Archive for February, 2009

By Eric Thomas: According to The Sun, promoter Frank Warren is hoping that the World Boxing Organization (WBO) will sanction the March 14th lightweight battle between Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) and Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs) and make the now vacant title be on the line on that night. Certainly, Barrera, who’s ranked [...]

By Manuel Perez: Welterweight Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) lucked out on Saturday night in surviving what probably should have been a 7th round knockout to stick around long enough to be rewarded with a 12-round majority draw with light middleweight Sergio Martinez at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Judging from the way that [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated light middleweight Alfredo Angulo (15-0, 12 KOs) was too much for his opponent Cosme Rivera (31-12-2, 22 KOs) on Saturday night, taking him out with a blizzard of power shots in the 5th round at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. With Rivera taking big punishment again the ropes late in [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBA/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs) defeated number#1 International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight contender Ali Funeka (30-2-2, 25 KOs) by a 12-round majority decision on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Campbell, 36, knocked Funeka down twice in the fight – once in 2nd and then [...]

By Chris Williams: Interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) got a bad break in his fight with Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) on Saturday night, when referee Frank Santore Jr. appeared to count out Cintron in the 7th after Martinez had knocked Cintron down with a hard left hand. However, Santore [...]

By Manuel Perez: Lightweight Efren Hinojosa (29-5-1, 17 KOs) was hurt at the end of the 1st round on Friday night when he was hit in the back of the head by a right hand from his Puerto Rican opponent Jose Reyes (23-5, 8 KOs) at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, in Miami, Florida. Hinojosa, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-4-1, 24 KOs) defeated Elvir Muriqi (35-5, 22 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision in the IBF Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator at the Jersey, in Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Woods, 36, dominated the entire fight, battering the over-matched Yugoslavian who goes by the nickname “The [...]

By Sam Gregory: The opening bout for tonight’s HBO Boxing After Dark saw Mexico’s Cosme Rivera coming into this fight with a record of 31-11 with 22 KO’s. His opponent was the undefeated Jr middleweight Alfredo Angulo with a perfect record of 14 wins and no loses, 11 of those wins coming by way of [...]

Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda – By Sam Gregory: In a Jr middleweight face-off between Sergio Martinez who went into this fight with a record of 44 wins with 1 lose, 24 of his wins by KO and Kermit Cintron who was 30-2 with 27 KO’s. The first 2 rounds started out relatively slow and uneventful [...]

By Sam Gregory: Nate Campbell, “The Galaxxy Warrior” won a close 12 round majority decision even though his belts weren’t on the line having been vacated due to the fact that he did not make weight at yesterdays weigh in. Ali Funeka was a very game fighter throughout the fight and he won at least [...]

By Chris Williams: According to the latest news, there are whisperings that there are big problems in the negotiations between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye. The problems are serious enough that Wladmir is looking in the direction of fighting American heavyweight Chris Arreola instead, according to Dan Rafael. If Wladimir does go ahead and back [...]

By Chris Williams: According to a recent interview on Vindy.com, we could be seeing John Duddy vs. WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (34-1, 30 KOs) in the Summer rather than a fight between Pavlik and International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (28-0, 23 KOs), apparently because a combinations of factors such as American audiences [...]

By James Hughes:Now that all the initial hysteria has died down about Joe Calzaghe’s recent retirement, it is a good time to take a comprehensive look at what ‘The Pride of Wales’ achieved and where that leaves his legacy. The Early Years

By Dave Lahr: Unbeaten light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (14-0, 11 KOs) is an old fashioned Mexican fighter, a fighter that is similar to a bigger version of Julio Cesar Chavez and who likes to beat his opponents down with one big blockbuster shot after another. Tonight, Angulo finds himself in with veteran Cosme Rivera [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: When former WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe retired a week ago, he chose a time in his career when he just happened to be facing one of the biggest threats of his career in IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson who was very interested in fighting him. Not only was Dawson [...]

By Jim Dower: British light heavyweight champion Dean Francis (30-3-1, 24 KOs) fought to an eight-round draw last night against Ugandan Joey Vegas (11-4-1, 4 KOs) last night at the Oasis Leisure Centre, in Swindon, Wiltshire. Referee Grant Wallis scored it 78-78. It was alarming that a fighter like Vegas, 27, who came into the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Previously unbeaten welterweight prospect Darnell Jiles Jr. (8-1-1, 3 KOs) ran into a big road block for his promising career when he was stopped in the 3rd round by Ray Robinson (10-0, 4 KOs) on Friday night at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York. Robinson, 23, a tall, gangling 5’10″ [...]

By Eric Thomas: In something of an upset, welterweight prospect Carlos Molina (15-4-1, 5 KOs) defeated knockout artist Alexis Camacho (17-2, 16 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 98-92 and 100-90. Camacho, 27, who has accumulated an [...]

By Chris Williams: Interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-1, 24 KOs) hopes to put on a good display of his talent tomorrow night when he faces the powerful former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Martinez, 33, despite being a little older than most of the top [...]

By Matt Stein: IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell (32-5-1, 25 KOs) lost all three of his titles today when he couldn’t make the lightweight limited of 135 pounds at the weigh-in today at the BankAtlantic Center. Campbell, 36, came three pounds over the limit at 138 at the initial weigh in attempt. He was then [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight prospect Jamie Cox (10-0, 6 KOs) destroyed his hopelessly over-matched journeyman opponent Jason Rushton (18-9, 3 KOs) tonight, taking him out in the 1st round of a scheduled 8-round bout at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, in Wiltshire. Cox, 22, a former 2006 ABA Light welterweight champion and Gold medalist [...]

By Jim Dower: Welterweight project Barrie Jones (16-3, 7 KOs) defeated journeyman Jay Morris (9-13-1, 7 KOs) by a four round decision tonight at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, in Wiltshire. Jones, 23, won by a referee’s decision 40-36. Both fighters were sloppy through much of the fight, missing many of their punches and clinching [...]

By Jim Dower: Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (15-0, 5 KOs) destroyed his hard-hitting Kenyan challenger Samson Onyango (18-4, 12 KOs) in the 1st round of a scheduled 12-round bout tonight at the Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, in Wiltshire. Cleverly, 21, hurt Onyango with several hard hooks to the body in the [...]

By Jason Kim: James DeGale, the former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist in the middleweight division for Britain in Beijing, will be making his appearance as a professional on February 28th against 21-year-old Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia (9-8, 5 KOs) at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham, West Midlands. DeGale, 23, now promoted by Frank Warren, has [...]

By Sam Gregory: The heavyweight division has always been considered the flagship of professional boxing. Names like Ali, Foreman, Louis, Dempsey and Frazier have always been synonymous with heavy hitting. Through the 20’s and 30’s and even into the 1980’s the heavyweight division was home to the most exciting bouts ever fought. Heavyweights were always [...]

Integrated Sports will distribute a world-class pay-per-view card, headlined by Amir Khan versus “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, Saturday, March 14 live from The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

By Eric Thomas: The super middleweight clash between World Boxing Council champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) are close to being finalized according to the latest news from around the boxing world for April 18th or April 25th. Reportedly, the deal is 95% completed and will possibly be taking place in New York at Madison [...]

An important matchup of British prospects has been added to the Frank Maloney promoted card featuring European super bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe’s rematch against deadly Spaniard Kiko Martinez on Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England.

Frank Warren’s Olympic stars face an Eastern invasion when they make their long-awaited professional debuts at the NIA, Birmingham, on February 28. James DeGale, Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders will all meet opponents from former Iron Curtain countries.

By Nate Anderson: In watching many of Manny Pacquiao’s fights, he shows a tremendous amount of raw ability in beating most of his opponents and often gets by on his inherent physical abilities along rather than on his much less impressive technical skills. Like many fighters that get by on their hand speed and power, [...]