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Centeno Headlines "Fight Night Club" 12/1 Season Finale

After another exciting season at L.A. LIVE's Club Nokia, Golden Boy Promotions and AEG's "Fight Night Club" will close out its 2011 campaign on Thursday, December 1 with another show to remember, this one featuring Oxnard sensation Hugo Centeno Jr. i...

Hopkins-Dawson Final Press Conference Quotes

"Believe It Or Not!: Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson" is a 12-round bout for Hopkins' WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship Titles taking place on Saturday, Oct. 15 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Calif. and will be produced an...

Golden Boy Inks Multi-Year Deal With Televisa

LOS ANGELES, November 17 - As one of boxing's traditional powerhouses when it comes to producing world-class talent in the ring, Mexico might best be described as the heart and soul of the sweet science. Now, in signing a multi-year deal, Golden Boy...

Statement From Golden Boy Promotions Regarding NYSAC

Golden Boy Promotions believes that it is important to report the true facts concerning its 90 day suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission. On July 9, 2010, Golden Boy learned that it had been suspended by the NYSAC for a period of 90...

De La Hoya Dedicating Fight To Art Aragon

LOS ANGELES – The current "Golden Boy" and legendary champion Oscar de la Hoya will pay tribute to the original Los Angeles "Golden Boy" Art Aragon, who died this year at the age of 88. "Art Aragon meant so much to boxing and the Los Angeles com...

Juan Diaz Signs With Golden Boy Promotions

LOS ANGELES, March 25 – Truly one of boxing’s young superstars, former world lightweight champion Juan Diaz (33-1, 17 KO's) has thrilled fight fans for years with his aggressive style and willingness to take on all challengers. Now, as Diaz gears up...

Hatton Signs With Golden Boy Promotions

(LOS ANGELES – March 7, 2008) – Over the course of his storied 10-year career, Ricky Hatton has achieved the rarest of feats – becoming a legitimate star on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, as he continues on his quest to be boxing’s best pound for...

Joel Casamayor: "Katsidis, This is My Time"

LOS ANGELES, CA – In an intriguing clash of styles that will have boxing pundits declaring this bout an early candidate for 2008 Fight of The Year, master boxer Joel Casamayor will put his Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championship on the line agai...

It's a Girl For Oscar and Millie De La Hoya

San Juan, Puerto Rico - Oscar de la Hoya and Millie Corretjer are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Nina Lauren Nenitte de la Hoya born today, December 29th in San Juan, Puerto Rico at 4:36 pm local time. She weighed in at 7 pounds...

A British Invasion Dawns on Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES – It’s the big battle before the huge war. On the eve of Ricky Hatton’s WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight championship showdown against Floyd Mayweather Saturday night, his countrymen will be fighting in force Friday night against hard-n...

Demetrius Hopkins, Rock Allen Return on 11/17

PHILADELPHIA - If you want to see some of Philadelphia's best young fighters, all you have to do is to take a quick trip down the highway as the area's best up-and-coming fighters will be featured on the off-television undercard of the HBO Boxing Aft...

De La Hoya: WBO's Fighter of The Decade

San Juan, Puerto Rico – It’s the fistic version of a daily double, and a distinction no other boxer has ever achieved, but yesterday at the World Boxing Organization (WBO) convention in Puerto Rico, Oscar de la Hoya was honored twice by the sanctioni...

De La Hoya, Mayweather Talk on Boxing's Return

LOS ANGELES — For a sport that has taken more than its share of slings and arrows over the last few years, boxing has proven to be as resilient as its greatest champions, rising from the canvas in 2007 to again take its place among the most popular a...

Marquez, Juarez, Guerrero Interview Transcript

Golden Boy Promotions is bringing one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year to Southern Arizona when Juan Manuel Marquez will face Ricardo Rocky Juarez for the World Super Featherweight Championship on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Desert Diamond...

Hitman Speaks: Ricky Hatton Media Interview

OSCAR DE LA HOYA, PRESIDENT, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you very much. Well we're very excited to hear that Ricky Hatton is right on schedule. When we did the press tour, I've never seen him in better shape this early before a fight, so that's o...