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Former heavyweight fighter Jo-El Scott has been found guilty of murder and is facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole. A jury in New York found sufficient evidence in Scott’s case in which he was charged with the rape and murder of an elderly woman. Scott’s time in …

Fresh from knocking out previously unbeaten Art Simonyan late last month, IBF super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez looks set to be the next opponent for current WBA/IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez was scheduled to fight a much anticipated rematch with Manny Pacquiao but purse demands scratched the possibility …

The Destined Warrior: A One Man Army. What comes to mind when you think of the word “warrior?” A fighting man, an experienced soldier, one that, despite all obstacles, marches on until victories are won? Not just laying down at the hands of defeat, but rising above all that is …

Manchester’s boxing star Michael Gomez is the WBU super featherweight champion once again, and now he is headline news in more ways than one. Gomez has lead a turbulent life with many ups and downs in and out of the ring but things couldn’t be better for him these days …

Unbeaten heavyweight Roman Greenberg (17-0, 12 KO’s) captures the Broadway spotlight on Friday night, January 28, when he headlines 2005’s second installment of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by Mohegan Sun at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. Greenberg, a native of Tel Aviv, Israel, will go toe-to-toe with …

Guilty Boxing, Inc. and Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES) have joined forces, it was jointly announced today by Nick Rattenni, president of Guilty Boxing, and CES president Jimmy Burchfield. CES and Burchfield will run the East Coast operations of Guilty Boxing and coordinate all of the cards Guilty Boxing …

Riddick Bowe could soon become the poster boy for the American Medical Association (AMA), the British Medical Association (BMA) and any other organization with an anti-boxing agenda. If Bowe or any of his handlers truly believe his comeback will result in anything other than tragedy or embarrassment they, are as …

Classy southpaw Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will hopefully return to action for a longer period this year. The IBO light middleweight champion travelled to Spain to defeat Jorge Pina earlier this month, but his is a talent that deserves to be in more significant fights. Martinez capped off a successful tour …

Universally recognized world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson recently indicated on Canadian sports channel TSN that he would fight Antonio Tarver as many times as the people would pay to see it. It looks likely that he will engage Tarver at least one more time before the mid-point of this …

British heavyweight contender Danny Williams will return to the ring despite the protests of his promoter Frank Warren to consider his future plans in the wake of what was a terrible beating at the hands of world champion Vitali Klitschko last month. Williams has announced that he will not have …

It is incredible to think that a twelve-fight novice should have to negotiate his way through a comeback period at this stage of his career, but this is the scenario facing former IBO cruiserweight title challenger David Haye. Londoner Haye was knocked out in five rounds by aging champion Carl …

Former WBA welterweight world champion Ike Quartey will make his return to the ring tomorrow in Ghana against Clint McNeil. The fight is significant for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it is Quartey’s first fight in approximately five years and that he will now …