Archive for December, 2009

The mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is now in jeopardy after Golden Boy Promotions, on behalf of Mayweather Promotions, learned today that Manny Pacquiao is refusing to comply with Olympic style drug testing as outlined and mandated by the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) and as requested by Mayweather’s management to ensure [...]

Women’s boxing champion, Carina “La Reina” Moreno, received a special award from the WBC at their WBC Cares Christmas Toy Drive event ,which took place this past Sunday in Los Angeles. World champion Israel Vazquez and famed trainer Freddie Roach, plus a number of other boxing icons joined Moreno in the festivities.

Jacksonville, Florida native Nate Campbell began his professional boxing career in February of 2000 and ever since has showcased the speed, agility and power which have helped him to rack up 33 wins, with 25 coming by way of knockout. Now, he has joined forces with Golden Boy Promotions as he looks to add more [...]

Liam ‘The Expert’ Santiago’s pound for pound list is back and there are changes. Pacquiao drops to fourth place after a disappointing win over Miguel Cotto where he failed to impress me. Yes, he fought well. However, weight demands on Cotto played a big part and he proved he can’t fight anyone who is ‘running’ [...]

By Liam Santiago: I really hate to be the one who ruins all the hype for the March 13th showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, but Pacquiao does not have a chance. Why? Because he can only fight guys that come to him. Cotto, Hatton and De La Hoya were all pressurizing Pac Man [...]

It’s Christmas time, but despite having a great family to share the season with, Kermit Cintron is feeling a little lonely. That’s because since his May victory over highly touted contender Alfredo Angulo, it seems as though everyone else from welterweight (where he has twice held world titles) to junior middleweight (where he pulled a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at recent photos of a well fed looking Ricky Hatton, I have to wonder whether he’ll ever take enough lard to be effective in the ring against anybody. I’m not even thinking about Hatton being good enough to beat a top fighter at this point, because of with that huge [...]

By Manuel Perez: It looks like World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is asking for a $10 million in fraction penalty for every pound over the 147 pound limit. In an article by Nice Giongco from Fight News, he quotes a text message from Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal “demanding a penalty of $10 million [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) has big goals in 2010, and wants fights against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and former WBA title holder Russian Nikolay Valuev, according to news from the Ukrainian site NRCU. However, Vitali, 38, sees the fight with Valuev as the the [...]

By Liam Santiago: Floyd Mayweather Snr has told fight hype that he wants World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to take blood test, prior to their March 13th showdown in Vegas, after much speculation linking Pacquiao to performing enhancing drugs. However, although Freddie Roach has no problem with the tests, he does not want [...]

By Manuel Perez: It’s not looking good for Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach as far as them getting World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) as a sparring partner to help Manny prepare for his March 13th bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an article with Steve Kim of Max boxing, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Coming off an impressive 1st round knockout victory over 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. on December 2nd, International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (28-3, 25 KO’s) has next set his sights on 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins, whom he is in negotiations with for a fight in early 2010 in Australia. In an article [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye thinks that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will win the Super Six tournament. Haye previously fought alongside Froch during parts of their amateur days. It’s hard for me to agree with Haye’s belief that Froch will win the Super Six tourney or that he’ll [...]

By Jamie Hooper: I don’t think there has been a fight in the last ten years that has created as much excitement and anticipation as this one. After Christmas and new year are out the way. The pound for pound number one and number two will start training for a fight that could reinvigorate the [...]

By Jason Kim: Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (33-3, 26 KO’s) wants another title shot against the Klitschko brothers, according to Fight News. Peter, 29, has won three consecutive fights over journeyman caliber opposition since his back to back losses to Vital Klitschko and Eddie Chambers. Despite the losses, Peter is currently [...]

By Alan Fraser: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) can be likened to a jar of Marmite. On one hand, a mass of fans follow him blindly pledging their support in the name of Khan being British and him being an exciting prospect. However, in the UK there exists an [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) may very well be unbeatable at lightweight right now after knocking the stuffing out of challenger Hector Velazquez last Saturday night in Venezuela. Valero looked especially powerful in that fight, stalking the timid looking Velzquez around the ring for six rounds and [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) wants a fight with WBA light welterweight title holder Amir Khan, according to Fighthype. “Let’s go after Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton if he wants to get back in the ring. Lets go after [Juan Manuel] Marquez,” Bradley said. That’s good [...]

By Peter Wells: Kelly Pavlik’s promoter Bob Arum has said that if Kelly can’t get the fight with Paul Williams finalized then they will go for World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm. Paul is happy to fight Pavlik but only for a 50-50 purse split, and if the fighters can’t come to an agreement, [...]

By Peter Wells: With Danny Williams-Sam Sexton set for 13th February 2010 at Wembley Arena – which Danny has said will be his last fight – Derek Chisora who was already announced to be on the bill will now fight former European Heavyweight boxing champion Matt Skelton. It is to be an eliminator for the [...]

By Manuel Perez: It looks as if trainer Freddie Roach is still talking the “we” language when referring to Manny Pacquiao’s battles. In an article with Philstar, Roach said “And I have the keys to break down Mayweather, even in the earlier rounds. Mayweather will have no more excuses. We’ll catch him early, if not [...]

By Jason Kim: 37-year-old David Tua (50-3-1, 43 KO’s) plans on fighting five times in 2010, according to Radio New Zealand News. Tua recently canceled his February bout against Bruce Seldon. Tua’s next fight is scheduled against Friday Ahunanya. This will be interesting to see if Tua can actually fight five times in a year. [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to an article from Live Fight, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 47 KO’s) says that he and his brother, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) could fight in the future. “We are going to talk to our mother again because we know how much interest such [...]

By Sam Singh: As the ’00s come to an end, it’s time to consider potential candidates as to determining the ‘Fighter of the Decade’. After careful consideration of what has been an eventful decade for the sport of boxing, my three candidates, in no particular order, are: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Bernard Hopkins.

By Peter Wells: With Mayweather and Pacquiao getting ready to start training after the Christmas break, Freddie is already rolling in a load of ‘Super’ sparring partners. First of all Amir Khan, whom trains with Freddie, was chosen as a sparring partner as we all knew he would be. Then the recent news is that [...]

By Frank Car: From mid to late January, after the New York press conference meeting regarding Mayweather vs Pacquiao takes place, the predictions are going to start flowing. So, why not get an early start on it. It’s not all deciding who is the best boxer.

By Manuel Perez: Philboxing is reporting that Freddie Roach is looking to get Timothy Bradley as one of Manny Pacquiao’s sparring partners to help prepare for the fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. I think Roach is starting to go overboard now with his ideas for Pacquiao. If they use Bradley as sparring partner for Pacquiao, [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Phil boxing, Freddie Roach wants WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to be one of the sparring partners for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to help get him ready for his March 13th fight against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roach said “Other [...]

By Sean McDaniel: According to Steve Bunce, Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is considering making a comeback in the middle of 2010 against a still to be determined opponent. Hatton, 31, is open to the idea of fighting World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, but says that he wants to have a part [...]

By David Lahr: I don’t if it was me or what, but WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik looked like he’s lost some hand speed in the year that he’s been out of boxing. Seriously, Pavlik looked like he was punching underwater for most of the fight. I thought there was something wrong with my television [...]