Archive for December, 2009

By Peter Wells: Despite what other writers are saying mainly Liam Santiago, Khan is willing to fight Marcos Maidana next year. The an article by the Telegraph, Amir Khan said that he is willing to fight, Marcos Maidana, Juan Manuel Marquez and Victor Ortiz. Personally I wouldn’t like to see Ricky fight again, being a [...]

By Chris Williams: In one of the rare fights in which an opponent of the Klitschko brothers weighs nearly as much as them, unbeaten Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KO’s) weighed in at 242.5 for tomorrow night’s bout against World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) at the PostFinance Arena, in Bern, Switzerland.

By Frank Car: Jerry Jones, the owner of the 1.2 billion dollar Dallas Cowboys Stadium is apparently not ready to lie down just yet, if he ever was. Recently it was reported that Dallas was out of running to host the Mega-Fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao because Mayweather interests basically didn’t want it outside Vegas. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton is looking to go out in style by fighting a brawl that boxing fans will remember him by. In an article with the Guardian, Hatton, 31, said “The manner in which I mended my defeat [referring to his 2nd round knockout loss to [...]

by Liam Fitzgerald: Legacy is a term that often comes up in boxing circles. To some boxers it means everything whilst others are not too bothered about how their achievements in the ring are viewed by others. As Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr look set to meet on March 13th for the fight everybody [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to news from Boxing Scene, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan might vacate his World Boxing Association title if he’s forced to fight WBA interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s).

By Liam Santiago: Well known and respected boxing trainer, Joe Gallagher, believes that King Amir Khan should stop playing the race card. King Khan recently made a comment to the press stating that if he was white, he would be a superstar in Britain. Speaking to Channel M, Gallagher said, ”I don’t know who advised [...]

By Liam Santiago: British welterweight, Matthew Hatton, insists he is ready to take on Floyd Mayweather Jnr, if the Michigan man is ready to step up to the plate. Hatton says the British public would be in favour of the bout, but is not getting too exited just yet. Hatton recently drew with Lovemore N’Dou [...]

By Peter Wells: People like David Haye make me very proud to be British, and I have to give my respect to other sports stars including Jenson Button. The reason I am writing this article is to encourage British viewers on this website to vote for David Haye for BBC British Sports Personality of the [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: My boxing friend is caught in the whole frenzy of multiple-weight titlist and reckons that The Marvelous Marvin Hagler would have been more marvelous if he bulked up and fought Michael Spinks instead of spending his whole career as a middleweight. This topic was debated during Hagler’s career to the tilt and [...]

World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye went for the throat against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in an interview with the Guardian Haye said “I want to knock out both Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, and I don’t care what order they fall in.” It’s kind of the usual stuff for Haye, who still hasn’t [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Oh my, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch had some blunt words for World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan today. In an interview at Live Fight, the unbeaten Froch said “If I took a bad defeat [like Khan did against Breidis Prescott] I would walk through fire to get back [...]

By Chris Kelly: Whilst the Boxing press and media tend to favour the likes of Amir Khan and David Haye, there is another World Champion from these shores who is humbly securing his place in boxing history. Nottingham’s Carl Froch may receive relatively little publicity in comparison to his countrymen and fellow World Champions but [...]

By Peter Wells: After being banned from fighting in the US at the beginning of the year Antonio Margarito has not fought even outside of America, and at the moment there is no sign of him coming back. Well if he is allowed to fight in America again, I’m sure we’ll see him again next [...]

By Steve Lewis: Junior welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi, who has an upcoming rematch against Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz this coming Saturday in Chicago, IL, has made some noise again all over the internet over his “speculation” and “opinion” that WBO Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao is under the influence of performance enhancing drugs, despite numerous reports [...]

By Liam Santiago: World Boxing Council champion, Carl Froch, has finally hit back at Amir Khan’s recent childish outbursts, claiming he can’t stand Froch and so on. The argument started when Froch made an honest comment regarding Khan’s chin and the level of excitement of his fights. About six months later, after finally finding the [...]

By William Mackay: When I say the best fighters, I’m not refereeing to Dmitriy Salita, even though the World Boxing Association oddly ranked him as the number #1 mandatory for WBA champion Amir Khan recently. I want to know when is Khan going to take on the very top fighters. Do boxing fans have to [...]

By Eric Thomas: After suffering an embarrassing 1st round knockout loss to Danny Green on the 2nd of December, Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) is considering retiring from boxing. Jones, 40, has fought professionally for 20 years and won titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions over the years.

By Mark Fletcher: At the start of 2009, things looked promising in the lightweight division as far as Great Britain were concerned, Amir Khan came back well from his first round knockout by Breidis Prescott, Jon Thaxton had rolled back the years to capture the European title and John Murray was set start a promising [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is ready to go for his December 19th title defense against his number # rated World Boxing Council challenger Miguel Espino (20-2-1, 9 KO’s) at the Beeghly Center, in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik, 27, is reportedly fully recovered by his staph infection that has plagued his left hand [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) had some positive words to say about fellow countryman Carl Froch, Amir Khan and Kevin Mitchell in an article from the Telegraph. Haye, 29, who recently defeated World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev by landing pot shots and running all night long, feels [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan will reportedly be one of the sparring partners for World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for his March 13th bout against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. This is a plus for the 23-year-old Khan, because he�ll have the chance to get some valuable sparring [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has finally received his date for his fight with former World Boxing Association super middleweight title holder Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s). The Super Six tournament bout will be held on April 17th, but as of now there’s still no set [...]

By Peter Wells: After a great semi-final we come down to a grand final with a rematch between Joan Guzman 32-1-1 against Ali Funeka 34-2-3. Last time out they came to a controversial draw, where Funeka looked the clear winner, and now he has the chance to prove that. Funeka remains undefeated in the tournament [...]

Photo credit: Juan Carlos Manzano – By Dave Lahr: This Saturday’s bout between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) and challenger Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KO’s) pits two fighters with completely different styles of fighting. Vitali, now 38, has been known as something of a brute force in the ring during [...]

By Peter Wells: Well now we’re into the Semi-Finals, with Kevin Mitchell who would now be 30-3 and Paulus Moses who would now be 25-3. Well we are left with Ali Funeka 33-2-3, Edwin Valero 27-1, Michael Katsidis 28-4 and now World Boxing Council and WBA champion, and Joan Guzman 31-1-1. Well with those 4 [...]

By Peter Wells: Well there have been many comments saying Kevin Mitchell shouldn’t be in here, but the reason I slotted him in is because he is now the WBO number one challenger, and would be ready for a step up. Now I’m onto the final fights of the group stage and here is how [...]

By Jason Kim: Trainer Freddie Roach is interested in having his fighter World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan fight on the March 13th undercard of the huge mega bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, according to The Mirror/ This is great news if Khan can somehow get put on that card, [...]

By Michael Lieberman: I’ve always been rather curious when I see a fighter that is being pumped up by the media and seen as the next big thing. WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) seems to be the latest flavor of the week with his 1st round TKO victory over Dmitriy Salita [...]

By Richie Doyle: Looking through the betting on next weekends fight between Paulie Malignaggi and Juan Diaz, I can’t help but smile that most bookmakers have Paulie Malignaggi at 13/10 to beat Diaz on Saturday night and 2/1 to win by points. To me these are great odds as on further inspection of his last [...]