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Tonight, Brian Magee, 36-4-1 (25), takes on the “Viking Warrior” Mikkel Kessler, 45-2 (34), in Denmark, in defence of his WBA Super Middleweight title at 168 lbs. One has to admire Magee; over the years he has fought good, solid opponents and worked his way up the rankings the old …

Current Olympic, World and European lightweight champion Katie Taylor was today named as AIBA Women’s Boxing Ambassador. The nomination was announced by AIBA President, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu at the 2012 AIBA Annual Awards Ceremony held in Yerevan, Armenia where Taylor received her third Best AIBA Elite Woman Boxer of the …

The people have spoken and they voted unanimously for Saturday’s welterweight battle between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez 4, Act Four of their exciting and fistoric rivalry. Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the MGM Grand Garden Arena and its 16,000-plus seats have completely sold out, …

Boxing’s most contentious rivalry is set to end with a knockout this Saturday night, live on Primetime, Channel 498 on Sky & Virgin On Demand. Both Manny Pacquiao and Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez insist that they will flatten the other to conclusively prove who the superior fighter is as …

Before British superstar Amir “King” Khan makes his ring return against Carlos Molina at the legendary Los Angeles Sports Arena on Saturday, December 15 live on Showtime Championship Boxing, LA’s own IBF Bantamweight Champion Leo “Terremoto” Santa Cruz will face unbeaten Alberto “Metro” Guevara in a 12-round bout that will …

High-flying bantamweight Kal Yafai meets the Spanish champion Jorge Perez in ‘Christmas Cracker’ at the London Olympia live on Sky Sports on Saturday (December 8) and he has fired a warning to his domestic rivals – I’m coming for you in 2013. Yafai has raced to 5-0 in his first …

Tuesday afternoon, fighters that will participate in Saturday night’s big boxing event at the Resorts World Casino were present for the final news Conference. In the main event, popular Heavyweight Vinny Maddalone (35-8, 26 KO’s) takes on Byron Polley (25-13-1, 11 KO’s) in a ten round Heavyweight bout. In the …

This Thursday a gigantic boxing weekend in Las Vegas kicks off with an important Lightweight tussle between two-world ranked fighters with major implications. Exciting Ji-Hoon Kim (#3 IBF; #7 WBO) and Ray Beltran (#9 WBC) will fight a ten round battle for the NABF Lightweight crown that will be televised …

During the 50th Convention of the WBC held in Cancún, México, Puerto Rican boxers, Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) and Jonathan “Mantequilla” González (15-0-1, 13 KO’s ) remained ranked in the top ten globally by the organization. Dulorme is now ranked No. 10 at the junior welterweight division (140lbs), and …

Unbeaten middleweight duo John Ryder and Eamonn O’Kane are ready to sacrifice their ‘0s’ for a shot at title glory as they clash in a British title eliminator in ‘Christmas Cracker’ at the London Olympia, live on Sky Sports HD on Saturday night (December 8). The victor out of Ryder …

It was a great atmosphere yesterday at Jon Pegg and Richie Woodhall’s Gym in Birmingham – when boxers, officials and fans came together to help raise funds for cancer sufferer Andrew Millwall. The event organised by Jane Couch MBE was attended by boxing notables which included: Tyson Fury, Jamie Moore, …

Kurt Walker is guaranteed at least a bronze medal from the 2012 AIBA World Youth Championships following a magnificent win over Ian Clarke Bautista of the Philippines in Armenia today. The Canal BC (Lisburn, Co. Antrim) flyweight dominated every round of the 52kg quarter-final in Yerevan to ensure that Ireland …