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Salita Wants Rees!
Source: Press Release
July 25, 2007

(JULY 25) Dmitriy Salita is challenging newly-crowned WBA super lightweight champion Gavin Rees - "I'll fight you anytime, any place or anywhere!" Rees recently upset Souleymane M'Baye to win the WBA crown, he is unbeaten in 27 bouts as a pro. Full Story

Czar Amonsot Released from the hospital with clean bill of health
LOS ANGELES – July 25 – Filipino boxing star, Czar Amonsot who lost by unanimous decision in a hard-fought war last Saturday, July 21st against Australian Michael Katsidis for the WBO Interim Lightweight Title, has been released from Valley Medical Center in Las Vegas, it was announced today by Golden Boy Promotions. Full Story

It's Showtime for Caballero and Lacierva WBA Super Bantamweight on the line on August 4th HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 24 – It’s been a long time coming, but on Saturday, August 4th, WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero will finally make his long-awaited return to premium cable airwaves when he defends his title on Showtime against perennial contender..Full Story

Seminole Warriors Boxing and Adailton de Jesus to help WBA KO Drugs
HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 24 – In a world full of negativity, the WBA’s annual KO to Drugs event is a shining light for those looking for some positive news and to see one of boxing’s most influential entities giving back..Full Story

It's Showtime for Caballero and Lacierva HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 23 – It’s been a long time coming, but on Saturday, August 4th, WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero will finally make his long-awaited return to premium cable airwaves when he defends his title on Showtime against perennial contender Jorge Lacierva. Full Story

Pacquiao-Barrera News Conference POSTPONED. Tickets go on sale Saturday! LOS ANGELES (July 23, 2007) -- The news conference luncheon, scheduled for Tuesday, July 24, at The Beverly Hills Hotel, announcing the October 6 super featherweight championship fight between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera has been postponed. More

Hernandez Wins by KO
By Kevin Bello
July 21, 2007

Venezuelan featherweight Rafael "Jibarito" Hernández
dropped Colombian domestic champion Walter Estrada in round two in the main event of the boxing card that has organized Cuadrilatero Promotions on Friday night at the Elias Chegwin Colisseum in Barranquilla, Colombia. More

Calloway-Smith Headlines ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights" Augsut 10th!"
(JULY 20) SPRINGFIELD, MO – Holden Productions brings nationally televised world class professional boxing back to Springfield on Friday, August 10th when heavyweight contenders Rob Calloway and Terry Smith collide in a 10 round match-up at the Springfield Expo Center. More

Glen "The Road Warrior"Johnson vs "Fabulous" Freddie Moore
(JULY 20) Bad Dog Productions, Florida's newest and fastest rising boxing promotional company, in association with Seminole Warrior's Boxing will be holding a press conference for the upcoming pro boxing card,"Ring of Fire", the first of four scheduled events at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel. The July 27th show will feature...Full Story

Oliver Dominates Carbajal
(JULY 19) Promoter Rich Cappiello predicted that his prized fighter, Mike Oliver would "become a star on July 18th," and that's exactly what he did last night, earning a lopsided unanimous decision over Cruz Carbajal, in their IBF super bantamweight title elimination bout. "Mike did exactly what we expected him to do," Cappiello stated. Full Story

Jim Walsh named Philips Manager of the Month for June...By Bernard O'Neill
(JULY 19) Irish team manager Jim Walsh has been presented with the prestigious Philips manager of the month award for June. Walsh, who was Irish team manager for last months European Union Boxing Championships at the National Stadium in Dublin, accepted the award at the Hilton Hotel in Limerick. Full Story

Andrade seeking gold at Pan-Am games
PROVIDENCE (July 18, 2007) – Team USA boxing star Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade is in beautiful Rio de Janerio, not for the hot nightlife and gorgeous Brazilian women, rather to strike gold at the Pan-American Games. Full Story

Carbajal Title Eliminator Headlines ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights
(JULY 17) Undefeated junior featherweight contender Mike "Machine Gun" Oliver (19-0, 7 KOs) and 15-year veteran, Cruz "Chucho" Carbajal (28-13-2, 24 KOs) square off in this weeks installment of ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights, from The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Mass. Full Story

Denver Show Postponed
LAS VEGAS (July 17, 2007) – Punchout at the Pepsi Center “No Mercy,” scheduled to be held August 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, has been postponed, Silverhawk Championship Boxing vice president Jeff ..Full Story

Nguyen Makes National TV Debut on ESPN2 (JULY 17) Undefeated, Buddy McGirt trained featherweight prospect, Dat "Dat Be Dat" Nguyen (10-0, 6 KOs) makes his much-anticipated national television debut Wednesday night on ESPN2, when he takes on his most formidable opponent to date in fellow stablemate Castulo Gonzalez (9-2, 3 KOs), from The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. Full Story

Walker, Mobley plan punishing upsets to skyrocket careers (JULY 17) ROSEMENT, ILL. - Octavius James/One In A Million Inc. today announced the addition of true undefeated middleweight prospect Michael “The Midnight Stalker” Walker (15-0-1, 9 KOs) of Chicago to the already action packed “War For 4” card, a pay-per-view broadcast live from the ..Full Story

“Ding-a-Ling Man” Calling Out Cruiser Champs (JULY 17) Promoter making belt holders’ phones ring, talking about the Ding-a-Ling. Dino Duva co-promoter, along with Sal Musemeci’s Final Forum, of red-hot cruiserweight destroyer Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson (22-5-3, 19 KOs), says he is getting in touch with all the cruiserweight world champions to arrange a shot against one of them for his wildly popular fighter. Full Story

Witherspoon Wins CBO Title by Stunning 5th Round Knockout
July 16, 2007

(JULY 16) Moultrie Witherspoon claims the CBO Heavyweight Title in spectacular fashion by 5th round knock-out over the hard punching West Taylor.In what could be considered one of his best performances to date, Moultrie put on a boxing clinic that should prove to any of his critics that the 6’6’’ 240lb..Full Story

Cintron destroys Matthysse, Gomez retires Gatti and for Margarito, 8 times is not a charm. By Mike Cassell (JULY 16) Kermit Cintron(28 – 1 – 26 KO’s) vindicated himself on the boardwalk in Atlantic City against a very tough Walter Matthysse (26 – 2 – 25 KO’s) . Cintron destroyed Matthysse 29 seconds into the second round and retained his IBF welterweight crown. Cintron just looked bigger, stronger and he looked like a more mature fighter, under the wings of Manny Stewart. Cintron has slipped slightly after his loss to Antonio Maragito, but showed..Full Story

The Road Warrior comes home for summer showdown against Moore
HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 15 – Former world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson is used to traveling into his opponents’ backyards to display the skills that have earned him a reputation as one of the top 175-pound fighters of this era. But on Friday, July 27th, at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel’s 4,500 seat arena, ‘The Road Warrior’ will get a rare home game when he puts his number one IBF ranking on the line against dangerous knockout artist Fred Moore in the main event of the inaugural ‘Rumble in ..Full Story

Klitschko Invited to Participate in Historic Heavyweight Unification Fight in Russia LOS ANGELES (July 15, 2007) – In an effort to give the world an opportunity to see the best Heavyweight Champions fighting each other on a road to a potential Unification of all four heavyweight belts, Nafta Moskva, the sponsor of Sultan Ibragimov, and the promotional team of Golden Boy Promotions, Warriors Boxing, Golden Grain Promotions and Sampson Lewkowicz in association with Universum Box-Promotion...Full Story

ESPN Invades Augusta to Showcase Local Star
July 13, 2007

AUGUSTA, GA – A press conference has been called to announce an upcoming boxing extravaganza. Local boxing superstar, Rayonta Whitfield (17-0, 8 KO’s), once again is to be featured on the sports network into 95 million homes live from the Bell Auditorium in his hometown ..Full Story

Hopkins-Wright International Conference Call Transcripts
(JULY 12) HBN has published the recent transcripts of the Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright's International conference calls held earlier this week in anticipation of Hopkins vs. Wright "Coming to Fight" July 21 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Hopkins Transcript Wright Transcript

Ibragimov-Chagaev Lands in Moscow's Khodynka Arena HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 12 – On Saturday, October 13th, World Heavyweight Champions Sultan Ibragimov and Russlan Chagaev will not only achieve their dream of unifying the heavyweight crown, they will get to do it in front of an expected crowd of over 14,000 at the Khodynka Arena in Moscow, Russia..Full Story

Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer To Attend Historic Heavyweight Unification Bout LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2007) - Golden Boy Promotions’ President Oscar De La Hoya and CEO Richard Schaefer will be in attendance when Golden Boy co-promoted WBO World Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov and WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev square off to unify their titles on October 13th in Moscow. Full Story

Duddy-Furlan PPV in U.S. Saturday live from Ireland NEW YORK (July 10, 2007) – “The Homecoming,” featuring unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy, will be broadcast live Saturday (July 14) in the United States on cable pay-per-view starting at 5:00 PM/ET, 2:00 PM/PT from Dublin, Ireland. Full Story

Khodokovsky-Amirov for UBC I'tntl in Ukraine...By Kevin Bello (JULY 10) Local challenger Vladimir Khodokovsky and Russian challenger Ruslan Amirov will fight for the vacant UBC Int´l welterweight title Saturday July 14 at the Sport Hotel in Kiev, Ukraine. The 12-round bout will take place during the time of the UBC European Congress that will be taking..Full Story

Mijares latest Mexican boxing warrior Mijares-Kukui headlines Friday night’s PPV HOBOKEN, New Jersey (July 10, 2007) – The latest boxing sensation from Mexico, WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares, headlines Friday night’s “La Batalla” pay-per-view event live from the Gomez Palacio in Durango, Mexico. Full Story

"Naco" Berrio defend against Haussler...By Kevin Bello (JULY 10) IBF super middleweight champion Alejandro "Naco" Berrio (26-4, 25 KOs) will make his first defense of his title against German challenger Danilo Haussler on September in Germany on a boxing card that will be promoted by ..Full Story

"WAR FOR 4!" Ticket Drawing this Friday Night at the Congress Theater(JULY 9) As part of SUMMER SIZZLE, a world class evening of professional boxing presented by Chicago’s 8 Count Productions this Friday night, July 13th at the Congress Theater, undefeated super middleweight prospect Donovan “DA BOMB” George will be present to participate in a ticket drawing for “WAR FOR 4!” a world...Full Story

"The Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire scores 5th round knockout (JULY 8) A left hook square on the temple of former champ Vic Darchinyan has put Nonito Donaire on top of the 112 pound division. Darchinyan was a heavy favorite, having a perfect record and never being hurt in any of his 28 pro bouts. Donaire countered the awkward Armenian with precision until the explosive left hook ended the fight at 1:38 ... Full Story

THE RIOT goes toe to toe with Fight night at the Tank-Press conference Weds. July 11th. (JULY 7) 12 Sports Productions takes off the gloves and challenges Fight Night to raise the bar. "It's staggering how many San Jose boxing fans are disenchanted with local 'live" shows in recent years, and by presenting THE RIOT Saturday, July 14th, a new standard will be set," promises promoter and..Full Story

DAVID DIAZ TO BE SPECIAL GUEST AT CHICAGO FIRE GAME THIS SATURDAY NIGHT (JULY 5) WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz will take a break from training to be the special guest of MLS' Chicago Fire this Saturday night, July 7th. Diaz will meet fans at the pre-game Fire Fest and be presented with a Chicago Fire jersey just prior to kickoff of the Chicago Fire/Toronto FC match at..Full Story

Holyfield destroys Savarese, but is it the real deal? Mike Cassell -The Philadelphia Boxing report (JULY 4) I once described Evander Holyfield (42 -8 – 2 – 27KO’s) as a warrior who was wandering a battlefield, looking for a war, with no ammunition. Last night in the Don Haskins Center in El Paso Texas, he looked like his old self, dropping Lou Savarese (46 – 7 – 38KO’s) to the canvas three times on his way to a unanimous decision victory. Full Story

The glass Jaw doesn’t fit, for the CINDERELLA MAN anymore.
By Mike Cassell The Philadelphia Boxing Report
(JULY 4) Five loses, five knockout’s. That about summed it up for current WBC Heavyweight Champion, Oleg Maskaev (34-5 26 KO’s). In 2002 he was all but a ghost in the Heavyweight division, after any average journeyman named Corey Sanders defeated Maskaev by knockout in the 8th round in the Gold Country Casino. It seemed as if the curtain on the career of the “one hit wonder”..Full Story

Marquez vs. Barrios Headlines "Firework" LOS ANGELES (July 3, 2007) – Traditionally, July 4 is the day reserved for explosive displays of festive fireworks. This year, however, Golden Boy Promotions is reserving Saturday, September 15, the eve of Mexican Independence Day, for a dazzling array of fireworks as they present four main event caliber fights on the same show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and broadcast live on pay-per-view. The evening will be ..Full Story

Oliver - Carbajal Title Eliminator
Headlines July 18 ESPN2 Wednesday Night Fights (JULY 3) Brocton, MA - Cappiello Promotions has announced that undefeated super-bantamweight contender Mike "Machine Gun" Oliver (19-0, 7 Kos) will take on former WBO bantamweight champion Cruz "Chucho" Carbajal (28-13-2, 24 Kos) in an IBF super bantamweight title eliminator on July 18 from The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. Full Story

Undefeated Hawk flying high in
"Thriller On The River" NEW TOWN, North Dakota (July 3, 2007) - Unbeaten cruiserweight sensation Shawn "The Sioux Warrior" Hawk continues his march towards a world title July 14 in "Thriller On The River," launching the "Pinnacle FiteNite" pro boxing series, at 4 Bears Casino and Lodge in New Town...Full Story

Furlan out to spoil Duddy's Homecoming (JULY 1) The Italian Alessio Furlan is talking the talk ahead of his middleweight clash with John Duddy on the next Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the National Stadium, Dublin on July 14th. After 20 fights Stateside Duddy returns home for his first pro fight on Irish soil as he looks to press his claims for a shot at..Full Story