Archive for December, 2009

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight Amir Khan could be facing WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) next. According to boxing news from Live Fight, Khan’s promoter Frank Warren has reportedly contacted Bradley’s promoter Gary Shaw about a potential fight in early 2010. Shaw, who also promotes American Super Six [...]

By D. Thomason: I have given a lot of thought to the pending bout between pound 4 pound greats Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao and what stands out to me the most about the fight is how the biggest action might be taking place over message boards and blogs. It is no surprise that boxing [...]

By Jason Kim: Fresh off his one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night in Berne, Switzerland, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) said about WBA heavyweight champion David Haye: “This will be very interesting to fight Haye, but let’s see what next year brings. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In an article in the Guardian, Adam Booth, the trainer and manager for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye, said that he spotted some flaws in WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s game, saying “It was a typical Vitali performance. He does the same thing over and over again and everybody that [...]

By Richard McNamara: During the course of the last few weeks/months I have sat back and analyzed a lot of articles churned out by what some people would and do refer to as very poor boxing writers. So I have decided to put the record straight. I have promised myself to remain unbiased and write [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Peter Wells: After American youngster Devon Alexander won the vacant World Boxing Council Light Welterweight crown in a fight against former champion Junior Witter the world has suddenly opened up for him. After retiring Witter after 8 rounds he can now look to a much brighter future and at only [...]

By Liam Santiago: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion, Carl Froch has blasted WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan again for his childish outbursts against the Nottingham man. Froch says David Haye may have to sit between them tonight at the BBC Sports Personality of the year award. Froch said in an article with the [...]

By Klaas Mabetlela: The figures of $80m guaranteed are being bandied around for the forthcoming megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. They will make even more when after the fight when all the revenues have been counted simply because the fight is going to generate record revenues. Why?

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) revived his sagging career with a 12 round unanimous decision over former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 116-111 and 116-111. Malignaggi refused to get [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event from Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California Timothy Bradley successfully defended his WBO title against undefeated Lamont Peterson in a scheduled 12 round bout in the light welterweight division.

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event on Showtime from Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California Vic Darchinyan had a short night against Tomas Rojas in a scheduled 12 round bout in the super flyweight division.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) defeated number #1 challenger Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 119-108 and 120-107. Bradley, 27, knocked Peterson down [...]

Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – By Eric Thomas: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defeated challenger Kevin Johnson by a lopsided 12 round decision tonight in Bern, Switzerland. Johnson, 30, never was very competitive as he threw nothing but jabs all night long. By the 8th, Johnson began to tire out and absorb punishment on the [...]

ByWilliam Mackay: In a truly ugly card with marred by horrible mismatches, BBBofC British super flyweight champion Lee Haskins (20-2, 10 KO’s) defeated Commonwealth super flyweight champion Don Broadhurst (11-1, 3 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Newport Leisure Centre, in Newport, Wales. Haskins, 26, made the fight hard [...]

Boxing results from Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines Eden Sonsona KO 1 Monico Laurente Danilo Pena W 12 Marvin Tampus Dan Nazareno Jr TKO 6 Jung-Hoon Yang

By Jason Kim: In the main event in the card, World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) easily retained his heavyweight title with a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over a mostly offensively reluctant Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, 9 KO’s).

By Peter Wells: With Paulie Malignaggi taking on Juan Diaz tonight in a much anticipated rematch, both fighters came in under the 140lb weight limit, Paulie being 2 ounces heavier. Malignaggi is 26-3 while Diaz is much better at 35-2. It has been very heated and both fighters are raring to go, and so are [...]

By Peter Wells: At Last nights weigh-in, Timothy Bradley came in a pound lighter than lanky challenger Lamont Peterson ahead of their WBO Light Welterweight showdown tonight. Both fighters looked absolutely incredible, the best condition I’ve ever seen either of them in, and trust me they are always in great shape, but last night they [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Top heavyweight contender Oleg Maskaev, (36-7, 27 KOs) was stopped in the 1st round last night in a tune-up bout against little known Nagy Aguilera (15-2, 10 KOs) at the Memorial Auditorium, in Sacramento, California. Maskaev, 40, came out looking slow and was met with a blizzard of punches from the 23-year-old [...]

By Peter Wells: Next February British Heavyweight champion Danny Williams 41-8 will defend his title against tough Commonwealth boxing champion Sam Sexton 13-1. Sexton last fought this November in a rematch with Martin Rogan, winning by retirement after 6 rounds. Last May Sexton dethroned Rogan via a controversial 8th round stoppage. Sexton’s only defeat was [...]

By Dave Lahr: With the bout between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) and challenger Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KO’s) at the PostFinance Arena, in Berne, Switzerland, I think we’re about to see the 38-year-old Vitali get old tonight and lose. It’s bound to happen sooner or later, because Vitali is [...]

By Derrick P. Villanueva: Would be a perfect match, don’t you think? Two boxing legends with massive fan bases clashing one final time in their careers to relive their “Glory Days.” Why is it perfect? 1.) The money involved in such a fight would decisively send both fighters into retirement with fat pensions. 2.) Hatton [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) defeated former WBC light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-2, 15 KO’s) tonight by a 12 round decision at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, 117-111 and 118-110. Pascal was too fast and much more [...]

By Jason Kim: Undefeated WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) will be facing fellow American Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) on April 17th, in a Super Six tournament bout at a still to be determined location. This is great news for Taylor fans, who were concerned that he might not continue to [...]

By Eamon McDonald: After reading a certain writer’s article on this site, I have decided to counter with an article that is not biased and petty. I’m going to do the evaluations in the same order: Amir Khan – First of all, this guy is immensely talented. No-one can argue that. He destroyed a B-list [...]

By Erik Schmidt: At today’s weigh-in between World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2, 37 KO’s) and unbeaten American challenger Kevin Johnson (22-0-1, 9 KO’s) in Berne, Switzerland, the 38-year-old Vitali took off Johnson’s sunglasses while they were standing face to face with each other.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (24-0, 11 KO’s) will be facing undefeated Lamont Peterson (27-0, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Bradley, 26, will be making his second defense of his WBO title. Bradley last fought on August 1st, in a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: To listen to some of the British boxing fans, you would think we’re entering the golden age of British boxing. Who knows? They could be right. I would really like to see a bunch of British boxers take over the sport, if they can. But I don’t see too many British boxers [...]

By Peter Wells: With the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight set for next year, this fight may mean a hell of a lot more to Mayweather than he realises. Mayweather has plenty of doubters on this website and off this website; he has been called a cherry picker and so on. If Mayweather loses this fight, then for [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye sounds a little jealous of the attention surrounding World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s bout against Kevin Johnson on Saturday, saying to the Daily Telegraph “It’s one of the weakest fights of recent times. It’s unlikely that I’ll even watch it.” It might be bout that [...]