Archive for February, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: American boxing talent Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) is ready to continue schooling his opponents when he takes on former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) in their Super Six tournament fight on March 6th at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California. Dirrell, 26, looked superb in [...]

By Esteban Garduno: In looking over Manny Pacquiao’s resume in the past few years since 2007, an argument can be made that most of Pacquiao’s opponents in this time period have been pretty much shot for the most part. Let’s look at who Pacquiao has fought since 2007: Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, David [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing light middleweight Sergio Martinez in middleweight action on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight will be shown by HBO as a doubleheader with a fight against International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute [...]

By Chris Williams: According to Boxing Fanhouse, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is near to reaching a deal between World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 6 KO’s) and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) for a fight that will be taking place on June 12th, at the Madison Square [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Tonight’s lightweight title bout between World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) and WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) is sure to have fireworks for as long as it lasts at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. For Valero, 28, this is going to be [...]

The Adamek – Estrada fight is on! There was barely a dusting of snow in Newark, NJ, the streets are clear. Tickets in the lower bowl have completely sold out, but Prudential Center will continue to open up sections of $53 seats as long as there is a demand..

Veteran heavyweight Maurice “Sugar Moe” Harris, inactive for the previous 26 months, recently returned to the ring (Jan. 29) in Albuquerque, impressively winning a 6-round unanimous decision (60-54, 60-54, 58-56) against battle-tested Billy “The Kid” Zumbrun.

Boxing action from the First Avenue Night Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Andy Kolle TKO 6 Pat Coleman Don Tierney TKO 2 Andrew Kato

Boxing results from the Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Herman Ngoudjo TKO 6 Silverio Ortiz Manolis Plaitis UD 6 Jhonny Navarrete

Boxing results from the Aquarium Hotel, Moscow, Russia: Vitaliy Demyanenko UD 12 Jorge Daniel Miranda Magomed Abdusalamov KO 1 Raymond Ochieng Roman Simakov TKO 5 Vasyl Kondor

By William Mackay: Recently, I read an article by a writer that seemed to be gloating about the fact that former World Boxing Organization super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe had beaten both Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins during his career. The writer of the article fails to mention that Hopkins was 43 at the [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer and former fighter John David Jackson points out that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has some flaws in his game in an article at Fight Hype, saying “Pacquiao is not a good inside fighter… and he also can’t fight off the ropes. Clottey has to capitalize on that. If [...]

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2010) – With one sudden, dramatic right hand, once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (28-1, 19 KOs) of Lynwood, Calif. broke open an entertaining, dead-even fight to brutally knock out former world champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop’’ Corley (36-13-1, 21 KOs) of Washington, D.C., at 1:48 of the fifth round Friday in [...]

Boxing results from the Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Derek Ennis TKO 5 Edwin Vazquez Eric Hunter KO 1 Roberto Bonilla Ronald Cruz KO 3 Martinus Clay

Boxing from the Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California: Freddy Hernandez KO 5 DeMarcus Corley Lateef Kayode KO 2 David Whittom

Boxing results from the Sapito Rojas Boxing Club, Barrio El Zaizar, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Walter Rojas UD 6 Miguel Ariel Cepeda Eduardo Jesus Oscar Rojas KO 1 Javier Miguel Gimenez

By Jim Dower: 41-year-old former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (50-13-2, 34 KO’s) turned back the clocks tonight in taking out 30-year-old Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO’s) in the 6th round in an IBF light heavyweight title eliminator bout at the NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

WBA/WIBF/WBO Flyweight world champion Susi Kentikian (26-0, 16 KOs) faces Nadia Raoui (11-0-1, 3 KOs) on April 24th at the Sporthalle Hamburg.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan is being groomed by Freddie Roach as the next big thing in boxing, and possibly the next Manny Pacquiao-type fighter. Khan has the hand speed, movement and youth going for him. He also has Golden Boy Promotions backing him, which is a good thing because it means that Khan will [...]

Boxing action from the NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Guillermo Rigondeaux KO 1 Adolfo Landeros Glen Johnson TKO 6 Yusaf Mack Ed Paredes KO 2 Joey Hernandez

MONTREAL, CANADA (February 5, 2010) Colombian amateur Samuel Vargas will make his pro debut against Todd Furler, this Saturday, February 6th at the Montreal Casino in Quebec, Canada in a scheduled four round welterweight bout.

Boxing results from the PalaTenda, Fuscaldo, Calabria, Italy: Silvio Branco KO 4 Laszlo Hubert Domenico Spada KO 1 Norbert Nagy

By Chris Williams: Former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) has been linked with WBA light welterweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 6 KO’s) for a bout that could be taking place in June of this year. However, that seems like a big mistake for Cotto to take this fight, and I [...]

By Esteban Garduno: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is reportedly interested in fighting a unification bout against WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley in July, according to the Manila Times. Pacquiao believes that Mosley will beat Mayweather on May 1st, the Times reports. It’s unknown, however, whether Pacquiao will be interested in fighting a [...]

By Sean McDaniel: BBBofC British super bantamweight champion Jason Booth (35-5, 15 KO’s) stopped Matthew Marsh (13-2, 1 KO’s) tonight to win the vacant Commonwealth title at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Booth was dropped in the 5th round, but came back strong to get a stoppage in the 11th round.

By Erik Schmidt: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) is looking to put together a bout against former WBA heavyweight champion Russian Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) for May 2nd, according to the latest news from the boxing world. Klitschko, 38, wants the fight to take place at the large Schalke [...]

NOTE: WEIGHTS (Feb. 5, 2010) – World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champ Edwin Valero and WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco both weighed in at 135 pounds during Friday’s weigh in the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

FEBRUARY 6, 2010 – PRUDENTIAL CENTER, NEWARK, NJ 6 Rounds – Light Heavyweights

By Simon Hirst: It has come to light recently that unbeaten super-middleweight George Groves offered £50,000 to fellow unbeaten super-middleweight James DeGale to fight him on the undercard of the David Haye vs John Ruiz bout on April 3rd. For British fans, it would be a superb match-up with both putting their unbeaten records on [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF (February 5, 2010) – STEVEN SEAGAL, one of Hollywood’s most popular box office action heroes and the star of A&E’s wildly-popular reality series Steven Seagal Lawman, was a dinner guest of seven-division world champion and three-time Fighter of the Year MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO earlier this week. A 7th degree black belt and Aikido [...]