Archive for April, 2010

Montreal, April 9th, 2010: Groupe Yvon Michel and TKO Boxing Promotions have announced today that phenomenal Montreal middleweight rising star David Lemieux (22-0-0, 21KO) will battle former world title challenger Elvin Ayala (20-4-1, 9KO) of New Haven, Connecticut for the prestigious World Boxing Council International Middleweight Title. The bout will be the main event of [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former International Boxing Federation and WBA welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is being offered a fight with Mexican boxing star Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KO’s), according to the Manchestereveningnews. It seems that Golden Boy Promotions is eager to put Hatton in with the aging Morales, who recently staged a comeback [...]

SUNRISE, FL (April 9, 2010) Sensational junior welterweight prospect Joseph Elegele will be featured this Saturday night, April 10th, on the undercard to the FIGHTING FOR HAITI event at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California: Jason Gavern SD 10 Manuel Quezada

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) gave Audley Harrison a bit of hope recently in saying in an article at Sky Sports, “I like Audley. I think he’s got a lot of ability and a lot of potential but for some reason something’s not clicking. Hopefully, he’s got that figured [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The 2nd round of the Super Six tournament started on March 27th with Andre Dirrell defeating Arthur Abraham by an 11th round disqualification victory. But I’ve seen enough from this fight and the first stage of the Super Six tournament to come to the conclusion that the European fighters look stiff, robotic [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) has had three years to show his stuff as a champion and he’s been a major disappointment to many boxing fans, and not just because of all the missed fight due to his hand infection. Pavlik’s opposition has been mediocre at best. Pavlik has [...]

By Jason Kim: For Floyd Mayweather Jr. his fight against Shane Mosley next month on May 1st might just well be the pinnacle of his career. It’s sad to say, but I think this could be the final really large mega fight of Mayweather’s career. He’s not likely to face Manny Pacquiao in the near [...]

By Eric Thomas: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants his fighter, former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s), to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) if the IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) doesn’t take the fight with Klitschko next, according to Fight News. Arum plans [...]

Former world cruiserweight champion and world heavyweight title contender Juan Carlos Gomez is clearly not in the shape of his lifetime these days but slowly on the way back to his old physique. For tomorrow’s (Friday, April 9th) fight against Alexander Kahl in Schwerin (live on Eurosport from 9.00pm German time) Gomez weighed in at [...]

by Liam Fitzgerald: Now that the top fighters in the world are starting off their 2010 campaigns, I thought I would share with you the 10 fighters who I believe are the best at the moment. In making my list, the main things that I have taken into consideration are obviously recent form, fighting styles [...]

Super Six World Boxing Classic competitors Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler along with their promoters Mick Hennessy and Kalle Sauerland participated in an international media conference call to discuss their crucial Group Stage 2 bout in the tournament on Saturday, April 24 on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m., ET/PT, same-day delay) from MCH Arena, in Herning, Denmark.

By Neil Linners: Like him or loathe him, David Haye has got your attention. His brash and in your face attitude combined with a monstrous knock out percentage to back it up has left many boxing fans squarely divided. In recent months, on this site alone, we have seen an untold amount of articles scribed [...]

LAS VEGAS (Apr. 6, 2010) – Boxing fans all over the world will be watching Saturday night’s “The Legend Returns” pay-per-view event, headlined by 4-time world heavyweight champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield challenging World Boxing Federation heavyweight title-holder Frans “The White Buffalo” Botha, live from the Thomas & Mack center in Las Vegas.

ANDRE BERTO “I appreciate everyone coming out. I had a tremendous training camp and it’s going to be a terrific night of boxing on Saturday night.” “Carlos Quintana is a former world champion and a crafty southpaw. This is my third straight southpaw so I’m pretty used to them by now and I had some [...]

Chicago-April 8th, 2010-Hitz Boxing is headed back to the “VENUE” at the Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, IL, and is bringing “Ice’ in case anyone needs it! Former Olympian, Montell “Ice” Griffin, is looking to round off his winning record, currently standing at 49 to career high of 50, when he headlines the power packed Hitz [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) will be fighting knockout artist Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) on June 19th at a still to be determined location, according to news from Boxrec. Thus far, this is easily the best match-up in the light welterweight division for all of [...]

By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing news, this Saturday’s clash between aging heavyweights Evander Holyfield (42-10-2, 27 KO’s vs. Francois Botha (47-4-3, 28 KO’s) isn’t selling well in terms of ticket sales for the fight at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The La Vegas Review Journal reports that less [...]

By Matt Stein: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) for the first time talked about not needing to fight the Klitschko brothers to secure his legacy. For some, it might seem like a shot across the bow to confirm their suspicions that the 29-year-old Haye was never serious in the first [...]

Boxing results from the Le Montage, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia: Joseph Kwadjo KO 7 Jamie Pittman

By Eric Thomas: Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist from Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux (5-0, 4 KO’s) has pulled out of this Saturday’s fight with Reynaldo Lopez, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Rigondeaux, a junior featherweight, injured his back and can’t make the fight. This is bad news, because Rigondeaux, a huge boxing talent, would have gotten [...]

NEW YORK (April 8, 2010) – Chicago welterweight “King” David Estrada believes a win this Saturday, in the 12-round main event for the vacant World Boxing Council FECOMBOX title against unbeaten Orlando “Olympico” Lora, could resuscitate his career.

UNCASVILLE, CT (April 8, 2010) Tickets will go on sale this Saturday, April 10th as TKO Boxing Promotions returns with it’s nationally acclaimed HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS series on Saturday, May 22nd at the Mohegan Sun Casino, headlined by the return of Peter “THE PRIDE OF PROVIDENCE” Manfredo battling Chicago’s Angel “EL TORO” Hernandez [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The German news organization Bild.de is reporting that former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) will be meeting WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) on August 21st, in the stage 3 part of the Super Six tournament in Froch’s home city of Nottingham, England. Abraham, [...]

By Niko Tricarico: Andre Berto has a lot to prove to the boxing public as well as to him self. In recent fights he has failed to impress with the same type of overpowering presence that he did earlier in his career. That might have something to do with the level of opposition he is [...]

By Jim Dower: Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is one of the many heavyweights that want a fight with World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s). In an article at the Sun, Haye says “My goal has always been to be the undisputed heavyweight champion. He [Haye] has a belt and I [...]

By William Mackay: Audley Harrison (26-4, 19 KO’s) has a do or die fight this Friday night against Michael Sprott (32-14, 17 KO’s) for the vacant EBU heavyweight title at the Alexandria Palace, in Wood Green, London. Harrison, now 38, can’t afford to lose to Sprott if he wants to stay relevant in the heavyweight [...]

LONDON (8th April). Unbeaten British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Dazzling Darren Barker has skipped the Easter eggs ahead of his European title showdown this Friday at the Alexandra Palace in London, which will be shown live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 10pm.

By Scott Gilfoid: A usual, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is confident about his chances against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) on April 24th at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Froch says in an article at Express.co,”A lot has been made of the fact that Kessler has [...]

Evander Holyfield: “I’m happy to have the opportunity to fight in Las Vegas again. Everything that’s happened to me has been here – in 1984 I had to win Saturday and Sunday to make the Olympic team. In 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2000 I won the heavyweight title here. Las Vegas has been the place [...]