Archive for February, 2010

By Mike Hunt: I recently recieved my monthly dose of Boxing Monthly in the post and straight away I read the panel from people throughout the boxing world on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight and who they think will win. I want to be able to forget about this fight for now at least but because it’s [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If you look at all the attention that has been made of World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) since his knockout win last week against Antonio DeMarco, it’s pretty clear that it’s only a matter of time before he’s matched up with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. What [...]

TAMPA, FL (February 10, 2010) Former world title challenger Edner “CHERRY BOMB” Cherry is a man on a mission and continues on his path towards another world title opportunity on Friday, February 19th in the main event of “TRIPLE-HEADER IN TAMPA” at the Ala Carte Event Pavilion.

By Dave Lahr: I’ve done an exhausting study of World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s last 10 fights stretching over the last four years and I’ve discovered that few of Pacquiao’s opponents have even tried to land to his body. The vast majority of them have been pure head hunters. What they don’t understand [...]

Jean Bedard (InterBox President) “With the signing of this fight, we continue our tradition by bringing into Montreal a world class event with two world class athletes in Lucian Bute and Edison Miranda. The pre-sale of tickets is going strong and indicates we will have an amazing crowd and ambiance at the Bell Centre the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Nonito Donaire (22-1, 14 KO’s) needs another opponent for this Saturday’s bout at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. His opponent Gerson Guerrero (34-8, 26 KO’s) failed the medical exam for the fight after a detached retina turned up during the eye exam earlier Wednesday. Donaire-Guerrero was supposed to be [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (33-2, 23 KO’s) has been stripped of his IBF super bantamweight crown by the IBF. Caballero was supposed to be fighting number #1 contender Takalani Ndlovu (30-5, 18 KO’s), but according to Dan Rafael, Caballero’s promoter, Warrior Boxing, didn’t have a place to put [...]

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA (February 10, 2010) — Undefeated former IBF lightweight champion PAUL “The Pittsburgh Kid” SPADAFORA returns to the ring for the third time in nine months, in a 10-round welterweight bout at the Fort Lauderdale War Memorial (800 NE 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 33304), Friday, March 12. Spadafora (43-0-1, 17 KOs), will [...]

By Chris Williams: I was shocked recently when I saw that the old timers fight between Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) vs. Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) is going for a whopping $49.95. Good God, that is way too high for this fight. The bout, which will be taking place on April 3rd at [...]

By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) is confident and upbeat about his chances against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s), saying in an article at Yahoo Sports News, “It’s not going to be personal. I’m not going to be upset. I’m going to have fun. I’m going [...]

MARTIN Concepcion wants to avenge the ‘worst moment of his career’ by knocking out Bradley Pryce in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweight final. Concepcion and Pryce are two of the eight contenders in Barry Hearn’s next Prizefighter, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on February 26.

Light heavyweight contender Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry hopes to parlay his explosive win by sixth-round technical knockout of Shaun George, last July on ESPN, into a February 27 upset of former WBA light heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay for the WBA Interim title.

By Liam Fitzgerald: Juan Manuel Marquez is looking more and more likely to face World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his next fight. At one time it seemed he was on the point of taking on Khan’s fellow Brit Ricky Hatton but that fight now seems to not be happening. Marquez’s choice [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Yesterday, I read an interview with trainer Nacho Beristain where he said that he didn’t want his fighter World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to take a fight against WBA light welterweight champion. Golden Boy Promotions, the promotional company that promotes both fighters, is looking to match [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) took a crack at WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in a press release that Katsidis sent out today. Katsidis says that Khan’s trainer wanted Amir to fight Katsidis and had confidence in him being about to get by Katsidis. However, [...]

Cuban KO sensation Alexei Acosta faces a major step up in class this Saturday when he takes on former World Champion Felix Machado in a unique Latin American duel on the Yanjing Fight Night at the National Stadium in Dublin. Machado will be a name familiar to Irish fight fans having faced Bernard Dunne in [...]

Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Roy “The Terminator” Jones stayed true to their reputations as two of the most outspoken boxers in the history of the sport as they announced The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II, which will take place April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be [...]

By Michael Katsidis: I think it is number one priority that I gladly can annpunce that Juan Diaz has offficially accepted my challenge with an immediate public response. Already this shows his willingness to what will be another exciting battle. I know this fight will be at his weight division of which he was formerly [...]

By Will Robertson: On April 17th Britain’s Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch (26-0-20) will defend his WBC super middleweight belt against Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler (42-2-32). Whilst I like most fans remain utterly clueless as to where this fight will take place, I do remain confident of how the fight will unfold. First we need to look [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) and light middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) have come to terms for a fight on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, the contracts still have yet to be signed, but there isn’t anything expected to [...]

By Jim Dower: Former lightweight champion Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KO’s) looks to be fighting lightweight contender Victor Ortiz (25-2-1, 20 KO’s) on May 15th on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight, according to Dan Rafael. On paper, this doesn’t look like a good fight at all for the 37-year-old [...]

By Esteban Garduno: According to an article at Bleacherreport, trainer Nacho Beristain doesn’t think his fighter Juan Manuel Marquez should fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion right now. Beristain says “He [Marquez] asked me to go with him to Los Angeles to work on the deal for his next fight, that his people [Golden [...]

February 9 (Merrillville, In) – The buzz around “Fight Night 2010″ has shaped up to be one of the most explosive fight cards in the long history of boxing in Northwest Indiana. Just announced today all VIP Table Seats are officially sold out for the event as fans are ready for the most top to [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) has been given the designation of the “champion in recess” by the WBC, says President Jose Sulaiman. The reason for this designation is twofold: First of all, Valero, 28, suffered a bad cut on his forehead in the 2nd round after catching [...]

By Alexander Fugate: After winning a paper title, Manny hit the boxing jackpot by landing a fight against De La Hoya. De La Hoya’s last fight was against Steve Forbes, at 150 lbs. Oscar’s trainer said after the fight that he “thought Oscar would have had more power than he had.” If the fight would [...]

By Alexander Fugate: Manny Pacquiao is currently regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the game today. So, exactly how did he get there? Here’s an honest look at the rise of Manny Pacquiao. In 2003, Manny Pacquiao was the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion with a record of 37-2-2. Both losses [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) fights former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) on March 6th in the stage 2 Super Six tournament fight at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Gullible boxing fans have become enamored with Abraham after seeing him knockout Jermain Taylor [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In case you have noticed, World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley is 38-years-old and is getting kind of long in the tooth. And to add to that, Mosley hasn’t fought in over a year and by the time he steps foot in the ring against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 [...]

By Chris Williams: After 17 years of waiting, light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) is looking to get revenge against Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) on April 3rd when they meet at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hopkins, 45, doesn’t care that Jones appears to be almost completely [...]

From the office of WBC President José Sulaiman: WBC lightweight world champion Edwin Valero has great plans for the future. Valero had a conversation with WBC President Jose Sulaiman in which President Sulaiman praised Valero’s courageous and great performance during his dramatic victory over WBC interim champion Antonio De Marco last Saturday in Monterrey, Mexico.