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Hall of Fame promoter Bennie Georgino always has the Northwest’s most exciting boxing cards and Fight Night 55 is no exception. Popular favorites Reggie Davis, Dumont Welliver, and Eloy Perez return to the Lucky Eagle Casino on February 10th at 7pm.

Statement from Asian boxer Akaash Bhatia “As I prepare for my fifth professional fight on 26 January in London, I have been disgusted by the treatment of my countrywoman Shilpa Shetty by Londoner Jade Goody on Big Brother, the reality TV show. “I train in Frank Maloney’s multicultural gym in …

IBA middleweight champion “Ireland’s” John Duddy defends his world title for the first time, as well as his WBC Continental Americas belt, March 16 against The Contender 1 star Anthony “The Bullet” Bonsante, headlining the “Erin Go Brawl” pay-per-view event, live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Clear Path For WBA Challenge Or Mundine Rematch IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion Danny Green crushed durable PABA titlist Paul Murdoch in two rounds last night in front of 3,000 fans at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Win the thrilling victory, the hammer fisted Green, …

Ricky Hatton returned to the light welterweight ranks in authoritative fashion last night at Las Vegas’ Paris Hotel, overcoming Colombian strongman Juan Urango via a wide points decision to once again claim the IBF 140 lb title as well as the IBO belt.

Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Manchester, England’s Ricky Hatton fulfilled his dream of winning a major title in the boxing capital of the world by scoring a unanimous 119-109 decision over Colombia’s Juan Urango at The Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Hatton …

Junior Witter completed the first defence of his WBC light welterweight title in effective rather than outstanding style last night when he stopped Arturo Morua, saying afterwards that he will fight Ricky Hatton “as soon as he wants”. At a buzzing Alexandra Palace, Witter pounced mid-way though round nine with …

SCOTLAND’S Barry Morrison last night scored a controversial 12-round split decision over Lenny Daws for the British light welterweight title, despite being wobbled numerous times down the stretch. Fighting on the undercard of Junior Witter’s title defence against Arturo Morua, both fighters sought to impose his will early on. It …

Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton reclaimed the IBF Light Welterweight crown last night at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and added the IBO belt in the process by outboxing reigning titlist Juan Urango over twelve bruising rounds. Also, ex-world lightweight champion Jose …

Massive WBA Heavyweight Champion Nickolai Valuev of Russia retained his belt last night at St. Jakob Halle in Basel, Switzerland, engaging challenger Jameel McCline for three rounds until the American collapsed, suffering from torn ligaments in a knee. After a feeling out period in the first, Valuev was starting to …

Promoter Dino Duva is responding sharply to rumors that former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has been considering a return to the ring that would involve stepping over his fighter, mandatory challenger Samuel Peter, to face current WBC boss Oleg Maskaev. “From the standpoint of Vitali personally, I respect him and …

IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion Danny Green meets PABA Champion Paul Murdoch tonight at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The hammer fisted ex-WBC Interim Champion is making his second foray into the light heavyweight ranks after tangling with such top super middleweights as Eric Lucas, …