Archive for May, 2009

By Scott Gilfoid: For what it’s worth, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) feels that fellow British fighter David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) will not only beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) on June 20th, but will knock him out as well in their fight at the [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe feels that it’s time for Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) should retire from the sport following Ricky’s 2nd round knockout loss to Filipino star Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd. The loss left Hatton, 30, out cold for three minutes on the canvas [...]

By Chris Williams: In an article by Steve Bunce at the Mirror, British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) sounded as if he had bought into his own hype, saying “the Klitschkos and other robots from the East have nearly ruined the sport [of boxing] and I’ve put myself in charge of tearing [...]

By Sam Greogry: In the main event on HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Ft Lauderdale, Florida undefeated Andre Berto successfully defended his WBC welterweight title against Juan Urango in a 12 round unanimous decision.

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event of the May 30th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida the former undefeated Alfredo Angulo suffered his first defeat at the hands of former welterweight contender Kermit Cintron.

By Nate Anderson: 2008 Olympic middleweight Bronze Medal winner for Ireland Darren Sutherland (3-0, 3 KOs) put on an impressive punching display in stopping Georgian Vepkhia Tchilaia (9-10, 5 KOs) in the 4th round on Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke, Staffordshire. Sutherland, 27, was much too strong for Tchilaia, battering him [...]

By Nate Anderson: British and Commonwealth flyweight champion Chris Edwards (13-13-3, 4 KOs) easily defeated challenger Usman Ahmed (5-2-1) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke, Staffordshire, England. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 117-111 and 118-109. I had Edwards, 33, easily winning every round of the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (26-2, 5 KOs) dodged a bullet with today’s announcement that undefeated Mike Alvarado (26-0, 18 KOs) suffered an injury while in training for their June 27th bout, and had to pull out of their fight which was to have taken place at the [...]

By Jim Dower: Later on tonight former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KO’s) will be putting his career on the line with a fight against the dangerous undefeated Alfredo Angulo (15-0, 12 KO’s) in an important bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Also on the card, WBC [...]

By Jim Dower: Bantamweight contender Yohnny Perez (19-0, 14 KOs) defeated Silence Mabuza (22-3, 18 KOs) by a 12th round stoppage on Friday night at the Springs Indoor Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa. Perez, ranked number #3 in the World Boxing Council, #5 in the WBO and #6 in the IBF, trailing in the fight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: When is Ricky Hatton going to retire? It’s time already for him to get off the pot and announce his retirement. I hate to break this to all the Brits, but I think it’s time to put Hatton out to pasture. The old guy has had his day, fought a handful of [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Yesterday, the British Boxing Board of Control and the WBO ruled that the results of March 14th bout between lightweights Amir Khan vs. Marco Antonio Barrera stands, which saw Khan win the fight by a 5th round technical decision. Barrera, 35, was cut high on his scalp near his hairline in the [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley called out Manny Pacquiao yesterday telling him that he’s willing to fight him at his “catch weight” of whatever weight that Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach come up with for a fight. However, it’s unknown whether Pacquiao will want to fight him now since he’s said [...]

By Erik Schmidt: The World Boxing Association will come up with a decision on what to do about yesterday’s cancelled fight bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and the champion in recess Ruslan Chagaev in approximately one week according to reports. The fight was supposed to have taken place today in Helsinki, Findlan, but [...]

By Chris Williams: David Haye accomplished a lot by talking his way into a title fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko which is now set to take place three weeks from now on June 20th, at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Haye, 28, is the equivalent of a person that talks their way [...]

By William Mackay: In the latest news from Ring magazine, WBA lightweight champion Edwin Valero once again repeated his interest in getting big money fights against Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, despite the fact that Valero has yet to prove that he belongs in the same ring with either of them at this point.

By Dave Lahr: If you’re like me, you have to wonder why former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster wasn’t used as a replacement for WBA heavyweight champion in recess Ruslan Chagaev yesterday in order to save his title bout against Nikolay Valuev which ended up getting cancelled after the Finland boxing medical team [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, newly crowned IBO middleweight champion Anthony Mundine is reportedly interested in unifying the middleweight division after his hard-earned 12-round split decision over fellow Australian Daniel Geale on Thursday night in Australia.

By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Ricky Hatton has been knocked down a couple of pegs by Manny Pacquiao in his recent 2nd round knockout loss to Pacquiao earlier this month on May 2nd, the question is could Hatton beat Kostya Tszyu at this point in his career or would the Russian fighter have too much [...]

By Jason Kim: Red hot light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (24-1-1, 19 KOs) will be taking perhaps the toughest fight of his young career on June 27th in taking on the powerful Argentinean Marcos Maidana (25-1, 24 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout for the interim WBA light welterweight title at the Staples Center, in [...]

By Chris Williams: Just as I thought he would, former cruiserweight champion of the world David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) is looking over-muscled, slow and ponderous in recent video of him training for his huge mega fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) with only three weeks to go before their fight [...]

By Matt Stein: World Boxing Association welterweight champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley is reportedly willing to fight Manny Pacquiao at a catch weight. In the past, Mosley, 37, has said that he couldn’t make the 143 and 144 pound catch weight limit that Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach wants him to come in at.

By Nate Anderson: Lightweight Willie Limond (32-2, 8 KOs) defeated Ryan Barrett (17-6-2, 4 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Thistle Hotel, in Glascow, Scotland. The final judges’ scores were 117-113, 117-111 and 118-113, all for the 30-year-old Limond. In rounds one through six, Limond boxed smartly, using his jab [...]

By Eric Thomas: Now that the WBA heavyweight match between Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KOs) and Ruslan Chagaev (24-0-1, 17 KOs) has been called off due to an undisclosed illness plaguing the 30-year-old Chagaev, former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world John Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) wants a purse bid so that he [...]

By Jim Dower: With yesterday’s shocking news of the bout between WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev being called off due to Chagaev being unable to meet the requirements of the Finish Boxing Federations’ medical requirements for the bout. According to Sky Sports, Chagaev had showed up positive for the hepatitis B virus [...]

By Jim Slattengren: In looking at the size differences between the 6′3″ 215 pound David Haye and 6′7″ 245 pound IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, it’s hard to see this fight as being anything other than a terrible mismatch on June 20th at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) finds himself going up against one of the best young fighters in the light middleweight division on Saturday night against the undefeated Alfredo Angulo (15-0, 12 KOs) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida.

By Sean McDaniel: As I read about this and that fighter wanting to get a piece of lightweight Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs), a thing that many people are forgetting is that Khan may not get past his next opponent WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik in their June 27th fight at the O2 Arena, [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Sauerland promotional company is reporting that Saturday’s rematch between World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev has been called off after Chagaev failed the to meet the medical test for the fight. It’s unknown what precisely they found wrong with Chagaev, but in the past he was rumored to [...]

By Manuel Perez: According to an interview on Fighthype, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is saying that he’ll never take a 50-50 purse split with Manny Pacquiao, and that if Manny wants a fight with him he’s going to have to take less than that to get a fight.