Bantamweight Boxing News

Date : Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:15:24 +0500 SHOWTIME: AGBEKO-DARCHINYAN CONFERENCE CALL SecondsOut USA Boxing News 09 JULY 2009 IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko.

Nonito Donaire Vacates Title to Challenge Rafael Concepcion Posted by Ramon Aranda on 07.01.2009 More details on 'Pinoy Power' in Las Vegas.

Two former aspiring cricket players who won a reality show in India have made their professional baseball debuts.

Free agent Hedo Turkoglu will join the Toronto Raptors after spurning the Portland Trail Blazers, according to multiple reports.

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Celestino Caballero Wants Juan Manuel Lopez Posted by Ramon Aranda on 07.02.2009 Looking for a unification bout.

As a member of the nominating committee one thing was clear no one agrees on much once you get past a handful of fighters in each weight division b ut here are my thoughts in the first four divisions with a brief discussion of each.

Canadian boxer regains confidence Canadian Steve Molitor poses as he celebrates his new IBF super-bantamweight World Champion title after a fight against Michael Hunter at the Borough Hall, Hartlepool, England, Nov.

JUAN MANUEL Lopez of Puerto Rico and Victor Ortiz from Oxnard, Calif., are among a group of boxers that you could label the "next big thing." Not yet superstars, but looking every bit the part, they will get the chance to headline their respective boxing cards tonight and prove their time has arrived.

Steve Molitor outpointed Mexico's Heriberto Ruiz on Friday night to win the IBF super bantamweight title eliminator.

The first glance at the parking stub elicited a frown, but then the parking lot attendant at the Delta Chelsea hotel in downtown Toronto took a closer look at the card he had just been handed and started cackling in obvious glee.

MICHAEL Hunter has "no doubts" he will become a champion again when he gets to fight for the British title in the autumn.

"The Contender" champion Troy Ross left the ring with a nasty welt under his right eye, but the Toronto cruiserweight also came away with a tough 10-round decision over American Michael Simms before 13,659 fight fans on Friday night at the Bell Centre.

" Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan arrived in the U.S. late last week to finish training as he looks to become a world champion in a third weight class when he challenges International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko on Saturday, July 11, live on SHOWTIME .

Photo taken by Walter "Schoolboy" Sarnoi. Two notable boxing names in the local area recently received worldwide honors.

Rendall Munroe's promoter will spend the next few weeks trying to secure a world-title eliminator for Leicester's boxing binman.

Former WBC super bantamweight champion Clarence "Bones" Adams hits a heavy bag Thursday during a workout in his home gym.

INCREASED power in his right hand to go with his lethal left has Vic Darchinyan feeling confident as he resumes his quest for boxing greatness.

Moving up in weight didn't affect Riverside's Michael "Lil Warrior" Franco one iota as he crushed Juan Beltran in winning the WBC Youth junior featherweight title Saturday at the American Sports University in San Bernardino.

International Boxing Federation bantamweight boxing Silence Mabuza will get another chance to earn a crack at a credible world title.