Archive for April, 2009

By William Mackay: Boy, when it rains it pours for WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs). Just last week, Froch learned that the British television networks decided not to show his April 25th title defense against former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs), but now Joe Calzaghe has come down [...]

By Jim Dower: IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko looked absolutely traumatized last week in his press conference with David Haye after the former cruiserweight champion arrived with a t-shirt depicting the severed heads of Wladimir and his brother Vitali being held up in each of Haye’s hands. However, it wasn’t just the t-shirt that had [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated middleweight prospect Martin Murray (14-0, 5 KOs) was too much for Kevin Concepcion (14-2, 3 KOs), knocking him down three times in the process of stopping him in the 3rd round on Friday night at the Indoor Sports Centre, Leigh, in Lancashire. The bout was stopped at the start of the [...]

By Dave Lahr: I don’t want to take anything away from the career of Manny Pacquiao, especially with him on the verge of fighting toughest bout of his career against Ricky Hatton on May 2nd, but I think that IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire (21-1, 14 KOs) has a good chance of becoming an even [...]

By Matt Stein: Last night, we may be seeing an end of an era as former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (21-7, 14 KOs) was stopped in the 1st round by Brazilian Mauricio Rua (18-3, 14 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. Rua, 27, was rather easily controlling the first round when he suddenly unleashed a [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (14-0, 13 KOs) will be appearing this Friday night on ESPN against Nicaraguan Jose Varela (23-5, 16 KOs) at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois. The bout has mismatch written all over it as Varela, 31, has lost his last three bouts and normally fights two [...]

By Chris Williams: Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) is kicking around the idea of fighting permanently in the United States or Canada after being ignored by British television for his April 25th bout against Jermain Taylor at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Connecticut, according to the Daily mail. Froch, 31, doesn’t understand how or why his [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m frankly speechless after former WBC light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (25-2, 15 KOs) pulled off a huge upset by stopping International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight champion Ulises Soils (28-2-2, 20 KOs) in the 11th round tonight at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

By Erik Schmidt: Tickets are moving fast for the June 20th bout between David Haye and IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, with an incredible thirty thousand tickets being sold on the first day along, says Bernd Bonte the head Manager for the Klitschko brothers. The German boxing fans stood in lines that Bonte says were [...]

By Nate Anderson: Jason Booth (32-5, 13 KOs) added the vacant BBBofC British super bantamweight title to go along with his Commonwealth (British Empire) bantamweight by defeating Mark Moran (11-1-1, 3 KOs) by a 6th round stoppage on Friday night at the Indoor Sports Centre, Leigh, in Lancashire.

By Michael Payne: On Tuesday May 19th at Earls court in London Barry Hearn is returning with his successful prizefighter tournament where eight cruiserweights will battle it out for a ₤25,000 top prize in one night. Barry is promising that this will be even more successful than previous competitions. Here is a rundown of the [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Luke Tyson Fury was born on the 1st of June 1988, in Wythenshawe, Manchester, weighing one pound. After he was born a string of tragic events happened and Fury nearly died 3 times. His father then named him after former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

By Ron Santos: I am afraid to say it is not good news for Ricky Hatton. The problem with Ricky’s loss to Floyd Mayweather jr is that a blueprint was made. Watching all Ricky’s fights after that loss, both Juan Lazcano and Paulie Malinaggi attempted and certainly landed the ‘check left hook’. The only problem [...]

By Manuel Perez: Former WBC light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (24-2, 14 KOs) has a tough task ahead of him this Sunday in challenging IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis (28-1-2, 20 KOs) at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

By Manuel Perez: The undercard of the Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao bout on May 2nd is going to be loaded with nothing but utter mismatches with light middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) facing Michael Walker (19-1-2, 12 KOs), and WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto will be defending his title against Canadian Benoit [...]

Photo by Tom Casino/Showtime – By Sam Gregory: The April 17th edition of ShoBox at Buffalo Bills Casino at Primm, Nevada features in the main event the 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2009 Prospect of the year and WBA #3 contender Yuriorkis Gamboa, 14-0 (12), from Cuba residing in Miami who will take on #2 ranked [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event undefeated Selcuk Aydin 17-0 with 14 KO’s of Turkey will be making his U.S. debut against southpaw Said Ouali 25-2 with 17 KO’s of Morocco now making his home in Las Vegas in a scheduled 12 round WBC welterweight eliminator bout.

By William Mackay: Rightly or wrongly, lightweight Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) is making his first title challenge on June 27th against Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KOs), the World Boxing Association light welterweight champion. Under most circumstances, this should be a moment that’s looked forward to by most British boxing fans due to Khan, [...]

By Chris Williams: In looking at the fuss that is being made about the David Haye vs. Wladimir Klitschko bout that takes place on June 20th, I can’t help thinking that Haye is wasting his time by living and fighting in the UK. The money over there is smaller, the media attention doesn’t compare to [...]

By Jim Dower: If everything goes as planned, Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) will be fighting either Miguel Cotto or Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next, likely in November 2009, according to Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum. However, a lot hinges on whether Pacquiao can get by Ricky Hatton on May 2nd at the MGM Grand, in [...]

By Jim Dower: According to an article from J. Michael Falgoust in the USA Today, boxing trainer Emanuel Steward feels that Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) would have won his December 6th, 2008 bout with Manny Pacquiao if Oscar had come into the fight at a weight that was normal to him. Steward [...]

By Darragh Grimes: On May 2nd two of boxing’s most eagerly followed boxers will go toe to toe. Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2 36KO) , Pound for Pound, the best fighter on the planet and Ricky Hatton (45-1-0 32 KOs) , undisputedly the best light-welter weight in the world.

By Manuel Perez: I’ve studied Manny Pacquiao’s (48-3-2, 36 KOs) major fights – all three of them – in researching his upcoming May 2nd bout with Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs), and after watching all of them, I’ve come to the conclusion that Pacquiao won’t have the needed plan to beat Hatton. Indeed, the one [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t see what David Haye’s problem is, but he needs to start showing IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) the respect that he deserves or else risk taking the beating of his life come June 20th at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The latest episode of non-respect from [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I’ve seen Manny Pacquiao’s trainer give advice to his different fighters over the years and I’ve often wondered about the logic of some of the things he’s said, but in watching him train side by side with his assistant trainer Michael Moorer on the Pacquiao-Hatton 24/7 special, I now see Moorer as [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former 10-time World champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) will be holding a retirement part on September 19th. In attendance will be former star opponents of De La Hoya, which will possibly be famous stars like Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pernell Whitaker and Felix Trinidad. The meeting [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight David Haye arrived at today’s news conference in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, wearing a t-shirt with a photo of Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali’s cut off heads in each of Haye’s hands. Wladimir didn’t take the t-shirt gag too well, getting outraged over it and heatedly said “That is terrible. It’s unspeakable, it’s impudent…I [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten Andre Ward (18-0, 12 KOs) will have a huge home field advantage on May 16th against Colombian Edison Miranda (32-3, 28 KOs) when he faces him at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Ward, 25, is making a monumental jump up in competition by choosing the powerful Miranda, 28, to fight. [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Once again, David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) was able to push Wladimir Klitschko’s (52-3, 46 KOs) buttons, this time by wearing a t-shirt showing the decapitated heads of Wladimir and his brother Vitali at a press conference at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The t-shirt angered Wladimir, 33, who then promised to [...]

By Chris Williams: Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) is reportedly interested in fighting former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs). Hopkins, 44, doesn’t have any fights on schedule right at this minute, so it will be interesting to see if he bites at the chance to fight WBO light middleweight champion Williams. Hopkins has [...]