Archive for February, 2010

Miami, FL: The popular series of “Boxeo TELEMUNDO” will return to the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming in Miami, Florida on Friday, February 19, 2010. In the main event former world title challenger William “Chirizo” Gonzalez of Managua, Nicaragua will face Jesus “Taquero” Vazquez of El Dorado,Sonora, Mexico in a bout schedule for 12 rounds with [...]

Although he has previously kept a lower public profile, Greg Cohen, Founder and CEO of The Empire Sports and Entertainment Inc., has long been a major player in boxing. The former majority owner of Cedric Kushner Promotions (CKP) and partner in Duva Boxing has been promotionally involved with a number of heavyweight champions and top [...]

Reprise is a musical term, meaning “a repeated passage of music, or a return to an earlier musical theme.” Reprise also holds another definition as a transitive verb, meaning “take back or recover by force”. On March 26, Chevelle Hallback will return to Albuquerque, New Mexico to rematch Holly Holm, on the “Warrior Vengeance“ card, [...]

ournament point leader King Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) is on his way to America. The undefeated 29-year-old has boarded a plane to Los Angeles this morning. Coach Ulli Wegner is moving training camp to Palm Springs where Abraham will clash with Andre Dirrell in the second round of the Super Six World Boxing Classic [...]

OVILL McKENZIE will not be challenging Tony Bellew for the vacant Commonwealth light-heavyweight title next month, despite reports claiming that the fight is on. Instead, the Derby knockout artist who gets a British passport later this month is targeting winningthe Lonsdale belt later this year.

By Jason Kim: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) looked much improved in taking out Antonio DeMarco last Saturday night compared to his performance in December against Hector Velazquez. Most notably, Valero looked good on defense and was hit a lot less than he had in his last fight. But one has to [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) already has a better record than Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) after only eight years as a pro. Pacquiao has been fighting for 15 years now in the pro ranks and has tasted the bitter feels of defeats three times already, including [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) didn’t hesitate to accept Australian WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis’ recent challenge for a fight on March 27th. Diaz’s manager, Willie Savannah sent word that Diaz wants the Katsidis fight, saying “Juan Diaz responds to Michael Katsidis challenge! Juan Baby Bull Diaz will [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s), the World Boxing Organization lightweight champion, announced recently that he wants a rematch with Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) on March 27th. Katsidis, 29, lost a 2 round split decision to Diaz in September 2008 in a fight that Katsidis fought very passively in. Things have changed [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) says in an article at the Mirror that he’s out to “unify the titles.” For that to happen, Haye, 29, will have to get through both the Klitschko brothers who hold the IBF, WBC and WBO heavyweight titles. Haye says “I want [...]

By Esteban Garduno: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) showed me that he’s the real deal in dispatching the tough Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) after 9 rounds Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Valero reduced DeMarco, a big puncher in his own right, into a timid lamb as he clubbed him into quitting [...]

By Eric Thomas: Michael Marley of Examiner.com is reporting that former World Boxing Council lightweight champion David Diaz (35-2-1, 17 KO’s) could be facing super featherweight Humberto Soto (50-7-2, 32 KO’s) on the undercard of the WBO welterweight title fight between champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, [...]

By Jim Dower: According to Boxing Fanhouse World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) could be facing WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) next. Apparently, Valero’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is interested in pitting knockout artist Valero with Bradley in his next fight, saying “We’re going to [...]

By Jason Kim: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) did what he had to do in defeating 2nd tier heavyweight Jason Estrada (16-3, 4 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 33, looked good for the most part, landing fast combinations and [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) looked superb on Saturday night taking out WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) just after the 9th round had ended. A battered and tired DeMarco, 24, retired on his stool after the 9th round had ended. After the fight, [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event on Showtime Championship Boxing, knockout artist Edwin Valero defended his World Boxing Council lightweight belt against interim champ Antonio DeMarco in a scheduled 12 round bout in the lightweight division. At the opening bell both men start out cautiously testing their opponent, DeMarco lands a solid right jab [...]

By Peter Wells: Now we know that 2010 is kicking off with the knockout artist Edwin Valero carrying on his 100% knockout record. After 2 weeks ago where Yuriorkis Gamboa brilliantly destroyed Rogers Mtagwa in 2 rounds and Lopez stopped Steven Luevano in a much less exciting fight, now we are really getting into it [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Arena Monterrey in Nuevo Leon Mexico undefeated welterweight Luis Carlos Abregu fought Richard Gutierrez in a scheduled 10 round bout in the welterweight division. In the opening round of this fight both Abregu and Gutierrez used their jab as range finders feeling [...]

From the World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan: Daiki Kameda UD 12 Denkaosan Kaovichit Tenkai Tsunami UD 10 Shanee Martin Yuta Nagai SD 8 Satoshi Niwa Jose Rodriguez SD 8 Sho Nakazawa Kenichi Horikawa UD 6 Yasushi Matsushita Hamed Ali Katsumata MD 6 Hiroki Tani

MONTERREY, Mexico (Feb. 7, 2010) – In a sterling performance, Edwin Valero of Venezuela improved to 27-0 with 27 knockouts and retained the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title with a dominant ninth-round TKO over WBC interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mex., Saturday in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING [...]

Boxing action from the Arena Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico: Cesar Soto KO 1 Eden Marquez Mauro Lucero KO 1 Armando Campas Victor Zaleta KO 1 Juan Carlos Jacobo

Boxing results from the Unidad Deportiva Inalámbrica, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico: Jorge Solis KO 7 Likar Ramos Ramon Maas UD 10 German Meraz Jose Pinzon UD 8 Josue Atilano Mendoza

In front of an exuberant crowd of 10,123 predominantly Adamek Fans, Tomasz Adamek defeated Jason Estrada in a 12 Round decision, to retain the IBF Heavyweight International Heavyweight title. The official scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110, all in favor of Adamek. Post Fight Quotes From Jason Estrada: “If everyone in this room were completely [...]

By Sean McDaniel: After having an easy time in his initial fight at heavyweight in beating 41-year-old Andrew Golota in October 2009, former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) was put in with decent heavyweight tonight in Jason Estrada (16-3, 4 KO’s), whom he struggled to beat by a 12 round [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) had little problems with WBC interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) tonight, wearing him down with monstrous shots and stopping him in the 9th round at the the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. DeMarco tried trading shots with the powerful Valero in [...]

Results from the Convention Center, McAllen, Texas: Robert Marroquin TKO 1 Robert Guillen Humberto Trinidad SD 6 Gilberto Elizondo Brandon Rios TKO 4 Jorge Luis Teron Jerry Belmontes UD 6 Morris Chule

Tonight’s fights from the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey: Peter Quillin UD 10 Fernando Zuniga Denis Douglin UD 6 Eddie Hunter

Boxing action from the Hala na Podpromiu, Rzeszow, Poland: Dawid Kostecki TKO 7 Dario Cichello Tomasz Hutkowski TKO 2 Jozsef Nagy Lukasz Janik UD 6 Krisztian Jaksi

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach made a shocking statement in an article at the Sports Editor, where he said I think when the fight [Pacquiao-Clottey] comes off, Manny will be the bigger, stronger guy.” What does that mean? Is Roach going to put Pacquiao on an extensive lifting and eating regimen so that he [...]

Boxing results from the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico: Marvin Quintero TKO 2 Luis Gonzalez Juan Pablo Lopez TKO 5 Leonardo Resendiz