Archive for April, 2010

Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions – By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior middleweight champion Alfredo Angulo has been fined $15,000 by the California Boxing Commission for being late to his weigh-in earlier today for his fight against Joel Julio on Saturday night at the Citizen Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Angulo, along with [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 15 KO’s) is hoping that his fight against Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) leads to big things for him in the United States. Khan is already a star in the UK, where his fights are shown on PPV and his fights are jam packed with [...]

K. Swanson Thank you, everybody for calling in. We have a lot of people that have called in for this great opportunity to talk to what I think is the greatest fighter in boxing today, Floyd Mayweather. Also joining us today is Leonard Ellerbe and Richard Schaefer and we’re going to get right to the [...]

Ontario, CA (April 23, 2010) – Below are the weights, quotes and photos from the “RING OF FIRE” Undercard Weigh-In. The scheduled 12-round Co-Feature pits Coachella, California’s Alfredo “Perro” Angulo (17-1, 14 KOs) defending his WBO Interim Junior MiddleweightTitle against veteran contender Joel Julio (35-3, 31-KOs), of Monteira, Colombia. The main event features IBF & [...]

By Toby Gibson: On the 24th of April, the most hyped and anticipated fight of the whole Super 6 will take place. Unbeaten world champion Carl Froch will travel to Denmark in order to try to take out former world champion Mikkel Kessler. This is seen by many as THE fight of the Super 6. [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) doesn’t care at all about Shane Mosley’s WBA welterweight title and has refused to pay the World Boxing Association’s sanctioning fees for his May 1st fight against Mosley at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, 33, is beyond titles at this advanced point [...]

The Church Street Boxing Gym’s Friday Night Fights NYC Series brings the “Mega” back into “Mega Fights” on Friday May 14th, 2010 with 4 championship fights in addition to the Main event: Sean Hinds vs Chris “Mr. Classic” Romulo!

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, May 1, 2010 WHERE: MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: 12 ROUNDS – WELTERWEIGHTS

Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton threw in his own opinion on Saturday’s Super Six tournament fight between World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) and former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s), saying in an article at ESPN, “Kessler will be the hardest [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I have a feeling that we may be seeing the early signs of World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) crumbling before the first punch has been thrown against Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in Saturday night’s stage 2 Super Six tournament fight in Herning, Denmark. At [...]

Los Angeles (April 23)…At just 19-years-old, Mexican boxing wunderkind Saul “Canelo” Alvarez holds an undefeated record of 31-0-1 (23 KOs). In his four years as a professional fighter, the biggest challenge of his career will come in the form of Puerto Rican Jose Miguel Cotto, the older brother of superstar Miguel Cotto, and whose record [...]

By William Mackay: Despite rumors circulating around the boxing world about WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch possibly having undisclosed injuries for his Super Six tournament fight this Saturday against Mikkel Kessler, the reports are apparently false according to news from the Sportinglife. Froch’s camp has dismissed the rumors as not having any truth and [...]

Photo/ Jan Sanders-Goossen Tutor – By Sean McDaniel: Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) weighed in at 250 at yesterday’s weigh-in, which is Arreola’s best weight for him since the 239 he came in for his win over Chazz Witherspoon in June 2008. On Saturday night, the 29-year-old Arreola will be fighting former light heavyweight and [...]

SAN CARLOS, CA (April 23, 2010) A press conference was held on Thursday, April 22, 2010 in San Carlos, California to announce the signing of Filipino prospect Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. to fast rising promotional outfit, TKO Boxing Promotions.

Here are the weights from Herning, Denmark: Super Six World Boxing Classic, Second Round: Carl Froch (WBC Champion) – 75.9 kg Mikkel Kessler (Challenger) – 75.8 kg

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. feels that he’s a better fighter than Shane Mosley, “Sugar” Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. On Thursday’s teleconference, the 33-year-old Mayweather, who had previously mentioned that he thought he was better than Robinson (173-19-6, 108 KO’s) and Ali (56-5, 37 KO’s) on the HBO Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 episode 2, said [...]

Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Jim Dower: At today’s weigh-in, World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) weighed in at 167, one pound under the full 168 pound limit for the super middleweight division. Froch, 32, will be fighting former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) in [...]

Weigh-in session before the world title twinbill from Hamburg Sporthalle this Saturday with WBO light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer against argentinian Mariano Plotinsky and WBA/WBO/WIBF flyweight Champion Susianna Kentikian against Nadia Raoui on our new YouTube-Channel: www.youtube.com/UBPboxing All weights: WIBF & WBA & WBO World Championship Super Flyweight (10 Rounds): Susianna Kentikian (50,2 kg) vs. [...]

(FLINT, MICH.) – While his fellow Super Six competitors Carl Froch (Nottingham, England) and Mikkel Kessler (Copenhagen, Denmark) face off on the opposite side of the globe, Andre Dirrell (Flint, Mich.) will be attending to important business of his own in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Dirrell will wed his high school sweetheart, Alaia Zamora [...]

North Olmsted, Ohio – April 23, 2010 –The annual Jimmy Bivins Classic is one day away! Warner Promotions in association with the VFW Men’s Auxiliary post 7647 and the Old School Boxing Club are done putting the final touches on the show and look forward to bringing professional boxing back to the Cleveland market, in [...]

The boxing fans can look forward to a high-class “Universum Champions Night” in Hamburg. The focus on 24 April are triple world champion and WBO world champion Susi Kentikian Brähmer with their championship duels (start clock 19, live on ZDF from 23.15 clock). Moreover, the last Olympic champion in the heavyweight Rakhim Tschachkijew in the [...]

Is the match up “MACHO” or “DEADLY”? The question will be answered at FOXWOODS Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT on MAY 7, 2010 FEMALE MAIN-EVENT PUERTO RICO’S MELISSA “HURACAN” HERNANDEZ AGAINST DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S KATY “LA SUPER BABY” HERNANDEZ FOR THE WIBA SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD

Caleb Truax 162.5 Phil Williams 163 (Minnesota State Super Middleweight Championship) Joey Abell 241 Josh Gutcher 245 Ismail Muwendo 130 David Laque 131 Antwan Robertson 117 James Owen 121.5 Charles Meier 158.5 Dan Copp 158

MIAMI (Apr. 23, 2009) – 2009 Brazilian Athlete of the Year, unbeaten middleweight prospect “Chairman of the Board” Michael Oliveira, returns to the ring April 30 to fight for the first time this year in a 6-round bout against 28-fight veteran Jessie Davis at Miccosukee Resort in Miami.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch wants to unify the super middleweight titles and he can’t wait to get his hands on the WBA title, which currently is being held by Andre Ward. Froch was upset when Mikkel Kessler lost the WBA title to Ward, because Froch was hoping the World Boxing [...]

By Jason Kim: If European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) wants to get a shot against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko or his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, then Harrison is going to have to go through first 6’7″ Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko (29-1, 19 KO’s), who is seen here [...]

By Jim Dower: On Saturday night, WBO light middleweight champion Alfredo Angulo (17-1, 14 KO’s) wants to continue with his recent bit of success by hopefully stopping Joel Julio (35-3, 31 KO’s) as quick as possible when they meet at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Angulo, 27, has won two consecutive fights [...]

By Jason Kim: When boxing fans look at the clash between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO”s) a lot of people feel that the 33-year-old Mayweather will be able to win the fight based on his boxing skills and his elusiveness. It could turn out [...]

By William Mackay: As I look over the upcoming title fight on May 15th between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1 16 KO’s) and Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s), I wonder whether Khan’s sometimes brittle chin will fail him once again. It’s been a couple of years since Khan was tapped on the chin [...]

The two heavyweights will square off this Saturday, April 24 at The Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA as part of the “Ring of Fire” boxing card beginning at 5 p.m. The night of boxing is promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions and Main Events in association with Ziggy Promotions and sponsored by Corona and [...]