Archive for May, 2008

By Eric Thomas: No matter how many times that I watch Ricky Hatton’s fight with Juan Lazcano, I can’t help thinking that Hatton was saved by referee Howard John Foster in the 10th round after Hatton was nailed with another check-hook by Juan Lazcano, catching Hatton as he was jumping in with a leaping left [...]

By William MacKay: Previously unbeaten cruiserweight prospect Aaron Williams (17-1-1, 12 KOs) was stopped in the 5th round by Colombian knockout artist Jose Luis Herrera (16-4, 16 KOs) of a scheduled 10-round at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Wednesday night.

By Jason Kim: Making his first appearance since his 10th round drubbing at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. last December, light welterweight Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) had an easy time defeating his handpicked opponent Juan Lazcano (37-5-1, 27 KOs), defeating him by an utterly one-sided 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the [...]

By Chris Williams: For the second consecutive fight, IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) won by a controversial decision, in this case a 12-round split decision victory over Lovemore N’dou (46-10-1, 31 KOs) tonight at the Manchester Stadium, in England. The final judges’ scores were 114-115, for Ndou, and 116-113 & 116-113. [...]

The official weigh-in for the Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano showdown this Saturday (Live on VERSUS, the telecast will begin at a special time of 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT) was held In front of several thousand rabid fight fans in an ultra-modern Manchester, England shopping mall. With top announcer Michael Buffer handling the introductions, Juan Lazcano, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Former WBA flyweight champion Eric Morel (38-2, 20 KOs), now fighting as a super bantamweight, demolished Jose Garcia Bernal (27-12-1, 18 KOs) tonight, stopping him in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Coliseo Antonio R. Barcelo, in Toa Baja, in Puerto Rico. Morel, a former WBA flyweight champion [...]

By Aaron Klein: WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) has said that he wants to fight only one more time, cashing out with one more big money fight against likely opponent Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) in November of this year. However, it seems to me to be lousy way for [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Ledger.com, undefeated WBC welterweight #1 challenger Andre Berto (21-0, 18 KOs) will be fighting Miguel Angel Rodriguez for the WBC welterweight title on June 21st at the FedEx Forum, in Memphis, Tennessee. The bout will be for champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s WBC title, which he’s failed to defend since defeating [...]

By Jim Dower: In the latest boxing news, former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah (36-5, 25 KOs) will be meeting up with Joshua Clottey (34-2, 20 KOs) for the vacant IBF welterweight title on August 2nd. The title is currently held by Antonio Margarito, who recently stopped then champion Kermit Cintron in the 6th round [...]

By Chris Williams: On the undercard of Saturday’s bout between Ricky Hatton and Juan Lazcano, IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) will be defending his title against challenger and former IBF champion Lovemore N’dou (46-9-1, 31 KO’s) in a rematch of their previous fight last year on June 16th, 2007. Malignaggi, 27, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten cruiserweight prospect Aaron Williams (17-0-1, 12 KOs) will take on the hard-hitting Colombian Jose Luis Herrera (15-4, 15 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout tonight on the ESPN card at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Williams, only 22, is a former 9-time U.S. amateur champion, and Gold [...]

By Eric Thomas: With most people’s thoughts on this Saturday’s bout between Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) and Juan Lazcano, a lot of the attention has seemed to have been drawn away from Hatton’s stated goal of fighting unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in early 2009, a fight that is Hatton’s seemingly insane [...]

By Aaron Klein: Two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie Johnston (42-6-1, 18 KOs) was stopped in the 10th round by contender Edner Cherry (24-5-2, 12 KOs) on Wednesday night at the House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. After fighting a fairly competitive fight for the first eight rounds of the fight, Johnston appeared to run out [...]

Press present at the City of Manchester Stadium today for the final press conference ahead of Ricky Hatton’s May 24 bout with Juan Lazcano were in no doubt that Saturday’s clash will live up the massive pre-fight expectations. There was a real buzz amongst the dozens of journalists, radio and TV crews present as co-promoter [...]

With an 11 fight knockout streak dating back to 2005, Chris Arreola has truly been a “Nightmare” for opponents. But the best young heavyweight on the planet is not satisfied; he wants a world heavyweight title shot and is willing to go through anyone in the world to get one. On Saturday, June 21st, the [...]

Nate Campbell: Joanie, Joanie, Joanie. You still don’t get it. Let me see if I can make this clear. YOU ARE NOT MY MANDATORY. Casamayor is. And if Casa don’t sign, you STILL might not be my mandatory. Unless Paco elevates you over Khan as my mandatory (which he hasn’t done yet, regardless of what [...]

By Jim Dower: It’s hard to believe that former IBF cruiserweight champion Arthur Williams (44-15-1, 30 KOs) is still fighting after all these years. On Wednesday night, Williams, now 43, defeated Clarence Moore (5-4-1, 5 KOs) by a 6-round unanimous decision at the Field House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. The final judges’ scores were [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA featherweight champion Freddie Norwood (42-3-1, 23 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round of a scheduled 8-round bout by Johnnie Edwards (14-2-1, 8 KOs) at The Field House, in Camp Lejuene, North Carolina. Norwood, 38, was knocked down in the 3rd and 7th rounds. After the second knockdown in the [...]

By William MacKay: In his first defense of his WBA lightweight title, newly crowned champion Jose Alfaro (20-4, 18 KOs) was stopped in the 3rd round by challenger Yusuke Kobori (23-2-2, 12 KOs) of a scheduled 12-round title bout at Differ Ariake, in Tokyo, Japan on Monday night. Alfaro, 24, got caught up in a [...]

By Michael Liberman: IBF super lightweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (24-1, 5 KOs) makes his second defense of his title on Saturday night against former IBF super lightweight champion Lovemore N’dou (46-9, 31 KOs), whom he defeated by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision in June 2007. Malignaggi, 27, appeared to be much too fast for the [...]

By Chris Williams: In an indication that light welterweight Ricky Hatton is looking beyond this Saturday’s bout with Juan Lazcano, he recently said in an interview with Craig Watt of fightnews that he’s interested in a fighting WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 35 KOs), if Hatton’s bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. fails to [...]

Brooklyn born IBF light welterweight champion Paul Malignaggi has thrown down the gauntlet and declared himself ready to fight Ricky Hatton. Malignaggi, who makes his British boxing debut this weekend, spoke to Setanta Sports News. He said: “I’m always looking for the big fights, I love big crowds and Ricky’s proved here that he draws [...]

Sorry to all Spanish boxing fans! Because there have been so many request from the United States regarding heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis recently promoter Ahmet Öner decided to move the fight between the three-times world amateur champion and 2004 Olympic gold medallist and “White Buffalo” Francois Botha from the show on May 30th in Bilbao [...]

By Manuel Perez: While watching former welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) giving Steve Forbes a boxing lesson en route to winning an easy 12-round unanimous decision on May 3rd, I couldn’t help but notice how improved De La Hoya was since seeing him last fight a year earlier against Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Jim Dower: Former champion Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) may be biting off more than he can chew this Saturday in his comeback bout against Juan Lazcano (37-4, 27 KOs), whom he fights in Manchester in front of a large crowd of fans, hoping to see Hatton get back on the winning track. However, [...]

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated middleweight contender John Duddy (24-0, 17 KOs) is apparently still in the running for a potential bout with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for later this year, according to the website The Irish Independent. Duddy’s promoter, Bob Arum, had this to say, “There’s still a chance of Duddy meeting Pavlik for [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a recent interview by writer Warren Tasker of the The Edmonton Journal at Canada.com, former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs), still appearing to be a little bitter over his 6th round stoppage at the hands of then WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, had this to say about the fight: [...]

By William MacKay: In the latest boxing news, super featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa’s trainer was apparently dismissed following last Saturday’s fight with Darling Jimenez in Las Vegas, a bout in which Gamboa was knocked down in the 4th round and hit often throughout the 10-round bout. Though Gamboa showed impressive offensive skills, his defense was what [...]

By Eric Thomas: This Saturday former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) makes his return to the ring to face Mexican fighter Juan Lazcano (37-4-1, 27 KOs) in a 12-round bout in Manchester, England. It’s been five months since Hatton, 29, was totally destroyed by WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on [...]

IBF #1 ranked mandatory challenger Tomasz Adamek will return to the Windy City on July 11 when he headlines an exciting fight card at the Aragon Ballroom against veteran brawler Gary Gomez, it was jointly announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva and 8 Count Productions President Dominic Pesoli. ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” broadcast [...]