Archive for February, 2010

By Chris Williams: Welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (38-4-2, 15 KO’s) says he’s up for the challenge of facing fellow welterweight contender Saul Alvarez (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley undercard on May 1st. In an interview at Blandhatton, Matthew Hatton says “It’s [the Saul Alvarez bout] definitely a fight that I’m [...]

PROVIDENCE (Feb. 22, 2010) – The St. Patrick’s Day celebration will extend two days as Irish-American boxers, led by hot, unbeaten prospect Danny O’Connor, the popular “Irish” Joey McCreedy and 4-time world champion Jaime “Hurricane” Clampitt, will be in action March 19 on the “Shamrock’d” pro card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, [...]

Picture: Howard Schatz – By William Mackay: The official announcement was made today that super middleweight contender Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) will be stepping in for Jermain Taylor and fighting unbeaten Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) in the stage 2 of the Super Six tournament on April 17th, in Oakland, California. Green, 30, will [...]

EW YORK (Feb. 22, 2010)–-World-ranked contender “Sweetness” Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs), of Tulsa, Okla., has officially been named to replace fellow American Jermain Taylor in the Super Six World Boxing Classic and will take on undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) 168-pound champion Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) in one-half of a tournament doubleheader on [...]

Boxing results from the Udmurtia Circus, Izhevsk, Russia: Denis Lebedev KO 4 Ignacio Esparza Alexander Bakhtin UD 12 Nick Otieno Konstantin Piternov TKO 5 Samson Onyango

By Eric Thomas: For boxing fans worrying about WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s conditioning, they need not fret about it. Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza says in an article at the Manila Bulletin “His [Pacquiao] weight is in check. We didn’t do anything to change what’s been proven. We are in fact ahead [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) seems to have a negative fatalistic outlook for his April 24th Super Six bout against undefeated World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s), saying in an article at thisisnottingham, “Carl Froch is the world champion so it is [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing the stiffest test of his career when he faces two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Although Haye’s narrow 12 round decision win over WBA heavyweight champion [...]

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HOBOKEN, N.J. (Feb. 22, 2010) – Filipino sensation “Marvelous” Marvin Sonoma is hungry to capture another world title, as well as overcoming the aftereffect of losing his WBO super flyweight belt on the scales in his last fight, this coming Saturday night in the highly-anticipated showdown against hometown hero Wilfredo “WV2” Vazquez, Jr. for the [...]

Neil Sinclair admits his 15-year professional career could be over if he is not successful in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday. The Belfast boxer has gone through a renaissance in the last year after two clinical stoppage wins in 2009 but faces 5/2 betting favourite Bradley Pryce in [...]

AUDLEY Harrison believes he has recovered from ‘being a broken man’ and is ready to claim the European Heavyweight Championship. Harrison, 38, saved his career by winning Prizefighter Heavyweights 3 in October and faces Poland’s Albert Sosnowski for the European belt on April 9 at London’s Alexandra Palace.

BRADLEY PRYCE is confident of revenge over Neil Sinclair in the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights quarter-finals at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday. Pryce was stopped by Sinclair in the eighth round seven years ago but insists it will be different when the competition’s most experienced pair meet in their opening bout.

By Esteban Garduno: I think it’s for the best that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ended up not fighting. If they had fought, I have a strong feeling that the Pacquiao hype machine would end on that night with Mayweather making Pacquiao look ridiculous in beating him either by knockout or a hopelessly one-sided [...]

By Chris Williams: Welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (38-4-2, 15 KO’s) could be the sacrificial lamb for unbeaten welterweight contender/prospect Saul Alvarez (30-0-1, 22 KO’s) to try and look good against on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley undercard on May 1st at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Having seen Alvarez’s last six [...]

By Jim Dower: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (26-1, 25 KO’s) is focused and dialed into working on picking up a heavyweight title in the near future. Arreola, 28, has a fight coming up on April 24th, against former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. In [...]

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) says he wants to stick around for another three to four more years, and collect both the World Boxing Association and IBF super middleweight titles before retiring. In an article at the Dailymail, Froch says “I’ve got three or four years left. I [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey isn’t impressed with World Boxing Organization Manny Pacquiao and sees him like any other fighter that he’s fought during his career. In an article at the Boxing.fanhouse, Clottey said “I can’t tell you my strategy. I can’t and will not tell you what I’m going to [...]

By William Mackay: On his twitter page, World Boxing Association Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) says that he’ll be fighting unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) this year in 2010. Khan says “It aint my problem [Juan Manuel] Marquez pulled out, and now we fighting Paulie Malignaggi. Tim Bradley will happen [...]

St. Louis (MO), February 12, 2010: Steve Smith’s Rumble Time Promotions, Lou DiBella’s DiBella Entertainment, Leon Margules’ Warriors Boxing and Tony Holden’s Holden Productions are pleased to announce the rematch of Deandre “The Bull” Latimore vs. Sechew “Iron Horse” Powell for the #1 Ranking in the IBF Junior Middleweight Division.

By Chris Williams: Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) has had a good career, winning a WBO welterweight title and beating some quality fighters during his career in Paulie Malignaggi, Zab Judah and Shane Mosley. However, as of recent times, Cotto hasn’t looked so great, getting stopped by Antonio Margarito in the 11th round after taking [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It seems like every time I see a thread involving a heavyweight, I see comments from British fans saying that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye can beat this guy or that guy. It doesn’t seem to matter who the heavyweight is. They think that Haye would beat them. It’s kind of interesting [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The sagging career of 47-year-old Evander Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 KO’s) could get some new life. The Las Vegas-Review Journal is reporting that Holyfield could be facing 41-year-old heavyweight Francois Botha (47-4-3, 28 KO’s) on April 17th, at the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight, if it takes place, would [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: As usual, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is predicting a gloomy outlook for his April 24th opponent Mikkel Kessler, saying in an article at the Sun, “When I beat Kessler it will be the end for him. I will be finishing him off. Our fight will be his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers (35-1, 17 KO’s) has great boxing skills and some nice wins going into his title March 20th title fight against International Boxing Federation/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) next month. However, it’s hard to see a case where the 6’1” Chambers will be able to out-box [...]

By Jim Dower: On June 5th, the smallish 5’7” Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) will be moving up in weight to take on World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) in a championship bout at Yankee Stadium, in New York. Depending on who you ask, Cotto is either running away from [...]

By John G. Thompson: Acapulco, Mexico hosted some fantastic boxing Saturday evening, which sadly did not receive an English broadcast in the United States. In any event, the Top Rank production broadcast on Fox Sports in Espanol and Mexico Azteca contained some of the most thrilling boxing of the weekend, showcasing future stars Urbano Antillon [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If things don’t work out in putting together a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future, the March 13th bout against Joshua Clottey could be the end of the 31-year-old Pacquiao’s 15 year pro career. It would be sad and unfortunate if the Clottey fight is the one that Manny [...]

Boxing from the Poliforum Zamna, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico: Elio Rojas UD 12 Guty Espadas Jr Carlos Cuadras TKO 5 Oswaldo Rodriguez

By William Mackay: In looking at the light heavyweight horizon, interim WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) may be out of action for some time waiting on the injured shoulder of WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal to mend before possibly facing him on June 12th. However, hopefully Dawson fights well before [...]