Archive for March, 2009

Even during these challenging economic times, there’s still nothing like a night out – complete with world championship boxing. On Saturday, April 25, DiBella Entertainment in association with Hennessy Sports and MGM Grand at Foxwoods will scale the fantastic MGM Grand Theater with affordable-only ticket prices as fans will get to truly enjoy the highly [...]

With only 9 days to go team Gomez is just putting the finishing touches on the preparation for the great March 21st showdown against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Fitness and conditioning coach Mo Klatten sums up their work in training camp in the last three months.

WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch is convinced he will crack America if he beats Jermain Taylor when the pair clash on Saturday 25 April at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket in Connecticut. Froch told the Steve Bunce Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News that a win over mandatory contender Jermain Taylor would make him [...]

The war of words ahead of the “Battle of Brum” is over…well almost over. Birmingham rivals Wayne Elcock and Matthew Macklin clash at the Aston Arena on Saturday night in one of the most eagerly awaited domestic dustups for years. At stake is Elcock’s British Middleweight title and the pride of Birmingham. The bout headlines [...]

This Saturday an historic webcast will take place as former WBC Heavyweight champion of the World, Oleg Maskaev battles Richie Boruff in an important Heavyweight tussle that will take place at the Ice Palace in Sarunsk, Russia. All the action will take place on www.gofightlive.tv beginning at 11am eastern time for a price of just [...]

In only 10 days WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and no. 1 contender Juan Carlos Gomez will finally meet at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Gomez’ promoter Ahmet Öner thinks that this fight will help bringing heavyweight boxing back into the focus of public interest. Mr. Öner, what do you think about the upcoming fight? [...]

By Eric Thomas: Three-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6. 43 KOs) is predicting not only that he’ll beat Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) this Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, but it will be even easier than his victory over British boxing great Naseem Hamed, who Barrera defeated by a lopsided 12-round [...]

WBC Super middleweight champ Carl “The Cobra” Froch will be coming to a TV near you over the next few days following yesterday’s confirmation of his first title defence against Jermain Taylor in the U.S. on April 25th.

By Chris Williams: With the recent news about International Boxing Federation – IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye’s negotiations hitting an impassable wall, it looks as if Haye is going to have to seek out another alternative for his next bout, one that doesn’t involve a Klitschko. Of course, if Haye is truly [...]

By Chris Williams: First of all, there’s good news and bad news about Wladimir Klitschko. The good part is that we won’t have to hear about the drama of his tiresome negotiating with David Haye, because that fight is pretty much dead in the water now. What’s bad is that Wladimir’s replacement, the knockout artist [...]

By Matthew Thomas Potter: For the first time in a decade long career, Naseem Hamed left the ring to a mixture of muted boos and polite applause. A short time later, one of Britain’s greatest ever boxers, at the age of 28, would announce his retirement. Hamed, looking out of shape after a long period [...]

By Sam Gregory: On Friday March 13th, undefeated super middleweight contender Lucian Bute 23-0 with 18 KO’s will return to the ring in his hometown of Montreal to defend his IBF title for the fourth time after winning the title in Montreal on June 15th, 2007 from Sakio Bika. All of Bute’s title defenses have [...]

Lee Swaby has warned Tyson Fury that he should be careful what he wishes for. Fury has lashed out at his British heavyweight rivals by claiming that they are all running for cover but Swaby says he was only too happy to step up to the plate by tackling the 6 foot 9 inch Manchester [...]

“I’m tired of this waiting, I’m a prize fighter not some dude working in a restaurant serving food” said Deandre “THE BULL” Latimore after a morning run in Las Vegas. “Every day I’m in the gym here in Vegas and when we finally get in the ring I’m going to take out all my anger [...]

11 days before facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Stuttgart (Germand) “The Black Panther” Juan Carlos Gomez is very confident regarding his chances for the fight. “I have never been this well prepared and this fired up for a fight”, states Gomez. “Vitali will be surprised to see what I am capable of. He [...]

A household name in his native England, talented, undefeated Carl Froch will look to make a major statement — and enhance his reputation in America — when he defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against one of the most highly regarded and recognizable fighters of this generation, former undisputed middleweight belt-holder Jermain [...]

It was with great surprise that Team Sauerland heard about Universum´s press release regarding the fight between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev and “champion in recess” Ruslan Chagaev. “Klaus-Peter Kohl´s remarks are untrue,” Sauerland Event General Manager Chris Meyer said. “While requesting so many special permits from the WBA, he must have lost his sense [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Whether lightweight Amir Khan (19-1, 15 KOs) realizes it or not, he probably stands more to lose if things go wrong for him on Saturday night against Marco Antonio Barrera (65-6, 43 KOs). After all, Khan is 22, at the start of his career and still is hoping to make a name [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I can’t say I was surprised to hear that Joe Calzaghe wasn’t interested in coming out of retirement for a rematch with Bernard Hopkins. Apparently, Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer had hopes of luring Calzaghe out of retirement for a match against Hopkins, who badly wants a shot at avenging [...]

By Jason Sardelis: Marco Antonio Barrera “The Baby Faced Assassin” comes into this fight with as much to prove as any of his previous title fights. The motivation here is the title but with a little twist. Barrera wants Khan for no other reason except, Khan has a belt. Amir Khan 19-1, 15 Ko’s, the [...]

Andy Lee’s disappointment over a scheduled Madison Square Garden date falling through has proven to be short lived after he secured a place on the Hunky Dorys World Title Fight Night at The O2, Dublin on Saturday, March 21st.

By Jim Dower: Middleweight contender Sebastien Demers (27-2, 10 KOs) stopped Martin Berthiaume (14-4-2, 8 KOs) in the 5th round on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Demers, 29, making his 2nd fight since suffering a disappointing 10-round decision loss to Dionisio Miranda in August 2008, had little problems with the [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In somewhat of an upset, Argentinean light heavyweight Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky (15-3, 8 KOs) stopped German Thomas Ulrich (31-5, 21 KOs) in the 11th round of scheduled 12 round bout to win the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title at the Freiberger Arena, in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany. Trailing in the fight, Plotinsky [...]

By Erik Schmidt: WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation super flyweight and Global Boxing Union Female super flyweight champion Alesia Graf (23-1, 9 KOs) defeated Magdalena Dahlen (9-2, 3 KOs) by 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Freiberger Arena, in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 96-94.

This is really starting to get ridiculous. First off, Valuev, aka Frankenstein has no business with the WBA title in the first place. He’s never beaten anyone in the top 10. Since winning the title, he’s defended it against John Ruiz, Monte Barrett, and Evander Holyfield. I mean, this is becoming a joke. And Chagaev, [...]

By Chris Williams: Perhaps the only fighter to come out shining from this Saturday’s bout in San Jose, California, was the undefeated Daud Yordan (23-0, 17 KOs), who gave super featherweight Robert Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) all he could handle until a cut above Guerrero’s right eye caused the early stoppage of the fight. The [...]

Sensational lightweight prospect Luis Ramos returned home on Sunday following an outstanding performance on Saturday night, winning a four round unanimous decision over Nicaraguan veteran Anthony Martinez at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. With the win, the 20 year old Santa Ana resident improved his record to 10-0 with five knockouts.

By Chris Williams: I went into Saturday’s super featherweight matchup between former featherweight champion Robert Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) and his opponent Indonesian Daud Cino Yordan (23-0, 17 KOs) thinking that Guerrero would easily win the fight due to his power, skill, home town advantage and experience. However, the fight turned out to be the [...]

By Manuel Perez: Making his first try at welterweight, Mike Alvarado (25-0, 18 KOs) stopped journeyman Emmanuel Clottey (24-9, 14 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the Mile High Stadium, in Denver, Colorado. Alvarado, 28, ended matters with a left-right combination with seconds to go in the bout, flattening Clottey and knocking [...]

Marco “Captain” Huck (24-1, 19 KOs) will return to the ring in May to defend his European cruiserweight title against former world champion Firat Arslan (29-4, 18 KOs). Team Sauerland won today´s purse bid in Rome with an offer of 514,000 euros. “We are delighted that Marco will defend his title on a Sauerland show,” [...]