Archive for April, 2010

By Jim Dower: The May 1st bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will be shown at 416 movie theaters around the U.S. in an effort to get more boxing fans to see the fight. This will enable larger groups people to see the fight without having [...]

This week’s 68th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (featuring Wladimir Klitschko, Carmen Basilio, and Andre Berto) will start at its regularly scheduled time, 6pm Eastern Time. You can listen live by clicking “play” on the player below:

By William Mackay: In a video sent today from International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) to multiple websites, Klitschko called out WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 JO’s), saying “You can’t run away from me forever and you need to follow through with this fight to get respect. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s in the best shape of his life for his April 24th Super Six tournament bout against World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. The bout has already sold [...]

World rated Middleweight Andy Lee believes that Limerick could have European Champions in both boxing and rugby to celebrate in 2010. The Limerick southpaw will have his next professional outing in his native city on Saturday, May 15th on the Yanjing Fight Night when he headlines a star studded night of championship boxing at the [...]

Boxing fans worldwide want to see one fight: IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko against WBA World Heavyweight Champion David Haye. Now, triple champion Klitschko is taking action and officially calls out David Haye in a video message. Haye has already pulled out of fights with the Klitschko brothers twice.

Fight Notes by Noel Salwan: Only one division in professional boxing has a Champion with a direct unified lineage to all 4 of the World Championship Belts -The World Middleweight Title belonging to Kelly Pavlik. Some of the greatest Middleweight Champions spent most of their reigns fighting mandatory defenses against top contenders who weren’t big [...]

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to be getting a big payday against Shane Mosley in their May 1st bout, no matter what happens in the fight. There’s a rematch clause built into the contract in the event that Mayweather loses the fight, Mosley will have to give him an immediate rematch rather [...]

By Dave Lahr: I can’t say I was impressed with what I saw of WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto last night in his 8th round stoppage of Carlos Quintana. Berto, besides his lack of movement, showed horrible defense and was hit almost will by Quintana. I don’t have a good feeling about Berto’s chances of [...]

By Chris Williams: Evander Holyfield turned back the time last night in taking out 41-year-old Francois Botha in the 8th round at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyfield, now 47, shook off some early rust in the fight and turned up the heat on Botha in the 8th round, knocking him [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Audley Harrison could beat WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to a fight with one of the Klitschko brothers, according to news from ESPN. After beating Michael Sprott in an exciting 12th round stoppage in a sensational come from behind victory last Friday night, Harrison’s [...]

By William Mackay: On May 15th, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) will make his U.S. debut against Paulie Malignaggi at New York’s Madison Square Garden, in New York. Khan, 23, hasn’t proven much at light welterweight aside from beating Andriy Kotelnik and Dmitri Salita, neither of which are considered [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 21 KO’s) faces Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) next Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sadly, this will be Pavlik’s toughest fight since he captured the middleweight titles three long years ago. Some people have their doubts about Pavlik having the needed boxing skills to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO’s) moved up in weight to easily defeat Daud Cino Yordan (25-1, 19 KO’s) to win the World Boxing Association featherweight interim title on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 119-108, 119-108 and 120-107. Despite losing, Yordan showed good power [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) successfully defending his WBC title for the fourth time with an 8th round stoppage win over former WBO welterweight champion Carlos Quintana (27-3, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Berto, 26, had problems in the first [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For a fighter that has struggled to win his last two fights, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) sounds as if he’s been dominating all of his opponents for years rather than going life and death with his last two opponents. On April 24th, Froch will be [...]

By Jim Dower: Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) kept his hopes alive for getting another shot at one of the titles by stopping 41-year-old Francois Botha (47-5-3, 28 KO’s) in the 8th round at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Holyfield, 47, looked only slightly better than the pudgy [...]

Palenque de la Feria, Durango, Durango, Mexico: Cristian Mijares SD 12 Francisco Arce

LAS VEGAS (April 10, 2010) – Hall of Fame-bound Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield added the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title belt to his overcrowded trophy case, stopping defending champion Frans “The White Buffalo” Botha in the 8th round last night in the main event on “The Legend Returns” card, promoted by Crown Boxing, at [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event on the April 10th edition of HBO’s World Championship Boxing from Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, undefeated Andre Berto 25-0 with 19 KO’s defends his WBC welterweight title against southpaw Carlos Quintana 27-2 with 21 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round bout in the welterweight division. In [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event undefeated Daud Cino Yordan 25-0 with 19 KO’s of Indonesia takes on Panamanian Celestino Caballero 33-2 with 23 KO’s for the interim WBA world welterweight title in a scheduled 12 round bout in the featherweight division. Round 1 Caballero came out throwing his jab; Yordan blocked most of [...]

Boxing results: Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada: Mark Jason Melligen UD 10 Norberto Gonzalez Diego Magdaleno UD 10 Manuel Perez Vladimir Tereshkin UD 6 Joseph Rabotte Lamont Peterson TKO 7 Damian Fuller Jose Benavidez TKO 2 Scott Paul

Results: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada: Evander Holyfield TKO 8 Francois Botha Arthur Williams UD 6 Valente Tinajero

Boxing results: BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida: Andre Berto TKO 8 Carlos Quintana

by Liam Fitzgerald: It’s pretty clear that David Haye’s prediction that he would be the man to provide the Heavyweight division with the excitement it was lacking as well as getting it talked about again is coming to fruition. Now, the Bermondsey man receives a lot of criticism as well as praise for his style [...]

Boxing results from the Rapid Sportin Hall, Bucharest, Romania: Ionut Dan Ion KO 10 Andre Marcos Nascimento

Results – Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California: David Estrada RTD 8 Orlando Lora

By Eric Thomas: On April 17th, knockout artist Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KO’s) will be traveling to Canada to face International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. For Miranda, he can’t afford to lose this fight if he wants to keep in the thick [...]

After what is being called ‘a perfect training camp’, Edison Pantera Miranda will be traveling to Canada on Monday to challenge Lucian Bute for the IBF Super Middleweight championship of the world. The fight will take place on April 17th in Montreal, and HBO will be televising the action live.

By Scott Gilfoid: Before facing the Klitschko brothers and likely getting totally destroyed, I think WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) should prove himself as a heavyweight by fighting the winner of the April 24th clash between Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) vs. Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s). I think Haye, if he [...]