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The 9th EUBC European Women’s Championships in Romania got underway in Bucharest earlier this afternoon. Michaela Walsh and Olympic champion Katie Taylor will be the first Irish boxers in action tomorrow. Taylor, who is aiming for her sixth successive European lightweight gold, meets Switzerland’s Sandra Brugger in a repeat of …

Top Rank, SECA and Sands China Ltd., who have been building the growth of boxing in the People’s Republic of China by producing and promoting five world championship events in Macao over the past 13 months, announced their latest joint venture at a press conference Saturday at The Venetian Macao. …

Two-time Chinese Olympic gold medallist and national icon Zou Shiming and undefeated unified junior featherweight world champion and Cuban sensation Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux will headline Champions of Gold, world championship boxing’s return to The The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena. Promoted by Top Rank and Sands China Ltd., in association …

Every title defense, under Don King Productions, Inc., by the people’s Champion Bermane Stiverne, will be given to our overseas troops serving on military bases and ships around the world. The broadcast will be seen via the America Forces Network (AFN.) It is our way of saying “Thank You” to …

It is hard to analyse a fight of this magnitude; to try and find an angle or argument that hasn’t already been explored. I am not complaining, this is a fantastic occasion for British boxing and boxing in general. There have only been a few times in history where the …

This afternoon there were rowdy scenes at Wembley Arena as hundreds of fans watched Carl Froch and George Groves weigh in ahead of their rematch at Wembley Stadium tomorrow night. A Smiling Groves stepped up to the scales first and weighed in at 11st 12lbs 4oz [166.25 lb]. As Froch …

WBA featherweight champion Simphiwe “V12” Vetyeka (26-2, 15 KOs), of Mdantsane, South Africa, and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (32-2, 20 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in Las Vegas, weighed in at 125.5 and 126 pounds, respectively, on Friday in …

Detroit’s very own Tony Harrison is set for his first taste of Championship boxing this coming Friday, when he takes on the highly experienced, former WBO/UBO/IBA Champion, Bronco McKart for the Interim World Boxing Union Middleweight title, at the Cobo Centre in Downtown Detroit. Harrison, who is unbeaten in seventeen …

England’s Martin Murray won’t be attending this weekend’s superfight in London – he’s too busy focusing on preparation for his June 21 fight that tops the Golden Gloves “KO At The Casino” tournament in Monte Carlo. The smooth-hitting middleweight (27-1-1, 12 KOs) meets Max Bursak (29-2-1, 12 KOs) of the …

Ireland’s five-strong squad arrived in Bucharest, Romania via Dublin Airport this morning ahead of the opening bell for the 9th EUBC European Women’s Elite Championships on Saturday. Olympic champion Katie Taylor is included in the Irish team. The Bray lightweight will be aiming for her sixth successive 60kg title in …

Ermano Fegatilli made his professional debut in 2005, and has been forced to combat a number of discrepancies in the business of boxing. Not the sport; which has been at the heart of his ambition, but the business, which has abused so many combatants over the years.

The hottest fight of the summer of 2014 deserves a sizzling undercard, and Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime PPV are pleased to announce the three bouts that will support the main event featuring Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara on Saturday, July 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las …