Ruiz petitions WBA for random steroid testing  (OCT 26) LAS VEGAS - The World Boxing Association's 84th annual convention is next week (October 31-November 5) in South Korea and WBA heavyweight champion John "The Quietman" Ruiz is petitioning the organization to mandate random testing for performance enhancing drugs and to maintain the current two-year bam from WBA ratings for any boxer who violates ..Full Story   Gatti & Damgaard fight for IBA Honors October 25, 2005 (OCT 25) It was officially announced earlier today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva that boxing's ultimate warrior Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti and unbeaten (37-0) and World Rated Dane Thomas Damgaard will meet January 28th, 2006 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the vacant IBA World Welterweight Title. More to Follow Boxing: Duran getting taste of fight game from other side of the ropes…. By Colin Dunlap of Post - Gazette.com (OCT 25)  Tri-State Sports & News ServiceIn a Washington County hotel room sat the personification of the American Dream. Four-time world champion Roberto Duran, The Manos de Piedra -- hands of stone -- at 53 years old. And he wanted to reflect a little Link to copyrighted story   Battle at the Beach IV October 22, 2005 (OCT 22) Kathy Rivers has made South Florida her home since 1994 --started her boxing/modeling carreer here where she has gotten great support from the fans and media --she now has 21 fights and holds the IBA cruiserweight title and will be fighting  on Saturday, November 5th, in Pompano Beach, Floriday, for the WIBF world lightheavy weight title --Against Valerie "the wolfe" Mahfood the current champion -one of the top champions...Full Story Watch tomorrow’s boxing stars today on www.secondsout.tv (OCT 21) www.secondout.tv in partnership with www.fightplus.com is to broadcast the 13th World Senior Amateur Boxing Championships from Mianyang City in China from November 16th through to November 20th, 2005. Full Story

Ballroom Boxing next event - November 10th  (OCT 21) Ballroom Boxing at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in Glen Burnie, MD is back again with the same fan-friendly show all of those who have attended have come to know, and a new addition to the behind the scenes roster with a new Director of Boxing Operations as well. More

The Trilogy Concludes on December 3
LOS ANGELES, October 20 – After two fights and two knockouts, Oscar Larios and Israel Vazquez, the two premier super bantamweights in the world, still stand at a stalemate, with neither fighter able to fully claim superiority over the other.   Full Story

New England Ringside Radio Network -Foreman, Gamache & McCline
WOBURN, Mass. (October 19, 2005) - The New England Ringside Radio Network looks to the past, present and future this week with former WBA lightweight champion Joey Gamache (55-4, 38 KOs), Jameel "Big Time" McCline (32-5-3, 20 KOs) and Yuri Foreman (18-0, 7 KOs) as Thursday evening's special guests.  Full Story

Santana Returns December 15th!
Edgar Santana will be back in action on Dibella Entertainment's Broadway Boxing on December 15th at the Manhattan Center, NYC ! Santana looks to end an incredible year with an explosive outing for the great New York boxing fans! Make sure you mark your calendars and get your tickets early! Ticket information and more details please check www.SantanaBoxing.com

Trinidad and De La Hoya to attend "Batta en el Coliseo" in Puerto Rico this Friday
LOS ANGELES, October 19 – Almost six years after their epic 1999 battle, boxing icons Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad will finally meet again on Friday, October 21 – this time not as combatants, but as friends. Full Story
 

Tonight: Sanders - Reis  October 19, 2005 Photo courtesy of Team Sanders

(OCT 19) Tonight at Adiamo, in Warren, Michigan, Mary Jo Sanders, 17-0-0, and Yvonne Reis of Florida, will be fighting in the main event in a 150-lb six round bout. This will be a move up in weigh for Sanders when they fight at super middleweight.

Gonzalez Returns to Action Against Delisle SAN JOSE, CA, October 17 -- Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E) and Goossen Tutor Promotions announced today that former WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion Julio Gonzalez (38-3, 23 KO’s) will return to action Thursday, November 17 when he takes on Australian Jason Delisle (18-3-2, 9 KO’s) in the main event at Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank. Full Story

Boxing Takes Second Place in the Contender Rematch
By Oleg Bershadsky (October 17, 2005)
*This Article is Sponsored by http://www.healthycoco.com/  The Contender reality show has become more than a mere entertainment venue, it became its own boxing organization not too much unlike the many others in the business. With its popularity and ability to affect boxers lives, come real responsibilities that  Story on Dghouseboxing.com

PART II - 1920's Female Boxer - Jeanne La Mar: Flash from the Past! by Terry Graham October 17, 2005 PART I   PART II

(OCT 17) WBAN has just received "Part II" on the 1920's femaile boxer Jeanne La Mar.  (AKA: Jean La mar, The Countess Jeanne La Mar, The Countess, Jeanne Vina Lamar.)  Writer Terry Graham and Sarah Jo Rauschl provided this fascinating history of this past boxer, and a deep mystery that surrounds her.  PART II

Catholic haymaker thrown at boxing
 (OCT 15) Immoral. Ruthless. Tantamount to legalized murder. That "punch against prize fighting," as the newspaper Corriere della Sera called it, came from an unusual corner – an influential Jesuit magazine close to the Vatican.Go Here
Battle at the Beach IV in Florida
Fight Fans, set your calendars for Saturday November 5th. Jeff Gibson's ELITE PROMOTIONS Presents: "BATTLE AT THE BEACH IV" Featuring a WIBF World Title Matchup between Kathy Rivers & Valerie Mahfood.  Full Story

Golden Boy Promotions Inks Larry Mosley  LOS ANGELES, October 12– Golden Boy Promotions, home to the largest collection of established talent and rising stars in the boxing world today, is pleased to announce the signing of welterweight standout Larry Mosley to a promotional deal.  Full Story

New England Ringside Radio Network Tua & McCline
WOBURN, Mass. (October 12, 2005) - Heavyweights take control of the New England Ringside Radio Network this week with leading contenders David "Tuaman" Tua (43-3-1, 38 KOs) and Jameel "Big Time" McCline (32-5-3, 20 KOs) as Thursday evening's special guests.  Full Story

Asa Sandell: From Sweden to Gleason's to Nevada By Bernie McCoy October 11, 2005

(OCT 11) Gleason's Gym, hard by the East River on the northern edge of Brooklyn, is straight out of central casting. Every movie scene depicting a boxing gym probably uses Gleason's as a model. In fact, many of those movie scenes were actually filmed there.   When I went up the stone stairs to the gym, recently, the surprise was how little it had changed in all the years since the last time I'd been there. The same dust, the same odors, the same sounds; leather on leather, shoes on canvas, the buzzers, the bells. The faces around the gym were a bit different, but in a way, they were exactly the same.  Full Story
 

Final Results: National Pal Championships By Adam Pollack October 11, 2005

(OCT 11) WBAN has received the FINAL RESULTS in the National PAL Championships that took place in Oxnard, California, from October 2 to October 9, 2005. Sunday, October 9 – Open Division Championship Bouts
Female/101 lbs: Colleen Loo, Mililani, Hawaii, dec. Adri Harding, San Diego, Calif., 15-7; Male/106 lbs: Louie Padilla, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Marco Rangel, Scottsdale, Ariz., 17-7; Male/112 lbs: Aaron Alafa, Visalia, Calif., dec. Leodegario Santa Cruz, Lincoln Heights...Full Details

Mayweather Trains at IBA Gym October 6, 2005 ©Photographs by Rick Pineda Photo Gallery-1  Photo Gallery-2

(OCT 6) Floyd Mayweather Jr.  to train at “BIG” Tony Rila’s private IBA Gym in Las Vegas…Floyd will be training for the next six weeks at the gym and hopes to train their for all his future fights…All photos by Rick Pineda of BOXINGKINGDOM.NET

Gilbert Venegas vs. Steve Vincent in Solo Boxeo/Latin Fury (OCT 5) Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions, Home of the Best in Chicago Boxing, and Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated along with Miller Lite and TCF Bank present "Latin Fire" on Friday, October 14th at the Cicero Stadium, 1909 S. Laramie Ave. in Cicero, IL. Tickets starting at $30 are on sale by calling 312-226-5800. More

Fresquez Productions Inc & Oscar De La Hoyas Golden Boy Productions
Present “Guerras”  (OCT 5) October 28 televised by the Telefutura Network. In the Main Event fighting for his WBC Continental Americas Title will be Cuauhtemoc Vargas (14-0 9KO) facing off against Thomas Villa (12-5 6KO). Vargas who is coming off an impressive ...Full Story

New England Ringside Radio Network Manfredo & Roach  WOBURN, Mass. (October 5, 2005) - A hometown brew percolates this week on the New England Ringside Radio Network. Peter Manfredo, Jr. from The Contender and world-renowned trainer Freddie Roach are this Thursday evening's guests...Full Story

Roy Jones Jr. should have left it alone
By Ron Borges The Boston Globe
(OCT 2) He avoided being knocked out for the third time in a row on Saturday night, but he came no closer to defeating Antonio Tarver than the last time they fought, 16 months ago. Jones, 36, a four-time world champion, was Link Slideshow