By Sean McDaniel: Super featherweight Robert Guerrero (25-1-1, 17 KO’s) has pulled out of his March 27th fight with World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s), according to news from ESPN. Guerrero’s wife is ill and he wants to be with her. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer will now look for a substitute opponent for Guerrero. Read the rest of this entry »

Boxing results from the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan:

Tomonobu Shimizu TKO 7 Takayasu Kobayashi
Junichiro Sugita UD 8 Yuki Fukumoto Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: After learning that undefeated lightweight Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) was interested in fighting him, World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley answered in the affirmative, saying “Let’s get it on! Let’s make the fight happen.” Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is considered to be the best fighter in the light welterweight division after beating Junior Witter, Edner Cherry, Kendall Holt and Lamont Peterson in the past two years. Read the rest of this entry »

By Erik Schmidt: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) faces tough task in taking on American Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s on March 20th at the large ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Chambers, 27, is perceived by many to be American’s number #1 heavyweight. The unofficial title previously was held by Chris Arreola. However, after getting totally dominated and stopped by Wladimir’s older brother World Boxing Council heavyweight Vitali Klitschko in a 10th round stoppage last year, the title is now currently held by Chambers. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) to get some fights under his belt at light welterweight (140 pounds) before he can even consider matching him up with his cash cow, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao according to the latest boxing news. Arum is looking to have the 28-year-old Valero move up in weight five pounds and take on someone like WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley in his next fight. Read the rest of this entry »

by Liam Fitzgerald: The 40-0-0 perfect record of Floyd Mayweather Jr is certainly formidable and would suggest that he is perhaps an unbeatable force. He has won world titles at 5 different weights and has never really looked in big trouble in a fight. But the question is, can anybody beat him and if so, what type of fighter?

There is a real possibility that he will retire, properly, with his 0 still intact and that for him is very important. Yet, after announcing that he will be fighting Shane Mosley on May 1st Mayweather seems to finally be fighting the best fighters out there. Read the rest of this entry »

By Harlan Davies: On March 6th the second round of the Super-Six tournament will commence with Andre “The Matrix” Ward locking horns with “King” Arthur. From an initial glance, this bout seems to be an inevitable clash of styles that will produce solely two definitive outcomes.

Andre Dirrell (18 wins 1oss 15 kos) is a talent, no doubt. He possesses all the desirable attributes that a trainer would want in young fighter. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Dower: Count me in as one of the few people who thought that former IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) looked pretty damn good in beating former 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada last Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 33, defeated Estrada by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110. I agreed with the last judge’s scores. I saw Adamek winning about 10 of the 12 rounds with his better combinations and movement. Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) could be facing former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on April 10th, possibly at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Berto, 26, was supposed to have fought WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on January 30th, but because of the tragic earthquake that struck Haiti recently, killing some of the members of Berto’s extended family, he had to cancel the unification bout with Mosley. Read the rest of this entry »

By William Mackay: In an interview at Sportsradiointerviews, undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. commented on why he thinks his March 13th mega fight with Manny Pacquiao went down the drains. Mayweather says “Manny Pacquiao didn’t want to take a 25 million dollar drug test. I had a clause that I wanted and he [Pacquiao] had a clause that he wanted. His clause, what he wanted, was every pound that I weighed over 147, they wanted me to pay ten million dollars. I said no problem, each pound I’ll pay ten million dollars, my clause for him was for us both to take random blood tests. The only thing that I’m trying to do is clean up the sports period.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Chris Williams: With little more than a month to go for the March 13th clash between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is saying “we’ve sold well over 30,000” tickets to the fight, according to Boxing Talk. That’s a phenomenal number for a bout that figures to be mismatch. Clottey, 32, isn’t well known by casual boxing fans, and he’s not exactly been a world beater during his career, losing to Antonio Margarito, Carlos Baldomir and recently to Miguel Cotto. Read the rest of this entry »

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s fitness trainer Alex Ariza is impressed with Pacquiao’s power, saying in an article at the Manilastandardtoday that Pacquiao’s power is “unreal” after watching Pacquiao beat up on sparring partners Mike Dallas Jr. and Raymond Beltran last Saturday. Pacquiao reportedly stunned Dallas in the 2nd round of their sparring session as Pacquiao pummeled him. Read the rest of this entry »

By Kwame Cinquez: Manny Pacquiao is a great fighter, of that there is simply no disputing. His exciting style, willingness to to take a shot, speed, alongside his accuracy and brutal power have set him aside as one of the marquee names in our beautiful sport. However, i fail to accept i can be the only person on the planet (bar team Mayweather) who have not failed to acknowledge more than a few discrepancies in his rise to power. Pacquiao, whose brutal defeat of Marco Antonio Barrera on November 16th 2003 set him on his path to global stardom. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jason Kim: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) looked much improved in taking out Antonio DeMarco last Saturday night compared to his performance in December against Hector Velazquez. Most notably, Valero looked good on defense and was hit a lot less than he had in his last fight. But one has to wonder whether having a trainer like Freddie Roach would be able to make Valero even better. It’s hard to get better than 27-0, to be sure, but then again, Valero hasn’t faced any true elite fighters at this point in his career. Read the rest of this entry »

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) already has a better record than Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) after only eight years as a pro.

Pacquiao has been fighting for 15 years now in the pro ranks and has tasted the bitter feels of defeats three times already, including two draws. Valero has a perfect record of 27-0 with 27 knockouts. You can’t get any better than that, can you? Read the rest of this entry »

By Sean McDaniel: Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) didn’t hesitate to accept Australian WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis’ recent challenge for a fight on March 27th. Diaz’s manager, Willie Savannah sent word that Diaz wants the Katsidis fight, saying “Juan Diaz responds to Michael Katsidis challenge! Juan Baby Bull Diaz will gladly accept the challenge of Michael Katsidis for a rematch! Diaz has been impressed with Katsidis last couple of performances and feels like this would be a great fight! Let’s do it! Make it happen!” Read the rest of this entry »