Archive for June, 2008

By William MacKay: In somewhat of an upset, previously undefeated middleweight prospect Michael Walker (18-1, 12 KOs) was beaten by Mexican journeyman David Lopez (35-12, 22 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Sundance Square, in Fort Worth, Texas. Walker, 29, fought well in the first four rounds of the fight, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light middleweight prospect James De la Rosa (16-0, 11 KOs) had an easy time defeating Troy Wilson (9-7-1, 4 KOs) in a lopsided 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Catholic Youth Center, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Along the way, De la Rosa, only 20, showed off excellent boxing skills, if [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Though neither of these guys will ever be a major champion, British Commonwealth light heavyweight champion Dean Francis (30 (KO 24) + lost 3 (30-3, 24 KOs) and BBBofC British light heavyweight champion Tony Oakey (25-3-1, 7 KOs) put on an exciting bout in which both fighters stood toe-to-toe for much of [...]

By Jim Dower: You got to feel for Mary Jo Sanders (25-1, 8 KOs). She came into Holly Holm’s (22-1, 6 KOs), showing the better boxing skills, and landing most of the cleaner shots by far in the 10-round fight, yet she came up short on a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision to Holmes, the IFBA [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Since losing to WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik last week, middleweight Gary Lockett (30-2, 21 KOs) has received a lot of criticism from boxing fans who feel that he wasn’t a worthy challenger for Pavlik and that he was a poor fighter. However, I think most of the people who say this [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (26-0, 17 KOs) has only 90 days to defend his title against the undefeated interim champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (25-0, 15 KOs) or risk being stripped of his title. Dawson, however, most defend his title in Diaconu’s native Romania, because Ganker Promotions, who happens [...]

By Jim Dower: On June 21st, Edison Miranda (30-2, 26 KOs) and undefeated Arthur Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) meet to settle some unfinished business in a 12-round bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Their first fight, fought two years ago on September 23, 2006, ended up with Abraham winning [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated welterweight contender Andre Berto (21-0, 18 KOs) will meet up with the virtually unknown Miguel Angel Rodriguez (29-2, 23 KOs) for the vacant WBC welterweight title on June 21st, at the FedEx Forum, in Memphis, Tennessee. The title suddenly opened up last week with the unexpected retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]

By Michael Lieberman: There are really brave fighters in boxing, there are fighters that would take on anyone anywhere, then there are fighters that prefer not to take risks in the twilight of their careers. Joe Calzaghe is the prefer not to take risks at the end of their career type, judging from today’s boxing [...]

By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) will reportedly be fighting for the final time on December 6th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas against a still unnamed opponent. De La Hoya, who lost his original Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a bout that was supposed to have taken place on September [...]

By John Carter: Joe Calzaghe has been doing the rounds of another sort. He has been taking part in a few radio interviews and while speaking to ‘The South Wales Argus’ shortly after Kelly Pavlik’s fantastic destruction of his fellow countrymen Gary Lockett had a few interesting things to say. Calzaghe first talked about Lockett’s [...]

By Francisco Chantengo: South African Vusi Malinga (18-2-1, 11 KOs) destroyed former two-time bantamweight champion Veeraphol Sahaprom (61-4-2, 43 KOs) in a 4th round TKO of a scheduled 12-round WBC bantamweight eliminator bout on Wednesday night at the Bodindecha School, Bangkluay, in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Malinga, using a non-stop attack consisting mainly of uppercuts and hooks, [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Undefeated super middleweight prospect Peter Quillin (19-0, 14 KOs) had great difficulty beating hard-hitting Colombian Dionisio Miranda (19-2-2, 18 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Times Square, in New York City, New York. Quillin, 24, nicknamed “Kid Chocolate,” won most of the early rounds of [...]

By Michael Lieberman: In a shocking upset, number #1 ranked IBF junior middleweight Sechew Powell (23-2, 14 KOs) was stopped in the 7th round of a scheduled 10-round bout by Deandre Latimore (19-1, 16 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Times Square, in New York City, New York. Powell, 29, appeared to underestimate [...]

By Francisco Chantengo: To no one’s surprise, undefeated WBA super featherweight champion Edwin Valero (24-0, 24 KOs) stopped his 36 year-old Takehiro Shimada (22-4-1, 15 KOs) in the 7th round of a scheduled 12-round title bout on Wednesday night at the Nihon Budokan, in Tokyo, Japan. The bout, a horrible mismatch going in, was never [...]

By Manuel Perez: Not too long ago, Floyd Mayweather announced that he retiring from boxing and saying that it was a permanent deal, that he wouldn’t be coming back because he had lost the love for the sport. I, for one, am hoping that Mayweather is good for his word and decides to stay away [...]

By Francisco Chantengo: Making his sixth defense of his WBC bantamweight title, champion Hozumi Hasegawa (24-2, 8 KOs) made easy work of his challenger Cristian Faccio (15-3, 10 KOs), stopping him in the 2nd round of a scheduled 12-round title bout on Wednesday night at the Nihon Budokan, in Tokyo, Japan. Hasegawa, 27, was never [...]

By Aaron Klein: WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) received a bit of good news on when he found out that he had been received an incredible number #5 ranking in the WBC heavyweight division, bringing him only a short distance from being the number #1 mandatory for WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter’s [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) perhaps still smarting from the rejection by light welterweight Ricky Hatton, who declined to step in and fight De La Hoya in September, as well as Floyd Mayweather Jr’s recent retirement, De La Hoya told Reuters on Wednesday, “One more [...]

By Jim Dower: After watching Ricky Hatton struggle against Juan Lazcano, looking good at times and appearing a little washed up as a fighter at other times, I wonder whether Hatton should opt for a fight against super featherweight Manny Pacquiao. First of all, I don’t think it’s a fight that Hatton could win at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Irish middleweight Andy Lee (15-1, 12 KOs) makes his boxing comeback on July 19th against a still to be determined opponent in Limerick, Ireland. Lee, who turns 24 today, was shockingly stopped in the 7th round in his last fight against Brian Vera (16-1, 10 KOs), a former participant from The Contender [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (36-0-1, 29 KOs) will be making his toughest fight of his short career when he takes on Matt Vanda (38-6, 21 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Monterrey, in Nuevo León, Mexico, on July 12th. Chavez Jr., 22, the son of the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: While I was watching undefeated WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) dispatch his latest challenger Gary Lockett in the 3rd round on Saturday night, I noticed that Pavlik seemed to lacking in both speed and boxing skills in the fight, something that would likely be exposed if he were to [...]

By Jason Kim: In a stay busy fight, number #1 ranked IBF challenger undefeated Alexander Povetkin (15-0, 11 KOs) will face journeyman fighter Taurus Sykes (25-4-1, 7 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout on July 19th at the Olimpyskiy Sports Palace, in Chekhov, Russia. Povetkin, 28, has been forced to wait on IBF heavyweight champion [...]

By William MacKay: For a fighter as popular and as wealthy as Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), he sure has had a bad week. Not only did he lose out on a huge potential multi-million dollar payday when his September 20th opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. abruptly retired from boxing, but he then had [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In the ultimate in overreach on his part, WBC super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 35 KOs) is reportedly interested in a bout with light welterweight former champion Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) in the near future. First, however, Pacquiao has to deal with WBC lightweight champion David Diaz, with whom Pacquiao [...]

By Aaron Klein: Cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-0, 20 KOs) stated recently that he plans on fighting two top ranked fighters at heavyweight, and after destroying them, he’ll be ready to challenge IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (50-3, 44 KOs) for his world titles. Klitschko has said that he wouldn’t fight Haye, 27, unless he [...]

By Manuel Perez: If you’re like most people who saw last Saturday’s bout between Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20 KOs) and WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-2, 30 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, you want to see an immediate rematch. The fight, which had thought to have [...]

By Michael Lieberman: As much as boxing fans may want to see a potential bout between the undefeated WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) and equally undefeated super middleweight/light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs), it may not come about judging from the recent comments of the 36 year-old Calzaghe’s promoter Frank [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) is reportedly not interested in a bout with 6-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) in September, so says Hatton’s father, Ray, according to the BBC. Apparently, Hatton feels that the bout is too soon [...]