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Mia St. John: “I want to thank Rhode Island for being so kind to me. I’m excited to fight here for the first time. Jaime is a great fighter who has never ducked anybody. I’m excited to fight her.” Jaime Clampitt: “It’s hard enough for females to get on show …

Weights From Providence, RI Mia St. John 135 lbs. Jaime Clampitt 135 lbs. Ossie Duran 156 lbs. Jonathan Reid 155 1/2 lbs. Richard Starnino 159 3/4 lbs. Jesse Orta 162 lbs. Angel Camacho, Jr. 166 lbs. Greg Beeman 167 1/2 lbs. Manuel Antonio Lopes 175 lbs. Watson Myrtil 171 1/2 …

Only the second women’s world title fight ever held in Rhode Island headlines tomorrow night’s “Hearts Of Fire” pro-am show, featuring two-time world champions Mia “The Knockout” St. John and Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt fighting for the vacant IWBF lightweight title, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. “I’ve …

The Snake And The Mongoose Luis Collazo is a fast and slick fighter. His performance against Ricky Hatton last year, despite the loss, showed skill that would be a complication for any fighter. But Shane Mosley is no turtle. He’s returning to welterweight, where he’d had a lot of success, …

At 33 years of age, Dean Francis has seen both good and bad in the sport of boxing during his 13 year career. In what may be his final drive to regain a meaningful title, the heavy handed light heavyweight will challenge the reigning Commonwealth Champion Ovill McKenzie this Friday …

Newark’s Carl Greaves trained AA Lowe is set to make his third appearance in the professional boxing ring and will return to the scene of his first two contests at the Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent. Welterweight Lowe suffered an unfortunate points defeat to the much heavier John Musgrove in his pro …

Only four days after one of the most impressive wins of his career, Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou is ready to make the best fights out there in the super lightweight division. A 12th round TKO win over arch rival Naoufel Ben Rabah on Sunday at the Homebush State Sports Centre …

On Saturday, February 17, undefeated welterweight prospect Andre Berto will box in a ten round bout against ex-Contender member Norberto Bravo at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York as part of an HBO Boxing After Dark broadcast. After an amateur career that saw him box for Haiti in the 2004 …

The official announcement—and the start of an 11-city media tour—for the highly anticipated super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather will be Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The fighters and camps will then travel across the country making stops in …

British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson has declared Leeds Town Hall as his home turf and vows to destroy sharply skilled challenger Ricky Burns when the two meet this Friday, 9 February for a scheduled twelve round championship contest. Johanneson, 25-2 (18), honed his ferocious assault type style of fighting …

A shot at World Cruiserweight Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk will be on the line later this year when highly regarded unbeatens Vadim Tokarev (23-0-1, 16 KOs) and Marco Huck (18-0, 14 KOs) will meet in a 12 round elimination bout recently ordered by the International Boxing Federation (IBF).Ekaterinburg, Russia’s Tokarev is …

Committed to promoting an aggressive schedule of exciting, competitive events in 2007, Silverhawk Championship Boxing continues to sign veteran fighters and prospects to promotional contracts, the latest a trio of boxers from South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Silverhawk has announced the signings of 23-year-old light heavyweight Thomas Brown (8-1-1, 5 KOs) …