Archive for March, 2010

By Peter Wells: Saturday night Devon Alexander unified the WBC and IBF 140lb titles in an enthralling 8th round stoppage victory of Colombian tough man, Juan Urango. Both fighters were in superb condition, but the quicker fighter from St Louis was too much for the plodding Urango. Juan tried to get back into the fight [...]

By Peter Wells: After the breaking news that Ricky Hatton had said he was retiring from the sport, I have just found out the full details of what has gone on. On the weekend just gone Ricky Hatton told some of his mates at a pub in Tenerife that he was ready to hang up [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Reports late last night surfaced that according to friends, Ricky Hatton has decided against his proposed comeback to the ring. The Hitman who has not fought since his dramatic loss to Manny Pacquiao last May, was planning one last go to end his career on a win. But now it seems that [...]

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck, American challenger Adam Richards, International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin as well as cruiserweight hopeful Alexander Frenkel and IBF Intercontinental Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez all participated in a public work-out today in Berlin´s famous Axel-Springer-Passage.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 8, 2010) – New Jersey heavyweight Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plans on proving to Tony “TNT” Grano that lightning can indeed strike twice when the two battle Friday night in the 10-round main event on the “Brace For Impact” pro boxing card, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc. (CES), [...]

By Brinsley Bailey: Vitali Klitschko (39-2) will defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against London-based Pole Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1) on May 29 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Klitschko had looked set to face former WBA champion Nikolay Valuev but, when negotiations broke down, European champion Sosnowski swiftly stepped in as a replacement.

BARRY Hearn has tipped Poland’s Albert Sosnowski to ‘cause a big upset’ and beat WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko in May. Sosnowski hails from Warsaw but is now based in Brentwood, Essex and is managed by Hearn, who has co-promoted the majority of his fights.

ST. LOUIS, MO. (March 9, 2010) Junior middleweight contender Deandre “BULL” Latimore is in full force of his training camp in St. Louis, Missouri as he prepares for an ESPN2 televised rematch with New York City’s Sechew Powell on Friday March 19th at The Durant Choctaw Event Center at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, [...]

FRANK MALONEY will continue to rely entirely on British based fighters when he stages his next promotion at Leigh Sports Village promotion on Friday 19th March. Maloney exclusively used British boxers when he staged a show in Nottingham last month, and is hoping to repeat that feat again on next week’s Sky Sports televised show.

By Rasheed Catapang: To hear him talk, he’s the best there is at what he does – the greatest boxer ever to lace up gloves. According to him, he’s the King of the Hill and inside the ring, his preferred temple and shrine, a boxing god. Outside of his family and a few elite sycophants, [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he thinks that this Saturday’s fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey will do as well as the Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto bought in terms of pay per view buys, according to an interview of Arum at Boxing Talk. The [...]

By Alexander Fugate: People first became interested in a Maywether-Cotto match-up around 2005 when both fought at 140 pounds. However, most thought Cotto still needed some more experience before stepping up to someone as good as Mayweather. This was pointed out by Chris Ackerman of Doghouseboxing.com on October 16, 2005 when he reported, “…no one [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I’m hearing that Ricky Hatton is planning on retiring from boxing. Well, I’m glad he if this is turns out to be true. I don’t want to see Hatton knocked out again, and I have a good feeling Hatton would be knocked out pretty much by anyone he faces at this point [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s a question that we won’t know until the first punches are sent flying on March 27th, but based on observing the last handful of fights of Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell, I’d have to say that Abraham is far too slow to compete with Dirrell. Some slow fighters are able to [...]

Hall of Fame boxing announcer Al Bernstein will again serve as official host for the next Crown Boxing Friday Night Fights, March 12 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino.

By Sean McDaniel: According to news from the Dailymail, Ricky Hatton plans on hanging up the gloves and retire from boxing. Hatton had been said to be thinking it over recently about making a comeback. There had been talk of Hatton coming back against possibly Juan Manuel Marquez in the Summer. However, it now looks [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KO’s) speaking to Greg Leon of Boxing Talk didn’t have much good to say about light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KO’s), saying when asked by Leon whether he thinks that Hopkins has improved “His head is a big bigger, but that’s about it.” Jones later gave [...]

By Dave Lahr: Freddie Roach, the brilliant trainer for Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s), says that they will be trying to get a knockout win over the usually steel-chinned Joshua Clottey on March 13th. Roach says in article at Sport.stv.tv, “We’re going to throw [Clottey] off in the first four rounds. He has never been [...]

Many of my fans have been wondering where I’ve been since my fight against Vitali Klitschko, so I just want to let them know that the Kingpin is back and looking to conqueror the heavyweight division in 2010. First off, most of you don’t realize that I suffered a torn bicep in the 2nr round [...]

By Jim Dower: After beating number #12 ranked WBA and #15 ranked WBC super flyweight contender Rodrigo Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California, Darchinyan said that he thinks that Nonito Donaire is scared of him. Donaire, for those [...]

WORCESTER, Mass. (Mar. 8, 2010) – Highly-regarded, unbeaten prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez could still be “The Future of the Middleweight Division” as projected when he turned pro but, at least for the immediate future, he’ll continue campaigning as a super middleweight.

LOS ANGELES – (March 8, 2010) – For years, SHOWTIMEhas featured boxing’s top prospects and future World Champions on its hit series ShoBox: The New Generation giving boxing fans a glimpse of the World Champions of tomorrow today. On Friday, April 2, live on SHOWTIME, Golden Boy Promotions is proud to present its first event [...]

YONKERS, N.Y. (Mar. 8, 2010) – The youngest member of the fighting Frank brothers, undefeated light heavyweight Ronson, takes on 33-veteran Raynard “Flash” Darden in Friday night’s (Mar. 12) 8-round co-feature on the “St. Patty’s Day Brawl” pro card, presented by O’Shea Brothers Boxing Promotions, at the PAL Gym in Yonkers, New York.

By Jason Kim: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach says that he think that Pacquiao should get out of boxing and retire after a possible fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. next. Roach seems to be overlooking completely the threat that Pacquiao has in front of him with a fight against Joshua Clottey bearing down on the [...]

>By Sean McDaniel: Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is going to be working at putting together a mega fight between Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) for later on this year. In an article from Boxing Fanhouse, Schaefer said “I talked with Juan Manuel Marquez. He [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley would prefer to win by a knockout over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and thinks he can take him out if he gets hurt when they go at it in their May 1st mega fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article [...]

>By Esteban Garduno: On Saturday March 13th, boxing fans will get to see how well Manny Pacquiao can do against a legitimate welterweight when he fights Johsua Clottey, who has been mistakenly described over and over again as a big welterweight. That’s not correct. At only 5’9”, Clottey isn’t what you would call a big [...]

MONTREAL, CANADA (March 8, 2010) Montreal fight fans were treated to another outstanding performance from sensational junior lightweight prospect Logan McGuinness as he battled Mexican veteran Pedro Navarrete in an eight round war on Saturday afternoon. Fighting at the Montreal Casino for the fifth time in his young professional career, the 22 year old McGuinness [...]

Kenny Anderson’s big fight jinx has struck again after opponent Paul David broke his nose in training. The former Commonwealth Games gold medallist was due to face David in a British super-middleweight title eliminator at the St Andrew’s Sporting Club in Glasgow’s SAS Radisson hotel next Monday (March 15).

MARTIN LINDSAY hopes to emerge as Ireland’s top fighter after the shock retirement of Bernard Dunne. The undefeated Belfast boxer aims to show he can become a star in a British featherweight title defence against Jamie Arthur at Leigh Indoor Sports Centre on Friday 19th March. Lindsay, 27, has boxed clever after graduating from University [...]