Archive for September, 2009

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao still stubbornly is not admitting how great of a fighter he’s facing in Miguel Cotto. At yesterday’s press conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Pacquiao had this to say about Cotto: “He’s one of the best fighters in the world, not the best fighter.” You notice how Pacquiao had to [...]

By Manuel Perez: Big heavyweight Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) will be attempting to make boxing history when he faces WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) in two weeks time on September 26th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. If successful, Arreola, 28, will be the first Mexican to win a [...]

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. appeared on the Chelsea Lately show on Monday night, and when asked by Chelsea “you don’t like Oscar De La Hoya, do you”? Floyd Mayweather Jr. then responded “Would you like a man [De La Hoya] that wears fishnet stockings?” Mayweather is referring, of course, to the scandalous photos [...]

By Dave Lahr: This Saturday night there are a lot of questions about Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) that will be answered in his catch weight fight with Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. To start with, boxing fans are wondering how Mayweather will [...]

By William Mackay: Former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods unloaded on Junior Witter today in an article at Thestar, saying “”He’s [Witter] the most boring boxer around. How many people would pay to watch him? I have had more fans in just one of my shows than he has had in his [...]

Liam Santiago: Olympic boxing bronze Medalist, Darren Sutherland, has been found hanged in his flat in Bromley, London. Sutherland was discovered by his promoter, Frank Maloney who was also taken to hospital after finding the Irish professional boxer.

By Scott Gilfoid: On November 21st, Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) and World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) will be meeting the first part of the Super Six tournament at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. According to some, this bout will be matching the top two talents in the [...]

By Conrad Allan: What is it about the sport of boxing that entices people to demand more of a boxer than they themselves would offer or condone within the confines of their own career? He is a warrior! He challenged the best! He is humble! He cherrypicks! He’s a safety first fighter! He is a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I personally can’t stand Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, but I got to say that if they ever fight, Khan will win with ease. Hatton is sitting back right now still resting and looking for motivation to restart his boxing career.

By Manuel Perez: Former World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (36-6-2, 15 KO’s) has announced his retirement from boxing, according to Univision. This following Mijares’ 12-round unanimous decision loss to interim WBA bantamweight champion Nehomar Cermeno last Saturday night at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

By Jason Kim: Undefeated heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) Has made it known that he plans on pressuring World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) on September 26th at the Staples Center, in Lon Angeles, California. Some boxing fans feel that Arreola, 28, stands no chance in this fight with [...]

By Manuel Perez: As another fine site already pointed out, Juan Manuel Marquez has thus far stolen the show in the HBO Mayweather-Marquez 24/7 series. Never mind the one small blip on the series where Marquez let slip that he sometimes drinks his own pee, he has shown again and again to have more star [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-4, 22 KO’s) will be meeting with promoter Frank Warren this week to determine what to do about Maccarinelli’s boxing career.

By Dave Lahr: After watching the third episode of the HBO Mayweather-Marquez 24/7 episode 3, I think Jan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO’s) is going to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s) this Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Liam Santiago: He has already stated that he is sure to fight again. The only question is when. Many expected Hatton to agree a deal with Khan after he beat Kotelnik but that never happened. I seem to have a slight notion as to what Hatton is waiting for. He does not want Khan. [...]

By Nate Anderson: With sadness, Boxing News 24 has learned that 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist for Ireland Darren Sutherland (4-0, 4 KO’s) was found dead in his home today. According to reports, Sutherland, 27, was found hanged in his home in Bromley, South London. It’s unclear what could have led to this tragedy. This is [...]

By Dave Lahr: Heavyweight James Toney (71-6, 44 KO’s) kept himself in the heavyweight picture with an impressive 2nd round knockout win over journeyman Matthew Greer (12-6, 11 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. With Toney pounding away at Greer with body shots and short chopping punches to [...]

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao says he prepared for any strategy that Miguel Cotto elects to use in their November 14th fight, saying “If I press the fight I’m sure he [Cotto] would run. And if I wait, he’ll come in. That is what will happen, if he either runs or takes the fight to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Alright, here’s the deal: I’ve seen the Tyson Fury vs. John McDermott fight and I think there’s no case for a rematch. All these McDermott fans are crying over spilled milk and I really wish they would shut their traps already and get over the fact that McDermott lost the fight. Deal [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Last Saturday night’s bout between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and his number #1 mandatory challenger Gusmyr Perdomo was a big ratings success in Denmark, grabbing a market share of 72% who watched it on TV2. Kessler, 30, stopped Perdomo in the 4th round in a bout that took [...]

By Steven Wain: According to BBC sports the fight between Tyson fury and John McDermott, which took place on 11th September in Brentwood England for the English Heavyweight championship, is going to be investigated by the British Boxing Board of control after a controversial 98-92 point victory for Fury. The bored will meet on 23rd [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Last night, in an interview on Showtime’s telecast of the Andre Ward vs. Shelby Pudwill bout, top super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KO’s) chimed in with his comments on his next fight against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s). Dirrell, 26, has this to say about Froch: [...]

By Dave Lahr: For the second time in the past four months, a fight between undefeated World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Ivan Calderon (33-0-1, 6 KOs) and his number #1 contender Rodel Mayol (25-4-1, 19 KO’s) has ended by a technical decision due to a head clash.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (39-2-2, 29 KOs) fought to a 3rd round technical draw against Alejandro Valdez (22-2-3, 15 KOs) in a non-title fight on Saturday night at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, in Nayarit, Mexico. Montiel, 30, was cut above his left eye in the 1st [...]

By Jim Dower: In perhaps his best performance of his career, unbeaten light middleweight contender Julio Chavez Jr. (40-0-1, 30 KO’s) crushed Jason LeHoullier (21-2-1, 8 KO’s) in a 1st round technical knockout last night to successfully defend his World Boxing Council Latino light middleweight title at the El Palenque de la Feria, Tepic, in [...]

By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO), as expected, made short work of Shelby Pudwill (22-4-1, 9 KO) tonight, stopping him in the 3rd round of a stay busy fight at the at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. Also on the card, former super middleweight champion James “Lights [...]

By Dave Lahr: Making his first appearance in almost a year, WBA super middleweight championship Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) looked hardly impressive in beating Gusmyr Perdomo (16-3, 10 KO’s) by a 4th round technical knockout at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Kessler, 30, looked rusty, missing many of his punches during the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After watching Friday night’s clash between British heavyweights Tyson Fury (8-0, 7 KO’s) and Big John McDermott (25-6, 16 KO’s), I’m in full agreement with referee Terry O’Conner about Fury having won the fight. I had Fury winning eight rounds to two for McDermott. Referee O’Conner had Fury winning 98-92, the exact [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In a night of huge mismatches in Denmark, World Boxing Association super middleweight championship Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) easily stopped Gusmyr Perdomo (16-3, 10 KO’s) in the 4th round at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Kessler dominated the slower Perdomo with jabs in the first three rounds, hitting him [...]

By Jason Kim: Heavyweight James Toney (71-6-3, 43 KO’s) appears to be very serious about wanting to look good an impress tonight against heavyweight Matthew Greer (12-5, 11 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Pechange Resort & Casino, in Temecula, California. The 41-year-old Toney weighed in yesterday at 217.5, the lowest weight he’s [...]