Archive for September, 2008

By Nate Anderson: In a fight that showed how messed up the alphabet rankings are, Rafal Jackiewicz (32-8-1, 8 KOs) gave a boxing lesson to highly ranked welterweight Jackson Osei Bonsu (28-2, 23 KOs), defeating him by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision on Sunday night at the MOSiR, ul. Krakowska 72, in Kielce, Poland, to [...]

By Adam Laiolo: To gain the mantle of ‘the next big thing’, the one who will dominant once older or established champions have been beaten, retired or both, you have to make a significant dent in this champions division and be stalking him for one last great throw of the dice, that last bite of [...]

By Jason Kim: It was like watching a replay of the 1973 fight between heavyweights George Foreman and Joe Frazier. Number # 1 WBA minimumweight challenger Roman Gonzalez (21-0, 19 KOs) totally destroyed the WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida (23-2-3, 9 KOs), giving him a one-sided beating for four rounds until the fight was stopped [...]

By Michael Lieberman: After months of hearing David Haye spout off at the mouth downgrading heavyweights as a whole, saying that he would come in and clean up the division, that he would be taking on a good top 10 fighters, we find out that he has chosen none other than unbeaten JD Chapman (29-0, [...]

WBA #7 heavyweight Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (20-0-1, 7KO) fresh off his 5th round destruction of former heavyweight champion of the world Bruce Seldon (38-7, 34KO) was left speechless, a very uncommon occurrence for the colorful Johnson, upon hearing that fellow top 10 heavyweight contender David Haye (21- 1, 20KO) was still looking for an opponent [...]

By Aaron Klein: Making his first defense of his title, undefeated WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) easily defeated the tough Edner Cherry (24-6-2, 12 KOs) by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 117-110 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Three months after losing his World Boxing Council light middleweight crown to Sergio Mora (21-1-1, 5 KOs), a former star from The Contender reality television series, Forrest recaptured it on Saturday night with a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 117-110, [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (22-0-1, 17 KOs) looked good in defeating an over-matched Roberto David Arrieta (30-14-4, 13 KOs) in a 5th round stoppage to win the vacant WBO NABO light welterweight title on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ortiz, 21, knocked Arrieta, an Argentinean, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated super bantamweight prospect Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. (13-0-1, 11 KOs) stopped Adolfo Landeros (20-11-1, 9 KOs) in the 8th round of a scheduled 12-round bout on Friday night at the Civic Center, in Kissimmee, Florida, to win the vacant WBO Latino super bantamweight title. Vazquez, Jr., 24, the son of famous Puerto [...]

By Jason Kim: Six months after being on the receiving end of a very controversial loss to Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez got back on the winning track against veteran Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs), defeating him by a 11th round TKO on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez, 35, [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an unfortunate event that occurred yesterday, lightweight challenger Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 knockouts) was unable to make weight for his fight against IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell (32-5-1, 25 knockouts. Initially, Guzman, 32, came in at 138 1/2 pounds on Friday, and was given a couple of hours to drop his [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated middleweight prospect Erislandy Lara (2-0, 1 KOs) obliterated his opponent Denis Alekseevs (5-22-2, 4 KOs) in the 1st round of a scheduled 4-round bout on Friday night at the , Kugelbake Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany, knocking him down three times in the process. Lara, only 25, a former Cuban National [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann (12-0, 11 KOs) took out American heavyweight Otis Tisdale (25-22-1, 15 KOs) with a big body shot in the 5th round on Friday night at the Kugelbake Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. The 6’5″ Kretschmann, 28, had too much power for the aging 39 year-old Tisdale, knocking [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former 2004 heavyweight Olympic Gold medalist Odlanier Solis (11-0, 7 KOs) stopped journeyman Chad Van Sickle (22-9-3, 12 KOs) in the 1st round on Friday night at the Kugelbake Halle, Cuxhaven, in Niedersachsen, Germany. Solis, 28, dropped the badly over-matched two times in the round before the referee finally stepped in and [...]

By Manuel Perez: In what appeared to be a case of a mistaken ruling by the referee, the fight between unbeaten light welterweight contender Lucas Martin Matthysse (22-0, 21 KOs) and Rogelio Castaneda Jr. (24-14-3, 8 KOs) was ruled a no decision after Castaneda received a nasty cut over his right eye in the 3rd [...]

By Manuel Perez: Unbeaten welterweight prospect Rock Allen (13-0, 7 KOs) defeated Gilbert Vera (9-3-1, 4 KOs) by an unimpressive eight-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Quick Trip Ballpark, in Grand Prairie, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 79-73. Allen, 27, used a high volume work rate to win most [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto must be a glutton for punishment, because why else would he even consider fighting his conqueror Antonio Margarito again after the last fight between the two of them. In that fight, Cotto was taking big punches, getting battered, bleeding all over the place, and taking knees [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In what could be a possible fight between two of the older heavyweights in the division, Audley Harrison (23-3, 17 KOs) and James Toney (70-6, 43 KOs) may possibly meet in October, a fight which would be taking place in England if the fight can be made. According to Dan Rafael from [...]

By Aaron Klein: According to Setanta, David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) will make his announcement of who his next opponent will be for his November 15th bout next Tuesday (September 16th). Treating it as if it’s an unveiling of a special gift, Haye is apparently going to be making the announcement at the O2 arena. [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an interview yesterday with Brian Kenny from the Sportscenter, Oscar de la Hoya commented on various things, from a second fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., how he’ll choose to fight Manny Pacquiao in their December 6th fight and his thoughts on the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Joel Casamayor bout on Saturday [...]

By Nate Anderson: Using power punches consisting mostly of powerful left hooks, the tall Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (20-0, 18 KOs) put away the Amir Khan (18-1, 14 KOs) hype machine with a strong statement by knocking him down twice and taking him out in the 1st round last Saturday night at the M.E.N. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In a recent interview with The Sun, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs), getting a little ahead of himself in his future goals, commented that he may need to fight both Klitschko brothers in order to unify the titles. Apparently, Haye, 27, is going by the assumption that he’ll be [...]

By David Lar: With only one day to go before the big WBC light middleweight rematch between champion Sergio Mora (21-01, 5 KOs) and Vernon Forrest (40-3, 29 KOs) the fan interest just isn’t there for this fight for some reason. Perhaps it’s due to the dull first fight between the two of them three [...]

By Aaron Klein: I’ve long considered Manny Pacquiao (47-3, 35 KOs) to be the best pound for pound boxer on the planet, a fighter that few boxers even come close to being as good as. With that said, unfortunately I think he’s going to get to get his backside handed to him on December 6th [...]

By Alex McMillan: Rightly regarded as one of the very top pound for pound fighters in the world today, Juan Manuel Marquez is an absolutely class act; a terrific asset to world class boxing. He seeks out the biggest fights, he takes risks and gives it his all, and he’s prepared to travel to make [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, there are discussion of Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) facing WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) in a possible rematch in 2009 if both of them win their next bouts. If this turns out to be the case, it will no doubt be a huge [...]

By Manuel Perez: WBC light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11 KOs) will be making his first title defense of his newly won WBC crown against number #6th ranked challenger Edner Cherry (24-5, 12 KOs). Bradley, 24, arguably the best light welterweight in the division at this point, recently defeated the fighter previously considered to [...]

By Manuel Perez: WBO/IBF lightweight champion Nate Campbell (32-5-1, 25 KOs) will put his titles on the line on Saturday night against former two-time champion Joan Guzman (28-0, 17 KOs) at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Guzman, 32, is trained by Floyd Mayweather Sr. and, as one would guess, has a [...]

Scotland’s Alex Arthur admits he “didn’t exactly know what happened” as he lost his WBO super-featherweight title following a points defeat against Nicky Cook in Manchester last Saturday. The Scot now hopes that Cook will give him the chance to win back his title. Speaking on Setanta Sports News during Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour Arthur [...]

By Manuel Perez: Unable to capture a rematch with Antonio Margarito, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Paul Williams (34-1, 25 KOs) is instead putting his foot in the water of the middleweight division against Andy Kolle (17-1, 12 KOs) in a 10-round bout on September 25th at the Soboba Casino, in San Jacinto, California. After [...]