Archive for September, 2009

By Jason Lee: On November 14, 2009, Miguel Cotto will be entering the ring against the pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in for what most people are calling fight of the year. I’ve read so many articles and a lot of people are saying that Cotto has no chance, that he is shot, he’s damaged goods. [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his third fight since being destroyed in a 1st round blow out last year in January 2008 against Juan Manuel Lopez, featherweight Daniel Ponce De Leon (36-2, 31 KOs) defeated Roinet Caballero (27-8-1, 19 KOs) in a World Boxing Association featherweight title eliminator at the Arena Roberto Duran, in Panama City, [...]

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO’s) is eager to get a fight with World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, who Caballero has unsuccessfully been chasing for the past year trying to get a fight with him. Caballero had this to say about Lopez: “Juanma Lopez can [...]

By Nate Anderson: For the second time in a year, Commonwealth featherweight champion John Simpson (20-6, 8 KO’s) stopped Paul Truscott (13-2, 1 KO’s), this time in the 10th round on Friday night at the Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire. Simpson, 26, was making his Commonwealth title, which he won with an eighth round [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten light middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade (7-0, 6 KO’s) scored yet another knockout, stopping John Williams (3-1-1, 2 KO’s) in the 6th round in a scheduled six round bout on Friday night at the Twin River Event Center, in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor (30-1, 12 KO’s) stopped 35-year-old Feliciano Dario Azuaga Ledezma (76-16-2, 64 KO’s) in a 5th round stoppage tonight at the Casino Rama, Rama, in Ontario, Canada.

By Erik Schmidt: Heavyweight Timur Ibragimov (25-2-1, 14 KO’s) defeated former cruiserweight champion Al Cole (35-16-3, 16 KO’s) in a bizarre bout consisting of six two minute rounds on Friday night at the Lofberg Arena, in Karlstad, Sweden.

By Liam Santiago: If like me, you were getting excited when Freddie Roach said a mega fight between John Murray and Amir Khan is very possible for their next fight, unfortunately, it won’t happen. Frank Warren has said that he is in talks with the number one challenger for Khan’s WBA belt, Dimitiy Salita. If [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an interview yesterday, Manny Pacquiao made it clear that he prefers that his training camp be conducted in Baguio, in the Philippines and not in Mexico.

By Tom Stokes: Manny Pacquiao (49-3, 37 KO’s) has come under fire a lot lately but one reason the critics are on his back again, is the fact that he is making Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KO’s) fight at a catch weight limit of 145 pounds for their upcoming super fight, with many boxing critics [...]

By Alexander Burton: Roaring crowds. The ferocious sound of victory is absorbed by one Champion, while the distant echo of defeat is soon lost for the other. Quietly replaced by an agonizing fight for life. 25 February 1995 a 13 yr old sits in his parent’s front room trying to get exited about the forthcoming [...]

By Liam Santiago: This Christmas will be an anxious one for Shane Mosley and Joshua Clottey as they have signed to fight each other on Boxing day this year. It really is going to be boxing day. HBO are televising the event that will take place at the Staples centre, Los Angeles. This is a [...]

By Liam Santiago: Assuming that Manny Pacquiao can defeat Miguel Cotto on November 14th, here is a list of five possible next opponents for the Filipino. Of course, assuming that he gets through Cotto is a very big assumption. Cotto has every asset to beat Pacquiao and it will be a huge test for him. [...]

By Liam Santiago: In an interview with fight hype, Freddie Roach, trainer of Amir Khan, has stated that John Murray is a possible next opponent for the Bolton man. Roach said they are currently working on a deal with Khan’s number one challenger, Dmitriy Salita. if that deal can not be done then a Khan [...]

By Liam Santiago: Boxing legend, Oscar De La Hoya has said he is 100% sure that Juan Marquez will beat Floyd Mayweather and will knock him out. De La Hoya states that Marquez has every aspect in his style needed to be victorious. He sais, ”I am 100% sure Marquez wins, styles make fights and [...]

By Dave Lahr: Juan Manuel Marquez has a single-minded determination to avenge his questionable 12 round split decision defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao and is using his September 19th fight against Floyd Mayweather as a tool to get another shot, his 3rd, at fighting Pacquiao. It’s unfortunate that Marquez, 36, has to go [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions thinks that Juan Manuel Marquez has the style to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 19th. Specifically, De La Hoya points out Marquez’s counter punching ability, along with his aggressiveness and his excellent stamina.

By Manuel Perez: Ever since Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KO’s) defeated Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, Manny seems to have become a little too confident in his abilities. Instead of putting things in perspective and releasing he just essentially beat two hand picked opponents; Pacquiao seems to be acting as if he beat [...]

By Jason Kim: Last night, it was learned that WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) would be defending his title against Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) on December 26th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Although this isn’t the fight that Mosley, 37, wanted to get, it’s still great news that [...]

By William Mackay: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) is feeling a lot of pressure on himself to extend his unbeaten by beating lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO’s) on September 19th when they face off. Mayweather, 32, like many unbeaten fighters, badly wants to keep his fight record flawless by beating the [...]

By Dave Lahr: HBO is reportedly interested in putting together a rematch between light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s), according to the latest boxing news. However, before a fight between the two could be arranged, a number of things would have to be ironed out, such as [...]

By Chris Williams: I’m starting to have second thoughts on the Vitali Klitschko vs. Chris Arreola bout on September 26th, after seeing recent photos of Klitschko. He’s really started to look old. He’s looks like he was dipped in a bottle of old and came out of it looking like he’s in his mid 40s.

By Dave Lahr: 41-year-old James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KO’s) is still interested in fighting one or both of the Klitschko brothers, and is hoping that he can get the winner of the September 26th fight between Chris Arreola vs. Vitali Klitschko. According to news reports, Toney is hoping he can fight Vitali Klitschko next.

By Manuel Perez: When I see all the boxing writers and fans that are picking Manny Pacquiao to beat Miguel Cotto on November 14th, I think these people have lost their minds entirely. Didn’t any of them go through the fight history of Pacquiao, and see whom he’s fought, and saw how vulnerable he was [...]

By Jim Dower: On September 12th, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) will continue to press forward with his possible future date with destiny as he takes on Jason Lehoullier (21-1-1, 8 KO’s) at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, in Nayarit, Mexico.

By Eric Thomas: You got to feel a little bit sorry for World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s). After risking his neck last January against one of the toughest fighters in the welterweight division in Antonio Margarito and beating him by a 9th round TKO, Mosley has been left pretty much [...]

By Eric Thomas: It’s more than a little sad that the best fighter in the welterweight division Shane Mosley has essentially been frozen out by the arguably more popular fighters in boxing, such as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. But that’s what appears to be happening.

By Jason Kim: Light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) is riding high right about now because of the controversy surrounding his 12 round decision loss to Juan Diaz on August 22nd, in Diaz’s home town of Houston, Texas. Many people witnessed the fight and were angered when Diaz won a fight that appeared [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Doug Fisher at The Ring, unbeaten heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) hasn’t been training at 100% for his September 26th fight against World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Fisher says that he has heard from sources – “Gym rats” – that frequent Joe Goosen’s Ten Goose gym [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF middleweight champion (30-0, 24 KO’s) is looking forward to getting started in Showtime’s Super Six tournament which begins on October 17th. Abraham, 29, will be facing former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor on October 17th, in the group I portion of the competition. Abraham, like Taylor, has moved up to the [...]