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JOHNSON SPLIT DECISIONS TARVER!! Former IBF light heavyweight champion of the world Glencoffe “Road Warrior” Johnson returned from his knockout of Roy Jones Jr. with a split decision win over former WBC light heavyweight champion and fellow Jones conqueror Antonio Tarver. In a back and forth fight that saw both …

Two time WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer successfully marked his second reign as the champion with a win over Yoshinori Nishizawa. The fight took place in the Oberfrankenhalle in Bayreuth in Beyer’s native Germany. Beyer had to survive a knockdown in the early rounds but came back to post …

Each being thirty-five years of age and both having sensationally knocked out former light heavyweight king Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver and Glencoffe Johnson share honors even going into the fight that is rightfully recognized as the universally recognized fight for light heavyweight supremacy. Credit must be afforded to both …

Glen Johnson is a soft-spoken man without the typical boxing bravado of, say, Antonio Tarver. So Johnson smiled when asked about the man he’s about to fight. “Talk is talk. Anyone with a mouth can talk,” Johnson said. “Not just Antonio Tarver, but any guy who talks too much – …

With the recent announcement that former world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley will return to the welterweight division, on the heels of Oscar De La Hoya saying he’s coming back to the 147-pound class, World Boxing Association welterweight champion “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera (37-3-1, 24 KOs) believes that in 2005 …

Ebo “The Extreme Machine” Elder fought courageously, with both eyes nearly closed due to swelling, to knockout Courtney “Killer” Burton to retain his North American Boxing Association Lightweight belt Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In the junior welterweight co-feature from Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif., “Mighty” Mike …

“I really want to be a champion.”-Jameel McCline. They say that to those whom much is given, much is expected. Heavyweight contender Jameel McCline certainly has his share of gifts. Immense physical size, strength, boxing skill and stern self-evaluation are some of the traits that have helped Jameel rise through …

Newly crowned IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan of Australia won his title by stopping previously unbeaten champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia. It was a back-and-forth battle that saw both men achieve dramatic successes. It could be said that the ten minute delay that stopped the action after the mid-way point …

In the battle for the WBO NABO lightweight championship tonight at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, USA, Ebo “X-treme Machine” Elder stopped Courtney Burton in the twelfth and final round. Elder, from Atlanta, Georgia was docked a point early in the fight but went on to put Burton down …

Greek light welterweight prospect “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis grabbed another eye-catching win tonight at the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, USA by stopping Jauquin Gallardo in three rounds. Gallardo hit the canvas twice before referee Raul Caiz was forced to halt the action merely seconds before the end of the round. …

Quebec middleweight contender Joachim Alcine took another step forward in his career tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada by disposing of former Canadian champion Stephane Ouellet impressively before the end of the first round. Alcine needed less than a minute to stop Ouellet who appeared to be in …

Irish super flyweight Damaen Kelly of Belfast dominated England’s Jason Booth on Friday night at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre in England. Kelly, once the IBO flyweight champion now becomes the IBO super flyweight champion with the twelve round decision. One of Booth’s two losses came in an IBF title bid …