Archive for October, 2008

Undefeated light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (37-0-1, 29 KOs) will be looking to make a statement against Matt Vanda (39-7, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chavez Jr., 22, the son of boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, is hoping to look better than [...]

By Jordan Taylor: As with most of the UK’s population, back in December 2007, we were rooting for Ricky Hatton to beat the great Floyd Matweather. Hatton up until that fight had had a fine run in the ring, taking his tally to 44 fights without loss, beating the likes of Juan Urango, Luis Collazo, [...]

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – 29th October 2008. It was announced today by Optimum Sports Agency that Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion will make his ring return November 26th in Panama. The bout will be promoted by Rogelio Espino of Promociones y Eventos Del Istmo and it will take place at the Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama [...]

By Manuel Perez: Nearly two weeks ago, Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs), who was then undefeated and considered by many to be one of the top fighters in all of boxing, was trounced by Bernard Hopkins in one of the most one-sided fights between top fighters in some time. The outcome stripped away the aura [...]

By Jim Dower: On November 8th, Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) will likely be stepping into the ring for the final time in his 15-year boxing career for a bout against Roy Jones Jr., a fighter that many people consider to be faded and washed up long ago. Calzaghe, 36, has taken heat for having [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) has had an amazing career, staying undefeated throughout his long 15 year career and holding his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title for an incredible 10 long years without one opponent even coming close to beating him. Almost all of his bouts have taken place in [...]

By Cinquez: “Bad” Chad Dawson, the current IBO and IBF light-heavyweight champion, is arguably one of the most exciting fighters in any division at the moment. His dismantling of former champion Antonio Tarver was as compelling as it was a significant step in the development of a man who, at just 26, has many [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 27, 2008) – International Boxing Federation top contender and mandatory challenger, former U.S. Olympian and IBF light middleweight title-holder Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, says he will shock the boxing world November 8 when he fights unbeaten IBF middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham at Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany.

By Chris Williams: I think we saw the fighter that can ultimately put Bernard Hopkins out of his misery last Saturday night when super middleweight Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) destroyed Danilo Haussler in a 3rd round TKO in Oldenburg, Germany. This wouldn’t a case of Hopkins picking on a middleweight fighter like Kelly Pavlik, [...]

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (23-0, 18 KOs) got his win over Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) all right, but in the manner he gained it, I’m afraid to say that only his most diehard supporters are see it as an actual victory rather than what it appeared to be – a 12th [...]

By Adam Laiolo: Passing of the baton, old guard replaced by new they said. Youth vs. Experience and the hope of a nation dreaming of seeing a new hero crowned. Kelly Pavlik, current middleweight champion, against Bernard Hopkins, former undisputed middleweight champion for ten years and future hall of famer. The favor was for a [...]

By Cinquez Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) came in for the Vitali Klitschko fight looking clearly overweight, and his laboured performance on the night left many observers questioning just how had been out of the ring for the last four years. Constantly looking short of breath (along with ideas, the Las Vegas – based [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated light middleweight Ronald Hearns (21-0, 17 KOs) put himself in line for an early 2009 fight with undefeated middleweight John Duddy on Saturday night by stopping an overwhelmed Canadian Paul Clavette (14-2-1, 2 KOs) in the 6th round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With a blistering display of punching power, former heavyweight contender Dominick Guinn (29-6-1, 20 KOs) destroyed Canadian Jean Francois Bergeron (27-2, 19 KOs) in the second round. Guinn, 33, staggered Bergeron with a big right hand early in the second, then followed up with a flurry of shots ending with a left-right [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated light welterweight prospect Sergey Fedchenko (22-0, 10 KOs) destroyed Juan Alberto Godoy (22-12-1, 8 KOs) in a 4th round TKO on Saturday night at the Budivelnik, in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Fedchenko, 28, also known as “The Professor,” knocked Godoy down three times in the fight, twice in the 3rd and [...]

By Manuel Perez: Super bantamweight Antonio Escalante (19-2, 12 KOs) was too much for Mike Oliver (21-2, 7 KOs), knocking him down four times in total and stopping him in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Friday at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Escalante, 23, appeared way [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated WBA featherweight champion Chris John (42-0-1, 22 KOs) defeated his Japanese challenger Hiroyuki Enoki (27-1, 19 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night, at the Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan. For John, 29, it was his 10th successful title defense of his WBA belt which he won in September [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a decision that seemed way out of whack, Italian cruiserweight contender Giacobbe Fragomeni (26-1, 10 KOs) defeated Rudolf Kraj (14-1, 10 KOs) by an 8th round technical decision after Fragomeni, 39, received a nasty cut over his left eye from an unintentional head butt in the 7th round, leading to [...]

By Aaron Klein: Cruiserweight contender Yoan Pablo Hernandez (17-1, 10 KOs) survived a 7th round scare in which he was knocked down by his opponent, American journeyman Michael Simms (20-10-1, 13 KOs), but ultimately did enough to win an eight-round majority decision on Saturday night at the Weser-Ems-Halle, in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Hernandez, 23, a [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Making his first defense of his WBA super middleweight title, champion Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) easily stopped his number #1 mandatory challenger Danilo Haussler (29-4-1, 7 KOs) in the 3rd round of scheduled 12-round bout on Saturday night at the Weser-Ems-Halle, in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Kessler, 29, landed a three punch [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck (23-1, 18 KOs) destroyed an over-matched Fabio Tuiach (22-2, 14 KOs) in a 2nd round TKO on Saturday night to defend his EBU (European) cruiserweight title at the Weser-Ems-Halle, in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. After getting off to a slow start in the first round in which he did [...]

By Eric Thomas: IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s December 13th defense of his International Boxing Federation title against undefeated Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 14 KOs) had been postponed until a later date, possibly early 2009, due to an ankle injury of Povetkin, who suffered it while in training for his fight. The injury, which affected Povetkin’s [...]

By Chris Williams: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (23-0, 18 KOs) can sure dish out the punishment, but he can’t take it for anything. Challenger Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs) rallied from behind in the 12th round, and dropped Bute in the final seconds of the fight with a perfect right hand to the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a fight that was eerily similar to Jack Dempsey’s historic 1926 long count fight with Gene Tunney in 1926, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (23-0, 18 KOs) survived a 12th round knockout, one in which the referee hesitated for a lengthy amount of time before finally starting the count after [...]

By Jim Dower: Light welterweight Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) will be fighting with his career on the line when he takes on Paulie Malignaggi on November 22nd at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hatton, 30, has hinted at retirement if he’s defeated by Malignaggi, and we may end up seeing just that [...]

By Manuel Perez: Light middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade (1-0, 1 KOs) destroyed a badly over-matched Patrick Cape (4-3, 2 KOs) in a 2nd round TKO on Thursday night at the Northern Quest Casino, in Airway Heights, Washington. Andrade, a 2008 Olympian boxer for the U.S., put on an impressive display of accurate power-punching, dropping Cape [...]

By Manuel Perez: If you were looking for an exciting action packed bout, then you needed to look no further than last night’s IBF featherweight showdown for the vacant IBF title between Cristobal Cruz (37-11-1, 23 KOs) and Orlando Salido (31-10-2, 20 KOs) at the Northern Quest Casino, in Airway Heights, Washington. Both fighters traded [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I don’t know about any of you, but I thought the sole reason that Joe Calzaghe was fighting Roy Jones Jr., rather than Kelly Pavlik, was so that he could get the biggest payday possible while on the way out the door in the sport. Did I miss something? If anyone thinks [...]

By Eric Thomas: After being soundly defeated by Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night, a badly disappointed Kelly Pavlik said “I’m going back to 160 where I’m more comfortable.” Pavlik had said that he felt uncomfortable at 170, the catch weight that he and Hopkins had agreed upon ahead of time. The weight was a [...]

By Aaron Klein: After five years away from the light welterweight division, Zab Judah (36-6, 25 KOs) will be making his return to the division on November 9th, against Ernest Johnson (18-2-1, 7 KOs) in a bout on the undercard of Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. Judah, now 30, left the light welterweight division [...]