Archive for April, 2010

Boxing results from the UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois: Don George UD 8 Osumanu Adama

Results – Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: Robert Guerrero TKO 8 Roberto David Arrieta

Results from the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London: Jon-Lewis Dickinson KO 3 Nick Okoth

By William Mackay: Well it looks like Paulie Malignaggi didn’t take the criticism too well from unbeaten lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) yesterday when the British fighter commented on Amir Khan facing an easy opponent. Malignaggi, not one to let an insult go by without responding, fired back on his Twitter page, saying [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Writer Bert Sugar thinks that five-time world champion Shane Mosley has what it takes to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. tomorrow night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. While most people seem to think that Mayweather will win the fight, Sugar thinks that Mosley’s reach and hand speed will be a big [...]

RED CORNER BLUE CORNER MAIN EVENT – WELTERWEIGHTS – 12 ROUNDS Floyd MAYWEATHER vs. Shane MOSLEY

By Eric Thomas: At today’s weigh-in, undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) weighed in at 146 for his fight tomorrow night against Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mosley, 38, weighed in a pound heavier at 147. Mayweather is reportedly getting $40 million for the fight. Richard [...]

By Eric Thomas: With only one day to go before tomorrow’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, Mayweather took time to conduct an interview with television sports personality Jim Rome on his show. Mayweather continued to argue that he’s better than Muhammad Ali, saying “Why Muhammad Ali and not me? Ali fought Ken [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –APRIL 30, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today “Irish” Micky Ward will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Sean McDaniel: On Saturday night, the outcome between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley might not come down to who has the better talent, but rather which fighter has the most heart. Mayweather, 33, clearly has the better talent of the two and the better overall physical skills. But what he may not [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 30)…Six-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBA Welterweight Super Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, are set to meet in Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? on Saturday, May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in a mega-bout which will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at [...]

By Jason Kim: Although some people might think that he’s a little biased because he has something to gain in the future, trainer Freddie Roach is picking Floyd Mayweather Jr. to beat Shane Mosley tomorrow night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In a press release sent out earlier today, Roach said “Shane’s [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 30)…Some of the most recognized boxing fans in the world are weighing in on the match-up between undefeated six-time world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBA Welterweight Super Champion Sugar Shane Mosley, who are set to meet in Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? on Saturday, May 1 at MGM [...]

By Chris Williams: Fellow training partner of Manny Pacquiao, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan thinks that Pacquiao is a clean fighter and not using any performance enhancing drugs.

By Chris Williams: If you want the opportunity to face Floyd Mayweather Jr., and get a good payday that comes with it, you’ll most likely have to agree to the random Olympic style blood tests that he now requires for all his opponents before they step foot in the ring with him. You’ve heard of [...]

By Joseph “The Mad Boxing Genius” Torres: The first Super fight of the year is ready to take place. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley promises to be an exciting bout that will finally pit these two future Hall of Famers together in the ring. In addition, it will determine who will likely face Manny [...]

Solo Boxeo – TeleFutura RED CORNER BLUE CORNER HEAVYWEIGHTS – 8 ROUNDS Deontay WILDER vs. Alvaro MORALES

HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 30, 2010) – Integrated Sports Media, North America’s undisputed champion of major pay-per-view boxing distribution, announced today it will be involved in the airing of the May 29th “Fists Of Steel” event, featuring 3-time and reigning WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko against European title-holder Albert “The Dragon” Sosnowski, live from [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) is expressing interest in facing lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s), according to the BBC Sport. It’s unclear whether the 23-year-old Khan is planning on fighting Mitchell next or at some point in the future. Boxing fans were hoping that Khan would [...]

WBO Cruiserweight Title: Brian Minto (USA): 90 kg Marco Huck (Germany): 90,2 kg WBO Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title: Tommy Karpency (USA): 79 kg Karo Murat (Germany): 79,2 kg

TV1 will broadcast live coverage of Amir Khan’s WBA world title defence against Paulie Malignaggi from New York’s Madison Square Garden in the early hours of Sunday May 16th. The fight, against Brooklyn-based Malignaggi, is Bolton-born Khan’s second defence of his WBA world light-welterweight title and his first ever to be held in the United [...]

Results – Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas: Casey Ramos UD 8 Angel Rodriguez Kirk Johnson TKO 1 Douglas Robertson

Boxing results: Nihon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan: Fernando Montiel TKO 4 Hozumi Hasegawa WBC bantamweight title Toshiaki Nishioka TKO 5 Balweg Bangoyan Takahiro Ao TKO 8 Whyber Garcia

The 22nd May 2010 to the day of truth for Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1 (17)). The former world heavyweight champion (2007-2009) will then return to a very special fight for the third time in the Hanseatic city of Rostock. In the Rostock StadtHalle the official World Cup qualifying contest of the International Association WBA heavyweight rising [...]

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. (April 30, 2010) – Undefeated World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY and World Boxing Association interim super lightweight champion MARCOS “El Chino” MAIDANA will host a news conference, open to the public, Next Tuesday! May 4, in The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa (32-250 Bob Hope [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (April 30, 2010) — Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion and future rabbi YURI FOREMAN made his U.S. network television debut on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! which aired at 12:05 a.m. ET/PT this morning. After mining gold with his good humor during his segment, Foreman grabbed a few hours sleep and [...]

LONDON (30th April) European title challenger John Murray is hoping that by next weekend that the City of Manchester will have two reasons to celebrate. Next Friday (7th May) the British Lightweight Champion will be challenging Gary Buckland for the vacant European lightweight title live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 10pm. The event will [...]

Domestic rivals Jamie Power and John “The Warrior” Waldron have promised to limit their fighting to the boxing ring ahead of their Irish Light Heavyweight title clash on the Yanjing Fight Night at The University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, May 15th.

By Sean McDaniel: There’s a lot riding on Saturday’s night’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley. For one, this fight has long lasting ramifications for a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao in the future. If Mayweather beats Mosley in an impressive fashion, it will be that much harder to put together a Pacquiao-Mayweather [...]

CHICAGO (April 29, 2010) — Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) tomorrow/ Friday, April 30, live on SHOWTIME® at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. In a battle of unbeaten, world-ranked 168-pounders in the 10-round main event, Marcus “Too Much” [...]