Archive for August, 2009

By Will Cruz: Much has been said about the upcoming clash between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. Many predictions, many analysis, and many heated debates among fans of both. All boxing fans are looking forward to this instant classic and all can agree that it will be an electrifying night of boxing action. If you [...]

By Tom Stokes: Its seems that Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’S) has threaded the eye of the needle, at least for now anyway, Khan who defeated Andriy Kotelnik (31-3, 13 KO’s) on a lopsided unanimous decision in July for the WBA light welterweight championship, was now expected to fight either number 1 ranked mandatory contender [...]

By Bal Kang: Sometimes the winner of a trilogy between two fighters doesn’t necessarily put him above the loser in an all time rankings list. Marco Antonio Barrera ‘The Baby Faced Assassin’ and Erik ‘El Terrible’ Morales gave us some of the most memorable moments in modern day boxing history. As you all will be [...]

By Jim Dower: On the Calvin Murphy show today, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. called in and ended up battling it out in a back and forth hilarious argument. Jones, 40, offered to fight Hopkins with the winner getting 60% and the loser 40% of the revenue. However, Hopkins was having none of it, [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect George Foreman III (2-0, 2 KO’s) will be making his third pro fight on September 10th against Jesus Hernandez (0-1) in a four round bout at the San Manuel Indian Casino, in Highland, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: I think the last dying light went out of Ricky Hatton’s career with his 2nd round destruction by Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd. The left hand that Pacquiao planted Hatton with did more than just knock him out, it looks to have knocked out the last bit of spark that Hatton had [...]

By Chris Williams: I’ve been wondering why the September 19th fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. hasn’t been selling well with boxing fans. At first, I thought it was the crummy undercard that Golden Boy had put together which has Michael Katsidis vs. Vicente Escobedo, Zab Judah vs. Antonio Diaz, and Chris [...]

By Matt Flanagan: Last Saturday Roy Jones became the first fighter to stop Jeff Lacy. Anyone who has seen the fight cannot deny that the manner of Jones’ victory was impressive. He won every round, was never really troubled with Lacy having no answer to his hand speed and superior technical ability. His performance seemed [...]

By Jason Kim: WBO light flyweight champion Ivan Calderon (32-0-1, 6 KO’s) will be making his 5th defense of his World Boxing Organization title on September 12th against the hard hitting Rodel Mayol (25-3-1, 19 KO’s) at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. The two fighters met in a fight in [...]

By Manuel Perez: Why did Manny Pacquiao choose Miguel Cotto to fight rather than World Boxing Association welterweight Shane Mosley instead? I don’t know but maybe it’s me or something but I got the impression that Cotto had been experiencing some tough times in the ring since running into the Mexican Antonio Margarito last year [...]

By Erik Schmidt: This Saturday night, unbeaten World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay (21-0, 15 KO’s) will be defending his WBO title against German based challenger Robert Stieglitz, (35-2, 21 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the SYMA Sport & Leisure Center, in Budapest, Hungary.

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council heavyweight challenger Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) is thankful that British heavyweight David Haye backed out of a fight with the Ukrainian leaving WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko available for a fight with Chris next month on September 26th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

By Tom Stokes: As a fighter Ricky Hatton has been criticised for being named in the same sentence as fighter such as Pacquiao and Mayweather, he’s been called “overrated” plenty of times, but it’s not really his fault, part of Hatton’s career success has also been his undoing as well, I’m talking about his fans, [...]

By Steven Wain: On September 11th the new heavyweight sensation Tyson Fury (7-0-7 KO’s) will face “Big Bad” John McDermott (25-5-16 KO’s) for the English heavyweight title at Brentwood England. Fury who is a 6ft 9 inch tall and who is considered by some as well as myself to be a heavyweight sensation, challenges McDermott [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. made a reversal of his pick in the November 14th bout between Manny Pacquiao and welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, choosing Pacquiao to win the fight by a knockout, according to the latest boxing news. Mayweather Sr. points out that Cotto took a tremendous amount of punishment in his [...]

By Chris Williams: With only a month to go before the September 19th catch weight clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez, the interest in the fight looks to be very low among boxing fans, even though an effort was made to spruce up the card by adding Zab Judah, Chris John, Michael [...]

By Will Cruz: In a recent interview, the well known, well respected Teddy Atlas gave his thoughts on the outcome of the upcoming Mega Fight between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao. As much respect as I have for Teddy, never have I disagreed with him more than with his analysis of this fight. “I think [...]

By Jason Kim: 40-year-old heavyweight James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KO’s) will be fighting on September 12th against Matthew Greer (12-5, 11 KO’s) in a 10-round bout at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California.

By Dave Lahr: Kelly Pavlik’s recent staph infection on the middle knuckle of his left hand is putting his October 3rd fight against Paul Williams in doubt. The fight will be delayed until December, and possibly not even then if the infection is still lingering by that point. This is all Pavlik needs is a [...]

By Manuel Perez: Alright, Manny Pacquiao got his way and now he’ll be fighting for all the marbles against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. Cotto has no choice but to put his WBO title on the line for the fight, thanks to the WBO who [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Kitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) feels that David Haye is afraid to fight him and his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, and is instead looking for any easier opponent in WBA heavyweight title holder Nikolay Valuev, who Haye will be fighting on November 7th. Haye, [...]

By Chris Williams: While some boxing fans are excited about the undercard of the September 19th fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, I’m not one of them or close to being one of them. I see nothing but a bunch of faded stars and [...]

By Tom Stokes: Talk of the fighter least likely to succeed in the super middleweight super six tournament usually ends up with Carl Froch (25-0, 19 KO’s), the WBC champion who’s considered slow and less skilled than his competition, but what about Dirrell, Ward and Taylor, in my opinion these guys are the weakest link [...]

By Liam Santiago: Audley Harrison is set to return to the ring to compete in Prize-fighter’s third heavyweight boxing tournament on October 2nd at the York Hall. Current British Champion Danny Williams and Michael Sprott are also entering the tournament. The three have a big history with each other with victories and defeats to each [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is confident and looking forward to his October 17th bout against number #2 rated WBC contender Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KO’s) in Nottingham. In an article from the Sporting News, Froch appears to be taken aback by Dirrell’s own cockiness, saying “Dirrell obviously thinks he’s a [...]

By Chris Williams: Okay, Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) looked good last Saturday night in beating up a shot Jeff Lacy and stopping him in the 10th round, but let’s not get carried away here. This was Lacy, who hasn’t been the same fighter he was back before losing to Joe Calzaghe and suffering [...]

By Jim Dower: Lightweight Jason Litzau (25-2, 21 KO’s) looked very impressive in stopping Verquan Kimbrough (21-2-2, 7 KO’s) in the 3rd round on Saturday night on the undercard of the Roy Jones Jr. vs. Jeff Lacy bout at the Coast Coliseum, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Litzau, 26, moving up in weight from featherweight, looked much [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) continued with his painfully slow progress in moving up the ranks with a 4th round stoppage win over super middleweight journeyman Epifanio Mendoza (29-8-1, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Coast Coliseum, in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Mendoza injured his left shoulder and couldn’t [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Once beaten light middleweight contender Zaurbek Baysangurov (22-1, 16 KO’s) defeated Eromosele Albert (22-2-1, 10 KO’s) by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Dynamo, in Grozny, Russia. The final judges’ scores were 119-109, 119-109 and 120-108. The bout was terribly one-sided and probably should have been stopped by [...]

By Steven Wain: Ok before I start I would like to apologies for my previous article, it was not meant to offend anyone, it was just a hit at a one Mr Gilfoid to show anyone can write complete nonsense and yes before anyone asks I do believe Hopkins is a legend.