Archive for March, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) had to fight hard to earn a 12 round decision over former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev in their bout last November in Germany. Haye blamed his poor performance on an injury to his right hand which apparently occurred early in the [...]

Jersey City, NJ (March 11, 2010) – Lightweight prospect Danny “Little Mac” McDermott will face his toughest test to date when he squares off against unbeaten Brian Miller on Thursday, March 25 at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, NJ. The eight-round main event will be contested for the NABC lightweight title, headlining Pound for Pound [...]

By Chris Williams: In a fight that is effectively for the bragging rights of New York, former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) will be stepping up in weight to take on WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) on June 5th, at the Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) says that he’s interested in fighting IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) in June if possible. In an article at Boxing Talk, Bradley said “Let’s do it” when asked if he’d be interested in facing Alexander in June. [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Mar. 10, 2010) – Light heavyweight contender Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry has patiently waited an extra month to get a shot at former 2-time World Boxing Association light heavyweight champion Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay in their March 27th WBA Light Heavyweight eliminator.

By Esteban Garduno: Freddie Roach has been talking long hard for anyone that wants to hear him about how his fighter Manny Pacquiao is going to beat Joshua Clottey on March 13th. As you would guess, a lot of the predictions by Roach have made its way back to Clottey and angering him to the [...]

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (March 10, 2010) Jose “EL CUERVO” Gonzalez has accepted the fight against undefeated prospect Shawn “SHOWTIME” Porter, but it appears the highly regarded Cleveland based junior middleweight is having second thoughts.

By Esteban Garduno: In the latest boxing news, Freddie Roach believes that Joshua Clottey tried to quit in his last fight against Miguel Cotto last June in a fight that Clottey lost by a 12 round split decision. Roach isn’t shy about making himself heard, as you can see.

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck and American challenger Adam Richards exchanged a few niceties today when they came face-to-face after the official press conference. Huck made fun of Richards´ nickname “Swamp Donkey”. He said: “He looks like a donkey and he behaves like a donkey – he is a donkey! There is no way [...]

WBO, IBF, IBO and The Ring Magazine Heavyweight World Champion Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko will defend his belts on March 20th against Nr.1 ranked and mandatory challenger “Fast” Eddie Chambers. The battle will be witnessed by an audience of 50,000 fans in sold out Football Arena of Duesseldorf, Germany.

San Francisco, CA – Boxing’s undefeated welterweight sensation, Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield (11-0-1, 7 KO’s), is now a free agent after his managerial contract with Jackie Kallen has concluded. Mayfield, a rising star from San Francisco, is looking to explore his options with other managers.

By Gary E G: The one and only controversial win in Floyd Mayweather’s 40 fight unbeaten career was his bout against Jose Luis Castillo in 2002. Many who saw the fight thought that Castillo was robbed and the few minutes leading up to the official announcement is the only time I have seen Mayweather look [...]

Name: “St. Patty’s Day Brawl” Date: Friday night, March 12, 2010 Venue: Yonkers Armory, Yonkers, New York Promoter: O’Shea Brothers Boxing Promotions Tickets: $50.00 (General Admission) and $75.00 (Ringside) are available to purchase by calling 914.216.9381. Information: Go on line at www.osheabrosboxing.com or call 914.216.9381. Doors open 6:30 PM/ET, first bout 7:30 PM/ET.

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao is in for a big surprise on Saturday night when he attempts to go on the attack against former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. Pacquiao is used to having his way against a recent rag tag variety of beaten up and aging fighters but on March 13th, Pacquiao is going [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers is incredibly confident about his chances against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for March 20th. Confidence is a good thing to have, but Chambers sounds almost deluded with his self belief going into this fight. In article by Bernard Fernandez of Philly.com, Chambers says “Beating Klitschko isn’t about [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: You’ve heard the saying “speed kills”? Well, in this case it won’t kill, but will make former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham one miserable human being on March 27th, at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. The talented Andre Dirrell, the fastest fighter in the Super Six tournament, is going to [...]

By Alexander Fugate: First, I would like to apologize to everyone, as I was mistaken in an earlier article stating ticket sales for the May 1 mega-fight. It has since been brought to my attention that Stubhub.com allows fans to sell tickets to other fans. It appears (to me at least) to be a legal [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach is wary of his fighter Manny Pacquiao getting hit with head butts and uppercuts from challenger Joshua Clottey, and to prevent from Pacquiao getting hit with either, Roach says he’s going to have Pacquiao fight from the outside. In an article at TVNZ, Roach says “Sometimes he [Clottey] uses [...]

By Jim Dower: The knock on IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is that he’s a boring, safety first fighter who lacks heart. Some people think Wladimir does just enough to win his fights, and because of that believe, many boxing fans have lost interest in watching Wladimir fight. This hasn’t been lost on HBO, who [...]

By William Mackay: For a number of boxing experts, they’re under the impression that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will be able to stop Mikkel Kessler at some point in their Super Six fight on April 24th. Some of them see the punishment that Kessler took in losing to Andre Ward in his last [...]

Atlantic City, NJ—Unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, takes on Hector “The Hurricane” Munoz, of Albuquerque, NM, in the fifth defense of his North American Boxing Association (NABA) welterweight title in a scheduled 10-round contest on Saturday evening, April 17, at in the 10,000-seat Boardwalk Hall.

By Alexander Fugate: Tickets for the May 1st mega-fight between Floyd Maywather Jr. and Shane Mosley went on sale today, Tuesday March 9 at 1 pm EST. Ticket sales were limited to 10 per person and a limit of 2 per person for the cheapest seats available. Its been estimated that the MGM Grand will [...]

CHICAGO, IL (March 9, 2010) Former World Boxing Council lightweight champion David Diaz broke camp in his hometown of Chicago today and headed to Dallas, Texas where he will take on WBC super featherweight champion Humberto “ZORRITO” Soto on Saturday, March 13th at Cowboys Stadium.

By Eric Thomas: As of the last count, there have been a total of 41,000 tickets sold for the March 13th fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum expects another 4000 tickets to be sold by the end of the week, which [...]

By David Lahr: After failing at putting together a fight against 7-foot former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) has decided to take on number #13 ranked WBC heavyweight contender Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) on May 29th, at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. This [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: There are legions of Ricky Hatton fans who really enjoy his fights and feel that he deserves to be considered as an all time great in the sport of boxing. But I’m not so sure about that. While I think Hatton is or was certainly a good fighter during his prime years, [...]

By Chris Williams: Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) is counting on Manny Pacquiao to be throwing a lot of punches when he fights him on Saturday night at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. Clottey is ready for anything that Pacquiao will be bringing to the ring, and he won’t be catching Clottey off guard if he [...]

LOS ANGELES, March 9 – Top bantamweight contender Abner Mares is closing in on a world title shot in 2010, but before he can challenge for a championship belt, he will have to get through another tough battle, this time against Colombian veteran Felipe Almanza in the ten-round main event of the March 25 edition [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be holding a press conference in London on Friday along with Paulie Malignaggi to announce their May 15th bout at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. This will be the 23-year-old Khan’s debut fight, and he wants to make a favorable impression on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Both Klitschko brothers want to fight World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s). If the 29-year-old Haye has a preference, you can bet it would probably be IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s), and the reason is because his chin is the weaker of the two brothers. [...]