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Chris Byrd Signs With Banner Promotions

BANNER SIGNS CHRIS BYRD Banner Promotions’ president Art Pelullo has signed former IBF and WBO heavyweight world champion Chris Byrd to a promotional contract. Art said today, “I’m very pleased…
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CBS Sports Airs 2008 Collegiate Boxing

CBS COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK GOES INTO THE RING FOR THE 2008 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS Ref Cams” Provide Viewers an Up-Close Look at All the Action CBS College Sports Network,…
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Zab Judah: The Elite Are Lining Up to Beat

Zab Super Judah; The man the Elite are lining up to Beat By: Phil Santos Overhandright.com His name still holds weight. He was once a solid champion who possessed three…
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Greg Page Foundation 2nd Annual Dinner

Greg Page Foundation Second Annual Fundraising Dinner Executive Inn West--Louisville, KY Saturday, June 14th, 2008 7 pm to 9 pm Dear Friend: The Greg Page Foundation is a 501©3 registered…
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Michael Buffer Battles Cancer

WORLD RENOWNED FIGHT ANNOUNCER BATTLES CANCER! Boxing ring announcer, Michael Buffer, famous for the trademarked phrase, "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE", is currently recovering at his home in Los Angeles…
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Micky Ward Golf Tourny, King David Returns

Team Micky Ward Charities Golf Classic Friday - June 6, 2008 Green Meadow Golf Club - Hudson, NH Proceeds To Benefit The Team Micky Ward Charities Legendary junior welterweight boxer…
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World Boxing Council Ratings for April 2008

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA) EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE) WON TITLE: March 8, 2008 LAST DEFENCE: LAST COMPULSORY: March 8, 2008 WBA CHAMPION: Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir…
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Boxing Superstars Put On The Canvas

Renowned Artist, Richard T. Slone, Has Unveiled His Latest Painting, A Huge Canvas of Bernard Hopkins fighting Joe Calzaghe; Artwork To Be Featured in the Official Event Program in Las…
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IBF Grants Wladimir Klitschko Exception

IBF GRANTS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO EXCEPTION TO FACE WBO MANDATORY CHALLENGER TONY THOMPSON New York, April 10—The International Boxing Federation has granted Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko an exception to…
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Final Conference Quotes & Pics: Tarver-Woods

FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES ANTONIO TARVER & CLINTON WOODS, CHAD DAWSON & GLEN JOHNSON Thursday, April 10, 2008, At The Westin Harbour Island Hotel, Tampa, Florida IBO champion and former…
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The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

One Hundred Sixth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand An Act To reform
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The Term “Boxing”

Boxing: Athletic contest between two persons, each of whom uses the fists to try to knock the other unconscious or to inflict enough punishment to cause the opponent either to…
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WBA’s Creed For Boxing

CREED FOR BOXING By Abe Greene To the preservation and development of boxing as a universal sport and its potential as a developer of young manhood and the expansion of…
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Professional Boxing Safety Act

To provide for the safety of journeymen boxers, and for other purposes (Introduced in the US House of Representatives,104th CONGRESS, March 5, 1995) A BILL Be it enacted by the…