Archive for July, 2009

By Erik Schmidt: With the recent move by former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham to vacate his title and move up to the super middleweight division, it leaves his IBF title open for top contenders Sebastian Sylvester (31-3, 15 KO’s) to fight it out with Giovanni Lorenzo (27-1, 19 KO’s) on September 19th [...]

By David Smith: With sadness, boxingnews24 has learned that Belfast born boxing great John Caldwell (29-5-1, 14 KO’s) died of cancer last week on July 11th. Caldwell, 71, won a bronze as flyweight in 1956 Melbourne Olympics After turning pro, he went on to win the British title beating Frankie Jones. Following that, Caldwell then [...]

Photo by Tom Casino/Showtime – By Dave Lahr: For boxing fans still interested in seeing Roy Jones Jr. (53-5, 39 KO’s) fight, they’ll get their chance on August 15th when the 40-year-old Jones goes up against former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (25-2, 17 KO’s) in a 12-round bout at the Mississippi [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: For what it’s worth, Freddie Roach, the trainer of Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO’s), is predicting that the 22-year-old Khan will be stopping World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KO’s) this Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

By Liam Brindle: Much has been said of late about Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) and a potential bout with current pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KO’s) with many questions being asked of Mayweather. Why has he taken a fight with a much smaller man? Why didn’t he take a fight with ‘Sugar’ [...]

By Bal Kang: This coming weekend on Saturday 18th July is fight night; we will see Amir Khan challenge Andreas Kotelnik for the WBA Light Welterweight Championship at the MEN Arena Manchester, England. For many there still remains a lot of unanswered questions regarding Khan’s position within the Boxing scheme of things.

By Giancarlo Malinconico: I previously wrote an article, Now is the Time for Pacquiao to fight Mayweather, where I suggested Pacquiao should fight Mayweather next. I also stated Marquez should be compensated to step aside. According to boxing columnist Mark Vester, Mayweather alluded to this idea to the Grand Rapids Press: “If Manny wants it, [...]

By Mike Burnell: “He who endures, conquers’ – Muhammad Ali (Originally from Julius Caesar) Is patience a virtue? I’ve never been able to stay in one place long enough to find out however long time boxing Superstar “Sugar” Shane Mosley 46-5-0 (39) may soon receive his just due according to the boxing roosters scratching around [...]

Photo: SE – By Jason Kim: In looking at the opening match-ups for Showtime’s six-man super middleweight tournament there appears on paper to be three evenly matched fights between the top fighters in the division. Absent unfortunately is IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, who would have no doubt had as much of a chance [...]

By Manuel Perez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it abundantly clear yesterday in a conference call that Manny Pacquiao would have to take less than a 50-50 purse split if he wants to get in the ring with Mayweather. Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum aren’t going to accept less than a 50-50 split, so the [...]

Pictures courtesy of Winfried Mausolf / Sauerland Event – By Scott Gilfoid: Recently in an article at Vindy.com, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik remarked that the six super middleweight fighters – Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor, Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch – would “Ruin their careers for peanuts” by taking part in [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO’s) will be coming out with a new fighting style taught to him by his trainer Freddie Roach this Saturday night against WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KO’s) in an effort to take his title away from him at the M.E.N Arena, in Manchester, England.

By Jim Dower: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) could be returning to the ring as early as November to possibly face unbeaten World Boxing Association welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (29-0, 20 KO’s), according to The Sun. The choice of opponent and the weight class would seem less than desirable for Hatton, because Senchenko isn’t well [...]

By Dave Lahr: Sounding more than a little like a fighter with a bad case of sour grapes, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) came off as dismissive of Showtime’s six-man tournament that begins in October, saying in an article by Joe Scalzo of Vindy.com, “They never asked me and I never wanted [...]

By Jim Slattengren: On Saturday night’s UFC 100 fight card over 11,000 fans attended the fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas to watch MMA stars Brock Lesner, Georges St-Pierre, Dan Henderson, Michael Bisping, Frank Mir and Thiago Alves go at it in separate fights.

By Sean McDaniel: With IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham recently moving up to compete in the super middleweight division and take part in the six-man Showtime tourney, WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik finds himself in a position where he no longer has any potential big named fighters for him to compete against on the horizon.

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev (36-6, 27 KO’s) could be finding himself fighting it out with WBC top ranked #1 contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) next if things work, according to RingTv’s site. Maskaev, now 40, lost his title to Samuel Peter in a 6th round stoppage last [...]

By William Mackay: Having had bad experiences on two other occasions when fighting in Great Britain, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KO’s) is naturally apprehensive about fighting there and putting his title on the line against British fighter Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO’s) this Saturday night at the M.E.N. arena, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. made it clear today that he won’t be fighting Manny Pacquiao unless the Filipino star takes the smaller cut of the PPV revenue for the fight. Mayweather, 32, will be coming off a two-year retirement on September 19th against Juan Manuel Marquez, and isn’t interested in accepting a 50-50 [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: If you review the careers of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, you will notice many championships in many different weight classes. Pacquiao started his career at 106 pounds and moved as far up as welterweight, defeating the “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya. Mayweather started at 131 pounds and eventually went as [...]

By Jason Kim: Forget about Joseph Agbeko, the best fighter in the bantamweight division may very well be World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (27-2, 11 KO’s), who made short work of his number #4 rated WBC challenger Nestor Rocha (21-2, 17 KO’s), stopping him in the 1st round on Tuesday night at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Having lost his first opportunity at fighting a big money fight against one of the Klitschko brothers, former cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) is on the brink of signing for a fight against Vitali Klitschko for a bout that will be taking place on September 12th and will be shown [...]

By William Mackay: Former cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-3, 22 KO’s) will have his career on the line this Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, in a fight against Russian Denis Lebedev (17-0, 12 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the vacant World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental cruiserweight title.

Photo: Tom Casino – By Scott Gilfoid: You got to like World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s confidence, even if he might be a little deluded about himself. Froch, 31, will be the first fight as part of Showtime’s six-man tournament that starts in October with Froch taking on top super middleweight contender [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his second defense of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title, champion Cristobal Cruz (39-11-1, 23 KO’s) defeated his Jorge Solis (37-2-2, 27 KO’s) by a narrow 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Palenque de Gallos, Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiappas, Mexico.

By Jason Kim: In a battle between former cruiserweight champions, Steve Cunningham (22-2, 11 KO’s) defeated Wayne Braithwaite (23-4, 19 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision in an International Boxing Federation cruiserweight title Eliminator bout on Saturday night on the under card of the Joseph Agbeko vs. Vic Darchinyan bout at the BankAtlandtic Center, in [...]

By Jason Kim: Cruiserweight contender Matt Godfrey (19-1,10 KO’s) defeated Shawn Hawk (18-1, 16 KO’s) on Friday night by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Arena, Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. The win, although a dominating one by the 28-year-old Godfrey, was far from impressive, as he boxed throughout the 10 round bout, taking few chances to [...]

By Dave Lahr: Lightweight contender Antonio DeMarco (22-1-1, 16 KO’s) stopped Anges Adjaho (25-2, 14 KO’s) in the 9th round in the World Boxing Council lightweight Eliminator bout on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. DeMarco, 23, hurt Adjaho with a big right hand in the 9th round, staggering him and sending [...]

By Jim Dower: After getting off to a good start in the 1st round against light heavyweight contender Chris Henry (24-2, 19 KO‘s), in which he hurt Henry with a big right hand, Shaun George (18-3-2, 9 KO’s) seemed to have a breakdown of sorts for the rest of the way, growing immediately passive until [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated middleweight contender Gennady Golovkin (17-0, 14 KO’s) was impressive in taking out Brazilian John Anderson Carvalho (19-4-1, 11 KO’s) in a 2nd round stoppage on Saturday night for the vacant World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental middleweight title at the Nuerburging race track, in Nuerburg, Germany. Golovkin was especially impressive taking out Carvalho, [...]