Archive for May, 2009

By Chris Williams: International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) defeated Antonio Tarver (26-6, 19 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night, beating the 40-year-old Tarver about as bad as he did last time out. Tarver tried to make a fight of it this time, coming at Dawson, firing [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Having seen the IBF title fight last Saturday night between champion Chad Dawson and challenger Antonio Tarver, I think Dawson would have beaten former WBO super middleweight Joe Calzaghe had it been him in the ring instead of 40-year-old Tarver. Dawson looked good for the most part, showing fast hand speed, good [...]

By Jim Dower: With Antonio Tarver’s 12-round unanimous decision loss to IBF light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Café, in Las Vegas, Tarver finds himself facing an uphill battle in trying to resurrect his career.

By Manuel Perez: Ricky Hatton was once the best fighter in the light welterweight division and considered to be one of the top fighters in all boxing. It’s hard to say that now after Hatton was torn apart by Manny Pacquiao last week, dropped three times and knocked completely out. Some people are predicting that [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so what if Antonio Tarver has failed two times to beat Chad Dawson. Boxing fans might like to see if Tarver can win on the third try, don’t you think? After all, Tarver stormed out of the ring on Saturday night after the judges’ scores were announced giving IBF light heavyweight [...]

By Manuel Perez: I don’t know what it is with Manny Pacquiao, but it seems like he’s been a beacon for old and shot fighters in the past few years and I wonder why Pacquiao seems to be selecting a lot of those types. Pacquiao started with Erik Morales, who was totally shot by the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Many moons ago in 2005, Ricky Hatton pulled off arguably his biggest win of his boxing career in stopping light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu in the 11th round in Manchester. In that fight, Hatton was in his prime, a nonstop punching machine with a sturdy chin and grappling skills second to none. [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson reportedly wants a fight with Joe Calzaghe next, according to The Sun Dawson, 26, defeated former IBF light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver on Saturday night by a 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight, although a little more competitive than the first [...]

By Sam Gregory: Tonight on HBO undefeated IBF/IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson and three time world champion Antonio Tarver face off in a scheduled 12 round rematch of their world title fight at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

By Jason Kim: Once again, Antonio Tarver (26-6, 19 KOs) came up short against undefeated Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs), although this time Tarver, 40, wasn’t beaten nearly so bad in losing a 12-round unanimous decision tonight at the Hard Rock Café, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 117-111 and 117-111.

By Erik Schmidt: European cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (25-1, 20 KOs) had an easy time defeating Vitaly Rusal (23-1, 16 KOs) by a 5th round stoppage tonight at the Jako Arena, in Bamberg, Germany. Huck, 24, ranked #4 in the World Boxing Council, #4 in the IBF, #6 in the WBA and WBO, hurt Rusal [...]

By Jim Slattengren: International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) defeated former IBF champion Antonio Tarver (26-6, 19 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Café, in Las Vegas. The fight was close with the 40-year-old Tarver applying steady pressure throughout and making Dawson [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Stamina plagued Cuban cruiserweight Yoan Pablo Hernandez (19-1, 11 KOs) pulled off a surprising 8-round unanimous decision over former amateur star Aaron Williams (19-2-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Jako Arena, in Bamberg, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 79-76, 80-72 and 80-72.

By William Mackay: According to the latest boxing news rumors, Ricky Hatton may possibly be looking at changing head trainers, adding the great Freddie Roach as his new head trainer. If so, it looks as if Floyd Mayweather Sr., who trained Hatton for two bouts – Paulie Malignaggi and Manny Pacquiao –, may be on [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated light middleweight contender Alexander Abraham (25-0-1, 17 KOs) took out Magomed Abdurakhmanov (14-3, 7 KOs) in the 4th round at tonight at the Jako Arena, in Bamberg, Germany. Abraham, the younger brother of International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, had little problems with his spoon fed opponent, knocking him down [...]

By Eric Thomas: It’s hard to imagine Antonio Tarver fighting any better than he did tonight against International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion, but in the end Tarver still ended up losing by a 12-round decision to Dawson at the Hard Rock Café, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dawson won nine rounds to three on two [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach takes pride in his training of excellent fighters and helping the careers of more establish boxers that he takes on from time to time. Roach obviously doesn’t always pick winners, but it seems like lately he’s been doing well with Manny Pacquiao, at least for the time being that [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Alexander Frenkel (17-0, 13 KOs) was too much for Hungarian Balint Turgonyi (9-1, 3 KOs) in the 7th round tonight at the Jako arena, in Bamberg, Germany. Frenkel, 23, landed a hard left to Turgonyi’s midsection in the 7th round and then unloaded on him with a storm of [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Beibut Shumenov (8-0, 6 KOs) turned up the heat on former super middleweight champion Byron Mitchell (27-5-1, 20 KOs), taking him out in the 4th round tonight at the Khadjimukan stadium, in Chimkent, Kazakhstan. Shumenov, 25, a former 2004 Olympian for Kazakhstan, knocked Mitchell down in the 4th [...]

By Jim Dower: According to Setanta Sports, six-division champion Oscar De La Hoya is under the belief that Juan Manuel Marquez can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Marquez uses his boxing skills, and elects to jab Mayweather. De La Hoya, 36, points to his own minor success that he had in fighting Mayweather Jr. in [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Former World Boxing Council light welterweight champion Junior Witter (37-2-2, 22 KOs) still wants a bout with Ricky Hatton, despite Ricky being blown out of the water by Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Witter, now 35, is ranked #2 in the WBC light welterweight division, and is trying [...]

By William Mackay: In looking at the results of Ricky Hatton’s recent fight with Manny Pacquiao, I’m starting to come to the conclusion that Hatton is an old dog that can’t learn new tricks and might beyond the point of being able to take training. Despite having one of the best trainers in boxing, Hatton [...]

By Sean McDaniel: It kind of looks bad that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) picked a smaller fighter to make his boxing comeback on July 18th. Instead of picking on someone his own size, Mayweather had to select World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs), who only recently moved up [...]

By Matt Stein: In an interview with 8countnews, Floyd Mayweather Sr. pointed out the reasons why Ricky Hatton was defeated by Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night, saying that “Hatton wasn’t following the game plan” and that things weren’t good for Mayweather Sr., because Hatton was often listening to or training with his assistant trainer Lee [...]

By Eric Thomas: International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) weighed in at 175 during today’s weigh-in for tomorrow night’s title defense against Antonio Tarver (27-5, 19 KOs) at the Hard Rock Café, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: I hate to say this, but I think David Haye is going to get knocked out in the first three rounds against Wladimir Klitschko on June 20th. Haye, 28, is a good fighter at cruiserweight, one of the best in a mediocre division. But as far as being a good heavyweight, I [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: All these so-called boxing experts saying that Ricky Hatton has lost his ability to take a punch are a million miles off in diagnosing Hatton’s real problem. If you want to know the real problem it’s Hatton’s inability to see the punches coming. That’s the real reason that Hatton lost to both [...]

By Manuel Perez: Since moving up from super featherweight in June 2008 to capture the World Boxing Council lightweight title with a 9th round stoppage over David Diaz, Manny Pacquiao has been put in with bigger and more powerful fighters in Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton. Thus far, Pacquiao has been able to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at Joe Calzaghe’s recent retirement from boxing, it seems rather odd that he chose the time that he did to hang up the gloves. At the time that Calzaghe retired, he said that he had accomplished all there was in boxing and there were no more appealing fights for him. [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated middleweight prospect Craig McEwan (15-0, 9 KOs) outpointed former contest in the reality television series The Contender Brian Vera (16-3, 10 KOs) tonight by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Sunset Square, in Fort Worth, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 97-93, all for McEwan.