Archive for November, 2009

By Steve Lewis: By now, most boxing fans have heard of Floyd Mayweather’s proclamation that he is the best of all-time, surpassing the likes of Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Ray Leonard, among others. For those of us who take such self-congratulatory remarks with a grain of salt, we are not so quick to [...]

By Glen Anglin: Saturday night, Andre Ward showed the world (at least all those who care to see without bias) that he has staked a legitimate claim as ‘the Man’ in the super middleweight division. Ward showed the right stuff in defeating the Danish tough guy and longtime title holder, Mikkel Kessler. Contrary to my [...]

By Peter Wells: This is Paulie Malignaggi’s big chance to erase the first controversial defeat to Juan Diaz, and maybe his last big shot in boxing. Just this August the two fought in a bout most expected Diaz to win quite comfortably, but it was anything but comfortable. And in a very controversial decision Diaz [...]

By Matt Matel: After a string of near blow out victories over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto, The main man Manny Pacquiao from General Santos City is now setting his sights on what could potentially be the most lucrative match in the history of boxing. The would be promoters of the [...]

By Jason Kim: Former International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor (31-1, 12 KO’s) defeated Argentinean Joe Saez (17-9-4, 8 KO’s) by an eight round decision on Saturday night at the Casino Rama, in Ontario, Canada.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Rene Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) made short work of William Gonzalez (22-6-1, 7 KO’s) on Saturday night, stopping Gonzalez in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12 round bout at the Club Deportivo Libertad, Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina. Maidana, 26, caught Gonzalez up against [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After watching last night’s one-sided beating of Mikkel Kessler by the new World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Andre Ward, I have serious doubts whether WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will win the Super Six tournament. Actually, I give Froch zero chance of winning it. I think Kessler will make Froch [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Wow! Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) looked really horrible last night in losing his World Boxing Association title to American Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) in an 11th round technical decision at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. I give all my doubters permission to grovel in the comment section and thank [...]

By Jason Hunton: Amir Khan is the man to stop Manny Pacquiao. Why you may ask? The answer is glaringly obvious when you take all factors into account. People seem to be over estimating Manny’s abilities due to the nature of his recent ‘lucky’ victories, Oscar De la Hoya was clearly weight drained and even [...]

By Liam Santiago: I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s bout with Dmitriy Salita on December 5th, which is to be screened on PPV. However, a couple of the undercard bouts are great. Lightweight boxing hero to many British fans, Breidis Prescott is squaring off against top [...]

By Eughine Dunnion: Now before all the Mikkel Kessler fans start writing nasty comments, consider this. I actually wanted Kessler to win and had money on him to win a points decision. How wrong could I be. I have previously watched Andre Ward on a few occasions, the wins over Edison Miranda & Shelby Pudwill [...]

By Liam Santiago: The list of names that seem to find World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s great recent performances ‘fishy’ is growing and growing. Floyd Mayweather Snr. is not alone in suspecting something. Now Paul Malignaggi is dropping hints. Also, Nate Campbell believes the weight demands of Pacquiao are beating his opponents. Speaking [...]

By Steven Wain: Well, that was a big surprise to me and to probably 90% of the boxing community, I expected a close fight and a Mikkel Kessler unanimous decision win but I guess Andre Ward proved me wrong, and that’s what I like the most being proved wrong, heads up to Andre he did [...]

By Peter Wells: Well I didn’t expect this at all, I fully believed that former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler would school the young inexperienced Andre Ward, but I admit I was wrong and give all credit to Ward for proving me wrong. Maybe Kessler was too padded fighting nobody’s since being [...]

By Amar Jahangir: Four Elbows, five head buts and CONSTANT holding from Ward last night in the Super Six tournament bout at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. The referee should never be allowed to officiate another boxing match again, in my view. American Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) was an absolute disgrace; World Boxing [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: It looks like we are all caught in our own excitement or disappointment to blow Manny Pacquiao’s win out of proportion. The great thing about Pacquiao’s slaughter of Miguel Cotto is that is has rejuvenated boxing in general and brought back some lost masses to the fistic arena. Boxing has not really [...]

By Sam Gregory: Tonight Andre Ward won a technical decision in the final fight of the stag one matchup of the Super Six World Boxing Classic in his hometown of Oakland, California. At the end of the fight ringside observers counted no less than five unintentional cash of heads in this fight leading to an [...]

By Manuel Perez: Now that we’re getting close to the end of 2009, some of the popular magazines and what not will probably be selecting a ‘Fighter of the Year’ award for 2009. Well, knowing how much of a big deal was made out of Manny Pacquiao’s win over Miguel Cotto and Ricky Hatton in [...]

By Jason Kim: 38-year-old World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will likely continue to be avoided in the future by the top welterweights in the division should he get by WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto in their unification bout on January 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las [...]

By Zachary M. Johnson: Showtime’s Super Six boxing tournament and the meteoric rise of Manny Pacquiao have made for a pretty terrific year in boxing already. The 2009 closeout fight for the Super Six tournament will take place tonight between Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward, and predictions abound in the blogosphere. Even better for boxing [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao won’t be facing a weight drained fighter if the bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. is made nor will Pacquiao be fighting an opponent that had the living daylights beaten out of him in a recent fight like Miguel Cotto did in his bout with tough Mexican brawler Antonio Margarito last [...]

By William Mackay: It’s looking more and more like former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) will be staging a comeback against the tough Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s)sometime next year, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Hatton, 31, was flattened badly in his last fight against Manny Pacquiao [...]

By Steven Wain: Tonight at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States, one of the greatest boxers at Super Middleweight today Mikkel ”Viking Warrior” Kessler (42-1, 32KO’s) takes on undefeated American Andre “S.O.G” Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) in what will be the third fight in stage one of the super 6 tournament. Kessler’s WBA world [...]

By Chris Williams: After David Haye captured the World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a narrow win over Nikolay Valuev on November 7th, Haye made mention of wanting to fight one of the Klitschko brothers, saying he didn’t care which one it was as long as he was fighting one of the Klitschko brothers in [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis is picking WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) to be victorious tonight in his Super Six tourney bout against challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s). Lewis, who retired from boxing in 2003, said this to Sporten.dk: “Mikkel Kessler is naturally a [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: The fight between World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and unbeaten American challenger Andre Ward is now only hours away for their Super Six bout in Oakland, California. Ward, 25, is set to prove what I already know – that he is the better fighter and [...]

By Derrick P. Villanueva: 1.) Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is Stronger than Floyd “Money” Mayweather – In his recent fight with Cotto, he turned the proud Puerto Rican’s face into raw hamburger. The only other time I’ve seen him look that bad is when he got pummeled with Antonio “Hands of Plaster” Margarito. The ‘Pacman’ also [...]

By Saad Farooqi: Brutal fights. If there is anything that defines Cotto’s career for the past two years it’s that. From Antonio Margarito, to Joshua Clottey to Manny Pacquiao, it was 12 rounds of blood and swelling for the Puerto Rican fighter. And he took the brunt in all three of them.

By Chris Williams: Since David Haye’s 12 round majority decision victory over former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev on November 7th, the British fighter has received a great deal of attention in the boxing world. Rightly or wrongly, Haye appears to have received more attention in that one fight, mostly because of his [...]

By Dave Lahr: The Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao bout brought in 1.25 million pay-per-view buys, which is good in terms of 2009 fights, but doesn’t beat some of the past fights involving Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya. Overall, the bout, which turned out to be one-sided fight with Pacquiao dominating the [...]