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Stepping out of the grotty, forgotten tube station, as a weary ten-year-old, my eyes focused on the mass of green that stood in front of me. Everywhere I looked, I saw the Irish tricolor waving. Perhaps this is not unusual for Dublin or Boston on St Patrick’s Day, but this …

Arturo “Thunder” Gatti is a special guest on Thursday’s two-hour New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show – hosted by Ted Bodenrader, Anthony Pepe, Rick Brutti and Joe Bills – airing between 6-8 PM/ET on Boston’s Boxing Station, The Zone (1510 AM). Gatti will be joined by his manager, Pat Lynch, …

In a sensational move, former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu has fired his longtime trainer Johnny Lewis. Hot on the heels of Tszyu’s dramatic loss to England’s Ricky Hatton for the IBF title, Tszyu has wasted no time in dealing out the blame for the loss to Lewis who …

Some Exclusive Photos of 2004 United States Olympian and Goldenboy Promotions Hot Prospect Vicente Escobedo… ***Click for larger images © M.Q.***

Just days before he takes on opponent Louis Brown, and having also being recently signed by DiBella Entertainment promotions, Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita is well on his way to boxing stardom. This young and talented junior welterweight is prepared to do battle with the game Louis Brown, and he …

Well fight fans, what a great weekend for the Brits as now the world has a face to identify when someone says “British boxing,” and he is known as the “Hitman.” Add in to that Scott Harrison looked exciting, and the scene on the other side of the pond is …

WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei will make the next defense of his title on July 2nd against Frenchman Mehdi Sahnoune. With his fifth world title fight the 31-year-old Erdei will headline an event of Universum Box-Promotion at Color Line Arena of Hamburg. The contest will be televised live by …

A complete recap of the news and results from the last seven days of world boxing. Last week started off with an impressive performance at heavyweight by Luan Krasniqi with a sixth round knockout of big Lance Whitaker, who had never previously been down. Krasniqi, a Kosovo-Albanian with German citizenship, …

A classic match between promising prospect Matt Godfrey (7-0, 5 KOs) and proven warrior Jermall “The Truth” Barnes (17-8, 4 KOs) have signed to as the eight-round co-feature on “Providence’s Prime Time Fights,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc (CES) – Providence’s newest professional sports franchise – …

***More Exclusive Hatton Vs Tszyu Photos*** © Mike Cleary Click photos for larger images

Prominent fight figures on both sides of the Atlantic fully appreciated what Ricky Hatton accomplished last night in defeating undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu last night in Manchester, England. Diego Corrales was on hand as a possible opponent for the winner, and promoter Frank Warren even indicated the possibility …

In the aftermath of his shocking fourth round stoppage loss to WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison this past Friday, Manchester fighter Michael Brodie announced, in a rather snap-decision manner that he will retire from boxing. The title fight with Harrison was Brodie’s fourth attempt at a world title after losing …