Archive for April, 2009

By Adam Fillingham: I think everyone will agree when I say this, the heavyweight division is currently the worst division in boxing. It comes to something when seven out of ten people in Great Britain can’t name the heavyweight champion of the world. Now I don’t think Nikolay Valuev is the most memorable name but [...]

By Jim Dower: Minutes after losing a badly one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss to Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) last night, former light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) said that he plans on getting back in the ring to continue his career after his loss to Williams, saying “It’s been 21 months. [...]

By Daniel Cann: That great boxing venue the York Hall served up another classic on Saturday as champion Craig ‘The Hammer’ Watson defended his Commonwealth Crown against John O’Donnell. Although it was a ‘Battle of the Southpaws’ their styles and builds could not have been in greater contrast. Watson was compact, shaven-skulled and renowned for [...]

By Sam Gregory: Last night’s main event is a scheduled 12 round middleweight bout between 37 year old southpaw Ronald “Winky” Wright and 27-year-old southpaw Paul “The Punisher” Williams.” This will be the first time Winky Wright has been in the ring since his loss to Bernard Hopkins in July of 2007. Paul Williams is [...]

By Sam Gregory: Telecast live on HBO from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, tonight’s co-main event is a scheduled 12 round heavyweight match-up between 28 year old undefeated rising star Chris Arreola, 26-0 with 23 knockouts against the 38 year old veteran Jameel McCline 39-9 with 3 draws, 23 wins coming [...]

By Michael Payne: After much speculation regarding if Carl Froch (24 – 0, 19 KOs) Vs Jermain Taylor (28 – 2 – 1, 17 KOs) will be available to view for UK fans not heading over to the states. The “continents collide” clash will be show on a live steam on a pay per view [...]

By Matt Stein: Last night, Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) showed how much better he is than the other welterweights, junior middleweights and middleweights, by defeating Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) by a near shutout 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas. If you were expecting a close fight, [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury (5-0, 5 KOs) kept his perfect knockout record intact with a quick 1st round knockout over British journeyman Mathew Ellis (20-7, 9 KOs), knocking him out in 48 seconds of the 1st round. Ellis, 35, had fancied his chances against the 20-year-old Fury before the bout, saying that [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Winky Wright (51-5-1, 25 KOs) ran into a fighter that he had answers for tonight in getting badly beaten by Paul “Punisher” Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Williams unloaded a never ending amount of punches, preventing [...]

By Dave Lahr: As expected, undefeated number #1 ranked WBC heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs) obliterated journeyman contender Jameel McCline (39-10-3, 23 KOs) in a 4th round TKO tonight at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Event Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arreola, 28, cornered the big lumbering McCline in the 4th and dropped [...]

By Manuel Perez: If there’s one thing I can’t stand more than anything is an over-hyped fighter like Manny Pacquiao. I don’t mind Pacquiao getting a little praise for some of his accomplishments, but honestly Manny hasn’t done all that much in his career against what I consider quality fighters. Ricky Hatton, by far, is [...]

By Jason Kim: So much for Ronald “Winky” Wright’s (51-5-1, 25 KOs) so-called high guard defense. Tonight, Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) made a mockery of Wright’s once airtight defense, raining countless punches on Wright and simply overwhelming his guard, beating him by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Events center, in [...]

Photo © Wray Edwards – By Jim Dower: After watching Jeff Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs) battle hard to scrape out a 10-round majority decision last night against Otis Griffin, I think it’s high time that Lacy consider retirement as an option. Lacy looked flat horrible last night, fighting mostly with one good arm, getting hit [...]

By Nate Anderson: Making his 2nd defense of his welterweight Commonwealth title, champion Craig Watson (13-4, 4 KOs) was upset in a 12-round split decision by challenger John O’Donnell (21-1, 9 KOs) tonight at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Watson, 26, fought well in through much of the fight using his jab, right [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (5-0, 5 KOs) made easy work of Matthew Ellis (20-7-1, 9 KOs) tonight, destroying in 48 seconds of the 1st round at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Ellis, 35, plodded straight into two wicked right hands from Fury 10 seconds into the 1st round [...]

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko (28-1-1, 13 KOs) was defeated in a 12-round unanimous decision loss to fellow Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko (29-0, 20 KOs) tonight at the Sports Palace Drusba, in Donetsk, Ukraine. The final judge’s scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110, all for the quicker Senchenko. Nuzhnenko, 32, [...]

By Nate Anderson: If this question was asked of me a couple of years ago, I probably would have selected Nigerian heavyweight Samuel Peter as being the biggest puncher in all of boxing, but right now I’m no longer so certain about that since David Haye has emerged front and center as perhaps the purest, [...]

By Sam Gregory: The main event is a scheduled 10 round fight in the Jr middleweight division between David Lopez 37-12 with 9 KO’s and Ossie Duran 23-6 with 9 KO’s. The first round was a feeling out round; both men went back and forth throwing jabs and testing the waters. At the beginning of [...]

By Sam Gregory:The April 10th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona featured David Lopez vs Ossie Duran in the main event of a six-bout card. The first fight on tonight’s card is a scheduled four round fight in the Jr welterweight division featuring Rudy Valdez 2-3 against [...]

Photo © Wray Edwards – By Jim Dower: I’m not sure that former IBF super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (25-2, 17 KOs) made enough of a case of himself last night to inspire light heavyweight Roy Jones Jr. to want to fight him after Lacy had to dig deep in order to defeat Otis Griffin [...]

By Nate Anderson: In an article from Amir Khan’s promoter Frank Warren in The Sun, Warren left open the option for a potential future bout for Khan against light welterweight Ricky Hatton. Yesterday, a close friend of Hatton’s had said that Ricky would never fight Khan because of a short time table he has left [...]

At yesterday’s weigh-in for the middleweight bout between Paul Williams (36-1, 27 KOs) and Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) for tomorrow night’s bout at the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Wright weighed in at 159, and Williams came in at 157.

By Manuel Perez: Like a lot of people, I’m conflicted about whether it would be best for “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) to retire from the sport of boxing. On Tuesday, April 14th, De La Hoya, 36, will make an announcement in a press conference at the Staples Center, in [...]

By Michael Payne: Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 Kos) is currently in training to take on the widely regarding pound 4 pound king of world boxing Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 Kos) on May 2nd at the MGM Grand. In doing so he hopes to take that title from him & be the first brit to lay [...]

By Chris Williams: When Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) defeated middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in September 2007 to capture the WBO/WBC middleweight titles, I had hopes that Pavlik would be a champion that was interested in fighting the most exciting fights available. But, instead we’ve seen almost the opposite with Pavlik fighting Gary Lockett and [...]

By Dave Lahr: Interim WBO cruiserweight champion Ola Afolabi (14-1, 6 KOs) came out of nowhere to destroy popular British cruiserweight Enzo Maccarinelli (29-3, 22 KOs) in a 9th round stoppage on March 14th on March 14th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, Lancashire. Afolabi, who comes from England but has learned his trade in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned WBA super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15 KOs) received an award earlier today from the World Boxing Association, who named him ‘the boxer of the month’ for Dunne’s 11th round stoppage victory over champion Ricardo Cordoba (34-2-2, 21 KOs) on March 21st at the O2 Arena, in Dublin, Ireland.

By Manuel Perez: With less than a month to go before the huge showdown between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) and Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs), I’m seeing this more and more as a blowout victory for Hatton. Never mind bizarre comments from Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach about Pacquiao stopping Hatton in three rounds, that’s [...]

By Jim Dower: Tonight at the Sun Dome, in Tampa, Florida, super middleweight contender Jeff Lacy (24-2, 17 KOs) will be back in the ring against Otis Griffin (19-4-2, 7 KOs), the 2004 winner of reality television show “The Next Great Champ.” Lacy, now 31, was defeated in his last fight against Jermain Taylor by [...]

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-2, 5 KOs) will be making a comeback bout against Christopher Fernandez (16-6-1, 9 KOs) on the undercard of the WBC super middleweight title bout between champion Carl Froch vs. Jermain Taylor at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Malignaggi, 28, [...]