Archive for January, 2010

By James Harold: Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton is reportedly looking for one more fight to bow out to this year. Potential opponents names will be thrown around (with Marquez looking most likely) but on the trainer front, due to the shortcomings of Mayweather Snr. the rumor is that he is considering Joe Gallagher, regarded by [...]

By Frank Car: Contrary to news circulating that the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao bout is off once again. I still believe it’s not over. “It’s off” is something we have heard, what, three or four times now? Although my optimism is somewhat fading, there is still time for what a source called a “business [...]

George Foreman III begins his second year as a professional boxer with a bout Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. Foreman III, the son of former heavyweight world champion George Foreman, meets Yul Witherspoon in a special attraction, four-round, heavyweight bout. This will be the 75th “Battle at the Boat” [...]

TWO of Britain’s hottest prospects George Groves and Tom Dallas have been added to Frank Maloney’s talent stacked bill at Brentwood Centre on Friday January 22. Groves, 21, is a man in hurry and targeting Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Charles Adamu. Hammersmith’s Groves and Kent man Dallas will all meet selected opponents on the bill being [...]

7th January 2010 – Philadelphia Boxing fans will get the opportunity to meet some of their local boxing heroes this coming Friday at the grand opening of Mike Cassell’s FIGHTING CITY BOXING GYM in North East Philadelphia. Amongst the many famous boxing stars who will be on hand include number one ranked and former IBF [...]

by Jason Alcairo: According to news from Yahoo sports and as also reported in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the oft-cancelled potential mega fight between top ranked Pound for Pound fighters world Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr is once again off. Mediation went on for 9 hours yesterday but no [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao gets a lot of credit for being a powerful puncher and a talented fighter with the ability to move up in weight classes successfully. However, I wonder what Pacquiao would have done had he fought a prime Kostya Tszyu and Julian Jackson (55-6, 49 KOs) in a hypothetical match up.

By Sean McDaniel: Welterweight Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KO’s) has had his name mentioned as a potential opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr. if his negotiations with Manny Pacquiao pan out for their March 13th bout in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many boxing fans are alarmed at Hatton, 28, being considered by Mayweather for a bout, as [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (January 6, 2010) — Unbeaten North American Boxing Association (NABA) welterweight champion and Top-10 contender MIKE JONES, of Philadelphia, PA, makes the fourth defense of his title when he faces HENRY BRUSELES, of Gurabo, Puerto Rico, in the main event of an all-action card, Saturday evening, February 27, at Bally’s Atlantic City. [...]

By Chris Williams: The more I think about it the more I see World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye never fighting either of the Klitschko brothers. Why should he? All Haye has to do is name drop one or both of the Klitschko brothers’ names and he gets a ton of attention almost as [...]

By Peter Wells: Over the weekend unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. has reportedly clashed with rapper Rick Ross at Vanity night club in a show hosted by P.Diddy. I am a big hip-hop fan but have never listened to much Rick Ross, but this isn’t the first time the two have been in a near brawl. [...]

By William Mackay: After the three group stages are completed with the Super Six tournament, four fighters with the best records will move forward to the semi finals while two of the fighters with the worst records will be eliminated. After group stage 1 of the Super Six tourney, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Andre [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a poll at the Los Angeles Times, Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes a huge amount of the blame for negotiations stalemate with Manny Pacquiao with the boxing fans that have taken part in the poll. Of the 12, 819 votes that have been submitted in the poll, 9,615, roughly 75% of the [...]

Dear Floyd, Compliments of the new season Floyd and I hope you will enjoy your birthday next month, a week after I celebrate mine. We are preparing for soccer World Cup in my country at the moment. The objective of my letter is to remind you that you have set yourself a goal of emanating [...]

World Champion Boxer Amir Khan arrived in Karachi on the special invitation from the Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) to watch the ongoing Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament. Amir Khan arrived along with his family: his father and mother also travelled with him to Pakistan.

Tommy Egan Promotions’ bid to bring Irish domestic boxing to the next level has taken a significant leap forward as the Irish promoter has entered talks with Setanta Sports Ireland to broadcast a City West hosted fight night. Legendary boxing pundit Steve Bunce will host the event, which will take place on Saturday April 17th. [...]

Former world title challenger Matt Skelton has branded Derek Chisora a “plonker” ahead of their big clash at Wembley Arena on February 13. The domestic heavyweight showdown features on Frank Warren’s huge Night of the Champions show live on Sky Sports.

By Scott Gilfoid: In an interview at East Side Boxing’s On The Ropes, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan said he’s looking to fight his mandatory challenger Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) in March. This is great news for boxing fans, because a lot people have been wondering whether Khan would choose to [...]

By Kirk Jackson: After such a tumultuous year in 2009 for Miguel Cotto, many are wondering what looms in the future for the proud warrior from Caguas, Puerto Rico. As mentioned before, 2009 was a roller coaster year for Miguel as he began the year on a high note after stopping English challenger Michael Jennings [...]

By Eric Thomas: There is no word from Golden Boy Promotions, Floyd Mayweather, and Manny Pacquiao’s representatives after their meeting with mediator Daniel Weinstein, a retired judge, earlier Tuesday in Los Angeles to resolve the random drug testing issues that have bogged down the March 13th fight. World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Pacquiao’s promoter Bob [...]

By Ryan Dunn: Okay, okay, when it comes to boxing, we are all going to have our reasons for believing Mayweather will be unstoppable against Manny Pacquiao, or why Pacquiao will knock Mayweather out easier than he did De La Hoya, or why the judges will have to decide such a close match-up. We make [...]

By Sean McDaniel: On April 17th, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) will be getting his long awaited wish by fighting Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’) in their Super Six tournament fight in Denmark. Froch, 32, has wanted to get a fight with Kessler for a couple of years now, [...]

By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) will be making a title defense against number #1 rated WBO challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) on March 20th, at the ESPRIT arena, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Chambers, 27, is arguably the best heavyweight in American fight now, and is coming into the [...]

ESPN Friday Night Fights will kick off the first of 29 boxing cards in 2010 on Friday, Jan. 8. In its 12th season, Friday Night Fights will feature a consistent high-definition telecast on ESPN2 in addition to complimentary coverage on ESPN Deportes and ESPN360.com. As in 2009, this year’s studio portion of the telecast will [...]

By Dave Lahr: I think Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) has been worrying himself to death over nothing for his March 13th fight against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. The last thing that Mayweather should be worrying about is random blood tests or any other testing nonsense. Mayweather is a major talent [...]

CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2010) Super middleweight prospect Donovan “DA BOMB” George will face off against Minnesota’s Phil “THE DRILL” Williams on Friday, January 29th in the main event at “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 8” at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions and Leon Margules, Executive [...]

Anthony Mundine’s decision to forego a quest for the International Boxing Organization’s junior middleweight title next week in Australia is his own – and not based on undue influence or conflict from the IBO – according to its president, Ed Levine. Mundine had been scheduled to meet Robert Medley for the IBO’s vacant 154-pound championship [...]

By Jason Kim: 38-year-old WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will be taking on World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) in a unification bout later this month on January 30th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mosley looked good in his last fight, a [...]

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (36-2, 22 KO’s) will be taking on replacement opponent Ruben Acosta (23-3-5, 7 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Stieglitz was supposed to be facing knockout artist Edison Miranda, but the Colombian fell ill with a bad case of the [...]

CORK, Ireland (Jan. 5, 2010) – Unbeaten Cuban bantamweight Alexei “The Hurricane” Acosta, now fighting out of Ireland, will cross the Atlantic Ocean later this month to prepare for his United States pro debut in 2010. The 21-year-old Acosta defected from Cuba in 2008 and signed a managerial contract with Cork, Ireland-based Gary Hyde, president [...]