Archive for May, 2009

By William Mackay: 2008 middleweight Gold Medalist for Britain James DeGale (1-0) is looking to put in an impressive performance in his next bout on Friday night against Jindrich Kubin (5-0, 3 KOs) at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Ireland. DeGale, 23, was disappointed with his performance from three months ago in a four round [...]

By Jim Dower: For what it’s worth, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KOs) says that he could have fought Sergio Mora because his hand is now healed from the staph infection that forced the cancellation of his June 27th bout against Sergio Mora, according to Vindy.com. Pavlik, 27, reportedly developed the staph infection [...]

By Matt Stein: Former middleweight and light heavyweight champion of the World Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KOs) is looking for a big money for his next bout, but so far he’s had little luck in landing the right opponent that’s will to take the money that he’s offering. In a lot of ways, Hopkins’ career [...]

By Dave Lahr: Maybe Ricky Hatton shouldn’t have fought Manny Pacquiao at all on May 2nd, and instead should have cancelled the bout. According to Setanta Sports, Hatton’s father Ray feels that Ricky should have pulled out of the fight against Pacquiao because things weren’t going right in training camp leading up to the fight [...]

By Chris Williams: British lightweight contender Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) sounded a little deluded and like he has a mini chip on his shoulder in a recent interview in which Khan said, “I love proving people wrong. Lots of boxers and so-called experts said I’d never come back the same, but I’ve come back [...]

By Manuel Perez: According to Gmanews, Manny Pacquiao is planning on fighting only one more time in October against the winner of Juan Manuel Marquez or Floyd Mayweather or possibly Miguel Cotto and then retire and goes into politics. I suppose a lot of Pacquiao’s boxing fans will be in mourning after hearing this dreadful [...]

By Chris Williams: I think Ricky Hatton is kidding himself if he comes back for one final fight, as if this will give him any kind of “closure” on his career. Unless that fighter is Manny Pacquiao, and Hatton somehow knocks him out, I don’t see the point of Hatton fighting one more time. Hatton [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an article on the Yahoo Boxing Blog, IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson’s manager Mike Criscio doubts that Bernard Hopkins will fight Dawson, saying “Hopkins is afraid of Chad. I think if he goes into the ring he knows Chad will be way too quick for him and I think Chad [...]

By William Mackay: Unlike many boxing fans who feel that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) will have too much size and experience for British challenger David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) in their June 20th title match at the Veltins Arena, in Germany, I think Haye is going to easily stop Wladimir in [...]

By Jim Slattengren: After a brief two year retirement, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be returning on July 18th against Juan Manuel Marquez in a setup fight for a possible fight in 2010 against Manny Pacquiao. Since Mayweather Jr. has little interest in fighting opponents in his own weight division (welterweight, and instead has been seeking [...]

By Matt Stein: Former cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) will be looking to pull off an upset when he faces International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) on June 20th, at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Never one to be considered short on confidence, the 28-year-old Haye [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If I read another story about how Hatton is still crying over his loss to Manny Pacquiao, I’m going to physically ill. If a 2nd round knockout loss to Pacquiao is so earth shattering to Hatton, then maybe he doesn’t belong in the sport of boxing after all. There are tons of [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight contender Alexander Dimitrenko (29-0, 19 KOs) and American Eddie Chambers (34-1, 18 KOs) will battle it out in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title eliminator bout on July 4th, at the Color Line Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. The winner of the bout faces WBO title holder Wladimir Klitschko at some [...]

By Dave Lahr: After suffering a 12th round TKO to WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on April 25th, Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs) is looking at boxing career that is seriously in a tailspin, and it’s unclear whether Taylor can get it back to where it was two years ago. In losing to Froch, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Near the end of his career, the unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe fought twice in the U.S., fighting first Bernard Hopkins and then Roy Jones Jr. in 2008. However, neither fight was hugely successful in terms of ratings or PPV buys with boxing fans, and it made me wonder what [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In an article from the Timesonline, Ricky Hatton says that he’s “embarrassed” about his 2nd round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd, saying that he’s having problems getting out of bed in the morning. Hatton also is shy about having boxing fans see him, obviously still feeling the sting of [...]

By William Mackay: Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. fired off a salvo at Ricky Hatton and his assistant trainer Lee Beard for Ricky’s 2nd round KO loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather Sr. hasn’t conversed with Hatton, 30, since the loss and appears that he never [...]

By Nate Anderson: 38-year-old Commonwealth heavyweight champion Martin Rogan (12-0, 6 KOs) will be making his first defense of his title on Friday night against former Prizefighter contestant Sam Sexton (11-1, 4 KOs) at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

By Simon Hirst: Much has been said of how big fights that the public want are avoided for whatever reason. Some of these reasons are fighters wanting too much money, other are fighters are unwilling to travel. The fact there are four world titles makes it easier for champions to defend their titles against those [...]

By Jim Dower: Before Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired in 2007, he was already considered by many knowledgeable boxing fans to be a fighter that carefully chooses his opponents to minimize risk in order to get the most financial gain. In other words, a “cherry picker.”

By Dave Lahr: In looking back at Joe Calzaghe’s 12-round split decision win against then 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins, Calzaghe has to consider himself very fortunate that he got the win on that night, because he fought the worst fight imaginable. Actually, I think Calzaghe lost the fight by a couple of rounds, but given the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) talking about moving down to the super middleweight division to look for some big fights, I’m now wondering just how well the 26-year-old Dawson would do against World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) and WBC title [...]

By Matt Stein: The word is that Manny Pacquiao will probably be facing Miguel Cotto next up rather than Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Shane Mosley. They’re all great fights, but it looks as if Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum prefers Cotto, perhaps because he also promotes him as well. However, the likely main reason is because [...]

By Jason Kim: Trainer Freddie Roach has been quick to label the July 18th fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez as a “stinker,” namely because it involves two fighters that are known for their counter punching ability and reactive offensive styles. However, I think Roach is way off on this one and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: British lightweight contender Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KOs) has started his six-week training camp in preparation for his June 27th bout against World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik at the O2 Arena, in Greenwich, London. Khan, 22, will be training with Freddie Roach at his Wild Card gym, in Los [...]

By Jim Dower: This Saturday night former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for the U.S. Andre Ward (18-0, 12 KOs) will be facing Colombian knockout artist Edison Miranda (32-3, 28 KOs) at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California.

By William Mackay: Well, we now know that IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson didn’t put in one of his better performances against Antonio Tarver last Saturday night, beating him by a 12-round unanimous decision that left a lot of people wondering about Dawson. With the fight well in hand after six rounds, Dawson had [...]

By Adam Fillingham: These are all top 10 fighters that aren’t from the US. They are all good fighters. Some are great, but will ‘bad’ Chad Dawson fight any of these? Don’t count on it.

By Jason Kim: IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson did enough to get another win over Antonio Tarver on Saturday night, but in beating Tarver by a 12-round unanimous decision, Dawson seemed to show the hallmarks of a fighter that lacks the killer instinct to seek out and destroy his aged opponent.

By Eric Thomas: In an article in The Sun, promoter Frank Warren says that Ricky Hatton made a big mistake of choosing to fight Filipino star Manny Pacquiao, saying that Hatton was “always likely to lose.” Warren points out that Hatton went out and signed up Floyd Mayweather Sr., but the relationship didn’t work out [...]