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Thursday, 29th June 2006, York Hall, Bethnal Green London. Top of the bill for this Maloney Fight Factory promotion was the contest for the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title between Britain’s Martin Power and Tshifhiwa Muyawi of South Africa. Power, from the St. Pancreas district of London, fought gamely and aggressively; …

Finally the country has woken to up to the poor performance of the English football team who once again failed to delivery. An overpaid bunch of primadonas who seem to forget they were playing for the pride of their country while enjoying shopping sprees and relaxation with the WAGS while …

Roman “Made in Hell’’ Karmazin (34-1-1, 1 ND, 21 KOs) will defend his IBF 154-pound title against former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) in Spinks’ hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, July 8, on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed in the west …

Last night at the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Philippines, Manny Pacquiao retained his WBC International Super Featherweight title with a dominating performance over ex-super bantam world champ Oscar Larios over the course of twelve sizzling rounds. Initially, Larios traded with the Filipino icon on even terms, shaking Pacquiao in the …

There were a raft of hot prospects in action on Saturday night’s Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan, in particular Ronald “Hitman” Hearns who took on Hector Hernandez. Round 1 The first of eight scheduled rounds between these middleweight prospects starts out with Hearns firing two …

Heavyweights headlined the Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Michigan on Saturday, with fellow undefeated prospects Chazz Witherspoon and Mike Alexander squaring off. Round 1 The fight starts off with both fighters meeting in the center and Witherspoon immediately popping off with a straight right hand. The much …

The torch was passed Saturday from old generation to new when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another fought on a historic special edition of “Shobox: The New Generation” on SHOWTIME. DiBella Entertainment promoted the notable event from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Mich.. …

At the Araneta Coliseum in Manilla, Phillipines, Manny Pacquiao hopes to impress an adoring hometown crowd when he puts his WBC International Super Featherweight title at risk against former longtime WBC 122 lbs Champion Oscar Larios. Larios, 53-4-1 (36), is the latest in a series of top Mexican fighters that …

Well we are past the first half of the year. Many things have changed, many remain the same. Some for the worse, some for the better. More importantly, I think there have been some lessons to be learned by some of the fighters themselves. It seems that they missed the …

SHOWTIME will make television history when three sons of former world champions and a cousin of another are featured in a special edition of “ShoBox: The New Generation” Saturday, July 1, 2006 (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) from the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, Michigan. The …

Heavily favored British Bantamweight Champion Martin Power was upset on Thursday by relatively unknown South African tourist Tishifhiwa Munyai as the two vied for the vacant Commonwealth title at London’s historic mecca of boxing, York Hall on a Maloney Promotion’s bill. Despite applying himself fully to the task, the previously …

There are contenders and pretenders, but knockout artist Sam Peter, is ranked in the top five by all major organizations, and is also universally recognized as the top contender. Now, Peter is on a mission. “Sam clearly illustrated that he belongs with the heavyweight elite in his match against Wladimir …