Archive for April, 2010

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (49-5-1, 43 KO’s) showed that he still has his incredible knockout power on Tuesday night, stopping Cuban Rafael Pedro (20-9-1, 14 KO’s) with a big right hand to the head. The bout was stopped at 0:28 of the 1st round by referee Samuel Burgos.

By Sean McDaniel: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is facing a tough bout this Saturday night against Sergio Martinez at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is a fight that the bigger punching Pavlik has to win if he’s to retain any credibility with boxing fans. Pavlik was already been beaten by [...]

IBF World Super middleweight Champion Lucian Bute and IBF #6 rated contender Edison Miranda trained for the media and fans Tuesday afternoon at a crowded InterBox gym inside the Claude Robillard Center. Both fighters and their respective trainers declared they are ready for an explosive fight on HBO. “My preparation for Andrade was exceptional and [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking on WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on May 1st. We already know that Mayweather hasn’t been exactly the busiest of fighters in the past three yrears. The guy has only fought one time against Juan Manuel Marquez, who was smaller, slower and coming up in [...]

By Jason Kim: Knockout artist Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) has the deck stacked against him this Saturday night when he who many boxing fans feel is the best fighter in the super middleweight division in IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s). Bute has pretty much every advantage you could imagine going [...]

Los Angeles, CA (April 13)… Sugar Shane Mosley unleashed a less sweet side of his mild-mannered personality on TBS’ “Lopez Tonight” last night as he declared that he will knock out Floyd Mayweather when they meet in the ring May 1 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View®. Lopez to Mosley: [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) was diagnosed by doctors for a tear of his left biceps from Berto’s fight with Carlos Quintana last Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Berto, 26, apparently tore his left biceps in the 2nd round and had to fight [...]

rimm, Nevada (April 13, 2010) – It is now or never for two of the junior-welterweight division’s most experienced contenders as former two-time lightweight champion Julio “The Kidd” Diaz meets former title challenger Hermann Ngoudjo with potential championship implications in the balance.

By William Mackay: Talks between management representatives for IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) will start this Thursday according to news from Sky Sports. Haye and his manger/trainer will be looking to get a better deal out of Wladimir than last time [...]

By Jim Dower: In what is good news for some boxing fans, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is saying that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be fighting again in 2010 in either September or November depending on how his elections go in the Philippines. In an interview with Greg Leon at Boxing [...]

Reading, PA (April 13, 2010) – Boxing fans and media filled Blind Hartman’s Tavern Monday night for the kick-off press conference announcing the Pain on Penn Street pro-am fight card to take place May 22nd at the Reading Eagle Theater at the Sovereign Center in Reading, PA. The fight card will consist of seven pro [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –APRIL 13, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today Hall of Fame writer / historian Bert Sugar will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Scott Gilfoid: Losing can be a bitter pill to swallow and yet be a good thing at the same time. Former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s learned from his defeat to Andre Ward in their Super Six tournament fight, and vows not to make the same [...]

By Eric Thomas: The planned June 19th bout between light welterweight champions Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) has been postponed due to an injury of Maidana, according to news from Mydesert. The fight was supposed to take place at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Dan Rafael [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t have a lot of faith in what World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye says after having two fights, one against him and the other against his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, go up in smoke. In an interview with Reuters, the 34-year-old Wladimir says [...]

By Ryan Dunn: For those who do not have HBO, but are fans of boxing, I ask you first: “WHY NOT?” And for those who simply cannot afford to subscribe, here is a summary of what went down on the first episode of 24/7 – Mayweather/Mosley… Over a shot of an empty highway in the [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Ten of the nation’s top youth boxers will represent the United States at the 2010 Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, April 20-May 2. The U.S. squad was chosen at the 2010 Under-19 National Championships in Cincinnati earlier this year and now the United States’ best will face the greatest 17 [...]

NEW YORK (April 13, 2010) – Undefeated middleweight prospect and hometown favorite Fernando Guerrero will put his undefeated record on the line against Michael Walker of Chicago in a 10-round bout in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, April 16, live on SHOWTIME ® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 13, 2010) – Integrated Sports Media, North America’s undisputed champion of major pay-per-view boxing distribution, announced today that it’ll be involved in the May 29th “Unbeaten Champions,” featuring three world title fights live from Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Los Angeles, CA (April 13, 2010) – On paper, Tony “The Tiger” Thompson may appear old for a boxer. But don’t judge this boxer by his birth certificate! “Boxing matches aren’t contested on paper, they are fought inside a ring,” warns the 38-year old Silver Spring, Maryland-born, Washington, DC native, who takes on Jamaican veteran [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Although technically Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) is one of the three light welterweight champions, holding down the World Boxing Association crown, but he still hasn’t proven that he really belongs at the top with the other elite fighters like WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, IBF/WBC title holder Devon Alexander and [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum will be looking to match WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) against either 38-year-old fellow Top Rank fighter Winky Wright or Paul Williams next, according to an interview by Greg Leon of Boxing Talk.. Although I wouldn’t mind seeing Pavlik fight Williams, I have absolutely [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) isn’t known for having a high work rate, but on May 1st, he’s going to have to find a way to throw more punches than he normally does if he wants to beat World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-1, 39 KO’s). Mayweather, 33, will [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With only four fights under his belt as a heavyweight, including only one defensive of his World Boxing Association heavyweight title, David Haye and his trainer/manager Adam Booth want a 50-50 split of the revenue for a fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Booth says in an article at the Sun, [...]

“The theme of this fight is ‘Who R U Picking?’ Well people should be picking me because I have proven that I can knock people out in any round. I’m experienced and I have the speed, power and agility to win this fight.” Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley said on April 12, 2010 at [...]

Centennial, Colo. – April 12, 2010 – Six-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather faces five-time World Champion and current WBA Welterweight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley in this highly anticipated fight from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 1. Presented by NCM Fathom, in association with Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions, [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) recently beat John Ruiz by a 9th round stoppage. Haye, bragging about the win afterwards on the Studio Five show, said “I broke his [Ruiz] nose, jaw and gave him a perforated eardrum. He was in a bad way. He had his million dollars [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In more of a sign that Marcos Maidana is the most popular fighter in the light welterweight division, recently spurned IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) wants to go after former World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KO’s) for his next fight. The 32-year-old Kotelnik, [...]

By Jim Dower: Going into this Saturday’s fight between WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) and Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a lot of people are seeing Pavlik’s superior power as being the telling factor in this fight. Indeed, many of the boxing experts [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Adam Booth, the trainer/manager for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye says that they’ll be deciding in the next few days who they plan on fighting next. It’s unclear if it will be IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko or someone else. Earlier today, Wladimir sent a video message to various websites [...]