Archive for March, 2010

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – When 2004 Olympic champion Andre Ward (Oakland, Calif.), the last boxing gold medalist, took the ring for his first world title fight in November, he enjoyed a familiar face sitting ringside. Ward’s Olympic teammate and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, Andre Dirrell (Flint, Mich.), traveled across the country to Oakland for Ward’s [...]

On Friday April 2nd, Delvin Rodriguez (24-4-2, 14KO) looks to put himself back into the welterweight title picture when he takes on former world title challenger, “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (22-4-2, 10KO) on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT. Rodriguez recently took time out of his busy training [...]

ENGLAND (March 26th 2010) Nottingham’s WBC Super middleweight champion Carl ‘the cobra’ Froch will be tuning into Primetime PPV Sky Channel 480 this Saturday with interest, as a former victim goes head to head with his next scheduled opponent in the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic Tournament. “I’ve got the fight booked and like [...]

Commerce Casino, Commerce, California: Demetrius Hopkins UD 10 Jesse Feliciano

Erik Morales: “I want to thank everyone who has supported us for this fight. I’m ready. I had a lot of preparation and I’m ready to fight again. I think two-and- a-half years of rest were enough. I have a lot of energy and will go back in the ring with a high level.” “I [...]

Boxing results from the Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California: Abner Mares TKO 5 Felipe Almanza

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s no secret that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) fights in a straight up European style of fight, whereas his next Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) has more of a modern pro style of fighting where he hits and moves constantly. When I see [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) and Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) in their recent photos at the media day, the size differences between the two fighters is fairly dramatic. Abraham looks practically teeny standing next to the 6’2” Dirrell and I think there could be some problems for Abraham [...]

DETROIT — (March 25, 2010) — This Saturday, March 27, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), “King” Arthur Abraham and Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell begin what will be an excellent series of Group Stage 2 bouts in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME.

NEW YORK (March 25, 2010) –- The Americans, Andre Ward and Allan Green, give their compatriot, Andre Dirrell, a slight edge to upend unbeaten Arthur Abraham in a Group Stage 2 bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic this Saturday, March 27, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) has not been what many American boxing fans had been hoping for after winning the WBC/WBO middleweight titles three years ago over Jermain Taylor in 2007. Instead of taking on one tough opponent after another in exciting fights, Pavlik has opted for what appears [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be taking on the toughest opponent of his career on April 3rd against John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Many boxing fans and writers have Haye as a heavy favorite in this fight and some are even [...]

By Esteban Garduno: Manny Pacquiao has come up with his own prediction for the May 1st clash between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, saying to the Yahoo Philippine News “I pick Mosley to win that fight because he can throw a lot of punches compared to Mayweather, who’s a very defensive boxer. Defense [...]

Photo credit: Tom Loeffler – By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) is promising to put in an impressive performance against his hand-picked opponent Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) when he fights the Polish heavyweight on May 29th, at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Klitschko, 38, has picked Sosnowski, [...]

Photo credit: Photo Wende – By Scott Gilfoid: After struggling badly to beat the speedy, talented Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) by a highly controversial 12 round split decision last October, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t sure who will be the one that comes out on top this [...]

By Ryan Dunn: Picking up where Steve Lewis left off, I wanted to make a few more points on the matter of Floyd Mayweather’s drug-testing conditions. At the end of the day the fans have mostly made up their minds as to who is to blame for the fight falling apart. But regarding the blood-testing [...]

YOUNGSTOWN, OH (March 25, 2010) – He came. He saw. He was insulted. JACK LOEW, trainer of World Middleweight Champion KELLY PAVLIK, has heard it all as he and Pavlik made their unlikely climb to the pinnacle of boxing. But this time he has heard enough – enough from Lou DiBella, promoter of World Boxing [...]

The 29-year-old Rhode Island native will meet Mexican-born right-hander Angel “Toro” Hernandez in a scheduled 12-rounder for the International Boxing Organization middleweight championship on May 22 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn. Manfredo, who reached the finals of the inaugural season of “The Contender” on NBC, is 34-6 with 18 knockouts in a [...]

By Ronnie Jordan: Like most boxing fans I’m always on the lookout for the next big talent, the new Floyd Mayweather, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson or Chris Arreola. Yuriorkis Gamboa (17-0, 15 KO’s), the young fighter from Cuba. I think Gamboa has the potential to become the new pound for pound king. He’s [...]

Montreal, Thursday March 25th, 2010 – A boxing buzz is once again taking over Quebec City as tickets for the eagerly anticipated bout/event featuring Éric Lucas (39-7-3, 15 KO) vs. Librado Andrade (28-3-0, 21 KO) officially go on sale on Thursday, April 1st 2010 starting at 10 AM. This InterBox event will take place at [...]

NEW YORK (March 25, 2010)–-A new date of Saturday, June 19, has been set for the Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) 168-pound champion Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) and world-ranked contender “Sweetness” Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs), Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports®, formally [...]

MICHAEL Sprott has vowed to win the European Heavyweight Championship and dedicate the title to his late sister Ginette. Sprott, a former British and Commonwealth Champion, fights Audley Harrison for the vacant European belt at London’s Alexandra Palace on April 9.

ENGLAND (March 25th 2010) With only two days to go until the next Super Six World Boxing Classic fight the WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch is weighing up who is most likely to win and who he will be backing between former International Boxing Federation middleweight title holder ‘King’ Arthur Abraham and Andre ‘The [...]

AS VEGAS (Mar. 25, 2010) – Undefeated Uzbekistan prospects, light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov and welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, will both be in action Saturday night (Mar. 27) on a Don Chargin Productions/Jorge Marron Productions card at the Karma Club in Victorville, California.

PROVIDENCE (March 25, 2010) – After reading reports associated with the postponed Steve Cunningham-Matt Godfrey IBF cruiserweight title fight, scheduled for this Friday, Jimmy Burchfield, president of Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), has responded to the situation and misinformation being distributed in the media.

Following the cancellation of Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham’s fight, for the vacant International Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Title, with Matt ‘Too Smooth’ Godfrey the former Champ, and his esteemed coach Naazim Richardson, must be wondering if he will ever get the chance to regain the belt that he lost to Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek some fifteen months ago.

“I want it so badly and really I want Roy to be able to remember this beating I am about to give him for making me wait so long. But now the wait is over, I am going old school and back to the days of the Executioner. He delayed it too long but his [...]

Roy Jones Jr: Bernard Hopkins is a shark. He’s a bottom feeder. He’s catfish. He’s waiting around for someone to die, then he’ll bight into it. If something is dead, he’ll try to taste it. If something is alive, he doesn’t want any part of it. If something is close to dead he’ll try to [...]

By Alexander Fugate: While Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are almost universally recognized as the two best pound-for-pound boxers today, their philanthropic works often gets overlooked. Both continue to donate much time and energy to help those in need.

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 24, 2010) Sensational welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski returns to action this Thursday night, March 25th at FIGHT NIGHT AT THE COMMERCE 2 an outstanding evening of professional boxing presented by TKO Boxing Promotions at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.