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Fernando Vargas Gets Las Vegas Star, Eyes Comeback

Former IBF junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion Fernando Vargas told FanHouse that he expects to become the first fighter with a star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars on Jan. 28, even as the 33-year-old could end a more than three-year ring absence should he emerge from retirement in March. In a ceremony that is...

Winky Wright-Matthew Macklin 'Signed' For April 9

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told FanHouse that southpaw former world champion Winky Wright (pictured above, at far right) of Saint Petersburg, Fla. will end a nearly two-year ring absence on April 9 when the 39-year-old meets middleweight (160 pounds) Matthew Macklin of England, likely on the under card of...

Trainer Buddy Mcgirt Talks of Late Vernon Forrest, Arturo Gatti

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Two time world champion and boxing trainer Buddy Mcgirt has worked the corner of the late Vernon Forrest, who was killed at the age of 38 on July 25, of 2009 after posting a record of 41-3,...

Death Penalty Dropped For Two Men Charged With Killing Vernon Forrest

Prosecutors in Georgia's Fulton County will not seek the death penalty against two of the three men who were charged with killing former world champion, Vernon Forrest, according to an article in The Atlanta Journal Constitution. During a court hearing, Assistant District Attorney Pete Johnson said his office was no...

Alexis Arguello, Vernon Forrest, Arturo Gatti Profiled on 'Real Sports'

HBO's Real Sports will profile former world boxing champions, Alexis Arguello, 57; Arturo Gatti, 37, and; Vernon Forrest, 38 (pictured above, at left, against Sergio Mora), who died successively, in July. The first installment of the show will air on Tuesday, April 13, at 10 p.m., examining the stories concerning what...