Archive for February, 2009

By Daniel Cann: In the third fight of his burgeoning career Tyson Fury faced in Daniel Peret, a Norwegian based Russian who was an experienced and brave veteran of 35 fights. From the opening bell the disparity in height, conditioning and youth was all too apparent. Fury at 6ft 9 simply towered over his barrel [...]

By Daniel Cann: In a sometimes maddeningly frustrating spectacle Danny McIntosh successfully defended his English Light-Heavyweight Title against veteran former British and WBU World Champion Matthew Barney. Before the opening bell both men looked confident as they bounced up and down in their respective corners. At the bell McIntosh landed a double right hand to [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – It was all right hands on Friday’s ShoBox: The New Generation. International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (37-1, 25 KOs) successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks (20-1, 14 KOs) with a win by technical knockout at 1:30 of the eighth round.

By Sam Gregory: – Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – In tonight’s main event newly crowned IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek of Jersey City and Golwice Poland made his first defense of the title with an impressive eighth round stoppage over undefeated cruiserweight challenger Johnathon Banks in 1:30 of the eighth round

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s co-main event 28-year-old Dominican Giovanni Lorenzo 27-1 scored an impressive second round knockout over Dionisio Miranda 19-4 for the IBF middleweight belt. In the opening round both fighters fought cautiously feeling out their opponent. Halfway through the second round Miranda got caught off balance and hit with a solid right [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event 40 year old former light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson, 49-12 with 33 knockouts faced the 31 year old southpaw from Brooklyn Daniel Judah 23-4 (10) in a 10 round light heavyweight re-match.

By Sam Gregory: From The Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Hollywood, FL – In the first fight of the night southpaw Danny O’ Connor won a majority decision over Jamar Saunders in a 4 round Jr welterweight fight. O’ Connor moved to 4-0.

Dear Vitali, Let’s stop the nonsense. When I fought you for the CSCA (Centrum Sports Club Army) Military Championship, I stopped you in the 1st round. You were badly hurt and your corner threw in the towel. Stop making excuses, stop lying and be a man and admit it. That was our 1st fight.

By Jason Kim: Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) is hoping to keep the pressure on Manny Pacquiao by defeating Juan Diaz (34-1, 17 KOs) in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBA/WBO lightweight titles at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. Marquez, 35, was defeated by Pacquiao by a 12-round split decision in March, [...]

Tyson Fury and Sam Sexton finally came face to face in Norwich yesterday but a heavyweight showdown between the two still doesn’t seem to be any closer to reality. Fury was in Sexton’s hometown for a press conference ahead of his fight with Daniel Peret at the Norfolk Showground on Saturday night.

The long awaited showdown between America’s leading young heavyweight prospect, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada, and Alexander Povetkin, 2004 Olympic gold medalist and the IBF’s No. 1 contender, will finally happen April 4 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: After 11 years of fighting as a pro, super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) has fought frighteningly mediocre competition consisting of a whole slew of fighters that I’ve frankly never heard of in my life. I had hopes that Kessler would start stepping it up after his fighting with Joe [...]

By Sean McDaniel: According to Boxing Confidential, Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted an absurd $20 million dollar guarantee to fight Shane Mosley. Apparently, Golden Boy Promotions met with Mayweather about a perspective fight with Mosley, but Mayweather wanted $20 million guaranteed money in order to take the bout said promoter Bob Arum to Boxing Confidential.

In the short hours leading up to tonight’s big triple championship boxing bill at local venue The Metrodome, the town of Barnsley, England has been flooded with fans who have invaded “The Tarn” for the European super bantamweight title rematch between reigning champion Rendall Munroe and the man he beat for the title, Kiko “La [...]

By Jim Dower: After getting beaten nearly senseless by Manny Pacquiao in December, Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) is contemplating hanging up the gloves for good. After 17 years as a professional boxer in which Oscar has won 10 world titles, he’s finally thinking hard about retirement from the sport. His loss to [...]

The Utsey Boys, Orlando and Justin Utsey, have relocated to Atlanta Georgia . Set to make their pro debuts in the very near future, Orlando and Justin Utsey are leaving their home area in order to concentrate on training and leave behind the distractions of their hometown. They will however still consider Little Rock Arkansas [...]

Former IBF Lightweight King PAUL SPADAFORA declared himself undaunted, undeterred and ready, willing and able to fight, at an afternoon press conference today at the Pittsburgh Hilton. Spadafora (41-0-1) will headline a six-bout card, Tuesday, March 31 at the Pittsburgh Hilton. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. president Jimmy Burchfield made several key announcements today, ranging from a minimum 11-fight schedule in 2009 to major fights in Germany for two of his top fighters, Jason “Big Six” Estrada and cruiserweight “Awesome” Aaron Williams.

By Manuel Perez: It looks as if World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) has finally got a location for his April 25th title defense against former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor. The bout will be taking place at the Foxwoods resort in Connecticut rather than England. Froch, 31, is coming off [...]

By Manuel Perez: In an article by Jaime Torres Torres at El Neuvodia, former welterweight and light middleweight champion Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KOs) is interested in a fight with WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and getting a rematch with Bernard Hopkins, saying ” “Hopkins beat me, but he never wanted to give me a [...]

Germany’s Arthur Abraham will defend his IBF middleweight title against Kelly Pavlik anywhere in the world to prove he is the best in the division, according to his agent Kalle Sauerland. Abraham’s next fight is against Lajuan Simon on Saturday 14 March. Sauerland told the Steve Bunce Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News that Pavlik [...]

NEW YORK – Light-heavyweight contender Shaun George entered his bout with Jaffa Ballogou intent on sending the division a message it could not ignore. It took him only 86 seconds to accomplish his mission, finishing off “The African Assassin” in spectacular fashion in New York City’s BB King Blues Club & Grill.

The always-exciting Tomasz Adamek will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight title against undefeated Johnathon Banks in the main event this Friday, Feb. 27, on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

The hype surrounding 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan may not be the same since his stunning first-round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott last September, but the 2004 Olympic silver medallist has the full confidence of his head trainer, Freddie Roach, as they prepare in Los Angeles for Khan’s showdown with multiple world champion “The Baby [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs) has filed a complaint against the WBC for making him fight two consecutive mandatory fights for his heavyweight title. Normally, a fighter only is expected to fight one per year, but Vitali, 37, who is fighting his WBC mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez on [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s now approaching a year and a half since Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) last stepped in the ring and at present it doesn’t look as if he’s going to be getting back into boxing anytime soon from the sounds of it. At 32, Mayweather may be pressing his luck by [...]

By Manuel Perez: Undefeated light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (38-0, 29 KOs) will face unbeaten Argentinean Luciano Leonel Cuello (23-0, 10 KOs) on March 28th in Tijuana, Baja California, for the vacant WBO Latino light middleweight title. Chavez, 23, is making a slightly bigger step up from some of the softer opponents that [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I hate to see a fighter with tremendous talent underestimate himself, which is why I felt that the outstanding heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (2-0, 2 KOs) was terribly underestimating himself by saying that he felt that David Haye wouldn’t stand a chance against him in a couple of years. I think the [...]

Up and coming British boxer Tyson Fury reckons he’ll be a bigger success at heavyweight than fellow Brit David Haye. Fury faces Russia’s Daniel Peret at the Norwich Showground, Norwich, in only his third professional fight this Saturday. In an interview on this Thursday’s Steve Bunce Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News Fury said that [...]

NEW YORK- Light-heavyweight contender Shaun George tipped the scales at 177.5 for his scheduled 10-round match against Jaffa Ballogou on Wednesday night at BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York City’s Times Square. Ballogou weighed exactly 177. The bout will headline Dibella Entertainment’s first installment of Broadway Boxing of 2009. The fight will [...]