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A huge night of boxing in Belfast is on the way as Paul McCloskey and Prizefighter Middleweights II take over the King’s Hall on May 5, live on Sky Sports. McCloskey is looking to keep in World title contention following his brave victory over Breidis Prescott in September and will …

WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin defends his title against cruiserweight champion Marco Huck on Saturday, February 25, in the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The fight will be televised live in the U.S. exclusively on Epix, the multiplatform premium entertainment service. EpixHD.com will stream the fights live as part of a …

The sport of boxing as a whole is currently digesting the potential fall out from the brawl in Munich between the former British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Derek Chisora and former two-weight World Champion David Haye. The unscheduled clash came after the former’s gallant but ultimately unsuccessful world title challenge …

DiBella Entertainment has announced a solid undercard supporting the Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin card, entitled “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up”, on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Ring 8 Board member Frankie Pena, Ring 8 member and ring announcer David Diamante, active boxer/actor Tommy Rainone (17-4), “Kid Shamrock” producer David Schuster, Ring 8 President Bob Duffy and Bobby Cassidy, Newsday reporter and “Kid Shamrock” playwright were just some of the luminaries to attend the most recent Ring …

The oldest fighter in boxing history to win a world title, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins, and former World Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson will meet again to settle their heated feud following their October 2011 bout, which was originally scored as a TKO win for Dawson, but later ruled a no …

Tickets for Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. Miguel “Junito”Cotto, 2012’s biggest night of boxing, go on sale next Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The WBA Super Welterweight Championship between the undefeated Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Mayweather and Three-Division World Champion Cotto will take place Saturday, May 5 …

Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin will host an open media workout in Manhattan at 12 noon next Wednesday, Feb. 29th, as the countdown continues ahead of his mega fight with Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez at Madison Square Garden in New York on St. Patrick’s Day.

Anthony Crolla will head Hatton Promotions top class bill at Oldham Leisure Centre, on Saturday April 21. British lightweight champion Crolla (23-2) makes the second defence of his title against Derry Mathews (29-6-1) in a mouth-watering North-West clash.

Kieran Farrell insists winning the Central Area light-welterweight title is just the start of a great career. The undefeated Heywood fighter meets Rotherham’s Jon Baguley for the vacant area crown at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre, on Friday March 2.

Hatton TV’s cameras will be in Grimsby on Friday night, Feb 24th, for the latest in the “Friday Fight Night” series which will be broadcast live on YouTube. Local boy Kevin Hooper will be the star of the show as he takes on Yordan Vasilev for the International Masters Lightweight …

Eight-division world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and undefeated two-time unified junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley, Jr. will go mano a mano in a battle of Top-10 pound-for-pound world champions. The Pacquiao vs. Bradley WBO welterweight championship collision will take place Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden …