Archive for January, 2010

From the office of WBC President José Sulaiman: WBC cruiserweight world champion Zsolt Erdei, the first Hungarian to win a WBC world championship, announced today that he has relinquished the cruiserweight title to move down to his traditional light heavyweight division.

The newly appointed BBBofC Southern Region Chairman, Mick Collier, is a firm believer in leading from the front. So much so that this week, in between carrying out his normal duties as Chairman and business commitments, he spent some time at London’s premier boxing gym, Rooney’s Boxing Gym in Southwark, to meet with local fighters [...]

By Joel Roberts: With the major lack of exciting fighters in the heavyweight division, it is somewhat of a surprise that the return of David Tua hasn’t been more widely spoken about. As much as he is the current “Buzz” of the nation down here in little old New Zealand, I think it is well [...]

By Omar Feliciano: Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0, 24 KOs) looks to make Steve Luveano (37-1, 15 KOs) his next victim on Saturday, January 23rd at Madison Square Garden. Fighting four pounds north of his previous 17 bouts, Lopez will challenge Luevano for his WBO Featherweight Title. This move to the featherweight division should be no [...]

By Liam Santiago: Top boxing promoter Frank Warren has said he is very disappointed with Amir Khan, who recently walked away from Warren’s stable to join Golden Boy Promotions. Although Warren stood by Khan after his loss to Breidis Prescott and produced some of the best match making in history to boost Khan’s name, Khan [...]

By Jason Kim: One thing that Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao’s management may not have thought about is that their decision to take a fight against the tough Joshua Clottey could backfire on them if Pacquiao gets damaged in his fight against Clottey. Pacquiao could end up taking heavy punishment from Clottey, even if Manny [...]

By Dave Lahr: A fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao may never take place in the future unless Mayweather or Pacquiao change their minds about the random blood testing for the fight. Pacquiao doesn’t appear to have changed his mind one bit about the blood testing. In an interview with CNN, Pacquiao said [...]

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach and Golden Boy Promotion are hoping to make a huge star out of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) in the future along the lines of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is it possible for Khan to accomplish this task in the near or distant [...]

By Daved Lahr: Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, sees the March 13th match-up between former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey and current WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao as being the better fight for fans compared to a bout between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., which was going to take place on the same [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to news from Max Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) have made a verbal agreement for a fight in May of this year. An announcement will be made this Friday about the mega fight between them. Mosley, 38, has not problems [...]

By Nate Anderson: It’s bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana isn’t a sure thing after all. There are reports that Golden Boy Promotions is still deciding who they want Khan to fight in April, and it might not be the hard hitting Maidana. [...]

2010 marks the 30th year as a national broadcaster for Hall of Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein. Bernstein has been the voice of boxing on Showtime since 2003, serving as analyst on the Showtime Championship Boxing series and sometimes host of the ShoBox series. He started his national broadcasting career in 1980 as analyst on [...]

Producer John Edmonds Kozma (Nick Cassavetes’ Kentucky Rhapsody) has announced plans to turn the life of legendary boxing trainer and manager Lou Duva into a feature film. “We’ve seen a lot of great films about fighters in the past,” says Kozma. “Whether about real-life legends like Jake LaMotta or Muhammed Ali, or fictional characters like [...]

A comprehensive analysis by highly-regarded punch stat compiler and analyst CompuBox supports Team Shumenov’s original contention, as well as the contention of the vast majority of fans in attendance, that Beibut Shumenov deserved to win a unanimous 12-round decision against Gabriel Campillo in their August 15, 2009 World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Heavyweight World Championship [...]

His name might not be overly familiar to Irish sports fans but Peter Maher holds a unique place in Irish boxing history. The Galway man was the first ever Irish Heavyweight Champion winning the title in 1890 before going on to win the World Heavyweight title in 1895. Now 120 years after being crowned Ireland’s [...]

LARRY OLUBAMIWO’S power has been compared with British heavyweight great Frank Bruno. ‘The War Machine’ (6-1) is hoping for another explosive display when he faces fellow banger Scott Belshaw (10-3) at Brentwood Centre on Friday (22/1). Trainer James Cook said: “Larry is getting better all the time and after watching him spar I can say [...]

Lightweight Ben Murphy (6(KO 3)-2-1) faces the toughest fight of his professional career when he challenges, BBBofC Southern Area Lightweight champion, Lee ‘Cooky’ Cook (12(KO 3)-1(KO 1)-1) for his title at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex on Friday 22nd January. Murphy is clearly determined to take advantage, of the opportunity in front of him, and [...]

Minneapolis, MN- One of Minnesota’s most heralded prospects, and former amateur national champion Javontae Starks(2-0 2 ko’s) is slated to box for the first time in his hometown on February 5 at First Avenue night club when he takes on Matt Ellis (1-1). After fighting twice at Grand Casino Hinckley Starks’ third pro bout will [...]

IAN NAPA insists he has nothing to fear when he risks his career against Jamie McDonnell at Brentwood Centre on Friday (22/1) night. Napa (19-7) defends his British bantamweight title against his Doncaster challenger and if successful faces Jerome Arnould for the European crown in France on March 6.

By Dezzie Lightbulb: Who in his right mind could deny that of the two upcoming welterweight clashes, Mayweather-Mosley and Pacquiao-Clottey, Mayweather-Mosley is by far the more exciting prospect? In the sad absence of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight this is certainly the next best thing. Fans have been willing this fight to happen for years. This would [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) appears to be thinking beyond his next fight in the Super Six tournament and is thinking about fights with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, according to Thisisnottingham..

By Shaun Campbell: Ricky Hatton is making a comeback, end of story. Yet now he has finally spoken out about his intentions, still people are calling for his retirement. It’s getting tiring now. Ricky Hatton has done wonders for the boxing world, there is no denying that. No one can say that there is another [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If 31-year-old Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) does choose to face WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) in his next fight in 2010, does Hatton have enough left to beat him? Hatton wants to have one or two more big fights before he goes into permanent retirement and he [...]

Back 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 fight fans. On Friday, January 22, at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California, “NEW BLOOD” returns with a high-impact six bout card featuring the area’s [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) has a tentative agreement to face WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s) on April 17th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s looking like the 23-year-old Khan will choose to face Maidana [...]

By Eric Thomas: Freddie Roach, the famous trainer of Manny Pacquiao, sees Joshua Clottey as a passive fighter, according to writer Nick Giongco of Tempo.com/ Roach says “Clottey is passive. Manny fights every second of every round and Clottey doesn’t do that. He just raises his arms.” I think what Roach is talking about with [...]

By Chris Williams: Let’s be real for a second about the March 13th fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey. Is this fight really pay-per-view material? I mean is it worth paying $49.95 – or whatever the price that they stick on it – to see what likely will end up as [...]

Robert Helenius (10-0, 6 KOs) is facing the “biggest challenge” of his life when he takes on former WBO Heavyweight Champion Lamon Brewster in Neubrandenburg, Germany on January 30. Coming off a spectacular third-round TKO victory over Taras Bidenko, the “Nordic Nightmare” is looking for the 11th victory in as many bouts. “I am excited [...]

World Boxing Foundation News: Hammond, Indiana’s Horseshoe Casino hosts the WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title on February 20th when “Fast” Fres Oquendo (31-5,20KO) steps into the ring with Lance Whitaker (34-6, 28KO). “Mount” Whitaker returns after a controversial decision lose to Oliver McCall in October and Oquendo has two wins since his split decision loss in [...]

“Eleven in a row and Williams’ will be the twelfth” said the supremely confidant Donovan George in between rounds of a furious sparring session at the Veterans Park Boxing Gym in Franklin Park . “Naugler had never been stopped and he was out in the fourth.” “I feel fantastic and can’t wait to fight. I [...]