Archive for December, 2009

By Jorge Lugo: It is being reported that Miguel Cotto will retire after two more fights. If that is true, he would be retiring by the age of 30. Looking back now, I can say to date that Cotto’s greatest career win came when he fought Shane Mosley. But looking ahead, and if he does [...]

By Liam Fitzgerald: From reading plenty of articles on this website, it’s clear that some fans have preconceptions about a fighter’s ability solely based on where they come from. Personally, I always tend to favour a fighter from my own country if he’s fighting but I’m not biased. For example, I thought Andre Dirrell was [...]

By Peter Wells: After Juan Manuel Lopez was exposed but not beaten by unknown challenger Rogers Mtagwa, he now takes on another unbeaten hotshot; Yuriorkis Gamboa. The Cuban has a lot of talent and hasn’t got a huge amount of time to make a name out of himself, but it taking the fast course to [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: Oscar De La Hoya was never really one of my favourite boxers but there is no denying that he helped to put boxing on the map during his career. His body of work is solid, he brought back non-fans to boxing and people appreciated his guts in taking the best and biggest [...]

By Peter Wells: It’s a horrible thing to read all these articles on this website, targeting Pacquiao to be a cheat, and a poor fighter. This man should be respected, he deserves it, and the likes of Manuel Perez and Liam Santiago really get under my skin. If you don’t like the guy then just [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Roy Jones Jr, the former eight time world champion was unsuspectingly knocked out in the first round last Wednesday night by tough IBO champion Danny Green. Green looked great and so did Jones Jr for all but a minute.

By Nat Thomas: There seems to be an endless debate raging on about the career and legacy of Joe Calzaghe, and a consensus is nowhere in sight. But come, let us reason together. Boxers, boxing fans, writers, and analysts are all in agreement about a few aspects of Calzaghe and his career: For example, he [...]

By Sam Gregory: Right after Bernard Hopkins ceiled his fiftieth career win in a less than stellar performance in route to a defeat over light heavyweight Enrique Ornelas on the Versus TV network Wednesday night, commentators were excited to show the boxing world what Hopkins had to say about Danny Green’s 122 second stoppage of [...]

By William Mackay: Bernard Hopkins refuses to be turned off towards a rematch with Roy Jones Jr., despite Jones being destroyed in a 1st round TKO on Wednesday night by Danny Green in Sydney, Australia. Hopkins defeated an over-matched middleweight contender Enrique Ornelas tonight in a 12 round unanimous decision in Philadelphia.

By Sam Gregory: Tonight from the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Bernard Hopkins’ hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hopkins won a unanimous decision over Enrique Ornelas in a 12 round non-title bout in the light heavyweight division. In the opening rounds of the fight Ornelas came out hard and fast against the former undisputed middleweight [...]

By Eric Thomas: As expected, 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins defeated middleweight Enrique Ornelas by a 12 round unanimous decision on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 120-109 and 119-109. Hopkins used his superior boxing skills to easily handle the smaller Ornelas all night, jabbing him and landing sharp right hands at [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Breidis Prescott (21-1, 18 KO’s) is looking to take Kevin Mitchell (29-0, 22 KO’s) out in the 4th round on Saturday night on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Dmitriy Salita bout for Khan’s World Boxing Association light welterweight title at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Prescott, 26, [...]

By Mark Fletcher: Once again Hennessey Sports put on a great night of British domestic boxing, of course as expected Darren Barker added the British middleweight title to his commonwealth crown, Lee Purdy retained his Southern area title and hot prospect Yassine El Machi scored an impressive knockout, Yet the bout that caught my eye [...]

By Dewi Powell: For a sport often misunderstood by non-followers its great to see a genuine gesture by a gentleman in any walk of life. This man has won gold in the Commonwealth Games, is an Ex-Calzaghe camp fighter and was nominated by the British Boxing Board of Control for “Contest of the year” in [...]

By Frank Car: Just when we thought we had it. The mega-fight. There now seems to be yet another issue, and not from Mayweather whom many thought would be the problematic one in this negotiation and has actually been the one to “get it done.” But from Manny Pacquiao.

By Caesar Almase: In the history of boxing, some of the greatest wars were waged between a tough fighters and a pretty fighter. Robinson v. LaMotta, Ali v. Frazier, Leonard v. Hearns/Duran/Hagler, Arguello v. Pryor, and now most recently, (hopefully) Pacquiao v. Mayweather. This fight, like the others mentioned, has the potential to uplift and [...]

By Josh Meador: Last night I was awakened from my slumber around 2:30am via text message from a good friend and fellow boxing enthusiast, saying “Pacquiao Vs Mayweather March 13th. I found it hard to go back to sleep after receiving that message. By the way thanks a bunch Harjot.

By Erik Schmidt: According to Fight News, trainer Freddie Roach will be training World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s). Sturm, 30, recently departed from Universum, his promotional company, and also changed trainers. Roach will be training alongside Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, two of Roach’s best fighters in his Wild Card [...]

By David Lahr: World Boxing Council light heavyweight interim champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) had some choice words to say about Bernard Hopkins in today’s press release, saying “He’s [Hopkins] on the run like the one-armed man in ‘The Fugitive’. Eventually the law catches up to him. Well, I’m the sheriff of the light [...]

By William Mackay: Bernard Hopkins (49-5-1, 32 KO’s) must be really sad and disappointed right about now after discovering the news that Roy Jones Jr., who was supposed to be his next opponent after tonight’s bout with middleweight Enrique Ornelas, was stopped in the 1st round by International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green on [...]

By Frank Carr: Unofficial news has started flowing quickly. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ready and willing to take the March 13, 2010 date to meet with Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao in the squared circle and figure out just who is the reigning pound-for-pound king. Ding’ Ding’.

By Glenn Userain: Whether or not Joe Calzaghe has felt any physical pain over the last month he must certainly be smarting, as unusually within the world of boxing his resume has been almost completely discredited and has turned into a who’s who of boxers who were either in complete decline or who never produced [...]

By Jason Kim: 40-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KOs) got blasted apart in a 1st round stoppage by big punching International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KOs) at the Acer Arena, Homebush, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Green, 36, dropped Jones with a big right hand at the midway point of the 1st [...]

By Fred-Lloyd Brunzki: Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are two of the most interesting topics in the boxing world today and shall be in the future. The speculations and questions will only be settled after they finally meet in the ring to decide who between them is the better boxer. As to who is [...]

By Sean McDaniel: To listen to unbeaten Dmitriy Salita talk it sounds like World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan is in a whole lot of trouble this Saturday night. Salita is determined to defeat Khan and capture the title, which he feels is his. “Amir Khan has my belt and I’ve trained very [...]

By Chris Williams: Yahoo sports writer Kevin Iole is reporting that the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout is all but set for March 13th. Iole says that he got the news from one of his sources, so let’s hope that it’s legitimate. The previous rumors that were floating around was that Pacquiao was [...]

By Chris Williams: I still refuse to believe that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will opt to fight Matthew Hatton of all fighters. I know Mayweather is proud of being a business man, and doesn’t like to take punishment in his fights, but come on. He’s got to fight someone at least a little better than Matthew [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to an article from the news site Mlive, the Super Six tournament bout between talented American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) and German based Arthur Abraham has been postponed due to Abraham suffering a bad case of the flu, causing the fight to be put off until March 7th. If this [...]

By Manuel Perez: Well, if Manny Pacquiao isn’t going to be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr, next, he at least should take on a super talented fighter like interim World Boxing Organization light middleweight champion Paul Williams if Pacquiao is seriously interested in fighting a 154 pounder. In an interview at Truefan boxing, Williams said “I [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British former super featherweight contender Kevin Mitchell (29-0, 22 KO’s) is making a huge mistake in taking on Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott (21-1, 18 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the World Boxing Association light welterweight clash between champion Amir Khan and challenger Dmitriy Salita at the Metro Radio Arena, [...]