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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 …

Hennessy Sports promoted British Lightweight champion Lee Meager believes that his superior technique will see him overcome Jon Thaxton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham this Friday. Meager ­ who stopped fellow Hennessy Sports boxer Dave Stewart in six rounds to win the vacant belt in May­ goes straight …

By Christian Giudice The first and definitive biography of the boxing legend often called the greatest fighter of all-time. ROBERTO DURAN is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all-time, he held world titles at four different weights and is the only professional in history to have fought …

Santa Comes Early To 500 Midshipmen As Boxing Returns To Long Island Final Forum Boxing will put on pro boxing at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Great Neck, Long Island, NY on Friday, December 15 and the promoter is donating 500 free tickets to Midshipmen as an early …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing At Tuesday’s press conference formally announcing Peter vs. Toney 2, promoter Don King and Ken Hershman, Showtime Networks senior vice president of Sports Programming, announced the addition of Rivera vs. Simms to the Jan. 6, 2007 edition of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP …