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Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Last night, Sheffield’s Carl (Born 2 B) Wild won the BBBofC Central Area Light Heayweight Title after outpointing James ‘The Slugger’ Tucker of Doncaster. The Glyn Rhodes promoted fightnight at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, also included four under-card bouts from …

Tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico, former two weight World Champion and big hitting Puerto Rican icon Juan Manuel Lopez will be gunning for retribution against his conqueror, the current WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido at the Arena Roberto Clemente, which is to be almost certainly a pro-Lopez house. The …

WBO Featherweight Champion Orlando “Siri” Salido tipped the scales at 126 pounds during Friday’s weigh in at the Verdanza Hotel in Isle Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Salido will defend his title against the man he dethroned, former world champ Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, on Saturday, March 10, live on …

Texas boxing legend and former world champion Jesse James Leija has teamed with long time San Antonio businessman Mike Battah to form a new local boxing promotional company with two upcoming area dates. Known as Jesse James Leija/Mike Battah Promotions, their premier event, “Top Rank Live” will bow on Saturday, …

Paul McCloskey, Martin Lindsay and the line-up for the Betfair Prizefighter all-Irish Middleweights are ready for their huge night at the King’s Hall in Belfast on May 5 – and promoter Eddie Hearn said it’s the first of three big nights of boxing in Belfast for Matchroom Sport in 2012.

The inaugural New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (“NYSBHOF”) induction dinner, sponsored by Ring 8, will be held Sunday, April 1 at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. Legendary “Sugar” Ray Robinson, arguably the greatest boxer of all-time, leads a star-studded list of 12 boxers and …

DiBella Entertainment heavyweight prospect Tor Hamer won by second round knockout over opponent Dieuly Aristilde on the undercard of Alex-Perez vs. Francisco Figueroa at BB King Blues Club and Grill on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in New York City. Hamer, 29, now 14-1, 10 knockouts, New York City, chased Aristilde, …

Welterweight Alex Perez went to 16-0, with 9 knockouts by winning a hard fought ten round unanimous decision over veteran Francisco (Frankie) Figueroa in the main event of a DiBella Entertainment boxing card held Wednesday night, March 7, 2012, at BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York City. …

In a demonstration proving the results of a hard training camp and hard work in the ring had paid off, Daniel Geale retained the International Boxing Federation Middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over number one ranked challenger Osumanu Adama of Ghana at Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Tasmania, …

Former Undisputed Heavyweight World Champion James ‘Buster’ Douglas will greet fans at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino as part of the March 16th Showtime televised ShoBox event featuring Omar Figueroa Jr. and Ramon Ayala and Coachella’s own Randy Caballero vs. Jose Luis Araiza.

Tickets for the highly anticipated Saturday, May 19 rematch between Unified Super Lightweight Champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson and former Super Lightweight World Champion Amir “King” Khan at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. go on sale this Saturday, March 10 at Noon PT.

Television camera crews and reporters packed the Verdanza Hotel on Wednesday for the final press conference for Salido-Lopez II – the rematch of one of last year’s most shocking upsets – just three days before WBO Featherweight Champion Orlando “Siri” Salido defends his title against the man he dethroned, former …