Archive for September, 2009

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (40-0-1, 30 KO’s) will keep moving ahead in 2010, with potential decent money bouts against once beaten middleweight contender John Duddy and if successful against him, Chavez Jr. would then likely be facing World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KO’s) [...]

By Dave Lahr: In looking over WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s resume, I noticed that he’s never faced a top undefeated fighter before during his long 13 year pro boxing career. The closest thing that Klitschko has gotten to facing a top undefeated fighter is Timo Hoffmann who was 22-0 at the time that Vitali [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, it appears that I’m not the only who thinks that Manny Pacquiao is going to have his backside handed to him when he eventually fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. I’m now hearing the latest boxing news that the great Juan Manuel Marquez also sees Mayweather as beating Pacquiao, and beating easily.

By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (23-1, 15 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his WBC title tonight against 43-year-old two-time WBA light heavyweight champion Silvio Branco (59-9-2, 36 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Pascal, 26, captured the WBC [...]

By Chris Williams: HBO is announcing that last weekend’s bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez has brought in an incredible 1 million pay-per-view buys, bringing in $52 million dollars. If this number is in fact true, and not some bogus number thrown up by HBO to try and make the Mayweather-Marquez event [...]

By Jason Kim:At Thursday’s weigh-in, heavyweight challenger Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) came in at 251 for Saturday’s bout against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Klitschko, 38, weighed in at a firm looking 252, a normal weight for him. The big 6′” Ukrainian, always [...]

By Chris Kelly: A Five-time WBC World Champion at five different weights, Ring Magazine champion at both lightweight and welterweight, IBF Champion at welterweight, Ring Magazine fighter of the year in both 1998 and 2007, A three-time National Golden Gloves winner and an Olympic bronze medallist in 1996. Ladies and gentlemen, boxing fans, I give [...]

Photo: Pavel Terekhov – By Ken Barrett: Chris Arreola took to the scales at yesterday’s weigh in at the Staples Centre, in Los Angeles, CA, officially weighing in at 251 pounds for this Saturday’s anticipated WBC heavyweight title fight. The challenger came in at only one pound lighter than his comparatively taller opponent, reigning champ, [...]

By Daniel Cann: It seems professional heavyweight boxing in Britain is going through a critical phase at the moment. When the American monopoly over the World titles has been usurped by two Ukrainian brothers and a giant Russian you would think that there is no better time than now for other nations to capitalize. The [...]

By Manuel Perez: Miguel Cotto’s excellent trainer Joe Santiago had some insight into Cotto’s opponent Manny Pacquiao, saying to El Nuevo “Manny Pacquiao is a bloated 126 pounds. He’s a fighter who started at 108 pounds and has reached 145. It is very bold and so far has gone well, but on November 14, it’ll [...]

By David Berry: Mayweather vs. Mosley? Mayweather vs. Pacquiao? Who knows? The return of Floyd Mayweather Jr. to the world of boxing has once again shaken up an already volatile welterweight division. Mayweather didn’t even make it out of his post-fight interview without the suddenly desperate Shane Mosley challenging him yet again to make him [...]

By Manuel Perez: It looks like Manny Pacquiao is really interested in trying to become a politician. I wish him a lot of luck. His trainer Freddie Roach said this to GMA News: “I would like (Manny) to finish with beating Mayweather.” Finish with beating Mayweather? What is that about? Pacquiao hasn’t even fought Miguel [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I see World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch as a fighter who’s really into routines. He probably does largely the same kind of workout daily, does a set amount of sit-ups and perhaps even combs his hair a certain amount of times. In getting beaten by Andre Dirrell on October [...]

By Jason Kim: It’s been a long time since WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has had an opponent that could fight him on even terms. The main reason is that the heavyweight division has been so atrocious the past six years since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003. That’s left Klitschko, and his brother Wladimir, with [...]

By Bernard O’Neill: Vasyl Lomachenko, the 21-year-old world and Olympic featherweight champion from Ukraine, has kept the rest of the field at arm’s length in the latest AIBA World Rankings, updated following the recent AIBA World Championships in Milan.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (8-0, 7 KO’s) has been handed an extra soft opponent for this Saturday night when he faces Czech journeyman Tomas Mrazek (4-22-5, 3 KO’s) in a but at The O2, Dublin, Ireland. It looks as if Fury’s handlers want to avoid any problematic fights like his last one against [...]

By Eric Thomas: Freddie Roach is prepared for Miguel Cotto to pull a Floyd Mayweather Jr. move by coming in over the catch weight limit of 145 pounds for his November 14th bout against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand. Roach said “I’m prepared for that possibility,” to the Sports. Inquirer. Cotto, 28, will have [...]

By Chris Williams: Shane Mosley had less than positive things to say about Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a recent interview at Fight Hype, saying among other things, “I think Floyd’s a little intimidated and afraid of me.” Mosley is talking about how Mayweather suddenly froze up an old engine block when Mosley walked up on [...]

By William Mackay: Former heavyweight contender David Tua (49-3-1, 42 KO’s) has reportedly put his sparring partner Israel Garcia in the hospital after a tough sparring session on Tuesday for Tua’s preparation for his October 3rd bout against Shane Cameron for the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental heavyweight titles at the Mystery Creek Events [...]

Photo: Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions – By Dave Lahr: Now with only two days to go before the huge clash between heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) and champion World Boxing Council heavyweight title holder Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. Arreola took part on Wednesday in a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis sounds less than confident that British heavyweight contender David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) will have success as a heavyweight or beat WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KO’s) on November 7th, at the Arena Numberg Versicherung, in Nuremburg, Germany.

By Chris Williams: If the latest news reports are too believed, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight could go as high as 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, if you believe the early reports. All I can say is that if these numbers aren’t bogus, like I think they are, there’s a lot of [...]

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KO’s) was sentenced earlier today to two years in prison, according to ESPN. On Wednesday, the 25-year-old Kirkland given two years due to an arrest that occurred in July in which Kirkland, a convicted felon, was caught with a firearm in his possession.

By Jim Dower: Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) could be facing Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) in rematch in February according to an interview by the 40-year-old Jones at Fight hype. Jones and Hopkins have come to an agreement of a 50-50 purse split for a February 2010 bout. Previously, Hopkins said that he [...]

By Liam Santiago: After many months of illusion hype towards the Pac-Man, it is time for boxing fans to open their eyes and get real. Pacquaio is a good fighter, but not a great one. I am 100% sure he will lose to Miguel Cotto in November, probably by knockout. If he does not, I [...]

By Liam Santiago: Japanese Bantamweight star, Hozumi Hasegawa, can be sure of one title, besides his belts, the most under rated and unappreciated fighter alive today. Currently ruling the bantamweight division, Hasegawa has not lost a fight in eight years, blasting every opponent away with dazzling hand speed, power and pressure.

By Steven Wain: Today the British Boxing Board of Control has ordered a rematch between Tyson Fury and John McDermott; it comes after referee Terry O’Connor controversially gave Fury a 98-92 victory in their English Heavyweight Title clash.

By William Mackay: British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) unleashed his dogs of war earlier today, calling World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev “Ugly.” Haye, 28, has a scheduled fight with the 36-year-old Valuev on November 7th, in Nuremberg, Germany, that is, if Haye doesn’t back out for one reason or another.

By Peter Howells: In case you didn’t notice, Floyd Mayweather made his return to the ring last Saturday night with a beautiful display of his considerable boxing skills to completely shutout and dominate the fighter many believed to be the pound for pound no.2 boxer in the world, Juan Manuel Marquez.

By Bal Kang: I wanted to take a step back before I wrote this piece as I wanted to gather my thoughts and not get to emotional, although I must stress I found it difficult. Now that the dust has settled and after reading countless articles I finally decided to put my take on the [...]