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2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis will step into the ring with 267.5 lbs. for his comeback fight after a 14 months layoff due to the knee injury he suffered when challenging WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in March 2011. This is about the same weight “La Sombra” had when …

Even with more than 90 victories in close to 100 bouts, Zack Ramsey lacked the stability outside of the ring to be considered a top prospect on the competitive New England amateur circuit. The 22-year-old Hartford, Conn., lightweight – a self-described “knucklehead” for several years as a teenager – showed …

Former Olympic champion Audley A Force Harrison finished training camp today and announced himself ready for his final assault on the heavyweight division. Audley leaves for England tomorrow, confident and focused for his bout with Ali Adams at the Brentwood Center, Essex, on Saturday 26th May.

Three World title challengers are in the first four names announced for the Prizefighter International Heavyweights tournament on Wednesday June 20 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Kevin ‘Kingpin’ Johnson, Albert Sosnowski and Kali Meehan have all stepped in the ring to fight for World titles and that trio are joined …

Unable to secure a unification title fight against the other 175-pound world champions, WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov returns on June 2 to make his fourth title defense against former super middleweight world title challenger Enrique Ornelas (33-7, 21 KO’s) at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino …

In the fourth part of a detailed examination of the fight game within the United Kingdom, SaddoBoxing’s British based contributor Iain Langmaid casts his long eye over the British scene and what he thinks the future holds in 2012 and beyond. In this latest episode, he turns his attention to …

WBA congratulates former World Champion, Sugar Ray Leonard on his 56th birthday celebration. Leonard was born in 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina. He began boxing at the age of 14; in 1976 he was Gold medalist in the Montreal Olympic Games to become a professional in November of that same …

On Saturday night June 2nd at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, Sadam “Worldkid” Ali will take on Franklin Gonzalez in a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout that will be the main event of a big night of boxing that is promoted by Ali’s Worldkid Promotions. This will be the …

Undefeated junior welterweights Ray “Tito” Serrano and Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield wasted no time at yesterday’s press conference in Albany, New York getting in each other’s face just two days ahead of their “ESPN Friday Night Fights” showdown at the Times Union Center set for this Friday, May 18, 2012.

Discipline and dedication have become more than simply words to amateur boxer John Facchinei. Those two words are embedded inside the mind of the 24-year-old, and each morning he wakes up he puts them into practice as he begins his training regime for the day. For over a year Facchinei …

American boxing fans will have the opportunity to watch red-hot British heavyweight prospect David Price in action this Saturday afternoon (May 19) on Fight Now TV, America’s only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel – live starting at 5:45 PM / ET from Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Less than three weeks before Antonio Tarver steps into the ring to continue his campaign at cruiserweight by taking on the unbeaten power puncher Lateef Kayode, the “Magic Man” held an open workout on Tuesday before a packed house of his hometown media at Calta’s 24/7 Fitness. Tarver vs. Kayode …