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Denver’s very own homegrown world champion “Mile High” Mike Alvarado will make the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight title a “home game,” when he battles No. 1 contender Ruslan Provodnikov of Russia, Saturday, October 19, at 1stBank Center in nearby Broomfield, Colo. This marks the area’s first world …

WBO No. 4 ranked featherweight contender Joel Brunker (26-0, 15KOs) will aim to keep his undefeated record intact when he competes this Saturday on the undercard of the Gary Shaw Productions promoted HBO Boxing After Dark event that features an IBF middleweight title clash between Daniel Geale and Darren Barker. …

Australia’s IBF middleweight champion, Daniel Geale (29-1, 15KOs) and No. 3 rated contender from the UK, Darren Barker, (25-1, 16KOs) held a media workout today at the Mendez Boxing Gym in New York City.

Britain’s brightest young stars will be in action on the undercard of Kell Brook’s clash with Vyacheslav Senchenko at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, on October 26, live on Sky Sports, with tickets on sale now. Olympic Gold medallist Anthony Joshua, MBE, will box for the second time as a pro …

Strength will be the main difference between British super-featherweight champion Gary Buckland and challenger Stephen Smith this weekend, says trainer Tony Borg. Borg has already trained Lee Selby to defeat the Liverpudlian and he believes Buckland will score another victory for Wales at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

WBA bantam king Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno made his 11th successful title defense last night as the local man handily outpointing challenger William Urina at Megapolis Convention Center in Panama City, Panama. Urina, 24-3 (20), had won seven in a row following his failed bid to unseat WBO super flyweight champ …

The Ireland squad arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday ahead of the start of the 2013 EUBC European Youth Championships. 225 boxers from 36 nations have registered to compete in the tournament which begins Monday at the Topsportcentre venue in Rotterdam at 3pm local time. The IABA have named an …

Undefeated Deontay Wilder says two prayers in his dressing room before a fight. One is a team prayer. The other, he says, is for his opponent. “I know I’m blessed with God-given power,’’ he said after annihilating former world heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich in Friday’s main event on ShoBox: The …

Friday evening on ESPN “Friday Night Fights”, Gary Shaw Productions in association with Lucas Oil presented another exciting night of boxing live from the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, Calif. In the 10-round main event, Russian sluger Rustam Nugaev continued to impress the boxing world with a spectacular …

Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum are backing Raymundo Beltran to blast his way to Ricky Burns’ WBO title at the SECC in Glasgow on September 7, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on Wealth TV in the US. Arum is confident his man will do …

The six fighters who will compete on a tripleheader tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 9, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., are set and ready to go after weighing in Thursday at Fantasy …

Undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder, most would agree, is a work in progress. He’s not your typical work in progress, however, unless you consider his record of 28-0 with 28 knockouts run of the mill. Still, the question on most everyone’s mind: Does the former amateur standout and the last male …