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Ex-Champs Zab Judah, Joel Casamayor Return to Ring

Southpaw former world champions, Zab Judah, and Joel Casamayor will return to the ring on Friday night at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas.Judah, a 32-year-old welterweight (147 pounds), will be ending a nearly 12-month layoff. The 38-year-old Casamayor will be ending a nearly 14-month ring absence when he enters the ring as...

King Says Joseph Agbeko-Yohnny Perez Card Will Be First With Instant Replay

Among the motivations for Joseph Agbeko entering Saturday night's defense of his IBF, 118-pound title against Yonnhy Perez is his desire to achieve the greatness of two of his African predecessors.Like Agbeko, a 29-year-old bantamweight titlist, Ghaninan legends such as three-time champion Azumah Nelson and former...

Don King Still Selling With Halloween Promotion in Las Vegas

At age 78, boxing promoter Don King is still at it. The man who brought the world "The Rumble In The Jungle" on Oct. 30, in 1974, featuring Muhammad Ali's dramatic, eighth-round knockout of George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, will celebrate that event's 35th anniversary on Halloween with the first-ever, boxing event to be...

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06/12/11 Azumah Nelson in Brooklyn Source: Ghana Home Page Azumah "The Professor" Nelson, former two-division world champion, put African boxing on the map KO after KO throughout the 1980s and 90s.
06/06/11 Azumah Nelson To Make Historic Visit To New York City Source: Ghana Home Page Brooklyn, NY -Azumah "The Professor" Nelson, former WBC world champion, put African boxing on the map KO after KO and became the only boxer from the continent of Africa to date to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Azumah Nelson will make his first appearance at New York's famous Gleason's Gym on June 13, 2011, from 6-9pm for a meet and greet charity auction, benefiting the Azumah Nelson Foundation's "Mentoring for a Brighter Future" building project in Akuse, Ghana-which marries sports & education.