Archive for January, 2010

By Rasheed Catapang: Floyd Mayweather Sr. had wanted us to believe that there’s something about – and amiss with – Manny Pacquiao. But I believe History and not “his story” will judge the Pacquiao’s remarkable ascent in the Pound-for-pound throne. In that regard, and with the benefit of hindsight, I hope this piece would shed [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If Floyd Mayweather Jr. really wants to open the eyes of boxing fans and to win back some of his lost fans from his problems with Manny Pacquiao, he should step it up and fight Paul Williams. That might be a shocker for some, but it would be the perfect remedy to [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be facing a number of potential boxing opponents such as Nate Campbell, Paulie Malignaggi, Kermit Cintron and Timothy Bradley. One opponent that Mayweather won’t be fighting is Matthew Hatton. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said there was no truth in the [...]

By Chris Williams: To read what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is saying about the March 13th fight between Joshua Clottey vs. Manny Pacquiao fight at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, you would think that Arum found the cure for cancer or something. In an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Arum said “This is going [...]

By Chris Williams: After Manny Pacquiao and his management team suddenly pulled out of their planned March 13th fight with unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. last week because of the random drug testing methods for the fight, it shot an arrow through what many boxing experts feel would have been the biggest fight of all time. [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the bout between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey will be taking place at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboy football team and Dallas Cowboy stadium, was very eager to land the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In an interview at the Mirror, Billy Graham, the former trainer of Ricky Hatton, had a lot of positive things to say about his former fighter. “Ricky was the complete package. A fighter like Ricky Hatton comes along cone in a lifetime. Khan will never be able to match him.” Graham trained [...]

By Caesar Almase: I was watching the Mayweather/Marquez fight with my wife and she remarked, “Mayweather is so quick. He’s like a cat.” Indeed he is, and in more ways than one. There is no denying Meow May is an extremely gifted boxer, one of the greatest of this generation. He is a multiple division [...]

By Jason Kim: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is reportedly going to start training next week for his fight against former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao was supposed to be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13th, but that fight was unable to be saved because of the random blood tests that [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For boxing fans who were concerned about World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) asking his number #1 challenger Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) to fight him at a catch weight for the March 13th title defense, you can rest assured that Pacquiao won’t be using one, at least [...]

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says that unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) is willing to take the fight against World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s). In an article at the Los Angeles Times, Schaefer said “At 147, the man to beat is ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley. [...]

Boxing results from the Emerald Queen Casino, in Tacoma, Washington: George Foreman III KO 1 Yul Witherspoon Ramundo Beltran KO 7 David Torres

by Daniel Ciminera: I have been sitting around thinking about all this talk of random blood testing and I have come up with a number of reasons not to introduce mandatory randomized blood testing. The reasons range from it being expensive, to being potentially dangerous and also outdated. I really don’t think compulsory random testing [...]

By Philip Green: Floyd Mayweather Jr is unquestionably a great boxer and amongst the current crop of pound for pound stars, but an all time great he most definitely is not in my view. Not only do I see his record lacking much of the credible opposition that could accord him such lofty status, he [...]

Cleveland, OH – “ESPN Friday Night Fights” invades Cleveland, OH on February 19th live from the Wolstein Center on the campus of Cleveland State University. The star studded night of boxing will feature the homecoming of 2008 United States Olympic Team member and undefeated professional Shawn “Showtime” Porter in a twelve round main event against [...]

Vaasa-based only a one year old Finnish professional boxing stable Caramelito Promotions, which is led by manager and promoter Petro Koskimies, on Saturday evening the 6th of February they will arrange the biggest and highest level professional boxing show which has ever seen at the city of Vaasa. The show will be co-promoted by Caramelito [...]

By William Mackay On Friday Night Fights, trainer Freddie Roach said that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao could face the winner of the January 30th unification bout between WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto vs. WBA title holder Shane Mosley. Roach went on to say that Pacquiao didn’t need a fight with Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Coming off of his impressive 1st round knockout win over mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan is looking for bigger mountains to climb and would like to get a shot against former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton later on in 2010. Khan must first get [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Fringe welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KO’s) says that he could be next up for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an article at the Daily Star. “Mayweather’s camp has been in touch about three times now. With the Pacquiao fight being called off now, it’s good news for me. My trainer [...]

By Jason Kim: The recent mega fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. died out because of the random blood tests for drugs that Mayweather wanted bout fighters to take before the fight. Mayweather says that he just wants an even playing field. The negotiations quickly hit a roadblock over this [...]

By Harold Tackie: A lot has been said in regard to the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight not taking place. There are many who blame Floyd Mayweather for the fight not taking place, saying he is running scared and that he does not really want the fight. Others blame World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and his [...]

By Dave Lahr: After watching Floyd Mayweather Jr. and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s last fights, I’ve come to the conclusion that Mayweather would have made easy work of the Filipino star had they fought. For that reason, I think it’s fortunate for Pacquiao that he stubbornly resisted meeting Mayweather’s demands for the [...]

Boxing results from the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany: Robert Stieglitz TKO 5 Ruben Eduardo Acosta Ina Menzer TKO 6 Ramona Kuehne Manuel Charr TKO 10 Owen Beck

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) could be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout in March, according to news from ESPN/. Top Rank president Todd duBoef, told ESPN writer Dan Rafael that Margarito could fight on the undercard as long if [...]

By Chris Williams: In an article at the Daily Mail, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum seems to be under the impression that Pacquiao is better off taking the alternate fight against former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey instead of unbeaten star Floyd Mayweather Jr., saying “This is a [...]

Boxing results from the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany: Khoren Gevor UD 10 Jeferson Luis Goncalo Christian Hammer UD 6 Remigijus Ziausys Denis Boytsov KO 2 Kevin Montiy Mateusz Masternak KO 2 Tino Froehlich Christian Hammer UD 6 Remigijus Ziausys Zack Page MD Sebastian Koeber Jack Culcay TKO 1 Dmitrijus Sidorovicius

By Peter Wells: It’s looking like like World Boxing Association Light Welterweight champion of the world Amir Khan will be forced to fight Marcos Maidana the WBA Interim champion. Khan was happy at first to take on Maidana, but his trainer Freddie Roach is sounding less than enthusiastic about the fight. If Amir let’s go [...]

By Peter Wells: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is officially off now and as we all know Pacquiao is likely to fight former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion of the world Joshua Clottey on March 13th. Pacquiao has now agreed to the fight and I’m sure Clottey has to. Promoters are now trying to [...]

By Liam Santiago: In his weekly column in the sun, Frank Warren claims that there is a strong rumour that a certain British fighter is using human growth hormones. However, Warren did not state which boxer it is. You must figure that out for yourself. Warren said, ”The use of growth hormone could be an [...]

By Peter Wells: Puerto Rican fighter Juan Manuel Lopez has been criticized badly for moving up for featherweight to fight Steven Luevano instead of fighting the Super Bantamweight number #1 Celestino Caballero. Lopez is the current World Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight champion while Caballero holds the WBA and IBF titles. Lopez has had plenty to [...]