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When the 20th anniversary celebration of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING continues on Oct. 7 at 9 p.m., ET/PT (delayed on the west coast), Diego “Chico” Corrales will face arch nemesis and former 130-pound world champion, southpaw Joel “El Cepillo” Casamayor. The fight was thought to be in jeopardy when Corrales initially …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Joel Casamayor weighed-in at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds Diego Corrales lost his WBC Lightweight World title on the scales as he weighed-in at 139 pounds, four pounds over the lightweight limit. Vic Darchinyan weighed in at 112 pounds …

Don King will allow boxing fans to see free replays of Nikolai “Russian Giant” Valuev’s third-round technical knockout over Owen “What the Heck” Beck from June 3 as well as one of the best fights of 2006, a sensational slugfest between Tomasz Adamek and Paul “Firepower” Briggs now at his …

After damning and vilifying Jose Luis Castillo for coming five pounds overweight for their aborted third contest, Diego Corrales has just done the same thing as Castillo while weighing in for his third bout with Joel Casamayor! For his first attempt, Corrales weighted in at 140 lb, a full five …

Bouts to Be Replayed On SHO EXTREME Monday, Oct. 9, At 8 p.m. PM ET/PT The international field of eight has come down to France against the United States as fellow unbeatens Tony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy advanced to the finals of the “ShoBox” super middleweight tournament with convincing …

Last night on a Maloney Promotion at York Hall in London, England, Commonwealth Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai continued his march through the British bantamweight division with a sixth round stoppage over previously unbeaten southpaw sensation Lee Haskins on a televised Sky Sports broadcast.

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Undefeated Ramazan Palyani, of Northeast Philadelphia, and once-beaten Ray Narh, of Pittsburgh, PA, meet in a scheduled 12-round contest for the vacant Pennsylvania State Lightweight Championship on Friday evening, Nov. 17, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets, next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia. First of seven fights …

Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada held the press conference for this Saturday’s big fight between archrivals Diego Corrales and Joel Casamayor, who face each other for the third time, a contest that Showtime will broadcast. …

Click for larger image © David Martin-Warr Promoter Don King staged a noon-time, open-to-the-public weigh in staged in front of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Sears Tower in Chicago’s downtown Loop, for his “Big Red October” event Saturday at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., and live on …

By Simon Jackson There is bad, bad blood between Diego Corrales and Joel Casamayor who on Saturday night meet to decide the WBC and RING lightweight titles. And they can’t wait. “I feel strong and I am just waiting for the bell to ring because on October 7 we are …

Humbled heavyweight boxer Audley ‘A-Force’ Harrison has this week claimed that he is determined to regain his credibility as a fighter after suffering a pair of reputation-shattering losses within a year. The booming declaration came after it was revealed that Harrison, 34, will challenge countryman Matt Skelton for the Commonwealth …