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Hartford CT (June 8, 2007) – Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing has stacked the undercard of the June 9th doubleheader on Showtime. Headlined by the come-backing Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, Saturday’s undercard boasts some of the East Coast’s finest young prospects. This event will take place at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Tickets are priced $35, $50, $100, $200 and $500, and are available through TicketMaster outlets, by calling (860) 525-4500, and at TicketMaster.com. Tickets also may be purchased at The Connecticut Convention Center by calling (860) 249-6000..

This event will also be televised on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Read more

In a highly anticipated match and can’t miss candidate for Fight of the Year, WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will defend his belt against undefeated, No. 1-ranked and mandatory boxing challenger, Paul “The Punisher” Williams in the main event of “Pride N’ Punishment” on Saturday, July 14, in the outdoor tennis stadium at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The 12-round bout, presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions, will be televised on HBO “World Championship Boxing.” . .

At a press conference earlier this week, promoter Dan Goossen said, “The winner of this fight is the preeminent welterweight in the boxing world — and that includes (Miguel) Cotto or anyone else in the 147-pound division.” Read more

Nick Charles, one of boxing’s finest and most recognizable blow-by-blow announcers has joined VERSUS and will make his network debut on the next Fight Night on VERSUS in collaboration with Top Rank Boxing, Thursday, June 14 at 9 p.m. ET from the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York. Charles, the blow-by-blow voice of Showtime’s Shobox since 2001, replaces Bob Papa and will join Wallace Matthews to form the VERSUS Fight Night announce team. One of the original members of CNN, Charles began his career in the mid-70’s in Washington D.C. where he served as an anchor for CNN Sports for 21 years and won two Cable Ace Awards.. The first fight he covered was the 1976 heavyweight championship bout between Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Young. Read more

Evander Holyfield and Lou Savarese are in full swing at their respective training camps in Houston, TX. As of this week both fighters will have begun sparring . . . On Thursday, May 31 Evander visited the Houston Texans mini-camp and gave the NFL players a motivational speech about what it takes to become a champion. The team then presented Holyfield with a personalized jersey saying “Real Deal” across the back and the number five emblazoned on both sides—five in reference to Evander’s quest to win his fifth world heavyweight championship . . . Both fighters aren’t expected to arrive in El Paso until one week prior to the fight . . . Read more

Banner Promotions has launched GladiatorsTheFight.com, the official website for the Ricky Hatton-Jose Luis Castillo fight scheduled for June 23 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Banner Promotions president Art Pelullo said, “The Hatton-Castillo fight is one of the best matchups of the year. The event has gotten a great response from the fans and media from the day it was announced, and the interest and momentum are growing. It should be a tremendous battle. Read more

The final news conference and the official weigh-in for “X-Plosive!” — the world championship boxing extravaganza headlined by undefeated welterweight champion Miguel Cotto defending his title against two-division world champion Zab Judah — will be streamed live worldwide via Yahoo! Sports, one of the most-trafficked sports sites. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Prize Fight Boxing and Madison Square Garden, “X-Plosive!” will be broadcast live, Saturday, June 9, on HBO Pay-Per-View, from the main arena at Madison Square Garden.

Yahoo! Sports will stream the news conference, Wednesday, June 7, beginning at 11:30 A.M. ET / 8:30 A.M. ET and the weigh-in, Friday, June 8, at 1 P.M. ET / 10 A.M. PT. http://sports.yahoo.com/ Read more

It took him three press conferences to get there but undefeated boxer Anthony “Tyger” Hanshaw has started growling at his July 14 PPV TV opponent, boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. Murad Muhammad, whose Murad Productions is co-promoting the Biloxi, Ms., fight with Square Ring in association with IP Casino-Resort-Spa, has on Tuesday accused Hanshaw, who is promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, of singing “a lullalby” to the 38-year-old Jones..

Muhammad said Hanshaw was soft-soaping his attitude and his chances for victory in the crossroads fight. Read more

SHOWTIME will pay tribute to the late, great Diego “Chico” Corrales with a three-fight marathon and a memorial feature on Saturday, June 9. Beginning at 6 p.m. ET/PT, the network will re-air Corrales’ classic bouts against Joel Casamayor, Acelino Freitas and Jose Luis Castillo, respectively, on SHOWTIME TOO. At 10 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME will unveil a special Corrales memorial tribute as part of the live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader featuring Antonio Tarver and Chad Dawson.. Read more

On Saturday, June 9, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), Tarver (24-4, 18 KOs), of Tampa, Fla., takes on the New York-based Muriqi (34-3, 21 KOs) for the vacant IBO 175-pound belt. Muriqi has won 21 of his last 23.

In the SHOWTIME co-feature, Dawson (23-0, 15 KOs), of New Haven, Conn., makes the first defense of his WBC belt against Mexico’s hard-hitting Ruiz (19-4, 17 KOs). The world title doubleheader is promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, in association with Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and AT Entertainment.. Read more

New York, NY - MSG, a world class sports and entertainment network, has acquired the exclusive television rights to air the International Boxing Organization Cruiserweight Championship bout between the former World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Tomaz “Goral” Adamek and World Boxing Council Association Fedelatin champion Luis “El Lenador” Pineda. The match is one of the largest fight cards ever staged in Poland, and will air live on MSG on Saturday, June 9 at 3:30 p.m. ET. International boxing commentator Bob Sheridan will call the blow-by-blow for the telecast..

Adamek (31-1, 21 KOs), from Bielsko Biala, Poland, burst into America in 2005 and won the vacant WBC light heavyweight championship. After suffering his first defeat earlier this year against undefeated “Bad” Chad Dawson, Adamek will move up to the cruiserweight limit of 200 pounds to face Pineda (21-5, 18 KOs), from Darien, Panama. Pineda is a hard puncher who always comes to fight. His two most recent losses came in world championship matches—in his last fight against Valery Brudov and in 2003 when he succumbed to then-WBC cruiserweight champion Wayne “Big Truck” Braithwaite. Read more

Is Mississippi burning? The Gulf Coast region, still bouncing back from the utter devastation of Hurricane Katrina, is having its typical hot and humid summer weather. But what’s on fire in the area is the box office for the Roy Jones-Anthony Hanshaw PPV boxing show, which will take place on July 14 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

Murad Muhammad, president and CEO of Murad Productions, revealed Tuesday to a well-attended press conference crowd at the host IP Casino-Resort-Spa that nearly $1million dollars worth of tickets, priced at popular prices, have already been sold for the show in which ring legend Jones tries to prove he’s far from finished in boxing against the undefeated Hanshaw.. Read more

Outspoken boxer Paulie “The Magic Man” Malignaggi has been relatively quiet, at least for him, as he prepares for his June 16th title challenge against IBF junior welterweight champion Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou on HBO BAD at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Malignaggi (23-1, 5 KOs) recently returned home to New York City, working out at famed Gleason’s Gym, after several weeks of intensive training and sparring in Vero Beach (FL) under the guidance of his trainer James “Buddy” McGirt..

“The Magic Man” has a message for the trash-talking Ndou, who thus far has spouted more verbal venom than Malignaggi. “His only job is to bring my belt to Connecticut,” Malignaggi said. “I haven’t been talking as much because I’ve been getting better focused for this fight than any in my career. I talk because I’m scared? Let him feel that way but there’s no fear in Paulie Malignaggi. What’s he been saying? If he thinks talking is out of fear, than he must be real scared. We both talk a lot but he’s been doing more of the talking for this fight. I’ve been getting prepared. I have experienced a world championship fight (last year versus Miquel Cotto) and I know what it takes. I’m the best fighting shape of my life. Read more

In a highly anticipated match and can’t miss candidate for Fight of the Year, Margarito will defend his 147-pound crown against Williams in the main event of “Pride N’ Punishment” on Saturday, July 14, in the outdoor tennis stadium at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The Margarito-Williams 12-rounder, presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions, will be televised on HBO “World Championship Boxing.”

“The winner of this fight is the preeminent welterweight in the world — and that includes (Miguel) Cotto or anyone else in the 147-pound division,” Dan Goossen said..

Tickets for “Pride N’ Punishment” are available for as low as $25, with VIP floor seats priced at $300. Other tickets in the bowl are available at $50, $75 and $150 and are on sale at TicketMaster outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com, as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Group tickets are available online at www.aegtickets.com or by calling 1-877-AEG-TICKETS. The first bout will begin at 5:30 p.m. PT. Read more

It was the culmination of a lifelong dream, and finally, Sultan Ibragimov can call himself ‘Champion’ after scoring a clear cut 12 round unanimous decision over Shannon Briggs last Saturday night to win the WBO Heavyweight Championship. “I am proud to be a World Champion, and while I will enjoy some time off to visit with my family back home, I will be back in the gym soon because now the truly hard work begins,” said Russia’s Ibragimov, who befuddled the much bigger Briggs with his speed and tactical brilliance at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall.. Read more

Former WBO Heavyweight Champion Sergei Liakhovich says he’s surprised and offended by the pre-fight comments of new champion Sultan Ibragimov and would like to be the first to face him. “It was a good win for you Saturday night,” said Liakhovich of Ibragimov’s unanimous decision over Shannon Briggs, “however, I take offense to your comments that I was ‘afraid’ of Briggs when I fought him. Just pick a place and a date if you want to fight. Let’s see how tough you really are.”

Liakhovich, who was ahead on the scorecards before losing his title to Briggs via last-second knockout last November 4, says he’d be willing to travel to Ibragimov’s backyard of Russia, if need be. “Let’s make it happen and you’ll see how scared I am,” insisted the “White Wolf” who says he has fully recovered from injury and is eager to get his title back. Read more

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