Archive for July, 2008

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) fresh off a disappointing 10-round split decision over journeyman Matt Vanda (38-7, 21 KOs) on July 12th, will be facing him once again in a rematch on October 25th to try and win in a little more impressive fashion. Last time out, Chavez Jr., [...]

By Nate Anderson: Number #11th ranked IBF light middleweight contender Lukas Konecny (37-3, 19 KOs) defeated Brazilian Luiz Augusto Dos Santos (24-15, 20 KOs) by a 5th round TKO when Santos, 36, injured his left shouldering the 4th round and couldn’t answer the bell for the 5th round. Santos, who goes by the nickname of [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten welterweight Roberto Belge (19-0, 4 KOs) defeated Ukrainian Vladimir Borovski (21-34-1, 9 KOs) by a six-round majority decision on Tuesday night at the Laser Show Hall, Bobycentrum, in Brno, Czech Republic. The final judges’ scores were 60-56, 60-55 and 57-57. I had Belge, 28, winning every round of the fight with [...]

By Thomas Hanson: Since his brutal 11th round TKO loss to challenger Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs), there’s been a lot of speculation about what former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) will do next to rebound from the loss. For most boxing fans, they would like nothing better than to see Cotto [...]

By Eric Thomas: British cruiserweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) continued his dogged pursuit of a title match with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) in a recent press release, bragging about weighing 232 lbs, a comment made to let Klitschko know that the former cruiserweight Haye was plenty big enough to compete [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: No longer able to comfortably make either the lightweight or the light welterweight weight limit, former WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo (56-8, 48 KOs) will be moving up to the welterweight division tonight to go up against hard puncher Sebastian Lujan (29-5-2, 20 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout at the [...]

By Jason Kim: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) is looking into the possibility of fighting the winner of the August 30th bout between Nikolay Valuev (48-1) and John Ruiz (43-7-1, 29 KOs), who are fighting for the WBA interim title. According to reports, Klitschko’s bout against his IBF number #1 mandatory challenger [...]

By Sean Mcdaniel: Former WBA/WBC/IBF welterweight champion Zab Judah (36-5, 25 KOs) and Joshua Clottey (34-2, 20 KOs) will meet up on Saturday night for the vacant IBF welterweight title up for grabs at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title was left vacant after Antonio Margarito gave it up soon after winning [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After a week of a so-called retirement, former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) will be coming back to fight former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (27-2-1, 17 KOs) on November 15th, in Las Vegas. Frankly, I’m not in the least surprised that Lacy is coming back, because he’s [...]

By Manuel Perez: Now that newly crowned WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) has finished off Miguel Cotto and put him to rest, the natural next opponent for Margarito would seem to be boxing great Oscar De la Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), who previously hinted at wanting to fight Cotto if he were [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a bit of news that comes to no surprise to many boxing fans who saw the fight, the heavyweight bout between James Toney (70-6-3, 43 KOs) and Hasim Rahman (45-6-2, 36 KOs) has changed from a 3rd round TKO win for Toney to a “no-decision” by the California State Athletic Commission [...]

By Francisco Chantengo: In something of a shocker, super flyweight Rafael Concepcion (11-2-1, 7 KOs) defeated number #4 ranked AJ Banal (17-1-1, 14 KOs) in a 10th round TKO on Saturday night at the Cebu Coliseum, in Cebu City, Philippines. Concepcion landed a powerful right to the head of Banal in the 10th round, causing [...]

By Eric Thomas: Stepping up against his best opponent of his still early boxing career, 25 year-old middleweight prospect James McGirt Jr. (19-1, 9 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the City Center, in Saratoga Springs, New York. The final judges’ scores were 99-89, 99-89 and 97-91. Forget the scores, though, [...]

By Michael Lieberman: I think I’m speaking for a lot of boxing fans when I say I’m more than a little displeased with which the way WBA Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) went down twice in the 11th round, both times taking a knee himself rather than letting Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) pound [...]

By Chris Williams: Undefeated junior welterweight prospect Mike Alvarado (22-0, 15 KOs) stopped former WBC lightweight champion Cesar Bazan (47-11-1, 30 KOs) in a 4th round KO in a scheduled 1o-round bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alvarado, 28, caught Bazan on the ropes in the 4th round and nailed him [...]

By Manuel Perez: Super bantamweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (26-1-1, 15 KOs) took out Adam Carrera (19-4, 8 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a fairly slow first two rounds of the fight in which both fighters looked limited in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Though more than a few boxing fans of former WBA welterweight Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) are saying he didn’t take a savage beating at the hands of challenger Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) last Saturday night in the process of losing a 11th round TKO, I beg to differ. Cotto, 27, [...]

By Chet Mills: Unbeaten super featherweight prospect Brandon Rios (18-0, 12 KOs) easily destroyed a badly over-matched Sandro Marcos (27-19-2, 23 KOs) in the 2nd round of a scheduled eight-round bout on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rios, 22, the 2004 United States Amateur Featherweight champion, dropped [...]

By Thomas Hanson: WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) fell completely apart in the second half of Saturday’s bout with Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) ending up getting stopped in the 11th round after taking a knee on two separate occasions in the round. It wasn’t the best way for a fighter as [...]

By Aaron Klein: After watching last night’s 11th round TKO win for Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) over WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, I’m thinking that an immediate rematch is needed to allow for Cotto to avenge his defeat. While I concede that [...]

By Manuel Perez: Sometimes speed and boxing skill are meaningless in a fight. This was never more apparent than tonight when Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) using a relentless offensive attack took apart previously undefeated Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) in a methodical beating, ultimately ending when the bloody and battered Cotto was dropped twice [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Welterweight prospect Jesus Soto-Karass (21-3-3, 15 KOs) scored a sudden knockout in the 8th over David Estrada (22-5, 13 KOs) on Friday night to win the vacant NABF welterweight title at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Soto-Karass, 25, connected with a big left hook in the 8th [...]

By Jason Kim: Using an early body attack, Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) took the wind out of WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto’s (32-1, 26 KOs) sails, stopping him in the 11th round of a scheduled 12-round bout tonight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto, 27, led most of the way taking [...]

By Manuel Perez: With the start of the Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) vs. Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) WBA welterweight title bout only a short while from now, I just wanted to get my last prediction in before it starts. Tonight will be Antonio Margarito’s coming out party for which he’ll finally get the [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy (24-1, 17 KOs) is retiring from boxing. In an article from the Tampa Tribune, Lacy, 31, said that he’ll be getting out of boxing and retiring altogether from the sport. If this turns out to be the [...]

By Nate Anderson: Middleweight contender Gary Lockett (30-2, 21 KOs) still hasn’t made up his mind as to whether or not he’ll continue his boxing career. However, he did tell Setanta Sports that he plans on making his decision public in September, which one would hope is a confirmation that he intends on continuing with [...]

By Thomas Hanson: WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) faces his toughest opponent of his boxing career against Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto, 27, has been portrayed by most fans and writers as the perfect fighter on earth, a young talent [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: #1 ranked WBC lightweight Jose Armando Santa Cruz (26-3, 15 KOs) made easy work of journeyman Miguel Angel Munguia (16-13-1, 13 KOs) in a 5th round TKO on Wednesday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Santa Cruz, 27, dominated every round except for the 1st, and put [...]

By Chris Williams: Super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (8-0, 7 KOs) once again scored a 1st round TKO, this being his 6th TKO in the first round out of seven total knockouts on his record. His latest victim, Sergio Rios (18-9, 16 KOs), was dropped to the canvas late in the round after taking a [...]

By Chris Williams: Undefeated featherweight prospect Carlos Ivan Velasquez (8-0, 7 KOs) stopped David Vazquez (17-13-3, 10 KOs) in the 2nd round of a scheduled six-round bout on Wednesday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Velasquez, 23, staggered Vazquez with a big left hand in the 2nd round, and then [...]