Archive for November, 2009

By Scott Gilfoid: In recent days, there has been a lot of talk about the big money that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye will make in a fight against one of the Klitschko brothers late in 2010. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has even gone so far as to say that the [...]

By Manuel Perez: Former two time heavyweight champion George Foreman is picking World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto to beat Manny Pacquiao this Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Sportinglife. Foreman says “I think there would have been a good opportunity for Pacquiao to win if he faced [...]

By Jemique Harris: The highly anticipated match up between Manny Pacquiao is here and boxing fans are on edge. The vaunted gauntlet has been thrown down and now we will finally witness the aftermath. Pacquiao is a freak of nature who fights with the ferocity of the brush fire, exploding violently at the blink of [...]

By Liam Santiago: It is no surprise that the many of the British public are against Amir Khan. After amazing performances from classy world champions Carl Froch and David Haye over the last few months, Khan has been made to look lacking. Many people don’t care about Khan in Britain and for some, he is [...]

By Jemique Harris: With the recent systematic annihilation of yet another opponent Juan Manuel Marquez (ranked as #2 pound for pound) Floyd Mayweather Junior has a life size target on his back. In light of what I have seen in terms of Mayweather’s fights, and what I have heard in barbershops, basketball courts, and blogs; [...]

By Chris Williams: I contacted my cable company earlier today to find out how much it would cost purchase the Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao bout on November 14th, and to my surprise they told me I would have to pay an incredible $54.95 to see the fight. I don’t know about you, but I [...]

By Manuel Perez: The much respected Oscar De La Hoya has thrown his hat into the ring by predicting that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will beat Manny Pacquiao this Saturday night in their title fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: Welterweight Matthew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KO’s) will be facing 38-year-old IBO International Boxing Organization welterweight champion Lovemore N’dou (47-11-1, 31 KO) on Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke, Staffordshire. Hatton, 28, is the younger brother of former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton. Matthew is trying to make a name [...]

By Jason Kim: After 10 months out of the ring including two cancellations of bouts against Paul Williams, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) is reportedly ready to get back to action with a fight against number #3 ranked World Boxing Council middleweight contender Miguel Angel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s) on December 19th [...]

By Dave Lahr: For the second time in a year, light heavyweight Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) defeated 40-year-old Glen Johnson by a 12 round unanimous decision and for the second time, Dawson, 27, got little credit for having done so. It’s unfortunate, because Dawson boxing incredibly well in beating Johnson by a decision, but [...]

By Manuel Perez: This Saturday night WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto goes up against Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will be held at a catch weight of 145 instead of 147, and Cotto’s title will be on the line for the fight. Many boxing’s experts are saying that [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I almost chocked on my cornflakes today when I read that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer was making comparisons between David Haye and Muhammad Ali after Haye was able to defeat the big slow moving 7-foot Russian WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev by a 12 round majority decision last Saturday night [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I know that David Haye has legions of loyal fans in the UK, and a fair amount of new boxing fans around the world but in all honesty I can’t really see Haye holding onto his title for more than one title defense if that. Call Haye a paper champion, because that’s [...]

By Chris Williams: New World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye could cash in with a big money fight against one of the Klitschko brothers in late 2010 as long as Haye can get by his mandatory challenger John Ruiz in early 2010. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer sees a huge money making potential [...]

By Alex Miles: On Saturday night David Haye performed a service to the heavyweight division by stripping a large unskilled fighter of his title in a tight and uninteresting bout. Many people are criticizing Haye for his hit and run tactics, exclaiming that this fight proves that he’s a worthless commodity; that for all his [...]

By Andrew Muldoon: David Haye scored a points win in Nuremberg on Saturday night to snatch the World Boxing Association strap from the clutches of Nicolai Valuev. After speaking with my most knowledgeable friends and also nosing at the banter on the many boxing forums, I see there is mixed feelings towards what happened in [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m really looking forward to Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KO’s) facing a real welterweight in WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on November 14th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Look at the photo. Pacquiao is already starting to look kind of sad. Pacquiao has risen the hype train for the [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated Robert Helenius (10-0, 6 KO’s) won by a 3rd round stoppage victory over Ukrainian Taras Bidenko (26-4, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bayern, Germany. Helenius, 25, was in control over the fight at the time of the stoppage, which came at the end of [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten cruiserweight contender Alexander Frenkel (21-0, 17 KO’s) stopped journeyman Kelvin Davis (27-11, 17 KO’s) in the 1st round on Saturday night on the undercard of the WBA heavyweight title fight between champion Nikolay Valuev and challenger David Haye at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bayern, Germany.

By Jason Kim: Light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (17-1, 14 KO’s) took apart fellow contender Harry Joe Yorgey (22-1-1, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night, stopping him in the 3rd round of a brutal beat down on the undercard of the Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson bout at the XL Center, in Hartford, Connecticut.

By Scott Gilfoid: In an article in The Sun, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko had some sobering news for newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, saying “I’ll fight him at any time and knock him out”. Full congratulations to Haye. It was a good performance, a good points win. It was very [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I hate to rain on the parade of fans of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, but your man looked like utter crap last Saturday night against Nikolay Valuev. Haye put together one of the worst performances in taking away a heavyweight champion’s title that I think I’ve ever seen in my lifetime.

By Erik Schmidt: Heavyweight contender John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) returned to action following a 15 month period out of the ring to stop journeyman Adnan Serin (19-11-1, 7 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Bayern, Germany.

By Dave Lahr: Former WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) easily defeated Glen Johnson (49-13-2, 33 KO’s) last night by a 12 round unanimous decision in a long awaited rematch for the interim World Boxing Council light heavyweight title at the XL Center, in Hartford, Connecticut. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Fresh off his horrible performance against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev last night in Nuremberg, Germany, the newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion David Haye said “I said I want to be unified champion and the Klitschkos are definitely in my sights.” Oh, I imagine both Wladimir Klitschko and Vitali Klitschko [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British heavyweight David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) defeated World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision last night to take Valuev’s WBA title at the Arena Numberger Versicherung, in Nuremberg, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 114-114 and 116-112. I had the fight [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: Just to let people know that I do like David Haye and I wish him all the best in his career. Noticing a lot of comments on my last article saying that Haye’s dancing and constant moving techniques were because he was fighting such a larger man made me think, they made [...]

By Peter Wells: So there was no big knockout, no Haye wearing out down the stretch, just a good, not particularly exciting but a fight that kept you on edge. Despite the doubts Haye out boxed Valuev for 12 rounds straight despite only winning a majority decision. Haye may have fought at a slower pace, [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: After watching Haye win a twelve round decision last night over Valuev I was hardly inspired. Haye just ran and ran and only hit Valuev about three times every round. Valuev himself showed how bad he is, how little power he has and proved how boring he is. Haye showed good head [...]

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event on HBO World Championship Boxing undefeated southpaw Chad Dawson and 40 year old Glen Johnson will fight the rematch of their fight from 19 months ago that Chad Dawson won but some people thought Johnson should have been given the nod.