Our thoughts and prayers are with the Tyson family today as his 4 year old daughter Exodus passed away following an accident that caused her neck to get caught in a treadmill cord while she was playing at home.

The World Heavyweight Championship fight of the year is on. Months of negotiations have come to an end and the highly expected heavyweight fight is determined: IBF, WBO and IBO World Champion Wladimir Klitschko of the Ukraine (52-3, 46 KO's) will defend his titles against David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) of London on June 20.

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LOS ANGELES, November 19 - British welterweight star Matthew Hatton and junior featherweight contender Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will be pushed to the limit in pivotal bouts on the off-television undercard of Saturday night's showdown between Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton and Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The night's main event, Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi, is a scheduled 12-round battle for Hatton's Ring Magazine and IBO Junior Welterweight titles, presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Punch Promotions and DiBella Entertainment and sponsored by Affliction Clothing and Cerveza Tecate. In the co-feature James Kirkland vs. Brian Vera, a 10 round middleweight bout, is presented in association with Tournament of Contenders. Both bouts will air live on HBO's World Championship Boxing broadcast beginning at 7:00pm PT/10:00pm ET. Doors open at 3:00 pm PT with the first bell ringing at approximately 3:15pm PT.

Tickets priced at $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150 are still available at any MGM Grand box office outlet and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are available for purchase atwww.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Carson, CA - Darchinyan (30-1-1, 24 KOs) and Mijares (35-3-2, 13 KOs) clash this Saturday, Nov. 1, in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In a battle of promising, world-ranked super middleweights, Andre Dirrrell (16-0, 11 KOs) faces Victor Oganov (28-1, 28 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature on SHOWTIME.

The first live fight is 4 p.m. PT. Doors open at 3.

Tickets, priced at $25 to $250, are on sale at The Home Depot Center Box Office, open 10 a.m-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, all Ticketmaster retail ticket locations, online at www.Ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster-Charge-by-Phone (213-480-3232). The Home Depot Box Office will open at 10 a.m. the day of the event.

The fight card is co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment, Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and KO Entertainment.

Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

NEW YORK (Oct. 27, 2008) – Their first two world championship bouts were unforgettable, action-packed and controversial.Now, World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Kendall “Rated R’’ Holt (24-2, 13 KOs) will take on Ricardo “Mochuelo’’ Torres (32-2, 28 KOs) in the final chapter of a thrilling trilogy on Saturday, Dec. 13, live on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).

Tickets are now on sale for the event, which is promoted by Top Rank, Inc., for Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Tickets at $200, $100 and $50 are available on www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-736-1420, or at any Ticketmaster outlet nationwide. Tickets can also be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office. The box office is open Monday through Friday 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (event day hours are subject to change).

LAS VEGAS (October 23) - Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton has made his way to the United States, landing in Las Vegas late last week as he continues preparations for his November 22 Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight Championship bout against New York's Paulie "The Magic Man" Malignaggi at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This plans to be a clash between the two best 140-pound fighters in the world and one of the most intriguing and exciting fights of 2008.

Hatton vs. Malignaggi is a scheduled 12-round battle for Hatton's Ring Magazine and IBO Junior Welterweight titles and presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Punch Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, and sponsored by Affliction Clothing and Cerveza Tecate. The world title bout will air live on HBO's World Championship Boxing.

Tickets priced at $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150 are still available at any MGM Grand box office outlet and at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith's Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.

Los Angeles, CA - The experiment that was Elite XC has finally run its course. The news that the company is going under comes to no surprise as it had reportedly loss of over $55 million dollars over the past year. No word on what will happen with the roster of talent including Kimbo Slice, Frank Shamrock and MMA beauty Gina Carano.

New York, October 18— Two Olympic Gold Medalists will square off for the heavyweight championship! Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF, WBO and IBO world heavyweight champion, will defend his titles against IBF. no. 1 ranked Alexander Povetkin on December 13 in the SAP ARENA in Mannheim, Germany.

Povetkin, the 29-year-old Russian known as the=2 0“White Lion,“ captured Olympic Gold at the 2004 Games in Athens, while Klitschko copped the Gold Medal in 1996 in Atlanta.Povetkin is unbeaten in his 16 professional fights (12 by KO) and the IBF top ranked challenger. “I will get that belt,” said Povetkin. “It is my turn, I am the future.”

The 32-year-old Klitschko is facing his 15th world championship fight. Klitschko, who held the WBO championship from 2000 – 2003, returns to the scene where he captured the IBF and IBO titles in 2006, scoring a technical knockout over Chris Byrd. In February 2008, he regained the WBO world championship when he beat Sultan Ibragimov at Madison Square Garden in New York. His record is 51 wins (45 KOs) and three losses.

Said Klitschko: “Alexander Povetkin is a very strong opponent. Both of us are Olympic champions. The fans can=2 0expect a great fight. I have good memories at SAP Arena where I became world champion for the second time. The fans in the Mannheim area are great.”

In Germany, the fight will be shown live and exclusively on RTL. HBO will broadcast
the championship in the U.S. Tickets for the Klitschko – Povetkin fight on will be available beginning Monday, October, 20, 2008. Box office will be opened from 8 a.m. at the SAP Arena, entrance A and B. On the internet you can purchase tickets at www.saparena.de, via the ticket hotline +49 621 - 1819 0 333, at the ticketshop at the SAP ARENA, at Engelhorn Sport in Mannheim and at all local ticket agencies.

Atlantic City, NJ - Bernard "the Executioner" Hopkins demolished former undefeated Kelly "the Ghost" Pavlik over 12 rounds tonight in Atlantic City. A 4-1 underdog, Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) came out determined to show the boxing world that he is still one of the most skillful fighters on the planet. In somewhat of a shocker, Hopkins, known for taking the first half of his fights off, came out strong from the opening bell. Using is slick footwork, shoulder turns, and pure speed, he simply outclassed Pavlik.

Pavlik (34-1, 30KO's) never landed a meaningful punch. Through most of the fight, he seemed lost, roaming the ring aimlessly, while continuously being hit.

As the closing bell rang, Hopkins gave a long stare down to the ringside media who had almost unanimously agreed Hopkins was too old and too slow for the younger "stronger" Pavlik. It seems tonight, many in the media should be eating their own words. In my opinion, the was one of the greatest boxing performances this fan has ever seen.

Carson, CA - History will be made on Saturday, Nov. 1, when World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight world champion Cristian Mijares climbs into the ring to face International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan at the The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Mijares and Darchinyan are fighting in the very first 115-pound World Championship Unification.

The historic showdown is being co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment, KO Entertainment and Gary Shaw Productions and will air live on SHOWTIME beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) with a 12-round super middleweight (168 pounds) special attraction – Andre Dirrell vs. Victor Oganov.

Tickets are on sale and are priced starting at $25 to $250 for ringside. Tickets may be purchased at The Home Depot Center Box Office, open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster retail ticket locations, as well as www.Ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster-Charge-by-Phone, by calling 213-480-3232.

Photo Credit: Hoyer/Klitschko Management

Associated Press - BERLIN - Samuel Peter angrily ripped the WBC belt from Vitali Klitschko's hands and stormed off the stage Monday at a news conference to promote their heavyweight title fight.In their pre-fight news conference, Samuel Peter, right, ripped the WBC belt from Vitali Klitschko's hands before storming off the stage.

The two fighters -- both called champions by the WBC -- were engaged in the routine pre-fight stare-down with both holding the belt, when Peter, urged on by trainer Stacy McKinley, angrily snatched it from Klitschko's grasp.

Klitschko looked surprised, then bemused.

NEWARK, N.J.—International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Steve “USS” Cunningham (21-1, 11 KOs) will meet Polish-born former world champion Tomasz Adamek (35-1, 24 KOs) at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 11. Tickets priced at $303, $153, $78, $53, $38 go on sale on Today at 11 a.m. and can be purchased by calling TicketMaster at 201-507-8900.

The event, with full undercard, is being co-promoted by Main Events and Don King Productions.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Pavlik vs. Hopkins is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 18 at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall. Presented by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Caesars Atlantic City and sponsored by Affliction Clothing, the fight will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

Remaining tickets, priced at $700, $500, $350, $200, $100 and $75, can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster (800) 736-1420 or online at www.Ticketmaster.com.

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (October 4, 2008)- Undefeated former World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion "BAD" CHAD DAWSON is ready to dig for gold when he challenges International Boxing Federation (IBF) / International Boxing Organization (IBO) light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver next Saturday in Las Vegas.

"Drill baby, drill! That's what I'm going to do to Anphonyo Tarver when I finally get that 14-carat chump into the ring," said Dawson from his Las Vegas-based training camp. "At least I won't have to go offshore to get my hands on him. Tarver's going to need a financial bailout to pay for a new set of teeth. I just hope his dentist gets the cash up front because 'Old Chapter 7' isn't the most reliable when it comes to paying off his debts. Getting rid of Tarver is not just my mission, it's a public service!"