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Massachusetts defeated New York, 9-3, in tonight’s Battle of the Badges 5 (BOB5) at Foxwoods Resort Casino, pitting law enforcement amateur boxing teams in a fundraising event.  New York holds a 3-2 advantage in the BOB series.

In a night of epic finishes, Providence’s Shelito Vincent left Twin River Casino with her first championship belt wrapped around her waist.
Fighting for a title for the first time in her career, Vincent (9-0) responded with her most impressive performance to date Friday night, dominating tough challenger Angel Gladney (8-8-1) in an 80-71, 79-72, 79-72 unanimous-decision victory to capture the vacant Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) International super bantamweight title in the main event of “The New Era,” presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports.

In the face of adversity, ‘Wild’ Will Tomlinson (21-0-1, 12 KOs) overcame a brave performance from Malcolm ‘Stone’ Klassen (27-6-2, 14 KOs) to retain his IBO super-featherweight title via a controversial unanimous points decision in an enthralling battle of wills at The Melbourne Pavilion overnight. 

Two of the middleweight division’s best and most exciting fighters will met as IBF champion Daniel Geale (29-1, 15 KOs) has signed on to defend his title against highly regarded contender Darren Barker (25-1, 16 KO’s). The 12-round championship bout will take place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York on August 17, 2013, and the event will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark.

The Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse weigh-in was held this afternoon in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in advance of Saturday night’s Showtime televised match-up between two of the top junior welterweights in the world — who are ironically fighting this fight at a catch-weight above the division, without any of their titles at stake. So there’s that. Right here, you’ll find the complete Peterson vs. Matthysse weigh-in results, along with a huge collection of photos from the weigh-ins, and more.

Wladimir Klitschko can come. That’s what must have gone through the mind of Alexander Povetkin on Friday night after he finished off Andrzej Wawrzyk inside three rounds. It was obvious that the Pole was over his head from the get go and was sent to the canvas on three occasions before the 33-year-old Russian was declared the winner and still WBA (fake) Heavyweight Champion of the world.

Eddie Hearn has moved the David Haye v Manuel Charr undercard to Bolton after the Hayemaker withdraw from his proposed bout due to a hand injury, with the show now taking place at Bolton Arena on June 29, live on Sky Sports, sponsored by Betfair.

APB unveils its boxers’ roster through “Boxer of the Week” campaign
Shortly after the wrap-up of the third and most impressive World Series of Boxing (WSB) season to date, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was pleased to launch an exciting Social Media campaign named APB “Boxer of the Week”, designed to unveil step by step the entire APB boxers’ roster.

On Saturday, June 8 the exciting Marcos Maidana vs. Josesito Lopez fight will be broadcast on Showtime. Maidana vs. Lopez should be a fantastic fight, with two action-minded warriors with a lot on the line squaring off against one another. Right here, you can watch the official Maidana vs. Lopez video preview to take a look at what you can expect from the night.

With the Lamont Peterson vs. Lucas Matthysse fight just a day away, Atlantic City has been buzzing from all of the fight week activities. Right here, you’ll find a collection of pre-fight quotes from Lucas Matthysse, Lee Purdy, Anthony Ogogo and more, along with special preview videos of the action. You’ll find a Peterson vs. Matthysse video news update taking a look at the final preparation for the big event, and then a special video feature from Showtime on Lamont Peterson and his journey.

Saturday’s card featuring the return of Sugar Shane Mosley against Mexican star Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano at The Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico has added even more fistic firepower with the addition of a stellar co-main event pitting Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson against Gustavo Sandoval, as well as undercard bouts starring Golden Boy Promotions’ newest signing, Adan “Speedy” Mares, along with Roberto “Massa” Manzanarez, Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Ivan “Macanón” Cano.
Mosley vs. Cano and Thompson vs. Sandoval will be telecast live on FOX Sports Networks and FOX Deportes in the …

Last June I published a list of what I saw to be Britain’s best ten boxing prospects, considering their achievements and potential. With almost a year having passed since, it is now apt to review exactly what these men have achieved in the intermittent period. What have they accomplished? Have they progressed or regressed? What stands in wait for them in the future? All these questions will be answered as I recap what a year has brought for some of British boxing’s hopeful superstars.

World-rated welterweight Eddie “The Lion” Paredes (32-3-1, 21 KOs) is prepared to go from being considered one of the most avoided welterweights to world champion.
Rated #2 in the world by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and #3 by the World Boxing Association (WBA), Parades hopes to soon face one of the top-ranked welterweights – Robert Guerrero, Luis Carlos Abregu or even Amir Khan if he moves up in weight – in a career-defining fight to position him for his first world title shot.

Tonight on WealthTV a terrific night of boxing will take place beginning at 7pm est at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau. In the main event, Undefeated WBC Continental America’s Lightweight champion Ghislain Maduma takes on Saul Carreon.
In the co-feature, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner and currant European and WBC Silver Super Middleweight champion James DeGale makes his North American Debut when he takes on former world title challenger Sebastien Demers. Those two fights will be part of a nine bout card that will feature undefeated Baha Laham …

Tonight, Thompson Boxing presents the latest Path to Glory card, this time headlined by Richard Contreras. Olympic medalist Taras Shelestyuk is also in action on the card. Below, find the complete weigh-in results.