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By Simon Jackson Kassim Ouma walks into the Arkansas equivalent of Johnny Cash’s hit song ‘The Burning Ring of Fire’ when he attempts to beat Jermain Taylor, the undisputed world middle-weight champion at Arkansas’s Alltel Arena on Saturday night. Level headed Taylor 25-0-1 (17) has all the omens on his …

Twenty-one year old John Murray is one of Britain’s top up and coming fighters, carving out an unbeaten record in eighteen starts, finishing half of those opponents early. The tall Manchester based lightweight has impressed audiences in both America and Canada and has already won the WBC Youth Lightweight Champion. …

By Ben Lettman British Lightweight Champion Lee Meager and challenger John Thaxton successfully made weight yesterday for their much anticipated clash, which takes place tonight at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, England. Meager, 20-1-1 (7), defends his title against the experienced Thaxton, 30-7 (16), who lost to world champion Ricky …

By Ben Lettman The Peacock Gym is located in Canning Town, in the East End of London, England and is home to many fighters. On the wall of the gym there is a banner that reads: “The Peacock Gym, home of sport and friendship.” I could not agree more. As …

A public ceremony to unveil the upgraded memorial plaque to Aboriginal boxing hero Dave Sands (Ritchie) will take place on Tuesday December 19, 2006 at 11am at the corner of Broadway and Glebe Point Road in Glebe, Australia.

Duva Boxing’s 21-year-old undefeated heavyweight Mike Marrone (15-0, 12 KOs) will make his next appearance this Saturday, on Warriors Boxing’s “Night of the Heavyweights” pay-per-view telecast from the Seminole Hard Rock LIVE Arena in Hollywood, Florida. Marrone’s opponent will be North Carolina’s Ron Bellamy (14-5-4, KOs).

Professional boxing returns to downtown Boston on Friday night, December 15 as the Alpha Omega Entertainment Group presents “Battle Zone at The Castle.” The Alpha Omega Entertainment Group, in association with Sprint/Nextel and NESN, is promoting Battle Zone at the Castle. The show will be taped live and aired in …

Battle Of Boxing’s Good Guys It was once spoken by an idealistic young lass that there is no place like home. Recognized middleweight champion Jermain Taylor would surely echo those same sentiments as he gets the opportunity to ply his craft in front of his hometown congregation Saturday night at …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Don King hosted a luncheon at the Rainbow Room in New York City yesterday to announce the first big fight of 2007. Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter will face James “Lights Out” Toney for a WBC-ordered rematch at the Seminole …

It was the perfect holiday gift for the Seminole Warriors Boxing promotional team, as they were informed on Tuesday, December 5th that the Nevada State Athletic Commission unanimously approved their application to promote boxing events in the state of Nevada.

The year is 1990, and two former heavyweight champions of the world, George Foreman and Mike Tyson, have both recently appeared together on the same bill for the first time ever. Foreman, now just over three years into an improbable seeming comeback designed to see him regain the title he …

Sherman Williams-Gonzalo Omar Basile Headlines Stevie Johnston-Fernando David Saucedo Co-Feature “Big Drama in Little Bahama,” January 27 in Nassau, The Bahamas Bahamian heavyweight Sherman “The Caribbean Tank” Williams returns home to defend his WBC CABOFE & NBA titles on January 27, headlining “Big Drama in Little Bahama” against WBC Mundo …