Archive for August, 2009

By Dave Lahr: Although Miguel Cotto is still winning his fights, he didn’t exactly impress in his last fight against Joshua Clottey in June. There are people who feel that Cotto hasn’t been the same since being beaten by Antonio Margarito last year. To be sure, Cotto didn’t look like his old self in defeating [...]

By Jim Dower: In last Saturday night’s UFC 102 event at the Rose Garden Arena, in Portland, Oregon, there were a number of fights, both on the undercard and at the top of the card, that turned out to be huge mismatches. Thankfully, the main event between heavyweights Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira went [...]

By Manuel Perez: I don’t know what the producers of the HBO Mayweather-Marquez 24/7 series were thinking when they put together the first episode, but they need to do some planning to try to liven things up. The reality show was flat out boring and painful to watch. I mean, it wasn’t nearly as boring [...]

By William Mackay: In the latest boxing news, Naseem Hamed (36-1, 31 KO’s) has finally admitted why he stepped away from boxing seven years ago, in 2002, while in the prime of his career and says that it’s because of his bad hands. In an interview with the BBC, Hamed said that his hands would [...]

By William Mackay: When Ricky Hatton does finally decide to make his comeback there’s no shortage of potential opponents that Hatton can fight. The bad part is that few of them are hugely popular fighters outside of their home cities. Juan Diaz, the former lightweight champion, is a case in point. He’s hugely popular in [...]

By Matt Stein: Heavyweight Gbenga Oloukun (17-1, 10 KO’s) won a questionable eight-round unanimous decision over former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (35-5, 30 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The judges scored the fight for Oloukun 79-76, 77-75 and 77-75. I saw Brewster winning five rounds to [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a recent column by Dan Rafael of ESPN, he mentioned that WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto had reportedly turned down $750,000 to fight a unification bout against Isaac Hlatshwayo, the IBF welterweight champion.

By Dave Lahr: In last night’s HBO Mayweather-Marquez 24/7, episode 1 special, Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4, 37 KO’s) summed up his September 19th opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. pretty well, saying “ He’s a fighter that doesn’t like to be hit.” Marquez made it clear that he intends on hitting Mayweather as frequently as he can [...]

By Jim Dower: In what many boxing fans felt would be a closely contested fight ended up being a mostly one-sided affair on Saturday with German based cruiserweight contender Marco Huck (26-1, 20 KO’s) dominating Argentinean Victor Emilio Ramirez (15-2, 12 KOs) to take away his WBO cruiserweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision at [...]

By Tom Stokes: When Kelly “Ghost” Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) turned pro in 2000, he went through opponent after opponent knocking them out, and by the time he met Jermain Taylor (28-3, 17 KO’s) he had amassed a formidable record of 31 victories only going the distance 3 times.

By PHILIP H. ANSELMO: There’s an underground rumor that WBC heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko is planning to retire after his upcoming scrap with tough Cristobal Arreola; citing perhaps one last fight there-after if successful. Vitali’s nearly two years short of turning 40-years old. If it’s two more fights, the way the chips are falling, it [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (73-3-1, 39 KO’s) dominated Takahisa Masuda (20-9-3, 5 KO’s), stopping him in the 6th round on Friday night in a one-sided fight to capture the interim World Boxing Council flyweight title in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Wonjongkam knocked Masuda down twice in the fight. The bout was [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated middleweight prospect David Lemieux (17-0, 17 KO’s) kept his perfect knockout record intact with a 5th round stoppage over Bladimir Hernandez (18-3, 16 KO’s) on Friday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Canada,. Lemieux, 20, a long term project with a great deal of power in both hands but kind [...]

By Liam Santiago: It is no surprise that Amir Khan has not fought John Murray. Murray is now ranked as the no.1 British lightweight above Alex Arthur. He is currently preparing to take on tough Norwich man, Jon Thaxton, with the British lightweight title on the line. Murray seems to have the full package. The [...]

By Liam Santiago: Boxing legend and warrior, Ricky Hatton has hit back at critics urging him to hang up his gloves by stating he will give boxing ‘another go’. Music to my ears. I would hate to see Hatton retire, knowing he still has something left to offer the sport. What sort of champion walks [...]

By Chris Williams: Former World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (31-1, 19 KO’s) defeated 40-year-old Eric Mitchell (22-6-1, 11 KO’s) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Montreal Casino, in Quebec, Canada. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 96-93. Alcine, 33, was making his first appearance in [...]

By Liam Santiago: Olympic Silver medalist, Worapoj Petchkhoon, has been banned from the South East Asian games in December as a result of modeling for a gay magazine. The punishment will last three months and the Olympic star was said to be nearly completely naked!

By Chris Williams: Welterweight contender Jesus Soto Karass (24-3-3, 16 KO’s) had to struggle on Saturday night to defeat 2nd tier fighter Edvan Dos Santos Barros (10-7-1, 7 KO’s) by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Grand Prairie, in Texas. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 100-90 and 99-91. Like a lot of fights that [...]

By Manuel Perez: International Boxing Federation light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (26-2, 15 KO’s) defeated challenger Jesus Iribe (15-6-5, 9 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight at the Blaisdell Center, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Viloria, 28, making his first defense of his IBF title, outclassed his bottom 15 ranked opponent.

By Jason Kim: In an interview at the boxing site Fight Hype, trainer Freddie Roach had little good to say about next month’s bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying “They’ve already given up on pay-per-view audiences. They know it’s not going to sell well.”

By Walter Fonseca: On Nov 14th, Miguel Cotto will be facing Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. If your a fight fan and or fighter/boxer, you should be excited as I am. Two of boxing’s exciting and great warriors are set for battle and it promises to be an all out [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It really saddened me last night to see Clinton Woods getting the stuffing beaten out of him by the young Tavoris Cloud. I kind of felt sorry for Woods when he started getting beaten to a pulp in the last four rounds of the fight. Woods was a decent British fighter, but [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former light welterweight/welterweight champion Zab Judah (37-6, 25 KO’s) won’t be fighting on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight next month on September 19th, according to Mike Marley of Examiner.com.

By Eric Thomas: The drama that surrounds WBC/WBO Kelly Pavlik’s career continues on with the latest boxing news that Pavlik still hasn’t received clearance to fight on December 5th against Paul Williams. According to Vindy.com, Pavlik’s manager Cameron Dunkin says that Pavlik still hasn’t been medically cleared to fight on December 5th, and that nothing [...]

By William Mackay: As of now, no one knows whether Ricky Hatton will decide to continue fighting or not. However, it’s looking like Hatton will decide to continue fighting because he was hinting about making a decision in three weeks in a recent interview he made after meeting with Muhammad Ali.

By Erik Schmidt: Former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (35-5, 30 KOs) can forget about getting another title shot against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko after losing an eight round unanimous decision to 2004 Olympian Gbenga Oloukun (17-1, 10 KOs) tonight at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

By Dave Lahr: Former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-5-1, 24 KO’s) appears to be at the end of the road after losing a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision to undefeated Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) last night for the vacant International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Making his 1st defense of his IBF light welterweight title, champion Juan Urango (22-1-1, 17 KO’s) stopped number #1 International Boxing Federation challenger Randall Bailey (39-7, 35 KO’s) in the 11th round on Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida.

By Erik Schmidt: Cruiserweight Marco Huck (26-1, 20 KO’s) defeated Argentinean Victor Emilio Ramirez (15-2, 12 KOs) tonight by a 12-round unanimous decision to win his Ramirez’s World Boxing Organization title at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112.

By Sam Gregory: John “ICEMAN” Scully is known to many boxing fans around the world for his colorful fight commentary on ESPN classic alongside Joe Tessitore. John “Iceman” Scully graduated from Windsor High School in Connecticut in 1985. He began his amateur career in 1982 at the amateur middleweight limit of 165 pounds.