Archive for September, 2009

By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) may have been hopelessly over-matched last weekend in his 10th round destruction by Vitali Klitschko at the Staples Center, but I can’t help thinking that if it had been David Haye that Arreola was chasing down instead of the big 6’7″ Vitali Klitschko then Haye would [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KO’s) is being given little chance to win the Super Six tournament that he begins next month against former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KO’s) in a 12 round bout which will take place at the O2 World Arena, Kreuzberg, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made his own comments about the back and forth talk between Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi, saying “Let the facts be the facts, Juan Diaz won the first fight.” Schaefer represents Diaz, who won by a controversial 12 round unanimous decision over Paulie Malignaggi on September [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In an interview with The Mirror, heavyweight contender David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) came off as his usual cocky self, saying “My fight against Vitali [Klitschko], or Wladimir, will happen. But it’s going to be a unification fight instead of me having to fight him as a slave fighter.” Haye, 28, is [...]

By Chris Williams: Through no great surprise, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) ended up throwing more punches – 802 – in his 10th round stoppage of previously unbeaten Chris Arreola last Saturday night compared to Floyd Mayweather’s 493 for his 12 round unanimous decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez on [...]

By Sean McDaniel: International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) says he sees himself stopping Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) before the 12th round when they meet on December 2nd at the Acer Arena, in Sydney, Australia. Green, 36, who previously held the WBA light heavyweight title in 2007 before retiring, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former light welterweight and welterweight champion Zab Judah (37-6, 25 KO’s) will be fighting little known Ramon Montano (17-7-2, 2 KO’s) on November 6th in a 10 round stay busy fight at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The choice of opponent for Judah seems rather disappointing to be sure, because [...]

By Liam Santiago: Former world champion, Paul Maliganggi, has reacted angrily after being denied a rematch against Juan Diaz. Diaz’s camp were not happy with the weight demands from Malignaggi, along with money issues. HBO offered £750,000 for the fight to take place, yet, the Diaz camp would not have it.

By Jason Kim: At yesterday’s press conference in New York, Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KO’s) and WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) got the ball rolling to start hyping their December 5th fight in Atlantic City. Williams, 28, a former welterweight champion, seems to have his eyes wide open to what he’s about [...]

By Liam Santiago: I do not use the word warrior lightly, when describing a fighter. But, for Rocky Marciano, there is no word that fits him better. The legacy of Rocky Marciano constantly comes under criticism from ‘arm chair critics’, that have never really been involved in boxing. Marciano, was, without a doubt, the toughest [...]

By Mark Wright: On the 17th of October the inaugural bout of the ground breaking super six tournament will get under way. When the possibility of a series was announced I was in awe of the possibilities who would be involved Froch, Kessler, Pavlik possibly? Andrade, Bute and Taylor would surely be in the mix.

By Jim Dower: Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s) has reportedly turned down a rematch with Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s), according to latest news in the boxing world. Apparently, Diaz, 26, has turned down a deal set up by his promoter Golden Boy Promotions to fight Malignaggi in a badly needed rematch [...]

By Manuel Perez: Wow, I thought I had heard them all, but comments from Floyd Mayweather’s uncle Jeff Mayweather tonight from sports.inquirer, in which Mayweather explained that Floyd may still fight Manny Pacquiao next, even if Manny loses to Miguel Cotto on November 14th, just seems weird to me. “Just as long as he doesn’t [...]

By Philip Anselmo: With all the attention drawn to ultra-gregarious, former undisputed cruiserweight champ David Haye, who challenges 7’0” Nicolay Valuev for the WBA heavyweight girdle this fall, the emergence of current IBF and Ring Magazine cruiserweight king Tomasz Adamek’s venture into the division of big men has thus far been a quiet one. The [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks like old Nostradamus Freddie Roach is back to his predictions again, this time he’s saying that Manny Pacquiao will knock World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto out on November 14th. In an article by Dennis Principe at Sports. Inquirer, Roach had this to say: “I picked him [Pacquiao] [...]

By William Mackay: This Friday night, heavyweight Audley Harrison (23-4, 17 KO’s) will be meeting 6’7” Scott Belshaw (10-2, 7 KO’s) in a scheduled three round bout in the Prizefighter Heavyweights III competition at the Excel Arena, in Dockland, London. Harrison, 37, is hoping to meet his old nemesis Danny Williams in the finals.

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions is looking to set up a bout between lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s). Marquez, 36, as well as his trainer Nacho Beristan, are very interested in setting this fight up next if possible. The bout, if it does take place, would [...]

By Al Francis: Boxing fans can almost unanimously agree that Muhammad Ali is the greatest heavyweight of all time. Most of us can also unite in admitting that Joe Louis and Jack Johnson aren’t too far behind. As we look further down the pantheon of greats it becomes considerably more subjective and there are varied [...]

By John Dimeck: Boxing fans are quite eager for the start of the super 6 tournament and an intriguing match-up gets things going on Oct 17 when WBC Champ at 168 Carl Froch takes on little known Andre Dirrell from the US in Froch’s hometown of Nottingham England.

By Chris Williams: In Floyd Mayweather’s recent interview with HBO analyst Jim Lampley, Mayweather spoke of his love for boxing and that he wanted to a fight that made “business sense” for him.

Photo: Pavel Terekhov – By Eric Thomas: According to the latest news, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) plans on retiring in two to three fights. This may come as a shock to some boxing fans that have been following Vitali’s off and on career for the past 10 years. However, [...]

By Jason Kim: When I say elite, I mean in the class of super star like Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, and Juan Manuel Marquez and to a lesser degree Ricky Hatton. Khan, 22, mentioned recently that he’d like to be at the level of Marquez and Mayweather in a year’s time from now, and [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko is reportedly looking to fight either unbeaten Kevin Johnson (22-0, 9 KO’s) or 40-year-old former WBC champion Oleg Maskaev in December. For boxing fans, neither of these fighters will likely bring much interest nor attract attention for Vitali. However, there just isn’t many choices for [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. could ruin his chance for a big money payday in a rematch with Bernard Hopkins if Roy can’t get by his next opponent Australian Danny Green on December 2nd. In hindsight, it might end up being a costly mistake for Jones because Green, a former light heavyweight champion, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) gave it his all last Saturday night against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko but in the end, Arreola didn’t have the size or the talent to beat the big 6’8” Klitschko brother. All is not lost, however, because Arreola showed a lot of heart in [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has made it known that he wants to capture and unify the final heavyweight piece of the puzzle the World Boxing Association heavyweight title before he retires from the sport. Under ordinary circumstances, this would seem like a perfectly attainable goal, at least lining up a title [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s promoter is reportedly in talk’s number #1 Dmitry Salita’s management about a December 5th fight. Salita, 27, is the mandatory challenger for Khan’s World Boxing Association title. The fight is a necessity for the 22-year-old Khan as he has no option but to take it due [...]

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach made a comment to the Sports. Inquirer today that could be a warning shot across the bow for things that could come in the future when Roach said “If he [Pacquiao] retires after this (Cotto) fight I’ll be fine with that.”

By Manuel Perez: For what it’s worth, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan thinks that Manny Pacquiao can beat Floyd Mayweather in the future, according to the Telegraph.co. “I think Manny [Pacquiao] might take the fight with his speed,” Khan said. However, the opinion doesn’t have much weight as far as I’m concerned [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Bettingzone.co.uk has listed Floyd “Money” Mayweather as a 4/9 or slightly more than 2-to-1 favorite over Manny Pacquiao if a fight were to emerge between the two superstars. Floyd’s dominating performance over Juan Manuel Marquez is the most likely factor in skewing the odds in his favor. If Pacquiao, however, is successful [...]