Archive for March, 2009

By Jim Dower: Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) may have thought that he impressed a lot of boxing fans with his 8th round stoppage over Oscar De La Hoya in December 2008, but he’s not quite impressed Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs), who sees Pacquiao’s win as nothing but a fluke due to De La [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (4-0, 4 KOs) apparently isn’t backing off from his pursuit of a bout between him and British 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist David Price (1-0, 1 KOs), offering to fight him on April 11th at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Fury, 20, doesn’t have an opponent [...]

By Chris Williams: In looking at a worse case scenario of David Haye somehow defeating Wladimir Klitschko on June 20th to capture the IBF and WBO heavyweight titles, I’m wondering what kind of heavyweight champion Haye would turn out to be? Haye has a legion of followers who see him as a risk taker, a [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten super middleweight prospect Kenny Anderson (10-0, 7 KOs) defeated Nathan King (12-13, 1 KOs) by a 10-round decision on Friday night to win the vacant BBCofC Celtic super middleweight title at the Bellahouston Sports Centre, in Glascow, Scotland. The referee Richard James Davies scored it 96-95 for Anderson by a close [...]

By Nate Anderson: Lightweight Andy Morris (16-2, 5 KOs) defeated the tough journeyman Youssef Al Hamidi (5-16-1, 1 KOs) by a four-round decision on Friday night at the Bellahouston Sports Centre, in Glascow, Scotland. Morris, 26, making a comeback after a year and half away from boxing, totally outclassed the wily Hamidi, winning every round [...]

By Manuel Perez: Heavyweight Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs) feels that he’s now ready for a title shot after his 10-round majority decision over former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter last weekend at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California. I don’t want to be the one to break this to Chambers, but [...]

By Chris Williams: Well, it looks like I’m not the only one that thinks that Wladimir Klitschko will be planting British heavyweight David Haye in the third round on June 20, it looks as if former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster also thinks that Wladimir will win quite easily. According to Eastsideboxing.com, Brewster [...]

By Manuel Perez: Welterweight contender Antonio Diaz (46-5-1, 29 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Javier Castro (19-2, 17 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night on the undercard of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Luciano Cuello light middleweight bout at the Plaza de Toros, in Tijuana, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 95-94, 96-93 [...]

By Jim Dower: On Saturday night, Tony Quigley (13-1, 6 KOs) came up with a shocking 12th round TKO of former BBBofC British super middleweight champion Tony Dodson (24-5-1, 12 KOs) to win the vacant BBBofC British super middleweight title at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool. The fight was back and forth action with [...]

By William Mackay: Heavyweight David Price (1-0, 1 KOs) looked very impressive in taking out journeyman David Ingleby (6-25-1, 4 KOs) in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, England. Price, 25, delivered a walloping right hand that connected to the side of Ingleby’s head in the 3rd, sending the [...]

By Chris Williams: Having seen Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (39-0-1, 29 KOs) fight yet another handpicked opponent last weekend against Luciano Cuello (23-1, 10 KOs) in Tijuana, Mexico, I don’t see how Chavez Jr. deserves a fight against Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya or John Duddy. Chavez Jr., 23, struggled mightily with the non-top [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation and WBC female super middleweight champion Natascha Ragosina (20-0, 12 KOs) Stopped challenger Iva Weston (12-5, 1 KOs) in the 6th round on Saturday night at the Mehrzweckhalle Grossziethen, Schoenefeld, in Brandenburg, Germany. Ragosina, 32, making her 11th defense of her WIBF super middleweight title, [...]

By Jim Dower: Welterweight Matthew Hatton (36-4-1, 14 KOs) continued with his recent career success with a 6th round stoppage over Ted Bami (26-5, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Leisure Centre, Altrincham, in Cheshire. Hatton, 27, the younger brother of British boxing star Ricky Hatton, nailed Bami with a hard left hook in [...]

By Manuel Perez: Two time World Boxing Organization super flyweight champion Fernando Montiel (39-2-1, 29 KOs) stopped Argentinean Diego Oscar Silva (24-2-3, 12 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12-round bout on Saturday night for the vacant WBO bantamweight title at the Plaza de Toros, in Tijuana, Mexico. Montiel, 30, knocked Silva down [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten super middleweight prospect George Groves (3-0, 2 KOs) stopped former British challenger Paul Samuels (19-6-2, 11 KOs) in the 1st round on Saturday night at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool. Groves, 21, dropped Samuels with a big right hand in the 1st, and moments later knocked him off balance with a [...]

By Nate Anderson: 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist for Britain David Price (1-0, 1 KOs) got off his professional boxing career to a good start last night with a 3rd round stoppage of David Ingleby (6-25-1, 4 KOs) at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, England.

By Sam Gregory: In the main event undefeated southpaw Andre Dirrell who is going into tonight’s fight with a record of 17 wins, 12 by KO and no loses, faces Derrick “Superman” Findley with a record of 13 wins with 2 loses and 8 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the super middleweight [...]

By Sam Gregory: Tonight a battle between two unbeaten fighters in a scheduled 12 round fight in the Jr middleweight division will feature Ronald Hearns and his opponent Harry Joe Yorgey on the undercard of a special Saturday edition of ShoBox; The New Generation telecast from Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Okla.

By Nate Anderson: Super middleweight Tony Quigley (13-1, 6 KOs) stopped Tony Dodson (24-5-1, 12 KOs) in the 12th round for the vacant BBBofC British super middleweight title. Quigley, 24, dropped Dodson twice in the 12th. After a badly hurt Dodson got up from the 2nd knockdown, Quigley nailed him with a left-right combination, at [...]

By Jim Dower: Having now lost his last two fights, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs) finds himself stuck between a rock and hard place after last night’s 10-round majority decision loss to Eddie Chambers. Peter, 28, came into the fight weighing a bit too much at 265, and the [...]

By Nate Anderson: Super featherweight Derry Matthews (21-3, 11 KOs) was taken out in the 4th round tonight by South African Harry Ramogoadi (20-10-2, 6 KOs) at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, England. Matthews had looked good through the first three rounds when he got caught by a big right hand from Ramogoadi in the [...]

By Manuel Perez: Following Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s 10-round unanimous decision tonight over Luciano Cuello at the Plaza Monumental Playa, in Tijuana, Mexico, Chavez Jr’s promoter Bob Arum made a shocking announcement when he said that he’s looking Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and John Duddy as possible opponents for Chavez Jr. in 2009.

By Manuel Perez: Light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (39-0-1, 29 KOs) defeated previously undefeated Argentinean Luciano Cuello (23-1, 10 KOs) by a fairly close 10-round decision on Saturday night at the Plaza Monumental Playas, in Tijuana, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 96-94 and 96-95. Like usual Chavez Jr. fights, there was [...]

By Jim Slattengren: On June 20th, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) defends his title against British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) in Germany. Wladimir, 33, has now held onto the IBF heavyweight title for the past three years, but he’s failed miserably in fighting one fan-pleasing fight during that stretch of [...]

By Nate Anderson: Commonwealth (British Empire) super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (26-2, 7 KOs) stopped challenger Michael Gomez (38-10, 25 KOs) in the 7th round last night at the Bellahouston Sports Centre, in Glasgow, Scotland. Burns, 25, making his 2nd defense of his Commonwealth title, caught Gomez against the ropes in the 7th and unloaded [...]

By Calvin Betton: It’s going to happen, we all know it is, but what nobody knows for definite is who Floyd Mayweather is going to fight when it does happen.
Let me first put forward my opinions on Floyd Mayweather Jnr. He is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most skilled and [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event Samuel Peter, who came into this fight at 30-2 with 23 KO’s was also stepping in the ring at the heaviest weight of his professional career at 265 pounds. His opponent, “Fast” Eddie Chambers was fighting at one pound less than his heaviest weight; Chambers weighed in at [...]

By Sam Gregory: The first fight on the undercard was a scheduled 4 round super middleweight fight between former Olympian undefeated Shawn Estrada who going into this fight has never been past one round. Estrada’s opponent was 27 year old Ray Craig from Oakland, California.

By Jason Kim: Well, former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-3, 23 KOs) took a big risk in facing the small but wily Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs), and sure paid the price for it by losing by a 10-round majority decision on Friday night at the Nokia theatre, in Los Angeles, [...]

By Jim Dower: In a move that doesn’t surprise me in the least, WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (24-0, 19 KOs), arguably the weakest of the welterweight champions, will defend his title against light welterweight Juan Urango (21-1, 16 KOs) in a 12-round bout on May 30th at the Seminole Hard Rock hotel, in Hollywood, [...]