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Costa Rica’s Jaime Barboza will face Peruvian Mauricio Reynoso’s opponent on December 8, at the KO Drugs event in Kingston, Jamaica. Reynoso and Barboza will battle 11 rounds for the WBA Fedelatin Super Middleweight championship. The Inca is undefeated in 14 fights with one draw and 11 knockouts, while the …

Originally slated to challenge then champion Myriam Lamare for the World Boxing Federation Light Welterweight title, Pound-For-Pound Number-One Holly Holm is now set to take on Australian Diana Prazak for the vacant championship on December 7 at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holm, 31-2-3 (9), the …

Buncrana’s John Hutchinson chalked up another win as he continued the flying start to his pro boxing career with a sensational points win over hometown favourite Gerard Healy. The pair clashed on Saturday night in front his delighted travelling support at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on the World Title …

Darren Barker returns to action against Kerry Hope in ‘Christmas Cracker’ on Saturday night live on Sky Sports – and the World title challenger says he’ll prove he’s ready for a second title shot in 2013. It’s 14 months since Barker challenged Sergio Martinez for the WBC title in Atlantic …

This week Primetime, Sky Channel 498, is staging several boxing shows, culminating in the ‘Earthquake in Essex’ bill being shown live from 5.30 pm this Saturday from Brentwood on a free-to-air basis. On Thursday night at 7.30, documentaries featuring heavyweight Ian Lewison and middleweight Lee Markham will be shown. This …

Lee Purdy’s welterweight clash with Carson Jones on ‘Christmas Cracker’ is off after a virus ruled the Colchester man out of the contest. Darren Barker’s middleweight clash with Kerry Hope now tops the bill as a 12-round clash for the IBF Inter-Continental title with the two former European middleweight champions …

Light middleweight prospect, Keandre Leatherwood (11-1-1, 8 KOs) will be fighting Marcus Primera (20-26-2, 13 KOs) at Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on December 8th. The 6-round bout is contracted at a maximum weight of 159 pounds. In his last fight, Leatherwood recorded his 8th knockout when he …

Things didn’t go as planned for Ricky Hatton on his ring return nine days ago, but the Hatton Promotions CEO was boosted by world class performances from Martin Murray and Scott Quigg. Bury’s unbeaten Quigg captured the vacant WBA interim super-bantamweight crown and looked sensational stopping Rendall Munroe in six …

Photo Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing A confident Puerto Rican great Miguel “Junito” Cotto (37-4-0 30 KO’s) took a major hit last night in losing a competitive decision to WBA Light Middleweight belt holder Austin “No Doubt” Trout (26-0-0 14 KO’s), a potentially career ending loss for Cotto and …

Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event At the Wolverhampton Civic Hall last night, ‘ONE Promotions’ (Paul PJ Rowson) hosted a fightnight which headlined a ten round Light-Middleweight Contest between Jason Welborn of Tividale and Jan Balog of the Czech Republic. Jason Welborn (Tividale) v Jan Balog …

The British Heavyweight scene has maintained top quality over the years. Lennox Lewis may have been the great name in the 90’s and David Haye impressed us in the middle to late 2000’s, but the new pack has arrived; Irish descendant Tyson Fury (19-0-0 14 KO’s) and knockout artist David …

The Russian “Hawk”, Khabib Allakhverdiev (18-0-0 8 KO’s) made his biggest statement yet last night at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL. He defeated heavy-hitting Dominican star and former three weight world champion Joan Guzman (33-1-1 20 KO’s) over eight rounds at light welter with a technical decision, handing Guzman …