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Ryan Burnett believes he’ll take to the professional side of the sport like the proverbial duck to water. The Belfast prospect boxes for the first time without the vest and head guard on a show held in association with Steve Wood’s VIP Promotions at the Olympia in Liverpool on May …

The Doncaster faithful will be out in force tonight at the 7,000 capacity Keepmoat Stadium as local man Jamie McDonnell gets a crack at the vacant IBF bantamweight title against rough and tough slugger Julio Ceja. It’s a massive opportunity for British boxing as a McDonnell victory could shift the …

Undefeated Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean (25-0, 17 KOs), of Quebec, Canada, overcame a bad cut on the side of his right eye to register two knockdowns en route to a fourth-round TKO over southpaw Cleotis “Mookie” Pendarvis (17-4-1, 6 KOs), of Long Beach, Calif., in the main event Friday on …

On Thursday, at Nongbua school, Nakornsawan Province, Thailand, M150 OneSongchai Boxing put on a fight card against drugs in Paknamp, chaired by Mr. Chairoj Meedang, Nakornsawan governor. The main event featured “Machinery Fist” Puengluang Sor Singyu, the former WBO Bantamweight Champ, and Tanzania’s Juma Fundi, who was stopped in the …

WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (25-1, 19 KOs), from Chekhov, Russia, and WBA cruiserweight champion in recess Guillermo “El Felino” Jones (38-3-2, 30 KOs), from Colon, Panama, are set to meet on May 17 at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. Co-promoter Don King has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Ricky Burns will look to retain his WBO lightweight crown tomorrow night at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, meeting the challenge posed by Puerto Rican danger man Jose Gonzalez. Gonzalez, the number one WBO contender at 135 pounds, has whipsawed his way through 22 opponents since turning pro in 2008, …

South African Stanley Chistodoulou will be the third man the ring for the WBA Cruiserweight title fight between Denis Lebedev, regular champion and Guillermo Jones, champion in recess, Lebedev vs Jones takes place in the Crocus City Hall, Myakinino, Russia on May, 17. The officials in charge of the scoring …

When World Boxing Federation Women’s Light Welterweight Champion Holly Holm, 32-2-3 (9), makes her first defense of this particular championship on May 11 at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it will also be her last. She is favored to defeat opponent Mary McGee, 20-1 (11), on …

The four confident boxers who will compete on ShoBox: The New Generation tonight, live on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast, participated in a press conference /weigh-in Thursday at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla. In the ShoBox main event, undefeated Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean (24-0, …

Find A Dream —a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that reaches out to community children and provides them a healthy channel to find and work towards fulfilling a dream—has recently announced that within the month they will be relocating their headquarters to the Los Angeles area.

Ricky Burns and José González both tipped the scales at 9st 8lbs ½oz [134 pounds] ahead of their clash for Burns’ WBO lightweight title in ‘Fighting Pride of Scotland’ from the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, live on Sky Sports HD1 from 7pm. Burns’ third title defence sees him tackle the …

Choi Tseveenpurev says he’ll prove that age is nothing but a number and show the divide in class between him and John Simpson as they clash for the WBO International featherweight title live on Sky Sports, in ‘Fighting Pride of Scotland’ at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, on Saturday, May …