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The acclaimed Showtime Sports series ShoBox: The New Generation returns on Friday, June 6, with what promises to be a thrilling doubleheader featuring the top young talent for which the series is known. Televised live on Showtime from the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., the 10-round main event …

Lee Selby says he will take a huge step to landing his dream World title when he faces Romulo Koasicha in an official eliminator for the WBC title at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports. Selby finds himself ranked in the top ten in …

Arthur Abraham’s promoter Kalle Sauerland says talks have opened with Eddie Hearn for Abraham to defend his WBO Super Middleweight title against Paul Smith this autumn. Smith is in eight-round action in Cardiff on Saturday night live on Sky Sports and Sauerland and ‘King Arthur’ will be tuning in as …

Stephen Smith will face former World title challenger Mauricio Javier Munoz for the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title and crunch eliminator clash at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Wednesday May 21 live on Sky Sports, after Fernando Saucedo was forced out of the fight with a mouth injury. …

Boxing star Mike Alvarado has vowed to bounce back in style by retiring Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez. The pair meet this Saturday night, live and exclusive on BoxNation, with Denver’s Alvarado looking to impress following his punishing ten-round stoppage to WBO Light-welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov in his previous outing. …

Ricky Hatton says he cannot wait to get hands-on with personal trainers and group exercise instructors at this week’s BodyPower Expo at the NEC in Birmingham. More than 55,000 people are set to attend the three day event which runs from Friday until Sunday and ‘The Hitman’ will be donning …

Unbeaten light-middleweight Sergey Rabchenko has relinquished the European title in order to save OPI2000’s show in Rome this weekend. The Belarusian puncher was due to defend his championship against mandatory challenger Emanuelle Della Rosa, but the show’s promoters did not provide the necessary paperwork for Rabchenko to obtain his entrance …

Lucas Browne has received an official letter of praise from the Australian National Boxing Federation for his historic Commonwealth title victory in England last month. Browne, 35, halted Canada’s Eric Martel Bahoeli in the fifth round to become the first fighter from down under to hold the heavyweight version of …

On Thursday May 8, 2014, the World Boxing Council announced that Adrien Broner received an indefinite suspension following his comments during a post-match television interview after defeating Carlos Molina on May 3. The comments to which the WBC refers to are: “Anybody can get it. Afri-cans, I just beat the …

The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has summoned Purse Bids for the fight between the Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, 118-pound super world champion, and Juan Carlos Payano, mandatory challenger of the division. The event will take place on May 23 at 11:00 am at the Headquarters of the World Boxing …

Gennady Golovkin, World Boxing Association middleweight world champion, was ordered to begin negotiation for his next mandatory fight with Jarrod Fletcher. Fletcher, rated number two in the WBA rankings is the leading available contender to challenge Golovkin, so he was ordered to begin negotiations according to the WBA regulations.

Former World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will make his anticipated return to the ring to face Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai in a 12-round welterweight bout on Saturday, June 21 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. In a co-feature of the three-fight …