Archive for January, 2010

By Chris Williams: If former International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) somehow gets by his next opponent WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, Clottey, 32, will have an easy time selecting his next fights. Clottey still is interested in avenging his defeats to Miguel [...]

By Jason Kim: If featherweights Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez want an opponent for their next fight, they have to look no further than unbeaten World Boxing Association featherweight champion Chris John (43-0-2, 22 KO’s). In an article with theJartaglobe, John, 30, had this to say about the prospects of fighting Gamboa or Lopez:

By Jesse Shannon: Many people know who Ashley “Treasure” Theophane is. If you don’t he is a Boxer, who is making waves in the Entertainment Industry. He has a 2010 Calendar out now which is for United Kingdom Charities; the British heart foundation, Cancer research UK & All stars boxing club. Ashley lost his cousin [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t pleased with his next Super Six bout taking place in Herning, Denmark. Froch, 32, will be facing former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in Mikkel’s home country. Froch much prefers that the fight take place [...]

On The Ropes Boxing Radio interviews former Champions Winky Wright & Vivian Harris. On The Ropes will also be discussing the past weeks boxing matches, news and the upcoming fights.

By William Mackay: It’s still unclear who World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) will select for his next fight on April 17th. The WBA wants Khan to defend his title against WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s). However, Khan’s new promotional company Golden Boy Promotions, including [...]

TV 2 Denmark and Sauerland Promotion are delighted to announce they have signed a long-term TV contract to lift Danish professional boxing to a new level. In the future, TV 2 and Sauerland Promotion will exclusively present between four and six “TV 2 Fight Nights” per year on prime time on Saturday night. Today Kalle [...]

Integrated Sports Media, North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events, delivers the best of two live championship shows, featuring a pair of world title fights, Saturday night, Feb. 27 from Puerto Rico and Mexico.

LOS ANGELES, January 25 – A pair of unbeaten prospects from Uzbekistan, light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov and junior middleweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, are set to make their United States debuts in separate bouts on January 29 on the Gabriel Campillo vs. Beibut Shumenov II card at The Joint at Hark Rock Hotel & Casino in Las [...]

NEW YORK (Jan. 25, 2010) – Promising, undefeated bantamweight Chris Avalos (14-0, 11 KOs) of Lancaster, Calif., will make his main event debut when he when he faces Jose Nieves (17-1-3, 8 KOs) of Carolina, Puerto Rico, in a 10-round match on Friday, Jan. 29, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME ® (11 [...]

By Kirk Jackson: It’s no secret Allan Green is a confident fighter. Nothing wrong with confidence, as every athlete in their respective sport, or every person with whatever they do in life should be confident. It’s important to have self belief, and faith in your performance and abilities. But there is a thing as being [...]

By Kirk Jackson: Two important fights took place in the featherweight division this past weekend. One fight, showcased the rising Puerto Rican star and Super Bantamweight Champion Juan Manuel Lopez, as he took his first step into the featherweight division and challenged the champion Steven Luevano, for the WBO Featherweight Title. Unlike Juanma’s last fight [...]

International Boxing Federation -, WBO- and IBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko defends his titles against Eddie Chambers on March 20th at ESPRIT arena Düsseldorf, Germany. Chambers is the current WBO #1 and the official challenger. On fight night, the arena, homefield of 2. Bundesleague Club Fortuna Düsseldorf, will have a capacity of 51.000 seats. [...]

As he prepares for his February 6 showdown in Newark against former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek, 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada’s nose is out of place and it doesn’t have anything to do with sparring sessions gone wrong. Estrada (15-2, 3 KOs) feels disrespected by Team Adamek but not, [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Michael Marley of Examiner.com, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t moving forward with his fight with World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley. Marley states that a source within the Mayweather camp says that Floyd has added up what he’d likely make in his bout with Mosley, which is $10 million, [...]

By Jim Dower: According to ESPN writer Dan Rafael, 33-year-old boxing great Erik Morales (48-6, 34 KO’s) will begin a six fight comeback on March 27th against former World Boxing Association lightweight champion Jose Alfaro (23-5, 20 KO’s). Morales, a former three division champion during his prime years, has lost five out of his last [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super Six tournament replacement opponent Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) appears really confident about his chances against unbeaten Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) ahead of their April 17th Super Six tournament fight in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California. In an article at Tulsa World, Green said this about his fight with Ward: [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan could beat former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton to a fight against Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight in April or May. Hatton, 31, is reportedly interested in fighting Marquez for his comeback bout in his next fight, but Khan, 23, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach is predicting a 12 round decision win for his fighter World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao over challenger Joshua Clottey on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. In an article at GMA News, Roach says “This guy [Clottey] has never been stopped before. He’s [...]

By Jim Dower: Number #9 ranked World Boxing Organization Middleweight contender John Duddy (28-1, 18 KO’s) was too much for his opponent Juan Astorga (14-4, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night, knocking him down twice and stopping him at 1:55 of the 1st round on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Steven Luevano fight [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to a Insidesports.ph, strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza thinks that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao looks like he never stopped training after his fight with Miguel Cotto in November. This good news, because it shows that Pacquiao has kept himself in shape since his impressive 12th round TKO of World [...]

Boxing results from the Club Once Unidos, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Gabriel Chaves TKO 4 Daniel Saboia Luis Alberto Lazarte UD 10 Raul Eliseo Medina

UNCASVILLE, CT. (January 24, 2010) Sensational junior lightweight prospect Arash Usmanee will make his debut in the United States on Friday, January 29th at the Mohegan Sun Casino, it was jointly announced today by Hennessy Sports and TKO Boxing Promotions.

By Sean McDaniel: In an about face, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) now thinks that former IBF light welterweight title holder Ricky Hatton should retire from boxing, according to The Telegraph. Khan, speaking about Hatton, says that Ricky should “retire and chill out.” This is pretty interesting coming from [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing fans no doubt are looking forward to a future bout between Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s) after watching both of these fighters easily take care of their opponents tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York. Don’t go holding your breath waiting for this fight to happen, [...]

By Jason Kim: If the way that today’s tickets for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey were being bought up, there’s a chance that they may be able to sell out the huge 100,000 seat Dallas Cowboy stadium for their March 13th bout in Arlington, Texas. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, over 20,000 tickets [...]

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event on HBO’s Boxing After Dark undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez fought six and a half brutal rounds for his first fight in the featherweight division against Steven Luevano to capture the WBO featherweight title.

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s co-main event on Boxing After Dark from The Theater at Madison Square Garden undefeated Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa improved his undefeated record when he out-boxed and out-classed Rogers Mtagwa in a scheduled 12 round fight in the featherweight division for the WBA world featherweight title.

By Jim Dower: In an impressive display of punching, World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) stopped WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano (37-2-1, 15 KO’s) in the 7th round tonight at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Lopez dropped Luevano in the 7th round. Referee Benji Estevez stopped [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association interim featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KOs) made easy worker of tough Tanzanian challenger Rogers Mtagwa (26-14-2, 18 KOs), taking him out in two rounds at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Gamboa’s speed was way too fast for the slower Mtagwa, who was quickly knocked [...]