Archive for September, 2009

By Will Cruz: Anyone who knows even a little about boxing or has followed Miguel Cotto’s career will tell you that one of his strongest qualities as a fighter is his ability to adjust in the fight given what his opponent might bring that night. That is what earned him hard fought victories again the [...]

By William Mackay: In a sign of wishful thinking, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) feels that he hasn’t lost a thing in the two years that he’s been out of boxing, and for some reasons, Mayweather thinks he’ll be even better because of the time off. How that is possible? I have no idea.

By William Mackay: After seeing the HBO Mayweather-Marquez 24/7, episode 1., I can see a significant drop off in Floyd Mayweather’s hand speed from his prime two years ago. If I was to put it in percentages, I’d say that Mayweather appears to have lost at 10%, possibly 15% of the speed that he had [...]

By Eric Thomas: Things don’t appear to be going well in the Pacquiao camp. Trainer Freddie Roach wants to train Manny Pacquiao in Mexico, where there would be less distractions from Pacquiao’s adoring boxing fans. However, the word is that Pacquiao wants to train in Baguio, Philippines instead, preferring it because it’s safer than Mexico [...]

By William Mackay: If Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) is somehow able to do what no other fighter has done before to Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO’s) by knocking him out on September 19th, Floyd would be making a huge statement to the boxing community.

By Dave Lahr: Stop the press! It looks as if Zab Judah (37-6, 25 KO’s) will be gracing us with his presence after all and fighting on the September 19th undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten heavyweight Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) is taking a major step forward with his career by facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (27-2, 36 KO’s) this month on September 26th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. To be sure, Arreola is one of the hardest punchers in the heavyweight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been almost a week now since former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (42-5-1, 24 KO’s) took a one-sided beating from the young knockout artist Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) last Friday night, but there’s still no word from the 37-year-old Woods about whether he’ll be hanging up the gloves or [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (24-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting WBO interim light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (27-0, 13 KO’s) on December 5th, at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: According to a number of news sources, Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) could possibly be fighting former World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) on December 2nd, and not November 21st, which was the originally scheduled date for their 12 round bout in Sydney, Australia.

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has less than kind words for British heavyweight David Haye at a media workout at the Poundf4Pound gym, saying “Against me, Hay would have little chance to take the title. That’s why he didn’t to take the fight.”

By William Mackay: Welterweight project Matthew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KO’s) will be fighting Lovemore N’Dou (47-11-1, 31 KO’s) for the welterweight International Boxing Organization title on November 13th, in Manchester, England. Hatton, 28, the younger brother of Ricky Hatton, is reportedly in the process of signing for a fight with the 38-year-old N’Dou this week.

By David Berry: If you’ve been scanning Manny Pacquiao headlines as of late, you’re likely convinced that the pound-for-pound champ is on a train track that’s scheduled to derail on November 14 against Miguel Cotto. A lack of focus, a lack of commitment to training, and a rift with his trainer and confidante, Freddie Roach, [...]

By Eric Thomas: It looks as if Freddie Roach’s prayers have been answered because his fighter Manny Pacquiao emerged today saying that he’ll be starting training this week for his November 14th bout against Miguel Cotto. Roach, the boxing trainer for Pacquiao, was upset about Pacquiao taking it easy and not beginning training for his [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I’ve figured out the perfect way that Ricky Hatton can prolong his career and prevent being knocked around by anymore of his opponents and that’s by focusing on fighting only in the UK from here on out against mainly British fighters. There’s no point in Hatton, 30, risking bodily harm in fighting [...]

By Steven Wain: On November 21st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, Kelly “Ghost” Pavlik (35-1-31 KO’s) takes on Paul “The Punisher” Williams (37-1-27 KO’s) for Pavlik’s WBC middleweight, WBO middleweight and ring magazine titles.

By Manuel Perez: So much for winning the old fashioned way by beating up and outsmarting your opponent. Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, is counting on Miguel Cotto getting cut up by Manny Pacquiao on November 14th, in order for Pacquiao to get an advantage. “He [Cotto] has started to cut lately and [...]

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. seems to be worrying about everything but his September 19th opponent Juan Manuel Marquez. In a conference call yesterday, Mayweather, 32, played down Manny Pacquiao’s wins over Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya for some reason. It’s as if Mayweather needs to downgrade Pacquiao’s wins against them to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In looking over the light welterweight and welterweight divisions, I see far too many quality fighters for Ricky Hatton to find much success against unless he pretty much cherry picks his way through them. It’s like a mind field for the 30-year-old Hatton, because there are so many good fighters with either [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Golden Boy Promotions is reportedly trying to set up a bout between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah. However, Judah, 31, a former light welterweight and undisputed welterweight champion, isn’t interested in fighting Mosley unless the offer is increased.

By Eric Thomas: According to Boxing Talk, former International Boxing Federation light middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KO’s) could be making a one-fight comeback in March 2010, to fight Hector Camacho Jr. (49-3-1. 27 KO’s). At this point nothing is definite and the fight would swing on a number of things, starting with Camacho [...]

By Dave Lahr: Last Friday night, light heavyweight contender Tavoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KO’s) defeated former IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods by a 12 round decision to pick up the vacant International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title. While I thought that Cloud looked nothing short of sensational in beating Woods, I think it’s still [...]

By William Mackay: As the September 19th fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather gets closer and closer, it appears that Mayweather, 32, is looking past Marquez towards a potential fight against Manny Pacquiao. It seems as if Mayweather is making a huge error in assuming that he’s going to get past Marquez, because [...]

By Jason Kim: Light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (24-2-1, 19 KO’s) got a painful lesson in his last fight when he was stopped in the 6th round by knockout artist Marcos Maidana on June 27th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. Ortiz, 22, made the mistake of trying to slug with a slugger and [...]

By Chris Williams: British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) thus far hasn’t exactly impressed me in the time that he’s been a heavyweight. Granted, Haye has fought only twice at heavyweight, but both times he fought, I didn’t see the huge talent there that some of his loyal fans have been speaking about.

By Dave Lahr: On October 24th, former heavyweight contender Andre Golota (41-7-1, 33 KO’s) will be trying to turn back time when he fights 32-year-old cruiserweight Tomasz Adamek (38-1, 26 KO’s) at the Lodz Arena, in Lodz, Poland. This is a case of two Polish fighters going at it for the Polish bragging rights.

By Jim Slattengren: It’s hard to believe that it’s been nine long years since heavyweight David Tua (49-3-1, 42 KO’s) last fought for a title, losing a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision against Lennox Lewis in November 2000. At the time, it seemed almost a given that the hard punching Tua would be back in no [...]

By Manuel Perez: Freddie Roach isn’t happy with the way things are going lately with Manny Pacquiao, who has decided to train in the Philippines rather than some place else. “I’m not pleased with him [Pacquiao] training in the Philippines, there are too many distractions, but that’s what he wants to my understanding, and I [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a hilarious interview by Ben Thompson at the Fighthype website, Roy Jones Jr. had a good time telling it like it is ripping apart both Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya. Jones, 40, had this to say about Hopkins: “Hopkins don’t look impressive against nobody. Let’s face the music. Hopkins [...]

By Eric Thomas: Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (31-3, 24 KO’s) will be fighting 44-year-old journeyman Ronald Bellamy (14-9-4, 9 KO’s) in a scheduled eight round bout on September 12th, at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, in Nayarit, Mexico. For Peter, 28, this is [...]