Archive for March, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: The talented Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) let his feelings known about his opponent for this Saturday night Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s), saying this to the news site bild: Abraham has too short, he cannot box, and I’m going to give him his first defeat. The 20,000 fans at the Joe [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (28-1, 21 KO’s) will be fighting former heavyweight contender Brian Minto (34-3, 21 KO’s) on May 1st at the EWE-Arena, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. The 25-year-old Huck will be making his second title defense of his WBO cruiserweight belt against the 35-year-old Minto, who is moving [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is coming off a less than impressive performance in his last fight in winning the World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a 12 round majority decision against Nikolay Valuev last November. Haye talked knockouts before the fight, vowing to show the world a new type of exciting [...]

It was a marathon-like trip from Thailand to Dallas to attend Manny Pacquiao’s fight, and from there to Chetumal to attend the report of the Governor of Quintana Roo, Felix Gonzalez Canto. The sportsman and politician honor me with their friendships. A long journey, but it became something truly unforgettable.

Marco “Captain” Huck (28-1, 21 KOs) will return to the ring on May 1 when he defends his WBO Cruiserweight Title against Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-3, 21 KOs) in Oldenburg. Huck comes off a spectacular third-round TKO victory over Adam Richards in Berlin. He is currently in the Unites States and will attend King [...]

NEW YORK, March 23- On Saturday, April 10th at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., WBC World Welterweight Champion Andre Berto will defend his title against former WBO champion Carlos Quintana. This is Berto’s first bout since last May when he successfully defended his title with a 12-round decision over Juan Urango. The card is [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Mar. 23, 2010) – Former World Boxing Association lightweight champion Jose “Jicaras” Alfaro has already defeated two world champions, Prawet Singwancha and DeMarcus Corley, and the Nicaraguan knockout specialist plans to add 3-division world champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales to his hit list Saturday night in “The Champion Returns” pay-per-view event, live from [...]

By Sean McDaniel: After weeks of silence on the matter of retirement former International Boxing Federation light welterweight/WBA welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) has come out and quashed the idea of him retiring at this time from boxing. Hatton, 31, had this to say from the Manchester Evening News: There has been a [...]

LAS VEGAS (Mar. 23, 2010) – Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz has been working hard in his Las Vegas training camp since mid-January in preparation for his April 3 showdown against new WBA World Champion David “Hayemaker” Haye at MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

AUDLEY Harrison will quit professional boxing if he fails to win the vacant European Heavyweight Championship on April 9. Ex-Olympic gold medalist Harrison insists he will hang up his gloves if he loses against Michael Sprott at London’s Alexandra Palace. “I’m calling this revenge or retirement,” said 38-year-old Harrison in an interview with Sky Sports [...]

After a long, long fifteen month wait, this coming Friday former International Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Champion of the World Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham should finally have had the chance to regain the coveted title that he, and many others, believes is rightly his by facing Matt ‘Too Smooth’ Godfrey for the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Crown. However, [...]

Boxing results from the Strzelce Opolskie, Poland: Pawel Kolodziej TKO 3 Mark Krence Rafal Jackiewicz UD 8 Turgay Uzun

By Jason Kim: Two time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) seems to be a little peeved at being ignored by the Klitschko brothers all these years and not given a fight. Ruiz, 38, let his feelings known about both of the Ukrainian champions in an article at the Guardian, saying “The thing with [...]

Newly crowned WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander “The Great” (20-0, 13KO) of St. Louis, MO, wants the world to know that he is willing to fight World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion Tim Bradley (25-0, 11KO) right now. The undefeated Alexander captured his first title at the tender age of 22 when he stopped [...]

By Ryan Dunn: I just read a great article by Lem Satterfield regarding the USADA testing protocols being employed in the Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley, “Who R U Picking?” Superfight coming up on May 1. I have to say, the more I read about the protocol and how it applies to the world of [...]

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) has a difficult opponent in WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) for his first fight coming off an 11 round technical decision defeat last time out last November against Andre Ward. Kessler and Froch will meet on [...]

By Esteban Garduno: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is kicking around the idea of retiring from boxing after his mother advised him to retire. According to Tempo.com, Pacquiao, speaking about his mother, says “She kneels down and cries very time. That’s a heavy burden when it’s my mother doing that. Of course, we have to [...]

By Alexander Fugate: The world wants to see a Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight. As everyone who hasn’t been living in a cave knows by now, negotiations for this super fight fell apart over stringent drug testing that Mayweather wanted and Pacquiao refused. Since the Mayweather negotiations, Pacquiao, his trainer Freddie Roach, and [...]

CARLSTADT, NJ. (March 22, 2010) — All former junior welterweight champion Vivian Harris was hoping for was a rematch with Lucas Matthysse in order to right the wrong that he suffered during their fight in Mexico City. On February 20th referee Gelasio Perez Huerta unjustifiably stopped the competitive contest midway into the 4th round, in [...]

By Jason Kim: Although IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) dominated American Eddie Chambers (35-2, 18 KO’s) for the entire 12 rounds and eventually stopped him in the 12th round last Saturday night for an exciting ending to the fight, it might not have been enough to impress American television network executives at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The tender-chinned WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing what his trainer/manager Adam Booth calls his most dangerous opponent of his career when he faces two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz (44-8-1, 30 KO’s) on April 3rd at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, Lancashire. The fight is one that Haye, [...]

CANASTOTA, NY – MARCH 22, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today former ring rivals Carmen Basilio and Tony DeMarco will celebrate the 55th Anniversary of 1955’s “Fight of the Year” at the Banquet of Champions on Saturday, June 12th at the Syracuse OnCenter. The banquet is part of festivities planned for [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s talking about his mother wants him to retire from boxing and he’s not sure and has to think about it. I don’t know but maybe Pacquiao should retire already and move on to his singing or career in politics. Whatever he wants, he should just do it already. If he’s [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) believes that his superior hand speed with be the key to victory for him on Saturday night against undefeated Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) in their Super Six boxing tournament fight at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan. In an article at Boxing Fanhouse, Dirrell says [...]

By Dave Lahr: In watching last Saturday night’s fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Eddie Chambers, I came away from the fight being very impressed with the overall punching power of the 33-year-old Klitschko. I think his power rates near the top of the all time great punchers in the heavyweight division, better than fighters like [...]

Kelly Swanson, President Swanson Communications: Thanks, everybody, for joining us. We have a very special call today. This is the season for boxing, and we are looking forward to a terrific fight coming up shortly, April 3rd. Today we have some esteemed trainers on the call for both Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones: Naazim Richardson, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Emanuel Steward, the trainer of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, has his doubts that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO’s) will fight Wladimir in the future. Steward says in an article at the Mirror, “I don’t think Haye is going to do anything but talk. He may fight [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (Mar. 22, 2010) – After 2 ½ months of intense training, 3-division world champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales, is ready for his comeback fight Saturday in “The Champion Returns” pay-per-view event, live from Monterrey, Mexico. Morales (48-6, 34 KOs) has been retired for the past 2 ½ years. The iconic Mexican warrior returns [...]

After watching Eddie Chambers falter badly in his challenge for Wladimir Klitschko’s IBF and WBO belts, former WBO and Linear Heavyweight Champion of the World Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs has the following message for Klitschko: “Wlad, why don’t you pick on someone your own size? Stop avoiding me. Let’s see you fight someone who actually [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said he’s open to fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future, saying in an article at USA Today “I am open to him fighting me anytime he wants to.” That sounds really nice, but what Pacquiao isn’t saying is whether he’ll be agreeable to [...]