Archive for January, 2010

Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions will present a sensational championship fight card on Friday, January 15, 2010, at the Laredo Entertainment Center, located at 6700 Arena Boulevard in Laredo, Texas. The main event, co-featured bout, and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, their Spanish-Language Network, and ESPN 360.com.

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sam Sexton has added some bite to his training camp by teaming up with two wolf dogs. Sexton, who tackles British champion Danny Williams on February 13 at Wembley Arena, has been out running with Tia and Oslo, both of whom are far happier in the snow than he is.

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event from the Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California 37 year old Russian Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin 39-3 with 25 KO’s took on Colombian Dionisio Miranda 20-4 with 18 KO’s in an International Boxing Federation middleweight title eliminator in a scheduled 12 round bout.

By Sam Gregory: Tonight January 8, Friday Night Fight’s aired their first of 29 fight cards for the year 2010 from Glendale, California. In the opening bout heavyweight Andrey Fedosov scored a second round TKO win over Lionel Butler when referee Lou Moret called a halt to the bout at 2:37 of the second round.

Boxing results from the Civic Auditorium, in Glendale, California. Andrey Fedosov TKO 2 Lionel Butler Roman Karmazin KO 10 Dionisio Miranda Jose Alfredo Flores RTD 2 Roberto Valenzuela Anatoliy Dudchenko UD 6 Isaac Atencio Chris Davis KO 1 Netzahyualc Wilson

By Kirk Jackson: I have been informed from a few reliable sources, the much anticipated mega boxing show down between Pound for Pound Kings Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still on. It seems like there have been recent developments everyday, going into a range from drug testing disputes, to whatever else the two [...]

By Liam Fitzgerald: For me, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are by far and away the most talented boxers of this era. They are both supremely talented and a joy to watch in the prime of their careers. And the fact that they are both now campaigning at the same [...]

LOS ANGELES, January 8 – On Friday, January 29, KZ Event Productions and Golden Boy Promotions are pleased to present an evening of world championship boxing when they present “Fight Night With De La Hoya and Hopkins: Campillo vs. Shumenov II” at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Peter Wells: On Saturday 6th February the KO king Edwin Valero will head to Mexico to defend his World Boxing Council lightweight title. Valero was in the ring in December last month and stopped tough veteran Hector Velazquez in just 6. At 26-0 (26 knockouts) Valero is the most consistent knockout artist fighting. His [...]

By Philip Green: The parallels between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Joe Calzaghe are growing ever more apparent by the day. Both fighters hold unbeaten records spanning 40+ fights and each attracts his own share of praise and criticism. Whilst possessing uniquely different skill sets, Mayweather and Calzaghe’s reign at the top of their respective divisions [...]

By Peter Wells: With the bad news of Pacquiao-Mayweather being called off, Manny has already gone on his path to another fight on the same night. World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao isn’t going easy as it first looked. There were mentions of Paulie Malignaggi and Yuri Foreman, but Manny realized the Foreman fight [...]

By Steve Lewis: Though the latest reports say Pacquiao vs. Mayweather is down the drain, it is still conceivable to salvage the fight during the weekend (the “business” deadline). But once the weekend passes with no resolution, it might truly officially be dead. So what conceivable scenario can save this megafight, given what both sides [...]

By Liam Santiago: Now that light welterweight king Ricky Hatton is almost certain to make a comeback, many UK boxing trainers are already eyeing the chance to take charge of the Hitman. Joe Gallagher has stated that he would like to train Hatton. Personally, I do not think Joe is the right man for the [...]

By Trevor Weis: The battle of bad-blood continues and the blame will fall exactly where it belongs: on everyone involved. Boxing fans of the Sweet Science are forced to the limits of patience time and again, dealing with infrequent fights, absurd match-ups, inexcusable scorecards, unforgivable undercards, and pay per view prices that seem to rise [...]

By Daniel Ciminera: Nathan Cleverly’s hopes of winning the the European Boxing Union light-heavyweight European title this month have been scuppered due to Brancalion’s camp postponing yet again! The bout, originally supposed to be on the same card as Khan vs Salita, was postponed until January the 29th and moved to Rovigo, Italy, Brancalion’s hometown [...]

James DeGale has had his worst fears confirmed about trainer Jim McDonnell thanks to the big freeze – and discovered his masochism knows no match. While pampered Premiership footballers put their feet up midweek with a string of big games postponed because of the snow and ice, Olympic gold medallist DeGale was doing his early [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Boxingnews24 today reported that Manny Pacquiao is likely defend his WBO welterweight title against Ghanaian Joshua Clottey. The former International Boxing Federation champion Clottey will no doubt be thrilled with the announcement that Pacquiao’s proposed “super fight” with Floyd Mayweather fell through. For boxing fans though it’s a totally different story. A [...]

As part of his preparations for the 2012 London Olympics European Bantamweight Champion Luke Campbell has left behind the cold, and the snow currently covering much of the UK, for the much warmer climes of Los Angeles to spend some time training with ‘Trainer of the Year’ Freddie Roach at his famous Wild Card Gym.

ESPN and Tecate, cerveza con carácter, announced today the renewal of their boxing sponsorship agreement that aligns the company with ESPN’s Spanish and English-language boxing content on TV, online and on radio; highlighted by the title sponsorship of the Tecate Friday Night Fights Studio within weekly Friday Night Fights telecasts on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

By David Anderson: Due to the fact that the mega fight of Pacquiao – Mayweather is already dead. Let us again visit the blood test demand that the camp of Mayweather demanded. Let us align what his camp demanded to what the former commissioner (Margaret Goodman) of NSAC stated. First statement, “But if I would [...]

by Daniel Ciminera: Top Rank Boxing have tonight announced that Pacquiao will instead now face the experienced Ghanaian, Joshua Clottey (35/3/0). Top Rank released he following statement via their Facebook page. “Sorry Floyd…you had numerous chances to make the fight of the century happen. We are no longer waiting around for you! Top Rank is [...]

Judge Daniel Weinstein today issued an order to correct the false record that has been created by the recent statements from Top Rank and Manny Pacquiao’s representatives concerning what occurred at the mediation. The full text of the Judge’s statement is as follows: Mediator’s Corrective Order Re: Mayweather-Pacquiao Mediation The Mediator finds: 1. Various articles [...]

By Chris Williams: I don’t think its Floyd Mayweather’s fault one bit that his mega fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao fell apart during mediation yesterday. From what I’m hearing, all Pacquiao was willing to do was chop six days off the 30 window for blood testing, dropping it to 24 days instead of [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to writer Michael Marley of Boxing Confidential, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) won’t be facing WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) next. Marley states that Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, and adviser Michael Koncz said that Pacquiao wouldn’t be fighting Foreman next. This is [...]

By Gregory Shaw: Like the large majority of boxing fans I blame Floyd Mayweather for killing the fight that everyone wants. The most cited reason from fans, and something that has followed Mayweather for years, is that Mayweather picks and chooses his opponents carefully as to not risk losing his “O”. Let’s take a look [...]

By James Harold: Now that the mega-bout between five-time wold champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and seven-division champ Manny Pacquiao appears to be in pieces, World Boxing Organization light welterweight star Timothy Bradley has something to ask the two best fighters in the world, “The real question is what about Tim Bradley.” The 26-year-old World Champion, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Trainer Freddie Roach doesn’t sound overjoyed with the prospect of his fighter World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) fighting interim WBA champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s), saying in an article at The Sun, “It’s a business and it’s about the right fights at the right time. [...]

By David Berry: With the latest news of what could be the biggest fight ever between 5 division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs World Boxing Organization champion Manny Pacquiao being called off for now, there are sure to be fingers pointed at Mayweather Jr. My question is simple. Why? Why blame Floyd for something that [...]

By Peter Wells: As you all know by now the March 13th super fight between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr and P4P king Manny Pacquiao is off. They couldn’t agree to the deal and both fighters leave their boxing fans extremely disappointed. Mayweather has Malignaggi in mind, while Pacquiao has Foreman as an option.

By Kirk Jackson: Amidst all the controversy that has been surrounding the sport of boxing the past couple of months over the whole steroids issue involving Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and others, the name Paulie Malignaggi has also risen to the surface. Propelled to the front pages of boxing popularity, mainly due to his stance [...]