Archive for September, 2008

By Jason Kim: Undefeated World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (22-0, 19 KOs) will be making his first defense of his title on Saturday night against former IBF super featherweight champion and star from The Contender reality television series Steve Forbes in a 12-round title bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. [...]

By Eric Thomas: it pays off sometimes to be ambitious, but in Mosley’s case it may turn out to hurt him. He wants a fight with World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito next, that is, if Mosley is successful in defeating former two-time champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-6-1, 23 KOs) this Saturday at the Staples [...]

By Chris Williams: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) has decided on fighting a rematch with Matt Vanda (39-7, 22 KOs) on November 1st in a PPV bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s no real surprise that Chavez Jr. has decided upon fighting a rematch with Vanda, [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated super middleweight Karo Murat (18-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his EBU (European) super middleweight title with an unimpressive 12-round majority decision over his non-top 15 ranked opponent Gabriel Campillo (16-2, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 115-115 and [...]

By Adam Laiolo: I’ve never quite agreed with the notion of a reigning champion from one division leapfrogging a whole host of other ranked fighters in another division based purely on their achievements at another weight, especially when fighters have plied their trade for years to get to where they are. So when the WBC [...]

By Nate Anderson: Former WBU featherweight champion Derry Matthews (21-2, 11 KOs) was stopped in the 9th round of a scheduled 12-round bout by undefeated Martin Lindsay (13-0, 5 KOs) on Saturday in an BBBofC British Featherweight Title Eliminator at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, in Yorkshire. Matthews, 24, was ahead in the fight going [...]

By Nate Anderson: BBBofC British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes (40-4, 27 KOs) successfully defended his title for the first time with a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision against a badly over-matched Jamie Coyle (16-4-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, in Yorkshire. The final judges’ scores were 120-109, 118-111 and [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In one of his typically poor performances, cruiserweight Marco Huck (22-1, 17 KOs) was forced to rally to stop French boxer Jean Marc Monrose (24-2, 15 KOs) in the 12th round on Saturday night to win the EBU (European) cruiserweight title at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Looking more like [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Talented undefeated female welterweight prospect Cecilia Braekhus (9-0, 2 KOs) defeated American Kimberly Harris (5-12) by an eight-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 80-73. Braekhus, 26, from Norway, had too much speed and boxing skills for [...]

By Matt Rohr: There’s a saying that suggests that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, which perhaps more often than not is true. However, in the case of Ricky Hatton, his new trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. is sure hoping he’s one of the few dogs that can learn a few new tricks with [...]

By Manuel Perez: Light welterweight prospect Almazbek “Kid Diamond” Raiymkulov (27-1-1, 15 KOs) struggled to defeat former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Javier Jauregui (53-16-2, 36 KOs) by a 10-round majority decision on Friday night at the Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena, in Primm, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 95-95. Raiymkulov , [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan (21-0, 13 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Michael Medina (18-1, 14 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Buffalo Bill’s Star Arena, in Primm, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 100-90, 97-93 and 98-92. Martirosyan, 22, a former 2004 Olympian for the U.S., [...]

By David Lar: Though Ricky Hatton would be the last to admit it, he may be dramatically shortening his boxing career by his tendency to overeat in between fights and balloon up in weight. I think rather than his defensive problems and his all out style of fighting, it’s his constant fluctuating weight that has [...]

By Jim Dower: According to The Sun, Amir Khan has fired his Cuban trainer Jorge Rubio after only one fight, this being his 1st round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott on September 6th. The knockout was quite unexpected as Khan was thought to have been ready to take on a fighter in the class of [...]

By Aaron Klein: Going into their fight on November 8th at Madison’s Square Garden, it’s very difficult for me to spot any real advantages that Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) has going for against unbeaten Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) other than perhaps size. That’s a quality that I probably shouldn’t be overlooking too [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael from ESPN, the manager Adam Booth and his promoter for heavyweight contender David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) are speaking with heavyweight contenders Eddie Chambers and Monte Barrett as potential opponents for Haye’s next fight on November 15th at the O2 arena in London. Haye, 27, recently was close [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten Irish middleweight contender John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) is in the process of setting up a possible fight with undefeated light middleweight prospect Ronald Hearns (20-0, 16 KOs) for a bout that would take place in January at the Madison Square Garden in New York. However, the fight is contingent on [...]

By William Mackay: You can include me in for one of those people who are less than impressed with the level of opponents that unbeaten super middleweight Joe Calzaghe has faced in his career. In looking over the mostly average fighters that Calzaghe has built up his unbeaten record on, I see few fighters of [...]

By Adam Laiolo: It was December 8th 2007, after years of watching one of my countries most respected and genuine sportsmen in years come to the top against the sports best, I was now witnessing him stumbling face first into a turnbuckle with an beautifully executed ‘check hook’. He rose only monumentality, for the result [...]

By Jason Kim: Without having fought any heavyweights other than Tomasz Bonin a year and half ago, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) must feel that he’s the luckiest fighter on Earth. The reason is simple. Haye, 27, only has to face one fighter, who at the moment is a fighter by the [...]

By Nate Anderson: Ricky Hatton has come out saying that he wants to face Oscar De La Hoya or Manny Pacquiao in 2009 – whoever the winner if of their December 6th bout. Hatton, 29, has a fight with Paulie Malignaggi on November 22nd, but once that fight is complete, Hatton wants to go after [...]

By Manuel Perez: Now that Manny Pacquiao has a huge mega-fight with Oscar De La Hoya coming up, and possibly another big money fight following that one against Ricky Hatton, I doubt more and more that Pacquiao will ever risk facing Juan Manual Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) again. Twice they’ve gone at it, with the [...]

By Dave Lar: In a bit of bad news for Ricky Hatton, IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi reportedly vacated the title rather than agreeing to face his number one mandatory challenger Herman Ngoudjo. Apparently, Ngoudjo was willing to wait until Malignaggi fought Hatton in November, but wanted to be guaranteed a fight against the [...]

By Michael Lieberman: After watching this week’s Steve Bunce boxing special, I’m more than a little confused about who’s telling the truth between Joe Calzaghe and Kelly Pavlik in terms of whether or not Calzaghe ever offered a fight to Pavlik in the past. According to Calzaghe, he twice contacted Pavlik about a fight in [...]

WBC and WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has denied claims that he turned down the opportunity to fight Joe Calzaghe. Pavlik, who takes on Bernard Hopkins on the 18th of October, has said that no approach from the Calzaghe camp was ever made. In an interview on Setanta Sports News during Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour [...]

By Aaron Klein: According to the Press Association, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer was informed that Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) will accept a fight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs). It appears that Klitschko may possibly be interested in fighting Haye soon, perhaps immediately following Wladimir’s next bout with former 2004 Olympic [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, recently spurned heavyweight hopeful David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) is reportedly interested in a match against former heavyweight champion Ray Mercer (36-7-1, 7 KOs). However, the problem is Mercer, now 47, isn’t ranked in the top 15 by the WBO, which would throw out the window Haye’s [...]

By Chris Williams: Sounding a more than a little defensive and angry in an interview with The Sun, undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) ripped into middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs), saying that Pavlik declined to fight him after he made an effort to fight him just after he (Calzaghe) had defeated Jeff [...]

By Alex McMillan: There were some interesting comments both in the immediate aftermath and at the press conference of Juan Manuel Marquez’ superb eleventh round KO of former lightweight linchpin Joel Casamayor last Saturday night; a career highlight in a career simply crammed with highlights. Firstly from the fighter himself, who declared that where Floyd [...]

By Adam Laiolo: Arrogance, is a dangerous characteristic to have. It can accompany you to the top, but only when it is backed up by sheer talent and determination. In hindsight it can blind you to mistakes and home truths and ruin you, whoever you are, reputation or not. Its brother, confidence, is the more [...]