Archive for January, 2009

By Simon Hirst: Frank Warren seems to have pulled a rabbit out of the hat in landing Lightweight prospect Amir Khan a huge fight against former three-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera. This is a huge fight for a fighter coming off a shock first round knockout some six months ago. The Mexican, who is [...]

By Chris Williams: Now that the purse split scare is pretty much over between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao with Manny agreeing to the 50-50 split, one wonders whether Hatton fully realizes what he’s about to do. I’m sure he’s probably has an idea of how he wants to fight Pacquiao already, as well as [...]

By Simon Hirst: Carl Froch recently hit out at Jermain Taylor for ducking a fight with him. It came after another boxing website reported that Froch was out until June with injured ribs. Froch has venomously dismissed these reports insisting he is willing to fight anyone and anywhere. It was said Taylor’s camp were looking [...]

WBA No. 10 rated and undefeated heavyweight contender, Carl Davis Drumond, plans to shock the boxing world February 7th when he fights WBA “Champion in Recess” Ruslan “White Tyson” Chagaev, live on pay-per-view in the United States from Rostock, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: With David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) looking as if he’s possibly on the verge of taking on IBF/WBC heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at some point in 2009, I wondered what Haye might have done if he had fought one of the heavyweight divisions’ greatest knockout threats, George Foreman, in the prime of [...]

By Manuel Perez: IBF/WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (31-1-1, 25 KOs) takes on Jorge Arce (51-4-1, 39 KOs) on February 7th at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. This fight has the makings of a classic, but more than likely it will end up disappointing. Arce, 29, just looks badly overmatched in this one. He’s [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Okay, Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KOs) has somehow stayed unbeaten his entire career up until now, that’s something we all can agree on right off the bat. But what Calzaghe do to surpass boxing greats like Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., if at all possible at this late stage in Calzaghe’s [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a bit of good news for Hatton and Pacquiao fans, it appears that Manny and his team are now willing to accept the 50-50 purse split with Ricky, and have pulled back from the 60-40 split that they had requested a day earlier. According to the LA Times, the contract should [...]

By Eric Thomas: Believe it or not, Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) still is longing for a bout with former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis in the future. After now almost six years since Vitali was stopped in the 6th round by Lewis in 2003, Klitschko is still seeking revenge against him. In a recent interview, [...]

ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner adds former IBF super middleweight and WBC light heavyweight champion Graciano Rocchigiani to his trainer staff. 45-year-old “Rocky” is now responsible for the development of rising Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin. “I am glad to have the chance to work with a rough diamond like Selcuk”, states Rocchigiani. “If he stays focused [...]

By Dave Lahr: With age quickly creeping in on him, the 37-year-old Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) will be taking on his best opponent in years, perhaps in his entire career when he faces World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) on January 24th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. [...]

By Matt Stein: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) will be looking to shine against Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 37 KOs) on February 21st at n Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik, 26, has a lot of proving to do after looking positively horrible in a 12-round unanimous decision loss to 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins in October. [...]

By Jason Kim: Featherweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (28-1-1, 17 KOs) defeated Kenyan Sande Otieno (16-2, 7 KOs) by a 5th round TKO on Sunday night in scheduled 12-round bout to win the vacant World Boxing Council International featherweight title at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

By Chris Williams: Not wanting to take things easy after his 9th round stoppage loss to Vitali Klitschko in October, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-2, 23 KOs) is once again ready to take the heavyweight division by storm by challenging Chris Arreola (26-0, 23 KOs) to a fight later this year. [...]

By Jim Dower: With Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) facing a deadline of Wednesday to change his mind and take the original 50-50 purse split which had been previously verbally agreed upon by both fighters, Ricky Hatton (45-1. 32 KOs) may be facing the unhappy situation of having to choose another fighter for his scheduled [...]

By William Mackay: In what could be a break out fight for World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (23-0, 19 KOs), the 2004 Olympian for the Haiti team, is facing former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (29-3, 14 KOs) this Saturday at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Having been matched [...]

By Michael Lieberman: I have no idea what’s going on with Ricky Hatton’s brain but he needs to wise up quickly, realize his worth and take the 40% purse offered to him by Manny Pacquiao. As far as I can tell, that’s a great offer from Pacquiao and Hatton should consider himself lucky to get [...]

Tuesday, January 13, Press Conference Quotes from Madison Square Garden Miguel Cotto I don’t know anything about my opponent. I have not watched any tapes of him. Right now I feel good, but I miss the gym and the fights. I am hungry to get back. I have walked around at about 176 or 178. [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Cruiserweight Alexander Alekseev (16-0, 15 KOs) fights for the World Boxing Organization interim cruiserweight title on Saturday night in a 12-round bout against Victor Emilio Ramirez (13-1, 11 KOs) at the at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Ramirez, 24, from Argentina, will be making his first fight outside of Argentina [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t see what the problem is for Ricky Hatton. Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) is offering him an excellent deal of a 60-40 split and here Hatton wants to screw things up by asking for a 50-50 split. Hatton needs to take the offer and be happy that he’s getting it. [...]

An undefeated young titleholder looks to start the new year off with a bang versus a battled-tested veteran in the 2009 premiere of the network’s hit late-night boxing franchise when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: ANDRE BERTO VS. LUIS COLLAZO is presented SATURDAY, JAN. 17 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Beau Rivage Resort [...]

By Daniel Poland: Everybody in boxing is now talking about the possible ring return of Floyd Mayweather Jr., who hasn’t fought since his 10th round knockout of Ricky Hatton in December 2007. It has taken a year without Mayweather for the rumors to start, and I personally believe the sport of boxing needs Mayweather at [...]

WBC World Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch has directed his venom at Jermain Taylor and his team after a boxing website suggested that Froch was sidelined until June with a rib injury. Froch believes it’s just another in a long line of tactics for Taylor and his promoter Lou DiBella to avoid facing [...]

Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (22-0,14KOs) will be defending his perfect record Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at The Honda Center in Anaheim, CA against Billy Lyell (18-6). The SHOWTIME Main-Event for the evening will take place between Undisputed Super Flyweight World Champion Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan and power punching fan favorite Jorge “El Travieso” Arce.

The new-look middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (19-1-1, 9 KOs) has developed an invaluable relationship, like a younger brother, with former world light heavyweight and current title challenger Glen Johnson as they’ve sparred together for their upcoming fights.

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated super middleweight contender Karoly Balzsay (20-0, 14 KOs) defeated World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Denis Inkin (34-1, 24 KOs) by a close 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday to capture Inkin’s WBO title at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 116-112.

By Erik Schmidt: Number #4 ranked WBA super middleweight contender Dimitri Sartison (24-1, 15 KOs) defeated Russian journeyman Vasily Andriyanov (7-18, 1 KOs) by an easy eight-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 80-72 and 80-72. Sartison, 28, originally from Rudny, Kazakstan and [...]

Marco “Captain” Huck will make his second defence of the European Cruiserweight Title against Geoffrey Batello in Riesa on January 24 after challenger Vadim Safonov has been hindered by an injury. Unbeaten in 18 fights, Batello boasts an impressive record of 15 KOs. “Batello is an excellent challenger for Captain Huck,” Sauerland Event general manager [...]

By Eric Thomas: British heavyweight Matt Skelton (22-2, 19 KOs) is making noises that he’d be interested in a fight with fellow UK heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 20 KOs) as soon as David gets through with fighting one of the Klitschko brothers. In an interview on the Sunday Mirror, Skelton remarked that Haye is “Lucky” [...]

By Matt Stein: Rather than taking it easy in his old age, former boxing great Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) had decided to go out on his shield by taking on WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) on January 24th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Of the last three fighters [...]