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Manuel Rey Rojas is set to fight Chris Singleton for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization Latino Lightweight title on Saturday August 8, 2015 at the Waco Convention Center in Waco, Texas. Fighting out of Dallas Texas, Rojas turned professional in 2011 and racked up nine straight victories before hitting a …

Dillian Whyte will face Irineu Beato Costa Junior at the KC Lightstream Stadium in Hull on August 1, live on Sky Sports. Whyte is hunting down the winner of the clash between Anthony Joshua MBE – whom he beat in the amateurs – and Gary Cornish later in the year. …

By Peter Fury My son Hughie Lewis Fury has his sixteenth professional fight this Saturday night at Derby Arena and I’m looking for him to do a professional job on his opponent George Arias. Hughie is still only 20 years of age – and is therefore a work in progress …

The war of words continue between representatives of undefeated WBO junior middleweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) and former two-time super middleweight titlist Anthony “The Man” Mundine (47-7, 27 KOs). Team Andrade issued a press release last Saturday night regarding an agreement it alleged Team Mundine had …

Former World Champion Rico Ramos (24-4, 12 KOs) takes on hard-hitting Claudio Marrero (18-1, 13 KOs) in a featherweight battle on Saturday, July 25, at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The bout is part of a full night action headlined by a 12-round cruiserweight showdown between …

Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne believes a fight between Deontay Wilder and Chris Arreola would be bad for heavyweight boxing. Browne is set to face Argentina’s Gonzalo Basile in Melbourne next month and will turn his attention to his mandatory shot at WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev afterwards. But he’s hopeful of …

Five-time world champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver (31-6, 22 KOs) honestly believes that he is destined to become the oldest world heavyweight champion in boxing history. Before he gets a world title shot against fellow 1996 Olympian Wladimir Klitschko, the universally recognized world heavyweight champion, Tarver realizes that he has …

Reigning British middleweight champion Nick Blackwell one day hopes to win a version of the world middleweight title, but knows such plans will go up in smoke should he lose his Lonsdale belt to Damon Jones on July 25 at Derby Arena. Still, the talented 24-year-old is allowing himself to …

Anthony Joshua MBE and Gary Cornish came face-to-face for the first time today, ahead of their clash for the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight title at The O2 on Saturday September 12, live on Sky Sports. Joshua is in the process of turning The O2 into a hometown fortress having made his …

This past Friday night at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Jerry Odom (13-2, 12 KO’s) was stopped in three rounds by Samuel Clarkson (15-3, 9 KO’s) in what was supposed to be a fight contested in the Super Middleweight division. Odom of Washington, DC, did his part to meet his …

Manager Matt Clark expects Cameron Hammond to turn on the style when he faces Sedat Tasci in a battle of former Olympians next weekend. Hammond defends his WBA Oceania welterweight crown against the teak tough Turk on David “Spike” Syphers’ show at the Crossing Theatre in Narrabri, New South Wales, …

ShoBox: The New Generation celebrated its 14th anniversary with an action-packed card. Undefeated middleweight Antoine “Action” Douglas (18-0-1, 12 KOs) of Washington D.C. finished off Istvan “The Prince” Szili (18-1-2, 8 KOs) of Frekendorf, Switzerland, with an impressive third round TKO in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation, …