Archive for October, 2009

Middleweight contender John Duddy (27-1, 17 KO’s) defeated Michi Munoz (21-4, 14 KO’s) by an eight round unanimous decision on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. The judges scored it 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73, all for the 30-year-old Duddy. This was Duddy’s first fight since his loss to Billy Lyell [...]

Making his 5th defense of his World Boxing Organization super bantamweight title, unbeaten champion Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0, 24 KO’s) defeated his number #15 ranked WBO challenger Rogers Mtagwa (26-13-2, 18 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision.

World Boxing Association featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (16-0, 14 KO’s) defeated number #13 ranked WBA contender Whyber Garcia (22-7, 15 KO’s) by a 4th round stoppage on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Gamboa, 27, knocked Garcia down in the 4th round with a left-right combination that sent the 28-year-old [...]

Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Manuel Charr (13-0, 6 KO’s) defeated journeyman Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Saturday at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 98-94, 97-93 and 99-91. Charr, 25, a fighter that is more of a project than a potential champion, showed a ton [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten former 2000 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist for Germany Sebastian Koeber (19-0, 13 KO’s) defeated heavyweight prospect Markus Tomala (6-1, 3 KO’s) by a 10 round split decision for the interim German BDB heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 97-94, 96-94 for [...]

Unbeaten featherweight prospect Marcel Meyerdiercks (14-0, 5 KO’s) defeated journeyman Zsolt Nagy (13-11, 5 KO’s) by an eight round majority decision, in a fight in which the 22-year-old Meyerdiercks did little other than run from the 3rd round on on Saturday night at the Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KO’s) defeated 35-year-old journeyman Angel Antonio Priolo (30-8, 20 KO’s) by a 9th round stoppage on Saturday night at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles. Vazquez, 31, making his first appearance in 19 months following surgery to repair a detached retina [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Omar Chavez (18-0-1, 13 KO’s) had to battle hard to defeat journeyman James Ventry (7-10-1, 4 KO’s) by a six round unanimous decision on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The final judges’ scores were 59-54, 58-55 and 58-55. Chavez, 19, the son of former boxing star Julio [...]

By John Dimeck: Well, it’s almost upon us, the much anticipated super six tournament begins this weekend and myself and other boxing enthusiasts will enjoy a great set of matchups. Fans and wannabe pundits have traded verbals over who will do what to whom but the time for the gloves to do the talking is [...]

By Chris Williams: British heavyweight contender David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) is expecting his opponent World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev to (50-1, 34 KO’s) to try and use his big size on him next month in their bout on November 7th, in Nuremberg, Germany. “I expect him to come out there and really [...]

By Liam Santiago: Japanese boxing star, Sagai JockeyGym has tragically died, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, prior to a title defeat to Niki Kasueyoshi. After a round ten TKO, Sagai left the ring feeling dazed. He later fainted in the dressing room. At arriving at the local hospital, the japanese star was given CPR after [...]

Photo by:Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Brinsley Bailey: When I first heard about the Super Six Tournament and the fighters participating, I, like many other boxing fans was excited thinking about the major talking points that emerged. “Will Kessler dominate? Can Abraham bring his power up to Super Middleweight? Will Froch establish himself against the best? [...]

By Jordan Stoddart: For a moment, I nearly inserted Greatness in place of Recognition. I will put that down to the hype and excitement of this weekend’s fight, and a slightly biased view from myself of Carl Froch. Actually, cancel that too; I am praying that Froch performs well and can be crowned the savour [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t mind rewarding fighters for their past fights as far as ranking them, but when they’re inactive and looking poor in recent fights, I think it’s a good idea not to rank them so highly. I’m referring to World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s), who will [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KO’s) has his back against the wall this Saturday night in facing former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KO’s) on his home turf at the O2 World Arena, in Berlin, Germany. Taylor, 31, is two years removed from losing his World Boxing [...]

By Chris Williams: Heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) is up to his old tricks again, making fun of his gargantuan opponent World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in a news conference on Monday. “I’m going to get him in a position where he really wants to not only beat me but to kill [...]

By Steven Pink: It is the nature of the sporting enthusiast to look back to the halcyon days of his youth in search of greatness in his fistic heroes. In gazing into antiquity the dreamy afterglow cast by the great fighters of the more distant past presents us with an even more effulgent nimbus of [...]

By Liam Santiago: This Friday, Olympic Bronze medalist, Tony Jeffries will face his toughest test to date. The Sunderland man will face Artem Solomko, who is the Belarus light-heavyweight boxing champion. Solomko has also faced former European champions. Although Jeffries has only had three bouts, he has no intentions of wasting time on easy opposition. [...]

By Liam Santiago: Joshua Clottey has finally signed to fight former Puerto Rican champion, Carlos Quintana on the undercard of Pavlik/Williams, on December 5th, in what will be a scheduled ten round bout. According to Carl Moretti, of Top Rank, ”The winner probably will be in line for a nice payday and a much bigger [...]

By Liam Santiago: Legendary boxing trainer, Freddie Roach claims he will insist that any low blows Manny Pacquiao might receive from Miguel Cotto, accidental or not, will result in automatic disqualification. Roach is due to attend a ‘rules meeting’, where he is adamant the rule will be enforced whether Cotto likes it or not. Roach [...]

By Liam Santiago: Former World Boxing Association light welterweight champion, Andreas Kotelnik has blasted Amir Khan for the manner in which he beat the Ukrainian in order to take his title. Kotelnik claims that Khan did not win convincingly and did not fight the way a champion fights. The ex champion claims that next time, [...]

By Sander Rennarb Aznarrac Jr. When Pound for Pound King Floyd Mayweather retired from boxing in 2007, an anticipated big fight with then unbeaten WBO titlist Miguel Cotto did not materialize. His successive wins against Oscar dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton may have warranted him a break from boxing that earned him fame and fortune. [...]

By Brinsley Bailey: Call it destiny, good fortune or divine intervention but Amir Khan’s first round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott in September 2008 propelled Khan on the road toward boxing greatness. After his first loss, the British press and many boxing fans were quick to attack the “limited” Khan for his poor defence and [...]

By Liam Santiago: Chris Blinkhorn has stated he will never fight in Bolton again after losing a very controversial decision to Haroon Khan, the younger brother of Amir on Saturday night. After hearing the results Blinkhorn’s actions earned him a suspension. However, Blinkhorn had every right to be angry. However the judges came to the [...]

By Philip H. Anselmo: Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor Arthur will beat Jermain over 12 decisively. Taylor will gain a personal victory by making it the 12 round distance, but will get out-hustled down the stretch, again. Abraham will open a lot of eyes after this performance. His skill-level must have been forgotten by the [...]

By Chris Williams: Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) will be fighting Enrique Ornelas (29-5, 19 KO’s) in a tune-up bout on December 2nd at Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a warm-up bout for the 44-year-old Hopkins so that he can get prepared for a bout next year against Roy Jones Jr. That fight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After having watched every single fight of Andre Dirrell, I know how he be beaten. I might be giving away my secrets by explaining how WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch can beat the talented Dirrell next Saturday night, but I seriously doubt that Froch would a good enough pupil to follow [...]

By William Mackay: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has already been exposed last year by former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, who spanked Pavlik royally in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in October. Pavlik was never even in the fight and took a bad beating from the then 43-year-old Hopkins. Excuses came up [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) will really be tested by Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) in their November 21st Super Six tournament fight and Kessler, the Viking, may come up short against the talented 25-year-old Ward. Kessler, 30, missed almost a year of action while taking [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former 2004 heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba Odlanier Solis (15-0, 11 KO’s) looked nothing short of sensational in stopping journeyman Monte Barrett in the 2nd round on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Although weighing a bulky 271, the 29-year-old Solis was able to punch with speed and [...]