawkins (21-7, 7 KOs), only five weeks after …

Golden Boy Promotions in association with Walt Lambert, Northeast Promotions and Sampson Lewkowicz, Ringstar Promotions present “RELENTLESS” live on HBO Boxing After Dark on May 26, 2007 from the Anaheim Arena in Anaheim, CA. The main event will be Michael “The Great” Katsidis (22 – 0 20KO’s) Toowoomba, Australia defending …

Solo Boxeo from Gary, IN- Segura vs. Canchila Plus Gary’s Mary McGee They may be small in stature, but they are huge on action! On Friday, June 8th, NABF champion Giovanni Segura of Mexico faces WBA Latin champion Cesar Canchila of Columbia in a 12-round World Boxing Association light flyweight …

Chicago heavyweight Carl “Iron Fist” Davis returns to the ring this Friday night against Zack Page at Cicero Stadium in the ten round co-main event of “Mano A Mano” presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, Davis, 9-2 (8KO’s) is coming off a devastating first round knockout of Nigerian Innocent …

Photos ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series hosted their latest installment last Wednesday night at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Local junior featherweight Gary Stark, Jr was looking to make a statement in the main event against journeymen Andres Ledesma after his controversial loss to Mike Oliver …

In an absorbing, if not classic, bout, Floyd Mayweather Jr won a world title in a fifth weight division by a split decision over fellow American Oscar De La Hoya. For me, it was a better fight than I expected but what happens next in the career and lives of …

Much was made of the fact that Hennessy Sports prospects John Murray and John O’Donnell were going to fight on the undercard of what turned out to be Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Oscar De La Hoya last night at the MGM in Las Vegas. And rightly so; these were very …

At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night, Floyd Mayweather ended months of speculation by delivering on his pre-fight promises and handing Oscar De La Hoya the Golden Boy’s fifth career loss by way of split decision, 116-112, 115-113 and 113-115. With the victory, Mayweather wins a world title …

Fight Production today announced the signing of former WBO “world’ heavyweight title challenger Willi Fischer, who hopes to start the comeback he has quietly been preparing for for almost a full year with his new management this summer. For Fight Production, who have mostly handled foreign boxers over the last …

Well, its fast approaching. The richest non heavyweight fight in boxing history will take place tonight. In one corner we have brash challenger Floyd Mayweather Jnr, 1996 US Olympian, world champion in four weight divisions and unbeaten in 37 professional fights spanning 10 and a half years. Opposing him, fellow …

It is the “LAST GREAT FIGHT.” That is not to say that there will no longer be exciting matchups in the sport, but in terms of the shear magnitude of events, it will likely be the last major special that the sport will ever see. Over the past twenty years, …