Archive for September, 2009

By Jason Kim: At yesterday’s final press conference at the Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko sounded confident as he prepares to defend his title for the second time against challenger Chris Arreola at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. Klitschko, 38, took a low key approach to the interview, treating Arreola [...]

By Eric Thomas: With his win 12-round split decision victory last Saturday night over Vicente Escobedo (21-2, 13 KO’s) on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Australian knockout artist Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) captures the World Boxing Organization interim lightweight title and forces an uncomfortable situation for the 36-year-old [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Floyd Mayweather Jr’s impressive 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night over Juan Manuel Marquez may have done enough to reestablish the 32-year-old Mayweather as boxing’s number #1 pound for pound fighter in the sport. The fight was so one-sided that it because somewhat boring to watch after the first few rounds [...]

By William Mackay: British heavyweight David Haye is looking at trying to get big 6’9″ unbeaten Tyson Fury (8-0, 7 KO’s) as a sparring partner to help him prepare for his November 7th challenge of World Boxing Association Nikolay Valuev in Germany. This would be great news if Fury takes up the offer and decides [...]

By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout last Saturday night could end up coming close to 1 million PPV buys, according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo. Yeah, when pigs fly. I don’t believe it for a second, even if they do come out with an official [...]

Photo: Pavel Terekhov – By Dave Lahr: As we approach this Saturday night’s bout between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and Mexican challenger Chris Arreola, there are rumors that the 38-year-old Klitschko hasn’t been looking all that good in training by some gym rats who’ve been watching him train. This isn’t good news [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t know about you guys but I’m seriously sick hearing about Ricky Hatton talking about needing to recharge his batters and other such excuses Hatton’s been making for why he’s not ready to come back. I just want him to get back in the ring and take his medicine.

By Eric Hernandez: Not that Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs me to stick up for him or validate who he is, after all Mayweather does a pretty good job of doing it himself, but after reading nothing but negative press on Mayweather for the last few years I have decided that maybe an unbiased view on [...]

By Edgar Perez: Nothing has revealed the difference between the mentality of Cotto and Pacquiao supporters versus the mentality of those that make excuses for Mayweather like the aftermath of Mayweather coming in two pounds over the agreed upon weight for the weigh-in of his match with Marquez. Cotto and Pacquiao stand in sharp contrast [...]

By Liam Santiago: My most recent predictions have mostly all gone the wrong way. I predicted Witter to beat Alexander, Campbell to beat Bradley and Judah to stop Hatton Jnr in four rounds (that fight fell through). I am starting to wonder, am I cursed? Well, i’m going to make a few more predictions, starting [...]

By Will Cruz: I guess I could say I’m surprised, but in reality I’m not. This week’s Ring Magazine’s ridiculous pound for pound and divisional rankings were updated after the Mayweather beat down of lightweight Juan Marquez. I’m not one to pay too much attention to P4P ratings because I have always believed they are [...]

By Eric Thomas: Recently defeated Juan Manuel Marquez is reportedly looking at moving to the light welterweight division, and wants a fight with Ricky Hatton, according to the latest boxing news. As bad as the 36-year-old Marquez did against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last Saturday night, losing almost every round of the fight in a one-sided [...]

By Jason Kim: Although Floyd Mayweather Jr. clearly wants a fight against Manny Pacquiao in the near future, the negotiations between Mayweather and Pacquiao might make the fight un-doable at this time. Mayweather reportedly wants more than a 50-50 deal, and Pacquiao and his team will likely want nothing less than 50% of the purse [...]

By William Mackay: In a long awaited rematch, Lenny Daws ( 20-1-1, 8 KO’s) stopped Barry Morrison (17-4, 7 KO’s) in the 10th round on Friday night to capture the BBBofC British light welterweight title at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green. In the 10th round, Daws dropped a tired out Morrison with a weak [...]

By Don Ramos: 1. Call a spade a spade: it was a mismatch from the start. There was never any doubt on the result of the match. Even the betting odds were 4-1 in favour of Mayweather. The fight proved that Mayweather still has his boxing skills intact. This is not unusual, given he is [...]

By Dave Lahr: This Saturday night, two of the best heavyweights in the world clash at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, CA, when World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) defends his title against the talented Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s), his number #1 mandatory challenger.

By Lee Fletcher: On October 17th, the ground breaking Super Six tournament kicks off with World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25(20)-0-0) taking on untested talent Andre Dirrell (18(13)-0-0) in Nottingham, England in what is sure to be an exciting fight.

By Trevor Weis: The King has been challenged. Mayweather ended his 21-month layoff showing no signs of rust or age, dismantling the technical veteran Juan Manuel Marquez in 12 one-sided rounds. The former pound-for-pound king made Marquez look like a sparring partner, rolling his shoulder and dancing away from punches. Money landed close to 50% [...]

By Steven Wain: Well, it’s just under 1 month (26 days to be precise) until, Carl “The Cobra” Froch (25-0-20 KO’s) takes on overrated American Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell (18-0-13 KO’s) in the first round of the super six world boxing tournament, Froch will also be defending his WBC super middleweight title, which he won [...]

By Elad Baron: Watching Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the early hours of Sunday morning one thing was clear, the natural abilities of the man can never be questioned. His, balance, reflexes and technique are second to none; add to that his water tight defence. Love him or hate him, every boxing fan had to appreciate [...]

By Aykan Tahir: In 2008 David Haye stated live on Setanta Sports that he would retire from the ring on his 31st Birthday. This gives him just a shade over 2 years to win and unify the heavyweight belts, not an impossible task but has Haye already burnt the bridges that would have allowed him [...]

By Paul Joyner: British heavyweight David Haye has a date with destiny on November 7th. Having failed to negotiate a deal with the Klitschko brothers, Haye gets his chance against Russian giant Nicolay Valuev, holder of the World Boxing Association heavyweight crown. For fans of British boxing this is a big, big night. Haye has [...]

By Jason Kim: A slightly despondent Floyd Mayweather Jr. mopped about not getting the love and credit that he thought was due to him at a post-fight press conference following his lopsided 12-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, 32, put on [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Making his third defense of his European Boxing Union heavyweight title, undefeated Italian heavyweight Francesco Pianeta (19-0-1, 12 KO’s) stopped former Commonwealth champion Matt Skelton (22-4, 19 KO’s) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum, Neubradenburg, Mecklenburg, Vorpommeram, Germany.

By Erik Schmidt: German middleweight Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15 KO’s) defeated Giovanni Lorenzo (27-2, 19 KO’s) by a 12-round split decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant International Boxing Federation middleweight title at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany The final judges’ scores were 116-111 for Lorenzo, 116-112 and 115-113 for Sylvester.

By Erik Schmidt: Middleweight contender Mahir Oral (26-2-2, 10 KO’s) defeated German Alexander Sipos (19-8-2, 9 KO’s) by a six-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Gran Casino, in Castellon Comunidad Valenciana, Spain. The final judges’ scores were 59-55, 59-55 and 59-55. I personally had Sipos winning the fight by three rounds to two [...]

By Eric Thomas: In something of an upset, heavyweight prospect Travis Kauffman (18-1, 15 KO’s) was stopped in the 4th round of a scheduled 10 round bout by Tony Grano (16-1-1, 13 KO’s) on Friday night at the Chumash lounge, in Santa Ynez, California. Grano, 28, hurt Kauffman with a hard right hand to the [...]

By Jim Dower: Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (3-0, 3 KO’s) easily recorded his third second consecutive knockout with a third round stoppage victory over 39-year-old Brazilian GIovanni Andrade (60-12, 49 KO’s) on Friday night at the Fountainbleau Hotel, at Miami Beach, Florida. Rigondeaux, 28, knocked Andrade down in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

By Mark Phillips: After witnessing Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s performance against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night in their non title contest in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, alarm bells and questions immediately flooded into minds across the world.

By Chris Williams: I kept my word. I didn’t shell out a mint to watch this worthless card. Didn’t I tell everyone that this was going to be a total slaughter? What did you expect? Mayweather came into the fight probably weighing 160 against a pumped up lightweight in Juan Manuel Marquez.