Archive for April, 2009

By Chris Williams: It’s amusing to me seeing David Haye risk pretty much his entire boxing career in facing Wladimir Klitschko on June 20th in Germany. Haye seems ready to risk everything in hopes of beating Wladimir and taking Wladimir’s two titles home to England. The costs of losing to Wladimir are extreme, though, so [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council light welterweight champion Junior Witter (37-2-2, 22 KOs) is picking Kendall Holt to defeat Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) in the WBC/WBO unification bout this Saturday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Witter, 35, knows Bradley first hand, having lost his WBC title to him by [...]

By Dave Lahr: Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Beibut Shumenov (7-0, 5 KOs) takes a big step up in competition on May 9th against former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Colombian Alejandro Berrio (28-5, 27 KOs) in a 12-round bout for the vacant International Boxing Association light heavyweight title at the Stadium Khadjimukan, in [...]

By Erik Schmidt: After a 10 month layoff from boxing, former IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (41-5-1, 22 KOs) returned to the ring on March 21st in an impressive 4th round stoppage of German Matthias Sandow (4-4, 3 KOs) at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Byrd, 38, had last fought against Shaun George [...]

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) once again started firing with both barrels in his verbal war with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) after the two finally came to an agreement for their June 20th fight in Germany. The contracts were signed [...]

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (24-2, 17 KOs) steps back in the ring on April 10th against journeyman Otis Griffin (19-4, 7 KOs) at the Sun Dome, in Tampa, Florida. Lacy, 31, lost his last fight, a 12-round unanimous decision to Jermain Taylor in a WBC Super [...]

By Matt Stein: World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) expressed relief today that his negotiations with British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs), saying to ESPN that he’s “happy the fight is on.” The contract for the fight will be signed tomorrow morning, according to Wladimir’s manager [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs) has tired of waiting for Ruslan Chagaev, the WBA champion in recess, to fight him and will now be seeking out a voluntary defense until the WBA assists Valuev in getting a match with Chagaev. Valuev, 35, has been seeking out [...]

by Chris Williams: Unbeaten super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs) went a long ways towards proving that he’s one of the top fighters in the division – if not already the best – when he destroyed Derrick Findley in a 6th round stoppage on Saturday night at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, [...]

By Jim Dower: Big 6’7″ German Timo Hoffmann (38-6-1, 22 KOs) will be returning to the ring against former International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion Francois Botha (47-4-2, 28 KOs) on May 10th at an undisclosed location in Germany. The South African Botha, now 40-years-old, is making his third fight since returning to boxing after [...]

By Sam Gregory: Renewed efforts are underway to clear the name of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, for a conviction of violation of the Mann Act; a law prohibiting black men from transporting white woman across state lines. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, plan to introduce [...]

By Eric Thomas According to the latest boxing news, Oscar de La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) will be making an April 14th press conference in Los Angeles, at the Star Plaza to give say what Oscar is planning to do with his career. The word is that De La Hoya won’t be conducting the meeting [...]

By Dave Lahr: In an interview with Boxing Talk, former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. (53-5, 39 KOs) is looking at either a fight with former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy or a rematch with Glen Johnson, and then immediately after that Jones will be moving back up to the heavyweight division [...]

By Jim Slattengren: In looking at heavyweight David Price (1-0, 1 KOs) fight rather poorly in defeating journeyman I find myself thinking that Price perhaps has too many flaws to ever amount to anything on the pro level. A fighter with as many defeats as David Ingleby (6-25-1, 4 KOs) has on his record shouldn’t [...]

By Eric Thomas: At today’s press conference with Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs)and World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) both fighters took turns slamming each other verbally for their April 25th world title bout at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut. Taylor, 30, the former World Boxing Organization [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: This is kind of a subjective question, because for some boxing fans Calzaghe’s combination of his glittery unbeaten record and his 10 years of holding the World Boxing Organization super middleweight title is proof that Calzaghe was a good champion. I disagree completely with those people, and look more at the lack [...]

By Manuel Perez: In television coverage of the lead up to the mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton for their May 2nd bout in Las Vegas, Nevada, I couldn’t help but notice that Pacquiao appears to be really nervous around Hatton, looking almost afraid of him in a way that I’ve never seen [...]