Archive for December, 2009

By Dennis Broadhurst: Amir Khan has destroyed Dmitriy Salita in one round tonight! Khan came out strong and floored Salita with a huge right hand, Salita got up but didn’t recovered and was knocked down twice again in the round before the fight being stopped. I know I predicted Khan to win this one but [...]

By William Mackay: Lightweight Kevin Mitchell (30-0, 22 KO’s) pulled off something of an upset tonight in defeating hard hitting Colombian Breidis Prescott by a 12 round decision in a World Boxing Organization eliminator bout at the Metro arena in Newcastle. The final judges’ scores were 119-110, 118-111 and 117-111 Mitchell landed the more numerous [...]

By Phil Tildsley: Mayweather has talent. Some say he is the greatest talent….some even scream it. However, is that all he has? Perusing the many articles written about Mayweather over the last few weeks and the responses they generate, it becomes evident that the chief emotion this man is producing in the majority of boxing [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: Firstly I would like to say to the readers that I do not hate Amir Khan, I think he is a great prospect in boxing and if he starts fighting positively again like he did last year then I see him becoming a big attraction in boxing. After reading some articles in [...]

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s co-main event from the Chumash Resort in Santa Ynez, California the former undefeated 29 year old Mauricio Herrera lost a close split decision to Mike Anchondo over eight rounds in the Jr welterweight division.

By Fred-Lloyd Brunzki: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is finally on with some minor details to be ironed out like the weight class, size of gloves, and fight venue. It looks like the purse issue has already been settled and there seems to be no problem with the ‘minor details’ because according to Pacquiao’s [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council light heavyweight and IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (37-1, 27 KOs) will be making his second fight at heavyweight in taking on Jason Estrada (16-2, 4 KO’s) on February 6th at Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 33, has abandoned the cruiserweight division recently in hopes of [...]

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event on ShoBox The New Generation from the Chumash Resort in Santa Ynez, California Tyrone Brunson of Philadelphia put his undefeated record on the line against Carson Jones in a scheduled 10 round fight in the Jr middleweight division.

By Manuel Perez: ESPN writer Dan Rafael is reporting that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao have signed a contract for the March 13th bout, and the purse split is going to be 50-50 for the $80 million. Gee, I wonder what happened to Pacquiao and his 60-40?

By Sean McDaniel: Light middleweight Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KO’s) weighed in at 157 for his bout tomorrow against Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez, 34, weighed 159. Williams was supposed to be fighting World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavli. However, Pavlik had to back [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay (21-2, 15 KOs) lost a 12 round split decision to Eduard “Eddy” Gutknecht (18-0, 7 KOs) in a failed attempt to win the little known WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title at the Freizeit Arena, in Sölden, Austria.

By Scott Gilfoid: I hate to say this but I think World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan and lightweight Kevin Mitchell are both going to be destroyed tomorrow night at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Khan, shaky chin and all, will be facing unbeaten Dmitriy Salita, while Mitchell was be [...]

By William Mackay: Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) is interested in getting a rematch against International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s), who stopped Jones in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Acer Arena, in Sydney, Austalia. Jones said in an interview with Fox News, “I was good by [...]

By William Mackay: At today’s weigh-in, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) weighed in at 139.5 for his title fight against unbeaten challenger Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) on Saturday at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Salita, 27, weighed in at 140 for the bout. Salita is [...]

By Chris Williams: I hope Bernard Hopkins doesn’t mind waiting around for a long time for a fight with World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye, because by the time that the British fighter is available to fight him, Hopkins may be 46-years-old. Although this might make a mildly intriguing fight for some boxing fans, [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Undefeated British lightweight champion John Murray will get his shot at the European title against champion, and No.3 ranked by the World Boxing Council Anthony Mezaache of France early in 2010. The event will take place in Manchester after Hennessy Sports and R2 Image and Events came to an agreement for the [...]

By Amar Jahangir: Manny Pacquiao looks set to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr on March 13 after agreeing to a proposal from Bob Arum. Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz said Arum presented the fighter with the proposal at a two-hour breakfast in Manila on Friday. “The requests of Manny were so realistic that Arum doesn’t feel it’s [...]

By Frank Car: Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum had a smile on his face after his meeting with Manny Pacquio in Manila. Wonder why? Of course not, you already know. The meeting took place on Friday morning in the Philippines and what would be Thursday night in the U.S. largely concerning Pacquiao’s stance on the Mayweather [...]

By Peter Wells: Andre Dirrell the young American finds himself against an even tougher challenge than his first fight in the Super Six. After narrowly losing to British World Boxing Council Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, he now fights also unbeaten Armenian-German Arthur Abraham. Dirrell needs to fight much more positively this time around despite [...]

By Jamie Hooper: Hopkins obviously has something driving him to box well into his forties. His achievements in the middleweight division in the 90′s have not been enough for him. He has developed a “how to box at world class level in your mid forties” style, and it’s definitely a very effective one. Younger boxers [...]

By Eric Thomas: In disappointing news, David Tua (50-3-1, 43 KO’s) has reportedly named his next opponent for February 7th of 2010, choosing to take on former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon (40-8, 36 KO’s). What makes the choice not particularly interesting is the age of the 42-year-old Seldon.

By Jim Dower: Former light welterweight contender Mike Arnaoutis’s (22-4-2, 10 KOs) career took a another hit tonight when he lost a 12 round split decision to Tim Coleman (17-1-1, 4 KOs) for the vacant light welterweight USBA title at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom, in New York, New York.

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten challenger Dmitriy Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) isn’t the least bit intimidated by World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s), seeing him as damaged goods because of a brutal knockout that Khan experienced last year in a 1st round blow out loss to knockout artist Breidis Prescott in [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: On the night of November 1980, Roberto Duran shocked the world when he turned his back and refused to fight any longer against the challenger, Sugar Ray Leonard. He won his career defining fight against the same Leonard hardly 5 months earlier in Montreal. How does a man who never displayed cowardice [...]

By Scott Gilfoid Joe Calzaghe thinks that Bernard Hopkins should stay away from fighting World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. In an article at the BBC, Calzaghe had this to say about Hopkins fighting Haye “I think Hopkins should retire, because he is 44 and is going to end up getting hurt. If he [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Freddie Roach, Amir Khan’s trainer, recently complained of bruises on his body from the shots that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) has been landing after a recent session of hard body work, according to The Mirror. Roach has been letting Khan pound on his body pad in [...]

By Frank Car: Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao’s promoter said if Pacquiao “let’s Mayweather off the hook now by not agreeing to the March 13th date because of the politics here in this country then we are never going to get him (Mayweather) in the ring. We will give him the excuse to say ‘Yeah I’ll [...]

By Steve Lewis: The buzz lately has been the perceived “progress” in the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations. We do not know yet what the terms are of the deal, so it would be prudent to reserve judgment or opinion as to whose court the ball is on at this point. Regardless of when this super [...]

By Bruno Camuti: Bernard Hopkins, just coming off his victory against Enrique Ornelas on Wednesday evening has said that he would like to fight World Boxing Association heavyweight champ David Haye. Hopkins was next to fight old foe Roy Jones Jr next, but Jones was stopped in 122 seconds against Danny Green in Australia last [...]

By Jorge Lugo: In a world where everyone takes advantage of each other Mayweather Jr has used his head just as much as his fists. With everyone (including Me) stating Mayweather hasn’t fought real fights or that he is a average fighter is one thing. But the fact is, from what I understand. Mayweather has [...]