Archive for May, 2010

By Chris Williams: Former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is under the impression that’s going to be able to cut off the ring on World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) this Saturday night and pressure in their fight at the Yankee Stadium, in New York. Cotto, who [...]

Photo credit: Pavel Terekhov – By Chris Williams: If you’re one of those fans who are hoping that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) will man up and fight the Klitschko brothers to try and take their titles in the near future, you can relax and probably forget about it. Haye [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) wants to fight WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) before he retires from boxing. Vitali, 38, is sick of Haye’s constant talk and wants to put him away to shut his trap for good. However, Haye, after talking a good game, seems [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –MAY 21, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today veteran broadcaster Al Bernstein will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Jim Dower: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is going to be fighting in November against someone. If not his preferred opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr., then it will possibly be against fellow Top Rank fighters Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito. The number #1 choice is Mayweather, but that fight will come down to whether or [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night at the Yankee Stadium in New York, WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) will defend his World Boxing Association title against former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s). Foreman, 29, will have the size advantage over Cotto, and the better footwork. Cotto has looked [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is continuing to say that he wants either WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) or WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) next. On his Twitter page, Khan said that he has told his promoters to get [...]

By Eric Torres: I have been an avid boxing fan for quite sometime now and must say that Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is one of the bravest warriors I have had the pleasure to watch. A lot of fighters out there can learn a thing or two about class and professionalism. Cotto has not [...]

By Chris Williams: In the latest boxing news, HBO veteran analyst Larry Merchant is saying that he thinks that the mega fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will be put together and he expects the huge fight to take place in November of this year. In an interview at the Boxingtruth.com, [...]

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC (May 31, 2010) Fighting for the fight time as a professional in Canada after a sensational amateur career, top welterweight prospect Mikael Zewski thrilled the huge crowd at the Pepsi Coliseum on Friday night with a stunning first round knockout of veteran John Hoffman.

Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey has targeted the European title after winning Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights title in a night of thrilling action, drama and controversy at London’s York Hall. Casey, 28, from Limerick, Ireland, claimed the £32,000 winner’s prize with a unanimous points victory over Scottish substitute Paul McElhinney.

Belfast has a proud tradition of producing some of the finest little men in boxing, no more so than in the flyweight division where names such as Rinty Monaghan, Dave McAuley, Hugh Russell and Damaen Kelly have delighted Belfast fight fans down through the years. Now another Belfast flyweight, Jamie Conlan is intent on following [...]

In only five days ARENA will present the first-ever boxing world championship on Turkish soil in Istanbul when rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin takes on Canada based Romanian Ionut Dan Ion for the WBC Silver title. Both contenders are unbeaten in their professional career. Aydin – ranked on no. 2 in the WBC 147 ratings [...]

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) is has shot down yet another potential location for his stage 3 Super Six bout against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s). Froch has already said no to Germany and Sweden for his bout against Abraham. Froch is now reportedly shooting [...]

Long Island, New York (May 31, 2010) – It still hasn’t hit welterweight boxer Tommy Rainone how big his next fight is. His opponent – Terry Buterbough of Colorado – has a record of 5-3 (3 KO), and isn’t going to ring any bells with his name recognition.

By Jim Dower: Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) has taken a pounding in the last three years in the ring, taking countless shots to the head, suffering multiple cuts and too numerous to count bone jarring shots. Cotto, once unbeaten and considered perhaps the best fighter in the welterweight division, has now lost two out [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) will be taking on Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) an awkward, some say clumsy, replacement for Jermain Taylor in the Super Six tournament on June 19th, at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Green, 30, has a cannon for a right hand and [...]

Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – By Chris Williams: Saturday night’s destruction of challenger Alberto Sosnowski (45-3-1, 27 KO’s) further highlighted how superior WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) and his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko are with the rest of the heavyweight division. Sadly, there are just no other heavyweights that can [...]

By William Mackay: In looking at UK fighters World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s), I couldn’t help but notice all the things that they have in common with one another. It’s actually kind of eerie how much they have in common. [...]

By Armando Paz : Sugar Ray Robinson is simply regarded the greatest pound for pound fighter that has ever lived to many who follow the sport. Robinson had a great chin, incredible hand speed, great reflexes, and power in both hands. In other words, he had all the essential ingredients to be a legendary fighter. [...]

Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) didn’t have to fight Alberto Sosnowski (45-3-2, 27 KO’s) last Saturday night. Klitschko could have selected a more dangerous and qualified opponent like Odlanier Solis. Instead, Klitschko chose number #11 ranked Sosnowski to fight in front of [...]

The WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and Albert Sosnowski turned out exactly as all experts and fans had expected. The challenger from Poland didn’t stand a chance against the more powerful half of the dominating force in the heavyweight division. The older Klitschko brother once more wore down a helpless opponent with his unorthodox [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) is not only taking the toughest fight of his career against former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) on June 5th at the Yankee Stadium, in New York, but Foreman is also facing the best offensive fighter in his career with [...]

By Castillo Fuentes: I have come across a lot of people on this forum who think the British boxer, Amir Khan, is a over-hyped, spoon-fed boxer. I do not agree with any of those arguments. Amir Khan is a boxer with skill superior to anyone at the light-welterweight division. His past promoter, Frank Warren, got [...]

Photo credit: Pavel Terekhov – By Jason Kim: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) did what he had to do to take out the younger 31-year-old Alberto Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) in a 10th round TKO on Saturday night at the Veltins Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The fight wasn’t in the least bit [...]

Results: Coliseo Olimpico de la UG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico: Juan Carlos Burgos TKO 10 Ricardo Castillo

Boxing action: Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana: Montell Griffin D10 Ross Thompson

Photo credit: Pavel Terekhov – By Chris Williams: In the past couple of years, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) has looked exceptional in running over all that has been put in front of him. Klitschko has all five fights since staging a comeback against then WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter in October [...]

By Dave Lahr: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to really have a great chance of setting up a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his fighter Manny Pacquiao, he needs to convince Pacquiao to agree to take the Olympic style random blood tests up to three days before the fight with Mayweather. After [...]

By William Mackay: I just finished watching WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s 10th round TKO destruction of his hard-hitting challenger Alberto Sosnowski (45-3-1, 27 KO’s) and I’m pretty convinced that Vitali would have knocked WBA heavyweight champion David Haye cold with some of the punches that Vitali landed on Sosnowski on Saturday night at the [...]