Archive for April, 2010

Photo Credit -Tony Brochner – By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) thinks that his Super Six tournament opponent this Saturday night Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) could choose to box him from the outside, saying in an article at the Telegraph, “He [Kessler] might opt to jab, move and [...]

Photo credit: Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions – By Jason Kim: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) weighed in at a hefty 250 for his bout this Saturday against former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Adamek, weighed in at a slender [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 22, 2010) Veteran matchmaker John Beninati has joined TKO Boxing Promotions, it was announced today by Chris Middendorf, it’s Director of Boxing Operations. Beninati, most recently with Gary Shaw Productions, will assume matchmaking duties for the fast rising Las Vegas based promotional outfit.

By Sean McDaniel: Whether former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) likes it or not, he may very well have to fight a rematch with newly crowned WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) to recapture credibility with boxing fans. Pavlik, 28, has lost a lot of status with his disappointing 12 [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Fight News, the manager for former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Luis Collazo (30-4, 15 KO’s) has pulled Collazo out of his June 5th bout against fellow welterweight contender Selcuk Adyin (19-0, 15 KO’s), because Collazo can no longer make the welterweight limit. Collazo, 29, has been inactive since [...]

By Jim Dower: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) will be fighting Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) this Saturday at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Arreola, 29, thinks that Adamek will run from his this Saturday. In an interview at Livepuncher.com, Arreola says “He’s [Adamek] a run type of fighter.” There’s [...]

Photo Credit -Tony Brochner – By Scott Gilfoid: Three of the top Super Six tournament contestants Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham are predicting that Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) beats World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) this Saturday night in Herning, Denmark. Dirrell, who was beaten by Froch [...]

Kelly Swanson Joining us on the call today, we have the WBA Welterweight World Champion. He has compiled six World titles and has ruled three different divisions, that’s Sugar Shane Mosley himself. Also joining us is Judd Burstein, representative of Shane Mosley, and Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions. So without further [...]

Episode #3 Debut: SATURDAY, APRIL 24 (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET/PT) Other HBO playdates: April 24 (1:15 a.m.), 25 (10:30 a.m.) 26 (11:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m., midnight), 27 (2:30 p.m.), 28 (9:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.), 29 (midnight) and 30 (8:00 p.m.), and May 1 (10:30 a.m.) HBO2 playdates: April 25 (11:00 p.m.), 27 (9:30 p.m.) and 30 [...]

Wales has been selected to host this year’s WBC (World Boxing Council) Night of Champions, a Gala Awards event held every 4 years at which the global boxing community unites to celebrate and acknowledge lifetime achievements, unsung heroes, and boxing’s contribution to developing youth and the wider community.

The already high-class “Universum Champions Night” on 24 April in the Hamburg Gymnasium is expanded to a top boxer. The focus is triple world champion Susi Kentikian and WBO world champion Jürgen Brähmer. In addition, the first German amateur champion will celebrate 14 years since its Hamburg premiere. Now it is: The current Olympic champion [...]

NEW YORK (April 22, 2010) –- The four entrants not fighting this weekend have weighed in with predictions for this weekend’s Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 matchup between undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KOs) and Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KOs). Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, and Arthur Abraham predict [...]

Joel Julio is focused and feels he has had the best training camp of his career. With a fight that many critics feel is a must-win match just two days away, Julio is displaying a level of maturity, confidence and physical conditioning never seen before.

On Saturday it’s time – the Hamburg “Killer Queen” Susi Kentikian returns to the ring this Saturday night. The focus of the Universum Champions Night 24 April in the gymnasium of Hamburg is the battle of triple world champion Susi Kentikian (26-0-0 (16)) against Nadia, “The Beauty Beast” Raoui (11-0-1 (3)) from Herne. The live [...]

Light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer (31 returns) on 24 April back in the ring! The Schwerin (35-2-0 (28)) then defended his WBO title for the second time his opponent is Argentina’s Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky (16-3-0 (8)), the current WBO No. 8 ranking . Today for you for free use an interview with the universe-boxer.

After more than 292 events and 2,144 fights (of which 262 are world championship fights) Universum Box-Promotion has become the first major promoter to open their video archives to all boxing fans. The company has struck a partnership with YouTube for a special video channel that will feature the best fights from the 26 years [...]

(New York, NY – April 22, 2010) DiBella Entertainment (“DBE”) made another significant addition to its stable, signing unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Mark “TNT” Tucker. Tucker, 22, fighting out of Eldersburg, Maryland has hit the ground running in his two year pro career, amassing a 13-0 record with 7 KOs.

Abner Mares has trained all his life for two things. “Being a world champion and the next great Mexican icon,” Mares said from his camp in the Coachella Valley where he currently trains with Joel Diaz. He’s preparing for the biggest fight of his life against I.B.F. Bantamweight champion Yonnhy Perez at the Staples Center [...]

LONDON (22th April) Worldsport.tv meet up with the WBC Super Middleweight Champion and Super Six World Boxing Classic participant Carl Froch ahead of his upcoming showdown against the “Viking Warrior” Mikkel Kessler at the MCH Messecenter, Herning, Denmark on Saturday 24th April. To watch the feature please click on one of the links below.

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) will return to action next month on May 29th against contender Alberto Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The bout has mismatch written all over it, as the 38-year-old Vitali has done a rare thing by [...]

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) was put to rest in a pivate burial earlier today in the cemetery of Christ the King Gardens on Wednesday in the city of El Vigia, in Venezuela. And his wife, Jennifer Carolina Viera de Valero was reportedly buried in [...]

Photo Credit: Tony Brochner – By Jim Dower: Mikkel Kessler (42-2, 32 KO’s) thinks he’ll be able to stop the unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) when the two fighters meet in the Super Six tournament stage 2 bout at the MCH Messecenter Herning, in Herning, Denmark. Kessler, [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) was in fine form in HBO’s Mayweather/Mosley 24/7 episode 2, saying “I think I’m better than Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson” at one point in the broadcast. I don’t know if Mayweather actually believes this or not, but if so, he’s got a lot [...]

Jason Pires: “There’s a lot of talent on this card. It’s going to be a great show. May 7th is going to be very exciting for me, probably one of the biggest fights of my career. I’ve done this since I was a baby and now I’m a prize fighter. I’m looking forward to putting [...]

April 21, 2010 – Robert “The Ghost’ Guerrero goes live on the air with KNBR’s Razor and Mr. T today at 6:00 P.M. Bay Area fans tune in at 680 on your AM radio dial. KNBR razor mr t Guerrero will also join Ramon Arando and Ryan Bates at “3 More Rounds” for a live [...]

BAY ST. LOUIS, MS – Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis announced the weigh-in times and a latest card lineup for Saturday night’s boxing matches, today. The five separate power-packed fights will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

By William Mackay: I’m still trying to figure out what WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) hopes to prove in taking on and perhaps beating a fighter like former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) next month on May 15th at Madison Square Garden, in New York. [...]

LOS ANGELES (April 21)…Check your almanac: On the night of September 16, 1981, time stopped for one hour while welterweight champions Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns traded punches in Las Vegas. That’s how big a fight it was. On May 1, welterweights Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley will clash in the biggest [...]

Herning, Denmark (April 21, 2010) — WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch finally arrived in Denmark on Wednesday afternoon to take on Danish national hero Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler in their eagerly-anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 meeting this Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT same-day coverage).

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s trainer/manager Adam Booth says in an article at the Mirror that Haye needs a “well earned rest” after his 9th round stoppage win over 38-year-old John Ruiz on April 3rd. Why does the 29-year-old Haye need another rest for? Last time I checked, Haye had only fought [...]