Photo © Shimon Golding Undefeated fighters Dmitriy Salita (left) and Yuri Foreman were among the celebrities at La Carne Grill in Manhattan on Monday night at a benefit for the Jewish National Fund. Salita was joined by his promoter Lou DiBella. Foreman fights at Madison Square Garden on the Cotto-Judah undercard Saturday night. The pugilists…

GRAND PRIZE: Two Ringside Tickets to the Hatton vs Castillo fight – June 23, 2007 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Two VIP Credentials – Meet both fighters at the Official Weigh-In June 22, 2007 at Caesars Palace. SECOND PLACE: One 24″ x 36″ Commemorative Gloss Print of Hatton vs. Castillo “Gladiators”…

It took him three press conferences to get there but undefeated boxer Anthony “Tyger” Hanshaw has started growling at his July 14 PPV TV opponent, boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. Murad Muhammad, whose Murad Productions is co-promoting the Biloxi, Ms., fight with Square Ring in association with IP Casino-Resort-Spa, has on Tuesday accused Hanshaw, who…

The African Warrior Speaks! Former two-time world title challenger Evans “The African Warrior” Ashira (26-3, 13 KOs) has had time to reflect on his controversial decision loss to Howard Eastman in April for the Commonwealth middleweight title, where he felt he was victimized for being a free agent. In this interview Ashira speaks about what…

Photo ©Tom Casino/Showtime On Saturday, June 9, on Showtime Championship Boxing, 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast, Antonio Tarver (24-4, 18 KOs), of Tampa, Fla., takes on the New York-based Elvir Muriqi (34-3, 21 KOs) for the vacant IBO 175-pound belt. Muriqi has won 21 of his last 23. In the Showtime co-feature,…

Outspoken boxer Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has been relatively quiet, at least for him, as he prepares for his June 16th title challenge against IBF junior welterweight champion Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou on HBO BAD at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Malignaggi (23-1, 5 KOs) recently returned home to New York City, working…

The personable and talented World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight champion “Awesome” Chad Dawson will appear as an in-studio guest June 8 on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” (8 p.m. ET/PT on ESPN2). The next evening, June 9, the undefeated Dawson (23-0, 1 NC, 15 KOs) will make the first defense of his crown when he…

MSG, a world class sports and entertainment network, has acquired the exclusive television rights to air the International Boxing Organization Cruiserweight Championship bout between the former World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Tomaz “Goral” Adamek and World Boxing Council Association Fedelatin champion Luis “El Lenador” Pineda. The match is one of the largest fight cards…

Is Mississippi burning? The Gulf Coast region, still bouncing back from the utter devastation of Hurricane Katrina, is having its typical hot and humid summer weather. But what’s on fire in the area is the box office for the Roy Jones-Anthony Hanshaw PPV boxing show, which will take place on July 14 at the Mississippi…

The World Boxing Association announced today that they will present their longtime lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz with a Super Champion belt at the Boxing Writers Association of America’s 82nd Annual Awards Dinner at the Copacabana in New York on Friday. BWAA President Tim Graham also plans to have Diaz present an award at…

The final news conference and the official weigh-in for “X-Plosive!” the world championship boxing extravaganza headlined by undefeated welterweight champion Miguel Cotto defending his title against two-division world champion Zab Judah will be streamed live worldwide via Yahoo! Sports, one of the most-trafficked sports sites. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Prize Fight Boxing…