Archive for October, 2009

By Eric Thomas: In a fight plagued by fouls, light middleweight Hector Camacho Jr. (50-3-1, 27 KO’s) defeated Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas (92-15-1, 74 KO’s) by a 10-round split decision at the Don Haskins Convention Center, in El Paso, Texas. Camacho Jr., the son of former boxing great Hector “Macho” Camacho, was penalized an [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We already saw how one 30ish European fighter struggle against the lightning quick Andre Dirrell on October 17th, and now it looks like we’re about to see a duplication of that bout in the Super Six tournament fight next month between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) [...]

By Manuel Perez: I can already see the excuses flowing in from Manny Pacquiao and his loyal trainer Freddie Roach after November 14th. I’d like for it to be some straight honest excuses where Pacquiao and Roach admit that they fought a superior fighter with better talent, power and ability than him. But what I [...]

By Dave Lahr: Heavyweight Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) will be fighting on December 5th against a still to be determined opponent. Arreola, who up until his one-sided 10th round stoppage loss at the hands of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 26th, was considered to be the best heavyweight in the [...]

By Jim Dower: Heavyweight David Tua (50-3-1, 43 KO’s) could be facing 6’5″ heavyweight contender Kali Meehan (35-3, 29 KO’s) in January 2010, according to the Nzherald. Tua, 36, recently came off of an impressive 2nd round knockout of Shane Cameron earlier this month on October 3rd in New Zealand. This was Tua’s first fight [...]

By Chris Williams: With all the taunting and trash talking that David Haye has made towards World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in the lead up to their November 7th fight in Nuremburg, Germany, Haye is going to really have a lot of egg on his face should he lose to the 36-year-old Valuev. [...]

By Liam Santiago: Amir Khan is still hitting back at his critic and fellow world champion Carl Froch, in an interview on radio five live. Khan said, ”I know for a fact I’m a better world champion than Froch. I always get dissed by Froch, that’s just jealousy I think. He hasn’t got the recognition [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: This article was requested in one or two comments so here it is. Again these are fighters who in there prime are ranked in the positions I give. 20) At number twenty comes James J. Jeffries AKA The Boilermaker. Jeffries was a superb fighter, he could take a solid punch and also [...]

By William Mackay: Super middleweight Paul Smith (28-1, 15 KO’s) won a controversial 12 round split decision last night over champion Tony Quigley (13-2, 6 KO’s) to capture the BBBofC British super middleweight title at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside. The final judges’ scores were 114-116 for Quigley and 116-113 and 116-112 for Smith. I [...]

By Derrick Villanueva: Despite continuous evidence of the contrary, Manuel Perez still believes that Manny Pacquiao’s skills are stuck where they were during his first fight with Erik Morales. This is in reference to his recent article entitled Pacquiao-Cotto: Manny Needs to Focus on Miguel, not Mayweather where he states:

By William Mackay: 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist for Britain James DeGale (4-0, 3 KO’s) stopped Ally Morrison (2-1-1) tonight in a 3rd round stoppage in a six round scheduled bout at the at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside. DeGale, 23, landed three hard left hooks in the 3rd that sent Morrison staggering back against the [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KO’s) is interested in possibly replacing Jermain Taylor in the Super Six tournament if Taylor decides to back out, according to boxing news from the The Sweet Science. This would be a sensational replacement if Taylor does decide to pull out of [...]

By Eric Thomas: With WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik pulling out of a bout with Paul Williams for the second time due to a staph infection on his left hand, it left the 28-year-old Williams in need of a replacement opponent for his December 5th date. It appears that Williams, the interim World Boxing Organization [...]

By Chris Williams: I really hate when fighters use an end route to get a heavyweight title shot. This is what I think David Haye has done by going after World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev to fight on November 7th rather than the arguably much tougher Klitschko brothers. Haye has said that he’s [...]

By Dewi Powell: Just a quick introduction to myself as this is My First Article! I’m 17 and I live in the South Wales valleys, just 15 minutes from Joe Calzaghe’s native Newbridge and 5 minutes from the up-and-coming home of Nathan Cleverly, Cefn Forest. My earliest memory of boxing is watching a repeat of [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: This article is a list of the top ten heavyweights champions of all time. I hope the article will be able to give a better idea to some people on who the greats were. The fighters have been ranked on who they fought and beat, how well they beat fighters and are [...]

By Amar Jahangir: The American Mayweather has certainly kept up its countries heritage in boxing by avoiding the fights against the top dogs of the division. Manny Pacquiao thinks a money-spinning showdown with Floyd Mayweather won’t happen because Pretty Boy doesn’t want to fight him. Any hopes of the pair ever meeting in the ring [...]

by Niko Tricarico: With his second round knockout of Shane Cameron earlier this month the Heavyweight division seems to have a veteran prospect in David Tua. A sporadic fighter since 2003, he has suddenly reemerged and immediately been deemed a threat and viable challenge for the Heavyweight Title. Throughout his career Tua has shown himself [...]

By Richard Gough: Any other boxer with a record of four defeats (3 knockouts) and one win (points) from his last five fights would be urged to retire as a spent force. Not Mr Jermain Taylor. The man is an enigma, draws crowds, generates hype, gets us talking and makes us wish for him to [...]

(Picture: SE / Photo Wende) By Eric Thomas: Super Six tourney contestant Arthur Abraham believes that WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev will beat British challenger David Haye next month on November 7th in their title match in Nuremburg, Germany. Abraham, who recently stopped Jermain Taylor in the 12th round in his first bout in the [...]

By Richard Gough: Let’s all be honest, the Super Middleweight tournament has generated so much talk and hype prior to the first bouts, that it got us all interested in a rich and deep division. And after the first two fights, more talk, controversy, decisions, a knock out and more to look forward to with [...]

By Glen Anglin: With a single, last minute, right hand thunderbolt through the guard and to the chin of Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham stamped himself too many as the odds on favorite to win the Super Six tourney. However, I am not convinced.

By Glen Anglin: The practice of judges scoring a competition in order to determine the winner of an athletic contest is the source of largest part of fan dissatisfaction and confusion. The reason for this is obvious; involving two determinants (in our case boxers) to determine the outcome of the contest becomes more complex and [...]

By Glen Anglin: After a decade of competing and achieving near dominance in the heavyweight division, I think it is time to review the place that the fighting Klitschkos have earned in the heavyweight pantheon. From time to time, both of the brothers have been accused of cowardice, weakness and lack of true fighting ability. [...]

By Glen Anglin: Saturday’s Super six level one match in Nottingham was a disappointment both stylistically and for entertainment value. Both men failed to produce a solid performance and the fight devolved to a dissatisfying spectacle lacking drama. The highly-touted (in the USA, at least) Dirrell showed tantalizing flashes of the ring skills that have [...]

By Glen Anglin: I think the Pac Man has finally bitten off more than he can chew in the handsome Puerto Rican star. Cotto is the bigger man and bangs very well with both hands, especially the hook. I do not believe that he is shot simply because he was busted up in the Margarito [...]

By Richard Gough: For me, the most disappointing news of the last week or so is the postponement of the Kell Brook – Michael Jennings bout due to illness on Kell’s part. We were due to see whether the much touted Kell Brook is good enough to step up to the world level.

By Richard Gough: I will approach my articles in a “Fair” and “Non-Biased” way, as is sometimes ignored from other so be called boxing experts and writers. With Haye on his mission to clean up the Heavyweight division, his first port of call was the supposedly weaker Klitschko brother Wladimir.

By Adam Fillingham : Oh, it’s been so long since I’ve written. It’s good to be back. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Ranked by the World Boxing Council as the No.1 contender and No.3 by the World Boxing Organization. Respectable achievement for any fighter. But is anyone else thinking that this place is slightly exaggerated? By [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s now looking like the talented American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing unbeaten former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) at New York’s Madison Square Garden instead of in Abraham’s home country of Germany.