Featherweight Boxing News

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JACKSON Asiku is the new International Boxing Organisation featherweight champion.

Salinas super bantamweight boxer Alejandro Perez is scheduled to make his first worldwide television debut Nov.

FOR first time ever all three of Limerick's professional boxers are set to appear on the same bill.

In the ring. Canadian Steve Molitor throws a punch as Heriberto Ruiz ducks for cover in their Junior Featherweight boxing match at Casino Rama June 26.

Chris John Suffering from Dengue Fever Posted by Patrick Cassidy on 10.26.2009 Another champion sidelined by illness... It seems these days it's just as dangerous outside of the ring for fighters as it is inside of it.

Featherweight titlist Chris John is in the hospital in his native Indonesia battling a case of dengue fever, adviser Sampson Lewkowicz told ESPN.com on Saturday.

A moment of stupidity seriously mars the otherwise obvious selection of "The Prince" Naseem Hamed into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Trust me, I've had worse debut performances. A few come to mind right away. But that's, ahem, another story.

By BRIAN DONALD EDINBURGH'S Celtic super-middleweight champion Kenny Anderson will make his long awaited ring comeback on 29 November at Cleethorpes against a selected opponent.

Approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquis of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884.

When Manny Pacquiao steps into the ring against Miguel Cotto in what could be the biggest fight of the year on November 14, few may recall that his rise to stardom started eight years ago against a South African fighter.

GUEST of honour Barry McGuigan and The Herald Sports Personality Awards have much in common, not least a mutual desire to promote the benefits of athletic and academic pursuits.

AIBA World Youth champion Ray Moylette has confirmed that he will be taking part in the 2009 National U-21 Championships which begin at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday night.

Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa remained on a potential collision course after defending their titles in separate bouts at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

A lot of us got surprised last Saturday when WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez defeated challenger Rogers Mtagwa from Tanzania in a very unfamiliar fashion.

Israel Vazquez overcame a rocky start and a nasty cut in his comeback from a 19-month ring absence, stopping Angel Priolo on Saturday night in the ninth round.

Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa remained on a potential collision course after defending their titles in separate bouts at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

Juan Carlos Salgado captured the WBA super featherweight title Saturday with a first-round TKO of previous champion Jorge Linares.

TOKYO: Juan Carlos Salgado of Mexico flattened Venezuela champion Jorge Linares in a surprise one-round technical knockout to win the WBA super featherweight title on Saturday.