Archive for February, 2010

Boxing results from Electricians Union Hall, Miami, Florida: Richard Hall KO 1 Jaffa Ballogou Ada Velez UD 6 Stacey Reile

By Chris Williams: I may be missing something here, but I don’t understand how Floyd Mayweather Jr. can be vilified for wanting his opponents to agree to random blood testing for performance enhancing drugs like human growth hormone (HCG). If this is something that can only help the sport by getting rid of dirty fighters [...]

By William Mackay: The May 15th bout between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi could have a stacked undercard, according to Robert Morales of the Daily News. Unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (18-0, 15 KO’s) could be facing Peter Manfredo Jr. (34-6, 18 KO’s), a former contestant for The Contender [...]

By William Mackay: More than the usual Wladimir Klitschko bout, his March 20th fight against the smallish American Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) has boring mismatch written all over it. With the 6’1” Chambers, it’s almost impossible to see him even coming close to beating the much bigger and stronger 6’6” Klitschko. It’s not that [...]

By Sean McDaniel: According to Wallace Matthews of the Boston Herald, there won’t be any steroid testing for World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao or Joshua Clottey for their March 13th bout at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Matthews says that a spokeswomen reported to him that “Texas does not test boxers [...]

by Daniel Ciminera: Since losing to Marcos Maidana back in June last year, Victor Ortiz has had some serious questions asked of him as a fighter. Especially surrounding his heart and commitment as he quit from the fight with Maidana and has since been criticised for perhaps not taking the loss seriously enough. Personally, I’d [...]

By Kevin Fleck: The conversations, arguments and articles about Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED’s) appear more common than the jab, as far as boxing is concerned right now. Everyone has an opinion on it, largely because the testing for use of such substances may have prevented one of the most anticipated fights in recent boxing history [...]

Happy Birthday, Wilfried Sauerland! The Hall-of-Fame promoter was born 70 years ago in Wuppertal, Germany. With his day of birth being the 29th of February, he has only been able to celebrate 17 “real” birthdays thus far. However, during non-leap years, he actually celebrates twice – on the 28th and the 1st.

Allentown, PA (2-28-10) – Two of Reading, PA’s native sons made their triumphant returns to the ring last night as Travis Kauffman and Jason Cintron scored dominant wins over their opponents at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center in Allentown, PA. King’s Promotions, who promoted the first boxing event in Allentown in two years, were [...]

Boxing action from the Monroe Community College, Monroe, Michigan: Bronco McKart UD 10 Jose Miguel Rodriguez Berrio Brandon Little TKO 1 Jamal Kahn

Boxing results from the Magna Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire: Curtis Woodhouse TKO 3 Jay Morris Kevin Hooper dec 6 Daniel Thorpe

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Don King had some good advice for World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan, telling him to “come out of hiding” and start facing some fighters in an article from Steve Bunce at the Mirror. Speaking about Khan, King says “I told Amir that he has to come out of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) has reportedly completed his training in Palm Springs, California, as he prepares for his March 27th bout against American Andre Dirrell in their Super Six tournament bout at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. Abraham will now fly back home to Berlin, [...]

Boxing from The Roadway Inn, Allentown, Pennsylvania: Jason Cintron UD 6 Maurice Chalmers Travis Kauffman UD 6 Mike Miller

By Ryan Dunn: Joshua Clottey is a bruiser. He’s a solid fighter with a tight stance, and a tendency to bull rush his opponents with intentions of body shots and uppercuts. Sometimes this style yields opportunities to land his power shots, but other times it can set up his blind hooks that cause head butts. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) is eyeing fights against undefeated World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s), Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis, according to Boxing News. Diaz, 26, says “If Valero wants me, I’ll take it. If Katsidis wants me, I’ll take it. My [...]

Boxing action from the Asociación Española Tiro y Deportiva Jorge Ross, La Carlota, Cordoba, Argentina: Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar TKO 1 Lucas Rafael Baez Oscar Matias Nunez TKO 3 Juan Alberto Nicolas Cuellar

Boxing results from the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover, Delaware: Michael Stewart KO 5 Brandon Baue Julias Edmonds UD 6 Mondre Pope Mike Tiberi UD 6 Michael Rayner

By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Council light flyweight champion Omar Niño (28-3-1, 11 KOs) fought to a 3rd round technical draw against WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol (26-3-1, 20 KOs) of the Philippines on Saturday night at the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Nino, 33, landed a nice shot to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With the dynamite mega fight coming up between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley, tickets could sell very quickly for their May 1st bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The MGM’s seating capacity is only 17,000, which is nothing for [...]

By Dave Lahr: Well, so much for former WBO super flyweight champion Marvin Sonsona (14-1-1, 12 KOs). He was beaten tonight by Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. (18-0-1, 15 KOs) in a 4th round stoppage loss for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. I knew this was going to [...]

By Chris Williams: With the bout against former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev off the table due to his promoter wanting too much money for a fight, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) is exploring the possibility of facing unbeaten contender Odlanier Solis (15-0, 11 KO’s) next while he waits to [...]

Boxing results from the Bell Auditorium, Augusta, Georgia: Edner Cherry KO 2 Delvin Placencia

By Jim Dower: In a shocking upset, former World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-4, 13 KO’s) was taken out in the 6th on Saturday night by number #13 ranked WBO light welterweight contender Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KOs) in an IBF light welterweight title eliminator bout at the Ballys Park Place Hotel [...]

By Dave Lahr: With all the bragging and predictions that trainer Freddie Roach has been making about Manny Pacquiao beating Joshua Clottey by a knockout, Roach is going to have some serious egg on his face should Pacquiao get taken out or otherwise beaten by Clottey on March 13th at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Roach [...]

LOS ANGELES, February 27 – It was the first Fight of the Year candidate of 2010 as Antonio Escalante and Miguel Roman delivered the goods in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas on Friday night. When the grueling, back and forth, all out action war was over, [...]

By Alexander Fugate: After watching some of Amir Khan’s fights, it would seem that Khan could become a better fighter with a defensive minded trainer. His current trainer, Freddie Roach is an excellent trainer; however he doesn’t focus on defense. Roach works more on developing clean and fluid punching. And right now, Khan seems to [...]

Boxing results from the Atmosphere Night Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia: Gennady Martirosyan RTD 10 Aziz Daari

WORCESTER, Mass. (Feb. 26, 2010) – Highly-touted, undefeated super middleweight prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez is preparing for his nationally televised debut March 19 in an 8-round co-feature against veteran George “The Rooster” Armenta on ESPN Friday Night Fights, live from Choctaw Gaming Center in Durant, Oklahoma. The Dominican Republic-born Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs), fighting [...]

PRINCE Arron has been crowned the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights Champion. Arron, 22, clinched the £32,000 top prize with a thrilling victory over Brett Flournoy in the final of Barry Hearn’s latest Prizefighter event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London.