Archive for January, 2010

On Friday night February 5th, Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Inc. presents the first big show at The world’s number-one boxing venue as a big show is planned for a the annual “Valentine’s Day Special” that will feature some of the best boxers from not only Philadelphia but from Europe as well. In [...]

On February 6th, on the eve of Super Bowl XLIV, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returns to Atlantic City for the first time in the 2010, to present an exciting action packed card from the Tropicana Casino and Resort. Headlining the show will be Atlantic City’s own welterweight contender, Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez (20-2, 11KO) taking [...]

TKO Boxing Promotions will bring its nationally acclaimed “HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS” boxing series to the beautiful Gulf Coast city of Tampa, Florida on Friday, February 19th at the Ala Carte Event Pavilion. Featured at “FIGHT NIGHT AT THE PAVILION” will be numerous local fan favorites including world ranked lightweight Edner “CHERRY BOMB” Cherry, [...]

On January 27th, 2010 current WBC USA Heavyweight Champion and world ranked #11 heavyweight boxer Derric “El Leon” Rossy (22-2, 12 KOs) will defend his belt against Alexis Mejias (10-2, 4 KOs). This bout is just one of many scheduled by Winky Promotions in association with Final Forum for the Knockout Fight Club event taking [...]

Top Rank, Fox Sports en Español and FOX Sports Net will host a News Conference Luncheon This Thursday! January 14, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas – Muse Ballroom to announce the launch of Top Rank Live, the exciting new boxing television series. Lunch will be served at Noon with the news [...]

IAN NAPA has left home to make sure he’s in shape for his British bantamweight title defence against Jamie McDonnell at Brentwood Centre on January 22. The big freeze has meant that Napa cannot run near his home in East London and is moving into a hotel with trainer Brian Lawrence today (Mon).

Boxing fans are well aware that the first big fight of 2010 will be the welterweight championship showdown between Sugar Shane Mosley and Andre Berto at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, January 30, which will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing. Now, they’re also going to get [...]

Boxing returns to Cleveland with “WAR AT THE ARMORY”, on Saturday, January 16 at the Brook Park Armory. 10+ great bouts, featuring Cleveland’s top amateur Golden Glove champions, are scheduled. Proceeds of this charity event benefit the West Side Boxing Club, a nonprofit 501C tax-exempt club. The West Side Boxing Club, in association with Kincaid [...]

By Jim Dower: For what it’s worth, World Boxing Organization interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) wants a shot against former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (38-3, 23 KO’s). This must be an Australian thing, because although the 29-year-old Katsidis is a tough fighter and powerful for a lightweight, he would seem [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Boxing Talk, former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KO’s) could be the next opponent for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. for March 13th or whatever date that Golden Boy Promotions decides on making the fight. The question about whether Mayweather would be facing the 37-year-old Campbell was put to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If the ESPN poll is any guide in which the respondents were asked if they would watch the Pacquiao-Clottey bout shown at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, there could be a general disinterest in the upcoming March 13th bout between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy stadium [...]

By William Mackay: If Floyd Mayweather Jr. is looking for an opponent to fight next on March 13th, one that will steal away much of the thunder from the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout, which will be taking place on the same night, why doesn’t Mayweather go after World Boxing Association light welterweight champion [...]

By Eric Thomas: As reported by ESPN writer Dan Rafael, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout could possibly have former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito fighting in the co-main event. If this turns out to be the case, it would be the first bout for Margarito in over a year since his [...]

By Dave Lahr: I realize why former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey might be an appealing fighter for Top Rank promoter Bob Arum to select for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s next fight on March 13th. Clottey is a Top Rank fighter, meaning Top Rank won’t have to share the promotion with another [...]

(January 11, 2010) With rumors swirling about what will be happening with the WBC 154 lb. title, champion Sergio Martinez has come out to set the record straight. In short, despite the wishes of some to become champion without having to go through “Maravilla”, Martinez has no plans on relinquishing the belt anytime soon. “Everyone [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Federation/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) is hoping to fight at least three times in 2010. Klitschko, 33, has a title defense coming up against American Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) on March 20th, at the ESPRIT arena, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In an article at the Miami [...]

By Nate Anderson: Former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) could be fighting at welterweight when he decides on staging his comeback later on this year, according to the Daily Express. This isn’t exactly good news if you’re a Hatton fan. Ricky has fought twice at welterweight during his 13 [...]

By Peter Wells: In the latest news Floyd Mayweather Jr 40-0 was still scheduled to fight on March 13th at the MGM Grand. This was to compete with World Boxing Organization Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Joshua Clottey, which wouldn’t have happened, as Manny would surely have plenty more fans watching his fight. Now the news [...]

On The Ropes Boxing Radio returns tonight with interviews with guest trainer Jeff Mayweather & former champ Super Zab Judah. Both will also be discussing the collapse of the Mayweather vs Pacquaio fight…and the march 13 change for both fighters. Listen LIVE at 6 PM ET

Contrary to stories in the press put about by Sturm’s side in the last few weeks, Felix Sturm remains under exclusive contract to Universum. Universum will take any legal steps necessary to ensure that Felix Sturm remains obliged to fulfil his exclusive contract with Universum until 2012, when the contract ends. We will not tolerate [...]

New Jersey heavyweight Maurice “Sugar Moe” Harris, winner of the 2002 ‘Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament,” fighting January 29 for the first time in more than two years, against veteran Billy “The Kid” Zumbrun in Albuquerque. The 33-year-old Harris (20-14-2, 10 KOs) is genuine, no hype, and the often mismanaged fighter plans to get back into the [...]

In 2008, Thompson Boxing Promotions introduced the “New Blood” series, and since then, the brightest prospects in the sport have taken this platform to show their skills to appreciative Southern California fight fans. On Friday, January 22, “New Blood” returns with a high-impact six-bout card featuring the area’s top talent, including Patrick Lopez, Daniel Hernandez, [...]

PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 11th, 2010)—THIS Friday night, the first big boxing of the new decade in Philadelphia will take place as USBA Jr. Middleweight champion, Derek “Pooh” Ennis will take on Edwin Vazquez in an eight round non-title bout that will highlight an eight bout card at The Arena in South Philadelphia. The card is promoted [...]

Boxing results from the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Anthony Mundine UD 12 Robert Medley Garth Wood SD 7 Kariz Kariuki Peter Mitrevski Jr UD 6 Jakkirt Suwunnalirt Junior Talipeau TD 1 Nader Hamdan Scott Lewis TKO 3 Carl Webb Peter Kazzi TD 1 Chokchana Sithkrupon Renold Quinlan TKO 2 Mick Porter

Newark, NJ—Brooklyn’s Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin takes on Ecuador’s Fernando Zuniga in what promises to be an electrifying Super Middleweight semi-final to the highly anticipated matchup between Heavyweights Tomasz Adamek of Jersey City and Jason Estrada of Providence, RI when Main Events’ Brick City Boxing Series returns to Newark’s Prudential Center on Feb. 6th. The [...]

The stars will fight, big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas! Jerry Jones and Bob Arum, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and chairman of Top Rank, respectively, announced today that Cowboys Stadium would be the site of the MANNY PACQUIAO vs. JOSHUA CLOTTEY World Welterweight Championship fight taking place on Saturday, March 13 [...]

Boxing results from the Tokyo Big Sight, in Tokyo, Japan: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym MD 12 Satoshi Hosono Takashi Uchiyama TKO 12 Juan Carlos Salgado

By Daniel Ciminera: After having briefly mentioned this fight in a previous article when I had only had 24 hours to mull it over, I have now been away, watched the tapes, talked it over with friends and also ran over it a million times in my head. I have reached a conclusion of sorts [...]

By Caesar Almase: I read the comments to my earlier article, The Catlike Floyd “Meow” Mayweather, and am compelled to make a couple of statements. First, re the email asking about the consequences if Pacquiao tests dirty, sent by a “reliable anonymous source” out of the Pacquiao camp, I, like many boxing writers and bloggers [...]

By Jason Kim: Freddie Roach, the trainer for World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, says in an article at Fight Hype that “Our [Pacquiao] goal is to knock him [Clottey out.” Its understandable why Roach would want his fighter Pacquiao to try and knock Clottey out, because the longer that he sticks around in [...]