Archive for July, 2009

By Liam Santiago: Ricky Hatton was in absolutely no state to be going anywhere near a boxing ring on May 2nd, in Las Vegas to take on Manny Pacquiao. His trainer, Floyd Mayweather Snr, proved to be as much use as a chocolate fireguard. Ricky may as well have had Homer Simpson in his corner. [...]

By Eric Torres: As reported by some media outlets, the proposed mega fight between Miguel Cotto & Manny Pacquiao On November 14th might not go forward. The reason is simple, but not so simple. Manny Pacquiao is now demanding that the fight be for Miguel Cotto’s Welterweight title. Manny Pacquiao is on the verge of [...]

By Erik Schmidt: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) has yet to let on who his next opponent will be for December 13th. It was thought that Wladimir would be fighting his International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin next but it may not necessarily turn out to be the case now. Klitschko, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, Manny Pacquiao only has himself and his trainer Freddie Roach to blame for this latest fiasco with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto about the title not being on the line for the fight. If Pacquiao and Roach wanted the title to be up for grabs in the fight, they [...]

By Manuel Perez: If Manny Pacquiao wants a chance at World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto’s WBO title, then Manny’s going to have to grow a pair and put on another two pounds to make the fight at the normal 147 pound limit of the welterweight division rather than his 145 pound catch weight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch was recently expressing his dissatisfaction with newly crowned World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s performance against Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik on July 18th, calling it “Boring.” Froch wonders why about Khan, asking the question “Why doesn’t he [Khan] go and get a rematch with Prescott?” [...]

By William Mackay: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he pretty much finished Ricky Hatton as a fight in their December 2007 fight in which Mayweather stopped Hatton in the 10th round in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article in The Sun, Mayweather says “Ricky fought everyone. Until he came up against me, he’d reached the [...]

By Liam Santiago: Over the next twelve month period, there is a chance for boxing to produce one of its finest viewings for boxing fans in recent years. Some mega fights are already on the card. Others will simply not happen due to money.

By Liam Santiago: As a Joe Calzaghe fan, and a boxing fan, I was disappointed to see him retire. Of course, the man is a legend. At the age of 35 he outpointed undefeated Mikkel Kessler and he also defeated Bernard Hopkins, who is currently rated no.2 in boxingnews24 p4p rankings. But I want to [...]

By Mike Burnell: First and foremost this is a fight fans fight. It’s a fight that stimulates our primitive hunger for violence. This may not be the huge fillet mignon that hardcore fight fans crave but it is a juicy rib eye. Anyone who has grilled a day in their life knows that it is [...]

The Easton Assassin Larry Holmes joined On The Ropes Boxing Radio for an exclusive interview about his career. On The Ropes Boxing also covered all the lastest in boxing news and upcoming fights. Click play to listen to the interview…

By Liam Santiago: Recently, I posted an article on boxingnews24’s new pound for pound rankings. I placed Manny Pacquiao at number one which, looking at the whole picture, I feel I might have been wrong to do. So, I am stripping Pacquiao of this number one spot, for now. I will watch the Cotto fight [...]

By Manuel Perez: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto had some bold words for Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach in an interview with Primera Hora, saying “Hey Roach, I have some news. I am not Oscar De La Hoya at the end of his career. I am not the overrated Ricky Hatton. Roach knows [...]

By Matt Stein: Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (28-3-2, 19 KO’s) made easy work of his over-matched Argentinean journeyman opponent Nestor Fabian Casanova (22-15, 9 KO’s), stopping him in the 1st round of a scheduled eight round bout on Thursday night at the Orion Function Centre, Campsie, in New South Wales, Australia.

By Eric Thomas: Former super featherweight and light welterweight boxing champion Arturo Gatti’s death has been ruled a suicide according to reports on the Brazilian police investigation on Gatti’s recent death. Gatti was found dead in his posh apartment in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil. Gatti’s 23-year-old wife Amanda Rodrigues was soon after jailed under suspicion [...]

By Liam Santiago: I am a big fan of Manny Pacquiao. But I wish he would stop demanding boxers come down from their natural weight. What gives Pacquiao the right to demand boxers lose extra weight than what they are comfortable losing. Of course, this gives Pacquiao a big advantage. His opponent is likely to [...]

By Dave Lahr: ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas made mention of Miguel Cotto looking like damaged goods last Friday night during the FNF telecast, remarking on how Cotto didn’t look good in his fight with Joshua Clottey in June and looked ready to quit during the later rounds. Atlas raised a very good point about Cotto. [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’ve changed my mind about the November 14th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. I originally saw the fight going for Pacquiao because of figured him and his trainer Freddie Roach would install some medieval catch weight that would leave Cotto too weak and drained to make a fight of it. [...]

By William Mackay: Although IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) is flawed in the chin department, his power is undeniable. He punches incredibly hard with both hands and has perhaps the best jab in all of boxing. Since capturing the IBF heavyweight title with a 7th round stoppage against Chris Byrd in April [...]

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao is hoping that Miguel Cotto’s WBO welterweight title will be on the line for their November 14th bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. For Pacquiao and his legion of loyal boxing fans, the title is important because it will somehow give Pacquiao more validity as a great [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik could be facing Paul Williams as early as October, according to the latest news talk. If, however, the negotiations stall between the two fighters, then Williams is prepared to fight World Boxing Organization light middleweight champion Sergei Dzinziruk instead.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) is close to a deal to fight his number #1 WBC contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) on September 26th at the Staples Center, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Klitschko, 38, had been planning on fighting British heavyweight David Haye, but [...]

By Chris Williams: David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) has got to be the most confident – read: cocky – fighter I’ve seen in the heavyweight division since Muhammed Ali fought. Haye is so confident that it borders on a fighter with delusions of grandeur. He really believes he’s the guy in the heavyweight division or [...]

By Jim Dower: Former light welterweight/Welterweight champion Ricky Hatton says that he was over-trained for his fight with Manny Pacquiao and that he peeked too soon, according to his comments in the Sportinglife. Hatton, 30, feels that he “left too much in the gym” while training for his fight with Pacquiao by over doing it [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated George Foreman III (1-0, 1 KO’s) will be making his second fight of his career on Friday night against winless George Burrage (0-5) in a scheduled four round bout at the Pan American Center, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Foreman III, the son of former boxing great George Foreman, will be [...]

By Eric Thomas: The ole Nostradamus Freddie Roach has come up with the perfect plan on how to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr., namely by attacking Mayweather’s body and breaking him down, Roach says in an article by writer David Tyler at Doghouse Boxing. Roach, the famous trainer for pound for pound boxer Manny Pacquiao, is [...]

By Richard Bailey: To start with WOW! This is a fight fans fight. A fight the fans want to see, and now it’s happening. Bravo, Mr. Bob Arum, bravo indeed. Why is this fight a great match up? Simple! It’s the real POWER V PRECISION a title that should not have been given to the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With few people giving World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) much chance of success in being able to win the Showtime Super Six tournament which begins in October, Froch took the opportunity to sing his own praises in an interview with Sky Sports earlier today, commenting “I [...]

By William Mackay: Junior Witter seems to be getting ahead of himself by looking for a unification fight against World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan. Witter, 35, has a big fight this Saturday night against undefeated Devon Alexander (18-0, 11 KO’s) for the vacant WBO light welterweight in Rancho Mirage, California.

By David Lahr: Ricky Hatton continues to bide his time waiting for something or someone to get him off the couch and back into the boxing ring. Since being humbled in a 2nd round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao in May, Hatton has had problems making a decision about whether he wants to continue fighting. [...]