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Fana wins IBF super featherweight title
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:08:03 -0400

Cape Town, South Africa (Sports Network) - Mzonke Fana captured the IBF super featherweight title on Friday night by earning a split decision over Malcolm Klassen. Fana won 116-112 and 116-113...

Fana outpoints Klassen for IBF super
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:45:19 -0400

-- Mzonke Fana made the most of his second chance at a major title. Fana posted a split-decision victory over Malcolm Klassen in a battle of South Africans on Friday to win the IBF super featherweigh...

Judah hits camp Monday!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:44:49 -0400

Zab Judah is off to Memphis to begin full-blast training for his upcoming 'X-Plosive' mega fight against Miguel Cotto. "Zab will train at our Prize Fight gym in Memphis. His father (chief trainer) Yoe...

Duddy headlines "Tomorrow's Champions" May 18 in NYC
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:47:06 -0400

NEW YORK CITY (April 20, 2007) - Unbeaten middleweight sensation "Ireland's" John Duddy headlines "Tomorrow's Champions," presented by Irish Ropes Promotions, on May 18 at the Beacon Theatre in Manhat...

Fana new IBF 130lb champion; Dethrones Klassen by split nod!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:07:51 -0400

Mzonke Fana beat Malcolm Klassen on a split decision to win the IBF junior lightweight title in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Friday night. The local fighter won 116-113 (Alfred Buqwana) and 116-112 (Deo...

The art of the deal - Calzaghe vs Kessler negotiations
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:09:53 -0400

20.04.07 - By David Bloch: Call me a glutton for punishment. Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article regarding negotiations between Mikkel Kessler and Joe Calzaghe to face off in a unification ...

In Defence Of Dempsey
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:09:52 -0400

20.04.07 - By Stuart Cornwell: Jack Dempsey was one of the finest heavyweight boxers of all time. He was arguably the best of them all. In the minds of several generations of fight fans he stood alone...

Joe Calzaghe To Help Children's Charity
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:09:49 -0400

20.04.07 - Bedford sports fans give thanks to David Walker of WBCME, who has scooped the nation by securing the No.1 boxer in the UK, the fabulous Joe Calzaghe, to come to the Park Hotel in Bedford, E...

Jose Navarro Issues Challenge To Mijares and Arce
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:09:50 -0400

New York, April 20-DiBella Entertainment's super flyweight star Jose Navarro (25-2, 11 KO's), ranked second in the WBO, fourth in the WBC, sixth in the WBA, and seventh in the IBF, believes that he is...

New Boxing Talk Radio Show
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:09:48 -0400

19.04.07 - Starting Wednesday, April 25, 2007 a new era begins when the NEWEST Boxing Talk Radio show, "Talkin Boxing With Billy C", will be available to EVERY boxing fan anywhere in the world! "Talki...

Tarver-Muriqi on June 9!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:33:50 -0400

The return of former world champion and "Rocky Balboa" co-star Antonio Tarver is again set. "We worked very hard to get this fight done and I'm glad to say that it's going to be June 9, Tarver vs Muri...

Cotto-Judah video now online!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:33:50 -0400

www.toprank.com . It is one of the best-ever videos put together by Seara who also produced and directed Top Rank's successful and acclaimed 'Blaze of Glory' Pay-Per-View event in San Antonio last wee...

Weights from Tienen, Belgium!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:33:50 -0400

Dries Kumpen, 13-1 (5ko), and his opponent Seladjin Koxha, 7-3-2 (2Ko) made weight tonight for their fight tomorrow evening at the Man ge in Tienen, Belgium for the vacant Belgian lightheavyweight tit...

Platov to face Holyfield!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:33:50 -0400

It has been rumoured today in Belgium that Oleg Platov, 25-1 (21ko), fresh from a win last Saturday in Stuttgart against Colin Wilson for his IBF Intercontinental title will probably face Evander Holy...

Freddie Roach Conference Call Transcript
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:32:02 -0400

Rob Garcia (ph), who has been Oscar De La Hoya's strength and conditioning coach for many of his fights going back I believe to 2001, and Freddie Roach, two-time trainer of the year. They are joining ...

WBA fly champs Sakata, Vasquez to collide in Japan on July 1
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:43 -0400

WBA flyweight champ Takefumi Sakata (30-4-1, 15 KOs), Japan, will face WBA interim ruler Roberto Vasquez (24-1, 17 KOs), Panama, at the Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan, on July 1. It was announced by Ke...

Kompayak keeps ABCO 108lb belt!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:43 -0400

New Thai prospect Kompayak Porpramook (25-3, 18 KOs) impressively retained his ABCO light flyweight crown as he stopped IPBC #1 Little Roseman (reportedly 15-6) in round three as the main event on Fri...

Ward to train Gatti!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:43 -0400

Former WBU junior welterweight champion, and legendary ring warrior, "Irish" Micky Ward has been selected to replace Buddy McGirt as Arturo "Thunder" Gatti's trainer, for his July 14 bout in Atlantic ...

Tetsuro Kawai passes away
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:42 -0400

Japanese promoter/manager Tetsuro Kawai, 68, who handled ex-WBA flyweight champ Susumu Hanagata, passed away of liver complaint in Yokohama, Japan, on Tuesday. The funeral service was held today (Satu...

ABC to recommend new test!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:42 -0400

In January of 2007, the Association of Boxing Commissions commissioned a Task Force to study the issue of weight loss prior to boxing matches held within the United States and Canada. The Task Force, ...

Yuba regains Japanese 147 belt!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:42 -0400

Elongated lefty Tadashi Yuba (30-4-2, 22 KOs), 146.5, regained the vacant Japanese welterweight belt as he made short work of previously unbeaten Akihiro Furukawa (9-1-1, 7 KOs), 146, dropping him thr...

Anderson faces tough Magee test
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:32:01 -0400

Kevin Anderson will defend his British welterweight title against Northern Ireland's former world champion Eamonn Magee on 11 May. The 23-year-old Scot returns for the first time since losing his C...

Eric Morales is returning to the ring in August" - says Clem
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:31:59 -0400

Hey people, hope you are all doing well!I cant believe it: Eric Morales is returning to the rings in August! (source taken from boxrec)Now, El Terrible was absolutely outclassed last November by the P...

IBF middleweight champ Abraham to make
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:06:20 -0400

By PA SportsTicker IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will celebrate his long-awaited ring return on May 26 when he takes on Canada's Sebastien Demers in Bamberg, Germany. The undefeated Abrah...

HBO Boxing To Replay PBF-Judah, DLH-Mayorga, DLH-Vargas and PBF-Corrales
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:05:23 -0400

April 20, 2007 - Leading up to the super fight showdown between future Hall of Famers Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather -- set for Saturday, May 5 in Las Vegas and broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-Vi...

Sprott Needs Lightning To Beat Me!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:05:24 -0400

20.04.07 - Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Matt Skelton has told challenger Michael Sprott that he needs to be struck by lightning if he is to knock him out on May 26th at the ExCeL London. Sprott, ...

Tommy 'The Duke' Morrison Back In Action On April 27
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:05:23 -0400

20.04.07 - The big comeback roars on. Former world heavyweight champion Tommy 'The Duke' Morrison will box on a Top Rank fight card at the Grand Plaza Hotel in Houston, Texas on Friday, April 27. Morr...

Abraham vs Demers in Bamberg on May 26
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:05:22 -0400

20.04.07 - IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will celebrate his long-awaited ring return on May 26 when he takes on Canada's Sebastien Demers in Bamberg, Germany. The undefeated 27-year-old (22...

Sturm vs Castillejo II back on again
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:05:22 -0400

20.04.07 - By Per Ake Persson: UPDATE: Approximately 90 minutes after the press release announcing that Felix Sturm had pulled out of the rematch against WBA 160 lb champ Javier Castillejo Universum s...

Thai boxer getting kicks in / CCSF student sees career in mixed martial arts
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:40:42 -0400

When Michael Mananquil talks about balance in his chosen sport, he's not talking about how he holds his body. He's talking about sharing the blows he deals out among his arms and his legs. Muay Tha...

Oliver to Face Torres!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:13:24 -0400

Rich Cappiello of Cappiello Promotions has announced that undefeated USBA super bantamweight champ Mike "Machine" Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs) will take on seasoned veteran Vernie Torres (27-9, 15 KOs) in the...

'Gallito' anxious to fight again!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:13:23 -0400

It's been more than nine months since Martin "Gallito" Castillo fought and he's itching to get back in the ring. "I'm feeling anxious. I want my title back. I'm waiting for my promoters at Top Rank to...

Pelosi, Boxer work to make Capitol greener / Both lawmakers hope Congress sets example for nation
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:40:07 -0400

-- Saying she wants to set an environmental example for the rest of the country, Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Thursday to make the House's five buildings and 6 million square feet of space carbon-neu...

Champ Klitschko seeking payback on Brewster
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:59:57 -0400

Lamon Brewster has done just that. In what will be his first fight since losing the WBO title last April to Sergei Liakhovich, Brewster (33-3-0, 29 KOs) is slated to challenge Klitschko (48-3, 43 KOs)...

De La Hoya - Mayweather Jr. Provides Shades of Pryor-Arguello
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:41:17 -0400

20.4.07 - By Brett Mauren: It has been just under 25 years since a monumental night under the Florida sky, in which an explosive 14th round rally propelled the controversial Aaron Pryor to a knockout ...

UFC President Issues Challenge to Floyd Mayweather
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:41:15 -0400

20.04.07 - By Mark Pickering: UFC President Dana White today issued the latest battle shot at boxing and a challenge to the sport's pound-for-pound best prizefighter, Floyd Mayweather. Speaking at the...

Spinks Clears 30-Day WBC Weigh-In
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:41:06 -0400

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.-International Boxing Federation junior middleweight champion Cory "The Next Generation" Spinks cleared a World Boxing Council "30-day weigh in" at 168 pounds today at the Don K...

Sherman "The Caribbean Tank" Williams wins back home in The Bahamas
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:41:04 -0400

NASSAU, The Bahamas (April 19, 2007) - Last night's homecoming for Bahamian native Sherman "The Caribbean Tank" Williams may not have lasted very long but it certainly was successful as Williams regis...

"Fist of Fury" Weigh-In
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:41:03 -0400

(Merrillville, IN)- Last night, Chicagoland fight fans jammed Langel's Pizza to see the official fighter weigh-ins for tonight's "Fist of Fury" event at Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, IN. Present...

Boxer sees action on global warming legislation
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:37:43 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday she sees a bipartisan consensus developing on her Environment and Public Works Committee in favor of legislation to curb global warming emissions.The Bu...

Heath ready for Machida!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:56 -0400

Preview by Brady Crytzer Representing the United States on this weekend's UFC 70: Nations Collide will be Oklahoma-based David Heath. Now 2-0 in the UFC Octagon, Heath prepares to make his debut on a ...

The Boxing Success Mixture
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:05:23 -0400

TheTitan Entertainment/Titan Bahamas boxing production this past Wednesday night at Fort Charlotte was a blockbuster of an event, considered by a number of prominent onlookers as a classic experience ...

Soto-Karass headlines Duke City!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:56 -0400

Los Mochis, Mexico contender Jesus Soto-Karass (16-3-2, 13 KOs) will headline the Top Rank card, televised on Telefutura, at Isleta Casino, south of Albuquerque, on Friday, May 25 in a 12-round WBC Co...

If They'd Met In 1990!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:11:12 -0400

19.4.07 - By James Slater: Following on from my recalling of the boxing classic Foreman vs. Holyfield fight from 1991, and the interest it generated among ESB readers, I give here my interpretation of...

Tyson Sells Phoenix Home!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:56 -0400

Days after Mike Tyson appeared in an Arizona court to learn that he would be going to trail on felony drug charges in August, the former two-time heavyweight champ sold his home last week in Paradise ...

Zamora takes on Rivera!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:56 -0400

Socorro, NM's Joaquin Zamora (13-2-1, 10 KOs) will be taking his toughest test to date on the Sky City card in Acoma, NM, promoted by Juan Romero on April 28. In a defense of his WBC USNBC welter belt...

"Chino" captures IBA fly belt!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:55 -0400

Former WBO flyweight champion Isidro "Chino" Garcia (24-3, 8 KOs) and rugged veteran Cesar Lopez (20-4, 4 KOs) kicked off the "Melee on the Mountain" series at Table Mountain Casino in Friant, CA with...

UFC 72 Lands in Ireland!
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:37:55 -0400

Manchester, England (UK) - The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC ) organization today announced it will bring the world's most exciting mixed martial arts event straight back to Europe, this time t...

Ex-Champ Byrd Returns Stops Marinaccio
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:38:01 -0400

(April 19, 2007) Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas (Clifford Park)-- Set against the backdrop of Caribbean tradewinds in The Bahamas, former two-time heavyweight world champion Chris Byrd returned to...

Holt, Arnaoutis make weight!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:09:24 -0400

Below are the weights for Friday night's nationally televised WBO junior welterweight eliminator in Atlantic City: Kendall Holt 139.25 vs Mike Arnaoutis 140Mike Marrone 217.5 vs Malachy Farrell 244.5

Through The Ropes LIVE NOW!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:09:24 -0400

The #1 boxing radio program hosted LIVE by Marc Lichtenfeld! Boxing fans, get ready to climb "THROUGH THE ROPES" and listen to the most unique and exciting radio talk show about the sport you love! "T...

'Smokin' Joe' Frazier dropping lawsuit
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:56:49 -0400

Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde, the daughter of former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier pumps her fist as she makes her way to the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 19, 2007. Former heavyweight champ...

Joan Guzman, Oscar Larios and Michael Katsidis Speak; Update
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:43:49 -0400

The only boxer from the Dominican Republic to win world titles in two weight classes will try to make it three when current WBO lightweight champion and former WBO 122-pound kingpin Joan Guzman (27-0,...

Palle offers Warren $5 million!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:27:44 -0400

Mogens Palle and Frank Warren have yet again gone public with offers for a Kessler-Calzaghe showdown. This time the promotor of WBA and WBC supermiddle champ Mikkel Kessler have offered Frank Warren n...

Freitas, Diaz are both poised to make a statement on April 28!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:28 -0400

With just nine days remaining until their April 28 world lightweight unification showdown, both Acelino "Popo" Freitas (38-1, 32 KO) and Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz (31-0, 15 KO) are extremely confident tha...

Judah picked the wrong guy!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:28 -0400

It's his toughest challenge, by far. "My boxing future will be decided at Madison Square Garden on June 9," said world champion Miguel Cotto who takes on hard-punching Zab Judah on Top Rank's mega 'X-...

Jail Boss is boxing clever
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:01:11 -0400

Brian Anderson became Britain's first black jail boss when he was made director of Doncaster prison in Marshgate.But as a youngster Mr Anderson had several brushes with the law and ended up in a juven...

An Old-School 'Boxing After Dark' in Anaheim
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:01:08 -0400

On May 26th in Anaheim, California, interim WBO lightweight champion Michael Katsidis will be facing the current WBO jr. lightweight champion Joan Guzman. Before that match, former WBC jr. featherweig...

Darchinyan camp nixed Montiel!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:28 -0400

Earlier today, IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan called out all super flyweight champions, stating his promoter Gary Shaw told him he cannot find any worthy opponents. According to Golden Boy Prom...

Boxer who killed man in bar fight to make pro debut Friday
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:01:20 -0400

- A former Golden Gloves champion who killed a man in a bar fight six years ago will make his professional boxing debut Friday night. "I've worked hard to try and get my life back in order and b...

Sixteen Years Ago Today - "The Battle Of The Ages," Foreman-Holyfield
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:41:35 -0400

19.4.07 - By James Slater: Sixteen years ago today, the comeback dream of Big George Foreman was given its first chance to be realised. Following a ten year retirement, George, as we know, set foot ba...

Byrd looked sharp in his return
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:41:35 -0400

(Chris Byrd, on right, against 40-year old Paul Marinaccio) 19.4.07 - By Geoffrey Ciani: Nearly one year after losing his title to Wladimir Klitschko, former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd made his r...

Miguel Espino vs Sergey Stepkin this Saturday
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:41:33 -0400

19.04.07 - Middleweight contender Miguel Espino (14-2-1 5KO's) continues his march toward a world title when he faces Sergey Stepkin(17-1 9KO's) of Russia this Saturday April 21, 2007 at Palma High Sc...

Stevie Johnston Denver presser!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:05:42 -0400

Jim Ryder and Silverhawk Boxing are throwing a homecoming dance for former world champion Stevie "Lil' But Bad" Johnston to take place at the brand new Broomfield Event Center on May 18th in Colorado....

McGirts coming home to fight
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:04 -0400

VERO BEACH, Florida (April 19, 2007) - Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (14-0, 8 KOs), along with his father/trainer James "Buddy" McGirt in his corner, returns home to his famil...

Matt Godfrey ready for world title shot
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:05 -0400

PROVIDENCE (April 19, 2007) - World cruiserweight contender Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey made a major statement on April 6, loud and clear to be precise, when he stopped Felix Cora, Jr. in the second rou...

Kessler vs Calzaghe, Warren vs Palle, More
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:04 -0400

19.4.07 - By Per Ake Persson: Danish paper Berlingske writes that Mogens Palle has offered Frank Warren no less than five million USD for WBO supermiddle champ Joe Calazaghe to face WBA/WBC counterpar...

Eastman rapidly returning to world title mix
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:00:02 -0400

19.04.07 - Former British, Commonwealth and European Middleweight champion Howard Eastman sees victory over Evans Ashira for the vacant Commonwealth Middleweight Title at the Dudley Concert Hall tomor...

Haye is relishing 'crazy' fight
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:40:21 -0400

David Haye admits he will be taking "a crazy step up" when he fights world-ranked heavyweight Thomasz Bonin at Wembley Arena on 27 April. Londoner Haye, 26, has made his name at cruiserwight, but i...

Chagaev headed to Uzbekistan!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:28:14 -0400

Newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev stopped by the Universum Gym in Hamburg this week where he was congratulated on his victory against Nikolai Valuev by former two-time middleweight...

Katsidis, Guzman set to collide!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:28:14 -0400

Golden Boy Promotions held their first press conference on Wednesday for their exciting May 26 HBO "Boxing After Dark" card billed as "Relentless" featuring one of the most intriguing lightweight figh...

Williams Scores Brutal KO At Hitz Wednesday Night Fights
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:29:04 -0400

19.04.07 - Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Aaron Williams (12-0-1, 9 KO's) scored a brutal 3rd round knockout over Terry Porter, Wednesday night at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates. The first two...

Boxer will 'hound' Bush on emissions regulations
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:53:06 -0400

-- Sen. Barbara Boxer promised to pressure the Bush administration to adopt California-style global warming regulations, saying Wednesday that the Supreme Court "handed us a gift" with its recent l...

Miguel Hernandez returns to action this Friday
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:29:03 -0400

19.04.07 - Chicago favorite MACHO Miguel Hernandez returns to battle in Chicago for the first time in 15 months this Friday night at Cicero Stadium as part of the JUDGEMENT DAY professional boxing car...

David Haye loves chinning Eastern Europeans
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:29:03 -0400

19.04.07 - Ahead of his heavyweight debut on April 27, David 'The Hayemaker' Haye has issued a stark warning to his Polish opponent Tomasz Bonin. The 26-year-old Haye - currently the number one ranked...

Mike Oliver Back In Action May 4th
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:29:02 -0400

19.04.07 - USBA super bantamweight champ Mike "Machine" Oliver (18-0, 7 KO) returns to the ring Friday, May 4, when he headlines Alpha - Omega's "Battle Zone 3" at the Mohegan Sun Arena, in Uncasville...

Floyd Mayweather Jr disses UFC again & Dana White disses Boxing, makes Mayweather an offer
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:05:30 -0400

The war of words between boxing's Floyd Mayweather Jr and the President of the UFC, Dana White keeps heating up. In the latest war of words played out in the Press, Mayweather Jr has once again dissed...

Tszyu sparring on Saturday!
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:50:19 -0400

Former IBF/WBC/WBA jr welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu spoke to Fightnews and advised that he will have the gloves on Saturday in a exhibition charity match at the Tszyu Academy gymnasium at Rockdal...

Australian to fight for WBO lightweight title
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:01:09 -0400

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australia's WBO interim lightweight world champion Michael Katsidis said Thursday he will fight two-division world titleholder Joan Guzman in Anaheim, Calif., on May 26. I...

Last stand for Elvis
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:36:12 -0400

Story by Brady Crytzer If there is one thing that you wont find in the sport of mixed martial arts, it's consistency. As UFC world welterweight champion Matt Serra has shown us, with his miraculous de...

Mayweathers make for must-see TV
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:35:00 -0400

There's whackings, and then there's just plain wacky. Watch "The Sopranos" on Sunday nights, and you're sure to see one. Stay tuned to HBO a half hour later and you'll get the other. Some 1.4 million...

New foe for Mia announced!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:07:03 -0400

Mia St. John was the guest of 2005 world champion White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen yesterday at Cellular Field. Ozzie, the first Latino manager to win a World Series and a certain Hall of Famer for his...

Jeff Mayweather's take on "The World Awaits"
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:11:38 -0400

18.04.07 - By Quenton Marselles: When De La Hoya fought Trinidad, it was tagged as the "Fight of the Millennium." Now he's going up against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the world is lost for words. There'...

Amos "Big Train" Lincoln
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:11:37 -0400

18.04.07 - By Jim Amato: He was born in 1936 and he embarked on a professional boxing career in 1954. He won twenty five of his first twenty nine fights on his way to establishing himself as a top pro...

This and that from inside the ring
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:00:30 -0400

By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Boxing Contributing Editor Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Here's what I think... Color me among those whose interest was piqued by the first installment of De La Ho...

Time for Bush to act on climate change
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:04:36 -0400

-- Sen. Barbara Boxer promised to pressure the Bush administration to adopt California-style global warming regulations, telling reporters today the Supreme Court "handed us a gift" with its recent...

The Future is Now For Chagaev, Dimitrenko, Boytsov, Povetkin & Platov
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:42:04 -0400

(Undefeated heavyweight prospect, Alexander Dimitrenko, on left, in his bout with Gonzalo Basile in 2006) 18.04.07 - By Chris Hull: Last weekend boxing fans were treated to an entertaining and intrigu...

U.S. to host amateur boxing championships
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:27:15 -0400

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The United States will host the boxing world championships in the fall after Russia was stripped of the competition, the first qualifying event for the 2008 Beijing Olymp...

Sid Tenner & Manny Fernandez:
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:22:10 -0400

STATE CAPITAL JUST NOT THE SAME!Sacramento, CA-It has been 22 months since boxing manager/promoter Sid Tenner passed away from kidney disease. Recalling our last conversation, as he lay dying in the h...

I'm the champion in waiting
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:08:45 -0400

18.04.07 - Former British, Commonwealth and European Middleweight champion Howard Eastman, who is something of an all-round sportsman, continues the process of rebuilding towards another world title a...

Patrick J Maxwell set to be unleashed on light-middleweights
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:08:44 -0400

18.04.07 - For Sheffield-based Patrick J. Maxwell, time is of the essence. The aggressive light-middleweight-cum-middleweight is targeting a world title shot and hopes to get there as soon as possible...

Hill wants re-match with German veteran Maske
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:34:35 -0400

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill challenged Germany's Henry Maske on Wednesday to come out of retirement again and give him the chance to avenge last month's unan...

Nunes to face Navarro!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:34:07 -0400

In the co-featured bout on April 28 at Foxwoods Resort Casino, Agnaldo Nunes (16-1-1, 7 KOs) will defend the NABF and NABA super featherweight titles against Carlos Navarro (27-4-1, 22 KOs). Now 31 ye...

Samuel headlines in Glenn Burnie!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:34:07 -0400

Undefeated Baltimore featherweight Tyrell "Da Show Shock A" Samuel (9-0, 6 KOs) headlines the next Ballroom Boxing card on Thursday, April 19 at Michael's Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD. Samuel, who...

"Both sides have now made offers surely this Calzaghe v Froch fight will happen now" - says IJ
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:18:41 -0400

Both sides have now made offers surely this fight will happen now?This is going to be a war I cannot wait. Calzaghe winning on points with Froch stopping him late with one of his big shots. I pray to ...

Judah Promoter Responds To Galvan Allegations
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:51:54 -0400

14.04.07 - TUNICA, MS In response to the recent allegations made by Octavious James and One In A million Promotions in regards to the April 13th Ruben Galvan versus Zab Judah bout Prize Fight Boxing h...

Filipino boxing champ prepares for next big fight in political arena
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:49:20 -0400

MANILA: Three days after knocking out undefeated Mexican fighter Jorge Solis in Texas, Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao arrived home to a hero's welcome. It was a grand welcome fit for a king a...

Hill reveals knee injury!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:45:01 -0400

WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill apparently boxed with a serious knee injury during his shocking non-title loss to former champ Henry Maske on March 31 and is now asking Maske for a rubber match...

Kentikian returns May 25!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:45:01 -0400

"Killer Queen" Susi Kentikian will again defend her WBA female flyweight title on the May 25 "ProSieben Fight Night" at the Fight Night Arena in Cologne, Germany. Kentikian (16-0, 13 KOs) will face Na...

Oscar just another foe!
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:45:01 -0400

"I'm very happy with the way camp is running for this fight. We're just doing what we do, taking care of business. My job is to push my team to the limit. And my team's job is to push me to the limit....