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Boxing News & Updates 23^rd August, for: Hatton Comeback, According To Ricky Hatton’s Agent, Big-time boxing returns to Brooklyn, Tapia died from heart disease, Prize Fight returns on August 25^th, Paul McCloskey will fight Manuel Perez, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, Andre Berto licensed by the CSAC, Vasquez vs. Reyes

• Hatton Comeback - It is official (According to the UK’s Daily Star) Hatton, age 33, will announce a two-fight deal sometime in the coming fortnight, and his first fight will be in November. Thus far no venue or opponent has been confirmed. According to the UK’s Daily Star, it will “almost certainly be old rival Paulie Malignaggi. Hatton is said to be planning to get a TV station interested in taking the two planned fights, with his own company Hatton Promotions promoting.

• According To Ricky Hatton’s Agent - there is “no story” behind the rumours that the 33-year-old is about to make a return to the ring. Speculation has been building for some time that Hatton’s new training regime has led him to rethink his retirement from the sport. The Daily Star reported on Wednesday that Hatton would make his comeback, likely in late November, and his target opponent was Paulie Malignaggi as part of a two-fight deal. But Hatton’s agent Paul Speak effectively ruled out a comeback, saying the former world champion was merely enjoying a cleaner lifestyle. “People are speculating but he is just keeping fit and has not made any decision on a comeback. There’s no story,” he told Sky Sports. The ‘Hitman’ has not fought since he was knocked out in the second round by Manny Pacquiao more than three years ago.

• Big-time boxing returns to Brooklyn - After more than a 50-year hiatus on Saturday, October 20, when Golden Boy Promotions presents the first boxing event at the new Barclays Center. Televised live on SHOWTIME, the night will feature a star-studded boxing card including two world championship fights and a host of New York’s top talents. The main event will feature unbeaten Danny “Swift” Garcia defending his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super, World Boxing Council (WBC) & Ring Magazine Super Lightweight World Championships against the man he defeated to win the WBC belt, legendary Mexican warrior and future Hall of Famer Erik “El Terrible” Morales. In the co-featured bout, Brooklyn’s own Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi risks his WBA Welterweight World Championship against hard-hitting Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano.

• Tapia died from heart disease - A press conference in Albuqerque held by Teresa Tapia revealed that the former five-time world champion died due to heart disease. An autopsy report released on Wednesday revealed the cause of death that had the New Mexico legend passing away on May 27. Though prescription drugs played a part, the cause of death has officially been ruled an accident due to heart disease complications. There were no illegal drugs in Tapia’s system.

• Prize Fight returns on August 25th - as it presents the latest instalment of “Fights at the Fitz” from the Grand Ballroom at Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino in Tunica, MS. The card features the long awaited third showdown between female lightweights Kim Connor and “Notorious” Nicole Woods. The bout will be an eight-rounder for the Ladies Mid-South belt. Both fights were toe-to-toe battles with the first ending in a draw and the second going to Connor 77-76 on all cards. The event will also feature a guest appearance by Olympic gold medal boxer Claressa Shields. Tickets are available at the Fitz Casino Gift Shop at (800-766-5825) or at Ticketmaster (online or call 800-745-3000). Doors open at 6:30p and the first bell is at 7:30p.

• Paul McCloskey will fight Manuel Perez - at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast on September 22. McCloskey is aiming to get back on track after his defeat to DeMarcus Corley in May and a victory over the WBA ranked Perez would boost the title hopes of the former World title challenger. Perez, 28, successfully defended his NABA light welterweight title against Jose Miguel Cotto last month and has twice tangled with WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios. McCloskey is part of the undercard of a huge night for boxing in Belfast with Carl Frampton topping the bill against two-time World champion Steve Molitor for the Commonwealth and IBF Inter Continental titles in his hometown. Martin Lindsay welcomes Lee Selby to his hometown in a challenge for the Welshman’s British and Commonwealth featherweight titles, while fellow Belfast fighters Eamonn O’Kane, Jamie Conlan and Dee Walsh will also be in action, with O’Kane’s opponent announced tomorrow. Team GB stars Scotty Cardle, Kal Yafai and Martin Ward all continue their pro education in Belfast.

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko - prepares for his next title defense in Austria. He will face off with German, Manuel Charr at SC Olimpiyski sports arena in Moscow, Russia on September 8. In the US, Klitschko vs. Charr will be shown live on HBO, RTL broadcasts in Germany. The fight will be promoted by K2 Promotions. K2 has promoted the most heavyweight championship events in the last decade. Tickets are available on www.olimpik.ru (booking). Photos: KMG/Klitschko Press-Service.

• Andre Berto licensed by the CSAC - Former IBF welterweight champion Andre Berto has been licensed by the California State Athletic Commission after completing all necessary pre-licensing requirements. “As someone who truly believes in clean sport, I have never used any type of performing enhancing drugs. Everything I’ve achieved was the result of hard work and determination,” Berto said. “I am excited that this whole situation is behind me, and I look forward to returning to the ring soon with another exciting performance so stay tuned.” Berto’s positive test in May revealed extremely small amounts of a banned substance, which the CSAC deemed inconsistent with any performance-enhancing effect and were much more consistent with contamination of an otherwise acceptable food or supplement.

• Vasquez vs. Reyes, Fallon, NV — Presented by the City of Fallon, NV and Let’s Get It On Promotions, the “Rural Rumble: Fallon Fights 2012” show promises to be another thrilling night featuring excellent fights. The fights are this Saturday, August 25th at the Churchill County Fairgrounds, and will feature world class professional boxing. This will be the fifth installment of this annual event held in “The Oasis of Nevada.”

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Buglioni will be a studio guest for Abraham-Stieglitz fight on BoxNation on Saturday

Red-hot super-middleweight prospect Frank Buglioni will be a studio guest for this Saturday night’s big world title fight on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546) live from Germany between Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham.

The unbeaten Londoner is making big waves on the domestic scene with his exciting all-action style, massive fan following and mediterranean good looks as he builds towards a potential first title fight later this year.

The 23-year-old has his sixth pro fight – a six-round contest – on Friday 14th September at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on the undercard of stable-mate Billy Joe Saunders’ Commonwealth Middleweight title defence against Australian Jarrod Fletcher, which is also live on BoxNation.

Buglioni joins BoxNation presenter Steve Bunce in the London studio for live coverage of Stieglitz’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Super-Middleweight title defence against Abraham at the O2 World in Berlin.

And Buglioni is looking forward to seeing all the action.

“It’s a cracking fight for BoxNation, both are come forward fighters and I expect a great fight between them. Of the two, Abraham is the heavier handed and has been in harder fights and Stieglitz has more movement and is in the prime of his career. It’s a tough one to call, but I’m looking forward to a very interesting fight between them,” Said Buglioni.

He added, “At the moment I’m only five fights into my professional career and I’m enjoying the learning experience of it all as I work towards challenging for domestic titles. Stieglitz and Abraham are at the top of their game and I want to be in their position in a good few years which will be a long hard road, but I’m loving every minute of it.”

Stieglitz v Abraham is live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546) this Saturday with live coverage starting from 7.30pm. Join at www.boxnation.com

Buglioni features on an action packed card at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, headlined by Billy Joe Saunders’ Commonwealth Middleweight title defence against Jarrod Fletcher, plus Bradley Skeete v Peter McDonagh in a ten-round welterweight contest and unbeaten prospects Billy Morgan, Gary Corcoran, Mitchell Smith and Ediz Hussein.

Tickets priced at £40 and £60 are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 844 0444 or www.ticketmaster.co.uk or Frank Warren Promotions on 01992 550 888 or www.frankwarren.com

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British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Champion George Groves will headline the Wembley Arena on Friday 14th September.

But first the Hammersmith star is US bound when he takes on tough Mexican Francisco Sierra in San Jose, California, on Saturday 28th July in a ten round contest which can be seen live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 437/Virgin Ch. 546).

This will be Groves’ second appearance in the America, his first was against Alfredo Contreras in Las Vegas in July 2010 who he stopped in the sixth round.

Providing he comes through unscathed, he could then face fierce Scottish rival Kenny Anderson at Wembley Arena which is subject to purse offers for Groves’ British title.

September will be a bumper month on BoxNation that will also feature the mouthwatering clash between WBO World Lightweight Champion Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell.

Unbeaten Groves put on a sensational performance at the famous London boxing landmark last November when he halted former British champion Paul Smith in the second round.

He was scheduled to face Anderson in March but had to withdraw because of a back injury and then his WBO World title fight against Robert Stieglitz in May had to be cancelled after he suffered a broken nose in sparring.

Groves is now raring to make up for lost time with two great performances in the coming months.

“It’s been a frustrating time with injuries, but I’m through that now and I’m really looking forward to getting back into action,”

“I’m excited to return to America next week which is a great opportunity to expand my American fan base with a hot performance against Sierra who will give me a tough fight,”

“Then on my return, if it’s going to be Anderson, then I don’t need motivating to destroy him,”

“He’s been mouthing off ever since the fight was cancelled in March, I’ll have great pleasure in giving him another beating.”

The Wembley card will feature two further big title fights: Billy Joe Saunders’ first defence of his Commonwealth Middleweight Championship that he won in quick time at the Royal Albert Hall, and unbeaten prospect Bradley Skeete goes for the first title in his career when he takes on Chas Symonds for the Southern Area Welterweight title.

An action packed undercard featuring the best in London talent with super-middleweight Frank Buglioni continuing his meteoric rise in a four round contest as he looks to take his record to 6-0, plus light-welterweight Gary Corcoran and featherweight Mitchell Smith.

Tickets, priced at £40, £50, £75 and £100, are available from the Wembley Arena Box Office on 0844 815 0815 or online at www.wembleyarena.co.uk

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Sky Germany to televise Haye vs. Chisora on July 14th

Sky Germany have confirmed that they will televise LIVE David Haye and Dereck Chisora’s heavyweight championship showdown from London on Saturday 14th July.

Haye and Chisora face-off in the biggest all-British heavyweight grudge fight in recent memory with the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and (WBA) International titles on the line.

Germany’s biggest selling daily tabloid newspaper Bild recently held a survey on its website and asked its readers if they supported ARD’s (German TV) decision to withdraw from televising the David Haye and Dereck Chisora big heavyweight showdown.

A massive 72 per cent of the 24,366 who voted said, “NO! I want to see the fight”.

Sky Germany have now stepped in to ensure that the German boxing fans will now see the fight that the whole world is waiting to see.

Haye v Chisora will be televised live and exclusive in the UK on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin Ch. 546), in America on EPIX and in 60-plus countries.

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Global Boxing Schedule On Television – Friday 4^th May to Friday 11^th May, 2012

International Boxing, Television & PPV Schedule – Scheduled Broadcasts in: Argentina, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States – Note That All Information Provided Could Be In-complete And Subject To Change

· Friday 4 May 2024 - Television: Italy SportItalia2

X12 featherweight - Davide Dieli vs Zebenzui Garcia - vacant EBU-EU (European Union) featherweight title (supervisor: Antonio Del Greco)

· Friday 4 May 2024 - Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Television: United States FOX Espanol United States FOX

X12 super featherweight - Daniel Ponce De Leon vs Eduardo Lazcano - vacant WBC United States (USNBC) super featherweight title

X10 light middleweight - Ishe Smith vs Ayi Bruce

8×2 lightweight - Jessica Rakoczy vs Brittany Cruz

· Friday 4 May 2024 - Harrah’s, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Television: web GoFightLive.tv

X10 light heavyweight - Anthony Ferrante vs Dhafir Smith - vacant USA Pennsylvania State light heavyweight title

· Friday 4 May 2024 - Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona, United States

Television: web GoFightLive.tv

X6 super bantamweight - Isaac Hidalgo vs Noel Mendoza

· Saturday 5 May 2024 - Club Huracán, Villaguay, Entre Rios, Argentina

television: Argentina TyC Sports

10×2 bantamweight - Debora Anahi Dionicius vs Stefany Bizquiazo - vacant South American bantamweight title

· Saturday 5 May 2012- Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

television: Germany ARD Hungary DigiSport

X12 cruiserweight - Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi - WBO cruiserweight title (supervisor: Istvan Kovacs)

X12 heavyweight - Alexander Dimitrenko vs Kubrat Pulev - vacant EBU (European) heavyweight title (supervisor: Charles Giles) - IBF International heavyweight title (supervisor: Roberto Rea)

X12 super middleweight - Robert Stieglitz vs Nader Hamdan - WBO super middleweight title (supervisor: Istvan Kovacs)

· Friday 11 May 2024 - Palasport via G. Falcone, Cisterna, Lazio, Italy

Television: Italy RaiSportSat1

X10 featherweight - Fabrizio Trotta vs Mario Pisanti - vacant Italy featherweight title

· Saturday 5 May 2024 - Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Television: Mexico Azteca

10×2 super bantamweight - Jackie Nava vs Diana Ayala - WBA female super bantamweight title

X10 featherweight - Rafael Marquez vs Kenichi Yamaguchi

· Saturday 5 May 2024 - Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Singapore

Television: Australia Main Event

X12 featherweight - Chris John vs Shoji Kimura - WBA Super World featherweight title

X12 featherweight - Daud Cino Yordan vs Lorenzo Villanueva - vacant International Boxing Organization featherweight title

· Saturday 5 May 2024 - MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Television: United States HBO PPV Australia Main Event Hungary Sport 1

X12 light middleweight - Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Miguel Cotto - WBA Super World light middleweight title

X12 light middleweight - Saul Alvarez vs Shane Mosley - WBC light middleweight title

X10 light welterweight - Jessie Vargas vs Steve Forbes

X 10 - light middleweight - Deandre Latimore vs Carlos Quintana

· Saturday 5 May 2024 - Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, United States

Television: United States ESPN2

X10 light middleweight - Demetrius Andrade vs Rudy Cisneros

8×2 welterweight - Adelita Irizarry vs Victoria Cisnero

· Friday 11 May 2024 - Estadio Delmi, Salta, Salta, Argentina

Television: Argentina TV Pública

X12 welterweight - Luis Carlos Abregu - interim South American welterweight title

10×2 featherweight - Alejandra Marina Oliveras vs Claudia Andrea Lopez - WBO female featherweight title

· Friday 11 May 2024 - Super Domo Orfeo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina

Television: Argentina Direct TV

X12 flyweight - Juan Carlos Reveco vs Karim Guerfi - interim WBA World flyweight title

· Friday 11 May 2024 - EWS Arena, Goeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Television: EU Eurosport

X12 middleweight - Goekalp Oezekler vs Mouez Fhima - WBC Mediterranean middleweight title

X12 cruiserweight - Alexander Alekseev vs Firat Arslan - EBU (European) cruiserweight title (supervisor: Jean-Marcel Nartz)

X12 cruiserweight - Nuri Seferi - WBO European cruiserweight title

· Friday 11 May 2024 - Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Television: United States Showtime

X10 light middleweight - Yudel Jhonson vs Willie Nelson

X8 light heavyweight - Badou Jack vs Alexander Brand

BoxNation - 05May - Sky 456 - Virgin 546 - Livesport.tv

Live from MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

The WBA Super World Light Middleweight Championship

Miguel Cotto vs Floyd Mayweather Junior

The WBC World Light Middleweight Championship

Saul Alvarez vs Shane Mosley

Miguel Cotto defends his WBA Super World Light Middleweight Championship against Floyd Mayweather Junior live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 21, defends his WBC World Light Middleweight Championship against American 40-year-old Shane “Sugar” Mosley. 05May

BoxNation - 05May - Sky 456 - Virgin 546 - Livesport.tv

Live from Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

The WBO World Cruiserweight Championship

Marco Huck vs Ola Afolabi

The WBO World Super Middleweight Championship

Robert Stieglitz vs Nader Hamdan

The Vacant EBU (European) Heavyweight Championship

Alexander Dimitrenko vs Kubrat Pulev

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