Archive for April, 2010

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Scott Gilfoid: The new World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) summed up one of the biggest problems that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) had last night in their Super Six tournament fight in MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark, [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Sean McDaniel: After losing for the first time in his career in a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) last night in Herning, Denmark, former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) is reportedly threatening to pull out of the Super [...]

Hometown superstar Mikkel Kessler turned in a gutsy and heroic performance — capped by a scintillating 12th round — to win a unanimous decision and register his first points in the groundbreaking SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic, handing Carl Froch his first professional career loss at MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark on Saturday night.

Sport Palace, Kiev, Ukraine: Maksym Bursak TKO 8 Marco Schulze

By Sam Gregory: In the main event of the April 24th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, 29 year old Chris Arreola 28-1 with 25 KO’s takes on the former IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek 40-1 with 27 KO’s who is fighting his third fight in the heavyweight [...]

Hala Sportowa, ul. Kazimierza Górskiego 8, Gdynia, Poland Dawid Kostecki UD 12 Giulian Ilie

Boxing from the Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California: Alfredo Angulo TKO 11 Joel Julio

Boxing results – Centro de Usos Multiples, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico: Jorge Arce KO 7 Cecilio Santos

Jamond Bourgouis vs. Josh Thorpe After 4 rounds – Jamond Bourgeois declared the winner by unanimous decision. Match scheduled for 4 Rounds. Josh Thorpe from Mobile, AL 160lbs (1W-1L) Jamond Bourgeois of New Orleans LA 160lbs. (1W-0L)

HERNING, Denmark (April 24, 2010)–-Hometown superstar Mikkel Kessler turned in a gutsy and heroic performance—capped by a scintillating 12th round—to win a unanimous decision and register his first points in the groundbreaking SHOWTIME® Super Six World Boxing Classic, giving Carl Froch his first professional career loss at MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark on Saturday night.

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) gave it his best shot tonight in trying to beat former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) but Froch wasn’t good enough, as he lost a 12 round unanimous decision in Herning, Denmark. Maybe things would have worked differently if [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) suffered his first loss of his career tonight to Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s), losing by a 12 round unanimous decision at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111. I personally scored the fight [...]

CHICAGO, IL (April 24, 2010) With twelve knockout stoppages in a row, Chicago fan favorite Donovan “DA BOMB” George predicts that Ghanaian veteran Osumanu Adama will be “LUCKY 13” on Friday, April 30th.

Boxing from MCH Messecenter Herning, Herning, Denmark: Mikkel Kessler W 12 Carl Froch (117-111, 115-113, 116-112) Edmund Gerber UD 8 Samir Kurtagic Koko Murat MD 8 Nick Klappert Vinni Skovgaard UD 6 Diane Schwachhofer Patrick Nielsen TKO 4 Norbert Szekeres Thomas Troelenberg UD 6 Elio Cotena Lukas Schulz KO 3 Viktor Szalai

Boxing results: Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany: Susi Kentikian W 10 Nadia Raoui Juergen Braehmer TKO 5 Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky Rakhim Chakhkiev W KO 1 Slavomir Selicky Jack Culcay W TKO 1 Sylvestre Marianini Dariusz Sek TKO 6 Christian Pohle

By William Mackay: Boxing great Barry Mcguigan is picking WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) to retain his World Boxing Council title tonight against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in Herning, Denmark. In his colimn at the Mirror< Mcguigan points out that Froch is “still on the rise” as a fighter, and [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) doesn’t think it’s possible for his opponent tonight Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) to stop him when they meet at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Even though Froch was staggered in the 10th round in his last fight against Andre Dirrell [...]

By Jason Kim: Emanuel Steward, the new trainer for former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, plans on returning the 29-year-old Cotto to an earlier part of his career when he was still finding success. After starting out his career winning his first 32 fights, Cotto has lost two out of his last four fights, both [...]

Boxing results from the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany: Jack Culcay TKO 1 Sylvestre Marianini

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) recently said that he saw himself as better than Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali – two of the greatest fighters in boxing – on a recent HBO Mayweather/Mosley 24/7 episode. Shane Mosley, who will be fighting Mayweather next Saturday on May 1st, had this to [...]

CANASTOTA, NY – APRIL 24, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today heavyweight champion and Hall of Famer Ken Norton will be among the boxing celebrities in Canastota for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, June 10-13th.

By William Mackay: World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) is hoping he gets a fair shake tonight in his stage 2 Super Six tournament fight against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in Herning, Denmark. Froch doesn’t want to get ripped off by losing a decision in a fight that [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Thus far, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) has gotten through his eight year pro career without once tasting the bitter sting of defeat as he’s beaten a string of mostly European opposition. Recently, the 32-year-old Froch beat Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell, easily the best opponents of his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC light heavyweight and IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) moved up to the heavyweight division late last year in October 2009, chasing the bigger paydays that the fighters get at the heavyweight level. Immediately, Adamek found success, beating the 41-year-old Andrew Golota by 5th round stoppage to win [...]

Boxing action: The Lodge, Chi Garden, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Rey Bautista KO 6 Saichon Sotornpitak

By Sean McDaniel: The trainer for World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s), Rob McCracken, has warned him to “not go to war with [Mikkel] Kessler,” according to an article at the Daily Star. The worry here is that Kessler has already been beaten once in his first fight of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will be facing an arguably much superior fighter on Saturday night in Herning, Denmark. Froch’s opponent, Mikkel Kessler, has almost every advantage that you can even think of going into this fight, except for his recent loss to Andre Ward. Minus that, Kessler seems to have [...]

Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions – By Jason Kim: Heavyweight Chris Arreola gives new meaning for the word heavyweight, as he came into his training camp for tomorrow’s fight against Tomasz Adamek, weighing a hefty 295 pounds, according to the Los Angeles Times. To Arreola’s credit, he’s taken off a lot of the weight, some 45 [...]

Boxing results from the Skydome, Coventry, West Midlands: Rendall Munroe TKO 9 Victor Terrazas

By Sean McDaniel: Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) realizes some of the things he did wrong in his 11 round technical defeat to American Andre Ward last year in November 2009, and has worked hard on correcting those problems. One area that Kessler has spotted for improvement is his aggression. He plans on being much [...]