Archive for March, 2010

By Eric Thomas: It has been reported by Dan Rafael in the latest boxing news from ESPN that WBA super middleweight champion Andre ward (21-1, 13 KO’s) will be postponing his April 24th stage 2 Super Six fight against once beaten Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) because his right knee is having some issues in [...]

By Jim Dower: Only 6’1” 208, Eddie Chambers (25-1, 18 KO’s) is one of the smaller heavyweights to have challenged IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) for his title. On Saturday night, Chambers has to hope that his lack of size and power won’t be a hindrance in him attempting to capture Klitschko’s [...]

ARLINGTON, TEXAS. (March 15, 2010) – Fighter of the Decade, seven-division world champion, three-time Fighter of the Year, boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound fighter and No. 1 box office attraction, the best fighter of his era…call him what you want, but one thing is certain, the sport of boxing crosses over all borders when [...]

By Paul Williams: I want “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs “Pacman” Manny Pacquiao! With certain reservations, Floyd wins. First and foremost, lets get a huge point out the way. I am a Pacman fan and I want this to argue both sides. I don’t believe for a second the whole drug taunts are true, [...]

By David Berry: Isn’t this what we expected? Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO), as planned, blitzed through Joshua Clottey (35-4-20 KO) on Saturday night; another opponent left in the dust. Despite Bob Arum’s best efforts to sell this fight on its own merits, the end result was never in question. The only real question going [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) could be facing number #1 ranked Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) at the Upton Park football stadium on May 15th. This is a large arena which seats 35,000 boxing fans. It’s debatable whether it sellout or not for this fight card, which reportedly [...]

He has a sensational knock out rate of 85 percent: Cruiserweight hopeful Alexander Alekseev (19-1, 17 KOs). On Saturday the Universum fighter watched the title defence of World Boxing Organization world champion Marco Huck and in an interview with boxing.de he made comments on this fight. Mr. Alekseev, have you watched the fight Huck vs. [...]

By Chris Williams: I watched last Saturday night’s awful Joshua Clottey vs. Manny Pacquiao card at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, and I got to say I personally don’t care whether there are any more fights at that stadium or any other stadium. Supposedly, this is something that is good for boxing to have fights shown [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: When Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather square up on May 1st, I am pretty sure that Floyd will be the one who comes out on top. I think that Floyd’s defence and movement will stop Mosley from landing too much and his slick counter punching will get him the decision. However, I [...]

By Esteban Garduno: I know how fans of Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) think he looked sensational in his 12 round decision win over Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, but Pacquiao sure did get beaten up by Clottey, didn’t he? Look at Pacquiao’s face after the fight, [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: “He had a good defense, but defense isn’t enough to win a fight,” Roach said. And that basically summed up the whole Pacquiao-Clottey Affair. The Event was – no small thanks to Clottey – uneventful. His defense was too good for his own good. There was madness in his method. The method [...]

Marco “Captain” Huck (28-1, 21 KOs) defended his WBO Cruiserweight Title with a spectacular third-round TKO victory over Adam Richards (23-3, 15 KOs). The 25-year-old German champion started to land his trademark power punches in the second round before dropping his opponent in the third. Huck followed it up with another firework that sent his [...]

By Jim Dower: According to the LA Times, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s promotional team Top Rank is looking to put Pacquiao in with one of the following fighters in his next fight: Edwin Valero, Antonio Margarito or Juan Manuel Marquez. They also have mild hope that undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Forget about the results of Saturday’s fight between Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) and Manny Pacquiao for a second. The real story on Saturday’s fight was Clottey’s clamshell defense. It was incredible the way that Clottey completely stifled Pacquiao’s offense. The Filipino was forced to throw over 1200 punches to try and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The stage 2 Super Six bout between Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell may well be the best fight that boxing fans will get to see during the entire Super Six tournament. It matches two contrasting styles that are hard to ignore. On one side you have Abraham, a slow moving, slow punching [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 14, 2010) – “Irish” Joey McCreedy is back being trained by “Irish” Micky Ward and Ward’s brother, Dicky Eklund, who worked with fellow Lowell (MA) resident McCreedy back when McCreedy was an amateur boxer and for McCreedy’s first six pro fights.

By Alexander Fugate: All we have heard from Roach since him and Pacquiao walked away from a fight with Mayweather and signed to face Clottey is how it will be a good fight and a more exciting fight for the fans than a fight with Mayweather. It seems like whenever Roach was actually talking about [...]

By Sean McDaniel: After easily defeating former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey by a 12 round lopsided unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, Manny Pacquiao is now calling for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight him. Pacquiao says “I want that fight, but it’s up to him. I’m ready to fight any [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) says he will be fighting two to three more times at middleweight and then moving up to the super middleweight division to compete at that weight class, according to Vindy.com. Pavlik points out that it’s harder and harder for him to make the middleweight [...]

By Chris Williams: In reading some of the comments made by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, it seems like it might be a better idea for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to look in another direction for a fight rather than pursuing a fight with Manny Pacquiao. At Yahoo Sports, Arum said when speaking about negotiating with [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: Well, I just saw the fight and admit that it was not the most exciting of fights, however, I think that people should lay off Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao did amazingly well, landing many more punches on Joshua Clottey than he was hit with, most of them were body shots but still shots. [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, I’ve seen the Pacquiao-Clottey fight, and I now think Pacquiao should consider himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth that he wasn’t facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. instead of Joshua Clottey last night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Mayweather would have boxed the socks of Pacquiao and given headaches [...]

By Chris Williams: I hate to say I told you so, but I did. I knew the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight was going to be a total mismatch. And for the many Pacquiao fans, including trainer Freddie Roach, who said that Clottey was the type of opponent that would bring an exciting fight, [...]

Dusseldorf, Germany (March 14, 2010) – American heavyweight “Fast Eddie” Chambers – rated #1 in the WBO – arrives in Dusseldorf, Germany with his team a week before his scheduled World Championship bout against WBO/IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. “I am on a mission to beat Wladimir Klitschko and bring those titles back home to [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (March 14, 2010) – World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns to his old haunt, 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, [...]

By Ryan Dunn: In a victory as impressive as any in Manny Pacquiao’s career, the Pride of the Philippines has won a unanimous decision after twelve rounds of some of the most one-sided boxing we’ve witnessed at the elite level in some time. Pacquiao won at least 11 of the rounds tonight decisively, against a [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The Pacquiao-Clottey fight went almost exactly like the overwhelming majority felt it would. A vast majority felt Clottey would cover up too much and not throw enough punches to win rounds and didn‘t possess the power to knock Manny out. This feeling was based on the fact that Clottey has only one [...]

By Eric Thomas: In a fight that was more competitive than many people thought it would be, Humberto Soto (51-7-2, 32 KOs) defeated former lightweight champion David Diaz (35-3-1, 17 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision for the vacant World Boxing Council lightweight title on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey [...]

By Eric Thomas: Middleweight contender John Duddy (29-1, 18 KOs) won an unimpressive 10 round split decision over Michael Medina (22-2-2, 17 KOs). The final judges’ scores were 96-93, 96-93 for Duddy, and 96-93 for Medina. Duddy, 30, was rocked at the end of the 7th round and was saved by the bell. Other than [...]

By Eric Hernandez: As I await tonight’s welterweight battle I find myself asking Why. Why would Manny Pacquiao risk a big money fight With Floyd Mayweather by fighting a guy in Joshua Clottey. That will be extremely difficult to look good against, he has a tough chin and his defense will make it difficult for [...]