Archive for October, 2008

By Jim Dower: Tonight, Holly Holm (22-1-2, 6 KOs) will face Mary Jo Sanders (25-1, 8 KOs) in a long anticipated rematch for the vacant International Boxing Association Female light middleweight title at the The Palace, in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The two fighters fought four months ago in June, with Holm, 27, winning a controversial [...]

By Tim Williams: Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) will be going up his toughest test to date against Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs) on October 24th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The southpaw Bute, 28, is coming off an impressive 10th round TKO win over former WBA [...]

By Aaron Klein: It seems as if we’re in a time warp, going back all the way to 2004 when then WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was struggling to get make into to the ring in one piece for his title defense against his mandatory challenger Hasim Rahman. At the time, there were more than [...]

By Aaron Klein: If talking is all it would take to get Lennox Lewis to come back, then WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko would have had his long hoped for bout against Lewis long ago. But that doesn’t look like it’s going to be happening – ever. Still, I suppose you can’t blame Vitali for [...]

By Jim Dower: Bernard Hopkins, 43, is probably hoping he can slow the fight down enough against Kelly Pavlik, 26, on Saturday to make the fight close at the end. In doing so, he wins regardless of the outcome. Hopkins would remain a viable opponent for other top fighters to hone their teeth on, and [...]

By Michael Lieberman: If heavyweights David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko can get by their next opponents, we will be seeing them in June 2009, according to reports from Setanta Sports where Adam Both, the trainer and manager for Haye, stated “We’ve discussed the fight happening next year in June, possibly in England.” However, there are [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Last Saturday night, German welterweight prospect Oliver Guettel (14-1, 8 KOs) defeated Felix Lora by a 4th round TKO to defend his WBC World Youth welterweight title at the Mittellandhalle, Barleben, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. I’ve seen Guettel, 23, fight on several occasions and this was by far the best he’s looked in [...]

By Jim Dower: In the past week, we’ve seen Vitali Klitschko make a successful comeback after four years away from boxing with his 8th round stoppage over Samuel Peter last Saturday in Berlin, Germany. However, if Vitali thought that his victory over Peter would immediately lead to him being awarded golden opportunities of huge mega [...]

By Chris Williams: In three months, Bernard Hopkins will be 44 years-old, making him one of the oldest active fighters in boxing. It’s quite an accomplishment that he’s still fighting at this late age, even though he’s lost most of his last five fights. On Saturday night, Hopkins will be taking arguably his toughest opponent [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated middleweight John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) will be returning to the ring on November 21st against journeyman Sam Hill (17-9-1, 10 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York City, New York. Duddy, 29, ranked #2 in the WBO and #7 in the IBF, is within [...]

By Jason Kim: As much as I’d like to see this Saturday’s fight between undefeated middleweight Kelly Pavlik and veteran Bernard Hopkins as being potentially an interesting bout, my thoughts are that it will be a dull one, a fight filled with cinching, wrestling and a lot of fouls. Contrary to what Pavlik (34-0, 30 [...]

By Aaron Klein: – photo by Y.Nesterenko / klitschko.com – In an interview today at Eastsideboxing.com, newly crowned WBC heavyweight champion said to writer James Slater “I have big hopes, big hopes, for a second fight with Lennox Lewis. I want to give the world the fight they all want to see.” For Vitali, 37, [...]

By Paul Willock: This fight is a difficult one to predict, not because I do not know who to pick for the win, but you never know how a fight with Hopkins will end up because he makes most of them look ugly. My long thought out prediction is that Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins (48-5, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After Vitali Klitschko’s huge 8th round stoppage over WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter on Saturday night, Vitali didn’t elaborate on his future plans inside the ring other than mentioning Nikolay Valuev, the WBA heavyweight champion, as a potential fight. However, Vitali’s mandatory challenger is Juan Carlos Gomez, who recently defeated Vladimir Virchis [...]

By Adam Laiolo: Hype is cruel, no doubt about that. It can build you up, unjustified, to the point where your bark becomes worse than your bite. And the fall from grace seems a lot higher when you’ve been hyped up for so long. Some people deal with it, don’t let it affect them in [...]

By Aaron Klein: – photo by Y.Nesterenko / klitschko.com – While a lot of boxing fans and writers were enthusiastic with Vitali Klitschko’s impressive comeback win on Saturday night over Samuel Peter, one observer was less than impressed with his performance and that being heavyweight contender David Haye. According to an interview with The Daily [...]

By Dan Ambrose: To say that WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) performed poorly on Saturday night would be a tremendous understatement. Peter, 28, looked plain awful in losing by an 8th round stoppage to Vitali Klitschko, a fight in which Peter acted as a huge human punching bag for the 6’8″ Ukrainian [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, promoter Don King is interested in bringing back former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis out of retirement to face new WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. According to news sources, King is willing to pay €35million to get Lewis and Vitali back in the ring for a rematch of [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tony Ballew (7-0, 4 KOs) put in a good performance on Friday night, defeating the iron-chin Jevgenijs Andrejevs (8-24, 2 KOs) by a four-round decision at the Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, in Merseyside. Bellew, 25, a former three time ABA heavyweight champion, fought well throughout the four-round [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (13-0, 11 KOs) made an impressive display of punching power in taking out seven foot American journeyman Julius Long (15-10, 13 KOs) in the 1st round on the undercard of Vitali Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter on Saturday night at the O2 Arena, Kreuzberg, in Berlin, Germany. Ustinov, [...]

By Jim Dower: Three-time heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) was too much for WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs), defeating him after Peter opted to quit on his stool in between the 8th and 9th rounds on Saturday night at the O2 World Arena, Kreuzberg, in Berlin, Germany. Klitschko, 37, controlled [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) easily defeated IBF title holder Antonio Tarver (27-5, 19 KOs) on Saturday night, dropping him once in the 12th round and beating him by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dawson, 26, had seemingly lost [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Odlanier Solis (12-0, 8 KOs) stopped American Chauncy Welliver (35-5-5, 12 KOs) in the 9th round on Saturday night at the O2 World Arena, Kreuzbert, in Berlin, Germany. Solis, 28, staggered Welliver with a hard combination in the 9th round, and then followed with a flurry of shots ending [...]

By Manuel Perez: Middleweight contender David Lopez (37-12, 23 KOs) put in an impressive performance on Friday night, defeating Colombian Samuel Miller (18-3, 15 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision at the Desert Diamond Casino, in Tucson, Arizona. The southpaw Lopez, 30, controlled the bout from the outset, walking Miller down and hitting him with [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated Nathan Cleverly (13-0, 3 KOs) had too much youth for former BBBofC British light heavyweight champion Tony Oakey (25-4-1, 7 KOs) on Friday night, defeating him by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight title at the Everton Park Sports Centre, in Liverpool, Merseyside. [...]

By Manuel Perez: Former WBC featherweight champion Kevin Kelley (60-9-2, 39 KOs) was defeated by David Rodela (11-1-2, 6 KOs) by a eight-round split decision on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Casino, in Tucson, Arizona. Kelley, now 41 and fighting as a lightweight, fought well enough to have received a draw, but a split [...]

By Nate Anderson: British light middleweight prospect Matthew Hall (20-1, 13 KOs) destroyed Ciaran Healy (8-9-1, 2 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled eight-round bout on Friday night at the Everton Park Sports Centre, in Liverpool, Merseyside. Hall, also known as “El Torito” (Little Bull), put in a Mike Tyson-like performance, knocking Healy, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With the WBC title match between champion Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) and champion emeritus Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) only moments away, I thought it would be a good chance to chime in with my own take on this big fight, which will perhaps be the biggest heavyweight match-up of 2008 [...]

By Aaron Klein: It’s been eight years since Chris Byrd made Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) quit on his stool after the 9th round and although a lot of time has gone by, I don’t think that Vitali has ever settled doubts in the minds of many boxing fans whether he’s got a yellow streak [...]

By Tim Williams: Undefeated Irish middleweight John Duddy (25-0, 17 KOs) gets back to work in November against a still unnamed opponent on the 1st at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York City, New York. Duddy, 29, is expected to face a solid, but beatable, fighter on November 21st, someone good but not enough so [...]