Archive for February, 2010

By Dan Ambrose: In an article by Ron Borges at the Sweetscience.com, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) talks about why he’s chosen to fight World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s), saying “I could have easily gone on a world tour fighting stiffs and made $200 million but it’s about testing [...]

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) is taking a risky roll of the dice by fighting huge heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) on April 24th. Adamek, 33, appears to be gambling big that a win over the 6’4” 250 pound Arreola will put him position [...]

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By Esteban Garduno: If former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) was smart, he would press Top Rank to line up a rematch against Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in Mexico as soon as possible. Cotto, 29, has unfinished business against Margarito due to the brutal beating that Cotto received at [...]

By Jason KIm: In a recent article at the Grand Rapids Press, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather’s comments about future drug testing as well as the purse split for a fight against Manny Pacquiao makes it look as if the fight will never be made. Mayweather, talking about Pacquiao, “I gave him a chance, up to 14 [...]

Derek Chisora vs. Carl Baker – Heavyweights This was yet another mismatch on the card. Derek Chisora (12-0, 7 KO’s) stopped Carl Baker (9-5, 6 KO’s) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10 round bout. The stoppage was way too quick by referee Richard James Davies in the 2nd round. Chisora landed a hard [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Overall, there were a couple of good performances last weekend at the Wembley Arena with James DeGale, Frankie Gavin, Jamie Cox, Derek Chisora, Liam Walsh, Nathan Cleverly and Kevin Mitchell all emerging victorious. However, winning is one thing but looking good in doing so is quite another. I thought Mitchell, Walsh, Cleverly [...]

Popular heavyweight prospect Tony “TNT” Grano values avenging his lone pro loss more than money and fame, which is precisely why he desperately wanted a rematch against Mark “Oak Tree” Brown, headlining the March 12th “Brace For Impact” card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort [...]

Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament point leader King Arthur Abraham and WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck are enjoying Ulli Wegner´s demanding training camp in Palm Springs. It has been one week since they left cold Berlin to shape up for their upcoming fights. King Arthur will take on Andre Dirrell in Palm Springs [...]

No one has a better pedigree in boxing than Texas-based Ronnie Shields. Before becoming one of boxing’s most sought-after trainers, Shields was a three-time national golden gloves champ, won the National Junior Olympics and lost to the great Sugar Ray Leonard at the Olympic trials in 1976. As a professional, he was a two-time world [...]

Every empire needs strong leaders for today, but it must also prepare its future emperors of tomorrow. In 2010, Heavyweight Champions Shannon Briggs and Hasim Rahman, as well as soon-to-be middleweight king “Mean” Joe Greene sit atop boxing’s new promotional powerhouse The Empire Sports and Entertainment as its marquee warriors.

The Anders Vester Promotions in Denmark is extremely pleased to announce that its coming promotions event is called as the “Macho-Time” to be take place at the Arena Midt, Kjellerup, Denmark on March 26, 2010. The Main Event will feature the 47-year-old former world champions Hector “Macho” Camacho (79-5-3) from Puerto Rico to fight against [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The junior welterweight division is probably the deepest and most talented in boxing today. Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan have been getting a lot of press lately. Edwin Valero with his 27-0 record with 27 knockouts has been campaigning at lightweight but is expected to move up to junior wellterweight for his [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) will be venturing into a foreign arena and hoping he can come out on top again when he meets up with former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) on April 24th, at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Froch, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing great Barry McGuigan says he thinks that WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero should get out of boxing before he gets hurt. In an article at the Mirror, McGuigan thinks that Valero is putting himself at risk by fighting after sustaining a fractured skull as well as a blood clot on the [...]

By Alexander Fugate: Many in the mainstream media have been insisting for years that boxing is dead. Nothing could be further from the truth. They point to the popularity of UFC and say it’s taken over boxing. That’s interesting considering in the last UFC PPV, UFC 109, the headliner Randy Couture got a whopping $250,000 [...]

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA/World Boxing Council light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1, 25 KO’s) is looking to leave Golden Boy Promotions and sign with Top Rank, according to the latest news. Wright, now 38, has been frustrated by his inability to land fights in the past few years. Wright has only fought once [...]

By Chris Williams: Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) has been saying that he plans on coming back for one fight against either a world champion or a pound-for-pound top fighters. But I’m starting to wonder about who Hatton really will eventually fight. I have my doubts that we’ll see any kind of champion or pound-for-pound [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is quickly finding out the painful results of being considered the best fighter in the light welterweight division. None of the top fighters are interested in fighting Bradley. Amir Khan, Zab Judah, Marcos Maidana, and even Edwin Valero are thrilled at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) on March 6th in their stage 2 bout of the Super Six tournament at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California. Abraham thus far is leading the Super Six tournament due to his 12th [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his WBA title on April 3rd against two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd, at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. Haye, 29, is saying he’s going to be more aggressive in [...]

By Peter Wells: After looking at Welshman Nathan Cleverly I’d like to go to the other side of the Atlantic to talk about American hotshot Andre Ward. The Californian Super Middleweight is just 25 and unbeaten in 21 with the WBA title already around his waist. Andre has entered the Super Middleweight Super Six tourney [...]

By Peter Wells: According to some reports there have been talks started with Celestino Caballero to move up to Featherweight to fight WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. This is still a massive fight, but Juan Manuel Lopez who believes he is better than Caballero has opted for an easier opponent. I’m not keen on fighters that [...]

By Peter Wells: In boxing there has to always be a future and once the fighters at the top now have moved on to retirement or are nearing the end of there careers the never ending chain carries on to another generation. Boxing will never have a pause in it as there is never a [...]

By Chris Williams: If you think that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to back down from his random blood testing when it comes to negotiating a fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, think again. In an article from Mlive.com, Mayweather has this to say about the blood testing for a future bout [...]

Boxing results from the Domo Deportivo Metropolitano , Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México, Mexico: Carlos Zarate Jr. TKO 1 Ivan Lopez

By Alexander Fugate: In March 2005, Manny Pacquiao battled Erik Morales for the first time. The bout was at the junior lightweight limit of 130 pounds. At the time of the fight, Morales entered the ring at 140 and Pacquiao came in at 139 pounds. Morales won a 12 round unanimous decision. On November 26, [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association super flyweight interim champion Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KO’s) made easy work of substitute fighter Manuel Vargas (26-5-1, 11 KO’s), taking him out in the third round tonight at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donaire battered Vargas with shots from the opening bell, tagging him in [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (40-2-2, 30 KO’s) needed only one round to take out his overmatched challenger Ciso Morales (14-1, 8 KO’s) on the Pinoy Power 3/Latin Fury 13 card at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel took Morales out with a perfectly placed left hand [...]

By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito, the former World Boxing Association welterweight champion, won’t be fighting on the March 13th Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight card, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Margarito was supposed to be fighting Carson Jones on the undercard at the Dallas Cowboy stadium. Now, however, Margarito will be fighting instead [...]