Archive for April, 2010

By Chris Williams: At today’s weigh-in, light middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) looked like a winner already, as he exuded confidence in front of the Atlantic City crowd. If there was ever a fighter that you would think was a winner ahead of time, it would be the 35-year-old Martinez. He came across as [...]

By William Mackay: The bout between World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) and WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) has been rescheduled for July 17th, according to Fight News. Last week it was announced that Maidana, 26, had injured his back and would need at least [...]

Boxing results: Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Lancashire: Denton Vassell UD 12 Lee Purdy

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) is technically the World Boxing Association champion while knockout artist Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) is the WBA interim light welterweight champion. However, in this case I think the better fighter is the interim champion Maidana rather than Khan, a fighter with a [...]

by Steve Mackay: Floyd Mayweather Jr, love him or hate him, everyone has an opinion on him. That is why he is such a blockbuster pay per view attraction, but is he just three fights away from being viewed as the greatest of all time? The three fights would, of course, are the “Sugar” Shane [...]

IBF WORLD TITLE BOUT Super Middleweight Division (12 rounds) Presented at 10:15 pm Lucian Bute vs. Edison Miranda Montreal, QC, CAN Buenaventura, Colombia

Who R U Picking? That is the question on everyone’s minds when it comes to the match-up between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley which is set to take place May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View®. While this mega-fight is fast approaching, the avid sports enthusiast Mayweather [...]

By Steven Wain: As you may have seen, one half of the Klitschko brothers Wladimir Klitschko has issued a challenge to WBA world heavyweight champion and boxing sensation David Haye. I would firstly like to say what a stupid move by Wladimir, as I feel he does not even deserve to be in the same [...]

By Jim Dower: Tomorrow night’s fight between International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s) and Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) matches two completely different fighters against each other. Bute, 30, is good boxer with great technical skills, fast hands and the ability to get out of the way of shots after [...]

by Niko Tricarico: In 2007, the world witnessed the highest grossing fight in the history of Pay Per View boxing when Oscar De La Hoya faced off against Floyd Mayweather Jr., though even with that type of sporadic popularity you’d be hard pressed to find a group of people who actively follow the sport with [...]

By Ted Ringer: In looking at the April 24th fight between WBC super middleweight Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) and challenger Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) the thing that jumps out at me immediately is the vast differences in their apparent skills level. Kessler, 31, is a fighter with vast talent and extraordinary boxing ability [...]

Herning (16.04.2010) – Kalle Sauerland has confirmed that the Super Six World Boxing Classic Clash between World Boxing Council Super-Middleweight Champion Carl Froch and Danish hero Mikkel Kessler (April 24) will go ahead as planned despite multiple airspace closures throughout Europe. The “Cobra” was scheduled to fly from Great Britain to Denmark tomorrow, but with [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Former European light-middleweight champion Jamie Moore confirmed his retirement from the sport a few days ago. Although Jamie never fully got the recognition or the fame he deserved, his thrilling encounters with Matthew Macklin, Michael Jones and Ryan Rhodes to mention a few, will live forever in the minds of the British [...]

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who now works as a TV host for Danish pay-per-view giant Viasat, admitted he is impressed by Carl Froch´s fitness level ahead of the WBC Champion´s meeting with Danish hero Mikkel Kessler on April 24. Schmeichel paid a visit to the Cobra´s home base in Nottingham last weekend to [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 16, 2010) TKO Boxing Promotions has added four world class prospects, Mikael Zewski, Terence Crawford, J’Leon Love and Michael Finney, to the action packed MAY MAYHEM professional boxing event set for Saturday, May 1st at the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds in Iowa City, Iowa.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko plans on making World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye suffer when and if they are able to agree to financial terms during their negotiations for a unification bout. In an article at ESPN, Wladimir said “I want to enjoy punishing him [Haye] for 12 rounds and [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (38-1, 27 KO’s) will be at ringside this Saturday night for the Kelly Pavlik vs. Sergio Martinez middleweight title fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Williams, who will be facing Kermit Cintron on May 8th, wants to fight the winner of Pavlik-Martinez. [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night, International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 20 KO’s) faces what is likely the biggest puncher of his career in Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Bute, 30, has never been in with a slugger like Miranda before and it [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten British lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) believes that there will be a huge crowd turning out for his title bout against World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) on May 15th at the Upton Park, in London, England. Mitchell, 25, says in an interview at [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is hoping to get his reputation back with boxing fans by beating light middleweight Sergio Martinez on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pavlik holds down two of the four belts, and is considered by some boxing experts to be the best [...]

NOTE: WEIGHTS (April 15, 2010) – Undefeated middleweight prospect and hometown favorite Fernando Guerrero weighed in at 160 pounds and Chicago’s Michael Walker tipped the scales at 161 during Thursday’s weigh in at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, Md.

By Scott Gilfoid: I think WBA heavyweight champion David Haye should only get 20% of the revenue in a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. But to make the fight easier to get made, let’s say Wladimir offers Haye 40% to take the fight. Will Haye go for this or will be stubbornly hold [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) may be one of the top 10 fighters in the light welterweight division, but I think he’s going to have problems making it out of his May 15th fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) on his feet. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: On the Steve Bunce boxing hour show, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) was in fine form, predicting a win over his stage 2 Super Six tournament opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s), whom he will be fighting on April 24th, in Herning, Denmark. I’ll say this: For a [...]

A scheduled April 24th bout which has fans of heavyweight boxing buzzing for months will now have added significance with the unfortunate tragedy which befell the home country of one of its competitors. Poland’s Tomasz “Goral” Adamek, who will be defending his IBF International Heavyweight Title against the heavy-handed, top-rated contender and local hero Cristobal [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) could be facing Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in either September or November depending on how Pacquiao does in his congressional election next month. Either way, it looks as if Top Rank will be putting Pacquiao next. According to news from the [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Emanuel Steward believes a rematch between his fighter former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao is a possibility. Cotto was stopped in the 12th round by Pacquiao last November in a one-sided defeat which saw Cotto get knocked down two times and totally dominated by the faster [...]

BAY ST. LOUIS, MS – Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis announced that Kendrick Releford will replace injured fighter Leo Nolan in the main event to battle with rising crowd pleaser “Big Fred” Kassi on Saturday, April 24th, at 8 p.m. “Releford will be the best fighter that Kassi has ever fought in his professional career,” [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) could be fighting mandatory European Boxing Union challenger Alexander Dimitrenko (29-1, 19 KO’s) in September, according to the latest boxing news. Harrison says he wants to defend the EBU title, which he won with an exciting 12th round knockout over Michael Sprott last Friday [...]

Unbeaten Scottish Middleweight Craig McEwan has been given a huge vote of confidence by his coach Freddie Roach. Roach, who has schooled numerous world champions such as Oscar dela Hoya, Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, this week told Boxing News that his stylish, Edinburgh born prospect could beat the current World Middleweight Champion, Ohio`s Kelly [...]