Archive for November, 2009

By Manuel Perez: Oh man, that is some bad singing from Manny Pacquiao. I can’t believe Pacquiao had the nerve to go on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show and sing for him. I don’t know why athletes try to sing.

By Chris Williams: Heavyweight challenger David Haye is nothing short of his usual confident self as he approaches this Saturday night’s title bout against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany. Haye, 29, says “I’m going to embarrass him, knock him [Valuev] out. He’s never fought anyone as fast or who punches [...]

By Ibrar Arshaid: I remember when I was younger and I had my first taste of boxing, it was at the local boys boxing club that was located around the corner from my home. My first thought about the whole experience of sparring and the enduring training regime was ‘Damn this is tough’. From that [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Every time I hear about David Haye, it’s usually involving him using one kind of psychological ploy or another against his opponents. With Wladimir Klitschko, it was a t-shirt showing the decapitated heads of Wladimir and his brother Vitali Klitschko. In the case of World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev, Haye [...]

By David Lahr: The World Boxing Conference put out the following statement about a potential rematch between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and American challenger Andre Direll: “if a rematch could be scheduled without interfering with the [Super Six] tournament it will be approved. If it cannot then Dirrell will become the mandatory challenger [...]

By Liam Santiago: Quality Manchester boxer, Craig Watson has expressed his feelings on his chances of victory if he was to fight Amir Khan. Watson has recently moved down a division to light welterweight and is eyeing a British title shot against Lenny Daws. Watson said, ”He’s a strong kid, but I am stronger and [...]

By Dewi Powell: On Saturday we have the fight that everyone I know is talking about, Valuev-Haye! Since I think many people are aware of Haye’s flaws I thought I’d elaborate more on the flaws of the Beast from the East, give a prediction for Saturday and let you all give me some feedback.

By Lian Santiago: Sources from fighthype have announced that HBO are currently working on putting together a ‘super six’ type boxing tournament at light welterweight. The tournament would feature Victor Ortiz, Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander and Amir Khan. Although nothing is official, the rumor is that representatives of all fighters have been informed. Although a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got a little heated during an interview with Dermot Murnaghan from Sky News earlier today due to the interview method of the British reporter. I could see it coming as soon as the interview started because Tyson looked keyed up. The British interviewer appeared to have no [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight David Haye looks to be a little misguided about his perceptions about American boxing fans when it comes to himself. Haye seems to think that he’s well liked in the United States by boxing fans for some reason. I’m curious as to what has given Haye that impression because as [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Nathan Cleverly, the current British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion has been touted recently as the new Joe Calzaghe. The man from Cefn Fforest has defended his commonwealth belt 5 times and his British belt once, since his classy defeat of Tony Oakey a year ago. So is the comparison to the [...]

By Joe Eccleston: With a Olympic silver medal, a win over Barrera and a world champion at just 22 years old it all sound good for the hot prospect from England. With fighters like Calzaghe retired and Hatton looking like his best years are behind him, it looks like the youngster is going to be [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest news in the boxing world, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (27-1, 24 KO’s) has been banned six months from boxing by the WBC because of the swearing that the 28-year-old Arreola did after his 10th round stoppage loss to World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on September 26th [...]

By Sam Gregory: On December 26, 1908 Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight champion of the world by defeating Tommy Burns at Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney, Australia. At the time Johnson was the obvious contender to fight Burns for the title however; Johnson was constantly denied his chance to fight for the title because [...]

By Peter Wells: I’ve tried every single possibility to see how Ward can beat Kessler and I just can’t see it happening. I give Ward all respect he proved he had a good chin against banger Edison Miranda, but Mikkel is different, he is a boxer and much bigger than any of Andre’s previous opponents, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Freddie Roach is predicting a knockout victory for British heavyweight David Haye over World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev, according to The Telegraph. Roach says “Haye will flatten Valuev, he’ll crush him.” Roach points out that Haye has too much power and speed for Valuev to contend with. Roach believes [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight David Haye has made it known that he intends on trying to take out WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev this Saturday night in Germany. That sounds really good in terms of promoting the fight and getting boxing fans excited about wanting to tune in and watch it. However, I really hope [...]

By Jim Dower: Last Friday night Hector Camacho Jr. (50-3-1, 27 KO’s) defeated Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas in an ugly foul plagued 10 round split decision on October 30th. After the fight, former International Boxing Federation light middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KO’s) waddled into the ring, looking at least 100 pounds overweight [...]

By Jason Kim: For what it’s worth, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch is picking fellow Brit David Haye to beat WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev this Saturday in Nuremburg, Germany. Froch, 32, had this to say in an interview in the the Mirror – “He [Haye] is quick and nimble enough to [...]

By William Mackay: Recently, Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) dropped a big hint about staging a comeback bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr., commenting to the BBC Radio Stoke, “If I decide to come back it would need to be a fight to excite me. One person on my hit-list is Floyd Mayweather.” That’s a fight [...]

By Dave Lahr: Heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) may just be whistling past the graveyard as he continues to brag and self promote about his abilities as he approaches this Saturday night’s fight against WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KO’s). As confident as ever, Haye says “I’m as freakishly fast as Valuev [...]

By Eric Thomas: The December 12th bout between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KOs) and challenger Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KO’s), set for the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland, is already reportedly sold out. The arena seats 17,000, and all the tickets have sold out for the fight. It shows how [...]

By Glen Anglin: As the big night approaches, I am becoming more and more excited and less and less sure of the outcome. This fight is what is missing all too often in boxing: a clash of two well matched, excellent ring warriors both of whom come to fight and take pride in their performance.

By Chris Williams: For the past couple of weeks, there has been numerous quotes coming from former cruiserweight champion David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) how he’ll knock out World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KO’s) on November 7th, at the Nurnberger Arena, in Nuremberg, Germany. However, Haye might find himself on the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Mikkel Kessler’s time at the top has past and he’s now about to meet his better in the young 25-year-old Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) on November 21st at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California in their Super Six tournament fight. Kessler looked ripe for another loss in last fight against Gusmyr [...]

By Jamie Hooper: After seeing the last two HBO Pacquiao-Cotto 24/7 episodes I was left thinking that there was something very different about Manny Pacquiao. He is no ordinary fighter. His huge support from the Philippine people has turned into a huge responsibility. As his country is hit my a natural disaster his instinctive desire [...]

By Ibrar Arshaid: Miguel Cotto, the once upcoming force in the welterweight division is preparing for the toughest fight of his career against the exceptionally skilled and strong Filipino Manny Pacquiao. The biggest question in boxing today is who will come out victorious between these two great fighters. When comparing the two fighters it is [...]

By Peter Wells: In another very interesting bout we see Glen Johnson (49-12-2) attempt to redeem himself against his latest conqueror ‘Bad’ Chad Dawson (28-0). Dawson came out on tops last time out via a very unconvincing decision. Dawson took plenty of huge booming right hands from Johnson but his quick combinations caught the judge’s [...]

By Don Ramos: Pacquiao got to be crazy to fight someone like Miguel Cotto. In just two weeks (on November 14), boxing fans worldwide will see if the #1 P4P King really has it what it takes to take on probably his biggest challenge yet.

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