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Kelly Pavlik (R) knocks out Aaron Jaco (L) in the 2nd round, Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KOs) secured another world title shot with a clear points victory over Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KOs). Fighting in front of a sell-out crowd of 6.000 fans in Kiel and over seven million viewers on German ARD TV, the 31-year-old German dominated the fight from the first bell, pressuring his spirited opponent with hard series of punches throughout. In the 11^th, he landed the biggest shots of the fight, which got Wilczewski in trouble, but the bell saved him from further punishment. At the end, Abraham was ahead 119-108, 118-109, 118-109. “He was a tough opponent who could really take a lot of shots,” Abraham said. “I tried to go for the KO but couldn´t knock him out. But this was a good fight for me, the kind of fight I need to become world champion again. I am satisfied and will now keep up the hard work to accomplish my goal of winning the world title again.”
Abraham will now face the winner of the Stieglitz-Groves fight. “It was all or nothing for Arthur tonight,” promoter Kalle Sauerland said. “He did well to shake off the pressure and dominate Wilczewski. Now we will wait and see who the opponent will be. I have no doubts that Arthur will be world champion again.”

Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing returns to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York with ESPN2's Friday Night Fights on Friday, May 18th.
Headlining ESPN2'S Friday Night Fights is a terrific junior welterweight ten round bout between 22 year old undefeated Philadelphia prospect Raymond "Tito" Serrano, 18-0-0 (8KO's) and the also unbeaten and defending NABO Champion Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield, 15-0-1 (9KO's) of San Francisco, California.
Priced at $75, $50, $40 and $30, advance tickets go on sale this Thursday, April 5th and are available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000) or at the Times Union Center Box Office, (1-800-30-EVENT), and at select Wal-Mart Music Centers. Tickets are also available by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on www.starboxing.com

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“Saturday Boxing Fever” To Feature Carlos Palomino Card Giveaway
First 100 Fans In Attendance To Receive A Vintage Palomino Trading Card

By Francisco Salazar
FightNews.com

And then there were two. Middleweight contender Andy Lee or unbeaten super welterweight contender Vanes Martirosyan will be the likely opponent to face Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman told Fightnews.com on Wednesday. The bout will take place at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX and will be televised on HBO’s World Championship Boxing. Originally, unbeaten British middleweight champion Martin Malley was to face Chavez, Jr., but had to withdraw from the fight last week because he was unable to obtain a visa to travel to the United States due to legal problems. Ideally, Martirosyan may be the likely candidate because he and Chavez are both promoted by Top Rank. The Armenian-born Martirosyan, (32-0, 20 KOs) from Glendale, CA, also fought on the same card as Chavez at the Alamodome in San Antonio on February 4th, stopping overmatched Troy Lowry in the third round. Lee (28-1, 20 KOs), who is promoted by Lou DiBella, stopped Saul Duran in the second round three weeks ago. Lee has won his last 13 bouts in a row since being stopped in the seventh round by Brian Vera four years ago. Lee would avenge that defeat, winning a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision over Vera in October.

WEIGHTS FROM TACOMA, WA!

Jose Hernandez 136 lbs vs Peter Oluoch 137.5 lbs*
Nate Serrano 145 lbs vs  Nick Balestra 146 lbs
Lisette Medal 130 lbs vs Sarah Pucek 126 lbs
William Fernandez 140.5 lbs vs Jonathan Zumudio 141 lbs
Beau Hamilton 147 lbs vs Ray Lampkin 144.5 lbs
Isaac Tabedo 153 lbs vs Jesse Uhde 152.5 lbs
* Oluoch 1.5 lbs over contract weight

Promoter: Halquist Productions
Venue: Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma
Tickets: www.Emeraldqueen.com
Doors Open: 6 pm
First Bell: 7 pm

STAR BOXING 
in Huntington, Long Island

MAIN EVENT

Chris Algieri 141lb Vs. Winston Mathis 141lb
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Cletus Seldin 143 1/4lb Vs. Marcus Hall 142 lb
Rich Neves 150 1/2 lb Vs. Joe Yerdon 151lb
Jacques Louis 252lb Vs. Clyde Daniels 251lb
Raul Nuncio 154 1/4lb Vs. Valadrin Muriqi 153 1/4lb
Emmanuel Latei Lartey 143 1/4 Vs. Carlos Ramos 144.5
Danny Netzer 160 lb Vs. Steven Tyner 165 lb

Paramount Theater, 370 New York Avenue,
Huntington NY

Tickets are priced at $100 Ringside, Stage Gold, and Loge seating, $50 Mezzanine, and $40 for Standing Room Only and are available by calling Star Boxing (718) 823-2000 or visiting www.starboxing.com,  The Paramount box office (631) 673-7300, or TICKETMASTER at ticketmaster.com 1 (800) 745-3000.
Doors open at 7:00pm with first bout scheduled to begin at 7:30pm.

War at Woodland Hills Returns with
“Saturday Boxing Fever” 70s Show Boxing And Disco on Saturday, March 31, 2012
At Warner Center Marriott

In the early 1970s, professional boxing in Woodland Hills, California was a regular occurrence when legendary Hall of Fame Promoter “Dandy” Don Fraser hosted a weekly show at the historic Valley Music Theater on Ventura Boulevard. On Saturday, March 31, 2012, the spirit of the 70s will be welcomed back as the only regular pro boxing show in the San Fernando Valley returns to the Warner Center Marriott with “SATURDAY BOXING FEVER,” a special 70s themed installment of Art of Boxing and Bash Boxing’s “War at Woodland Hills” boxing series.

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En esta semana habrá una pausa entre comillas en referencia de combates de personajes que ya están de planta en el mapa del reconocimiento publico, por lo tanto, hablemos de la antesala de la pelea de Reyes del Ring programada el 5 de mayo donde habrá dos peleas de campeonato superwelter, la de Floyd Mayweather Junior contra Miguel Cotto y la Saúl Álvarez contra Shane Mosley. En la misma cartelera estará Jessie Vargas que sigue escalando niveles más difíciles, y el día que se celebra La Batalla de Puebla tendrá de contrincante al tapatío Alfonso Gómez quien tiene la experiencia de haber enfrentado aunque sin suerte a Cotto y contra su paisano El Canelo.

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The World Boxing Council ratified during its 49th Annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2011, the highly successful open scoring rule, which has been working efficiently around the world since 2006.
This rule has been used in the USA only a few times, once in Arkansas, several times in Puerto Rico, and this year the State of Texas has used it in two WBC championship fights.
The WBC adopted a resolution to accept optional forms of open scoring, including the notification of the official scores after the 4th and 8th rounds only to both corners, which was precisely the procedure that Texas adopted during the Chavez vs. Rubio fight and the Morales vs. Garcia fight.

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Professional boxing returns to Hartford, Saturday night, April 14 at the Connecticut Convention Center as Ring Promotions, in association with Big Six Entertainment, presents "Stepping Up."

"I'm looking forward to working with Dr. Roland Estrada and Artie DePinho from Big Six Entertainment to bring an exciting, competitive show to Hartford," Ring Promotions president Bob Duffy said. "Connecticut has a rich boxing tradition dating back to the great Willie Pep, through the Marlon Starling days, and more recently Chad Dawson. We plan to give young fighters like those fighting on the April 14 card a chance to box more often at home. Other promoters have come and gone, not really giving them a fair shake, but we plan to give young fighters from Hartford and throughout Connecticut opportunities to develop right here."

The main event features the return of Hartford fan favorite Addy Irizarry (8-5, 2 KOs), who has been sidelined since November 20, 2010, when she fractured her ankle in a first-round loss to former International Female Boxing Association ("IFBA") World welterweight champion Jill Emery. Irizarry is scheduled to face welterweight Sarah Kuhn (4-1-1, 1 KO) in an eight-round bout.

Also fighting on the card in separate four-round bouts are Waterbury junior welterweight Jair Ramos (2-0, 1 KO), Holyoke (MA) light heavyweight Reinaldo Graceski (1-0) and Hartford light heavyweight Tylon Burris (1-0), Hartford lightweight Chazz McDowell (5-1, 1 KO), Providence super middleweight Ramiel Shelton (0-4) vs. Springfield's Jose Angel Ortiz (4-7-1, 1 KO), Bridgeport female welterweight Marva Dash (0-1) and New Haven super middleweight Charles Foster (3-0, 2 KOs).

Tickets, reasonably priced at $40.00, $50.00 and $75.00, are available to purchase by calling 1.401.241.3490 (RI) or 1.617.312.5059 (MA), at BareBones Gym in East Hartford and the Connecticut Convention Center box office.

Doors open at 6 PM/ET with the first bout scheduled for 7 PM/ET.
 

In less than a full year, undefeated super middleweight Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez has turned into a ring chameleon, capable of brawling or boxing, pending the situation and, of course, particular opponent.

In his recent (Mar. 17) HBO debut at Madison Square Garden, Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) captured the United States Boxing Association ("USBA") super middleweight title, turning in a brilliant boxing exhibition to outclass tough Donovan "Da Bomb" George (22-2-1, 19 KOs), en route to a dominant 10-round decision for the Dominican native.

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The launch of Orange County's first pro MMA Series, Fight Club OC MMA Saturdays, set to debut on Saturday, April 14th in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center will have a strong OC feel to it, as Orange County's top mixed martial arts warriors are set to do battle in the Fight Club OC CAGE, and each and every bout could be a war!!

The Saturday April 14th show will be the first of three Fight Club OC Saturday dates in 2012 announced by promoter Roy Englebrecht, with the other two shows set for Saturday, October 6th and Saturday, December 8th.  

Former UFC World Champion and now UFC Executive Vice President Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell has been invited by Roy Englebrecht to be his guest at this big Opening Night Show on April 14th and enjoy the great fight atmosphere that is Fight Club OC, and Chuck has accepted, so we will have a World MMA Champion in the house!!

Tickets for the April 14th show, all priced at $50 are available online at www.fightcluboc.com, and some 1st row seats are still available at $75. Special All Inclusive VIP Suites that feature all you can drink and eat are priced at $100 a ticket with a minimum of only six tickets to take advantage of this great entertainment option. To order your VIP Suite tickets contact Drew Englebrecht at 949-760-3131. The suite includes all the beer, wine, cocktails, soft drinks, upscale snacks and dessert you can consume, along with your private suite entrance.

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Former European Super-Middleweight Champion Piotr Wilczewski (L) (30-2, 10KOs) is the final obstacle between Arthur Abraham (R) (33-3, 27 KOs) and another world title shot. The two fighters battle it out in Kiel, Germany on Saturday night. Here is a quotes wrap-up from both men.

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Don King Productions will present the first boxing event at Casino Miami Jai-Alai on Saturday, April 14 to celebrate completion of their $87-million expansion. The card will be headlined by local favorite and World Boxing Council United States super welterweight champion Joey “Twinkle Fingers” Hernandez (20-1-1, 11 KOs) against Shakir “The Assassin” Ashanti (16-12, 4 KOs), from New Bern, S.C.
An international undercard with South Florida appeal will include Brazilian light heavyweight knockout artist Marcus “Happy” Oliveira (22-1-1, 22 KOs), from Sao Paulo, and Miami light heavyweight Azea “Haitian Hitman” Augustama (12-1, 7 KOs).
Reserved and general admission tickets priced from $10 to $75 are on sale now and can be purchased at www.TicketHub.com or by calling toll free by phone at (866) 468-3399.
“I am very excited to be returning to Miami Jai-Alai with a great card to celebrate their expansion into full-fledged casino gaming,” promoter Don King said. “Dan Licciardi and everyone at Casino Miami Jai-Alai should be proud of their beautiful new multi-million dollar expansion.”
 

APRIL 13, 2012 ESPN 2 – HARD ROCK CASINO, “THE JOINT” LIVE TELECAST AT 8:00P.M. PT

MAIN EVENT:
MICHAEL KATSIDIS VS ALBERT MENSAH

HBO Sports® held a fan vote to decide which classic fights they would want to see air on the HBO2 service leading up to the super welterweight world championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto. The fans have chosentwo riveting showdowns that highlight defining moments in the careers of both superstars.
On Friday, April 27 at 10:15 p.m. (ET/PT) and Saturday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT), HBO2 will replay Mayweather vs. Corrales 2001 and Cotto vs. Mosley 2007. Mayweather, in one of the defining fights in his young career, dominated a much bigger Corrales and knocked him down five times en route to a 10th round TKO in January 2001.Meanwhile, Cotto out-jabbed and out-boxed Mosley, one of the best pound for pound greats, winning a 12-round decision to remain undefeated in November of 2007.
Both fights will be available 24 hours a day to HBO On Demand® subscribers from Monday, April 23 through Monday, May 7 as well as on HBO GO®.
Mayweather vs. Cotto takes place Saturday, May 5 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/ 6:00 p.m. PT.

Piotr Wilczewksi (30-2, 10 KOs) is the last obstacle between Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KOs) and another world title shot. “If Arthur wins on Saturday night, he will be the highest-ranked challenger in the WBO ratings and face the winner of Stieglitz-Groves,” promoter Kalle
Sauerland said at today´s press conference. “It´s all or nothing for Arthur. He needs to win against Wilczewski.
Abraham is ready to make things happen. “It will be a tough fight, but I have trained well,” he stated. “We have trained very hard and I am in good shape. I will win on Saturday, that's all I want to say right now.”
 

Halquist Productions has finalized all bouts for “Battle at the Boat 86”.
The card takes place Saturday evening at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma and tickets are available by going to Ticketmaster.com or calling the casino box office at 1-888-831-7655.
Headlining the card is a ten round lightweight showdown between Fort Worth, TX’ Jose Hernandez and Kenyan Peter Oluoch. Both men fought tough competition and gave highly favored opponents all they can handle. Between Oluoch’s 9,000 mile journey to Tacoma and Hernandez’ insistence on fighting toe-to-toe, this match-up already has plenty of intrest.
Crowd favorite and retired Marine Nate Serrano, 3-1 (1 KO), of Yakima, WA looks to get back in the winners circle when he challenges 6’2 Nick Balestra in a six round welterweight contest. Serrano, the area’s most popular fighter, lost his most recent bout and will need to be on his A game to emerge victorious.
California native Lisette Medal, 5-1-1, and “Battle at the Boat” veteran Sarah Pucek, 4-1-1, meet in a five rounder with the winner most likely meeting Las Vegas powerhouse TaTina "Lil Tyson" Anderson on the next Battle at the Boat card in June.
Highly touted Ray Lampkin Jr., Isaac Tadeo and William Fernandez all make their pro debuts in separate bouts.
Internationally known actor, radio show host and personality Danny Bonaduce is serving as the master of ceremonies throughout the evening.
Doors open at 6 pm and the first fight takes place at 7.

Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing has announced an action packed undercard for ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, a sensational professional boxing event set for this Saturday night, March 31stat The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island.
ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3 is headlined by the return of the undefeated "Fighting Pride of Huntington", Chris Algieri, 13-0-0 (6KO's) returning for his third straight bout at The Paramount against Winston Mathis, 7-4-1 (2KO's) of Rochester, New York in a junior welterweight battle.
In the chief support at ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, The Hebrew Hammer Cletus Seldin, 6-0-0 (4KO's), will look to stay perfect in a six round welterweight bout against 21 year old, crafty southpaw, Marcus Hall, 5-4-1 (2KO's).
Also featured in a six round welterweight bout, Emmanuel Lartey, 12-1-1 (7KO's), looks to continue his recent momentum taking on San Juan, Puerto Rico's Carlos Ramos, 4-4-0 (3KO's).

Junior middleweight newcomers will see action at ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3 as New Hyde Park, New York native Rich Neyes, 2-0-1 (1KO) clashes with Joey Yerdon, 2-3-2, of Albany, New York.
Heavyweights will see action as Haitian native Jacques Louis, 2-1-0, now fighting out of Brentwood, New York battles pro debuting Clyde Daniels of Central Islip, New York.
In the middleweight division, Glen Cove's Raul Nuncio, 1-0-1 (1KO) hits the squared circle against Valadrin Muriqi, 2-1-0, of Bronx, New York.

Rounding out ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, super middleweights will be featured in a four rounder as Danny Netzer, 1-0-0 of Tel Aviv, Israel clashes with Albany, New York's Steven Tyner, 2-3-1 (2KO's).
Advance tickets for ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, priced at $40, $50, and $100, are available through Ticketmaster, www.Ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000). Tickets are also available by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on their website www.starboxing.com and through The Paramount Box Office, phone 631-673-7300. Doors will open at 6pm with the first bell scheduled for 7pm.
The Paramount is located at 370 New York Avenue, Huntington, New York, 11743. For directions and more information, please visit their website at www.paramountny.com 

TYSON Fury says winning the Irish heavyweight title will be like standing on the Olympic podium with a gold medal around his neck.
Fury meets Belfast hard man Rogan for the vacant Irish title at the Odyssey Arena on April 14 four years on from being denied the opportunity to box for Ireland at the Olympics in Beijing.
The Titanic battle between Fury and Rogan, proudly presented by Hennessy Sports, will be broadcast live on Channel 5.
The undefeated former British and Commonwealth heavyweight is determined to show he is a true Irish warrior by knocking out Rogan and then going on to win the World heavyweight title.
The pain of missing out on the Olympics still hurts Fury but he says winning the Irish title will help to ease that pain.
“When I knock out Rogan and get that Irish title around my waist it will be like me winning the gold medal at the Olympics. To win the title in the year of London 2012 will be very special,” commented Fury.
“I always knew I was Irish and now everybody knows that those who prevented me from boxing for Ireland at the Olympics in Beijing denied Ireland an Olympic heavyweight gold medalist.
“It hurt me deeply not being able to fight for Ireland at the Olympics and to win this Irish title will be just fantastic. I don’t care about Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, those guys can wait because winning the Irish heavyweight championship in Belfast means everything to me.

The Tuaman has announced his retirement from boxing, saying he has to walk away from the ring.
David Tua, aged 39, says he is no longer in a position to prepare physically and mentally for the top echelons of professional boxing.
The announcement ends his hopes of fulfilling his earlier self-proclaimed "destiny" of being crowned heavyweight world champion.
"See my boots ... one is on the ground and one is hanging up. Right now, as of this very moment, I am retired," Tua told the Sunday Star-Times.
"Where things are at, I am retired.
"I love it [boxing], it is my life. I may have retired from the game itself, but I will never retire from daily challenges ... you always face challenges, no matter what."

Photo Mary Ann Owen

Bert Randolph Sugar, the legendary boxing writer and historian, and one of the sport's most colorful and iconic characters, died Sunday afternoon in Chappaqua, N.Y., after a long battle with lung cancer. He was much sought after for his views on boxing and was instantly recognizable with his ever present fedora and cigar.
Sugar was 75. He was surrounded by family at Northern Westchester Medical Center.
Boxinginlasvegas.com sends our deepest sympathies to Bert's family and friends.

Garcia Decisions Morales To Become New
WBC Jr. Welterweight Champion
By: Frank Rivera

Danny "Swift" Garcia becomes the first Latino boxer from the city of Brotherly Love to win a world title, the WBC light welterweight belt. Garcia (23-0, 14 KO's) faced Eric Morales (52-8, 36 KO's), who made Garcia dig deep down to earn his first major title. Morales gave the undefeated contender from Philadelphia the biggest test of his young career.
 

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In a clash of 6’8 heavyweights, unbeaten Mariusz Wach (27-0, 15 KOs) showed he’s a force to be reckoned with after scoring a sixth round KO over Tye Fields (49-5, 44 KOs) on Saturday afternoon at the Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. Wach sent Fields crashing to the canvas at 1:44 with a series of right hands to end it. Good give-and-take action up to that point.

Diego Magdaleno is considered an up and coming prospect making his second appearance on SHOBOX, The Next Generation against the tough Fernando Beltran. Beltran had lost four of his previous six fights but this was a fighter who had fought some of the best and been a title contender. For Magdaleno, this was a substantial test and Beltran had never been stopped. Magdaleno came into this fight with only seven knockouts in his twenty one victories, so it would appear that the power advantages lay with Beltran along with experience.
 

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The World Boxing Council (WBC) deeply regrets that a great idol of our organization loses his title on the scale, as he could not make the limit of the super lightweight division today during the official weigh-in ceremony in Houston, Texas.
Erik Morales is an honorable and responsible boxer who complied with the thirty-day pre-weigh-in registering 152.9 pounds, as well as with the seven-day pre-weigh-in last Saturday, registering 147 pounds on the scale. The human body is an enigma and this time our champion Erik Morales did not achieve to lose one more gram; therefore, he has lost his world championship on the scale. The fight will be carried out and officially sanctioned by the organization in accordance with our rules and regulations, if Danny Garcia wins the bout, he will be the new WBC super lightweight world champion; if Erik Morales wins the bout, the title will be declared vacant. We wish both fighters the best of luck and may God bless them.

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Now the question is, what is the WBC going to do with all of their featherweight champions?
Sharon Anyos is the "Champion Emeritus" which means that she retired with the title so if she decides to return to the ring she will immediately fight for the title. This info is on the WBC's female website under Ratings.
Jeannine Garside is the real champion but what they call "In Recess" as she is out having a baby.
Maureen Shea is the Interim Champion
Ina Menzer is ranked #1 and should have really been Mrdjenovich's opponent for this fight so where does she stand?
When I questioned Ed Pearson, who is the WBC female championship chairman as to just how many WBC champions the featherweight division will have his reply to me was "100's". Well it sure seems that way doesn't it?

This is Mr. Pearson's answer when I posed the question to him.
It's for the WBC FW title. Jeanine is Emeritus Champion at FW, meaning if and when she wants to make a comeback she will be permitted a mandatory opportunity. Shea is still Interim and Menzer is the current Mandatory. The winner has to fight Shea to unify and Menzer as mandatory, though doesn't have to be in that order.

Keep in mind that all of this is just regarding the WBC title. Thank goodness the WIBA has no such problems since they only have 1 real champion per weight class.

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Unbeaten, world-ranked super featherweight Diego Magdaleno (22-0, 8 KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over late sub Fernando Beltran Jr. (36-8-1, 20 KOs) at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona.
Beltran knocked down Magdaleno in round four, which infuriated Magdaleno who got up and battered Beltran for the rest of the round. Magdaleno floored Beltran in the seventh and Beltran’s corner threw in the towel shortly after. Time was 2:28. This is the first time in the 46 fight career of Beltran that he has been stopped.
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In a rare fight between two unbeaten junior welterweights, Johnny Garcia (12-0, 8 KOs) won an eight round split decision over former international amateur standout and 2008 Cuban Olympic Bronze Medalist Yordenis Ugas (11-1, 5 KOs). Ugas dropped Garcia in round five, but Garcia was the aggressor and prevailed by scores of 76-75, 76-75 on two cards. Ugas was up 76-75 on the third card.
Unbeaten middleweight Abie Han (16-0, 10 KOs) outpointed Rahman Yusubov (13-6, 11 KOs) over six rounds. Han is the brother of undefeated pro female Jennifer Han.
 

Zab Judah 138 vs. Vernon Paris 138
(IBF jr welterweight eliminator)
Tomasz Adamek 222.5 vs. Nagy Aguilera 226.5
Siarhei Liakhovich 231 vs. Bryant Jennings 219.5
Santander Silgado 196 vs. Willie Herring 196
Curtis Stevens 162 vs. Romaro Johnson 160
Vinny O’Brien 143 vs. Jeff Lentz 144
Angel Garcia 130 vs. Alan Beeman 129.5

Venue: Aviator Sports and Events Center, Brooklyn, NY
Promoter: Main Events
TV: NBC Sports

Victor “Mermelade” Cayo 140 vs. Nate Campbell 140
Ada Velez 121.5 vs. Katy Pamela Wilson 121
(IBF female super bantamweight title)
Argenis Lopez 139.25 vs. Ramses Payano 137
Juan Carlos Abreu 142.75 vs. Ramon Duran 144
Julio De Jesus 139.25 vs. Fernando Montes De Oca 138
Kenny Casado 131 vs. Braulio Rodriguez 132
Jonathan Guzman 122.25 vs. Milciades Mosquera 122
Franklin Frias 131.5 vs. Orlando Gonzalez 132.5
*****
Cayo: “I’m going to make some mermelade tomorrow night…out of Campbell.”

Campbell: “Victor’s got a big mouth. I’ll be doing my talking in the ring tomorrow night.”

Promoter: Manguita Promotions
Venue : Palacio De Deportes Santo Domingo
TV Coverage: TV Channel 4 & TV Channel 33
*****
There was also a woman's IBF Featherweight title fight scheduled between Stacey Reile and the champion Dahiana Santana but no weights were reported.

Off the heels of their winner-take-all showdown that began with fireworks and ended in controversy, WBC Light Heavyweight (175 pounds) Champion Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling (12-2, 10 KO’s) of Los Angeles, Calif. and undefeated, bitter rival Simon Marcus (23-0, 18 KO’s) of Toronto, Ontario Canada have agreed to square off in a rematch in the main event of the next Lion Fight WBC championship full-rules Muay Thai event at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, May 12.
Reserved seating for Lion Fight Muay Thai VI: Schilling vs. Marcus II, priced from $45, goes on sale today/Saturday, March 24 at 12 p.m. PT at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino box office, all Ticketmaster outlets (800-745-3000) and online at Ticketmaster.com.

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Top-10 super featherweight contender and NABF champion Diego Magdaleno (129.4) and Fernando Beltran Jr (130) weigh in for their Friday, March 23, 10-round super featherweight match that will be televised live by Showtime Boxing from the Conference Center at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz.
Tickets for the Top Rank event, priced at $100, $75, $50 and $35, are available at the casino box office and on www.casinodelsol.com.

Final Quotes

After battling the best in the world everywhere from 130 pounds, where he won his world title in 2000, all the way up to 150 pounds, where he faced Oscar De La Hoya in 2008, former world champion Steve "2Pound" Forbes will make his return to the ring in his optimum weight class - junior welterweight - in a Fight Club OC headlining bout against veteran Emanuel Augustus on Thursday, April 12th.

This junior welterweight showdown, which is presented by Roy Englebrecht Promotions, will take place in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California.

"Anyone who knows Steve is aware that he's at his best at 140 pounds, and he's going to show that on April 12th," said Forbes' new advisor, John White. "Emanuel Augustus is a tough test, but Steve knows that it's now or never if he wants to move forward in his career."

Besides the Forbes vs. Augustus bout, the evening will also feature undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander "The Great" Flores who at 7-0-5KO's will meet 3-3 tough guy Giavanni Sarran, and another heavyweight prospect, 16-1-10KO's Skylar Anderson will be back in the ring after a two year layoff. Others seeing action on a packed undercard include Newport Beach middleweight Stefan Lugo, Azusa's Danny Martinez, and in a bout that could be the main event on anyone else's card, 10-1 Ramon Valadez vs. 6-0 Kevin Hoskins.

Tickets priced at $50 are available online at www.fightcluboc.com.

Legendary Jake LaMotta attending
Inaugural New York State Boxing
Hall of Fame Induction Dinner April 1

Living legend Jake "The Bronx Bull" LaMotta has confirmed his attendance Sunday, April 1 at the inaugural New York State Boxing Hall of Fame ("NYSBHOF") induction dinner, sponsored by Ring 8, at Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
In 1943, the now 90-year-old LaMotta (83-19-4, 30 KOs) became the first to defeat another member of the first NYSBHOF class, "Sugar" Ray Robinson, arguably the greatest boxer of all-time, leads a star-studded list of 12 boxers and eight non-participants to be formally inducted.

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Three Las Vegas MGM Resorts properties will host live closed circuit telecasts for "RING KINGS: MAYWEATHER vs. COTTO" on Saturday, May 5 as Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo and The Mirage open their doors for the closed circuit viewing. In addition to the world championship showdown between the undefeated Seven-Time World Champion Mayweather and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Cotto, viewers also will have the opportunity to witness WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez defend his title against future Hall of Famer Sugar Shane Mosley in the co-main event.
Advanced purchased tickets for the closed circuit telecasts are priced at $75, not including handling fees. All seats are general admission and go on sale Friday, March 23 at 10:00 a.m. PST at each individual property's box office outlets or by phone with a major credit card at 866-799-7711.

 "Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto" is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions. The 12-round WBA Super Welterweight World Championship fight will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. Canelo vs. Mosley is presented in association with Canelo Promotions and Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions.
HBO's Emmy®-Award-winning all-access series "24/7" premieres an all-new edition when "24/7 Mayweather/Cotto" debuts Saturday, April 14 at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT. The four-part series will air for three consecutive Saturday nights before the finale airs the night before the super welterweight championship showdown in Las Vegas.

"The Hebrew Hammer" Cletus Seldin heads back to the ring on Saturday, March 31st at Star Boxing's ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island.

The 25-year-old Seldin has turned heads in the New York City area with his stunning knockouts in his last three bouts, raising his record to 6-0-0 with five knockouts since turning pro in July 2011.

Recently signed to Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, plans are big for Seldin. "Cletus has the attributes to be very successful in boxing. Only six fights into his pro career and it's already obvious he has world-class knockout power and has a huge following. The fans are turning out in strong numbers and he's impressing them with his knockouts" said DeGuardia.

Advance tickets for ROCKIN' FIGHTS 3, priced at $40, $50, and $100, are available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com,  800-745-3000). Tickets are also available by calling Star Boxing at 718-823-2000 or on their website www.starboxing.com and through The Paramount Box Office, phone 631-673-7300. Doors will open at 6pm with the first bell scheduled for 7pm.
The Paramount is located at 370 New York Avenue, Huntington, New York, 11743. For directions and more information, please visit their website at www.paramountny.com 

Vyacheslav Senchenko vs. Pauli Malignaggi
WBA Welterweight Championship
Donetsk, Ukraine ● Sunday, Apr. 29, 2012
Live on Pay Per View - 1:00 PM/ET 10:00AM/PT

Integrated Sports Media, the pound-for-pound king of sports distribution in North America, announced today that it will distribute the World Boxing Association ("WBA") Welterweight Championship fight between undefeated champion Vyacheslav Senchenko and No. 2-ranked challenger Pauli "Magic Man" Malignaggi, April 29 live from Donboss Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Senchenko vs. Malignaggi," presented by Union Boxing Promotion, is being distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 1:00 PM/ET - 10:00 AM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVNfor a suggested retail price of only $29.95. Senchenko vs. Malignaggi will also be available via on-line PPV on www.Ustream.tv    

"We're pleased to be presenting this interesting match-up to American fight fans," Integrated Sports Media president Doug Jacobs said. "Senchenko is an unbeaten, highly- decorated boxer, as an amateur and pro, who most American fight fans have never had the opportunity to watch until now. Malignaggi is a charismatic, former world champion who has that Brooklyn swagger. It's a very interesting clash of styles and personalities. A solid undercard will soon be announced."

By Felipe Leon
FightNews.com

WBC super lightweight champion Erik Morales has apparently lost his title on the scale. Even a few days ago it was known he was struggling to make weight and after weighing in at 142 he immediately drank water and left 30 minutes later. They didn’t announce if he was going try to lose the excess weight. From all appearances he’s losing the title at the scale. Stay tuned…

Erik Morales 142 vs. Danny Garcia 139.5
(WBC super lightweight championship)
James Kirkland 153.75 vs. Carlos Molina 153.75
Jose Luis Castillo 147.75 vs. Jose Miguel Cotto 144.5
Jamie Kavanagh 135.5 vs. Cesar Cisneros 133.5
Jermell Charlo 155 vs. Chris Chatman 154
Lanard Lane 143.5 vs. Milton Ramos 144.75
Jermall Charlo 153 vs. Shawn Wilson 153.5
Daquan Arnett 151.75 vs. Fabian Cancino 150.75

Photo: German Villasenor / Top Rank

Top-10 super featherweight contender and NABF champion Diego Magdaleno (C) and his brother Jesse Magdaleno (R) arrived in Tucson, Arizona where this Friday, March 23, Diego will face Fernando Beltran Jr in a 10-round super featherweight match that will be televised live by Showtime Boxing from the Conference Center at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Ariz.
 

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) will make his mandatory defense against interim champion Ola Afolabi (19-2-3, 9 KOs) in Erfurt, Germany on May 5. It will be the second time the two fighters
face each other in the ring, with Huck clinching a close points victory in their first meeting in December 2009. “I had just won the title against Victor Emilio Ramirez and then had to make my first defense against Afolabi,” Huck said. It was a tough fight and I won on points.
Afolabi has been victorious in all of his fights ever since. He seems to have gotten stronger. I will be prepared for a hard night on May 5.”
Team Sauerland General Manager Chris Meyer is happy to bring the fight to Germany. “We look forward to fighting in Erfurt again,” he said. “Huck has great memories of the city. In August 2010, he stopped Matt
Godfrey at the Messehalle. After long negotiations with K2´s Tom Loeffler, who represents Afolabi, all important matters have been agreed on. Now the contracts are ready to be signed.”

RE: SERGIO MARTINEZ VS JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR.

Official Statement: Today was released by the media outlets a note where the agent of our WBC middleweight diamond champion, Sergio Martinez, says that negotiations with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s agent have ceased. When Chavez won the WBC middleweight title, discussions started where even our president, Don Jose Sulaiman, was offended, but the WBC has stuck to what was ordered during its last convention in Las Vegas, the same as both boxers. The negotiation period for the parties began on March 19th and will conclude on April 9th, to then have a purse bid on April 16th. If Sergio Martinez doesn’t take part in the negotiations he will be disqualified as mandatory challenger, but if Julio Cesar is the one who doesn’t take part he will be disqualified as champion. The president of the WBC is worried for this matter because both boxers have been supported in great way during their careers by the WBC. The WBC will wait for the negotiation period and the auction to conclude to decide what to do.

Andy Lee, Irish Kronk middleweight star (28w, 1l 20kos) declared this week he wants a world title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight Champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45w- 1d, 1nc 31kos) on June 16 at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas.
In February this year, Lee was already in the running to fight Chavez Jr. on June 16. The fight was agreed in principle by HBO Boxing, Team Lee and Chavez Jr.’s promoter Top Rank CEO Bob Arum. Then Team Chavez reneged on Lee as an opponent because of the Kronk fighter’s southpaw style.
In an interview Chavez Jr. has now indicated that he is willing to fight Lee and the Kronk fighter’s southpaw style would not be an issue. He will fight whoever his promoter Top Rank chooses for him.
There are no other credible middleweight fighters out there for Chavez Jr. to fight with the same credentials and standing in the sport as Lee. The Kronk fighter is presently listed in the world rankings as WBC #4, WBA #2 and WBO #2.
EDITORS NOTE: I guess Team Lee has forgotten about Sergio Martinez.
 

The entire tropical paradise of the Dominican Republic is lit up with excitement over this Saturday’s professional boxing event at the Palacio de Los Deportes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Sampson Boxing and Manguita Promotions main event will feature Santo Domingo’s own Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (27-2, 19 KOs) taking on former unified lightweight world champion Nate “The Galaxxy Warrior” Campbell (34-9-1, 25 KOs) over 10 rounds.

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DeMarcus " Chop Chop" Corley 38-19-1,22 KOs will be fighting Luis Ernesto Jose 30-8-2,25 KOs. on April 7th in L. B. Scott Auditorium , St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles for the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) International light welterweight title and the vacant UBC world junior welterweight title.
Corley is coming off of a unanimous decision win over previously unbeaten Gabriel Bracero and he captured the NABF title in the process.

American Boxing Productions has announced that the Tampa Bay Warriors Fight Series is back!

The first event had been scheduled to take place at the Tampa Convention on Friday, March 2, 2012. Fifteen minutes prior to the start of the event, the Florida State Boxing Commission was forced to pull the plug due to an unforeseen situation that left Jerry Estrada, the promoter of the event, with less than the minimum amount of bouts required for a sanctioned event in the State of Florida. While most first-time promoters would have called it a day, Jerry Estrada did the unthinkable; he paid all the fighters, in full, paid everyone involved with the show and returned all ticket monies immediately.
“I learned a lot from that experience”, stated Estrada. He continued, “We decided to make some critical adjustments and get right back into following through with the plan.
The “Plan” is to bring a monthly boxing series to Tampa, and then beyond. This includes TV and or webcasts of all events, build up a solid team of fighters and to become a major player in the sport of Professional Boxing.
“I reorganized the company, renaming it American Boxing Promotions and brought in people that know the sport inside and out”, Estrada said. One of the people Estrada hired is Bill Calogero, AKA Billy C, who will head all Boxing Operations, and one of the best Matchmakers the sport has to offer in Florida Boxing Hall of Famer, Johnny Bos.
Estrada continued, “By bringing in key people, I believe we will be able to move in the direction we have planned. Effective immediately, Bill will handle the day-to-day Boxing operations for American Boxing Productions and his very first recommendation was to get Bos on board, which we did. We are all very excited and look forward to giving the fans what they crave, exciting, competitive boxing cards.”
Tampa Bay Warriors is scheduled for Saturday May 12 at the Tampa Convention Center. It will feature Tampa based Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback in a World Title Bout as the main event with an undercard featuring the hottest prospects Tampa has to offer.
More information on the event and how to get tickets will be announced VERY soon!
 

Veteran trainer Jack Loew believes North American Boxing Federation ("NABF") "Hammerin'" Hank Lundy (21-1-1, 11 KOs) is vastly overrated and predicts his dynamic lightweight, "Dangerous" Dannie Williams (20-1, 16 KOs), will stop Lundy in the March 30th ESPN Friday Night Fights' 10-round main event at MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

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by Gerardo Lopez

Veteran boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia, founder and CEO of the Bronx-based Star Boxing, will be the special guest speaker for Ring 8's monthly meeting this evening (Tuesday Mar. 20 @ 7 PM/ET) at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.
DeGuardia has promoted former world champions such as Antonio Tarver and Lou De Valle, as well as major events including Tarver vs. Bernard Hopkins, Tarver-Glen Johnson and the complete Tarver vs. Roy Jones, Jr. Trilogy
A lawyer who graduated from Fordham University and Hofstra Law School, DeGuardia is the President of the Boxing Promoters Association ("BPA") and was also a Golden Gloves Champion (147lb open class,1998). Among Star Boxing's top fighters are junior middleweights Delvin Rodriguez, who was a participant in Ring 8's 2011 Fighter of the Year (with Pawel Wolak), and 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (now 16-0 as a professional).
"Joe ran his father's Morris Park Boxing Club in the Bronx and then he was a boxing manager," Ring 8 president Bob Duffy said. "As a top promoter and president of the BPA, Joe has unique insights into the boxing industry. We're grateful that he accepted our offer to be this month's guest speaker and I'm sure our members will have plenty of interesting questions for Joe.
Ring 8 will also be holding a clothing drive at this meeting. Coats are being collected, in association with the Mark Breland Foundation, to donate to needy boxers.

This past Saturday night at Bally’s in Atlantic City, Farah Ennis outlasted Dion Savage in a spirited ten round Super Middleweight bout that highlighted a seven bout card that was promoted by John Lynch’s Pound 4 Pound Promotions and can be seen On-Demand on www.gfl.tv
The “Cant Miss” show can be ordered for just $9.99 by clicking: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Boxing_at_
Ballys_Ennis_vs_Savage/1418

The fight started hot for Ennis as he came out boxing beautifully over the first two plus rounds as he mixed up his punches and he could seem to do no wrong. Ennis landed a booming right hand that sent Savage to the canvas in round three and Ennis seemed to be on his way to an easy night and early stoppage. Savage regained his composure and actually controlled some of the middle rounds by constantly pinning Ennis on the ropes and pounding the body of the Philadelphia native. Ennis would try to steal rounds and he did successfully with bursts in the last thirty seconds of many rounds.
 

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L/R: Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Lamont Peterson, President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya and former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan pose on March 19, 2012 in Los Angeles, California at a press conference for their May 19, 2012 Unified Super Lightweight World Championship rematch at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing. 
 

photo Joe Camporeale

Before a house filled with Irishmen celebrating St. Patrick's Day, World Middleweight Champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez scored a dramatic come-from-behind knockout of a game Matthew "Mack the Knife" Macklin Saturday night in the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

"THE REAL Middleweight Championship - Get Your Irish Up," presented by DiBella Entertainment, provided fireworks on HBO and a strong Fight of the Year candidate in the main event. The 37-year-old Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs) got off the canvas, albeit a controversial knockdown, in the seventh and then dropped Macklin twice at the end of the 11th round. Referee Eddie Cotton halted the action on the advice of Macklin's corner.

"It was a complicated fight," Martinez explained. "He wasn't open on defense. I knew it was a 12-round fight. I knew that it was only a matter of time. It's like chopping a tree - little by little - and I knew he would fall."

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Sergio Martinez brought his show to the Garden and put his Middleweight championship on line on Saint Patrick against the rugged Matthew Macklin. In a place where many of great middleweights have fought, Martinez brought his unique skills to the garden. Martinez came into the boxing world late and depended upon his athletic skills to get by but as he got more experience, he developed improved boxing skills to go with his hand and foot speed. Even at 37, he still had the speed but against Macklin; he was facing a tough fighter who ground out victories.

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Farah Ennis 170.2 – Dion Savage 170.4
Vitaliy Demyaneko 145.8- Ayi Bruce 147.2
Glen Tapia 155 – Antonio Infante 154
Patrick Farrell 211.8- Kelven Jenkins 206
Jose Peralta Alejo 142 – Sammy Santana 145
Mikeal Zewski 151.6 – Joel Vargas 150.6
Andrew Bentley 131.2 – Jose Rivera 129.4
Dennis Hasson TBA – Eddie Caminero 175.8

Venue: Ballys Atlantic City
Promoter: John Lynch’s Pound 4 Pound Promotions
1st Bell: 7:30 pm
Broadcast: www.gfl.tv

Super middleweight Donovan "Da Bomb" George plans on turning St. Patrick's Day into a Greek holiday this Saturday, March 17, when he comes bearing the gift of leather for his opponent, Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez.

IBF #4-rated George (22-1-1, 19 KOs) and IBF #5-rated Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) will meet in a 10-round co-main event entitled "Bombs Away" on DiBella Entertainment's "THE REAL Middleweight Championship - Get Your Irish Up" Sergio Martinez vs. Mathew Macklin fight at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC and televised live on HBO.

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Edwin 'La Bomba' Rodriguez All In
Saturday night vs. Donovan George
Victor Conte joins Team Rodriguez

Four years of planning, hard work and dedication culminates Saturday night for Team Rodriguez as undefeated super middleweight Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez makes his HBO debut against Donovan George at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

The International Boxing Federation's ("IBF") No. 3-ranked Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) challenges IBF No. 11-rated, United States Boxing Association ("USBA") champion George (22-1-1, 19 KOs) in the co-feature supporting the Sergio Martinez-Matthew Macklin main event on the DiBella Entertainment-promoted St. Patrick's Day show, THE REAL Middleweight Championship - Get Your Irish Up.

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By Gerardo Lopez

Photos Ed Diller/DiBella Promotions

Randy “El Matador” Caballero’s manager Cameron Dunkin feels his fighter is at the top of a long list of hugely talented Coachella Valley boxers who are ready to bust out and contend for multiple world championships.
“He’s a terrific talent and had a fantastic amateur career,” said Dunkin, who also manages Two-Division World Champion Nonito Donaire, former Middleweight World Champion Kelly Pavlik and former Lightweight World Champion Brandon Rios.  “He’s just part of this really good group of fighters from that Indio area that is really hot.  Randy sells tickets and the crowd loves him.  He’s an exciting, energetic fighter who I think will be a world champion someday.”
Caballero (13-0, 7 KO’s) will make his ShoBox debut in what will be the toughest test of his career against Tecate, Mexico’s Jose Luis “Tapitas” Araiza (29-5-1, 20 KO’s) in a 10-round bantamweight co-featured bout.  In the main event, undefeated prospect Omar Figueroa Jr. (14-0-1, 11 KO’s), of Weslaco, Texas, will take on Morelos, Mexico’s Ramon “Nino De Oro” Ayala (23-2-1, 11 KO’s) in a 10-round lightweight fight. 
The ShoBox doubleheader, which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T will be televised live at 11PM ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on Showtime

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ABNER MARES VS. ERIC MOREL SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT CLASH HEADLINES SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING

Boxing forges many unbreakable bonds.
It may seem odd that you can beat another man to a bloody pulp and then shake his hand after it's all said and done. But many times after sharing a blood-and-guts battle while both of you are still on your feet, there's nothing left but to offer the utmost respect for your opponent.

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Eloy Perez has tested positive for cocaine following his fourth-round stoppage loss to Adrien Broner in St. Louis on February 25.
Team Perez reportedly received a letter from the Missouri commission on Monday stating the positive result.  His license will be revoked indefinitely pending a hearing.
The Garcia Boxing Management Team, which handles Perez, released the following statement:
“On Monday, March 12, Garcia Boxing has released Eloy Perez of any contractual obligation.  Due to pending matters, we are not at liberty to discuss his personal or professional conduct.”

On Saturday, May 19, 2012, fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev., as well as those watching around the world, will see one of boxing's most intense grudge matches re-ignited when World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Lightweight Super World Champion and (IBF) Junior Welterweight World Champion Lamont "Havoc" Peterson faces former Two-Time World Champion Amir "King" Khan in the highly anticipated rematch of their December 10, 2011 fight in Washington, DC in which DC native Peterson scored a title winning but controversial split decision victory over the United Kingdom's Khan.

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Undefeated junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY JR., in Palm Springs, Calif. training for his June 9 challenge of boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, took time out to discuss the No. 1 sports topic of the day, “March Madness.”
Crediting his vegan diet for clarity of mind and body, Timmy “The Greek” Bradley predicted some early-round upsets but stayed with the higher seeds to persevere in the later rounds.
 

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The April 14th fight card at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas will go on but without Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Brandon Rios will still fight for the vacant WBA lightweight title but HBO will not be televising it as they did not approve of the replacement fighter, Richard Abril (17-2-1 8KOs). Top Rank is looking for another TV partner to televise the card which includes in the co feature, Mike Alvarado (32-0 23KOs) meeting Maricio Herrera (18-1 7KOs)
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum stated that Top Rank had a deal in place which Gamboa agreed to (he was going to be paid $1.1 Million Dollars for the fight) but then he never showed up at the press conference's (one in Miami and one in Los Angeles).
Top Rank has file a lawsuit against Gamboa in U.S. District court for breach of contract and the return of the reported $70,000 advance that they had given Gamboa.

In a night of firsts Anthony Coleiro (Shutek Promotions) has teamed up with Go Fight Live to stream their upcoming International Heavyweight Boxing show live online from the Gladstone Entertainment Centre in Queensland on Saturday 17th March 2012.
It will be the first time that a professional boxing show has been staged in Gladstone and will also be the first ever Australian Professional Boxing card streamed online.
In the main event Mark 'The Dominator' de Mori (17-1-2) will take on American Heavyweight veteran, Rob Calloway (76-(60 KO)-12-2) over 10 rounds. This will be Mark's last fight on Australian shores as he heads to the USA for a shot at the World Heavyweight Title. Mark's opponent on the night is no slouch. Rob Calloway's record speaks for itself and he has had an illustrious career to date. Rob has a height, weight and reach advantage. Their fight is bound to be a long hard slog to victory.
Fans can purchase the iPPV on http://www.gfl.tv and www.aus-boxing.com/live for just $9.99.

4:00am New York (ET)
6:00pm Queensland, Australia
7:00pm New South Wales, Australia

The circuitous journey for Charlie Ota (19-1, 13 KOs), aka Charles Bellamy, comes full circle Saturday night in New York City as the 30-year-old junior middleweight makes his American debut, ironically, in the city in which he was born, nearly 6,800 miles from where he lives in Tokyo.

Ota faces veteran Gundrick "Sho-Gun" King (16-7, 11 KOs) in an eight-round bout on the undercard of "THE REAL Middleweight Championship - Get Your Irish Up" card, presented by DiBella Entertainment, Saturday evening (St. Patrick's Day) in The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

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Dereck Chisora's boxing license has been withdrawn by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) for his actions before and after his defeat by Vitali Klitschko in Munich. Chisora slapped Vitali at the weigh-in, spat water at his opponent's brother Wladimir before the bout and brawled with David Haye after the fight. "Dereck Chisora is not a fit and proper person to hold a license," said BBBofC secretary Robert Smith.
"It has been withdrawn immediately."
Zimbabwe-born Chisora, 28, who lost the WBC heavyweight title bout on points, has 14 days to appeal against the decision.
Asked if it was effectively a life ban, Smith said: "There is no set period for when he can reapply for his license. "Any person is allowed to reapply at some point and the Board will consider any application, but for today, Mr Chisora does not hold a Board license. What happens in the future, I do not know."
Reacting to the ban, Chisora said: "Three letters - MGM, here I come."
That appeared to be a reference to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a regular venue for high-profile fights in the United States.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission would have to decide whether to grant Chisora a license to fight should a bout be arranged there.
He had already been suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council, which suggested Chisora should have anger management treatment, but he will have a hearing in front of the body on 21 March.
 

It's a fresh start with new chances for Youngstown, Ohio's Kelly Pavlik.
Now training in Oxnard, California with noted trainer and former champ Robert Garcia (who also works with Nonito Donaire, Mikey Garcia, Brandon Rios, among others), the slugger known as "The Ghost" will make his return to the ring on March 31 on a Top Rank Live card in San Antonio, Texas in association with Jesse James Leija and Mike Battah Promotions. Pavlik (37-2, 32 KOs) will face Aaron Jaco (15-2, 5 KOs) in a ten-round bout in which he admittedly will shake off the ring rust that's invariably set in after his last bout, a May 2011 victory over Alfonso Lopez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Before that win, his previous battle was an April 2010 defeat to Sergio Martinez.

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Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Lamont Peterson (Left) and former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan (Right) pose on March 13, 2012 in London, England at a press conference to officially announce their May 19, 2012 Unified Super Lightweight World Championship rematch at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing in the United States and live on Sky Sports 1 HD in the United Kingdom.
 

Now MMA fans all over Southern California and especially Orange County will have a three date series to give them their MMA fix in 2012, and the best young MMA fighters that Southern California has to offer will be in action in the Fight Club OC Cage. If you watched the opening show last Friday of  The Ultimate Fighter you saw Vinc Pichel and Chris Saunders in big wins to make the show....and guess what, both fighters fought on Fight Club OC shows, and that's the kind of talent that will be on display each and every show.

To purchase tickets all priced at $50 go to www.fightcluboc.com and for information on the Fight Club OC MMA Saturday 12 person Private Suites, with all that you can drink and snack, for only $1,200, contact Drew at  fightpromotions@gmail.com, or call 949 760-3131.  This is really OC's Ultimate Suite Experience.

The most feared puncher in boxing, International Boxing Federation ("IBF") No. 2 ranked Adonis "Superman" Stevenson, takes on World Boxing Council ("WBC") No. 2-rated Noe "El Carbonero" Gonzalez, April 20 on ESPN Friday Night Fights in a unification fight, as part of another installment of the popular Fast and Furious Series, live from the famed Bell Centre in Montreal.

At stake in the 12-round main event will be a lot of hardware, including Stevenson's IBF Inter-Continental, North American Boxing Organization ("NABO") and North American Boxing Association ("NABA") 168-pound belts, as well as Gonzalez' WBC Silver title.

Stevenson (17-1, 14 KOs) is coming off of his sensational Knockout of the Year candidate performance February 18, in which he destroyed Jesus Gonzales (27-1) in the opening round, which followed Adonis' impressive ninth-round stoppage of Aaron Pryor Jr. (16-4) last December. Both of these fights were part of the Fast & Furious Series, presented by Mise-O-Jeau and Videotron, at Bell Centre.

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Three-time world champion Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria always feels at home fighting in the Philippines. He's looking forward to avenging his first pro loss and completing the Omar Nino Romero trilogy there March 31, headlining the "Island Assault 4: The Battle" pay-per-view-event, live from Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

"Island Assault 4:The Battle," presented by Solar Sports, is being distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9:00 PM/ET - 6:00 PM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVN for a suggested retail price of only $29.95. "Island Assault 4: The Battle" will also be available via on-line PPV on Ustream.tv at www.ustream.tv/integratedsports.ppv

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Undefeated Colombian cruiserweight prospect Santander "Demolition Man" Silgado (20-0, 18 KOs) is the best boxer in the world few American boxing fans have heard of, at least until March 24 when he'll be showcased on the off-NBC Sports Network portion of the Zab Judah-Vernon Paris card at Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn.

Silgado, now living in Brooklyn, will be fighting in the United States for only the second time in an eight-round bout against veteran Willie Herring (13-9-3, 4 KOs). The 26-year-old Colombian power puncher stopped Glen Williams by second-round TKO last December in a New Jersey club show.

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by Butch Gottlieb

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The latest installment of the storied Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry saw Orlando “Siri” Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs) retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight world championship with a 10th round technical knockout of Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (31-2, 28 KOs) in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico avoiding what could possibly have been another black eye for boxing as 2 of the 3 judges had the former champion, Lopez ahead after nine rounds. In the nine completed rounds Salido had thrown over 200 more punches then Lopez and landed over 100 more.

photo Peter Amador/Top Rank

In the co-featured event on the Showtime televised fight, undefeated Mikey Garcia (28-0, 24 KOs) scored an impressive seventh-round TKO over Bernabe Concepcion (31-5-1, 17 KOs) from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The rumor prior to this fight was that Garcia would possibly be facing the winner of the Salido-Lopez fight next if he indeed won this fight.

A title fight that has classic written all over it, Orlando Salido and Juan Manuel Lopez gave the fans a war. Salido retained the WBO featherweight title that he won from Juan Manuel Lopez last April, by stopping Lopez. Salido traveled once again to Puerto Rico, this time to defend his title.

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SHOWTIME^® Sports kicks off its early spring boxing schedule with a rematch of one of last year’s most shocking upsets and wraps it up with another rematch that promises to be one of the year’s most exciting fights. 
Last night, March 10, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight World Champion Orlando “Siri” Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs), of México, defended his title against the man he dethroned, former world champ Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (31-2, 28 KOs), of Puerto Rico, in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.   
In the 10-round co-feature, undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Mikey Garcia (28-0, 24 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., stopped former featherweight title challenger Bernabe Concepcion (31-5-1, 17 KOs), of Metro Manila, The Philippines.

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World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight World Champion Orlando “Siri” Salido weighed in at 126 pounds during Friday’s weigh in at the Verdanza Hotel in Isle Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Salido will defend his title against the man he dethroned, former world champ Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, on Saturday, March 10, LIVE on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lopez (125 ¾ pounds) is eager to avenge the only loss of his career and win back his belt. The exciting and all-action Lopez has knocked out 87 percent of his opponents and is a two-division world champion.
Salido (37-11-2, 25 KOs), of México, shocked the boxing world when he scored an eighth round TKO over the heavily favored Lopez (31-1, 28 KOs), of Puerto Rico, last April on SHOWTIME.
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Undefeated No. 1 featherweight contender Mikey Garcia (left) tipped the scales at 126 pounds and his opponent, former featherweight title challenger Bernabe Concepcion weighed in 125 ½ pounds. Garcia (27-0, 23 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., and Concepcion (31-4-1, 17 KOs), of Metro Manila, Philippines, will square off in a 10-round featherweight co-feature. Additional preliminary bouts will be televised LIVE on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 8 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

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No. 1-rated contender MIKEY GARCIA will risk his undefeated record, his NABF and NABO featherweight titles and his rating when he faces two-time world championship challenger BERNABE CONCEPCION on the Lopez-Salido II card which will take place Saturday, March 10 and will be televised live from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, P.R. on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing®, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)

The healing has begun.
After suffering a broken jaw in his February 24 "Fight of the Night" bout versus Daniel "El Cuate" Quevedo, Richard "El Terminador" Contreras (9-0-1, 8 KOs) is already back in training mode--at least mentally. For the next five or six months, he won't be able to go hard at the gym, but the 22-year-old promises to stay strong both mentally and physically. And he can't wait to return to the ring.

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It was just a year ago when then undefeated Super Middleweight Farah “The Quiet Storm” Ennis was undefeated and carried the NABF Super Middleweight championship proud.
Fast forward to April 2, 2011, Ennis, who went into his bout with fellow undefeated Super Middleweight Alexander Johnson, with a fever, took a small step backwards as he dropped a ten round majority decision.
Ennis took about nine months off before stopping Grover Young on January 13th, thus becoming the first man to stop the ten fight veteran and Ennis feels he is back on track.
Ennis will return to the scene of his only loss at Ballys in Atlantic City as he takes on one-time fellow hot prospect Dion Savage (11-2, 6 KO’s) in a ten round bout.
The twenty-nine year old native of Philadelphia still sports an impressive mark of 18-1 with twelve knockouts knows that he is basically just one win away being back to where he was in early 2011.
I am just focusing and ready to rumble”, said Ennis
“I don’t know much about Savage but I Know he is coming to win.”
“I know a win over him will hopefully get one of those big money or a quality television fight so the world can see me but the most important thing is winning this fight and moving forward”
The packed card is promoted by John Lynch’s Pound 4 Pound Promotions and can be seen LIVE all over the world on www.gfl.tv
Ticket prices are $75.00 in Sections 101, 107,102 & $50.00 in Sections 104, 105, 111, 112 and can be purchased by calling 201-867-2008 and Ask for Kathy or by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 736-1420 or online at ticketmaster.com.
Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino is located 1900 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City, NJ, 08401. Doors open at 7:00 p.m ET, first fight starts at 7:30 p.m

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WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (Left) and Six-Time and Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley (Right) pose in front of an estimated crowd of 15,000 people on March 8, 2012 in Mexico City, Mexico at a press conference for their May 5, 2012 world championship fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada which will be the co-feature to the Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto world championship mega-fight and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®.

Crowd? What crowd?

Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) will return to the cruiserweight division following last month's exciting clash with WBA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin. After long talks with Hall of Fame Promoter Wilfried Sauerland, coach Ulli Wegner, Team Sauerland General Manager Chris Meyer and sports director Hagen Doering, Huck made the decision to continue at cruiserweight, where he holds the WBO title. His next opponent will be mandatory challenger and interim champion Ola Afolabi (19-2-3, 9 KOs). Next up for Povetkin is the mandatory defence against Hasim Rahman. The earliest date for a potential rematch between Huck and Povetkin would be fall 2012. “We believe that defending his WBO Cruiserweight Title is the best thing for Marco to do,” Wilfried Sauerland said. “At the age of 27 he is still very young for a boxer. He can always move up to heavyweight later.”
First talks regarding the date and the venue have already been held between Team Sauerland and Tom Loeffler, Afolabi´s representative. It will be second time they meet in the ring. After winning the WBO Cruiserweight Title in August 2009, Huck made a spectacular first defence against Afolabi in December 2009. The 31-year-old has won five straight since, while Huck clinched seven more victories until his dramatic battle against Povetkin.

The live webcast on WBCBOXING.TV, that was scheduled to show Daniel Geale vs. Osumanu Adama for free, was being shown around the world against the agreement of Gary Shaw Productions, forcing the stream to be cut off in the U.S. and on the WBCBOXING.TV website.
Gary Shaw states, “The WBC has violated the agreement that was set in place to show the stream live in the U.S .for free. Because the WBC opened up the feed to the World, GSP had to kill the signal. The WBC website was only given permission to stream the feed in the U.S. and opening of the signal to the World created problems. On behalf of GSP, we apologize for the confusion.”

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FightNews.com

IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Osumanu Adama (20-3, 15 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Geale outworked Adama to win by scores of 117-111, 115-113, 118-110.
IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib (34-1, 21 KOs) retained his title with a seventh round TKO over Eduardo Escobedo (32-4, 23 KOs). Dib’s aggressive body attack broke down Escobedo who didn’t come out for round seven.
In an upset, heavyweight Travis Walker (39-7-1, 31 KOs) scored a TKO in the sixth round against Kali Meehan (38-5, 31 KOs) in a clash for the IBF Pan Pacific title. Meehan’s corner threw in the towel after Walker hurt and pummeled him.

Wednesday night at the famous BB King Blues Club and Grill in mid town Manhattan, DiBella Entertainment presented a thrilling nine bout card, that left the sold-out crowd in attendance begging for more.
Headlining the card was an intriguing welterweight match-up between Newark's up-and-coming prospect Alex Perez, who was stepping way up in class as he took on former NABF light welterweight champion, the Bronx's always entertaining, Francisco "El Gato" Figueroa in a 10-round welterweight showdown.
Fresh off his impressive showing on the last Broadway Boxing card in January, Perez was very impressive as he was able to pass a major test winning a well-deserved unanimous decision over Figueroa.

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"Manny Pacquiao for President in the Philippines?"

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Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, Jr. who have won 11 world titles between them, will go toe-to-toe for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship on Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The Pacquiao-Bradley world championship fight will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View®, beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.
HBO Sports' groundbreaking "24/7" reality franchise, returns in May with 24/7 PACQUIAO/BRADLEY, starting May 19, with four weeks of 24/7 programming in prime time on HBO.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Tecate, AT&T and MGM Grand, remaining tickets to Pacquiao vs. Bradley are priced at $1,200, $900, $600, $400, and $200. Ticket sales at $1,200, $900, $600 and $400 are limited to 10 per person and ticket sales at $200 are limited to two (2) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or  www.ticketmaster.com.  
 

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Top Rank President Todd du Boef (R) points to a photo of Yuriorkis Gamboa, who was a no-show during the press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles to announce his upcoming World Lightweight title fight with former world champion Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios (C), Oxnard, Ca., Saturday, April 14 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on HBO Championship Boxing as trainer Robert Garcia (L) looks on.

Former world champion Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios, Oxnard, Ca. holds a photo of Yuriorkis Gamboa, who was a no-show during the press conference Tuesday in Los Angeles to announce their upcoming World Lightweight title fight, Saturday, April 14 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on HBO Championship Boxing.
Rios speaks out after Gamboa was a no show for their Monday news conference in Miami, Gamboas home town.
 

On January 21st, DiBella Entertainment (DBE) kicked off the 2012 season of the "Broadway Boxing" series with a thrilling sold-out event at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Now, less than two months later, the series returns to midtown Manhattan, this time at BB King Blues Club and Grill. While the venue might have changed, the results are the same: a complete sellout.
"Boxing must be rebuilt on the grassroots level, in local communities with local fighters and matchups of interest. I'm proud to announce our second consecutive sellout of our Broadway Boxing series this year," said Lou DiBella.
The card at Roseland featured spectacular knockouts, upsets, fan-friendly wars, and was highlighted by an intriguing crossroads matchup in the main event between an undefeated up-and-coming contender and a former world champion. It had everything you could ask for in a boxing event.

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Former IBF world champion Amanda Serrano (14-0-1, 9 KOs) will challenge WBC super featherweight champion Frida Wallberg (10-0, 2 KOs) of Sweden at the Cloetta Center in Linkoping, Sweden on April 27th. The unbeaten Serrano never lost her title in the ring but instead made a business decision to give up the strap to challenge Wallberg.

The World Boxing Council was informed by Philippines boxing authorities about an alleged fraud that took place during the bout between local Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista and Mexican Genaro “Poblanito” Garcia who was defeated by KO in the second round.
The issue was that “Poblanito” Garcia was not the fighter who faced Bautista, but another boxer named Genaro Gutierrez Garcia. Hugo Correa has been called to have a hearing to clarify all this matter; he was the promoter who made the deal with the Philippines and which will be investigated till last consequences.
 

Joan Guzman began his career as a knockout artist but as his career proceeded, he turned into a slick boxer. Weight gain has jeopardize his career as he often failed to hit the right weight for key bouts including a few years back when a proposed bout for Nate Campbell lightweight title went by the wayside when he failed to make weight.
 

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For the vacant WBO/NABO super featherweight title

Vicente Escobedo (L) 129 vs. Lonnie Smith 130 (R)
Dmitry Chudinov 159.5 vs. Paul Mendez 166
Manuel Avila 118 vs. David Reyes 120
Jonathan Chicas 140 vs. Ephraim Martinez 137
Payton Boyea 172 vs. Harry Gopaul 174.5

The fight will be televised on tape delay on Telefutura tonight at 11PM.

Former junior featherweight and junior lightweight World Champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman (32-0-1, 19 KOs) scored a spectacular eighth round KO over Jesus Pabon (17-2, 11 KOs) on Friday night at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. Guzman dropped Pabon in rounds one, three and four. Pabon was deducted a point for holding in round six. The fight was stopped after Pabon was floored again with a left hand in round eight. Time was 1:23.
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Welterweight Ed “The Lion” Paredes (30-3-1, 20 KOs) systematically broke down Manuel “Pirry” Leyva (21-5, 12 KOs), getting a seventh round TKO. Paredes dropped Leyva twice in round five and finished the job in the seventh with another knockdown. Time was 1:29.

Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey, which is headlined by the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title bout between Miesha Tate (L) and Ronda Rousey (R) and the lightweight bout between KJ Noons and Josh Thomsen, airs live on SHOWTIME from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio at 10pm ET / PT. Fans can also tune in to SHOWTIME EXTREME to see all prelim bouts at 8pm ET / PT.

MAIN EVENT
Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship
Ronda Rousey (134.5) vs Miesha Tate (134.5)

SHOWTIME MAIN CARD
KJ Noons (156) vs Josh Thomson (155)
Kazuo Misaki (169.5) vs Paul Daley (171)
Lumumba Sayers (185) vs Scott Smith (186)
Bristol Marunde (184) vs Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (184.5)

SHOWTIME EXTREME PRELIMS
Alexis Davis (135.5) vs Sarah Kaufman (135.5)
Roger Bowling (170) vs. Brandon Saling (170.5)
Pat Healy (155) vs Caros Fodor (155.5)
Conor Heun (155) vs Ryan Couture (154)
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For more info on Strikeforce, visit www.Strikeforce.com

From TMZ

WBC middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. — son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez — will have to fight to stay out of jail … ’cause he was just charged with DUI stemming from an arrest earlier this year. TMZ has learned … the L.A. City Attorney has decided to hit Chavez with 3 misdemeanor charges … 2 for drunk driving and 1 for driving without a valid license. If convicted on all counts, JCC could face up to a year in county jail and a $1,000 fine. He’s due back in court to face the judge later this month.

Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing wishes to congratulate his fighter, WBA World Featherweight Super Champion Chris "The Dragon" John, for being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Boxing Association.

32-year-old John (46-0-2, 22 KOs) has defeated the likes of Juan Manuel Marquez, Derrick Gainer and Rocky Juarez while making 15 successful defenses over a WBA-record nine years of being champion.

"Chris John is truly an all-time great," said a proud Lewkowicz. "I am very happy the WBA has bestowed their highest honor on this most deserving champion and hero to his homeland of Indonesia."

John was presented his prestigious award by WBA President Gilberto Mendoza at their 19th Annual Awards Dinner in Panama City, Panama, in front of other boxing luminaries including former champions Ricky Hatton and Khaosai Galaxy.

If he is able to defend his title four more times, John will equal the record set by Panama's Eusebio Pedroza for successful featherweight title defenses.

Lewkowicz also wishes to announce that Sampson Boxing was awarded Recognition For Exceptional Performances in 2011 by the WBA and that one of his partners, Raja Sapta Oktohari of Mahkota Promotions of Indonesia, was awarded Asian Promoter of the Year.

"I am extremely happy and proud to see my company, my fighter and my good friend receive these awards from a fine organization like the World Boxing Association. It is my hope that I can continue to work closely with them to put on world-class boxing events all over the world. I sincerely thank Gilberto Mendoza and all the other members of their first-class organization."

On March 7th at BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York City, Delen "Sniper" Parsley (6-0, 2KO's) and Boyd "Rainmaker" Melson (8-0, 4KO's) will both take a step way up in competition and put their undefeated records on the line when they square off in an eight-round junior middleweight showdown on the latest installment of DiBella Entertainment's (DBE) "Broadway Boxing" series.
It is rare when you see two up-and-coming prospects matched against one another at such an early stage in their careers, but that is exactly what you have when the two New Yorkers enter the ring on the March 7.
"This is the hardest fight of my career so far," said Parsley who is promoted by DBE. "I'm in the business of making a name for myself though and with that being said someone's '0' must go. It's that fight-or-flight moment, and I happen to fight real well."
Melson, a graduate from West Point, is not signed to an exclusive promotional contract under the company banner, but he has been a staple on DBE cards since turning pro in late 2010. Like Parsley, Melson realizes what an important fight this is for his own career, but also realizes that each time he steps into that ring, he is fighting for a much bigger cause, the Justadollarplease organization. Along with www.justadollarplease.org, Melson created Team Fight to Walk, whose mission is to raise awareness within the boxing community about the importance of stem cell research for spinal cord injuries.
The card is promoted is by DiBella Entertainment as part of its "Broadway Boxing" series and will be aired tape-delayed on SNY. In the main event, Alex Perez (15-0, 9KO's) looks to stay undefeated when he also steps way up in class taking on former NABF junior welterweight champion, Francisco "El Gato" Figueroa (20-3-1, 13KO's) in an eight-round welterweight matchup. Doors open at 6:30PM with the first bout scheduled for 7:30PM.

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MIGUEL COTTO

PRESS TOUR WRAP-UP

Seven-Time and Five Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather and WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto took their thrones from coast to coast as they announced their May 5 mega-fight which is taking place at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. The three-city press tour culminated as boxing excellence came together in Los Angeles where Canelo Alvarez and Sugar Shane Mosley joined Mayweather and Cotto to announce their co-featured May 5 world championship bout, completing the "Ring Kings: Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto" royal court.

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WBC Former World Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (thailand) lost his title by KO at 6 round by Sonny Boy Jaro (Philippines) in the WBC Championship bout of Mar 02 in Chonburi, Thailand.
Until 5th round: All judges 46-47 in favor of Sonny Boy Jaro

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With great enthusiasm and ready to share life stories, WBC world champion Mariana "Barbie" Juarez, silver champion Maria Elena Villalobos, recently silver crowned Anabel Ortiz and boxing promise Judith arrived to the "Dar y Amar Daya" Foundation wich houses and raises abused homeless girls and their babies.
WBC Cares program coordinator, Christiane Manzur was wonderful at giving a speech and introduce the female champions to the young mothers, the were visibly happy to share their experiences with all the girls and in the middle of jokes, laughs, they received a very important message: "we are all champions, we fight in and out the ring and our children are our motivation, the real meaning of our existence".
"Dar y Amar" principal, Gema Zuñiga thanked the WBC and the female boxers for having attended the foundation to spend some time with her daughters, as she called all the girls living there.

"It is very important for us that people make conscience of the situation but above all, to offer this girl the chance to have a brand new start by giving them integral attention, which is to provide them with psychological attention, residential program and education for their kids. I can say that this institution is one of a kind, the idea is to make a stronger love and attachment between mother and son" she said.
This is how this morning turned in almost a family reunion between female boxers and young warrior mothers.

DERECK CHISORA has been banned indefinitely by the WBC for his behavior at the Vitali Klitschko fight. His promoter, Frank Warren, is unhappy and has penned an open letter to WBC president Jose Sulaiman exclusively for SunSport.