Archive for October, 2009

By Chris Kelly: Audley Harrison’s victory last night in the Heavyweight Prize-Fighter Tournament III sparked yet another of his rants in which he claimed that at the age of 37, there is still “hope” for him in his quest to becoming a world champion. This is a quest may a remind you which began way [...]

By Jim Dower: Thirty-six year-old heavyweight David Tua (50-3-1, 43 KO’s) may very well have resurrected his career last night with a 2nd round stoppage victory over heavyweight contender Shane Cameron (23-2, 20 KO’s) at the Mystery Creek Events Centre, in Hamilton, New Zealand.

By Kevin Pasquale: Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, Roy Jones Jr. ruled the boxing landscape with impunity. His once-in-a-lifetime speed and athleticism, coupled with his amazing boxing instincts, rendered him untouchable by other fighters, regardless of whatever weight class he decided to fight in at the time.

By Richard Everett: Unfulfilled promise, a cautionary tale of what could have been, a false dawn and even unworthy of the title of ‘boxer’. All descriptions of a boxing contender upon which in late 2000 Great Britain harboured great expectations.

By Steven Wain: In front of 5000 fight fans at the Excel, Royal Victoria Dock, London the Prizefighter tournament will kick of featuring the heavyweights for a third time, the winner will take home a hefty £32,000 and the title of Prizefighter champion. Here goes with quarter final number 1 !

By Sam Gregory: Tonight’s Main Event on ShoBox The New Generation undefeated super middleweight Tarvis Simms 25-0 with 11 KO’s is fighting Allan Green 28-1 with 20 KO’s at the Seven Clans Casino in Red Rock, Oklahoma in a scheduled 10 round bout in the super middleweight division. Green is a last minute replacement for [...]

By Sam Gregory: On the undercard of tonight’s ShoBox The New Generation undefeated Henry Crawford 22-0-1 with 9 KO’s of Paterson, New Jersey faces 22 year old Antwone Smith 16-1-1 with 8 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the welterweight division.

By Eric Thomas: Super middleweight contender Allan Green (28-1, 20 KO) will be facing a fighter with a big impressive record in Tarvis Simms (25-0, 11 KO) in a 10 round bout tonight at the First Council Casino, in Newkirk, Oklahoma. Green’s opponent for tonight, the 38-year-old Simms, has a record filled with names that [...]

By Chris Williams: Former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) could be facing Carlos Quintana or Kendall Holt on the undercard of the Kelly Pavlik vs. Paul Williams bout on December 5th, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Neither of those names are all that exciting for me, given that Clottey was [...]

By Chris Williams: Whether you want to see him or not, it looks like boxing fans will be stuck watching unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (40-0-1, 30 KO’s) on the undercard of the November 14th bout between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Chavez Jr., 23, has been [...]

By Manuel Perez: In an article at Abs-Cbn news, trainer Freddie Roach had this to say about Manny Pacquiao, say he’s “punching like a middleweight.” I’m wondering why Roach only said that Pacquiao is punching like a middleweight, and not like something bigger like a light heavyweight? This is funny. Mark my words, the next [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If you listen to a lot of fans of David Haye, they like to bring up former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield as an example of a fighter who was able to move up from the cruiserweight division and succeed as a heavyweight, capturing the IBFWBA/WBC titles. However, Holyfield doesn’t see Haye as [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former two time light middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KO’s) could be making a comeback in 2010, possibly against Hector Camacho Jr. (49-3-1, 27 KO’s). The only problem with that bout is what weight would the fight be fought at, because Camacho Jr. is a light middleweight and Vargas, now 32, [...]

By Liam Santiago: Tonight Audley Harrison (23-4, 17 KO’s) will make another attempt to get his career back on track, after an embarrassing start tonight against 6’7″ Scott Belshaw (10-2, 7 KO’s) at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London. The former olympic gold medallist will star in the prize fighter tournament. Also involved is his bitter [...]

By Al Francis: The first two bouts of Showtime’s inaugural super six world boxing classic tournament are just round the corner. On October 17th Jermain ‘bad intentions’ Taylor will take on ‘king’ Arthur Abraham in Berlin, while Carl ‘the cobra’ Froch meets ‘the matrix’ Andre Dirrell in Nottingham. Both bouts promise to be intriguing as [...]

By Richard Everett: Much like maligned yet talented sporting counterparts before him, Floyd Mayweather is constantly faced with a barrage of criticism or goading even in the immediate aftermath of a seemingly flawless performance against Juan Manuel Marquez. His most ardent of critics seem to have at their disposal a portfolio of grievances so deep [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten super middleweight Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KO’s) appears more than ready to take out WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) as the Super Six tournament gets underway in a little over two weeks from now in Nottingham, England. Dirrell had this to say to the Las Vegas Sun:

By Manuel Perez: It seems as if Manny Pacquiao is having some problems with his sparring in the early portion of his training camp in Baguio City, in the Philippines. According to an article in the sports.inquirer, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach had this to say about Pacquiao: “He’s [Pacquiao] getting hit too much.” Ah, that’s [...]

By Liam Santiago: On October 30th, Stephen Smith will fight on the undercard of his brother’s British title fight, at the Echo arena, Liverpool. Although it will only be the Liverpool prospect’s eighth fight, he is already looking very promising in the pro ranks. Also on the bill will be Stephen’s younger brother Liam, James [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi will not be getting another shot at Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz. Diaz has reportedly rejected the offer from Malignaggi for a rematch. Many still feel that Paulie was robbed that night in Houston, and the reality is that there should be a rematch. It’s debatable who won, but [...]

By Aykan Tahir: When David Haye lost to Carl Thompson he was 23 years old, who as a 23 year old didn’t make a mistake? Haye landed some great shots on Thompson and saw an opening and expended all his energy going for an immediate knockout. He ended up punching himself out and leaving himself [...]

By Jim Dower: In a card featuring aging fighters on the comeback trail, former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (48-5-1, 42 KOs) and former Vasiliy Jirov (37-3-1, 31 KOs) will be making their ring returns in separate bouts, both seeing action for the first time in two years later this month on October [...]