Archive for November, 2009

By Jamie Hooper: Having studied the form of both fighters and watched the build up carefully, I am now ready to stick my head on the line that my fight prediction. I think out of the two, Cotto has had the most focused camp and as such is probably as well prepared as he possibly [...]

By Liam Santiago: In just over 24 hours, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto will be ready to face off for the pound for pound title. As I scan the recent articles, I notice very few experts are giving Miguel Cotto a chance. Even legendary boxing pundit, Steve Bunce has completely wrote Cotto off, claiming he [...]

By Chris Williams: To listen to some fans of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, it’s only a matter of time before he beats both the Klitschko brothers and gathers up all the heavyweight titles. Haye, 29, came close to capturing all the titles while fighting as cruiserweight. The only title that escaped Haye was the [...]

By Jason Kim: On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao will be taking his power and speed and matching it against the size and equal power of WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many boxing fans are picking the slightly smaller Pacquiao to pull out the win, but a large [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: There’s little over a week to go before the bout between the talented unbeaten American Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) and the aging World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in their Super Six tournament bout at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. And now that I’ve seen more of the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I think World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye is making a big mistake if he moves ahead and defends his title against his mandatory challenger John Ruiz in 2010. If Haye had the talent and size of one of the Klitschko brothers, I’d recommend for him to go ahead and fight [...]

By Manuel Perez: Manny Pacquiao is suddenly getting kind of bold as his fight with Miguel Cotto approaches. “I have more than one plan going into this fight. Master Freddie Roach has taught me well and I am prepared for anything that Miguel Cotto has to offer,” Pacquiao said in an article at Sky Sports. [...]

By Joseph Aaron Forbes: Boxing is an interesting sport with many philosophies; to begin I will use the recent fight between Froch and Dirrell to illustrate. I found this fight very interesting not to mention the decision but that’s for another time. Here you had a champion in Froch that was completely out of his [...]

By Manuel Perez: I thought I’d seen everything, but I guess not. Manny Pacquiao plans on singing after Saturday night’s fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Will they cart Pacquiao out there for him to sing all busted and broken up like that?

By Eric Thomas: 43-year-old retired fighter Mike Tyson made boxing news earlier today when he was reportedly arrested yesterday while at Los Angeles Airport for allegedly striking a 50-year-old photographer in the face and knocking him down. Tyson, 43, was traveling with his wife and 10-month old child. It’s unknown what caused the incident at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Emanuel Steward, the trainer for International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, is excited about a fight between Klitschko and the new WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. In an interview at East Side Boxing, Steward said “That’s the fight, [Haye vs. Wladimir Klitschko] that’s the only fight that I would [...]

By Chris Williams: British Olympic middleweight Gold Medalist James DeGale saw newly crowned World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye’s fight with seven foot Nikolay Valuev last weekend, but thought the fight was “boring” and further wasn’t impressed by the slow 36-year-old Valuev, according to The Sportlife. DeGale said “He’s [Valuev] big, but I could [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: Okay boxing fans of America this one is probably not for you so I would suggest not reading on. This article is for the Brits, I want to explain why Hatton vs Khan would be a good fight and also good for the career the winner. Starting with Ricky, with two losses [...]

By Kevin Pasquale: Watch Manny Pacquiao as he straps on his skin-tight red suit, flying across the sound-stage, filming his upcoming movie in his homeland, portraying the ultra-mighty superhero. Watch the photogenic, ever-smiling Pacquiao strut onto Jay Leno’s stage, to be interviewed by the host, the audience laughing at his every remark…

By Sohaib Malik: Although I am an Amir Khan fan, this article is not to just lavish praise on the World Boxing Association light-welterweight Champion. If anything, as the title suggests, this article is just a balanced look at the Bolton boxer. I’m rational enough (as are the majority of boxing fans) to discuss boxing [...]

By Liam Santiago: I am proud to say that in the last four years, I have only ever made a wrong prediction for a boxing bout once and that was the Hatton/Pac Man bout, which Hatton should have pulled out of. So, when it comes to betting advice on bouts, Santiago is the word. If [...]

By Manuel Perez: For the past month I’ve been overrun with boxing fans of Manny Pacquiao saying how great he is 24/7 and how badly he’s going to beat Miguel Cotto, and now we’re at the moment of truth for the Filipino fighter. If he doesn’t produce the goods and ends up taking a terrible [...]

By William Mackay: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is considering a come back, saying “Who knows? Next year after Christmas and New Year, and after the holiday I’ve got booked for January, I might think about what I’m doing…seeing Matthew [Hatton] and all the lads I’m promoting be successful has given me that itch back.” [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Since winning the World Boxing Association heavyweight title last Saturday night using a boring punch and run style over WBA champion Nikolay Valuev, the boxing world has been going nutty over David Haye.

By Scott Gilfoid: In only 10 more days, undefeated top American challenger Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KO’s) will be taking part in his first fight in the Showtime Super Six tournament against World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. [...]

By Andrew Muldoon: A friend recently asked me what I think would be the outcome in a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Sugar Ray Leonard, my sarcastic reply was that there wouldn’t be an outcome because there wouldn’t be a fight. I don’t think Floyd would set foot in a ring with someone like [...]

By Jason Kim: After losing his World Boxing Association heavyweight title last Saturday night by a 12 round majority decision to David Haye, big Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to rebuild his career once again to try and claw his way back to another title shot against [...]

by Gav Bridges: This year has seen some seismic events in the world of Boxing. The return of ‘Money’ Mayweather with a virtuoso performance, Showtime’s much-vaunted and irresistibly compelling super Six tourney, Manny Pacquiao cutting a swathe through the divisions in a bid for universal acclaim, and of course, David almost slayed Goliath!

By Ibrar Arshaid: So ladies and gentlemen here we go, 12 rounds of intense, furious, high octane, brutal and passionate boxing coming from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It is about time a fight of this magnitude is to take place. Let’s leave the excuses at the door, our opinions to ourselves because we [...]

By Liam Fitzgerald: Ricky Hatton has recently been giving the strongest hints yet that he will make a return to the ring. He still maintains that he will make a final decision after the New Year but in his own words his “feet are starting to itch”, meaning a comeback is almost inevitable.

By Adam Fillingham: David Haye the new WBA world heavyweight champion defeated 7ft Nikolay Valuev on Saturday to make world history in beating the tallest ever world champion, by a majority decision. What I could not understand though is how the first judge, Juan Manuel Garcia Reyes could have scored the fight 114-114.

By Caesar Almase: So many articles and news feeds have been written about this great fight, that a person really has to do some thinking if he is going to come up with any new or, as yet, unacknowledged points to ponder. As a fan of boxing in general and Manny Pacquiao specifically, I have [...]

By Peter Wells: I’m not going to turn obsessed with criticizing Kelly, I just want to make this one point, this is one of those fighters who is ruining boxing. After all the hand problems that Kelly Pavlik has had, he is suddenly ok to fight, in my view, a worthless fight against Miguel Angel [...]

By Stuart Cross: Ok so there has been a lot of rubbish written since David Haye dispatched Nikolay Valuev, a lot of people in the forums writing all sorts. So here is how I see it. I think Haye deserved to win the fight. I mean what did Valuev do, pumped out his jab and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The promoter for the talented super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) is reportedly looking to get a December rematch between Dirrell and World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s), according to Boxing Fanhouse. Gary Shaw, the promoter for Dirrell, says “I’m looking to try to get [...]