Archive for July, 2009

By Erik Schmidt: In a highly controversial bout, undefeated middleweight contender Sebastian Zbik (27-0, 10 KO’s) earned a close 12-round unanimous decision over top rated WBC middleweight contender Italian Domenico Spada (29-2, 14 KO’s) on Saturday night for the interim World Boxing Council middleweight title at the Nuerburgring race track, in Nuerburg, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) got some of the worst possible news imaginable today when it was announced that Froch would have to defend his WBC title against undefeated 2004 U.S. Olympian Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KO’s) on October 10th as part of Showtime’s six-man tournament.

By Nate Anderson: BBBofC British super flyweight champion Lee Haskins (19-2, 10 KO‘s) was too much for Ross Burkinshaw (6-2-2, 4 KO‘s), stopping him in the 4th round of a scheduled 12-round title bout on Friday night at the Seaburn Centre, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

By Jim Dower: In a battle of welterweight contenders, Russian Ivan Kirpa (24-1, 15 KO’s) defeated Miguel Angel Rodriguez (29-4, 23 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision in the WBC Welterweight Title Eliminator on the undercard of the Vic Darchinyan vs. Joseph Aggreko bout on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Rodriguez, [...]

By Brock Kaiser: The process of selecting a jury will begin this week in the case of the United States versus James Kirkland, an opponent that no boxer would ever want to take on, nor would desire the reason to be his name being highlighted in the media for.

By Eric Hernandez: I woke up this Sunday morning like I always do, walked the dog, put the coffee on the stove and reached for the laptop as I allowed myself some serenity before church. Today, there would be no serenity, there it was in bold headlines with a picture of Arturo Gatti raising his [...]

Photo: Tom Casino – By Sam Gregory: In last night’s main event on Showtime from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, Joseph Agbeko (26-1, 22 KO’s) successfully defended his IBF bantamweight title against Vic Darchinyan (32-1-1, 26 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout in the bantamweight division. Round 1 started out with both [...]

By Nate Anderson: 2008 Olympic light heavyweight Bronze Medalist Tony Jeffries (3-0, 3 KO’s) scored his third consecutive knockout since turning pro in February with a 1st round knockout against Ilya Shakuro (2-2, 1 KO’s) on Friday night at the Seaburn Centre, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

By Jason Kim: In a fight that probably should have never taken place, IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (38-1, 26 KO’s) defeated Bobby Gunn (21-4-1, 18 KO’s) in the 5th round tonight at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Gunn, 35, never had a chance and just plodded around for four rounds soaking up [...]

By Eliel “D’One” Flores: As I expected, unbeaten Puerto Rican cruiserweight Francisco “The Wizard” Palacios (18-0-0-11 KO’s) destroyed the Cameroonian Manu Ntoh (17-18-1-4 KO’s) in the first round tonight at the Bank Atlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. The fight was stopped by the referee at 2:59 of the round. Also on the card, unbeaten Puerto [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (19-0, 15 KO’s) added another easy knockout to his growing collection with a 9th round stoppage against Jackson Bonsu (30-3, 23 KO’s) tonight to capture the vacant EBU (European) welterweight title in Istanbul, Turkey.

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko (27-1, 22 KO’s) defeated challenger Vic Darchinyan tonight by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 114-113 and 114-113. Darchinyan, 33, who was moving up from the super flyweight division, seemed to bite off [...]

By David Lahr: With Manny Pacquiao showing no interest in fighting him, World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) is turning his attention to WBC welterweight title holder Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) in a unification bout instead. Mosley had tried hard for a fight against Pacquiao, but the Filipino has [...]

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-1, 14 KO’s) defeated challenger Khoren Gevor (30-4, 16 KO’s) tonight by a close 12-round decision at the Ring Arena, Nürburgring Racetrack, in Nürburg, Germany. The decision, like many of the previous ones that the 30-year-old Sturm has won, was a controversial victory, as it [...]

By Mike Burnell: The boxing world suffered another crushing blow today. Ring warrior and box office hero Arturo Gatti was found dead in his hotel room in Porto de Galinhas, Brazil at approximately six o’clock this morning. He was found in his underwear by his wife and one year old child with blood stains on [...]

By Simon Hirst – Legendary former world champion Arturo Gatti, 37, has been found dead inside a beachside flat he was renting at the Hotel Dorisol of Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil. Gatti had arrived with his wife and baby on Friday on their honeymoon. Local police consider his death suspicious. He was found by [...]

By Sam Gregory: The July 10th version of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from Philadelphia features in their main event Matt “Too Smart” Godfrey 18-1 with 10 KO’s who takes on undefeated Shawn “The Sioux Warrior” Hawk 18-0 with 16 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the cruiserweight division.

By Sam Gregory: On the ESPN2 co-main event from Philadelphia Shaun George 18-2-2 with 9 KO’s of Brooklyn, New York takes on Chris Henry 23-2 with 18 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the light heavyweight division.

By Sam Gregory: This Saturday night, July 11th, Vic Darchinyan is looking to capture the IBF bantamweight title from Joseph Agbeko when the two clash at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida to be televised live on Showtime. Darchinyan, who has been sparring with featherweight champion Chris John while he’s been training in the [...]

By Dave Lahr: Earlier this week, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) made it clear that he was tired of waiting for Manny Pacquiao to fight him and was telling Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer that he moving on, giving up on a fight with the Filipino star, who is considered to be the pound-for-pound [...]

By William Mackay: Now that David Haye’s aching back has finally healed up, he’s ready to go forward against his next opponent which at his time appears to be World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko for later on this year. The fight will likely be taking place in Germany in one of the huge [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Showtime’s six-man tourney starts in October and will consist of Carl Froch, Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham, Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell who participate in a series of bouts that will string out through 2010 until June when a winner is eventually decided. Of the fighters participating, most of them have [...]

By Matt Stein: World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Edwin Valero (25-0, 25 KO’s) made a huge mistake when he turned down a fight with unbeaten Colombian lightweight contender Breidis Prescott (21-0, 18 KO’s). Valero, 27, had a chance to fight Prescott next, but instead Valero turned his back on the fight, saying that he [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-2-1, 13 KO’s) is looking to make a statement when he fights challenger Amir Khan (20-1, 15 KO’s) and wants to knock him out like Ukrainian Kotelnik’s countrymen Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko typically do with their opponents. Kotelnik, 31, will be facing the 22-year-old [...]

By David Douglas: Much has been written about the recent passing of three time world champion Alexis Arguello. His many astonishing victories, over top shelf opponents, from hall of fame legends to up and coming matinee stars, to include the two infamous losses, have been respectively honored. And all of the accolades are without doubt [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m really disappointed in Manny Pacquiao because he’s insisting on a fight against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, who many boxing fans see as not the same fighter after losing by a 11th round knockout to Antonio Margarito last year in July 2008, to come in at 142 or 143. [...]

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao and his team are looking to get Miguel Cotto to melt down to an energy draining 142 or 143, and don’t want to fight Cotto at 145, which had previously been mentioned as the weight that was an agreeable number. It’s unknown why the move is afoot to get Cotto [...]

By Dave Lahr: Powerful but limited welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (18-0, 14 KO’s) will be fighting Jackson Osei Bonsu (30-2, 23 KO’s) in a 12 round World Boxing Council welterweight Elimination bout in Istanbul, Turkey. Aydin, 25, will be fighting in front of a home crowd in Turkey, and will be facing a tough test [...]

By Sean McDaniel: According to Frankwarrentv, promoter Frank Warren feels that someone is out to sabotage Amir Khan’s July 18th bout against World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik. Many of the fight posters around Manchester, England, where the fight will be taking place, have been written on by someone, who has been attaching [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (41-1, 31 KO’s) signed with German promotional company Sauerland Event today, so now Kessler is free of the entanglements from his former promoter Mogens Palle that has dragged on for months now keeping Kessler out of the ring since his last defense in October [...]