Archive for October, 2009

By Philip H. Anselmo: Hypothetically, if the ultra-dominant Klitschko brothers were to hang up the gloves tomorrow, what would become of today’s heavyweight landscape in the aftermath? Besides the supporters of the brothers, who believe that “The Klitschko” approach to the sweet science is seemingly impregnable at this point in time (although completely different in [...]

By Liam Santiago: On November 14th Manny Pacquiao will face the biggest test of his life. He will step up to face the huge punching warrior, Miguel Cotto. The Pacquiao camp seem to be looking past Cotto already. Already they are eyeing up a date to fight Floyd Mayweather. Do they believe Cotto poses no [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Freddie Roach’s latest studies of Miguel Cotto has led him to state, “He [Cotto] doesn’t fight southpaws really well.” Roach goes on to discuss how Cotto struggled against Zab Judah for much of the early part of their encounter before running out of steam. Roach contends that Pacquiao can do what Zab [...]

By Gabriel Calderon: On June 27th, 2009, Argentinean-born Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (26-1, 25 KO’s) walked in to the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for his first fight on U.S. Soil to face rising star and 2008 ESPN prospect of the year “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (24-2-1, 19 KO’s). At stake, was the WBA Interim [...]

By Philip Anselmo: With Wladimir Klitschko in his prime, and the only world champ representing The KRONK gym, head trainer Emanuel Steward is always on the lookout for young, raw talent. And “raw” is the operative word when he told me (about a week ago) that he was going to bring over 6’7”, 21-year old [...]

By Liam Santiago: I am sticking by the statement I made a couple of weeks back. If Miguel Cotto loses to Manny Pacquiao on November 14th, I will never write another boxing article. If Pacquiao can, somehow, pull off the win, it will be a very emotional day. Tears will flow. However, anyone with a [...]

By William Mackay: Fringe welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KO’s) faces one of his better opponents during his nine year pro career when he faces 38-year-old Lovemore N’dou (47-11-1, 31 KO’s) on November 13th, at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke, Staffordshire.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) goes into his November 21st Super Six tournament bout against 25-year-old challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO”s) as the favorite to win the Super Six tourney, and is expected to beat all the competition put in front of him. However, Kessler may have [...]

By Liam Santiago: Following his fourth round stoppage over Jon Thaxton (34-10), British lightweight hopefull, John Murray (28-0) is planning to become as big as worldwide boxing phenomenon, Ricky Hatton. He also claims that he would be interested in a bout against Michael Katsidis (26-2) in the next twelve months. If Murray really does want [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks like Manny Pacquiao plans on playing the Floyd Mayweather Jr. game against Miguel Cotto on November 14th when they meet at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. Nevada. I was hoping that it would be an interesting fight where Pacquiao would at least try to engage, but it probably [...]

By Jim Dower: It’s looking more and more like heavyweight David Tua will be fighting former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman in December, in New Zealand. This is a fight that Tua wants and an opponent that is probably not too dangerous for him at this point in Rahman’s career. There was a time when Rahman [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The upcoming October 17th Super Six bout between World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch and challenger Andre Dirrell reminds me in a lot of ways of the first fight between Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, and Sonny Liston. At the time the fight took place, Clay wasn’t given [...]

By Nate Anderson: European Boxing Union (EBU) featherweight champion Oleg Yefimovych (17-1, 11 KO’s) made easy work of former British and EBU super bantamweight champion Esham Pickering (34-9, 13 KO’s), knocking him down three times and stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Sportpalace Drusba, in Donetsk, Ukraine. Yefimovych, 27, knocked [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) must be still smarting from his embarrassing 12 round decision loss to then 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins last October. And if Pavlik isn’t, perhaps he should because the loss as one-sided as you’ll ever see. Pavlik was never even close to being competitive with Hopkins, [...]

By Chris Williams: After being taunted by British heavyweight for the past couple of weeks about his looks, World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev will be looking for some payback in the ring when he meets up with Haye, 28, on November 7th, in Berlin, Germany. If the big seven foot three hundred and [...]

By Jason Kim: If there was a fighter that is absolutely tailor made for Jermain Taylor in the Super Six tournament, it’s Arthur Abraham. The two will be meeting in the first part of the group I Super Six tournament on October 17th, in Berlin, Germany. What makes Abraham such an perfect opponent for Taylor [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to news reports from Philstar, Nacho Beristain, the trainer for Juan Manuel Marquez, gave an interview on the Spanish program, Golpe a Golpe, in which he said “De La Hoya told us there is a big possibility that the Hatton vs. Marquez fight will happen.” Beristain then went on to point [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With his three impressive wins, two by stoppage, could heavyweight Audley Harrison (26-4, 19 KO’s) be on his way to becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world? Harrison seems to have jump started his failing boxing career with his victories over Coleman Barrett, Danny Hughes and Scott Belshaw during the Prizefighter [...]

By Manuel Perez: Trainer Freddie Roach is looking for the magical fight plan for his fighter Manny Pacquiao so that he can beat World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14th. In an interview at Fight News, Roach had this to say: “We need to have a perfect fight plan, just what he [...]

By William Mackay: Middleweight contender John Duddy (26-1, 17 KO’s) will be fighting Michi Munoz (21-3, 14 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on the undercard of the World Boxing Organization super bantamweight title match between champion Juan Manuel Lopez and challenger Rogers Mtagwa on October 10th, at the WaMU Theater, in Madison Square Garden. [...]

By Williams Mackay: On November 21st, WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler will be facing American Andre Ward in the Super Six tournament at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. This could turn out to be one of the best match-ups of the entire Super Six tourney, because it pits too hard hitting fighters with [...]

By Dave Lahr: For the past years, James Toney has been dying to get a shot at fighting one of the Klitschko brothers. Now 41, ranked #11 in the World Boxing Council, Toney is ranked high enough Vitali or his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko, to fight Toney without taking a lot of heat from boxing [...]

By Nate Anderson: Undefeated light middleweight prospect Phill Fury (3-0, 1 KO’s), the younger cousin of heavyweight Tyson Fury, defeated journeyman Louis Byrne (1-9, 1 KO’s) by a four round decision on Saturday night on the undercard of the John Murray vs. Jon Thaxton British lightweight championship bout at the Leisure Centre, Altrincham, Cheshire. Referee [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten middleweight prospect David Lemieux (18-0, 18 KO’s) kept his perfect knockout string alive with a 1st round knockout over former contestant from The Contender Donny McCrary (24-10-2, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Canada. Lemieux, only 20, knocked McCrary down twice in the 1st round. The [...]

By Nate Anderson: John Murray (28-0, 16 KO’s) defeated Jon Thaxton (34-11, 19 KO’s) last night in a 4th round stoppage, to regain the British lightweight title at the Leisure Centre, in Altrincham. Murray hurt Thaxton with a big right hand in the 4th round, causing Thaxton to stagger backwards to the ropes. Murray moved [...]

By Jim Dower: Fresh off his 2nd round TKO of Shane Cameron last night in New Zealand, heavyweight David Tua and his promoter plan on making another appearance in December, just before Christmas, according to the latest boxing news. The fight, however, will likely be taking place in New Zealand, because Tua reportedly has a [...]

By Liam Santiago: If I asked you to name five great fighters that Joe Calzaghe beat to cement his name in boxing history, who would you say? Kessler must be one. Hopkins, Eubank, although both past their best. That is about where it ends. Personally, I am a massive fan of Calzaghe and his style [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten super middleweight prospect Marcus Johnson (18-0, 14 KO’s) defeated Victor Villereal (8-4-2, 4 KO’s) by an eight round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the First Council Casino, in Newkirk, Oklahoma. The final judges’ scores were 80-71, 80-71 and 80-71. Johnson, 23, a former 2004 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, it looks like Manny Pacquiao is being diverted from his boxing training by outside activities in Baguio, and it appears to be angering his trainer Freddie Roach. According to The Tribune, Pacquiao missed a practice session in the morning after staying up Wednesday evening late playing basketball with some friends of [...]

By Nate Anderson: In a shocking upset, heavyweight Carl Baker defeated Danny Williams by a three round decision last night at the Excel Arena, knocking him down two times in the process of winning a the Prizefighter III competition. Baker dropped Williams with a big right hand in the opening 20 seconds of the bout [...]