Bantamweight Boxing News

Date : Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:29 +0500 MUNROE TO START SEASON WITH ARMENIAN DEFENCE Tom Podmore BritishBoxing.net July 22 2008 UK Rendall Munroe is to make the second defence of his European super-bantamweight ...

Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Clippers acquired forward Marcus Camby from the Denver Nuggets for a second-round draft pick on Tuesday.

A report posted on SportsNews.ph said Espinosa will be staying in the Philippines for about three weeks to pursue his case against promoter Rod Nazario, matchmaker Lito Mondejar and former South Cotabato ...

Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions has agreed to allow WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Pe alosa to stage his title defense against Nestor Rocha in Tubod, Lanao del Norte on September 20.

Daniel Santos knocked out Joachim Alcine with a right-left combination 2:10 into the sixth round to take the World Boxing Association light middleweight title from the Montreal boxer on Friday night.

Former European champion Bernard Dunne has his sights set on retaining his title as he prepares for his latest comeback fight.

TOKYO, June 30 KYODO WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida will attempt to defend his title for the eighth time in a world tripleheader in Yokohama in September, boxing officials said Monday.

Pickering is targeting the European and IBF world crowns Nottinghamshire fighter Esham Pickering says he has a point to prove when he defends his British super-bantamweight title against Matthew Marsh on 27 ...

June 27, 2008 11:47 AM - Mississauga's Andrew Singh Kooner will put his 8-1 record on the line on August 15 in Alberta, at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Enoch.

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Banal in best shape for WBA title fight YOUNG boxing sensation AJ "Bazooka" Banal's training is going well with a month remaining until his dream world title match for the vacant World ...

Fighting for the first time in nine years in his hometown of Chicago, former WBC 175 lbs.

By RONNIE NATHANIELSZ Undefeated AJ "Bazooka" Banal , who battles Panama's Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion for the vacant World Boxing Association super flyweight title in Cebu City on July 26, is taking no ...

Steve Molitor's first fight under new trainer Stephan Larouche will be against Ceferino Dario Labarda of Argentina on Aug.

Manny Pacquiao's rise to pinnacle of boxing success has been well-chronicled. Yet, the lives and saga of more than a handful of would-have-been champion boxers from General Santos City are also now worth ...

Veeraphol Nakonluang has retired. The former world bantamweight boxing champion made the announcement through his manager Suchat Pisitwuttinun yesterday.

WBA junior lightweight champ Edwin Valero and his opponent Takehiro Shimada both weighed in today at 129.75 pounds for their upcoming title fight this Thursday in Tokyo, Japan.

Hozumi Hasegawa retained his WBC bantamweight title, while Edwin Valero kept his WBA super featherweight title Thursday night.

Vusi Malinga passed his first test on his mission to try to topple Thai legend Veeraphol Nakhonluang in Nonthaburi, Thailand, when he made the weight for their WBC bantamweight title eliminator scheduled for ...

Articulate, incisive boxer Silence Mabuza is rated fifth best in his division in the world by the authoritative Ring magazine.

By RONNIE NATHANIELSZ Thanks to the generosity of fight fans, the family of the late flyweight boxer Dommy Ursua was able to bury him on Sunday.