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Unbeaten WBO super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (38-0) will make a voluntary defense of his title against WBA #10 Brian Magee (23-1) in Belfast on March 18th. The fight will take place at the historic King's Hall which was the scene of many big nights of Irish Boxing in the 1990's. This will be 31 year old Calzaghe's 16th title defense and potentially his last fight at 168 pounds. He has ambitions to rise to Light-Heavyweight and watches... read more ...

Oscar Larios of Mexico survived an early onslaught and dominated late, retaining his WBC super bantamweight title Thursday with a unanimous decision over veteran Wayne McCullough at the Palace Indian Gaming Center. The 28-year-old Larios (55-3-1) made his eight title defense another successful one, surviving early offense from McCullough (27-5). The 34-year-old McCullough pressed... read more ...

The WBC is at it again. After informing Monte Barrett that he would be fighting in an elimination bout for the right to become mandatory challenger to the winner of the upcoming Vitali Klitschko-Hasim Rahman WBC heavyweight title fight, after collecting $3,600 in sanctioning fees from his purse against Owen Beck, Barrett receives a letter from the WBC dated February 9... read more ...

UK middleweight Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman, 40-1 (34), is an eccentric, deeply religious warrior intent on spoiling Bernard Hopkins “Exxecution” party on February 19. Scheduled to challenge the future hall of famer for his WBC title at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Eastman has vowed to knock Hopkins out in five rounds. Think he can do it? He does... read more ...

Sources directly involved with the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that WBO heavyweight champion, Lamon Brewster will now take on Andrew Golota in Chicago, Illinois on May 21. Ricardo Mayorga is expected to return in the co-feature. WBC junior middleweight champion Javier Castillejo and Alejandro Garcia are the two names being kicked around most often but nothing has been solidified yet. Paul Briggs and... read more ...

- Tito, can you give us your thoughts facing Winky Wright? Felix Trinidad: "I feel great right now. I'm honored to have an opportunity to fight a great fighter like Winky Wright, I'm already training hard for this fight and it's going to be a great fight. I'm just pleased to have the opportunity to once again show the boxing fans that I am a great fighter..." read more ...

Former unified welterweight world champion and formerly retired Ricardo Mayorga has apparently reconsidered his short and very brief retirement and will be fighting again. In Managua, Nicaragua local newspapers are announcing that "El Matador" Mayorga will be fighting the 16th of April in Chicago against Alex "Terra" Garcia (28-1) who formerly owned the WBA Super welterweight title. "That Mexican hits very hard and is a much better boxer"... read more ...

Beck recovered well after being floored in round two, and both fighters rocked each other in round three. The complexion of the fight changed when Barrett was cut over the left eye in round four. Referee Jay Nady ruled the cut was caused by a punch. Nady stopped the bout in round five to have the ring doctor examine the cut, but the fight was allowed to continue. Barrett also had a cut below the eye after the round... read more ...

...Monte Barrett scored a courageous ninth round TKO over previously unbeaten in an IBF/WBC eliminator... ...Zab Judah seized the WBC/WBA/IBF welterweight titles from Cory Spinks with an impressive ninth round TKO before a record 22,374 in Spinks' hometown of St Louis... read more ...

WBO lightweight champion Diego "Chico" Corrales has signed a contract to face the winner of the March 5 Jose Luis Castillo-Julio Diaz bout. Corrales has been pencilled in by Showtime to get the winner as early as May 7. read more ...