Archive for March, 2009

By William Mackay: Possibly still smarting from his 12-round split decision loss to Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KOs) in April 2008, Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) reportedly wants a rematch with Calzaghe to try and clear up the close loss between the two fighters. Unfortunately for Hopkins, Calzaghe closed up shop and decided to retire [...]

By Dave Lahr: Normally, I wouldn’t advise two otherwise quality fighters to retire after a loss, but in this case one of them definitely needs to hang the gloves permanently. Heck, even with a win in this fight, the victor has a huge uphill climb if they ever want to win a title in the [...]

Big hearted bantamweight Matthew Edmonds has been added to the mouth-watering Wigan, England bill this Friday, March 6, headlined by Jamie Moore’s long awaited European light middleweight title opportunity against Italy’s former world champion Michele Piccirillo at Robin Park Arena.

By Manuel Perez: According to Setanta Sports, Manny Pacquiao is apparently interested in a third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. If this is true, it seems rather incredible given that Pacquiao has been steering well clear of Marquez since battling to a gift 12-round decision over Marquez in March 2008. The victory was a hallow [...]

LOS ANGELES – Former WBO heavyweight and current NABA heavyweight champion “Relentless” Lamon Brewster has signed a deal with German-based promotional outfit Sauerland Event. Brewster, 34-4 (30 knockouts) will fight in the co-featured slot of IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham’s world title defense against Lajuan Simon on March 14 at the Ostseehalle in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) may be coming out of retirement for a September bout against boxing’s new number #1 Pound-for-pound star lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs), who recently stopped Juan Diaz in the 9th round this past weekend at the Toyota Center, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After toiling for 10 long years as a professional fighter, Michael Jennings (34-2, 16 KOs) finally got his big chance two weeks again in an attempt at fighting for the vacant WBO welterweight title against Miguel Cotto (33-1, 27 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as [...]

By Jim Dower: After staying patient after being jobbed in a very controversial 12-round draw last weekend with challenger Rocky Juarez (28-4-1, 20 KOs), WBA featherweight champion Chris John (42-0-2, 22 KOs) is reportedly interested in giving Juarez a rematch, as long as the fight isn’t in Texas, where their fight took place last weekend [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, the back and forth negotiations between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and his British challenger David Haye appear to be back on according to the latest boxing news from the world. However, instead of it taking place in London, where it was previously thought to be taking place, it looks as [...]

“Ricky is trying to be nice but it’s a simple fact that we are gonna bust his (Pacquiao’s) ass!” Manchester, England (March 4, 2009). During a national conference call held today for members of the media, Ricky Hatton’s trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. all but ensured a Hatton victory over his next opponent Manny Pacquiao when [...]

Former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli has been working on a unique training method for his March 14th WBO cruiserweight title fight against NABO title-holder Ola “Kryptonite” Afolabi, headlined by the showdown between 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan and Hall of Fame bound multiple world champion, “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, on pay-per-view [...]

By Sam Gregory: Freddie Roach gave an interview with the British media recently and put things very much in perspective in regards to his fighter Manny Pacquiao and his up-coming fight with Ricky Hatton on May 2, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

HBO Sports serves up a triple header of action when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JAMES KIRKLAND VS. JOEL JULIO, VICTOR ORTIZ VS. MIKE ARNAOUTIS AND ROBERT GUERRERO VS. DAUD YORDAN is presented SATURDAY, MARCH 7 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports [...]

Light-middleweights Bradley Pryce and Matthew Hall have vowed to steal the show on March 14 at the M.E.N Arena. And although they are up against a blockbuster fight card featuring Khan-Barrera, Cook-Martinez and Maccarinelli-Afolabi, the 154-pound KO artists reckon they can do it.

By Chris Williams: I got to say, the more I see of super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (14-0, 13 KOs) the more I tend to doubt his chances to win a title in the future. Although he’s tremendously hyped on many other sites on the net, but he’s done little to prove that he’s worth [...]

Enzo Maccarinelli has revealed his secret weapon ahead of his interim WBO World Cruiserweight title challenge – a dozen beer barrels. But unfortunately for opponent Ola Afolabi, the Welshman hasn’t been downing them in training, merely using them to improve his strength and conditioning.

Photo Credit: Chris Farina – Top Rank – During a blistering two-day U.K. media tour, superstars Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton set the tone for their world junior welterweight “The Battle of East and West” championship set for Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and broadcast live on HBO [...]

Seminole Warriors Boxing, joined with Universal Promotions, kicked off a new series of shows in Puerto Rico in a big way on Saturday night, as highly-touted prospects Kenny Galarza and Jonathan Gonzalez scored electrifying knockout victories that had the over 4,000 fans at the Auditorio Juan “Pachín” Vicens in Ponce on their feet and cheering [...]

By Sam Gregory – Headlining the main event and co-main event this Saturday night at the Valencia Ballroom in York, Pa. will be two of “York’s hometown heroes;” undefeated lightweight Carney “Beeper” Bowman 12-0 (5 KO’s), a 2001 graduate of West York High School and his best friend and 2002 graduate of York High, bantamweight [...]

By Chris Williams: I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade about David Haye, but after seeing the new heavyweight Commonwealth (British Empire) champion Martin Rogan (12-0, 6 KOs) dismantle the normally iron-chinned Matt Skelton last weekend, I’d have to say that Rogan would wipe the deck with Haye and stop him well inside the [...]

Martin Rogan’s sensational win over Matt Skelton to capture the Commonwealth Heavyweight Title will be replayed on Wednesday, March 4, on BBC 1 Northern Ireland. Jim Neilly will describe the best of the action from a contest considered one of the best heavyweight bouts in more than a decade as part of a specially extended [...]

This saturday March 7th UNIVERSUM BOX-PROMOTIONS will promote at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany, an excellent Boxing event with a double European header, the European ‘EBA’ Light-Heavyweight Title defense of undefeated Champion ALEKSY KUZIEMSKI (16-0-0) against also unbeaten German ARMIN DOLLINGER (19-0-0) and the European ‘EBU’ Light-Heavyweight Title between JUERGEN BRAEHMER (31-2-0) vs RACHID [...]

The 12-round main event March 14th between 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan and Hall of Fame bound multiple world champion, “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, shapes up as a potential classic at The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

The pride of Denver, undefeated junior welterweight contender “MILE HIGH” MIKE ALVARADO, returns to the ring in his 2009 debut, This Saturday! March 7 at the Mile High Event Center, located directly across from Mile High Racing Park in Commerce City (5155 East 64th Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022). The top-15 contender will be taking [...]

By Jim Dower: In his first fight as a pro, British 2008 Bronze medalist Tony Jeffries (1-0, 1 KOs) destroyed Aliaksandr Vayavoda (5-13-1, 3 KOs) in the 1st round on Friday night at the Metrodome, Barnsley, in Yorkshire. Jeffries, throwing huge right hands, staggered Vayavoda late in the 1st round. Jeffries then poured it on [...]

Friday night at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, former world light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson finally got his chance to put his controversial 2003 draw with Daniel Judah to rest, and he made the most of his opportunity, scoring a near shutout ten round decision over his opponent in the [...]

By Jim Dower: 2008 British Olympian Billy Joe Saunders (1-0, 1 KOs) defeated Attila Molnar (12-13-6, 5 KOs) in the 2nf round of a scheduled four round bout on Saturday night at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham, West Midlands. In the 2nd round, Saunders backed Molnar up against the ropes and nailed him with [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his pro debut, former 2007 AB lightweight champion Frankie Gavin (1-0, 1 KOs) stopped Georgian George Kadaria (5-4) in the 4th round of a scheduled four round bout on Saturday night at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham, West Midlands. With Kadaria taking severe punishment against the ropes in the 3rd, [...]

By Sam Gregory: This Saturday night March 7th, TKO Boxing presents “Battle of York” 3 at the historic Valencia ballroom in York, Pa. The world class boxing card will feature York Pa’s own undefeated featherweight Carney “Beeper” Bowman 12-0 with 5 KO’s who in his last appearance at the Valencia last November stopped Castulo Gonzalez [...]

By Jim Dower: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (1-0) got off on the right track in his pro career on Saturday night defeating Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia (9-9, 5 KOs) by a four-round referee’s decision at the National Indoor Arena, in Birmingham, West Midlands. Referee Howard John Foster scored it 40-36, giving all four [...]