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The vacant WBA Lightweight Championship between Richar Abril and Sharif “The Lion” Bogere has been elevated to the main event on Saturday, March 2 and will now be held at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas live on Showtime at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on …

Darren Barker will fight Italian champion Simone Rotolo for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental middleweight title at the top of the bill of the ‘London’s Finest’ show at Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. Rotolo (35-3), who hasn’t tasted defeat since a 2007 European title fight against former …

Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions announced the signing of undefeated Top-Five middleweight contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez today. Ramírez (24-0, 19 KOs), from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México, captured the WBC Youth middleweight title in 2010 and has successfully defended it six times throughout his three-year reign.

When Gavin Rees takes on Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner this Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he really will have a hard night’s work ahead of him. Rees, 37-1-1 with 18 KO’s, is older, by nine years at 32. He is slower than Broner, both of hand and foot, the …

This Saturday night at the Gran Arena in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, undefeated Super Bantamweight prospect Juan “Baby Tito” Dominguez will compete for his professional title when he takes on Geyci Lorenzo for the WBA Fedecentro championship. The scheduled nine round bout will be part of a big …

Adrien Broner, WBC Lightweight Champion “It’s not a gimmick. It’s not fake. It’s not a game. I don’t put on a show for the cameras. You might take it as an act, but this is just me. “Antonio DeMarco is a hell of a guy. He has a nice spirit. …

Gavin Rees has the backing of his Matchroom Boxing stable mates as he prepares to face Adrien Broner for the WBC lightweight title in Atlantic City on Saturday February 16, live on Sky Sports. Rees is gunning to be crowned a two-weight World champion against the unbeaten Cincinnati star, and …

Ricky Hatton might be best known for using his firsts, but this Saturday night he’ll be showing off his dancing feet as he takes part in ‘Let’s Dance for Comic Relief’, live on BBC One at 6.50pm. The Hitman will join comedians Tim Vine and Olivia Lee plus two other …

Gary Lockett believes Gavin Rees has won the first battle with Adrien Broner – dominating the fast-talking champ in the trash talk stakes ahead of their WBC lightweight title clash in Atlantic City on Saturday February 16, live on Sky Sports. Lockett has lent his words of wisdom to Rees …

The Year of the Snake will also be known as the beginning of the era of Zou Shiming. The two-time Olympic gold medal winner and three-time World Amateur Champion will make his professional debut, headlining a brilliant boxing card, Saturday, April 6, at the CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel. Presented by …

Liverpool’s James ‘Jazza’ Dickens has been left flummoxed by Kid Galahad’s decision to turn down a fight with him. The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) had ordered the pair to meet for the vacant English super-bantamweight title. But Kid Galahad’s team took the decision to withdraw their fighter from …

‘Dazzling’ Darren Barker has become engaged to long-term girlfriend Gemma Kao after proposing on the pitch at Wembley Stadium, one month before topping the bill in ‘London’s Finest’ show at the Wembley Arena on March 9, live on Sky Sports. The middleweight star was at the national stadium on Tuesday …