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Undefeated former world champion Joan Guzman has never looked so good a month away from a fight. “We started with a new strength and conditioning coach for this fight, and Guzman is eating five times a day, looking really cut and hitting with a lot of power,” said manager Jose …

Not to be out done by his brother Marcus, who fought on HBO Pay Per View August 12th, Johnny Brooks looks to step up his own game on August 19th, when he fights for the CBO (Carolinas Boxing Organization) Light Heavyweight Title. On the heals of an upsurge in activity …

Bradford’s Junior Witter has waited patiently for his opportunity to challenge for the most prestigious title in boxing. Finally, he has it, in what will be one of the biggest fights in London for years. Click for larger image On a Hennessy Sports event at the historic Alexandra Palace on …

Click for larger image© Natasha Chornesky Saddo Boxing The WBC Heavyweight Title match Saturday night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada had an exciting finish with challenger Oleg Maskaev ensuring his victory with a TKO stoppage of champion Hasim Rahman with just 43 seconds to go …

Norwich slugger Jon Thaxton is poised to launch an audacious assault against one of the world’s best fighters. Fight Academy’s Dennis Hobson is in talks to secure Thaxton a WBO lightweight title shot at feared Brazilian puncher Acelino “Popo’ Freitas in what would be a massive opportunity for the British …

Aaron Thomas, the son of the former Stoke City, Manchester United and Wrexham player, Mickey Thomas, will make his pro debut on Potteries promoters, Impact Boxing, next show at the Kings Hall in Stoke on 30th September. The 26-year-old Thomas who boxes at welterweight and trained at Clwyd ABC in …

By Craig Waller youngvictorboxing.com.au Australian boxing has lost one of it’s most treasured and resected fighters in the form of The great Vic Patrick on Friday 11th August 2006. The former Australian Lightweight and Welterweight Champion fort some of Australia’s best during his boxing career. Some of the greats that …

Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing Ian Clyde the former jockey turned boxer is set to be the first of Impact Boxing’s burgeoning stable of fighters to take to the ring when the new season starts in September. The Crewe based boxer is to appear on …

By Mike Casile Philaboxingreport.com The steady sound you heard last night in the Thomas Mack arena in Las Vegas, was not the clock ticking closer to midnight, for the 37 year old Cinderella man ,Oleg Maskaev (33 – 5, 26 KO’s), but rather the beautifully placed left hooks, he seemed …

Last night saw some decent action around the globe, the most important of which occurred on the Maskaev – Rahman undercard in Las Vegas. That bill saw two important contests, chiefly a WBC Lightweight eliminator between Jose Armando Santa Cruz and David Diaz. Santa Cruz led the whole way, pitching …

It was a heavyweight shootout of Cold War proportions last night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas as Russian born Oleg Maskaev turned back the clock and once again stopped defending WBC Champion Hasim Rahman. The two combatants met almost seven years ago and Maskaev knocked Rahman …

The two main undercard fights to the Rahman-Maskaev heavyweight title bout tonight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas are perhaps being overlooked as both bouts are capable of stealing the show. WBC Lightweight champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz (23-1, 13KO’s) defends his title against southpaw punching David …