Archive for April, 2010

BRONX, NY (April 28, 2010) – Undefeated Top-10 contenders VANES “The Nightmare” MARTIROSYAN and “Mean” JOE GREENE will duke it out for Martirosyan’s NABF and NABO 154-pound titles in the co-main event of “Stadium Slugfest,” the inaugural brawl at Yankee Stadium. “Stadium Slugfest” will feature three-time world champion and the pride of Puerto Rico MIGUEL [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 28, 2010) This Saturday night, May 1st in Iowa City, TKO Boxing Promotions’ Terence Crawford, J’Leon Love and Michael Finney will battle at MAY MAYHEM, an action packed professional boxing event set for the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds. The 22 year old Crawford, sporting an undefeated record of 10-0-0 with seven [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Okay, I’ve seen Enzo Maccarinelli’s 1st round knockout win over Alexander Kotlobay from Tuesday night and I don’t see what the fuss is about the win. Maccarinelli had a guy that was completely over-matched and got taken out almost immediately in the fight. It’s nice that Maccarinelli captured the EBS cruiserweight trinket, [...]

Atlantic City, NJ—Unbeaten middleweight Patrick Majewski, of Somers Point, NJ, and Loren Myers, of Fresno, CA, will meet in a scheduled eight-round contest Saturday evening, May 22, in the Grand Ballroom of Bally’s Atlantic City. First fight 7.30 p.m. Topping the seven-bout card is a scheduled 12-round fight between Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, PA, and [...]

By Joseph “The Mad Boxing Genius” Torres: For years, Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have danced around each other without actually setting foot in the ring. For years, the effort to match the two men were attempted but failed miserably. But if boxing has proven anything, it’s to never say never in this sport. [...]

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (28-1, 21 KOs) and American challenger Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-3, 21 KOs) today came face-to-face for the first time ahead of Saturday´s world title clash in Oldenburg, Germany. Just like yesterday at the press training, Minto was again wearing dark sunglasses – but only until Huck took them [...]

Former two-time super middleweight champion Byron “Gator” Mitchell (28-5-1, 21 KOs) says he’s feeling “super” in final preparations for his showdown with Otis “Triple OG” Griffin. Mitchell and Griffin will square off in the main event of X-Cel Worldwide in association with Bang Productions’ “Hassle at the Castle” boxing benefit gala at Oheka Castle in [...]

LONDON (28th April) Unbeaten British Lightweight Champion and European mandatory challenger John Murray will be looking to add the vacant European lightweight title to his collection when he challenges Cardiff’s Gary Buckland on Friday 7th May at the Kingsway Leisure Centre, Widnes. The fight will also be screened live on Sky Sports 1 HD from [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 28th April 2010 – The World Series of Boxing (WSB), the new boxing championship set to launch in November 2010 has hosted a successful first test event in Baku, Azerbaijan. For the top international boxers competing, it was their first experience of boxing over five rounds of three minutes without head guards. In [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) thinks that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) should hang up his gloves after suffering his 1st defeat of his career in a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Mikkel Kessler last Saturday night in Kessler’s home [...]

By Chris Williams: I’m hoping that this Saturday’s fight between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather erupts into an action-packed bout with fireworks all the way through it, but I’m remembering Mayweather’s recent fights and I just see this one being a dull bout with not enough action to live up to the big expectations that [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After watching Car Froch struggle for 12 rounds against Mikkel Kessler last Saturday night in losing a 12 round decision in Herning, Denmark, the last thing I would expect from Froch is to win the Super Six tournament. Froch, besides his dreadful defense, looked completely exhausted from rounds six through eight. It [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao thinks there’s a “Big possibility” of facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the future, according to Bloomberg.net. Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) is coming off a dull, one-sided 12 round unanimous decision over Joshua Clottey last March, a fight that took place in the Cowboy Stadium in [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) has been talking about retirement a lot lately. First it was his five year place in which Khan says that he’ll be hanging up his gloves in the next five years at the age of 28 – after having faces both Floyd Mayweather [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (April 27, 2010) – Top Rank will present its most ambitious and compelling Latin Fury card in its 15-event history. Latin Fury 15: La Furia de México will feature undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 1 super welterweight contender and son of the living legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, Jr., in rumble against [...]

By William Mackay: Just as I thought, former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) is having second thoughts about dropping out of the Super Six tournament following a 12 round unanimous decision loss last Saturday night to Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) in Herning, Denmark. Following the fight, which [...]

ROVIDENCE (April 27, 2010) – New Bedford police officer Jason “School Boy” Pires, one of the top United States amateur boxers in the mid-1990s, has come back to the ring after graduating from college to take care of some unfinished business.

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (28-1, 21 KOs) will have revenge on his mind when he defends his title against Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-3, 21 KOs) in Oldenburg on Saturday night. Back in 2006, Minto spoiled the ring comeback of popular German heavyweight Axel Schulz, stopping the former world title contender in the [...]

Las Vegas (April 27)…With the Mayweather vs. Mosley: Who R U Picking? mega-fight this Saturday, fans now have something extra to look forward to on fight night, as a free undercard preview will be broadcast by several satellite and cable providers, including DirecTV, Dish Network, inDEMAND and TVN. The “free-view” will feature two of the [...]

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (32-4, 25 KO’s), now a 2nd tier fighter, stopped his fellow 2nd tier opponent Russian Alexander Kotlobay (18-2-1, 12 KO’s) in the 1st round on Tuesday night to capture the European Boxing Union (EBU) cruiserweight title Yubileiny Sports Palace, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [...]

By Jorge Lugo: Here we go folks, this is fight week! After all the wait we will finally see who is truly the best welterweight today. But wait…. On second thought, hasn’t that been proven already? I think it has! Here now is my reasons why Shane is not only the best welterweight today but [...]

By Peter Wells: This Saturday night we will all witness the biggest fight of the year so far, and if neither of these fighters take on Manny Pacquiao then it’ll probably be the biggest. Boxing doesn’t get much more recognition off non boxing fans than this, and why not, this is huge and to have [...]

William “Chirizo” Gonzalez Vs. Jose Luis “Tapitas” Araiza Managua, Nicaragua Tecate Baja, BC, Mexico Champion-#8 WBO Challenger-#15 WBO 24-3-20 KO’s 31-1-22 KO’s 6 Rounds Jr. Middleweights

NEW YORK (April 27, 2010) – So what do several of the world’s best super middleweights think of the up-and-coming crop of fighters in boxing’s best and deepest division? “The future of the super middleweight division is very bright, especially here in the U.S.,” said Andre Dirrell, who trails Arthur Abraham in the Super Six [...]

CHICAGO, IL (April 27, 2010) Undefeated super middleweight Donovan “DA BOMB” George took to the mound at Wrigley Field on Monday night and threw a perfect strike during first pitch ceremonies held prior to the Chicago Cubs/Washington Nationals game.

By Rasheed Catapang: On May 1st, will we see the Shane Mosley of old or an old Mosley? The question needs to be asked though the answer won’t really matter. Little Floyd Mayweather Jr., like the countless times he had done before, will walk away with the win.

The 22nd May 2010 to the day of truth for Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1 (17)). The former world Boxing Association heavyweight champion (2007-2009) will then return to a very special fight for the third time in the Hanseatic city of Rostock. In the Rostock StadtHalle increases the official World Cup qualifying contest of the International Association [...]

Keith Holmes (41-5, 25 KOs) will get his hands full on May 29 at the DC Armory in Washington D.C., as Titanium Promotions has confirmed that the former WBC World champion will take on former IBF World champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma (26-7-1, 16 KOs). The two will clash for the vacant UBO International Middleweight [...]

European Heavyweight Champion Audley Harrison underwent surgery on Saturday April 24th in Manchester at the BMI Alexandra Hospital. Orthopedic Surgeon, Professor Lennard Funk, completed a revision of a pectoralis major musculotendinous tear and application of Platelet Rich Plasma.

By William Mackay: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch has been saying that he won’t have any part of fighting Arthur Abraham in Germany, and is insisting on the fight taking place in Nottingham, England. But I expect for Froch to come around eventually when he realizes what he stands to lose by not [...]