Archive for May, 2008

By Michael Liberman: As the fight nears closer, not much if any fans or experts alike are giving middleweight challenger Gary Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs) much of a chance at defeating WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs), whom they see as winning the fight by a likely early knockout scenario. On the [...]

By Jim Dower: As I was watching former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) absorb tremendous punishment in 8th and 10th rounds by the light-hitting Juan Lazcano, who hurt Hatton badly in both rounds, it finally dawned on me that Hatton, perhaps, can no longer take a big shot at this stage of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super featherweight contender Monty Meza Clay (28-1, 19 KOs) stopped Fernando Omar Lizarraga (16-5-1, 12 KOs) in the 1st round on Friday night in a scheduled 10-round bout at the Expo Mart, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Meza Clay, 27, started slowly in the first round, throwing few punches and circling around the [...]

By Chris Williams: Former two-time WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide (43-4-41 KOs) won an easy 12-round unanimous decision over Ehinomen Ehikhamenor (12-3, 7 KOs) last night at the Pabellon Lasearrem Baracaldo, in Pais Vasco, to retain his WBC International cruiserweight title. Hide, 36, dropped Ehikhamenor with a big right hand in the 4th round, but [...]

By Erik Schmidt: The young Russian heavyweight Konstantin Airich (9-1-1, 8 KOs), who gave an excellent account of himself last night, dropping veteran Danny Williams (39-6, 31 KOs) once and hurting him several other times in the fight requiring standing eight counts on two occasions. However, after appearing to run out of gas in the [...]

By Aaron Klein: In one of the worst refereed fights I’ve ever witnessed, British heavyweight Danny Williams (39-6, 31 KOs) stopped Konstantin Airech (9-1-1, 8 KOs) in the 7th round of a scheduled 8-round bout at the Pabellon Lasearrem Baracaldo, in Pais Vasco, Spain tonight. The fight, a strange one, saw both fighters trade knockdowns, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In what’s almost sure to be a bout with a great deal of sparks flying between both fighters, WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-1, 30 KOs) will be defending his title against his number #1 challenger Juan Manuel Lopez in a 12-round title bout on June 7th, at the [...]

By Nate Anderson: It was a bout that WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (33-1, 24 KOs) was supposed to easily win, but it quickly turned into a nightmare for him as Carlos Quintana (25-1, 19 KOs) used movement and fast combinations to pound out a surprising 12-round unanimous decision over Williams. The fight, as it [...]

By Eric Thomas: A much rejuvenated WBC light middleweight champion Vernon Forrest (40-2, 29 KOs) will be defending his title against the light-hitting Sergio Mora (20-0-1, 5 KOs) on June 7th, at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Mora, 27, a former participant in the NBC boxing reality TV show called The Contender, [...]

By William MacKay: Former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs) will be looking to avenge his only defeat on his record when he goes up against undefeated WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KOs) on July 5th, at the Gerry Weber Statdium, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Valuev and Chagaev were previously scheduled to [...]

By Manuel Perez: It isn’t often that boxing fans get to see a match-up as important or potentially as exciting as the July 26th title bout between unbeaten WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) and challenger Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Though both fighters like [...]

By Jim Dower: After watching former WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 21 KOs) easily get dismantled in the 9th round by the weak-punching light heavyweight Shaun George in their recent May 16th bout, I wondered whether Byrd, now 37, should consider retiring from boxing. This was for him his second consecutive loss, and more [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Up to now, WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s (33-0, 29 KOs) upcoming June 7th bout challenger Gary Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs), from Wales, has barely registered a blip on the radar screen with most fans, most of whom could care less watching Pavlik likely destroy the 15th ranked WBC contender Lockett. [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated cruiserweight contender Alexander Alexeev (14-0, 13 KOs) takes on former cruiserweight title challenger Louis Azille (19-5-2, 15 KOs) in a 10-round bout on Saturday, in Burg-Waechter Castello, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Alexeev, 27, a former amateur star from the former Soviet Union, who came in 2nd in the 2003 World championship and [...]

By Jason Kim: In the latest boxing news, yesterday it was learned that WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s promoter Bob Arum was in early meeting with Frank Warren, the promoter of undefeated WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe for a potential bout in November. The bout, if it were to be made between the two [...]

By Michael Liberman: British heavyweight Danny Williams (38-6, 30 KOs) will return to the ring this Friday night against undefeated Konstantin Airich (9-0-1, 8 KOs) in a scheduled 8-round non-title bout at the Pabellon Lasearre, Baracaldo, in Pais Vasco, Spain. Williams, 34, the current BBBofC British heavyweight champion, won’t have his title on the line [...]

By Aaron Klein: WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (32-3, 23 KOs) beat for the third time fellow Australian Sam Soliman (35-11, 13 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Vodafone Arena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Other than money, there wasn’t much reason for the fight to take place in the [...]

By Shaun Brown: For many a fight fan, the prospect of boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather facing Puerto Rico’s finest Miguel Cotto has been nothing but a dream for us all.
With Oscar De La Hoya (rematch) and Antonio Margarito lined up as their respective opponents, aligned with recent comments from Roger Mayweather: “If it makes [...]

2K Sports today announced it has partnered with the king of boxing and the godfather of hype, Don King, to launch HypeKingdom.com in support of the highly anticipated boxing video game, Don King Presents: Prizefighter. Fans can now enroll in the University of Hype to learn the art of larger-than-life self-promotion, while getting new [...]

By Nate Anderson: Whether he likes it or not, Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) may have to earn his rematch the hard way by beating a trio of smaller fighters, such as lightweights Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis, and super featherweight Manny Pacquiao, before he can make himself relevant for another fight with the great [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (31-3, 23 KOs) is set to defend his title tonight against Sam Soliman (35-10, 13 KOs) in the third and likely final bout at the Vodafone Arena, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Mundine, 33, will be giving up his belt in fighting Soliman, has chosen to not [...]

By Erik Schmidt: The war of words between IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) and super middleweight Edison Miranda (30-2, 26 KOs) continue on, this time with Abraham’s trainer Uli Wegner chiming in, saying “this time Abraham will knock Miranda out.” He made indeed be right, because the latest word is that Abraham [...]

By Jim Dower: Ex-cruiserweight now turned heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) has once again refused to let up on his pressure on IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs), whom he has been after steadily for the past two months trying to line up a fight. In a press release from Setanta sports, [...]

By Aaron Klein: With last Saturday’s terribly unimpressive wins for both IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi and former champion Ricky Hatton, it looks as if we’re about to see a matchup between the two of them, most likely in November. However, it all depends on whether Malignaggi’s injury to his right hand ( a [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated lightweight prospect Orlando Felix (10-0, 3 KOs) defeated Carlos Claudio (8-3-1, 2 KOs) by an impressive six-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo, in Toa Baja. The final judges’ scores were 59-55, 59-55 and 59-55, all for Felix. Felix, 22, showed incredible speed and power early [...]

By Chris Williams: Commonwealth (British Empire) welterweight champion Craig Watson (13-2, 4 KOs) had an easy time defeating challenger Matthew Hatton (33-4-1, 13 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night in Manchester. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 117-112 and 118-111. The fight was even more lopsided than the scores suggest, as Watson, [...]

By William MacKay: In a particularly badly scored fight, undefeated light welterweight prospect Henry Lundy (11-0-1, 6 KOs) defeated Esteban Almaraz (7-1, 4 KOs) by a 4-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Twin River Even Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It was especially hard for me to see Lundy, 24, winning considering [...]

By William MacKay: In a stay busy fight, one-beaten heavyweight prospect Jason Estrada (13-1, 3 KOs) stopped an over-matched 6’6” Moultrie Witherspoon (14-2, 8 KOs) in the 7th round of a scheduled eight-round bout at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday night. Estrada, a former Gold medalist at the 2003 [...]

By Manuel Perez: Featherweight prospect Marcos Jimenez (13-1, 8 KOs) stopped Mexican fighter Baudel Cardenas (17-14-2, 6 KOs) in the 4th round of a scheduled 8-round bout at the Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo, in Toa Baja, on Saturday night. At the end of the 4th round, Jimenez, 24, landed a huge left hook to the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It was sad to see former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) struggle last night to defeat a non-top ranked opponent Juan Lazcano (37-5-1, 27 KOs), whom he defeated by 12-round unanimous decision at the Manchester Stadium, in front of 50,000 screaming Hatton fans. The scores, 120-110, 118-110 and 120-108, [...]