Spinks vs. Phillips Tonight
March 27th, 2008 Tags: Cory Spinks
By Dan Ambrose: IBF light middleweight champion Cory Spinks (36-4, 11 KOs) defends his title tonight against 37 year-old former IBF/WBO light middleweight champion Verno Phillips (41-10-1, 21 KOs) at the Scottrade Center, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Spinks, 30, hasn’t defended his IBF light middleweight title in a year dating back to February 2007, when […]
Prizefighter Game Giveaway During DonKingTV.com Premiere
March 27th, 2008 Tags: Boxing
New York, NY –– Don King Productions and 2K Sports today announced they will team up for an exclusive giveaway of five copies of the most anticipated sports release this spring, Don King Presents: Prizefighter, during the launch of King’s very own digital network, www.DonKingTV.com. A spectacular “Meet Me in St. Louis” championship doubleheader […]
Is Samuel Peter The Savior Of The Heavyweight Division?
March 26th, 2008 Tags: Samuel Peter
By Scott Gilfoid: In the past couple of years the heavyweight division has all but dried up as far as talent and excitement goes. This coincides with the beginning of the Eastern European heavyweights, like Wladimir Klitschko, Sultan Ibragimov, Ruslan Chagaev, Nikolay Valuev, Oleg Maskaev and Alexander Povetkin, whom have slowly taken control over the […]
Miranda vs. Bute?
March 26th, 2008 Tags: Lucian Bute, Edison Miranda
By Tony Krebs: With former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler backing out and opting not to fight the Colombian knockout artist Edison Miranda (30-2, 26 KOs), he has now set his sights on IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) in hopes of lining up a bout with him instead of Kessler. Bute, […]
Abraham vs. Ayala This Saturday
March 25th, 2008 Tags: Arthur Abraham
By Manuel Perez: Undefeated IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (25-0, 20 Kos) puts his title and unbeaten record on the line this Saturday night when he goes up against American Elvin Ayala (18-2-1, 8 Kos) at the Sparkassen-Arena, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Abraham, 28, is making his seventh defense of his IBF title which he won […]
Andy Lee vs. Vera Rematch In July?
March 25th, 2008 Tags: Andy Lee
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Irish middleweight prospect Andy Lee (15-1, 12 KOs) may be fighting a rematch with former star from The Contender reality television series Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KOs) in July, as long as Lee’s badly cut up face has been healed by that time. Lee, 23, whom […]
Green Ends Boxing Career
March 25th, 2008 Tags: Danny Green
By Donald Geranen: WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green (25-3, 22 KOs) n 25 (KO 22) announced his retirement from boxing, saying “I woke up at 1am Sunday morning with my stomach churning, and it was telling me to hang up my gloves, basically.” Apparently, Green, 35, had lost his interest in boxing seemingly at […]
Casamayor Stops Katsidis
March 24th, 2008 Tags: Joel Casamayor, Michael Katsidis
By Eric Thomas: WBO Lightweight champ, Michael Katsidis (23-1, 20 KO’s) came up short against ring veteran Joel Casamayor (36-3-1, 22 KO’s), who stopped him in the 10th round on Saturday night Morongo Casino in Cabazon California. Katisidis, 27, was knocked down three times in the bout, two of them coming in the first round […]
Andrade Too Much For Stieglitz
March 24th, 2008 Tags: Librado Andrade
By Michael Tornay: Super middleweight contender Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs) overwhelmed Russian Robert Stieglitz (31-2, 19 KOs) with punches, stopping him in the 8th round of a scheduled 12-round IBF Super Middleweight Title Eliminator on the undercard of the Michael Katsidis vs. Joel Casamayor bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, […]
Baysangurov TKOs Dzuman
March 24th, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Erik Smight: Undefeated EBU (European) light middleweight champion Zaurbek Baysangurov (18-0, 13 KOs) successfully defended his EBU title on Sunday night in his first title defense, stopping Ukrainian Roman Dzuman (23-5-1, 10 KOs) in the 8th round of a scheduled 12-round bout at the Sportpalace Meteor, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Baysangurov, 23, a former amateur […]
Cox Destroys Kehoe
March 24th, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Scott Gilfoid: Looking like a can’t miss future champion, unbeaten British light middleweight prospect Jamie Cox (5-0, 2 KOs) made short work of his overmatched opponent David Kehoe (9-46-3, 2 KOs), stopping him in the first round on Saturday night on the undercard of Gavin Rees vs. Andreas Kotelnik WBA super lightweight championship bout […]
Rees Better Than Hatton?
March 23rd, 2008 Tags: Ricky Hatton, Gavin Rees
By Chris Stein: I’m in agreement with writer Dan Ambrose about his opinion of former WBA super lightweight champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs), who he sees as an incredibly talented fighter whose fight with Andrea Kotelnik (29-2-1, 13 KOs) shouldn’t have been stopped by the referee prematurely. Rees was only briefly stunned and was […]
Kotelnik Stops Rees With Only Seconds Remaining
March 23rd, 2008 Tags: Gavin Rees, Andreas Kotelnik
By Dan Ambrose: In one of the most heroic fights I’ve seen in some time, WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs) fought bravely last night against the much harder punching Andreas Kotelnik (29-2-1, 13 KOs), fighting him literally tooth and nail before succumbing in the 12th round on what looked to be […]
Macklin Defeats Campas
March 23rd, 2008 Tags: Luis Ramon Campas, Matthew Macklin
By Nate Anderson: Talented middleweight Matthew Macklin (21-2, 16 KOs) defeated ring veteran Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas (91-12, 73 KOs) by a tough 10-round unanimous decision last night at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland last night. Macklin, 25, who is in a transition period with his new trainer Buddy McGirt after recently quitting […]
Remillard Defeats Perez
March 22nd, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Tony Krebs: In a night of disappointing performances by young prospects, undefeated featherweight Matt Remillard (13-0, 7 KOs) continued with the poor performances by defeating Colombian veteran Jesus Salvador Perez by a 4-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. The final judges’ scores were 40-35, 40-35 and […]
Pryor Jr. Decisions Williams
March 22nd, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Tony Krebs: Undefeated Aaron Pryor Jr. (9-0, 6 KOs) defeated Alphonso Williams (10-4, 8 KOs) by an ugly 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Both fighters were hurt multiple times in the bout, but in the end the 6′4″ spindly-legged Pryor, the son of boxing great […]
Andy Lee Stopped In 7th By Vera, in Quick Stoppage
March 22nd, 2008 Tags: Andy Lee
By Scott Gilfoid: Previously undefeated middleweight prospect Andy Lee was shockingly stopped in the 7th of a scheduled 10-round bout by former star from The Contender reality television series on ESPN Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KOs) at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. The stoppage, however, appeared to come far too quickly, as Lee […]
Hatton-Mayweather II: Would People Be Interested In A Rematch?
March 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Erik Thomas: The first fight was an ugly one-sided affair, with the undersized Ricky Hatton being foiled at his attempted wrestling & fighting on the inside, eventually leading up to a 10th round stoppage by Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs). The only reason I ask is because Mayweather, 30, recently said to Sky […]
Macklin vs. Campas
March 21st, 2008 Tags: Luis Ramon Campas, Matthew Macklin
By Chet Mills: Talented but flawed middleweight Matthew Macklin (20-2, 16 KOs) will be fighting for the first time under new trainer Buddy McGirt on Saturday when Matthew takes on Mexican journeyman fighter Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas (91-11, 73 KOs) at the National Stadium, in Dublin, Ireland. Macklin, 25, recently quit British trainer Billy […]
Andrade vs. Stieglitz On Saturday
March 21st, 2008 Tags: Librado Andrade
By Manuel Perez: Former super middleweight title challenger Librado Andrade (26-1, 20 KOs) will take on Russian Robert Stieglitz (31-1, 19 KOs) on Saturday night in an IBF super middleweight title eliminator at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. The winner of the bout gets a shot at IBF super middleweight champion […]
