Women's Boxing

Boxing Insider
(APR 12) Going down to the crossroads. That's how Friday night's pro show at Gund Arena is shaping up for Cleveland's Joe DiSalvo. While junior welterweights Angel Manfredy and Craig Weber will get plenty of attention, DiSalvo's co-feature against super middleweight Dallas ....Copyrighted on Cleveland Plain Dealer

Kansan Jess Willard became 'The Great White Hope'
(APR 12) In his heyday, race discrimination was common and Kansan Jess Willard was unashamedly nicknamed "The Great White Hope," "Cowboy Jess" and "The Pottawatomie Giant."....Copyrighted on The Wichita Eagle

The Square Ring
by Howie Reed- April 10, 2004
It didn’t take long for Don King to dip into his stable of “willing stallions” to set up a mating (heavyweight tournament) to breed a successor to Mr. Lewis.  One name absent from the “pay for play” is Audley Harrison, the likeable POM with the minor WBF
heavyweight title. Harrison’s latest fight was shown in America with..Full Story

Team Spinks has Cory ready for bout
(APR 8) LAS VEGAS - St. Louis' Cory Spinks will step back into the loneliest spotlight in sports here Saturday night. Spinks will be in the ring to defend his undisputed world welterweight...Copyrighted by St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Exclusive Photo Gallery of Klitschko! By Tony Rila Photos

(APR 7) This week at the IBA Boxing Gym, Wladmir Klitschko prepares for his fight that will take place this Saturday, on April 10, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.  IBA Women's Heavyweight champion Vonda Ward was also at the gym.  Photos

Klitschko brothers aim to rule world boxing
(APR 7) Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko are turning their muscular backs on Germany in a bid to make boxing history by becoming the first brothers to hold world titles simultaneously. Copyrighted by Independent Online

BOXING: GOMEZ BOXING CLEVER
(APR 6) THE war of words between Michael Gomez and Alex Arthur ahead of their super-featherweight showdown started in earnest last night.  Mancunian Gomez, who beat Ghanain Ben Odamattey on Saturday night to win the WBU title, has goaded the for...Copyrighted by Glasgow Daily Record

Former amateur boxing champ shot and killed by Miami-Dade officer
(APR 6) An alleged drug dealer and one-time boxer was shot and killed after he pointed a gun at a Miami-Dade police officer while running down the hallway of an Opa-locka apartment complex, a department spokeswoman said. 

Wladimir Klitschko: Ready, or Ready for the Taking?
(APR 4) Words of confidence and promises of an emphatic win are commonplace among boxing’s warriors, be they prohibitive favorites or longshot underdogs. On April 10, there will be one of each in opposite corners as Wladimir Klitschko continues his comeback .Copyrighted Story on Doghouse Boxing
 

Boxing: Brodie sees 'real' world title at end of brutal road
(APR 4) Ar real fight for a real title," proclaims the promotional blurb for Saturday's return encounter between Michael Brodie and Korean In-Jin Chi for the ....Copyrighted Story on Independent UK

Boxing coach pleads no contest to sexual conduct charges
(APR 3) PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -- A well-known boxing coach has pleaded no contest to fondling the breasts of a 16-year-old aspiring boxer last fall in his gym. ....Copyrighted Story onDetroit Free Press

Resnick trying to revive local boxing
(April 1, 2004) — Ron Resnick remembered the night Rochester welterweight Russell Jordan lost a four-round decision in Washington, D.C., despite knocking down his opponent twice. Copyrighted Story on Democrat And Chronicle

Boxing: Fast finish for winner Liam
(APR 1) Explosive hitter Liam Hartley took less than a minute to become the new Tyne, Tees and Wear junior ABA heavyweight champion.  Hartley (Halfpenny ABC) sparked out Michael Ryan (Headland) courtesy of a savage countering right hand in round one of their contest at the Federation Brewery's Lancastrian Suite in Dunston. Copyrighted Story on ic Teesside.co.uk

Senate passes bill for oversight of boxing
(APR 1) The United States Senate approved legislation that would create a federal agency to oversee professional boxing. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the bill's author, has criticized fight promoters for taking advantage of young boxers and chastised state boxing commissions for conflicts of interests and for not ensuring the objectivity of fight judges. Copyrighted Story on Buffalo News

Amateur boxing on tap at Downriver venues (MAR 31) Amateur boxing will be coming Downriver with a pair of April events. The Metropolitan Detroit Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Gibraltar Trade Center in Taylor, and a "Michigan vs. Ohio" program will be held at Yack Arena in Wyandotte on April 23. Copyrighted Story on Southgate News Herald

The boxing brotherhood
(MAR 30) Ron Siler, as rugged a 112-pound boxer as you will find in the entire world, sounds a little defeated.  "Hello?" he says into the phone from his Cincinnati home. "I'm sorry, sir, but I can't hear you. The kids, they're a little noisy right now." Copyrighted on ESPN

In pro boxing, anything can happen
(MAR 30) he only sure thing is nothing’s for sure. Manny Pacquiao is supposed to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) super-featherweight champion Mexican Eric Morales on July 31. Morales is supposed to meet International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Carlos Hernandez on July 31. Copyrighted by ABS CBN News, Philippines

Boxing: Cacace strolls to Irish title treble
(MAR 27) Anthony Cacace produced another a sparkling display to complete a hat-trick of Irish titles at the Boys and Youths championships in the National Stadium, Dublin. Last night, Cacace of Belfast's Oliver Plunkett gym, simply proved too class for Jake Hanney of Phibsboro in their Boy4 54kg decider. Copyrighted Story on Belfast Telegraph

Boxing: Taylor takes on Bunema on TSN
(MAR 27) LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Ticker) - Undefeated middleweight prospect Jermain Taylor returns to his hometown Saturday night when he takes on Alex Bunema in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds at Alltel Arena. Copyrighted Story on TSN.ca

Cedric Kushner Promotions Denies Allegations of SEC Enforcement ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004--Cedric Kushner Promotions, Inc. ("CKP") (OTCBB: CKHP - news) has announced that it intends to vigorously defend the civil action filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") against CKP and certain of its officers and directors which was filed by the SEC on March 24, 2004. Press Release

Boxing champ's troubles double
(MAR 26) An arrest warrant for Floyd Mayweather on a misdemeanor assault and battery charge was issued Thursday in connection with a December bar altercation.  Mayweather, the 27-year-old lightweight boxing champion, is sought for allegedly kicking William Morris shortly after midnight on the morning of Dec. 18...Copyrighted story on MLive.com

Who will be future of SA boxing?
(MAR 26) The 1970s and 1980s belonged to the Ayalas — Mike, Sammy, Tony Jr. and Paulie. They flirted with greatness, flirted with disaster and dominated the South Texas boxing scene for nearly two decades. Ultimately, however, they disappointed, never winning a world title. Copyrighted story on San Antonio Express

City awarded Junior Olympic Boxing Games  BROWNSVILLE, March 25, 2004 — Before Brownsville entered a bid to hold the next USA Junior Olympic Boxing Games, Howard “Sonny” Duncan had no clue where the city was located.  That is all in the past. Copyrighted story on Herald Brownsville.

Warrant for boxing star
(MAR 25) A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former European boxing champion Spencer Oliver after he failed to attend court following a car crash last year.Mr Oliver, touted as a future world champion before an horrific injury ended his career in 1998, faces losing his licence after the crash in September, when it is alleged his blue Mercedes ploughed into a garden in Wood Street, Barnet. Copyrighted story on Edgware Times

Maloof, de la Hoya team for boxing series at Arco  (MAR 25) The owners of the Sacramento Kings have teamed up with world champion boxer Oscar de la Hoya to bring a series of boxing matches to Arco Arena. The series, dubbed the "Thursday Night Fights at Arco Arena," will begin July 8, with three additional matches to follow during the next 12 months. Copyrighted story on Sacramento Business Journal

Jones to work for HBO
(MAR 24) Roy Jones Jr., regarded as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, will agree to rejoin HBO as a boxing commentator. HBO officially announced the deal this week. Copyrighted story on Biloxi Sun Herald

Trujillo in Action March 22, 2004

(MAR 22) On April 2, at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona and broadcast live on ESPN2, Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing presents IBA World Jr. Welterweight Champion Alex Trujillo (23-1) and Emmanuel Augustus.

Boxing: Joe comes out fighting
(MAR 21) JOE CALZAGHE bucks the Welsh trend. While our rugby heroes appear to revel in glorious defeat, our football stars are nearly men and our athletes just miss out, world champion boxing idol Calzaghe epitomises precisely the OPPOSITE of what we've grown used to in Wales. Copyrighted on ic Wales.

United States wins six boxing finals for Athens qualifying (MAR 21) TIJUANA, Mexico, (AP) — United States boxers won six of the 11 finals in the Americas Olympic qualifying competition on Saturday.Flyweight Ron Siler, the only American medalist at last year's world championships with a bronze, comfortably handled Joseph Serrano of Puerto Rico on points.

Banquet facility feeds fans' hunger for a quality fight venue
(MAR 20) GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- Fighting for the first time in a cramped ballroom he often visited as a spectator, former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman planned to thrill the hometown fans with an easy knockout.   He should have known better. Rahman traded punches with Al "Ice" Cole for 10 grueling rounds before being awarded a narrow unanimous ....Copyrighted story on Houston Chronicle

Boxing man warns: Owls fight goes on
(MAR 20) WOULD-BE Wednesday owner Dennis Hobson today warned the Owls: "I'm not going away." The club have told the boxing personality and his consortium to put a proposal in writing if they want to take over the club.  Hobson says that his group are on course to do that - but he would prefer Wednesday to welcome him to talks...Copyrighted Story on Sheffield Today

Murderer had hepatitis C in 'fixed' fight
(MAR 20) LAS VEGAS -- A convicted murderer who forged close ties to baseball stars and other athletes while in prison says he had hepatitis and could barely see when he fought a fixed comeback fight at the Anaheim Pond. Joey Torres, out on bail at the time of the 2002 fight, said a matchmaker had someone take his ....Copyrighted Story on Winnipeg Sun

Boxing: Audley's ambition is still burning bright (MAR 19) Audley Harrison aims to take the biggest stride yet along his tortuous road to the top at Wembley Conference Centre tonight.The Olympic super-heavyweight champion believes he will be given the toughest test of his professional career by Dutchman Richel Hersisia for the lightly-regarded WBF title. Copyrighted on Teesside.co.uk

Boxing-Vitali Klitschko Eyes Restoring Family Honor
(MAR 19) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ukranian boxer Vitali Klitschko will be seeking to restore his family's honor and avenge a crushing defeat inflicted on his brother Wladimir when he enters the ring against South African Corrie Sanders in a world heavyweight title fight in Los Angeles next month.

Casino has new role as boxing promoter
(MAR 18) EL CAJON -- It was all about the future at the Sycuan Casino & Resort on Wednesday.  The future of Coachella prize fighter Julio Diaz. The future of the casino as a boxing promoter. Even the future of boxing. .Copyrighted Story on the Desert Sun

Gary Shaw Promotions & "ShoBox"
Hoye win again!
(MAR 18) At a sold out Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California, unbeaten IBA Continental Light-heavyweight Champion Rico Hoye retained his title for the second time with a two knockdown first round stoppage of Donnell Wiggins. Hoye now 16-0 with 13 KO's.

NJ boxing regulator to resign to settle ethics complaint
(MAR 18) ATLANTIC CITY - New Jersey's top boxing regulator agreed yesterday to resign from his $80,000-a-year job to settle an ethics complaint that he provided free fight passes to his friends. .Copyrighted Story on Philadelphia Inquirer

Harding makes impact on boxing
(MAR 18) SAN FRANCISCO - The media were served a plate of pro boxing carnival style on Wednesday at the Hard Rock Cafe at Pier 39.  Promoter Don Clark, who presents a fight card on Saturday at the Arena in Oakland, offered up the infamous Tonya Harding as the main course. All Clark needed behind him was a van promoting a three-headed calf. Copyrighted Story on Contra Costa Times

The newest star in boxing goes by Winky(MAR 18) Winky Wright is boxing's newest star after a masterful decision over Shane Mosley on Saturday in Las Vegas. Although HBO's announcing crew seemed a little too giddy about Wright's performance during the first four rounds, Winky dominated from the middle rounds on. Wright's combination of style, ability, experience and toughness will make him a difficult champion to unseat. Copyrighted Story on El Paso Times, Texas

Sugar Ray Leonard joins NBC's "The Contender" (MAR 16) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five-time world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard is stepping back into the ring, this time with "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone, for an upcoming NBC reality show called "The Contender." .. .Copyrighted Story on Forbes

TALKIN BOXIN
by Howie Reed -March 16, 2004
AS one gets older there are certain things that are
suppose to occur. A person gains wisdom, patience and insight. Your words are treasured by those you talk with as if they are the words of a Prophet. You’re...Full Story

All the Wright moves for boxing crown
(MAR 14) Las Vegas - American Winky Wright surprised compatriot and favourite Shane Mosley on Saturday, earning a unanimous 12-round decision to capture the undisputed world super welterweight title.. .Copyrighted Story on Independence Online

Financial blow has InterBox on ropes,
but other promoter comes up ...
(MAR 13) Montreal-based InterBox, Canada's leading professional boxing promoter, has been knocked to the canvas by a crushing financial blow.. .Copyrighted Story on Montreal Gazette

Boxing: Mosley risks $10 million against Wright   (MAR 13) LAS VEGAS -- He beat Oscar De La Hoya in his last fight and has a promise to fight Felix Trinidad next. So what motivates Shane Mosley for his fight tonight with Winky Wright? Plenty. There's the lure of winning another belt and becoming the undisputed 154-pound champion. There's a desire to prove he can punch as well as box. .Copyrighted Story on Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Bad Boy Boxer: Three Times is NOT a Charm when it comes to a felony charge!
(MAR 13) HotBoxingNews.com will be adding a new boxer to the "BAD BOY BOXERS" segment when it includes Lightweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Junior, after it has been reported that Mayweather Junior is facing an upgraded felony charge for allegedly  hitting (battery domestic violence) the mother of three of his children. More

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(MAR 12) "Sugar" Shane Mosley puts his super welterweight title on the line against junior middleweight title holder Ronald "Winky" Wright in a scheduled 12-round undisputed championship bout.  In the opener, Joe Mesi faces off against one-time cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov.

HBO boxing telecasts continue without Foreman  (MAR 12) PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant is ready for his first telecast of the post-George Foreman era. For Saturday night's Shane Mosley fight on HBO, trainer Emanuel Steward will join Merchant and Jim Lampley at ringside. ...Copyrighted Story on San Jose Mercury News

Boxing-Tyson Eyes June Return to the Ring (MAR 12) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mike Tyson is lining up a return to the ring in June of this year, advisor Shelly Finkel said Thursday. The former world heavyweight champion has not fought since knocking out Clifford Etienne ...Copyrighted Story on Reuters

Sugar Ray taking his shot
(MAR 11) Oscar De La Hoya: out. Sugar Ray Leonard: in. The future of the ``Fight Night at the Tank'' at HP Pavilion: in doubt after this year.  Right now, the folks at HP Pavilion are waiting to see what happens Friday, when Leonard's promotional company kicks off the first of five events ...Copyrighted Story on San Jose Mercury News

HBO sets Pacquiao for boxing stardom
(MAR 11) AN earlier title match just might be a blessing in disguise, and should Manny Pacquiao hurdle it, his next fight could even make the Filipino boxer an even bigger star. Copyrighted Story on Manila Times

Boxing: Tyson may fight in China in October  (MAR 10) BEIJING : Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is in talks for a three million dollar fight in Beijing later this year, state press reported.  A basic agreement in preliminary talks was expected to be announced soon, with Tyson expected to be in Beijing in June for promotional activities ahead of an October fight, the Eastern Sports Daily reported...Copyrighted Story on Channel News Asia

Boxing fraternity says farewell to Guisseppi
(MAR 10) Trinidad & Tobago-born Guisseppi, 56, a boxing trainer at the Stanley Couch Gym on Victoria Avenue in Kingston, collapsed at ringside during an inter-gym amateur fightcard in Portmore, St Catherine on February 28. He later died at the Spanish Town Hospital. Copyrighted Story on jamaica Observer

Union in boxing? How about Joint Association of Boxers
(MAR 10) NEW YORK - Heavyweight Jeremy Williams grew up in Southern California with Willie McGinest. Williams' athletic skills guided him toward boxing. McGinest went with football.  "Willie McGinest went into the NFL at the same time that I was getting into boxing," Williams said...Copyrighted Story on San Jose Mercury News

Boxing: Patience pays off as Harrison passes Latin examination
(MAR 7) Scott Harrison kept his promise to make short work of Colombian opponent Walter Estrada by stopping him in five rounds in the first defence of his regained World Boxing Association featherweight title at Glasgow's Braehead Arena last night. In...Copyrighted Story on Independent, UK

Boxing: Hide takes on a fast lady in quest for redemption March 7, 2004

(MAR 7) Herbie Hide has never been in quite the same league as Mike Tyson either as a fighter or a serial miscreant, though he has done his share of behaving badly. Indeed, these past few days he has even been attempting to beat up a woman.Copyrighted Story on Independent, UK

Boxing: The unravelling of the
David Tua camp (MAR 6) A three-part Herald investigation, Today: how Tua learned the awful truth about his missing millions. By PHIL TAYLOR In the dark of a July evening, David Tua took a drive north over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It was a trip that spelled the end of the boxer's relationship with his managers, Kevin Barry, an Olympic medallist like Tua, who had worked with the Samoan for 11 years, and the money man, Martin Pugh. Copyrighted Story on New Zealand Herald

Hot For Vegas
(MAR 4) LAS VEGAS, N.M. - The last time a boxing event had this humble northern New Mexico city buzzing with this kind of excitement, the state was 6 months old. Unfortunately, it's hard to find anybody strolling around Las Vegas who was around for former heavyweight legend Jack Johnson's defense of his championship title on July 4, 1912... Copyrighted Story on IC Solihull Co.Uk

Villalta dies after title bout
(MAR 4) -Luis Villalta died on Wednesday after losing his North American Boxing Association lightweight title on Saturday night in Miami.The 35-year-old Peruvian lost his crown on a unanimous points decision against Puerto Rican Ricky Quiles. After the result was announced he left the ring and went to the locker room, where he collapsed... Copyrighted Story on IC Solihull Co.Uk

Setups, False Names Focus of Boxing Probe (MAR 4) A federal investigation of one of boxing's top promoters has uncovered evidence suggesting that thousands of professional bouts have been essentially rigged through fraudulent mismatches, authorities say...Copyrighted Story on LA Times

Boxing: Johnson, Trujillo to vie in title bout (MAR 4) The main event for the Desert Diamond Casino's boxing card April 2 is a USBA lightweight title bout between champion Levander Johnson and rising Puerto Rican star Alex Trujillo.The fights at the Diamond Center, off Interstate 19 on Pima Mine Road, are promoted by Sugar Ray Leonard and will be shown live on ESPN2. ..Copyrighted Story on Tucson Citizen

It's official! Tito Trinidad returns to boxing
(MAR 3) At a press conference in New York, former 5-time world champion, Felix "Tito" Trinidad confirmed that he will return to boxing and plans to fight Shane Mosley this fall.Trinidad was the center of attention at promoter's Don King, press conference announcing the  ..Copyrighted Story on Latinosportslegends.com

Trinidad ends boxing retirement
(MAR 2) NEW YORK  — Felix Trinidad ended his retirement of nearly two years Tuesday, and Shane Mosley could be his first opponent.  "A lot of people told me we need you in boxing," Trinidad said. The 31-year-old boxer, immensely popular in his home of Puerto Rico, earned tens of millions of dollars while winning titles as a welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight. ..Copyrighted Story on Fox Sports

Boxing champ Magee has leg shattered in savage attack
(MAR 2) WORLD champion Ulster boxer Eamonn Magee's career is hanging in the balance after his leg was broken in a horror attack, it can be revealed today.On the threshold of one of the biggest fights of his life, the future of the biggest draw in Irish boxing is in question after he was dragged from his car and savagely beaten by a gang in Belfast on Sunday night.Copyrighted Story on Belfast Telegraph

TALKIN BOXIN
by Howie Reed -February 29, 2004
NEXT week there are five world championship fights
held on Saturday Night somewhere. They range from a
double dipper in Japan with Oscar Larios (51-3-1)
defending his WBC jr. feather belt against Shigeru
Nakazato (24-6) and Veeraphol Sahaprom (41-1-2) giving Toshiaki Nishioka (23-3-3)...Full Story

Leap Year Means War for Jesus Chavez and Erik Morales...By David Avila of Maxboxing.com (FEB 28) During the last leap year Las Vegas shook when two Mexicans unleashed a furious assault against each other in a title fight.  It's leap year again.  Mexico's dynamic featherweight champion Erik Morales moves up to the 130-pound division to challenge Jesus Chavez for the WBC junior lightweight title......Copyrighted Story on Maxboxing.com

Sad Tyson only face of boxing left
(FEB 28) NEW YORK - Mike Tyson peered meekly at Judge John W. Carter and then apologised for being 12 minutes late. But the judge appeared to be too involved to notice Tyson, the 37-year-old former heavyweight champion, who had emerged on Thursday..Copyrighted Story on Straits Times

Ruiz Wins Title
(FEB 28) LAS VEGAS — Last night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, Nevada, Juan Ruiz, 121 1/2, United States won by a uanaimous decision over last-minute opponent, Mexico's Cristobal Cruz, 122,  is earned the vacant World Boxing Association Fedebol super bantamweight title. Final Scoring by judges was 118-110 on all score cards. 

Professional Boxing Series to Hit the Magic City!
(FEB 28) BILLINGS- It’s sure to be a knockout when “The Slugfest Professional Boxing Series” rolls into town. Some of the hottest boxers from right here in the northwest step into the ring to do battle Saturday April24, 2004 at the Shrine Auditorium. Doors open at 7:00pm. “The Slugfest Professional Boxing Series” is promoted by KO Sports Promotions Inc and Lyon Sports Group Inc. The Slugfest begins at 8:00PM. More

Macho men prefer boxing with a kick
(FEB 28) Many moons ago, this reporter would venture to the Melbourne Town Hall for the annual ball held by Melbourne University's science faculty. In more recent times, the red carpet that ascends from Swanston Street has led to one of the Alfred Deakin lectures ..Copyrighted Story on TheAge.com

Mosley's Genius Boxing IQ
By David Avila of Maxboxing.com, with story published on ESPN  (FEB 27)  BIG BEAR LAKE - In the lofty realm of geniuses exist such intellects as Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley, you cough? In what circumstance can one offer on his behalf?

Spadafora says he plans to marry woman he's accused of shooting
(FEB 27) ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Troubled boxer Paul Spadafora says he will marry the woman he is accused of shooting.  Spadafora disclosed his intentions Thursday while discussing training plans for a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather. He was flying to Las Vegas on Friday to discuss the potential fight and then head to Detroit to begin training camp...Copyrighted Story on Penn Live

Ruiz is the new heavyweight champion 
(FEB 27) NEW YORK: John Ruiz was confirmed as the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion on Wednesday.  The Puerto Rican-American became the WBA interim champion when he beat Hasim Rahman on points ..Copyrighted Story on The Star

Review: Charm and spirit of 'Trick Boxing' keep audience in its ...
(FEB 27) Since it premiered at the 2002 Minnesota Fringe Festival, "Trick Boxing" has been described by critics in three countries as "a knockout." And indeed it is. The pugilistic performance piece, choreographed and performed by..Copyrighted Story on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Klitschko brothers prepare to make Ukrainian boxing history
(FEB 27) Ukraine's most formidable heavyweight boxers, Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko, are preparing to make more Ukrainian boxing history. Germany's SID sport news agency yesterday announced that both brothers will compete for world heavyweight titles within 14 days of each other. ..Copyrighted Story on Ukranian Archives and News, Ukraine

Boxing: Lee aiming to have final say in Europe  (FEB 27) ANDY Lee will start as a slight favourite tonight when he bids to make the middleweight final at the European Senior championships in Croatia. Lee has taken the championships by storm with three superb performances, defeating Commonwealth Games gold medallist Darren Barker and World bronze medallist Nikola ..Copyrighted Story on Belfast Telegraph

McPherson, Berto denied reinstatement in US boxing trials 
(FEB 26) Welterweight boxers Juan McPherson and Andre Berto failed in their attempts to get another shot at a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. After a hearing that stretched 12 hours into Friday morning, an arbitrator declined to reverse USA Boxing's earlier ruling to disqualify both after their fight in Tunica, Miss., last week. ..Copyrighted Story on San Francisco Chronicle

Boxing commission nixes Spadafora-Mayweather fight
(FEB 25) The proposed bout between Paul Spadafora and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was rejected by New York boxing authorities. The unbeaten champions were to fight May 8 at Madison Square Garden. ..Copyrighted Story on San Francisco Chronicle

Olympic hopeful still swinging in court
(FEB 25) U.S. Olympic boxing hopeful Juan McPherson hasn't been counted out yet. The 19-year-old welterweight won another round Wednesday in a court fight that could determine whether he gets a chance to compete in the Athens Games. ..Copyrighted Story on San Francisco Chronicle

Leonard Dorin to face Chucky Tschorniawsky in super-lightweight ...
(FEB 25) MONTREAL (CP) - Leonard Dorin of Montreal will face American Chucky Tschorniawsky in his first super-lightweight bout March 20 at Casino Montreal.Dorin (21-0-1) surrendered the World Boxing Association lightweight (135 pounds) title ..Copyrighted Story on Canada.com Story on Houston Chronicle

NBC jumps into the ring with boxing reality show (FEB 25) LOS ANGELES -- Looking for its next ratings knockout, NBC has clinched a deal for a boxing reality series developed by Survivor creator Mark Burnett, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and big-screen Rocky champ Sylvester Stallone. ..Copyrighted

Garcia Jr. falls short in trials 
(FEB 25) Soledad native George Garcia, Jr. fell one match short of his Olympic dream last week in the U.S. Boxing Team Trials at Tunica, Miss. The nation's No. 2 ranked super heavyweight amateur, Garcia took an early 16-4 loss to eventual champion Jason Estrada.. ..Copyrighted Story on The California Story on Channel News Asia

Boxing: Ruiz finally crowned WBA heavyweight king
(FEB 25) LAS VEGAS, Nevada : Puerto Rico's John Ruiz has been officially crowned WBA heavyweight champion after Roy Jones confirmed he had relinquished the title to concentrate on his WBC light heavyweight championship...Copyrighted

Boxing returns to NBC with 5 fight series
(FEB 23) NEW YORK - Boxing returns to network television for a second straight year with a series of five Saturday cards beginning April 17 on NBC. The fights, which will air for five straight weeks, will feature such fighters as Olympic silver medalist Rocky ..Copyrighted Story on MSNBC

Walker may opt to go pro
(FEB 23) After being greeted by family and friends with hugs and kisses Sunday at the Tallahassee Regional Airport, heavyweight Travis Walker announced his intentions to take the next step in his career after an unsuccessful bid at the Olympic Boxing Trials. ..Copyrighted Story on Tallahassee Democrat

Tonya Harding Back On The Ice
(FEB 23) (CBS) Ten years after skating at the Lillehammer Olympic Games, Tonya Harding, now 33, has decided to lace up her figure skates and has incorporated figure skating into her training routine for boxing. ..Copyrighted Story on CBS News

Anthony Dirrell out at Olympic boxing trials
(FEB 22) TUNICA, Miss. - Anthony Dirrell missed out on a shot at this year's U.S. boxing team, losing his final bout in the Olympic trials Saturday in Tunica, Miss. The Flint boxer bowed 29-22 to Marcus Johnson of Kileen, Texas ..Copyrighted Story on Flint Journal, MI

Boxing: Calzaghe fends off Mkrtchian's taunts  (FEB 21) ON THE EVE of their World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight fight, Joe Calzaghe has dismissed the claims of his opponent, Armenia's Mger Mkrtchian, that he will be an easy knock-out....Copyrighted Story on Independent, UK

Boxing Note from Texas!
(FEB 20) Top-ranked welterweight Andre Berto was eliminated from the U.S. Olympic Team trials Thursday after a grievance committee decided that a referee made the correct call by disqualifying him the first day of the tournament in Tunica, Miss...Copyrighted Story on Fort Worth Star Telegram

Boxing promoter sues for internet libel
(FEB 20) Don King, the US boxing promoter, has been given the go ahead by an English court to sue heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, a boxing promotion company and Lewis’s lawyer, for comments reported on US boxing web sites. King is alleging that the comments made were defamatory and he is therefore suing for Libel...Copyrighted Story on Out-Law.com

Rivera Brothers: A New Breed Of Boxing Promoters
(FEB 20) Miguel Cotto might not have a boxing title yet, but he already has something local great Felix "Tito" Trinidad never had at any stage in his career -- a promotional team. Maybe Trinidad never needed one (a case in point being the public's current fascination with his so-called comeback), but imagine just for one minute how super-famous..Copyrighted Story on Puerto Rico Herald

Red wire: Boxing legend to grace Babcock ring
(FEB 20) I've got chills just thinking about Todd "Kid" Foster against Alex "Buffalo Coat" Plain Feather coming up Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Babcock Theater in downtown Billings at 7:30 p.m. I've never seen Foster, a 1988 Olympian from Great Falls, box in person. I've seen highlights and TV footage and heard all about him, but to see him live - even if he is past his prime - will be a treat and a privilege. ..Copyrighted Story on Billings Gazette

No championship hopes for boxing movie 'Against the Ropes'
(FEB 20) MEG Ryan comes out punching, gives 110 percent and goes the distance, but it's hard to be a contender in a movie as flawed as "Against the Ropes." Clichs are only part of the problem in this erstwhile biopic. Loosely inspired by the life of Jackie Kallen, one of the boxing world's first and most famous female managers, "Against the Ropes" ignores huge chunks of the real-life story...Copyrighted Story on Alameda Times-Star

Stallone to Launch Boxing Show
(FEB 20) Hollywood hunk Sylvester Stallone is joining the reality TV ranks - in a search for a new boxer. Stallone, who played a competitive fighter in the hit "Rocky" movies, has teamed up with Tinsel town big shots Mark Burnett and Jeffrey Katzenberg for the project, tentatively titled "The Contender."
Copyrighted Story on WTEV

Carson City public TV airs pornography instead of boxing
(FEB 19) Carson City public-access television operators thought they were airing a show about a boxing match during prime time, but instead viewers saw a porn movie. A mislabeled tape submitted by a regular contributing producer, Gary Ashby, caused Charter Communications to pull the station off the air for 12 hours last weekend. Copyrighted Story on KRNV

Boxing: King offers Foreman 20 million dollars to fight again
(FEB 19) MIAMI, United States : Flamboyant boxing promoter Don King has agreed to pay former world heavyweight champion George Foreman 20 million dollars if he gets back into the ring.  Foreman, now aged 55, shocked the boxing world a decade ago when he climbed back...Copyrighted Story on Channel News Asia

Video replay saves highly regarded welterweight at US boxing ...
 (FEB 18) The U.S. Olympic Boxing Team trials began Tuesday with the apparent disqualification of a highly regarded welterweight and the initial winner of the bout leaving the ring on a stretcher. Juan McPherson, a 2003 Pan American Games silver medalist, was declared the winner over Andre Berto from Winter Haven, Fla., with just 27 seconds left in the fourth and final round when the referee disqualified Berto for wrestling. Copyrighted Story on San Francisco Chronicle on Bogalusa Daily News

La. inmates match up at annual WCI boxing show (FEB 17)The men of Dixon Correctional Institute swept five of the seven fights they participated in at the Washington Correctional Institute's sixth annual Terry Wood King of Hearts Memorial Boxing Show last night.  Copyrighted Story

Boxing: Tyson-McBride fight - and this is no Irish joke! (FEB 17)KEVIN McBride is on the brink of a sensational chance to get it on with Mike Tyson this summer.  Clones heavyweight McBride, who is based in Boston, is being lined up by Tyson's promoter Shelly Finkel as the former undisputed world champion's  comeback... Copyrighted Story on Belfast Telegraph

Brodie Banking on World Title Triumph 
(FEB 16) Michael Brodie today vowed to overcome the controversy surrounding his previous two failed world title bids and finally achieve his dream of lifting a major belt. The 29-year-old Manchester fighter insisted it will be “third time lucky” when he meets Korea’s Injin Chi in a rematch for the vacant WBC featherweight title at Manchester’s MEN Arena on Saturday, April 10.....Copyrighted Story on scotman.com

Tallahassee Olympic boxing hopeful heads to trials
(FEB 16) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Travis Walker hasn't been fighting long, but the 245-pound boxer is already the national Golden Gloves super heavyweight king and one of the finalists to represent the United States in the 2004 Olympic games.....Copyrighted Story on Herald.com

Boxing: Et cetera with Franklin McNeil
(FEB 15) It should come as no surprise that former heavyweight champion GEORGE FOREMAN is returning to action at age 55. Big George, who last fought seven years ago, hinted at a comeback last June before the LENNOX LEWIS-VITALI KLITSCHKO fight....Copyrighted Story on Newark Star Ledger

Olympic boxing trials hopeful can handle heat