Archive for May, 2009

By Jason Kin: Unbeaten lightweight John Molina Jr. (17-0, 13 KOs) defeated Frankie Archuleta (25-7-1, 14 KOs) by a 2nd round TKO on Saturday night on the undercard of the Andre Ward vs. Edison Miranda clash at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Molina Jr. unloaded with a storm of shots in the 2nd round, [...]

By William Mackay: If new Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sam Sexton (12-1, 5 KOs) is satisfied with his controversial 8th round stoppage over Martin Rogan (12-1, 6 KOs) on Friday night then I think Sexton might be kidding himself something fierce, because he should consider himself very lucky to have escaped with a victory over Rogan.

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Council cruiserweight champion Giacobbe Fragomeni (26-1-1, 10 KOs) fought to a disappointing 12-round draw on Saturday night against his Polish challenger Krzysztof Wodarczyk (41-2-1, 31 KOs) at the Gran Teatro, in Roma, Lazio, Italy. The final judges’ scores were 116-112 for Fragomeni, 114-113 for Wodarczyk, and the final judge scored [...]

By Jim Dower: In his typical manner, unbeaten super middleweight prospect Shawn Estrada (6-0, 6 KOs) bum rushed his over-matched opponent Cory Jones (5-6-1) in the 1st round on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Estrada, a 2008 Olympian for the United States amateur team, jumped all over Jones from the start, [...]

By Eric Thomas: With no fights on his schedule, former super middleweight champion James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KOs) is interested in a fight with middleweight great Bernard Hopkins at cruiserweight. In an interview with Boxing Talk, Toney said “The punk [referring to Hopkins] was supposed to fight me at cruiserweight, but you go and run [...]

By Matt Stein: Talk about a letdown. Undefeated super middleweight contender Andre Ward (19-0, 12 KOs) easily outclassed Colombian knockout artist Edison Miranda (32-4, 28 KOs) tonight, beating him by a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision in front of Ward’s home audience at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California.

By Chris Williams: A lot of people never expected that World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) would hold onto his title for long, and it looks as if they may be right. Froch is looking at taking on a number of big named fighters, such as WBA super middleweight champion [...]

By Matt Stein: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization cruiserweight title, Argentinean Victor Ramirez (15-1, 12 KOs) defeated challenger Ali Ismailov (15-2-1, 11 KOs) last night by a 12-round split decision at the Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated heavyweight contender Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KOs) made a statement last night, stopping prospect Devin Vargas (17-1, 7 KOs) in the 6th round at the Harrah’s Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, in New Jersey. Vargas, 27, a 2004 Olympian for the United States, looked good in the first two rounds, outworking [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Looking old, slow and fat, former heavyweight contender Francois Botha (47-4-2, 28 KOs) defeated 6’7″ German heavyweight Timo Hoffmann (38-7-1, 22 KOs) by a 12-round split decision on Friday night to defend his little known World Boxing Foundation heavyweight title at the Bordelandhalle, in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated British 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (2-0, 1 KOs) stopped Jindrich Kubin (5-1, 3 KOs) in the 1st round last night at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Ireland. DeGale, 23, had the perfect opponent for him to look good against, a fighter with an unbeaten record, but little power or [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Frankie Gavin (2-0, 2 KOs) defeated Mourad Frarema last night by a 3rd round stoppage in a scheduled four round bout last night on the undercard of the Commonwealth heavyweight clash between champion Martin Rogan and challenger Sam Sexton at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Ireland. Gavin, 23, [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated welterweight prospect Billy Joe Saunders (2-0, 2 KOs) scored a 2nd round TKO last night over his outgunned opponent Ronny Gabel (2-2, 2 KOs) at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Ireland. Saunders, 19, battered Gabel at will with huge shots in the 2nd round, prompting referee Terry O’Conner to step in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In some cases the better fighter doesn’t end up winning. That was never truer than tonight when Commonwealth heavyweight champion Martin Rogan (12-1, 6 KOs) was stopped in the 8th round by his 24-year-old English challenger Sam Sexton (12-1, 5 KOs) at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Ireland.

By Steven Pink: On June 20th David Haye, 22-1 (21), must step into the ring with 6’7’’ 250 pound defending Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko, 52-3 (46) who will be defending his IBF and WBO titles and fighting in the relative comfort of his adopted home country. All the bluster, histrionics and trash talk in the [...]

By Sam Gregory: Andre Ward will be making his first professional appearance in his hometown of Oakland, California this Saturday night against WBO #6 contender Edison Miranda at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. This fight will be the biggest test so far in the career of the Olympic Gold medalist from California. Undefeated Andre Ward [...]

By Manuel Perez: I hate to rain all over the Manny Pacquiao fans, but I honestly don’t think Pacquiao will be in for a tough fight against Miguel Cotto. And I’m really hoping that Pacquiao goes ahead and chooses Cotto as an alternative to waiting around and fighting the winner of the Floyd Mayweather vs. [...]

By Chris Williams: I guess I’m in the minority when I say I’m not the least interested in seeing World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto’s (33-1, 27 KOs) June 13th unification bout against International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KOs) at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York.

By Simon Hirst: When Joe Calzaghe fought Jeff Lacy, Lacy was billed as the Tyson of the super middleweight division. He was unbeaten and had a fearsome reputation, which was half the fight won when entered the ring. In a unification bout with Calzaghe, Lacy was favourite to win. It came as quite a surprise [...]

By Jason Kim: Ricky Hatton’s career is in shambles at this point with his 2nd round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. I don’t suspect that Hatton is going to retire, because he won’t want to go out of boxing with the kind of defeat that he suffered against Pacquiao. And I don’t think that Hatton [...]

By William Mackay: Not everyone has abandoned former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton in his hour need. Heavyweight David Haye feels that Hatton has done a good job with his boxing career and that Hatton “has a lot to be proud of,” according to Thislondon.co. While many boxing fans and writers are calling for Hatton [...]

By Manuel Perez: The great trainer for Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach, now looks as if he wants Manny Pacquiao to wait on the winner of the July 18th bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout, according to the Manila Standard. This is a brilliant move on Roaches’ part, since Pacquiao said recently [...]

By William Mackay: In recent years, boxing has gone downhill with fighters have become more and more focused on building up their records by taking the easiest fights possible at the expense of developing their skills by facing better opponents. In a lot of cases, you have fighters with dramatically build up records (often unbeaten) [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We now know that Ricky Hatton wasn’t in the same league as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., both of whom took Hatton out without too much fuss. However, I wonder how Hatton would do against one of the top light welterweights in the division. Supposedly, Hatton had a rough camp with [...]

By Dave Lahr: On June 20th, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) is going to be trying to set the wheels in motion by defeating IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) so that Haye can get a shot at Wladimir’s brother, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Due to the tough negotiating [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the May 2nd bout between boxing superstars Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand, was a huge success in terms of PPV buys, selling an estimated 825,000 domestic PPV (Pay per view) buys for the fight and it could go as high as 850,000, [...]

By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing gossip on Steve Bunce’s show, Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, there could be a possible bout between Bernard Hopkins and David Haye in the future. However, there are a lot of ifs that are involved for this to occur, starting with David Haye having [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) came out on Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour show today, saying that he wants to fight a unification bout with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, a Romanian who now lives in Canada. Additionally, Froch is also interested in fighting WBA [...]

By Matt Stein: Unbeaten super middleweight contender Andre Ward (18-0, 12 KOs) faces the tough task of fighting the hard-hitting Colombian Edison Miranda (32-3, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Miranda, 28, will be effectively serving the purpose of acting as gatekeeper for the 25-year-old Ward, who needs to [...]

By William Mackay: Undefeated knockout artist Tyson Fury (5-0, 5 KOs) is eyeing a heavyweight clash with big John McDermott after Fury completes his next fight on May 23rd against a still to be determined opponent. Fury, 6’8”, and still only 20-years-old, would be taking a significant step up in class in facing the powerful [...]