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By Scott Gilfoid: According to RingTV, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) has left his promoter Gary Shaw along with advisor Al Haymon to become his own promoter with Team Dirrell. His uncle/trainer Leon Lawson Jr. will oversee the promotional company. This is big news for Dirrell because he’s back in action after a [...]

By Chris William: Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) could be facing IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) in April in fight for the 38-year-old Marquez’s fourth division world title at the Cowvboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas, according to RingTV. Marquez says he’ll agree to this fight if he can get a [...]

The NABF Heavyweight Title Eliminator between Brian “The Beast” Minto (35-4) vs. Tony “TNT” Grano (18-2) of will be televised live starting at 9:30pm on Saturday January 28th on Go Fight Live Pay Per View (www.gfl.tv) from the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. Price to order the live pay per view event will be [...]

By Chris Williams: Two time world champion Nonito Donaire isn’t the only one on his team that is reluctant for him to fight WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s); Donaire’s management might also be against him fighting the former 2-time Olympic Gold medalist as well due to Rigondeaux’s difficult southpaw counter-punching [...]

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Joe Ward advanced to the light-heavyweight final at the 2012 Irish Daily Star sponsored Elite Senior Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium tonight. The current European and Irish champion recorded a 17-4 victory over Davey Joe Joyce to book his ticket into next Friday’s 81Kg final. The Moate BC southpaw will now [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight whoever his promoter Top Rank CEO Bob Arum puts in front of him. With undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayeather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO) refusing to agree to a 50/50 split of the revenue for a Pacquiao – Mayweather super [...]

By Allen Fox: No.1 ranked WBC junior middleweight champion Vanes Martirosyan (31-0, 19 KO’s) badly wants a fight against World Boxing Council champion Saul Alvarez but he’s got to wait his turn while the young 21-year-old Alvarez is matched against other fighters. In the meantime, Vanes Martirosyan, 25, will be fighting 41-year-old Troy Lowry (28-11, [...]

“My fighter will beat everybody in the heavyweight division; it’s only a matter of time,” says Boris Grinberg of AB Boxing, manager and father figure of undefeated Russian heavyweight Magomed “Mago” Abdusalamov (12-0, 12 KOs). To say Team Abdusalamov is confident their fighter is the next big thing in the heavyweight division is an understatement. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) hasn’t even beaten his next opponent WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s), who the 32-year-old Kessler fights on April 14th at the Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark, and yet Kessler is already looking for excuse for why he can’t fight a [...]

By Julian Valenzuela: I really cant believe what I’m reading in all of the comments people are leaving on articles speaking of Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. People actually think Bradley has a chance to win this fight. I don’t know if they’re just Floyd Mayweather fans or if they’re the fans who hear Bob [...]

From Frank Warren Promotions Limited: We have seen the press reports today in which James DeGale states that he is to split from his manager Frank Warren. This is not true; James DeGale is in fact under contract until 14 April 2013. Accordingly, you should be careful as to how you report Mr DeGale’s statement, [...]

By Chris Williams: Miguel Cotto is still the guy that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to match against his fighter Manny Pacquiao on June 9th, although the negotiations have reached an impasse due to Pacquiao not willing to fight above 147 and Cotto not willing to fight below 150. With neither Pacquiao nor Cotto [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it seems that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and his promoters at InterBox prefer Carl Froch as the next opponent on April 14th and are willing to still fight him even if it means that the fight might not be televised by SHOWTIME. Wow! Talk about being [...]

DOVER, Del. — The now tripleheader Friday Night Fights series at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on Feb. 24 in the Rollins Center arena features a new event on the card. Super featherweights Juan Carlos “Miniburgos” Burgos (28-1, 19 KOs) and Cristobal “Lacandón” Cruz (39-12-3, 23 KOs) will go head to head for the WBC [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS January 27, 2012 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: WBC Cares Visit to Burton Bloms Foundation The Burton Bloms Foundation received the WBC champions, who shared food and time with the students. Jhonny Gonzalez, Robinson Castellanos, Zulina Muñoz, Paulina Cordana, Orlando Rizo, Ultiminio Ramos, Victor [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael and Fightnews, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is still being pushed forward towards an April 14th showdown with the recently beaten former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in Montreal, Canada. However, Showtime doesn’t have much interest in televising a fight [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight contender Thomas Oosthuizen (17-0, 12 KOs) will be defending his title against Serge Yannick (14-1, 7 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout on March 3rd at the Emperor’s Palace, in Kempton Park, Guateng, South Africa. Oosthuizen, 23, is looking to keep moving up the [...]

New York (January 27, 2012) All participants for Star Boxing’s show Saturday night at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, Long Island will weigh in today in the New York State Athletic Commission, 123 Williams Street 2nd Floor, New York NY 10038 at 2:00 pm. Weigh-In is open to media and public (subject to capacity restrictions). [...]

Two-time world champion Steve “USS” Cunningham (24-3, 12 KOs) has arrived in Frankfurt, Germany. On February 4, the American veteran will face International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1, 13 KOs) in a hotly-anticipated rematch at the Fraport Arena. Cunningham and his team – Naazim Richardson, Mark Osborn, Khalib Whitmore and Jonathan [...]

New Jersey (January 25, 2012) – Gary Shaw Productions and undefeated WBO Asian Pacific bantamweight champion, Jundy “Pretty Boy” Maraon (14-0-1, 11 KOs) have come terms with an exclusive promotional agreement. Jundy hails from Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines and looks to someday fight in the United States. Known for having power in both hands [...]