Archive for October, 2009

By Erik Schmidt: In an almost absurd offer, the promotional outfit Arena Box, headed by Ahmet Oner, has reportedly offered World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) $25 million for a six fight deal to fight for their company. What makes the number seem even more absurd is that Sturm, 30, isn’t [...]

By William Mackay: The Matthew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KO’s) vs. Lovemore N’dou (47-11, 31 KO’s) bout appears to be back on for November 13th. It was thought that N’dou was injured in training and had to pull out of the fight. The bout will be taking place at the Fenton Manior Sports Complex, in Stoke. [...]

By Jason Kim: You have to wonder if British heavyweight David Haye will gain much respect if he’s able to beat World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev next month in their title bout in Berlin, Germany. Haye will have a great chance of taking Valuev’s title next month because Haye appears to have all [...]

By Jim Dower: Super middleweight contender Edison Miranda (32-4, 28 KO’s) will be facing Francisco Sierra (20-2, 19 KO’s) on October 22nd for the World Boxing Organization NABO super middleweight title at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, in Lemoore, California. Miranda recently joined Goosen Tudor and will be fighting and training with them in [...]

By Craig Martin: It’s the word that plays on every boxing fan’s mind now. So much has been said recently I figured I’d throw in my two cents. Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez are just a few of the names that apply to this issue. Floyd has received a lot [...]

By Nikolaj Ovesen: October 17th this year seems to be quite a bit more significant than it has been for many years. Why? Because it’s the start of a tournament, where six top boxers will go toe to toe with each other. On October 17th and November 21st, these six fighters will try to prove [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is going to be extra careful while in Germany for his fight against German based super middleweight Arthur Abraham, according to the NWA Online. Taylor, 31, is going to eat out at a restaurant rather than eat at the hotel dining area [...]

By Steven Pink: Boxing needs a healthy heavyweight division. The brazenly declarative nature of this statement does nothing to detract from what is plainly a self-evident truism. For all the excellence of Pacquiao, Cotto, Pavlik, Cabellero and Vazquez it is the sport’s heftiest practitioners that most often captivate boxing’s more casual fans. Seasoned aficionados may [...]

By Jordan Stoddart: I thought I would write regarding the current and topical (and maybe frustrating issue to some) subject of Floyd Mayweather’s apparent refusal to fight Shane Mosley, and his (assumed) desire to fight the winner of Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao. I want to cover a few points, as there are a few [...]

By Chris Williams: If it’s already not obvious to all, Floyd Mayweather Jr. seems entirely disinterested in fighting Shane Mosley right now – and possibly forever – if one were to read the tea leaves from Mayweather’s comments made about Mosley, in which Mayweather said “I wish him [Mosley] nothing but the best in his [...]

By William Mackay: Middleweight contender John Duddy (26-1, 17 KO’s) will be looking to rebound from defeat this Saturday night against 28-year-old Michi Munoz (21-3, 14 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Duddy, ranked number #9 in the WBO, must win this fight to keep [...]

By Eric Thomas: It’s looking like World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (28-2, 37 KO’s) will be fighting number #6 ranked WBC heavyweight contender Kevin Johnson on December 12th, possibly to take place in Switzerland, according to the latest boxing news.

By Jason Kim: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor is reportedly already close to his fighting weight for his October 17th Super Six tournament bout against Arthur Abraham. According to the Las Vegas Sun, Taylor has been having to take off 20 pounds of weight just two weeks before his fights, leaving him weakened for [...]

By Dave Lahr: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (14-0, 10 KO’s) will be fighting Monte Barrett (34-7, 20 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on October 10th Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Solis, 29, a 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba, was supposed to be fighting Kevin Johnson initially, but he bailed [...]

By John Dimeck: Myths: Less than two weeks until the much anticipated scrap between Carl Froch and Andre Dirrell in their opener of their super six campaigns. Both fighters are talking with a lot of confidence, and with fans on both sides of the Atlantic joining in the trash fest let’s take a look see [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey has finally found an opponent to fight. That’s the good news. The bad part is that it will be Carlos Quintana rather than Shane Mosley, who Clottey was hoping to fight. That fight fell through when HBO decided they didn’t want to show a [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight Audley Harrison could have greatness ahead of him in 2010 or 2011 at the latest if he can keep looking sensational like he did in capturing the Prizefighter tourney. Harrison, 37, knocked down all three of his Prizefighter opponents – Scott Belshaw, Danny Hughes and Coleman Barrett – stopping two of [...]

By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) will be defending his title against his number #1 contender Dmitry Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) on December 5th, at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. The news was confirmed by Khan’s promoter Frank Warren yesterday.

By Samuel James: Manny Pacquiao’s Nov. 14 dethronement of Miguel Cotto of his WBO Welterweight title will not put a stop to his adventurism in scaling the weights. The Pacman has lots of interests outside the ring–like sports (basketball, golf, chess, billiards, darts), acting, music and politics. But all of his other interests have no [...]

By Jason Kim: Forty-four year-old Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) will have a stay busy fight on December 2nd against middleweight contender Enrique Ornelas (29-5, 19 KO’s) in a scheduled 10-round bout at the Liacorous Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hopkins, 44, is taking another middleweight opponent rather than a light heavyweight to try and stay [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (30-0, 20 KO’s) had an easy time beating Motoki Sasaki (32-8-1, 20 KO’s) by a hopelessly one-sided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Sportpalace Drusba, in Donetsk, Ukraine. Senchenko, 31, was making the first defense of his WBA title after capturing the [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his second defense of his World Boxing Association flyweight title, champion Denkaosan Kaovichit (48-1-1, 20 KO’s) defeated number #11 ranked contender Daiki Kameda (15-2, 11 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Tuesday night at the Central Gym, Osaka, in Osaka, Japan.

By Lian Santiago: Once again, news has emerged that Matthew Hatton will not be fighting Lovemore N’Dou on November 13th. According to Ray Wheatley from World of Boxing, N’Dou suffered a head clash in sparring which required five stitches. Is Hatton jinxed? Every fight he prepares for seems to either get canceled or postponed. Is [...]

By Joe Neale: On October 17th Carl Froch will get the chance to close a few more mouths about him being a credible world champion against overrated and untested Andre Dirrell at Nottingham. After the great comeback against Jermaine Taylor in the United States, a lot of people thought Froch was out-boxed. Taylor gassed out [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks like Manny Pacquiao’s loyal boxing fans spoke too soon when they started opening their yaps about Pacquiao dominating his sparring partners. In an article today from Abs-Cbs News, Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, said this: “He [Pacquiao] took some real hard shots,” during the sparring sessions with Shawn Porter and [...]

By Dave Lahr: After wasting much of the past year fruitlessly attempting to land fights against Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley will have to settle for fighting a unification match against World Boxing Council title holder Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) on January 30th, according to latest boxing news.

By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s conference call, former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has a refreshingly honest appraisal of his situation that he faces in his Super Six bout against former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham on October 17th, at the O2 World Arena, Kreuzberg, in Berlin, Germany.

By Chris Williams: With the latest hubbub made of Manny Pacquiao’s Canadian advisor Michel Loncz reportedly talking about cutting the salary of Pacquiao’s his trainer Freddie Roach, I think Loncz has a point. He’s paid to look after Pacquiao’s welfare and make sure that he’s getting the best deals and the most for his money. [...]

By Kevin Pasquale: You can laugh at the incomprehensible utterances by his Uncle Roger, with everything he slurs including “F Bombs” every other word, and his brilliant advice in the corner between rounds, such as “You got this Motha Fu*** hurt, he’s lookin’ to get knocked out”; you can laugh at his father, who will [...]

By Ivan Sanchez: Frank Warren has sent a clear message to British lightweight prospect, John Murray, stating that he will not fight Amir Khan. Warren claims that the Khan camp offered to fight Murray and the Manchester man never responded to the propersition. ”We made an offer to John and they never came back, so [...]