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BFN-Group , a world class kickboxing promotional company , is proud to announce that the company has decided to further expand its activities and has scheduled their first boxing event on Sept 21st in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium. The private company is based in Belgium and owned by Swiss investors.

Atlantic City, NJ—Two middleweight warriors with similar aggressive styles collide when Partick Majewski, of Atlantic City, NJ, and Chris Fitzpatrick, of Cleveland, OH, meet in a scheduled 10-round contest for the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) middleweight championship on Saturday evening, July 7, at Bally’s Atlantic City.

Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KOs) celebrated a spectacular debut at light heavyweight on Saturday night in Copenhagen when he knocked out Allan Green (31-4, 21 KOs) in the fourth round. Fighting in front of 15,000 wild fans at PARKEN Stadium, the Viking Warrior landed a huge left hook that sent his American opponent down and [...]

Australian Heavyweight prospect Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne departed his home city of Perth, Western Australia today for a three week training camp in England. Browne, 12-0 (11 KO), will spend the first week in Manchester preparing with the legendary former Junior Welterweight and Welterweight world champion Ricky “Hitman” Hatton and renowned trainer Mike Jackson, before [...]

2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis (18-1) won a wide unanimous decision to dethrone IBF intercontinental champion Konstantin Airich (23-6-2, IBF#12 / WBO#11) in front of 2,500 fans at Pharr Convention Center in Pharr (Texas).

MASHANTUCKET, CT (May 19, 2012) – The nationally-acclaimed New York City Fire Department Boxing Team (FDNY) defeated the Mass Corrections Officers Federated Union Boxing Team (MCOFU), 7-2, tonight in the “Battle of the Badges 4″ at Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. FDNY took a 3-1 advantage in the amateur boxing series.

ALBANY, NY (May 19, 2012) Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returned to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York last night with a sensational ESPN Friday Night Fights card.

Confident, trim Spina predicts knockout against Biosse in Thursday night showdown LINCOLN, R.I. (May 19, 2012) – He worked the mitts flawlessly, each punch sending a message. Showing off his lean, muscular physique, Providence’s own Joey “K.O. Kid” Spina turned heads at Saturday’s open workout at the Twin River Casino while promising to finish his [...]

EPIX, the multiplatform premium entertainment service, will continue its series of live world championship broadcasts when it presents undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion LUCIAN BUTE against two-time World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion CARL “The Cobra” FROCH. Promoted by Matchroom Sport, Ltd. and InterBox, the Bute vs. Froch World Super Middleweight [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Featherweight Tiara Brown (Lehigh Acres, Fla.) made quite an impressive World Championships debut in Qinhuangdao, China, winning gold at her first-ever major international event. Brown completed her run to the top of the medal podium with a 24-21 victory over Poland’s Sandra Kruk on Saturday. Welterweight Raquel Miller (San Francisco, Calif.) [...]

Irish Amateur Boxing Association Katie Taylor has claimed her fourth AIBA World title in-a-row. On another proud day for Irish amateur boxing, Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, Taylor registered an 11-7 win over Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava in today’s lightweight final at the 7th AIBA World Women’s Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Qinhuangdao, China.

Qinhuangdao, China, 19 May 2012 – Following the conclusion of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Qinhuangdao 2012 in China, 25 boxers from the three Olympic women weight categories have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Please note that each boxer’s participation needs to be confirmed by its respective National Olympic Committee.

Weights from WBA KO Drugs Event in Callao, Peru

Los Angeles (May 18, 2012) – Andre Berto was recently advised that he has tested positive for low levels of 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of nandrolone or nandrolone precursors. So far, neither Andre Berto nor his lawyer have been provided with any laboratory documentation other than a 1-page, summary report of the laboratory’s findings. Mr. Berto’s [...]

Weights from McAllen – Solis 267.5, Airich 225.75 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 world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in March 2011. This is about the same weight [...]

God loves the homosexuals and lesbians! Standing for what is right has been increasingly turning into a taboo in countless modern places on the planet. The more outspoken gullible sector nowadays tend to side with the wrong to push for the bizarre so they can fashion sin in its various appealing shapes and sizes to [...]

Art Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Steven Smith’s Rumble Time Promotions will present a sensational fight card on Friday, May 25, at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles, Missouri. The main event and co-featured bouts will be televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.” In the main event scheduled for 10 rounds, Alisher Rahimov, 23-0 [...]

DOVER, DE (May 18, 2012)—Tonight a pivotal Heavyweight showdown will take place as WBC number-twelve rated Heavyweight Franklin “Ya Ya” Lawrence will battle “Merciless” Mike Mollo in a ten round main event of an eight bout card at Dover Downs. The bout can be seen LIVE worldwide beginning at 7:30 PM Est. for $9.99 on [...]

Junior welterweight prospect Osenohad “Cano” Vazquez and unbeaten hard puncher Rafael “El Pollo Blanco” Gonzalez will collide on June 1st, headlining the new edition of the series “A Puño Limpio”, to be held at the Cancha Mario Jimenez in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, in a PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) presentation, in association with Top Rank, [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three days of stress and prayer came to an end for 17-year-old middleweight Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) on Friday with Shields’ preliminary round former foe, England’s Savannah Marshall’s victory in semifinal action. As Shields needed a top two finish in the continent to advance to the Olympic Games, Marshall’s win over [...]

Tampa’s Longest-Running Professional Boxing Series to Set a New Standard for Fight Fans TAMPA, Fla. – Fight Night Productions and Ker’s WingHouse Bar & Grill are proud to announce that for the first time in Florida-boxing history, the co-main event for the June 1st “WingHouse Fight Night” show will be decided by the fans. Starting [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 18 – Two WBC Silver Championship fights will be in the spotlight this weekend at the Antiguo Palenque De La Feria in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico when FOX Deportes airs the intriguing matchups between strawweights Ganigan Lopez and Denver Cuello and featherweights Robinson Castellanos and Miguel Angel Gonzalez. In addition to fighting for [...]

BAD BOYS BOXING GYM, PHARR, TX – Jerry Belmontes and Odlanier Solis held their final workouts in preparation for their fights this coming Saturday.

Here are the weights from Copenhagen, Denmark. WBC Light Heavyweight World Championship (Silver): Mikkel Kessler: 76,7 kg Allan Green: 77,9 kg Middleweight: Patrick Nielsen: 74 kg Gaetano Nespro: 74 kg Cruiserweight: Mateusz Masternak: 90,1 kg Hari Miles: 90,7 kg

Unbeaten Liverpool light-middleweight star Joe Selkirk features on the debut of BoxAcademy tonight at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester. Selkirk takes on Jason Ball over eight rounds with unbeaten prospects Rocky Fielding, Paul Butler and Calum Johnson also featuring on the card. Watch tonight’s BoxAcademy debut live on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin Ch. 546) [...]

It was confirmed today that David Haye and Dereck Chisora’s heavyweight showdown on Saturday 14th July will be for the WBO International and WBA Intercontinental titles. The pair meet in one of the most eagerly awaited fights in recent years at West Ham United’s Boleyn Ground in East London, live on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin [...]

Now in its 18th season, REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 182nd edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, MAY 22 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT& 9:00 p.m. CT), exclusively on HBO. Segments include: *Ray Greenhalge. When Ray Greenhalge was born seven weeks prematurely, doctors said he would never walk or [...]

Argentinean lightweight contender Israel “Cachito” Perez (23-2-1, 13 KOs) has signed a managerial agreement with middleweight champion Sergio Martinez’s Maravilla Box and a long-term promotional agreement with promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing.

Lee McAllister’s name will be heading up another Aberdeen bill next Friday – but this time he won’t be the one doing the fighting.

Celebrated amateur Ramsey refocuses on boxing and family as he begins pro career PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 18, 2012) – 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.