Archive for January, 2009

By Dave Lahr: As we survey the heavyweight scene one has to wonder who will be the top heavyweight in the future after the Klitschko brothers retire. As if now, there’s no one heavyweight that stands out above the rest. There’s currently four heavyweights that stand out from the rest of the division and look [...]

By Jason Kim: With the recent news that Roy Jones Jr. (52-5, 38 KOs) will be moving up to the heavyweight division if Joe Calzaghe doesn’t give him a rematch, it interesting to consider who Jones, 39, will decide on fighting if/when he does make his move back up to the heavyweight division. Jones will [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2, 22 KOs) is looking to recapture his WBO title against number #1 ranked Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14 KOs) in February. Maccarinelli, 28, lost his WBO cruiserweight title in July, getting stopped in the 2nd round by arguably the best fighter in the cruiserweight division David [...]

Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis are ready to shine at the season premiere of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” next week (January 9th) at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts. The 2004 Olympic gold medallists had no spare time over Christmas or New Year’s but have been working hard at their training camp in Primm, Nevada. “They [...]

By Simon Hirst: Joe Calzaghe vs Chad Dawson First of all, people who have read my article may know I am a British fan, yet I choose skill over nationality and try to be as unbiased in my articles as I can. I would prefer to stick to facts more than opinion, but as it’s [...]

By William Mackay: As I play this fight through my mind wondering how it’s going to play out, I just can’t see Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) fighting any other way than he’s always done for most of his career, and against a fighter as good as Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs), that’s just not [...]

By Jason Kim: Since turning professional in 2007, middleweight Daniel Jacobs (13-0, 12 KOs) has quickly racked up 13 wins over almost ridiculously soft opposition, the kind that many good fighters would likely beat almost as easily as Jacobs has done. And while Jacobs has done what he’s had to do to get the wins, [...]

By Matt Stein: For as long as I follow boxing, there’s something’s I’ll just never understand. Case in point, all the love an adoration given to a fighter like Oscar De La Hoya, who is good fighter, but also one that has failed over and over again in the biggest fights of his career. In [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Joe Calzaghe, the Legend Killer, as many of his fans like to call him, has done well for himself during his 16-year career. With wins over Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins, Calzaghe has beaten two of the biggest names in boxing during the 90s. Granted, Calzaghe caught up them at the [...]

By Jim Dower: More and more I think about the David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) vs. Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) fight, I can’t see Haye coming out the victor in this one. Haye’s problems are many, starting with his weak chin. That alone is too much for him to beat someone as powerful as [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an article in the Lancashire Telegraph, welterweight Michael Jennings (34-1, 16 KOs) discusses how he injured his ankle while training for his February 21st bout with Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs) for the vacant WBO welterweight title, saying that he couldn’t run or skip and that he was in pain.

By Chris Williams: Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) will be reportedly fighting Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 2nd, according to the latest news. The choice of Las Vegas seems rather strange, given the fact that neither Hatton nor Pacquiao are from the U.S. Though a fight in the Philippines [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA flyweight champion Takefumi Sakata (33-5-2, 15 KOs) was stopped in the 2nd round on Wednesday night by challenger Denkaosan Kaovichit (46-1-1, 20 KOs) at the Sun Plaza Hall, Hiroshima, in Hiroshima, Japan. Kaovichit, 32, from Thailand, landed a huge right hand to the head of Sakata near the end of the [...]

By Matt Stein: Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) would probably be the first to admit that he got destroyed in his last fight, an 8th round stoppage loss to Pound-for-pound boxing star Manny Pacquiao on December 6th, but that probably won’t have any bearing on whether Oscar, 35, will consider retirement. In fact, [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten light middleweight contender James Kirkland (24-0, 21 KOs) is poised for a title challenge at some point in 2009, and an excellent bet at picking up one of the belts. Currently ranked #2 in the WBA, #3 in the IBF, #4 in the WBO, and #8 in the WBC, Kirkland has [...]