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After Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright’s majority decision and second consecutive defeat of ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley, the champion signaled his desire to make himself available for the big fights with the priority being a showdown with Puerto Rico’s awesome puncher Felx ‘Tito’ Trinidad. Wright has always been a quality operator but his …

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Ronald ‘Winky’ Wright retained his WBC light middleweight title tonight, and really the only light middleweight title that matters with a razor thin majority decision over former three weight world champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley. Mosley raised his intensity level for the fight and managed to take several rounds away from …

Tonight in Carnival City, South Africa the IBO super featherweight championship of the world was on the line between Cassius Baloyi and Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, both of South African nationality. Ledwaba took the decision over the twelve round duration to gather himself the title in his first big outing since losing …

In the main support bout of the Wright-Mosley II clash held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas tonight, Ian Gardner moved his record to eighteen wins and only one defeat when he took a rather uneventful unanimous decision over the much more well known Tokunbo Olajide. Olajide …

Click for larger Image Russia’s giant heavyweight Nicolay Valuev remained unbeaten tonight in the main event of the fight card held in Kempten, Germany by being awarded the fight by disqualification over his opponent, America’s Gerald Nobles. Nobles, who was also unbeaten before the fight, got himself thrown out of …

Sinan ‘Bull of the Bosporous’ Samil Sam stopped his most recent opponent Dennis Bakhtov in the tenth round of a heavyweight attraction tonight in Kempten, Germany. Sam, who lost a highly publicized fight on HBO last year to Cuba’s Juan Carlos Gomez has been trying to reassert himself in the …

Two of boxing’s biggest stars to duplicate United Artists’ approach inrevolutionizing the sport. LOS ANGELES, November 20 – The year was 1919, almost eighty-five years ago, when four legendary actors decided that it was time to set a new direction for the entertainment industry. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks …

DETROIT, Mich. (Nov. 19, 2004) – Troy Rowland got off the canvas to take a unanimous ten-round decision, scored 97-92 (twice) and 96-93, over Epifanio Mendoza Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In the welterweight co-feature from the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit, Mich., Shamone Alvarez easily defeated Mohammed Kayongo …

One Punch Productions returned to the DoubleTree Westshore in Tampa on Friday night with “Ballroom Brawl!”. Headlining the action-packed card was Tampa’s own Carlos ‘Bam Bam’ Diaz (9-4-3, 7 KOs), 123.5 -pounds, squared off with former Mario Lacey (7-7-4, 6 KOs), 125-pounds. Lacey was a last minute replacement, accepting the …

Middleweight Troy Rowland claimed a ten round decision tonight over power-punching opponent Epifanio Mendoza in his home state of Detroit Michigan. Rowland had to survive a knockdown administered by Mendoza in round seven but in the end he managed to outwork Mendoza over the ten round stretch and take the …

Super bantamweight contender Daniel ‘Ponce’ De Leon scored himself a win tonight over Julio Gamboa and ensured that he remains on the cusp of a world title shot. De Leon knocked Gamboa out in the fourth round and moved his record to twenty-four wins with all but one of his …