Archive for August, 2008

By David Lahr: You got to hand it to Vitali Klitschko, he has a lot of courage to make a boxing comeback after four years out of the ring, especially in choosing perhaps the best fighter in the heavyweight division in WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) on October 11th in Berlin. But, [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Instead of taking on Kelly Pavlik in his final fight of his career, Joe Calzaghe has opted for the Oscar De La Hoya finish to his career, facing a fighter that’s well beneath him in ability at this stage in his career Roy Jones Jr. on November 8th at New York’s Madison [...]

By Eric Thomas: It looks as if the negotiations are continuing with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao for De La Hoya’s farewell fight on December 6th. According to boxing writer Dennis Principe from Fightnews, De La Hoya has upped the offer to lightweight Pacquiao, increasing it from 70-30 to a 67-33 purse split [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Though his name is never brought up when the top super middleweight fighters are mentioned, young 21 year-old Daniel Jacobs (8-0, 8 KOs) may already be the best of the bunch, perhaps even better than Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler – the two fighters thought by many boxing fans to be the [...]

By Jason Kim: I’ve always been a big fan of boxing and especially the heavyweight division. There’s nothing better than to sit down on occasion and watch a good heavyweight bout on HBO or Showtime on the rare occasions that they have a decent fight scheduled. However, it seems that less and less often there’s [...]

Los Angeles, CA (August 20, 2008) — 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist and top-10 world rated Andre S.O.G. Ward has just released a statement today that on Friday, August 8 at around 6 AM (PST) he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. Dr. Warren King, who has operated on many top athletes, and is also [...]

By Aaron Klein: Having seen undefeated lightweight Amir Khan (18-0, 14 KOs) on approximately a dozen occasions, I have serious doubts whether he’ll ever be ready to take on top level opposition such as Nate Campbell, Manny Pacquiao, Humberto Soto, David Diaz, Joel Casamayor or Michael Katsidis. I don’t mean to rain on anyone’s parade, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: This is a question that has many boxing fans and writers wondering about since undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe decided upon fighting what many people consider to be a faded Roy Jones Jr. rather than a young, 26-year-old undefeated middleweight Kelly Pavlik. Although Calzaghe has made his reasoning pretty clear for deciding [...]

By Chris Williams: As the talks between boxing pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and former American boxing hero Oscar De La Hoya remain in a virtual stalemate over the disagreement over the purse split, I’ve come to wonder whether De La Hoya has become too greedy for his own good? It’s okay for a [...]

By Nate Anderson: It’s been a year since Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) got pasted by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an embarrassing 10th round stoppage at the MGM, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there any many boxing fans out there saying that Hatton has lost a step, and should consider retirement from the sport. However, [...]

By Nate Anderson: With the fight still a long three months in the future, tickets are flying off the shelves for the Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. bout at the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, New York on November 8th. World Boxing Organization/World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 [...]

By Eric Thomas: in the latest boxing news, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) is reportedly close to signing for his title defense against undefeated IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs), a bout that possibly will be taking place on December 3rd. If this turns out to be the case, then [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (48-5-1, 42 KOs) made the shocking revelation on FNF that he’ll “Be a heavyweight champion again,” and also said that he wants to fight Klitschko. However, at 36, having lost his last fight 14 months ago against Sultan Ibragimov, it seems more and more remote the [...]

By Thomas Hanson: It seems as if the negotiations between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao are still alive and well. In fact, De La Hoya is expecting to make an announcement about the fight next week, according to SI.com. De La Hoya said that he wants the fight. However, it remains to seen [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In what may be a case of a hyped fighter being exposed, undefeated light middleweight knockout artist Tyrone Brunson (19-0-1, 19 KOs) struggled with Antonio Soriano (12-9-2, 9 KOs), with the fight ending up a six-round majority draw on Friday night at the Venue at River Cree, Enoch, in Alberta, Canada. The [...]

By Jim Dower: Fighting only hard in short spurts, the power-punching Ola Afolabi (13-1-3, 5 KOs) defeated DeLeon Tinsley (9-4-1, 5 KOs) by a lopsided eight-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Ibiza Nightclub, in Washington, District of Columbia. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-74. Afolabi, 28, perhaps the hardest puncher [...]

By Eric Thomas: Making his first appearance in 14 months, Anthony Thompson (23-3, 17 KOs) was defeated by Ishmail Arvin (15-1-4, 7 KOs) in a six-round TKO when referee Malik Waleed stopped the fight following the end of the 6th round due to a large cut over the left eye of Thompson. Waleed, however, failed [...]

By Manuel Perez: Light welterweight prospect Javier Castro (17-1, 15 KOs) stopped Harrison Cuello (15-8-2, 11 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 8-round bout on Friday night at the Aragon Ballroom, in Chicago, Illinois. Castro, an excellent light welterweight prospect with only one loss on his record from a 1st round disqualification to [...]

By Abbas Dadhiwala: Having seen the recent announcement that Amir Khan has lined up Breidis Prescott, it makes me think that Khan is a victim of his own success. After disposing of Michael Gomez in five thrilling rounds in June, the Boy from Bolton should have been hoping for better opposition than Prescott. The Colombian [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After four years out of the ring and without one tune-up, former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) is going to be making what appears to be a hasty decision to make a comeback against WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) on October 11th, at the O2 World [...]

By Jonathan Watkins: The more than familiar sight of a victorious Amir Khan is unlikely to change anytime soon after he announced his next fight to be against Columbian fighter Breidis Prescott. But what has changed is where boxing fans will be able to watch the Bolton born fighter. Khan and promoter Frank Warren have [...]

By Manuel Perez: After having seen the second of their two fights in March, a fight which Marquez appeared to dominate yet lost by a 12-round split decision, I wonder why on earth Manny Pacquiao (47-3, 25 KOs) is content to walk away from a third bout between the two fighters? Could it be fear [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With his new offensive style, former heavyweight champion John Ruiz (43-7, 29 KOs) hopes to recapture his WBA heavyweight championship on August 30th against 300 lb, seven-foot giant Nikolai Valuev (48-1, 34 KOs) at the Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, in Berlin, Germany. The two fighters will be battling it out for [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) will be challenging IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) on November 22nd, at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hatton, 29, already is a huge favorite to defeat Malignaggi, and regain his IBF light welterweight title. However, Hatton may be in for a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Sounding a lot like the fox in Aesop’s fable of the “Fox and the grapes,” Joe Calzaghe recently said “I still don’t think Kelly Pavlik has really proven himself,” a comment made to Setanta Sports as a reason for Calzaghe to have bypassed Pavlik and instead choosing to fight the 39 year-old [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In the latest boxing news on the Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao fight negotiations, there’s still no movement between the two sides, and it may turn out that a 65-35 split might not be good enough to get Pacquiao to sign for the fight. In fact, De La Hoya, 35, [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a rather curious move, undefeated top lightweight contender Amir Khan (18-0, 14 KOs) has chosen Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (19-0, 17 KOs) as his next opponent to defend his little known WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title against at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester on September 6th. Although Prescott, 23, is undefeated [...]

By Manuel Perez: As the saying goes, Pride goes before a fall. This was never more the case when World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao refused the 70-30 purse split offer so generously offered up by Oscar De La Hoya for their December 6th bout. Pacquiao not only turned it down, but walked away [...]

By Jason Kim: The Oscar De La Hoya sweepstakes continue as the CEO of Golden Boy, Richard Schaefer, said yesterday that De La Hoya is now considering a fight with the following opponents, Ricky Hatton, Sergio Mora, Paul Williams, Roy Jones Jr. and Shane Mosley. De La Hoya, 35, was previously working on a fight [...]

By Thomas Hanson: In somewhat of a real head scratcher, David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) has recently been pushed up to near the top of the WBO and WBC rankings, specifically to number #3 in the WBO and #5 in the WBC, all without having fought any heavyweight matches recently. I could see Haye, 27, [...]