Archive for April, 2010

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) has no intentions of staging a comeback, according to news from the Mirror. A spokesperson for Calzaghe informed the Mirror that Calzaghe has no intentions of ever fighting again. It was recently reported by several boxing sites that Calzaghe was planning on [...]

The Welterweight Fight of the Year – Mayweather VS Mosley on Saturday, May 1. The Venue at Horseshoe Casino will broadcast the fight of the year on a 60’ larger than life screen for only $10 a ticket. The Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley fight in Las Vegas is “historic” according to the hype. That [...]

April 21, 2010– When it comes to all female amateur boxing shows, Women in Support Together (W.I.S.T.) pulls no punches. Female Amateur boxers will showcase high energy fights in the “The Road to London” Series on Friday, May 7, 2010 in conjunction with Trenton Housing Authority. This event will include many exciting bouts featuring boxers [...]

By William Mackay: Adam Booth, the trainer/manager for World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) says that they’re not interested in fighting former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs. Earlier this week, Briggs sent out a press release to a number of boxing websites, advising Haye not to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion [...]

April 21 (Merrillville, In) – All VIP Table Seats for “Fight Night 2010: The Reckoning” are SOLDOUT! Only limited numbers of Ringside Table Seats are available as well as General Admission Seating is still available. The only opportunity left to sit VIP for “Fight Night 2010: The Reckoning” is to be one of the five [...]

WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch finally arrived in Denmark on Wednesday afternoon. He will take on Danish national hero Mikkel Kessler in their eagerly-anticipated Super Six World Boxing Classic second-round meeting on Saturday night. Please see the attached document for the full press conference report. Full press conference gallery (rights free, credit Tony [...]

An opponent has been chosen for former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Montell Griffin’s quest for his 50th victory. Fighting in the main event of Hitz Boxing’s action-packed “Quest for 50″ professional boxing event on May 29 at the “Venue” in the Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, Indiana, Griffin (49-8, 30 KOs) will face capable former world [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Despite capturing the WBC super middleweight title and defending it twice successfully against Americans Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell in 2009, Carl Froch (26-0, 20 KO’s) isn’t being given the same recognition of other British boxers like WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, both of which [...]

OS ANGELES (April 21) – The internet is buzzing about Mayweather vs. Mosley and everyone is asking “Who R U Picking?” Several polls have been posted charting the opinions of a diverse cross-section of people who are clicking and picking who they think will be victorious on May 1 when Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar [...]

Los Angeles, CA (April 21, 2010) – Boxing historian Bill O’Neill has seen a lot of great fighters come through Riverside and San Bernardino counties, an area known as the Inland Empire. But few have impressed him more than his favorite current fighter: Cristobal Arreola.

CHICAGO, IL (April 21, 2010) Chicagoland fan favorite Andrzej “THE POLISH PRINCE” Fonfara will battle Roger “NEVER CAN TELL” Cantrell in a scheduled ten round light heavyweight battle on the off-TV portion of the huge SHOBOX broadcast tripleheader, THE NEW GENERATION OF SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS, on Friday April 30th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing series features a can’t-miss night of heavyweight and junior middleweight action when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: CRISTOBAL ARREOLA VS. TOMASZ ADAMEK AND ALFREDO ANGULO VS. JOEL JULIO is seen SATURDAY, APRIL 24 at 11:15 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario, Cal., exclusively on HBO. The HBO [...]

LAS VEGAS (April 21) – Seven of the MGM MIRAGE properties on The Strip will host closed circuit viewing of the upcoming mega-fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley. The resorts include MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, Luxor and Circus Circus. The bout is set to take place on [...]

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada (April 20, 2010) Sensational Canadian prospect Mikael Zewski met the media in his hometown of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada today at a press conference for the highly anticipated showdown between legendary Quebec former world champion Eric Lucas and perennial contender Librado Andrade set for Friday, May 28th at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec [...]

St. Paul, MN (April 21, 2010) – When Osseo’s Caleb Truax dropped a devastating decision to Minneapolitan Phil Williams in the 2005 Minnesota Golden Gloves, his sights were set on immediate revenge. Mission failed. Williams jolted to the professional ranks just one year later and Truax followed shortly thereafter.

By William Mackay: According to Fight News, former IBF/WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu might be interested in making a comeback if he had the opportunity to fight one of the mega stars – Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Shane Mosley. It would take one of those fighters for the 40-year-old Tszyu to whip [...]

By Chris Williams: The new WBC/WBO middleweight champion Sergio Martinez says he wants a rematch with Antonio Margarito, according to an interview from Martinez with Greg Leon at Boxing Talk. Martinez was stopped in the 7th round by Margarito 10 years ago, and wants to settle the score with Margarito. A fight between the two [...]

April 20, 2010 – Former 3-time world champion in two weight divisions, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, greeted media and fans today at his open workout which took place at the San Jose Boxing and Fitness gym. Guerrero battles Roberto Arreita on the return of Telefutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” boxing series scheduled for Friday April 30 [...]

By Dan Fitz-Simons: On May 15th Andy Lee 20-1 (14KOs) will take on Mamadou (“Dou-Dou”) Thiam in his fourth professional bout in Limerick, Ireland. Thiam was born in Senegal but fights out of France with a record of 46-8 (43 KOs). He has 54 professional fights under his belt and several credible opponents on his [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley won’t have his World Boxing Association strap on the line for his May 1st bout against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The reason is because the 33-year-old Mayweather reportedly didn’t want to pay the [...]

By Chris Williams: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) needs to beat Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KO’s) this Saturday night if he wants to get another title shot in the near future. This bout is very important for Arreola. He was dominated by World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in a 10th [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be flying to Los Angeles on Tuesday to begin training with Freddie Roach at his Wild Card Gym for preparation for the 24-year-old Chavez’s June 26th fight against middleweight contender John Duddy (29-1, 18 KO’s) at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. According [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: There’s one thing that jumps out at you when listening to one of WBC super middleweight champion Car Froch’s interviews and that’s how cocky the guy is. For a fighter that went life and death to beat his last three opponents, Froch comes across like he’s been massecuring everybody instead of barely [...]

CRISTOBAL ARREOLA “I’ll fight anybody, anywhere but it’s great to be fighting at home. It’s always good to fight in your backyard because you don’t have to travel anywhere, you can sleep in your own bed, eat home-cooked meals and you can go to your favorite restaurants. “The disadvantages are that everybody and their brother [...]

(Oxford, CA – April 20, 2010) Newly crowned world champion Sergio Martinez won the biggest fight of his career last Saturday night, a stunning and emphatic decision over Kelly Pavlik to capture the WBC and WBO world middleweight championship belts.

Saturday night at the ArteCad Arena in Tramelan, Switzerland, the 21 year old Gabor Veto (15-0) made short work of it defeating the tough Kenyan Omari Ramadan (7-4) to win the WBC Youth World Lightweight title. The WBC number 24 Veto, showed excellent boxing skills to score a 3rd round TKO after Ramadan seemingly quit [...]

By Jim Dower: James “Lights out” Toney (72-6-3, 44 KO’s) thinks that International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO’s) would beat 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s), according to an interview by Percy Crawford of FightHype. Hopkins is apparently interested in fighting Bute, and turning him into a “Canadian Kelly Pavlik.” [...]

By Armando Paz: There are really only two viable options for Wladimir Klitschko (54-3 48 KO’s) for his next defense of his heavyweight titles and that is either Alexander Povetkin (19-0 14 KO’s) or David Haye (24-1 22 KO’s). The boxing public is not going to be deceived with the winner of the Areola-Adamek match [...]

NEW YORK, April 20th – On Saturday, April 24, the Super Six World Boxing Classic will return to SHOWTIME® with the Group Stage 2 matchup between undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch of Nottingham, England and former WBA 168-pound champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler of Denmark for Froch’s WBC world title.

The World Boxing Council is very proud to announce the official belt presentation to middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez on May 4 in Mexico City. Martinez gave a memorable performance this past Saturday night in Atlantic City and won his second championship of the world by defeating a great champion, Kelly Pavlik.