Archive for November, 2009

By Steve Lewis: I first encountered the term “cherry-picking” as a young lad years ago, playing basketball with schoolmates. I would sometimes stand underneath our basket while the rest of my teammates would be playing defense at the other end.

By Scott Gilfoid: It was a sad sight to see former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler reduced to throwing wild haymaker shots against the younger, faster dare I say more talented American Andre Ward in their fight on November 21st. It was as if the 30-year-old Kessler grew old over night, going [...]

By Chris Williams: In the latest news, there is talk of Floyd Mayweather Jr. facing Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KO’s) in March 2010 instead of Manny Pacquiao. According to Insidesports.ph, part of the problem for the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout not going ahead is because Pacquiao has decided to run for congress in Sarangani. This predicament has [...]

By William Mackay: While few boxing fans are giving number #1 mandatory contender Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) much of a chance against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s), World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye isn’t one of them, saying in a news article from Sportinglife “Salita is a solid fighter [...]

By Eric Thomas: With the negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. not running smoothly as they would like, Manny Pacquiao is reportedly looking at another option in the form of World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) to fight instead of Mayweather, according to news from Sportinglife. Foreman recently defeated then champion [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Hi folks. It’s the article I’m sure you’ve all been waiting for, or not, it’s my predictions for the next few big fights. Using my boxing expertise I will tell you where the best place to put your money is. Marco Huck Vs Ola Afolabi

By Peter Wells: Roy Jones Jr-Bernard Hopkins is already been set up for March 13th, and both fighters get ready for warm up fight on Wednesday. Bernard fights in his hometown of Philadelphia, while Jones goes down under to Australia for Danny Green’s IBO Cruiserweight title. Jones is going up in weight, but has done [...]

By Matt Matel: Two paths are bound to collide sometime between March to May of 2010. Amidst all the talk of the possibility of the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. not coming to fruition because of purse issues and varying out of the ring vocational interests, many still believe that this is [...]

By Peter Wells: Vital Klitschko 38-2(37) defends his WBC Heavyweight title for the 3rd time since his return to the ring, against Kevin Johnson 22-0-1(9). The American has a big task ahead of him and this will be his first big test. He may be 30 but hit his peak in his last fight earlier [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: It is natural that people will always think the boxers around them are greater than the yester-years’ boxers and these debates will always be there for as long as the sport of boxing exists. Manny Pacquiao’s devastating performances have revived debates on all-time greats of the fistic arena. I am looking at [...]

By Jason Kim: International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (27-3, 24 KO’s) is promising to knock boxing great Roy Jones Jr. (54-5, 40 KO’s) out this Wednesday evening in their title bout at the Acer Arena, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Jones, 40, will be stepping up to the cruiserweight division for the bout, [...]

By Dave Lahr: On paper, the match-up between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and challenger Kevin Johnson looks like a mismatch in favor of the 38-year-old Ukrainian Vitali. Thankfully, the bout won’t take place on paper and will be inside of a square ring at the PostFinance Arena, Berne, Switzerland. To be sure, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t know what everyone is getting upset about, I totally agree with the Ali Funeka (30-2-3, 25 KO’s) vs. Joan Guzman (29-0-1, 17 KO’s) bout being scored a 12 round draw. In fact, that’s exactly the way I scored it on Saturday night. Funeka’s co-promoter said “Let me put it to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is going to have to settle for a fight against former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in 2010 without Kessler’s title being on the line after the Danish fighter was soundly beaten by American talent Andre Ward on November 21st in Oakland, California. [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan is now talking a bout against Ricky Hatton in the future. Khan recently mentioned wanting to fight Juan Manuel Marquez after Khan’s fight on December 5th against Ukrainian transplant Dmitriy Salita. In an interview with the BBC, Khan said:

By Chris Williams: It’s looking like International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s) could be facing WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) next if HBO is able to set this fight up, and, of course, as long as Pavlik gets by his next opponent Miguel Angel Espino on December [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: After hearing that Amir Khan wanted to fight Juan Manuel Marquez it made me think. I know that Amir is a very good fighter, he has very quick hands, ok power and good general movement also with the great trainer Freddy Roach in his corner he can be built into a force [...]

By Eamon McDonald: With all the talk these days about Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meeting next year, i for one am extremely excited about that matchup. But there’s another fighter on my radar who could also become the top pound for pound fighter on the planet….Paul Williams. Everyone is aware of how good [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten flyweight contender Koki Kameda (22-0, 14 KO’s) won an impressive 12 round unanimous decision over World Boxing Council flyweight champion Daisuke Naito (35-3-3, 22 KO’s) to win the WBC flyweight title at the Super Arena, Saitama, in Saitama, Japan, on Sunday night. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 117-111, 117-111. Kameda [...]

By Peter Wells: On December 12th we end the year with one of boxing’s hottest prospects and another undefeated and younger fight. This is a fight between Timothy Bradley 24-0 with 1 no-contest due to the head clash against Nate Campbell which was changed to a no-contest after being ruled a technical knockout. His opponent [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have divided the boxing fans down the middle and the fans’ fight is reaching a boiling point. For most general fans, Money may have already lost the fight with Manny even before the bell rings. Mayweather will still be labeled as ‘boring’ and not brave enough after [...]

By Peter Wells: Last night, Joan Guzman and Ali Funeka fought to a majority draw, it was for the vacant International Boxing Federation Lightweight title. The scores were 114-114 twice while one judge gave it to Funeka 116-112. It was a close fight and we all would like to know who won. So here is [...]

By William Mackay: If World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan gets his way, he’ll be the one fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in the near future, not former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. Khan said in an article with the Daily Star “He [Juan Manuel Marquez] is made for my style and, if I [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the Saturday November 28th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, the heavily favored and undefeated Lucian Bute successfully defended his IBF super middleweight title against Librado Andrade over four sensational rounds. The Romanian born southpaw who now makes his home in Montreal was a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After watching International Boxing Federation (IBF) dispatch the defenseless Librado Andrade tonight with a left hand to the midsection tonight in Quebec, I couldn’t help wondering how Bute, 29, would do against the much tougher competition in the Super Six tournament. First of all, I have no idea why Bute decided not [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s) defeated Librado Andrade in their rematch tonight in the 4th round at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Bute controlled the action by blasting Andrade with 1-2 combinations and then either running away to the outside or electing [...]

By Jim Dower: On the undercard of tonight’s title bout between International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and challenger Librado Andrade at the Quebeck Colisee, In Quebec, unbeaten middleweight prospect Craig McEwan (17-0) defeated James Parison by an eight round decision. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.

By Steve Lewis: This final part of this trilogy will be a “compare & contrast,” involving the predictions of a group previously mentioned in the 1st and 2nd installments of this trilogy: those who like to stir the pot up just to get a reaction from the Pacquiao fan base. To reiterate, there are Monday [...]

By Nate Anderson: Unbeaten Commonwealth middleweight champion Darren Barker (21-0, 14 KOs) stopped Danny Butler in the 7th round tonight to capture the vacant BBBofC British middleweight title at the Brentwood Center in Brentwood. Barker, 27, picked apart Butler with jabs and right hands throughout the one-sided fight. In the 7th round, referee Richie Davis [...]

By Bruno Camuti: I recently saw an interview with Mike Tyson where he walked out after some pretty idiotic and insensitive questions were asked about his recently deceased daughter. At the time I was on the phone to a friend and when seeing that Tyson was on TV, I immediately stopped listening to the person [...]