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Saturday night at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, Virginia, highly regarded Middleweight prospect Antoine “Action” Douglas remained perfect by scoring a six round unanimous decision over Marcus Brooks. Douglas scored knockdowns in round’s three and six and rocked Brooks in round five and won by scores of 60-52 on …

In a now well publicized open letter to USA Boxing, the youngest man to ever win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, Mike Tyson, praised the success of Washington, D.C., welterweight phenom Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (17-0, 10 KOs) as an example of accomplishment for young boxers.

Matchroom Sport and Sky Sports have extended their partnership to offer viewers an unrivalled choice of fights and fighters, with 20 shows a season for two further years.

Touted prospects can be found in abundance throughout the United Kingdom. Many of them will ineluctably trade leather some ways down the road of contention. They route themselves differently. Some brawl in their local clubs — while others look for something much greater. To reach those goals, Horden’s Anthony Hardy …

On Friday, Rotherham’s Navid Mansouri retained his English Light Middleweight Title on a Technical Draw. A clash of heads in round one caused a nasty cut to the corner of opponent Matthew Mallin’s right eye and the fight was halted. The Dave Coldwell promoted fight-night featured nine contests in total. …

Matchrooms’ Eddie Hearn hosted another great night of boxing on Saturday night – this time at the O2 Arena, London, which featured four title bouts. Scott Quigg of Bury retained his WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title scoring a Majority Draw against Cuban-born Yoandris Salinas of Miami, Florida. The Judges saw it …

In Moscow last night, Ukrainian Heavyweight – Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight Titles scoring a Unanimous Points victory over Alexander Povetkin of Russia. Povetkin’s tactic seemed to be to launch himself at the torso of the Champion like a bull at a gate (!) with …

Click the image for more Jon Kays Vs Kevin Hooper photos Jon Kays of Ashton-under-Lyne out-pointed Kevin Hooper of Grimsby in a cracking closely fought contest Saturday night to win the English Super-Featherweight Title. The Steve Wood – VIP Boxing promoted fight-night at Oldham Sports Centre also featured Ronnie Heffron …

To a percentage of average people on the street, the sport of Professional Boxing is nothing more than the barbaric spectacle of two near brainless brutes taking turns knocking the stuffing out of each other in front of a bloodthirsty crowd. In reality, Boxing is a far different endeavor. Boxing …

Click the Image for more Navid Mansouri Vs Matthew Mallin Photos It was a disappointing end to Friday nights’ boxing at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, when the headlining bout was declared a Technical Draw after one round. Navid Mansouri’s defence of the English Light Middleweight Title ended after the opening frame …

Matchroom Boxing are putting on a good show on Saturday night at London’s O2 Arena, in what is effectively a rescued card from the Haye vs.Fury debacle. Which although I was gutted about not seeing, it is boxing, cuts in sparring happens, I think it adds a little bit of …

After waiting about two years as a mandatory challenger to Wladimir Klitschko, who holds damn near every title belt in the division, heavyweight Alexander Povetkin finally gets his shot at “Dr. Steelhammer” on Saturday night at The Olympiyskiy in Moscow. That’s homeground for the Chekov-based Povetkin, 26-0 (18), but that …