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Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “There will be no easy fights or inferior opponents for me. I will fight the best available lightweights when I move up. The public can be assured that they will always be entertained and that I will always give them great fights.”–Erik …

Tomas Villa of Midland, Texas brought a modest won-lost record into his match-up with undefeated hot prospect David Martinez but left the ring at the Iseleta Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico wearing the black and gold NABA super bantamweight title belt. In the end it was the twenty-two-year-old’s iron will …

The roundcard girls won’ be the only knockouts in the ring at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on August 6! Promoter Gary Shaw announced today a quintet of undefeated contenders who will be highlighting the nine-bout undercard of the Jeff Lacy-Robin Reid IBF/IBO super middleweight championship. SHOWTIME …

British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch will have an enforced two-month break from gym duties having gone under the knife to repair a damaged knuckle on his right hand earlier this week. The Nottingham boxing hero suffered the injury – a ruptured extensor hood – in April this …

In less than a week, Dibella Entertainment will put on the first of two action packed fight cards at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which will have the Manhattan Center and fans rocking well into the month of August. With the dynamic line-up of top fighters in over four different weight classes, …

With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later this year, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy will first have to defend his crown against former world champion and current International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight …

Former two-weight Southern Area champion and European title challenger David Walker has dismissed the affections of the outspoken Deptford light middleweight Anthony Small. Small recently claimed on an Internet site that not only would he like to fight “Kid Dynamite,’ but that his team had actually attempted, unsuccessfully, to make …

Former two times WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide has enlisted the services of the respected Floyd Mayweather Senior ahead of his assault on the cruiserweight division. “The Dancing Destroyer’ has returned to his training base in Las Vegas in order to work with the father of WBC light welterweight champion …

“After what Reid did — or didn’t do today — I am renaming this fight the ‘Tampa Tea Party.’ But instead of Boston Harbor, I’m dropping Reid in the ring.” – Jeff Lacy after Robin Reid hung up on media just as yesterday’s conference call was beginning. (June 28, 2005) …

DiBella Entertainment will present a New York City boxing extravaganza at the Broadway Boxing Summer Bash on Thursday night, August 25th, at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, featuring undefeated stalwarts Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita, Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell and Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, as …

El Paso’s Juan Lazcano, Ring Magazine’s #3 World rated lightweight, returns to the ring for the first time in over a year when he takes on California State Lightweight Champion, Marco Angel Perez on Friday, August 19 at UTEP’s Don Haskins Center, according to promoter Oscar De La Hoya, head …

Chicago boxer David Diaz and Chicago cruiserweight prospect and NBA star Kendall Gill will attend the 33rd annual “Fiesta del Sol” celebration on Saturday, July 30 on West Cermak Road in Chicago, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Between 2:30 – 4:30 pm Diaz and Gill …