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Bronx, NY - Jan 31, 2008 Webcast Live From The Paradise Theatre - Bronx, NY www.GoFightLive.TV

The fists will be flying once again in New York, and GoFightLive's "World Fight Night" will be there to cover all the action, as Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing kicks off the New Year with "Punchin' at the Paradise 8".

The phenomenal event, which will be webcast in its entirety, will feature 7 action-packed professional bouts! The event will represent GoFightLive's first installment of their new "World Fight Night" series, and will be the 8th such installment of Star Boxing's "Punchin' at the Paradise 8" series!

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 30 – With less than a month to go to the heavyweight unification showdown on February 23rd between WBO Champion Sultan Ibragimov and IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch and tickets are rapidly being snatched up by fans eager to watch boxing history in the making.

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NEW YORK (January 30, 2008) – International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has started off the new year in grand fashion, appropriate for one befitting a young world champion with his flamboyant personality and crossover appeal.

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*Edgar Santana and Gary Stark to Headline DBE Boxing Series at Manhattan Center*

New York (January 30, 2008)—DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing returns to New York City on Wednesday night March 5 at the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center. Staten Island featherweight Gary “Kid” Stark (20-2, 8 KO’s) and Spanish Harlem welterweight Edgar “El Chamaco” Santana (22-3, 14 KO’s) will headline the night of exciting boxing action in the heart of Manhattan.

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Watch extended clips of Lenny DeVictoria’s exciting KO over Elad Shmouel

Philadelphia-On December 7th 2007, one of the classic fights in Philadelphia took place at The Legendary Blue Horizon as Lenny DeVictoria came off the floor to stop Elad Shmouel in round six of their scheduled eight round Jr. Welterweight affair.

The clip shows eight minutes of the grueling affair that thrilled the crowd at The Legendary Blue Horizon that was termed by many ringside observers as “The 2007 Philadelphia Fight of the Year.”

To view clips of this memorable fight click:

http://www.legendarybluehorizon.com/video/interview_Dec_2007_svd.htm

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VERO BEACH, Florida (January 29, 2008) – Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (18-0, 9 KOs) and his father/trainer, James “Buddy” McGirt (73-6-1, 48 KOs), former two-time world champion and 2002 Trainer of the Year, are on a special mission together.

The McGirts, born and raised in Brentwood (NY) but now living and training in Vero Beach (FL), are trying to become what is believed to be the first family in boxing to feature father-son world champions with the former working his “blood” son’s corner as head trainer when the latter captures a major world title.

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Rich Cappiello's Cappiello Promotions, and Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, have officially announced a tremendous night of professional boxing, to be held Friday, February 8 at The Castle at Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts.

"It's going to be a privilege to co-promote such a tremendous night of boxing, in Boston, with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions," Cappiello stated. "Golden Boy Promotions is one of the sport's elite promotional organizations, and I hope that this is just the first of many future events in which we work together!"

The event, which will be televised live on the Telefutura Network beginning at 8 PM EST, is to be headlined by former WBC Continental America's super-flyweight champion, Jose Angel Beranza (30-11-2, 25 KO's) and former NABO super-bantamweight champion, Antonio Escalante (16-2, 10 KO's).

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Union City, NJ (January 29, 2008) – Pawel Wolak has pulled out of the February 9th ‘Night of the Rising Stars’ show due to an illness to his mother. “Wolak’s mother is very ill, which is causing him bouts of depression,” states Ivan Edwards, manager of the Polish born fighter. Wolak will be replaced by Paterson, NJ welterweight Henry Crawford (17-0-1, 8 KOs) as the main event of the evening. “I am excited to be the main event on February 9th and I plan on showing everyone in attendance my skills,” states Crawford.

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LAS VEGAS (January 28, 2008) – Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 6 by the WBC, returns to the ring March 8 against Jameel “Big Time” McCline on the Oleg Maskaev-Samuel Peter card in Cancun, Mexico.

“I’m getting ready to clean-up the heavyweight division, starting March 8 with McCline, and then I want the Maskaev-Peter winner,” Ruiz said from his Las Vegas training camp with head trainer Manny Siaca, Sr. “McCline almost beat Peter in his last fight and he’s a lot better than some people give him credit for. He floored Peter three times but we’ll see how tough he is on March 8.

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WEBCAST LIVE FROM NEW YORK ON WWW. GOFIGHTLIVE.TV

New York, NY (January 28, 2008) Go Fight Live is offering its first live boxing webcast of the new year, Thursday January 31, 2008 starting at 7:30 PM (EST) on www.gofightlive.tv

Bronx, NY - The fists will be flying once again in New York, and GoFightLive's "World Fight Night" will be there to cover all the action, as Star Boxing kicks off the New Year with "Punchin' at the Paradise 8". The bouts include:

Main Event - Former World Champion, Lou "Honey Boy" DelValle Square Off Against Fellow Bronx Resident Newton "The Butcher" Kidd (10 Rds.)

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By: Danny Serratelli

Despite the fact that The New Jersey Ironmen (10-6) were upset by La Raza de Monterrey, and lost 17-12 loss (6-10), the fans at the Prudential Arena were treated to an exciting game and definately got their money's worth. The Brick City fans welcomed special guest and honorary captain IBF Junior Welterweight Champion, Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi to Newark.

Malignaggi gladly made the trip over to the Brick City with promoter Lou DiBella and his team from Brooklyn to serve as honary captain and to kick out the ceremonial first kick to Ironmen goalkeeper, another local guy who is almost legendary, Kearny New Jersey's Tony Meola. Malignaggi, a huge soccer enthusiast, recently spent a week in Italy training with A.C. Milan in preparation for his most recent title defense in which he won an exciting unanimous decision over Herman Ngoudjo.

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Interview By: Christopher Roche

When IBF Champ Kermit Cintron pulled out of the scheduled bout against WBO Champ Paul “The Punisher” Williams, some observers suspected that Williams could suffer a letdown. After all, Williams and his team watched a huge welterweight unification bout go up in smoke.

Williams promises there will be no letdown. Carlos Quintana was eventually named as Williams’ new opponent, and Williams took the change in stride. He spoke with me over the phone, from his training camp in Puerto Rico. I asked Williams how he is keeping his motivation level high, given the aforementioned change in circumstances regarding his next bout.

“This is an opportunity for me to get back in the ring and showcase my skills. Of course my motivation level stays the same because this is a big fight for me,” said Williams, who is promoted by Goosen Tutor. “I look at any fight as a big opportunity fight for me, so I just have to stay focused.”

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By: Dan Horgan, Ringside

It's a great time for Boston sports fans. The Red Sox, 2007's World Series Champions, are weeks away from spring training. The Celtics, at 34-7, may be the best team in the NBA. And the Patriots, fresh off an AFC Championship victory, are a game away from completing the most magnificent season in the history of sports.

Despite all of the success, however, roughly 1,000 fight fans filled the Mansfield Sports Complex right outside of Boston on Saturday to watch local prospects and a pound for pound female stalwart throw down.

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Miami FL, January 27, 2008

The hard hitting "Velasquez Twins", super featherweight Carlos Ivan (6-0, 6 KO's) and featherweight Juan Carlos (6-0, 4 KO's) extended on their wining streaks while looking impressive in their TV debuts. Goldenboy Promotions rising stars, dazzled the Chicago fans at Cicero Stadium in a Co-promotion with 8 count Productions.

In the first fight of the evening, Juan Carlos displayed a combination of speed and power knocking out Noe Inunza of Southern California. Early on, Inunza got awarded a knock down, but as the replay showed, it was clearly a slip. As the rounds went on, Velasquez overwhelmed Inunza, landing power punches from various angles. Smelling blood, Juan Carlos applied pressure landing a violent flurry that sent Inunza to the canvas in which he never recovered. Referee Gerald Scott ended the bout at 1:56 of the fourth round.

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By: Christopher Roche

"Fast" Eddie Chambers lived up to his ring alias in the early going. He came out peppering his larger foe with solid right hands. However, as the fight wore on, he could not overcome the work rate of Alexander Povetkin.

The bout, which was held in Berlin, Germany and broadcast on HBO's "Boxing After Dark", featured two undefeated heavyweight foes in an IBF title eliminator. Chambers, now 30-1, 16 KO's, lost momentum in the middle rounds and did not recover it.

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(Mansfield, MA)

January 26, 2008 – “The Ultimate Showdown II”

WOMEN’S SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS
Missy Fiorentino (17-1, 6 KOs), Cranston, RI WDEC6 (60-54, 59-55, 57-57) Ela Nunez (5-3, 1 KO), Jamestown, NY
(Fiorentino wins vacant IWBF Super Featherweight Championship)
-Fight stopped by doctor after six rounds due to accidental headbutt that caused a severe cut on Fiorentino’s forehead-

CRUISERWEIGHTS
Rich Gingras (8-0, 4 KOs), Claremont, NH WDEC4 (59-54, 59-54, 59-54) William Bailey (7-13-2, 4 KOs), Chesapeake, MD

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Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions mark their ten year anniversary as THE HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING with an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing as they present CELEBRATION on Friday, February 15th at Cicero Stadium.

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Credit:Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions
Eddie Chambers (30-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 219
Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11KOs) weighed in at: 227

(Mashantucket, CT)

January 25, 2008 – “Champions of Tomorrow”

HEAVYWEIGHTS

Jason Estrada (11-1, 2 KOs), Providence, RI WDEC10 (99-91, 99-91, 98-92) Charles Shufford (20-8, 9 KOs), Las Vegas, NV

CRUISERWEIGHTS

Aaron Williams (16-0-1, 11 KOs), Las Vegas, NV WDEC8 (80-72, 80-72, 79-73) Manu Ntoh (17-14-1, 10 KOs), Atlanta, GA via Cameroon

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Joey McCreedy (6-1, 4 KOs), Lowell, MA WDEC6 (59-55, 59-55, 57-57) Chris Traietti (7-1, 4 KOs), Quincy, MA

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FEMALE NABF TITLE BOUT!!

Bronx, NY - Jan 25, 2008 - On Thursday, January 31st two female warriors will lace up their gloves and wage battle at Star Boxing's Paradise Theater series. "Slick" Alicia Ashley (13-7, 1 KO) and Brooke "No Mercy" Dierdorff (4-1, 3 KO's) will square off in a super-bantamweight showdown for the NABF championship.

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The highly publicized Velásquez twins make their TV debut this Friday January 25, 2008 at Cicero Stadium in Chicago under the "The Month of Kings" card televised on Telefutura. Carlos Juan and Juan Carlos were commemorated amateurs racking up 290 wins and now hold undefeated records as pros.

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THE MONTH OF THE KINGS
8 COUNT PRODUCTIONS/GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS
CICERO STADIUM
1909 S. CICERO
DOORS OPEN 5:30PM, FIRST BELL 6:30PM
ADVANCE TICKETS 312-226-5800
TV/SOLO BOXEO TECATE

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 24 – The training camp of WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov is in full swing, and as the champ prepares for his February 23rd unification bout with Wladimir Klitschko in New York’s Madison Square Garden, the action at the South Florida gym affectionately referred to as “Sultan’s House” has been fast and furious, something trainer Jeff Mayweather has been very pleased with.

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Thursday night, EL Jimador’s Restaurant, 1600 N. Mannheim Road in Stone Park, just west of Chicago, will host the “open to the public” weigh-in at 7pm for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, January 25th at Cicero Stadium, presented by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING.

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JASON ESTRADA 241 LBS.
CHARLES SHUFORD 248 LBS.

MANUEL PEREZ 125 LBS.
MATT REMILLARD 124 LBS.
(WBC Youth Featherweight Championship)

AARON WILLIAMS 200 LBS.
MANU NTOH 194 LBS.

CHRIS TRAIETTI 174 LBS.
JOEY MCCREEDY 173 LBS.

BOBO STARNINO 159 LBS.
ERIC PANARETTA 163 LBS.

ANGEL CAMACHO, JR. 170 LBS.
TERRENCE JONES 168 LBS.

ADDY IRIZARRY 142 LBS.
TONYA GALLEGOS 143 LBS.

MANUEL ANTONIO LOPES 171 LBS.
JOHN MICHAEL TERRY 171 LBS.

BRIAN MACY 169 LBS.
PETE GUTHY 168 LBS.

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By: Christopher Roche

The opinions vary widely regarding IBF Light Welterweight Champ Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi. Critics point to his brash pre-fight banter, outrageous ring attire and lack of knockouts to diminish his accomplishments. Supporters point to his tremendous heart, beautiful jab and nifty footwork as evidence that he belongs in the elite bracket.

After winning a difficult first title defense against mandatory contender Herman Ngoudjo, perhaps the most refreshing thing about Malignaggi is his willingness to get right back in the ring against top competition. The 27 year-old Malignaggi disagrees with “gimmie” match-ups. He wants to test himself against the best the world has to offer, and in that regard, he is a true throwback.

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‘Superman’ Calls Out Winner of Pavlik vs. Taylor or Calzaghe vs. Hopkins; He’s Even Willing to Go Down to 156 Pounds to Face Oscar De La Hoya in May

PENSACOLA, Fla.—An ebullient Roy Jones Jr., energized by his dominating, unanimous-decision win over Felix “Tito” Trinidad at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, says he is ready to take on all comers in the light heavyweight or super middleweight divisions and beyond.

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Fight of The Year Winners To Fight For WBC Super Bantamweight Title
In The Final Chapter of Their Epic Rivalry
Saturday, March 1, 2008 From The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2008) – Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez I and II produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007 and inevitably has led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in history. Now they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 122-pound title and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and final chapter of boxing’s best rivalry in recent memory in Vazquez-Marquez III “Final Confrontation,” Saturday, March 1, 2008 from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

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Photo Credit: Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions
Photo Description: (From left to right) Rob Murray Sr. - Buddy Mc Girt - Fast Eddie Chambers - Dan Goossen - Rob Murray Jr.

January 22, 2008 (Berlin, Germany) -- "Fast" Eddie CHAMBERS (30-0, 11KOs) was brimming with confidence when speaking of his upcoming showdown with former Russian Olympic gold medalist, Alexander POVETKIN (14-0, 11KOs). The bout, which will take place this Saturday, January 26, will be shown on HBO's series, Boxing After Dark.
“I know exactly who I’m up against and I am up for the challenge - you wait and see, I'll be "Russian" to victory come Saturday," Chambers said.
The stakes are high for Chambers because the IBF has mandated that the winner of this fight will get a shot at their heavyweight title holder, who currently is Wladimir Kllitschko.

By Christopher Roche

Boxing Questions (and answers)

1) When will boxing address a main problem with the sport: lack of mainstream broadcast exposure?

How many of you have watched fights on youtube.com, because a great prospect you read about is never on television? Am I the only boxing fan who watches mainstream fighters on a network that broadcasts exclusively in another language, wondering why there is no reverse SAP button? How many of you search the Internet for links that promise to display simulcasts of fights from places like Ireland or Germany? What do you do when the link ultimately fails?

The above behavior is symptomatic of something that boxing people refer to as “the sickness”, but it is actually perfectly normal behavior for avid sports fans. Hungry fans devour content faster than Mike Tyson can blow through 100 million dollars. Unfortunately, boxing is not feeding the beast, at least not here in America.

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IBF boxing champ Paulie Malignaggi honorary captain Friday night for N. J. Ironmen soccer team

NEW YORK (January 22, 2008) – Reigning IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) will serve as honorary captain of the New Jersey Ironmen, a member of the first-year professional Major Indoor Soccer League, Friday night (Jan. 25) at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The Ironmen (10-5) host Monterrey LaRaza (8 PM/ET start) and Malignaggi will participate in the opening kick-off ceremony. Paulie is an avid soccer fan who celebrated when Italy won the 2006 World Cup. His father, Nello, played professional soccer in Sicily and last year Paulie was a special guest of the famed AC Milan team.

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PROVIDENCE (January 22, 2008) – One sure sign of respect in boxing is when a fighter calls out a potential opponent in the media. It’s rare for a boxer with only 11 pro fights to be such a target, especially one coming off of a 15-month inactive stretch due to an injury, but that’s exactly where Manchester favorite Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard (11-0, 7 KOs) finds himself.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 21 – He was the heavyweight division’s most active world champion, fighting and winning three times; he started the year off with a first round knockout, then won the world title, and finished up with a win over a legend. Is it any wonder that the Russian Professional Boxing Federation named WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov its Fighter of The Year for 2007?

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Change Reflects Shift To Focus On Camps, Commitment To Best Matchups

NEW YORK, January 21, 2008 – The International Fight League™ (OTC.BB: IFLI), a leader in the growing sport of mixed martial arts (MMA), today unveiled the new visual identity of its corporate brand.

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FACES TOUGH UNDEFEATED ALFREDO ANGULO
ON FEB. 1 “SHOBOX” TELECAST IN MINNESOTA

Los Angeles, CA (January 21, 2008) – It is very rare for a man in any profession to work his way “down” the ladder of success. But that is just what Ricardo “El Guero” Cortes is doing, and the one-time light heavyweight (175 lbs) will face his next major challenge as a slimmed-down super welterweight (154 lbs) on Friday, February 1 in his first televised main event against undefeated Alfredo “Parra” Angulo.

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Duddy-Smichet on Feb. 23 Klitschko-Ibragimov card at MSG

NEW YORK (January 21, 2008) – World middleweight title contender “Ireland’s” John Duddy is looking forward to fighting again in his adopted New York City home for the first time since last May, when he battles tough Tunisian brawler Walid “Tempete de Sable” Smichet (17-3-1, 13 KOs) in the 10-round, off-TV co-feature on the February 23rd heavyweight championship unification show headlined by IBF king Wladimir Klitschko and WBO title-holder Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden.

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MANSFIELD, Mass. (January 21, 2008) – The future of New England boxing will be showcased Saturday night (Jan. 26) on “The Ultimate Showdown II” pro-am boxing show, presented by Peter Manfredo, Sr. in association with Bash For Cash, at the Mansfield SportsPlex in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 21 – Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warriors Boxing, today decided to respond to claims from sports agent Glenn Toby that he is involved with the boxing career of former world cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell.

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By: Christopher Roche

The proud history of Hudson County, NJ boxing received a shot in the arm last Thursday, as the ribbon was cut on the new Union City Boxing Club. James J. Braddock, who did most of his training in Union City, would have been proud of this Cinderella story.

“The most important thing is that these doors remain open!”

Those were the words of Joe Botti in his emotional dedication speech, which he delivered from the center of the new ring. Botti, who is one of Union City’s Finest, also doubles as a boxing trainer and mentor, and he was one of the driving forces behind opening the new gym. Nearly 100 onlookers, many of whom were energetic children and young adults, helped celebrate.

Also in attendance for the main event were IBF Junior Welterweight Champ Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi, IBF #7 ranked welterweight Roberto Garcia, Jose Rosario of USA Boxing, Henry Hascup of the NJ Boxing Hall of Fame and John Lynch of Pound for Pound Promotions.

The key guest for the evening, however, was Union City Mayor & State Senator Brian Stack. The Mayor worked closely with Botti throughout this process of keeping the gym in Union City, and together they ensured the boxing program’s survival.

“If it was not for this one man [Stack], this program would not be alive today,” Botti said.

Mayor Stack’s efforts were memorialized with a championship belt, and Botti called him “our champion”. The new location came about after months of searching and negotiating. The old gym was in the basement of a building marked for gentrification and is currently being torn down. Fortunately, the new and much improved location came to fruition, and as the Mayor proudly donned his new belt for pictures, a new chapter in the history of North Hudson boxing began.

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Roy Jones By Unanimous Decision Over Felix Trinidad

By: Danny Serratelli, ringside

The fight at Madison Square Garden between Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad was very entertaining, at least until the half way point. Tito won the first two rounds and after those 2 rounds it looked like Roy may be in trouble. My first thoughts were of great warrior Arturo Gatti who recently seemed fine during training and coming into his fight with Alfonso Gomez, but after a few rounds it was apparent that Arturo was a step behind all night. Roy looked like he couldn’t pull the trigger, and appeared that he would have to rely on his will and intelligence more than his skill.

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Undefeated Chicago based welterweight prospect Ivan Popoca returns to the ring this Friday night, January 25th as he battles unbeaten newcomer Richard Baldo of Sheridan, Wyoming at THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an evening of world class professional boxing presented by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions.

Tickets for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS are available in advance by calling the 8 Count Productions offices at 312-226-5800. Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie, just minutes from the Eisenhower and Stevenson Expressways. Doors for this event will open at 5:30pm with the first bell at 6:30pm.

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(SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) – The Battle Across the Border between the United States and Mexico kicked off USA Boxing’s 2008 calendar with an exciting night of action on Friday at the San Diego Arena in San Diego, Calif. Mexico’s full Olympic team took the ring to face off with the United States in the Olympic-style boxing dual.

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By: Robert Mladinich

When Harold Sconiers of Tampa, Florida, looks in the mirror these days he doesn’t see the journeyman heavyweight with a 15-17-2 (10 KOS) record that most other people do.

What he sees is the dynamic, hard-hitting heavyweight who made it to the finals of the 1996 Olympic Trials, and began his pro career with six straight knockouts and one decision victory.

Since being stopped in the first round by then undefeated Bermane Stiverne, who had won all nine of his fights by knockout, in February 2007, Sconiers has completely reassessed his life and career.

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Martin “EL GALLITO” Castillo, former World Boxing Association flyweight champion, will challenge current World Boxing Organization super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel on Saturday, February 16th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The twelve round world title bout will be featured on the under card of the pay-per-view extravaganza headlined by the rematch rumble between world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and former world champion Jermain Taylor.

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By: Matt Yanofsky

In Front of an energetic crowd at the Mecca of boxing, Roy Jones Jr 52-4 (38 KO’s) cruised to a unanimous decision victory over Felix “Tito” Trinidad 42-3 (35 KO’s). Trinidad attempted to start off quickly by aggressively throwing punches at the eight time world champion. Jones rebounded in the second by landing quick clean shots and blocking Trinidad’s punches. Jones began taunting Trinidad during the fourth round and continued to frustrate the pride of Puerto Rico who was still unable to land any clean punches, but made a valiant effort to attack Jones.

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PRESENTS:
Sat. JAN. 19, 2008
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
“LIVE” ON PAY-PER-VIEW
SPECIAL LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT ATTRACTION
12 ROUNDS

NEW YORK STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION – CHAIRMAN, RON SCOTT STEVENS
RINGSIDE PHYSICIANS: CHIEF RINGSIDE PHYSICIAN DR. BARRY JORDAN
And DRS. RICK WEINSTEIN, VICTOR KHABIE, MICHAEL STRAUSS and DAVID SCHUALB

MAIN EVENT – TRINIDAD vs. JONES
Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr., N.Y.
Judges: Julie Lederman, N.Y. 117-109 J
Nelson Vasquez, P.R. 116-110 J
Tom Kaczmarek, N.J. 116-110 J

IBF N. AMERICAN & WBA FEDELATIN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: GOLOTA vs. MOLLO
Supervisor: Peter Wilkins, IBF – Jose Oliver Gomez, WBA
Referee: Randy Newman, N.Y.
Judges: Bob Gilson, N.Y. 116-110 G
Tom Schreck, N.Y. 116-112 G
Robin Taylor, N.Y. 118-109 G

WBA INTERCONTINENTAL SUPER WELTERWELTER CHAMPIONSHIP: KARMAZIN vs. BUNEMA
Supervisor: Aurelio Feingo, WBA
Referee: Johnny Callas, Conn.
Judges: Don Ackerman, N.Y. 88-83 K
Billy Costello, N.Y. 89-82 K
Wynn Kintz, N.Y. 87-84 K

WBC CONTINENTAL AMERICA SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: CORLEY vs. ALEXANDER
Supervisor: Steve Wolochow, WBC
Referee: Gary Rosato, Pa.
Judges: John McKaie, N.Y. 116-111 A
Don Trella, Conn. 118-109 A
Steve Weisfeld, N.J. 118-109 A

TRINIDAD VS. JONES

POST-FIGHT QUOTES
FELIX “TITO” TRINIDAD

“I took off two years and eight months. I take nothing away from Roy but if I could have avoided the KOs, I think I would have won the fight. He was very fast and strong and threw great punches. I have no excuses.

“He demonstrated speed and took my body punches. I fight for my fans and the people of Puerto Rico.

“Roy Jones was very fast and he fought a good fight. I think he won the fight but not by such a wide margin.

“I will decide if I fight again or not. I will speak to my father but I will make the decision as to whether or not I will fight again.”

ROY JONES JR.

“All my fans around the world said I was done. He took a lot of hard punches.

Jones said to Trinidad, “I can’t believe you stayed in there 12 rounds with me. We had a great fight and everyone said we were too old.”

“I tried to put him away a few times but he slipped a lot of my good punches. I had a wonderful camp and great sparring partners.

“It was a great fight. I can’t believe he stayed in there for all of those rounds for me.

“He was slipping a lot of my good punches and I felt like I was missing knocking him out by inches.

“I jammed my knuckle sometime during the fight. He’s got a pretty hard head.”

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John Martinez
Boxingrealm.com

(19Jan08) Moments ago, I spoke with none other than trainer extraordinaire, Floyd “ Joy” Mayweather Sr. The ever confident pugilist coach shared his thoughts on his much anticipated return to the corner of the Golden Goose in boxing, Oscar De La Hoya. Here is what the self-anointed “ best trainer in the world” had to say about his new high profiled assignment.

JM: Floyd, will you conform the rumors of your return to the De La Hoya camp and that you’ll be in his corner for his next fight May 3rd on HBO?

FM: Yes. That is correct.

JM: Do you have any insight on who’ll oppose Oscar on May 3rd?

FM: No I don’t. But Oscar called me the other day and I told him that I thought Carlos Baldomir would be a good opponent for him because he’s tough and durable. I told him that I thought Baldomir would be a good test for him coming back.

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By: Christopher Roche

In the lead up to the main event, ESPN produced a heart-tugging piece that highlighted Kelvin “Koncrete” Davis’ amazing recovery from a broken neck and back. The former IBF Cruiserweight champ suffered those massive injuries in a past accident in New Zealand.

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Preview of "Bring on the Titans"

By: Tim Crowley

They’re back.

When Roy Jones was knocked out by Glen Johnson in ‘04, we said, “this looks like the end,” and when Felix Trinidad was unceremoniously outpointed by Winky Wright in ‘05, we said, “there’s nowhere for him to go now.”But now it is 2008, and two of the most important fighters of the late 90’s, early 2000’s are getting back in the ring to show the world what they still have left.

The question will be, how will the two look when they fight. This fight could be very compelling because the historic significance of the two fighters, as well as the possible match-ups to come after. The accomplishments and accolades of their pasts can carry both of these fighters into bigger fights down the road if — and this is a big if — they look sharp in the ring.

Trinidad has been inactive now for a solid three years, and in his last fight against Winky Wright, he fought at 160 lbs., and did not carry it well. His prime was fought at 147-154, and he looked downright lethargic and clumsy at 160. The fight this Saturday will be Trinidad’s first fight at 170 lbs.

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Jones 169 1/2 Trinidad 170
Andrew Golota 237 Mike Mollo 222
Roman Karmazin 151 3/4 Alex Bunema 153
Devon Alexander 138 DeMarcus Corley 138 1/4
Luis Collazo 150 Edvan Dos Santos Barros 149
Ezra Sellers 206 1/4 Emmanuel Nwodo 206 3/4
Gabe “Big G” Brown 340 vs. Paul Marinaccio 236
Angelo “La Cobra” Santana 138 Kenny Keaton 139

HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 18

• Wladimir has been in his Florida training camp now for 2 weeks, along with his Chef. Hall of fame trainer, Emanuel Steward, arrived this week.

• Klitschko has been enjoying the warm weather in Florida as his preparation heats up for the upcoming fight Feb 23.

• He was at the Hard Rock Casino last week with his opponent Sultan Ibragimov and was interviewed live on the ESPN2 broadcast.

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“Champions of Tomorrow” Jan. 25 at Foxwoods Resort Casino

PROVIDENCE (January 18, 2008) – Former world heavyweight title challenger Charles Shufford plans to get his career untracked and him back into the heavyweight mix with an upset of 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada in their 10-round, co-main event headlining the “Champions of Tomorrow” pro boxing show, January 25 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

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By: Mike Indri
Retired Boxers Foundation

Growing up in the Bronx, Alex Ramos was always proud that he shared his January 17th birthday with legendary boxing world champion Muhammad Ali.
Since the age of eleven, when Ramos began boxing as an amateur, he always dreamed that one day he himself might be considered "the greatest of all time". In those early dreams, Ramos, then a likable and charismatic teenager, who compiled an unbelievable 189 amateur victories (132 by knockout!), would always win an Olympic Gold Medal. Turning professional in 1980 at the age of nineteen, the highly touted "can't miss" prospect dreamt of one day earning the ultimate boxing prize - becoming a world champion!

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NEW YORK—Teen sensation and famed Hollywood actor Corbin Blue, best known for his starring roles in High School Musical (2006), High School Musical 2 (2007), and Jump In! (2007), has been tapped to sing the national anthem at the highly anticipated boxing showdown between Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The anthem will be shown as part of the live HBO Pay-Per-View telecast.

ABOUT “BRING on the TITANS”

Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle that boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. For information contact: http://www.donking.com/events/post24_media.htm

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Kingsway Gym – New York City – Jan. 16

NEW YORK—Roy Jones Jr. worked the mitts and showed the blazing speed that made him the pound-for-pound best boxer on the planet for a decade during a media workout today at Kingsway Gym in New York featuring fighters from Saturday’s “Bring on the Titans” boxing event at Madison Square Garden and on HBO Pay-Per-View.

“Guess who’s back, Roy Jones Jr.,” Jones declared. “Ain’t nobody got the speed to handle me. Only Floyd Mayweather comes close to me and he’s still 10 miles an hour slower,” Jones quipped.

Jones, Andrew Golota, “Merciless” Mike Mollo and DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley all performed a light workout and answered questions.

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New York-January 16, 2008-Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing in association with Mohegan Sun presents an exciting night of fights televised live on ESPN2, from the Mohegan Sun Arena. Headlining the card is Danbury, CT, resident welterweight sensation Delvin Rodriguez (21-2-1, 13KO's) against the undefeated challenge of New Jersey native Troy Browning (20-0-1, 8KO's) in a ten round welterweight bout.

The energetic Rodriguez is coming off a TKO victory over Keenan Collins on August 24, 2007.

Boxing Writer's Association former President Tim Graham said, “ Rodriguez has a style that makes for exciting fights, he goes into a bout with an aggressive attitude and looks to land hard shots.”

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Puerto Rican junior lightweight Gadiel Andaluz makes his professional debut on Friday, January 25th at Cicero Stadium as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions present THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an eight bout card of world class professional boxing.

Tickets for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS are available in advance by calling the 8 Count Productions offices at 312-226-5800. Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie, just minutes from the Eisenhower and Stevenson Expressways. Doors for this event will open at 5:30pm with the first bell at 6:30pm.

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Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, from New York City

Trainer for Tito Trinidad – Papa Trinidad (training in Rio Piedra near San Juan, Puerto Rico):

“Tito is prepared to go all the way. He will win by any means.

He can knock him out at any time, or he is prepared to win by decision.”

Trainer for Roy Jones - Alton Merkerson (training in California, Pa., just outside Pittsburgh):

“I saw some of the things out of Roy in this training camp that I saw when he beat Bernard Hopkins with one hand.”

Question for Papa Trinidad, What did you see in Jones that you picked him as a comeback fight?

PAPA TRINIDAD: “A long time ago, we had been thinking that this would be a good fight for Tito. And now that Tito had a willingness to return, and Tito could make the weight, we saw that it was convenient to do a fight against Jones.”

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TOTOWA, NJ (January 16, 2008) – Main Events has signed world-ranked cruiserweight contender and former WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Main Events and Warrior Promotions (promoter of O’ Neil Bell) have begun negotiations for a spring IBF-eliminator showdown between Adamek and Bell. The winner would become the mandatory to IBF champion Steve Cunningham.

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TOTOWA, NJ (January 15, 2008) – IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron has been told by his doctor—Reading, PA orthopedic surgeon Dr. R. Scott Cook—that he may resume “full training in a week to 10 days”, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. In November Cook diagnosed Cintron with severe ligament damage in his right hand following the champion’s Nov 23 title-defending victory over Jesse Feliciano (TKO 10).

In a statement today Dr. Cook said, “This week Kermit will begin hitting the speed bag. He is up to speed where he should be and is healing well.”

“We are in the early stages of finding a Kermit opponent for April,” said Duva.

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Andre Sherard and Shawn Porter Step in to Replace Injured Teammates

(SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) – The top boxers from both the United States and Mexico are all arriving in sunny San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday in preparation for the Battle Across the Border, an international Olympic-style boxing dual between the United States and Mexico. The teams will face off in the first event of 2008 at the San Diego Sports Arena at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 18.

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The fists will be flying once again in New York as Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing kicks off the New Year with a bang with the 8th installment of the phenomenal boxing series "Punchin' at the Paradise" on Thursday, January 31st 7:30pm at the Utopia Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, NY. Star Boxing has made a commitment to provide a high level of entertainment and excitement whenever they bring fights to the Paradise Theatre, and this year promises to be no exception.

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Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, the WaMu Theater Lobby at Madison Square Garden

DON KING
"Every time you fight, you are at the height of your career. Corbin Bleu [from High School Musical] is going to sing the national anthem.

“Thank you for your opinion but let the people be the judge. No one can kill this fight. These young men want to fight for the pride and legacy and they have trained to make a statement.

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NOT SINCE A PRIME MIKE TYSON FOUGHT HAVE OPPONENTS BEEN SO RELUCTANT TO STEP IN THE RING WITH HIM: WBO WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP PAUL "THE PUNISHER" WILLIAMS

Los Angeles, CA (January 15, 2008) – In the early 1960s, brutish Charles “Sonny” Liston terrorized boxing’s heavyweight division with his paralyzing stares and knockout power in both of his 14-inch fists, prompting his trainer, Johnny Tocco to label him a “killing machine.”

A decade later came George Foreman, a Liston disciple and 1968 Olympic Gold medalist. He kayoed 26 of his first 27 opponents in the 1970s and succeeded his idol as the sports’ ‘most feared big man.’ That same decade also saw one of boxing’s all-time most fearsome “pound for pound” warriors emerge in Panama’s Roberto Duran. Known as “Hands of Stone,” Duran used his intimidating tactics and superior skills to dominate the lightweight division.

Thomas “Hitman” Hearns, an unusually tall welterweight with a devastating right hand, took the welterweight division by storm in the late ‘70s-early‘80s by putting to sleep 29 of his first 32 opponents.

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Church Street Gym – New York City

NEW YORK—A media workout was held today at New York’s Church Street Gym featuring fighters from Saturday’s “Bring on the Titans” boxing event at Madison Square Garden and on HBO Pay-Per-View. Felix “Tito”Trinidad, Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin, Alex “The Technician” Bunema and Devon Alexander “The Great” all performed a light workout and answered questions.

Trinidad will face Roy Jones Jr. in the main event; Karmazin will square off against Bunema for the World Boxing Association Intercontinental super welterweight championship; and the undefeated 140-pound Alexander, 20, will take on the toughest test of his young career taking on former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley.

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By: John Martinez
www.Boxingrealm.com

(14Jan08) After reading all the brouhaha and alleged facts spread by the supposed insiders regarding the IBF/WBA, and as of now, WBO undefeated lightweight champion Juan “ Baby Bull” Diaz’s cancelled fight with the promising brawler Michael Katsidis I decided to ask the one man who would definitely know what happened or for that matter what did not happen. His name- Willie Savannah.

Willie, manager to the undefeated volume punching Diaz, was more than willing to give his thoughts on the matter and I of course was all to ready to lend my ear for the cause. Savannah was adamant that the fight with Katsidis was the only reason why Team Diaz signed a one-fight extension with Don King.

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January 13, 2008. New York, New York.

Cedric Kushner, Gotham Boxing, K2 Promotions, Wladimir Klitschko and Shelly Finkel are pleased to announce that they have reached an amicable settlement related to a case that had been filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in early 2007. Kushner, Gotham and their counsel, Robert Hantman of Hantman Associates in New York City, along with K2, Klitschko, Finkel and their counsel, Bruce Zabarauskas of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, worked over the holidays to reach the agreement, with final signatures being received Friday, January 10, 2008.

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PROVIDENCE (January 14, 2008) – Strengthened by his devastating knockout of James Northey last October, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada (10-1, 2 KOs) plans to knock his next opponent, former world heavyweight title contender Charles Shufford, into retirement after their January 25th 10-round, co-main event on “Champions of Tomorrow” at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

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NEW YORK—Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday (Jan. 19) and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View.

Tickets for this event dubbed “Bring on the Titans” are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Madison Square Garden box office. The event is being promoted by Don King Productions in association with Madison Square Garden.

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NEW YORK (January 13, 2008) – Unbeaten world middleweight title contender “Ireland’s” John Duddy has returned from his native Emerald Isle to his adopted Big Apple home in Queens to fight in New York City for the first time since last May, taking on Walid “Temperate de Sable” Smichet (17-3-1, 13 KOs) in the 10-round, off-TV co-feature February 23 on the heavyweight champion unification show, headlined by IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko against WBO title-holder Sultan Ibragimov, at Madison Square Garden.

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By: Matt Yanofsky

In front of a packed house at Salem County Community College, Salem’s very own Mark “Oak Tree” Brown improved to 11-1 (4 KO’s) in winning the battle of the Brown’s by getting a disqualification victory over Bernard Brown 5-3 (3 KO’s). Oak Tree was boxing Bernard slowly and landed a decent left hook which left the challenger from Baltimore, Maryland clinching. As both men landed a few shots out of the clinch, referee Allan Huggins called for a break. The Maryland resident then hit Oak Tree as Huggins attempted to move the two massive Heavyweights apart.

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By: Brad Marchetti, Ringside

Edison Miranda loosens David Banks head at the Hard Rock by way of a 3rd round cold blooded KO. Sitting ringside for your B-day watching roundcard models and KO’s at the Hard Rock isn’t all bad. I found out an answer I was looking for. Was Miranda a big puncher or a great one? Great one.

Edison Miranda sent a clear message to boxers that want to challenge him: if your name isn’t Kelly Pavlik you could have some brain cells evaporated. If Rocky Marciano’s KO punch against Jersey Joe killed 30,000 brain cells, Miranda’s bazooka right hand KO bomb killed about 29,000 of Banks' cells. Edison “Pantera” is a dangerous man folks. Miranda has steadily improved his boxing skills in recent years and he was able to take advantage of Banks' willingness to stand and counter by overpowering the smaller Banks, 15-4-2, 2 KO’s.

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“Friday Night Fights” in Studio Guest Allan Green gives props to Jerson Ravelo and discounts Jean Pascal.

By: Christopher Roche

“Contender 3” star David Banks looked to confuse Edison “Pantera” Miranda in the early going last night on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. Miranda, now fighting at super middleweight, methodically stalked Banks, and arguably gave away the first two rounds. Banks showed some nice counter work in the early going, and the self-taught Oregonian proved he has decent skills.

However, those first two rounds were elementary because two-thirds of the way through round three, Miranda unloaded a right hand missile that detonated on the side of Banks’ head.

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Los Angeles, CA (January 11, 2008) – Despite a 30-0 (16 KO) record and a spot in the finals of an IBF Heavyweight Championship Eliminator, Eddie Chambers and his trainer/father, Eddie W. Chambers, agreed on two things –the younger Chambers has all the tools to be a World Heavyweight Champion and the time was right to bring in an added voice of experience to his corner.

Thus, former two-time world champion and one of the sport’s most respected and well-known trainers, James “Buddy” McGirt, was added to Team Chambers to partner up with the senior Chambers to prepare “Fast Eddie” for his January 26, 2008 showdown with undefeated Russian Alexander Povetkin (14-0, 11 KO) in Germany.

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By: Brad Marchetti

Has boxing trainer Buddy McGirt done a good enough job improving David Banks boxing ability that Banks could spoil Edison Miranda’s plans with an upset in Edison Miranda vs David Banks? ESPN2's Friday Night Fights main event 10-round bout between the savage Columbian vs the brash 24-year old phenom Banks.

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What will you do if you lose?

TITO: “I don’t think about that right now because I don’t think I am going to lose. I will decide after the fight what I will do next.”

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, from Trinidad Training Camp near San Juan, P.R.

TITO: “I made my decision and I want to fight. I am very well prepared.”

What do you think about Jones making the knockout prediction?

TITO: “I think he is going to be embarrassed. It is a promise that he will not be able to fulfill. He is just one more fighter to say something like that. It does not matter to me at all what he says.”

How do you feel when you are not boxing?

TITO: “It was an easier life. It is a very relaxed life with my family. When I am boxing I have a lot more responsibility on my shoulders. I have to sacrifice for training.”

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Sandra Guzman, in today's New York Post, conducted an interview and wrote a compelling piece about Felix Trinidad.

For the complete story, please click here.

Ring of Honor Induction Ceremony Jan. 25 at Foxwoods Resort Casino

PROVIDENCE (January 9, 2008) – Former world title contender “Sucra” Ray Oliveira will be inducted into the CES Ring of Honor in a special ceremony during the “Champions of Tomorrow” pro boxing show, January 25 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada fights former world heavyweight title challenger Charles Shufford and WBC Youth featherweight champion Manuel Perez defends his title against Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard in 10-round, co-main events headlining the “Champions of Tomorrow” card.

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Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, from the Jones training camp in California, Pa. (just outside Pittsburgh)

You are making a lot out of stopping Tito...

RJJ: “He is smaller than me and it will be hard to not try to knock him out.”

Will it be a negative if you don't knock him out?

RJJ: “Trust me, he is not going to go 12 rounds with me. I hear, 'If he does this or if he does that...'. "He may try to do all of that but he is not going to go the distance with me. I really can’t see him going the distance with me.”

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(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Eleven members of USA Boxing’s National Team will compete in the opening event of 2008, vying in the Battle Across the Border, January 18 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif. The international dual competition will feature top boxers from both the United States and Mexico as both countries countdown toward the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

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Team Xtreme Couture, Mario Sperry’s MMA Top Team To Make IFL Debuts; Team Quest To Battle Lions Den In Other Team Matchup

NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2008 – IFL titleholders Matt Horwich (Portland, Ore.), Roy Nelson (Las Vegas) and Ryan Schultz (North Platte, Neb.) will defend their belts when the International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) opens its 2008 schedule with an eight-bout card at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, February 29. In addition to the three Championship bouts, team competition will feature Matt Lindland’s Team Quest vs. Ken Shamrock’s Lions Den and Team Xtreme Couture vs. Mario Sperry’s MMA Top Team.

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PREMIERES THURSDAY, JAN. 10 ON HBO AT 9:00 P.M. ET/PT

Jan. 4, 2008 - HBO Sports is presenting a thirty- minute special analyzing the upcoming HBO Pay-Per-View showdown fight between future Hall of Fame prizefighters Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad. The intriguing 170-pound bout between two of boxing’s most compelling superstars of the past decade is set for Saturday, Jan. 19 New York’s Madison Square Garden.

The special 'COUNTDOWN TO JONES-TRINIDAD, ' which will feature fighter profiles, expert analysis and forecasts for the showdown in New York, will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 7 - On Friday, January 11th, with the New Year less than two weeks old, super middleweight stars Edison Miranda and Jean Pascal will attempt to move closer to their long awaited showdown – but only if they can survive the hard-nosed battlers they will face at boxing’s “Crossroads”.

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Former junior flyweight world champion Hugo “EL INCREDIBLE” Cazares of Los Mochis, Mexico will battle Columbian veteran Kermin Guardia on January 25th at Cicero Stadium in the main event as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions present THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an eight bout card of world class professional boxing.

Cazares, 25-4-1 (19KO’s) will be moving up to flyweight for the twelve round bout with Guardia who brings a record of 37-7 with 21 knockouts into battle.

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By: Danny Serratelli, ringside
www.Doghouseboxing.com

“The Magic Man” Paulie Malignaggi, 24-1, 5 KO’s defended his title last night scoring a unanimous decision over the IBF #1 contender Herman Ngoudjo. The fans got their money’s worth in a competitive bout in front of a packed house for Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi at Bally’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After a flawless performance back in June when he captured the IBF light welterweight title from former champion Lovemore N’dou, Paulie was brought back down to earth, but showed the poise and ring generalship of a champion in winning many of the close rounds and ultimately the fight.

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"Magic Man" keeps IBF belt with unanimous decision win.
By: Mike Indri
Retired Boxers Foundation

Atlantic City - Defending his International Boxing Federation Jr. Welterweight belt in front of a standing room crowd in the main ballroom at Bally's Casino tonight, Paulie Malignaggi did what he does best - he boxed. While not the most fan-friendly type of a fight, or the most exciting, Malignaggi was effective and did what he had to do to win, and to keep his well earned title belt.

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By: Christopher Roche

In the pre-fight interview, Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi said that despite holding the title, he still feels like the hunter, because he is chasing super stardom. Tonight, in Atlantic City, NJ, he was the hunted, as Herman “The Black Panther” Ngoudjo tried to pry away Malignaggi’s IBF belt in a close, tough fight. In the end, Malignaggi warded off Ngoudjo’s charge to retain his title via a unanimous decision.

Malignaggi, 27, opened the fight with 19 consecutive jabs before landing a right hand at the one-minute mark. Malignaggi controlled the first frame with ease, as he closed the round with a left hook-right hand combination. The action continued in Malignaggi’s favor in the second, as the champion feinted and jabbed. Ngoudjo clearly respected Malignaggi’s speed, but Ngoudjo slightly stepped up his aggression.

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By: Brad Marchetti

Paulie Malignaggi vs Herman Ngoudjo will fight a 12 round minor title fight in New Jersey, marking Malingnaggi’s first defense of his 140 Lb. title against the hungry Canadian Ngoudjo. Paulie is a budding superstar in boxing with his outgoing persona and superlative boxing skills. With the fight being held in Atlantic City it is apparent that Malignaggi is trying to fill the superstar void left by the recently retired Arturo Gatti. BodogLife.com has Paulie Malignaggi as a -800 boxing betting favorite.
Ngoudjo, 16-1, 9 KO’s, earned his shot at the title with a disputed decision over hard punching Randall Bailey. The 28-year-old Cameroonian is a former Canadian Olympic representative that is technically very sound but not very good in any one area. Ngoudjo employs a high guard with a tight defense that he uses to set up his volume of punches to the head and body. Herman has excellent stamina, good power, usually wearing down opponents late with combinations to the body. Ngoudjo’s sole loss was a split decision to teak tough Mexican contender Jose Luis Castillo. Trained by highly regarded trainers Otis Grant and Howard Grant, Herman knows how to execute a game plan and he will surely use a stiff jab to offset Malignaggi’s speed but at times he is too defensive minded.

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By: Christopher Roche

Espn was at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, OK for some Allan Green home cooking. Unfortunately, Green did not deliver the fireworks everyone predicted, and he plodded to a ten round decision over Rubin Williams. The 28 year-old Green kept looking down at his feet, similar to his tendency in the Miranda bout. Green, who recently suffered health problems, improved to 26-1, 18 KO's, and the 29 year-old Williams of Detroit, dropped to 29-3-1, 16 KO's.

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“Magic Man” reminiscent of Will-O-the Wisp
By: Declan Hughes

He’s brash, he’s cocky and he can box like Fred Astaire can dance. That means gracefully for those who don’t know who Fred Astaire is. I’m talking about Paulie Malignaggi.

This Saturday, January 5, 2008, IBF Jr.Welterweight Champion, Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi, 23-1 (5 kos) will try to put on yet another great boxing exhibition against Herman Ngoudjo, 16-1 from Canada. The bout will take place at Bally’s in Atlantic City, NJ. For those of you who can’t make it to Atlantic City, the bout will be televised on Showtime.

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By: Christopher Roche
Brickcity/Tigerboxing Exclusive

I recently caught a clip of Paulie Malignaggi fighting in the New York City Golden Gloves, back when he was a novice. Malignaggi was introduced to the crowd by the ring announcer as “An 18 year-old telemarketer from Brooklyn”. The television announcers awkwardly stumbled over the pronunciation of his last name. The then rookie from Bensonhurst was a long way off from becoming the IBF light-welterweight champion.

A lot has changed for Malignaggi since those humble beginnings at the 1998 Golden Gloves, but one thing remains the same, Malignaggi has a style all to its own. What immediately jumped out in that amateur clip was Malignaggi’s enormous confidence in his hand and foot speed. Even as a green amateur, Malignaggi stood in the ring with his back straight and his chin out, almost daring his opponent to hit him. Then, as is still the case almost 10 years later, when his opponent swipes at him, Malignaggi seemingly disappears for a moment and then reappears with a stinging left jab or, when he is fully healthy, a hard straight right.

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TRINIDAD-JONES PPV UNDERCARD

NEW YORK—Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. The event has been dubbed “Bring on the Titans” and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).

But before Trinidad and Jones square off, there will also be three bouts featured at the Garden and live on the pay-per-view telecast including heavyweight Andrew Golota taking on the emerging Chicago heavyweight “Merciless” Mike Mollo; former 154-pound champion Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin squaring of with Alex “The Technician” Bunema; and undefeated super lightweight Devon Alexander “The Great”—Don King’s top young prospect—will face his toughest opponent yet in former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 4 - On Friday, January 11th, with the New Year less than two weeks old, super middleweight stars Edison Miranda and Jean Pascal will attempt to move closer to their long awaited showdown – but only if they can survive the hard-nosed battlers they will face at boxing’s “Crossroads”.

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WBO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SULTAN IBRAGIMOV TO SPEAK
WITH BRIAN KENNY ON ESPN2 FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS TONIGHT

HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 4 – WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov will take a break from his busy training schedule tonight, January 4, to check in with host Brian Kenny on this week’s edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights.

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"MEAN" JOE GREENE & PETER "KID CHOCOLATE" QUILLIN ALSO ADDED TO THE STELLAR IBRAGIMOV VS KLITSCHKO UNDERCARD

HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 4 – Forget the cold New York winter – on Saturday, February 23rd, the action at Madison Square Garden has just gotten even hotter with the addition of three of the Big Apple’s hottest fighters to the undercard of the World Heavyweight Title Unification bout between WBO champ Sultan Ibragimov and IBF titleholder Wladimir Klitschko.

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By: Brad Marchetti

Allan Green vs Rubin Williams is expected to be a showcase fight for the 168 Lb. contender Green, showcase meaning a beatdown should occur. I have yet to see an Over\Under line on this 2008 ESPN Friday Night Fights opener, but I would be surprised if Williams saw the final bell at the end of the 10th round. BodogLife.com has Allan Green as a -800 boxing betting favorite.

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By: Christopher Roche

This Saturday, Showtime will broadcast Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi's first title defense against Herman Ngoudjo. Malignaggi is the reigning IBF light-welterweight champion. His title defense will be the only televised bout from the card, which takes place at Bally's in Atlantic City.

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HOLLYWOOD, FL, January 3 – Member of Team Ibragimov were treated to a meeting of boxing minds Wednesday when middleweight legend and current light heavyweight champion Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins stopped by the Sultan’s gym to speak with the WBO Heavyweight Champion, who is preparing for his February 23rd unification bout with IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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NEW YORK, January 3, 2008 – The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI) today announced that Shannon Knapp has been promoted to the newly-created position of Director, Fighter Relations. Knapp, who has been with the IFL in various roles since its formation in 2005, will take a more expansive role in working with fighters, agents and business partners on growing the IFL brand in the mixed martial arts community and in local event markets. She will begin her expanded duties immediately.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT MGM GRAND / LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW

LAS VEGAS, January 3 – During every New Years celebration, the saying goes, “Out with the old, in with the new,” as well as “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Neither could be more true concerning the mindset of Jermain Taylor as he starts the New Year with training camp in Las Vegas for his rematch with Kelly Pavlik, billed as "The Epic Battle Continues."

"Actually training camp started in December in Little Rock, but officially it started with the New Year in Las Vegas. Ozell Nelson put me through a mini-training camp prior to coming to Las Vegas and we have gone back to the basics working on better conditioning and technique", said Taylor.

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Light-Heavyweight contender Shaun George wants what every self-respecting pugilist craves: The most challenging assignments available. With Chad Dawson preoccupied with Glen Johnson, Adrian Diaconu has no engagements booked in the meantime. Shaun George says, "Why not give the people something to remember?"

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*Dave Tiberi’s TNT Promotions and Sal Musemeci’s Final Forum Promotions will co-promote the hard-hitting card*

New York, January 2—Duva Boxing will swing into 2008 with a hard hitting card on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights headlined by the sensational knockout artist Darnell Wilson defending his USBA Cruiserweight championship against undefeated B.J. Flores on Friday night, February 8, at Dover Downs Racetrack and Casino, it was announced today by Duva Boxing president Dino Duva. The card will be presented in association with Dave Tiberi’s TNT Promotions and Sal Musemeci’s Final Forum Promotions.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after winning an WBO intercontinental flyweight bout last week has been declared brain dead.

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Highly touted twin prospects Carlos Juan Velasquez and Juan Carlos Velasquez will make their Chicago debuts on January 25th at Cicero Stadium as Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions present THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing.

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