Archive for February, 2010

Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana – results: Fres Oquendo RTD 9 Demetrice King

From the Discoteca El Alebrije, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico: Giovanni Segura TKO 4 Walter Tello Urbano Antillon TKO 3 Luis Antonio Arceo Omar Chavez KO 1 Eugenio Lopez

Salle de la préhalle, Herstal, Liege, Belgium – Boxing results: Lubos Suda KO 11 Geoffrey Battelo Stephane Jamoye KO 7 Hamis Ajali

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (38-2, 33 KO’s) took out Orlando Cruz (16-2-1, 7 KO’s) in the 3rd round tonight in a scheduled 12 round bout to capture the vacant WBC featherweight Latino title at the Auditorio Plaza Condesa, in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.The bout [...]

By Chris Williams: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) makes it pretty clear that he thinks that former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) will be running from him when they meet on April 24th, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. In their recent press conference Arreola, [...]

At the Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico: Lucas Martin Matthysse TKO 4 Vivian Harris Daniel Ponce de Leon KO 3 Orlando Cruz

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council super middleweight Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has been left out in the cold by Sky TV, as his April 24th Super Six bout against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) won’t be shown by Sky TV despite it being a tournament fight and involving a fight against the former [...]

By Ryan Dunn: In a recent interview with KTLA Los Angeles, reporter Cher Calvin stepped into the Wild Card Gym, where Manny Pacquiao is training for his March 13 bout against Joshua Clottey, for a few words with the P4P king himself. During the interview, she asks him to address the steroids accusations, and at [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Although not much has been said about this topic, I think it’s something that needs to be considered. Former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) hasn’t looked like the same fighter he once was since suffering a 12 round unanimous decision loss to unbeaten Joe Calzaghe in November 2007. [...]

By Jim Dower: After doing nothing for one year after his win over Kelly Pavlik in late 2008, 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins has sprung to life recently with a win over fringe middleweight contender Enrique Ornelas in December. Hopkins also has a fight coming up on April 3rd, against Roy Jones Jr. at the Mandalay Bay [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I have a massive amount of respect for super middleweight Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) for only asking for a three week postponement for his Super Six bout against Arthur Abraham (31-0, 15 KO’s). Dirrell, 26, injured his back while training this week for what was supposed to be a fight on [...]

by Glen Anglin: There is an all-too-common tendency among many boxing fans to attempt to promote the greatness of their chosen hero by denigrating their hero’s current rival. Currently, there is a blazing war of words between the respective fans of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather . Normally, this verbal battle takes 4 basic forms:

By Jim Dower: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s) said to ESPN analyst Brian Kenny on Friday night that he plans on cleaning up the light heavyweight division after Bernard gets through with his fight on April 3rd against 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. Hopkins, who has only fought once in the past two years, said [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (February 20, 2010) – World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, April 17 to defend his titles against World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight champion SERGIO “Maravilla” MARTINEZ. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City, Pavlik vs. Martinez [...]

Boxing results: Stafford Center, Stafford, Texas: Lanardo Tyner UD 8 Taronze Washington Calvin Green TKO 1 Adrian Redmond

By Sean McDaniel: If the March 13th bout between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey is going to succeed, it’s going to have to settle for a simple 30 minute special from HBO named “Road to Dallas.” This has got to be a huge blow for the fight, because the HBO [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Instead of taking on another miniature fighter like Manuel Vargas or beatable opponent like Gerson Guerrero, Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KO’s) needs to give a rematch with super flyweight contender Rafael Concepcion (13-4-1, 8 KO’s). Donaire defeated Concepcion by a 12 round decision in August 2009, and looked horrible in doing so, [...]

New Zealand amateur sensation LETI LETI has signed with TKO Boxing Promotions. The announcement was made by Leti’s Las Vegas-based manager Cameron Dunkin. A native of Samoa, Leti, 22, one of New Zealand’s most decorated amateur fighters, made his professional debut last month, in Auckland, New Zealand, knocking out Aaron Bartlett in the first round [...]

Boxing action from the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida: Clarence Adams TKO 4 Edel Ruiz William Gonzalez UD 12 Jesus Vazquez Patrick Teixeira SD 6 Joseph De los Santos Reggie Pena UD 6 Julio Garcia Luis Franco TKO 2 Anthony Napunyi Sherali Dostiev UD 4 Christopher Rivera Xavier Burgos TKO 2 William Rodriguez Eduardo [...]

Boxing result from the A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida: Edner Cherry TKO 1 Hevinson Herrera Lenroy Thomas MD 6 Homero Fonseca

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) sounds like victory over former WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) is a foregone conclusion. Froch says in an article at the UK.eurosport “They say styles make fights and our fight will be an exciting one. I am curious to see [...]

By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event on ESPN2 from the Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio undefeated hometown favorite Shawn “Showtime” Porter won a hard fought unanimous decision over the 6’2” southpaw Russell Jordan in a ten round bout in the junior middleweight division for the vacant WBO and NABO junior middleweight belts.

Action from the Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio: Shawn Porter UD 10 Russell Jordan Lanard Lane UD 8 Martin Tucker

By Sean McDaniel: This has got to be one of the worst heavyweight title defenses I’ve seen since I saw WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defend his title against American Kevin Johnson. Challenger Eddie Chambers (35-1, 17 KO’s) has basically no chance of beating IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) at the ESPRIT [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the opening bout on the February 19th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio undefeated Philadelphian Lanard Lane won an eight round unanimous decision over hometown favorite Martin Tucker in the welterweight division.

DAN GOOSSEN (Promoter): “During the time that we’ve been talking about this fight, prior to Adamek’s fight with (Jason) Estrada, we were getting emails; we were getting messages; we were getting those phone calls ‘Where’s the fight going to be’? I mean Excitement! Excitement! Excitement!”

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Adamek Quotes: “I will not run from Arreola. I will be easy to find in the ring, if he wants to find me. Why should I exchange punches with Chris, when I can make him miss, and then hit him? Whatever works for me on that day I will do. I think in the ring [...]

By Dave Lahr: Not much has been said about the possibility that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao could lose and lose big to former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. After all, Pacquiao is little, and has been put in with a number of fading fighters in the past five years. And even recently, Pacquiao’s opponents [...]

NEW YORK (Feb. 19, 2010)–-Fan favorite Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (33-2-1, 27 KOs) will make his fifth consecutive appearance on SHOWTIME® and 11th overall when he defends his World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association (WBC/WBA) super flyweight crowns against streaking, world-ranked Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-1-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a special edition [...]