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Three blind mice spotted in Belfast. By Frank Maloney Were the three blind mice judging the European title fight in Belfast on Friday night? No disrespect to Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder but even they could have seen Damaen Kelly had won that fight, he has been certainly been robbed …

EBA’s European Ratings as of April 2006 HEAVYWEIGHT (Over 200 Lbs / Over 90.71 Kgs) EUROPEAN Champion: VACANT WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV (Rus) 1. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO (UA) 2. DANNY WILLIAMS (GB) CW 3. RUSLAN CHAGAEV (UZ) 4. PAOLO VIDOZ (I) EBU 5. ALEXANDER DIMITRENKO (UA) WBO-IC 6. LUAN KRASNIQI (D) 7. …

Adeyinka Makinde, author of ‘Dick Tiger-The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal’ interviewed by Cheryl Robinson on ‘Just About Books,’ Harambee Radio. Cheryl Robinson: Hello, you are listening to Cheryl Robinson on the ‘Just About Books’ Talk Show, a worldwide Internet show on authors, book reviews, bookclubs and literary …

In a terrific matchup of unbeaten flyweights, International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan will defend his crown against IBF No. 8 contender Luis Maldonado Saturday, June 3, 2006, on SHOWTIME. The 12-round world title fight, which was announced by SHOWTIME Sports & Event Programming General Manager …

Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing On Friday 21st April Scott Lawton and Gary Reid took time out of their busy training schedules to help three juniors from Silverdale ABC. Luke Hodgkinson (13), Nathan Russo (14) and Sam Leverton (15) were given advice and coaching by …

Five and a half years ago Wladimir Klitschko pounded Chris Byrd from pillar to post for twelve long rounds and took the American’s WBO Heavyweight title. Last night in Mannheim, Germany the towering Ukrainian again forced a heavy beating upon the much smaller man and took Byrd’s world title, this …

DiBella Entertainment put together another solid Broadway boxing show at the Manhattan Center on Thursday night, much to the delight of those in attendance. In a sold out arena, Silence Mabuza fought Ricardo Vargas in a 12 round official IBF Bantamweight title eliminator. Mabuza was trying to rebound from a …

“The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya is rigorously preparing for his May 6 WBC super welterweight championship against Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga at the Wilfredo Gomez gym in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. De La Hoya is using an extreme and “back to the basics” training regime to prepare for the …

Bay Area fans will get the long awaited opportunity to witness their rising superstar and one of boxing’s most accomplished fighters when Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (16-1-1 9KO’s) makes his Bay Area debut May 18th in San Jose Ca, at the HP Pavilion in the main event (Opponent TBA). To …

It was a torrid evening between the ropes last night as there were several fightcards of importance taking place. The most important show took place on a DiBella Entertainment promotion at Manhattan Center in New York with South African bantamweight Silence Mabuza posting a unanimous decision over the tough as …

As speculation continues to mount surrounding the selection of “Super” Joe Calzaghe’s next opponent, the Welsh Wizard goes into his scheduled July 8 outing at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium still riding high from the utter domination of Jeff Lacy less than two months ago. “Against Lacy, I think that I fought …

Cedric Kushner will formally announce the launching of his new boxing promotional company, Gotham Boxing, on Tuesday, April 25 in New York. The first fight card has been appropriately titled “The Premiere” and will feature former world title challenger Shannon Briggs on May 24 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan …