Archive for October, 2008

By Jim Dower: With only a month left before Ricky Hatton’s (44-1, 31 KOs) light welterweight showdown with Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs), there has been very little fan interest for this bout. Although I frankly can’t says I’m surprised that no one really cares to see it, because Malignaggi was a poor choice as [...]

By Tim Nielson: Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) will be defending his title on Saturday against Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs) in what will surely be Bute’s toughest fight to date at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This will be Bute’s second defense of his title that he [...]

By Jason Kim: In calling out Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. lately, one name that was oddly left off the list by Bernard Hopkins was that of Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs), the undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion who recently easily defeated champion Antonio Tarver by a 12-round unanimous decision on October 11th. In [...]

By Erik Schmidt: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (40-1, 30 KOs) will be making his first title defense of his World Boxing Association title on Saturday night against German Danilo Haussler (29-3-1, 7 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Weser-Ems-Halle, in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. Kessler, 29, would have preferred not to have [...]

By Sean McDaniel: in an interview on Steve Bunces’ Boxing Hour today, Bernard Hopkins appeared to be still more than a little bitter about his 12-round split decision loss to Joe Calzaghe in April, and not about to own up to the fact that he was beaten by him. Sounding genuinely angry about the loss, [...]

Bernard Hopkins told Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour that he will not consider Chad Dawson as an opponent and believes the winner out of Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr will change their mind about not fighting him. The Executioner produced the performance of his career last Saturday in Atlantic City to convincingly outpoint current middleweight [...]

By Jonny Rashman Joe Calzaghe is a world class fighter, is unbeaten and one of the longest reigning world champions in the history of boxing, yet still boxing experts won’t give him the credit he deserves. It is only recently that Calzaghe is being treated like a superstar, even though he is 45 and 0, [...]

By Chris Williams: On Saturday night, Bernard Hopkins may have proven himself to be the better fighter than Kelly Pavlik with his 12-round decision victory over him, but in the end, it will be Pavlik who will probably end up the much bigger star, make much more money and be long remembered by boxing fans. [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Joe Calzaghe must be feeling a huge sense of relief right about now after middleweight knockout artist Kelly Pavlik was defeated by Bernard Hopkins on Saturday. There’s no getting around it, the loss was a huge defeat for Pavlik, and one that wiped out a lot of opportunities for him, one of [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) is on an express trip heading for a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in early 2009. Before doing so, Haye is going to cut his teeth on journeyman Monte Barrett, a fighter that Haye is hoping he can beat easily and impressive enough to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British lightweight Amir Khan (18-1, 14 KOs) returns to the ring on December 6th against a still unnamed opponent. Khan, 21, is hoping to fight on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan, ranked number #8 in the IBF, [...]

By Aaron Klein: Since defeating Kelly Pavlik last week, the status of Bernard Hopkins has been elevated to almost epic proportions by many boxing writers and fans alike, but honestly, does he really deserve all that acclaim? After all, who did he beat? Pavlik, while a good fighter with a lot of power, is more [...]

By Jim Dower: Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) Going into his fight with Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) was thought to be near invincible as a fighter, a middleweight good enough perhaps to rule the division for years to come. There was one problem, however. Pavlik hadn’t ever fought an opponent with the [...]

By William Mackay: In an article from Tim Smith from the NyDailynews, Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) stated that he’s not interested in a second fight with Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs), saying he won’t be fighting him, that he doesn’t care what people think. Apparently, Jones offered Hopkins a fight in 2001, just [...]

Los Angeles, CA (October 22, 2008) – Promoter Dan Goossen has been in a quandary for some time. Blessed with extremely talented boxers and whom many believe to be champions that will elevate the sport to much greater heights, WBO Welterweight Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams and history-making heavyweight contender and WBC Continental Americas Champion [...]

By Chris Williams: In the latest boxing news, formerly unbeaten Kelly Pavlik was reportedly sick with bronchitis just days before his bout with Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night according to the The Vindicator newspaper. In addition, Pavlik had suffered an injury to his elbow which. The bronchitis, however, may have played a factor in Pavlik’s [...]

By Michael Lieberman: With his loss on Saturday to Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik was effectively removed from future considerations for a potential bout with Joe Calzaghe. Not that Calzaghe would ever fight him anyway, mind you, because he’s said repeatedly in the past that he planned on retiring immediately following his November 8th bout against [...]

Unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute will put his title on the line on Saturday night against the human punching machine Librado Andrade at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fight in many ways mirrors Andrade’s losing effort against WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in March 2007, a fight in which [...]

By Chris Williams: Last Saturday night, Kelly Pavlik suffered a career debilitating 12-round decision loss to former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pavlik never stood a chance, as Hopkins used movement, speed, effective counter punching and good inside fighting to get Pavlik out of his game and [...]

By Aaron Klein: Middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 37 KOs) hardly looked impressive on Saturday night, defeating Enrique Ornelas (28-5, 18 KOs) by a 12-round split decision in the WBC Middleweight Title Eliminator bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I had Ornelas, 28, winning the fight by seven rounds to [...]

By Aaron Klein: World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Steven Luevano (36-1-1, 15 KOs) successfully defended his title over Australian Billy Dib (21-1, 11 KOs), earning a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Luevano, 27, was making his 4th defense of his WBO title that he [...]

By Eric Thomas: After watching Bernard Hopkins give previously undefeated Kelly Pavlik a total boxing lesson en route to defeating him by an easy 12-round unanimous decision, I have to wonder whether or not Pavlik will ever be the same fighter again after the way he was beaten. It wasn’t just an average run of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) exposed previously unbeaten Kelly Pavlik on Saturday night, soundly beating him by a lop-sided 12-round unanimous decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hopkins, 43, fought much better than he’s looked since beating Felix Trinidad years ago, dominated Pavlik throughout the 12-round, and made [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated super middleweight Daniel Jacobs (11-0, 10 KOs) made short work of his opponent Tyrone Watson on Saturday night, stopping him in the 1st round of a scheduled six-round bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For Jacobs, it was his eighth first round knockout and 1th overall for [...]

By Nate Anderson: Former BBBofC British and World Boxing Union lightweight champion Graham Earl (25-4, 12 KOs) was destroyed in the 1st round on Friday night against Henry Castle (19-4, 11 KOs) at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London. Earl, 30, never really stood a chance as he was blasted with hard combinations from [...]

By Manuel Perez: Super bantamweight Jonathan Oquendo (15-2, 9 KOs) defeated Jose Angel Beranza (30-14-2, 25 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Coliseum Fransisco Deyda, in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 97-92 and 97-92, all for Oquendo. Like the other fight on the card between Irving [...]

By Manuel Perez: Welterweight Irving Garcia (17-3-3, 8 KOs) finally won a fight after two prior technical decisions in 2008, earning a 10-round unanimous decision over Chris Smith (21-6-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the Coliseum Fransisco Deyda, in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Garcia, 29, who came close to beating Yuriy Nuzhnenko in April before [...]

By Nate Anderson: BBBofC British bantamweight champion Ian Napa (18-6, 1 KOs) overcame a poor start of the bout on Friday night to come back and defeat EBU (European) bantamweight champion Carmelo Ballone (21-3-1, 10 KOs) by a 12-round majority decision at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London. Napa, 30, knocked a tired Ballone [...]

By Jason Kim: International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) will be defending his title on December 13th, in Mannheim, Germany, against Alexander Povetkin (16-0, 12 KOs). The bout pits two former Olympic Gold Medalists, Klitschko the 1996 winner and Povetkin the 2004 Gold medal winner. In Povetkin’s case, he’s been [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Not much has been discussed about some of the advantages that the veteran Bernard Hopkins will be bringing into his fight with Kelly Pavlik on Saturday night. While Pavlik certainly has the upper hand in terms of youth, work rate, power and stamina, Hopkins has a number of things going for him [...]