Archive for April, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: Perhaps the two most talented fighters in the Super Six tournament Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting on September 25th in the final stage of the first set of bouts in the Super Six tournament. This fight will be crucial for both fighters, especially [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) knows what he’s up against in his next fight against Argentinean knockout artist Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) when they face each other on June 19th at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. In an article at Mydesert, the [...]

CANASTOTA, NY – APRIL 10, 2010 –– The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced its flags will fly at half-staff in memory of legendary referee Arthur Mercante. He passed away at his home this morning. He was 90.

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) lost a lot of his stature in the middleweight division after being badly beaten by then 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins in 2008. Pavlik has since been trying to win back fans with fights against Marco Antonio Rubio and Miguel Espino. However, those opponents didn’t have [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s strange how things change so quickly in boxing. It was only a matter of a few months ago when World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) was seen as not well known enough to be a good match for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan. How, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In looking at Audley Harrison’s sensational 12th round knockout victory over Michael Sprott on Friday night, you can’t help wonder whether Harrison would be able to accomplish the same feat against World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye if he had been in the ring with Harrison instead of the lighter hitting [...]

By Jim Dower: Heavyweight Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) is proving to be a clutch performer as he came from behind and stopped Michael Sprott (32-15, 17 KO’s) in the 12th round on Friday night to win the vacant EBU heavyweight title at the Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London. It was a fight in which [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is counting on his April 24th opponent Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) trading with him and making it easy to land his big shots. Froch, 32, really has no other way of winning the fight unless Kessler falls into his trap [...]

These are exciting times for boxing. There is so much too talk about. Here’s a list of items of what I’ll speak about: – Haye/Klitschko’s – Super Six Tournament – Pacquiao/Mayweather/Mosley – Pavlik/Martinez

ARENA’s Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis advances to the no. 1 spot in the new WBC rankings. Originally „La Sombra“ was scheduled to fight Ray Austin in a final elimination bout but Austin declared to be unavailable due to legal problems. Therefore Solis took Austin’s spot in the rankings.

WORLD BOXING FEDERATION HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS – PPV EVANDER HOLYFIELD (42-10-2, 27 KOs), Atlanta, GA 220 LBS. FRANS BOTHA (47-4-3, 28 KOs), Newport Beach, CA by way of South Africa 250 LBS.

By Jason Kim: In looking at both Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. standing side by side, I’m struck at how youthful Mosley looks compared to Mayweather, the younger fighter. Mosley is 38, five years older than Mayweather, is supposedly a fighter that some people feel might be too old in this fight against Mayweather [...]

Only two weeks after his comeback-win against Alex Mazikin in Hamburg former cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez returned to the ring with a one-sided unanimous decision win over German contender Alexander Kahl in front of 1,500 fans at the „Neue Arena“ in Schwerin.

By Dave Lahr: When I look at this Saturday’s bout between World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) and Carlos Quintana (27-2, 21 KO’s), it’s scary to think that the 26-year-old Berto could eventually be the best welterweight in the division after Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has a number of things going for him in his fight with Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) on April 24th, at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Perhaps the best thing that Froch has going for him in their stage 2 Super [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) mentions WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) and top contender Victor Ortiz (26-2-1, 21 KO’s) as two fighters he could possibly be fighting next. In an interview at Boxing Fanhouse, when asked who he will be fighting [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Darren Barker (22-0, 14 KO’s) defeated Affif Belghecham (19-5-1, 4 KO’s) by a 12 round decision on Friday night to capture the vacant European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title at the Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London. Barker, 27, already has the Commonwealth middleweight title in his possession. Barker jabbed effectively, keeping Belghecham [...]

By Jim Dower: Having failed in his attempt to land a fight with World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye, Bernard Hopkins, 45, has shifted his attention to the super middleweight division and is now setting his sights on IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KO’s). Hopkins is coming off a poor performance [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison saved his career tonight in coming back late in tonight’s fight to stop Michael Sprott with a sensational 12th round knockout victory at the Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London. Harrison, 38, was behind on the fight going into the 12th and looking like he was about [...]

By Eric Thomas: International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion Simphiwe Nongqayi (16-0-1, 6 KOs) fought to a 12 round draw with challenger Malik Bouziane (13-1-1, 1 KO) on Friday night at the Bouz Massy, Essonne, France. The final judges’ scores were 114-114, 114-114 and 115-113 for Bouziane.

Boxing results from the Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London: Terry Dunstan TKO 1 Hastings Rasani

Tivoli Sports Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia: Jan Zaveck TKO 12 Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez

Boxing results: Arena, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany: Konstantin Airich TKO 1 Alexey Varakin

By Shaun Campbell: Recently there have been more and more suggestions that Ricky Hatton will be retiring, then people claiming he will fight Marquez, and even in recent weeks Erik Morales. Now the only man that will make the decision about whether Ricky Hatton will fight again is Ricky Hatton. Not his dad, not his [...]

By Eric Thomas: The World Boxing Council has ordered a WBC heavyweight title eliminator bout between number #2 ranked Odlanier Solis (16-0, 12 KO’s) and #3 ranked Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s), according to Fight News. The winner of the fight will be the mandatory challenger for WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Valuev, 36, will [...]

By Jim Dower: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) refuses to hang up his gloves and feels he has no reason to retire from boxing at this point in his career. Hopkins beat 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. last week in one of the more boring fights of 2010, a bout in which Hopkins and Jones [...]

Los Angeles, CA (April 9, 2010) – Southern California-based boxing fans of world heavyweight title contender – and Riverside’s own — Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola can see him interviewed live on the KTLA-TV5 Morning News this coming Monday morning, April 12. Arreola’s interview will take place during the 8:00-8:30 AM segment.

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is very pleased that he was able to land the Yankee Stadium to put his two Top Rank fighters Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) and WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) together in a fight that could draw as many as 50,000 boxing fans [...]

By Jim Dower: Sauerland, the promotional company for Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s), is looking to get his recent 11th round disqualification loss to Andre Dirrell overturned and changed to a ‘no decision,’ according to German news agency Bild.de. They’re unhappy that American referee Lawrence Cole, who worked the Abraham-Dirrell stage 2 Super Six tournament [...]

By Craig Finch: Andre Dirrell seems to of taken to the top level of the Super Middle weight division like a duck to water. I always think it is easy to look world class at a lower level if you have some skills and the question really is how good are you going to look [...]