Archive for May, 2010

By Peter Wells: It wasn’t too long ago that we heard the news that Glen Johnson’s IBF Light Heavyweight title challenge against unbeaten Tavoris Cloud was off. Now the fight is on again on August 7th in St Louis. Though the main attraction of course, will be hometown hero Devon Alexander. The WBC Light Welterweight [...]

By Jason Kim: Previously undefeated lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) appeared to go through hell in his training for his fight last weekend against Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s). In an article at the Guardian.co.uk, Mitchell said “I’m angry now. I’m pissed off with myself at how it went. Five weeks ago I [...]

May 17th, 2010, RENO – Undefeated rising star, Brandon “Flawless” Gonzales (11-0, 9 KOs – middleweight), steps back into the ring against Mexico’s Victor Hugo Correa (12-4, 7 KOs) on May 22 at the Grand Sierra Resort.

By Sean McDaniel: Kerry Davis, the senior vice president of sports programming for HBO, liked what he saw of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s 11th round stoppage victory over Paulie Malignaggi last weekend. In an article by writer Gareth Davies of the Telegraph.co.uk, Davis said “He [Khan] has an extremely telegenic style. Speed sells; [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell thinks that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) will have major problems with the punching power of his next opponent Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in his Super Six tourney fight in September. On Friday Night Fights, Dirrell had this to say about Froch:

Esham Pickering claims that his best days in Boxing are yet to come and that will start with victory in Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights. Pickering is part of Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one night tournaments which takes place at York Hall, Bethnal Green, East London on Saturday May 29.

The Universum Champions Night 22 May 2010 on the night of the heavyweights! Besides the main fight of Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1 (17)) against the strong Australian Kali Meehan (35-3-0 (29)) it can happen in the Rostock StadtHalle to two more duels in the premier class of boxing. In addition, the newly crowned boxing champion Vitali [...]

This coming Friday 19 year old George Jupp will be taking his first tentative steps into the world of professional boxing, when he debuts against Peter Barney at the Bruce Baker and Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym, co-promoted “Oakey’s Last Stand” event at the Mountbatten Leisure Centre, Portsmouth on the 21st May 2010.

On the 4th June, former British and European Bantamweight Champion Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa returns to the ring for the first time since contentiously losing his British title to Jamie McDonnell back in January this year, to face Doncaster’s tough, unbeaten prospect Stuart Hall at the Peterlee Leisure Centre in Peterlee, Tyne and Wear.

Undefeated Filipino lightweight sensation Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (17-0-1, 7KO) of takes his first step towards a world title as he faces off against KO artist Oscar “El Estudiante” Meza (19-3, 17KO) for the vacant WBO Americas lightweight title on June 4th at the Micosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida. The twelve round championship [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is starting to sound like a politician in speaking about his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) after his 11th round TKO win over Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night. Roach, who trains Manny Pacquiao, Khan and a number of other stars in [...]

By William Mackay: Having been totally destroyed by WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) in the 3rd round last Saturday night at Upton Park, the 25-year-old Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) says that he’ll be back from this loss and will win a world title. Mitchell says “I’ll be back,” Mitchell said [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he wants to match WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan with Michael Katsidis next. In an article at US today, Schaefer says “He [Khan] wants [Marcos] Maidana but obviously he’s not available. What I’d like to do is make a fight with Michael Katsidis. Can [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Rather than fighting WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s), WBO light welterweight title holder Timothy Bradley (24-0, 11 KO’s) or IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s), World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) could be facing WBO lightweight interim champion Michael [...]

By Sean Pollock: No matter what corner of the world you were watching from on Saturday night- it was a great night of boxing! We seen some classy exhibitions of ‘the sweet science’ and some ruthless displays of raw power, each as enjoyable as the other. Destination- Upton Park, London, UK: The night started well [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –MAY 16, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today 1970s heavyweight stars Ron Lyle and Earnie Shavers will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) was too much for over-matched opponent Juan Astorga (14-5-1, 9 KO’s), knocking him down four times and stopping him in the 2nd round on the undercard of the Amir Khan vs. Paulie Malignaggi bout last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in New York. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) handed top lightweight challenger Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) his first loss of his career last Saturday night, stopping him in the 3rd round in front of 30,000 of his British fans at Upton Park, West Ham, London. Well, I knew this was [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) defeated former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Khan, 23, basically wore the 29-year-old Malignaggi down with jabs and right hands until the fight was ultimately stopped by referee Steve Smoger [...]

By Peter Wells: What was meant to be the perfect night for British fighter Kevin Mitchell and in the perfect setting it suddenly went all pear shaped in the third round. Kevin was boxing brilliantly and was just starting to get into a great rhythm when everything fell to bits with one big shot from [...]

By Peter Wells: Last night at Madison Square Garden, New York, two Junior Welterweights won their fights as expected, but it was the co-feature that was a 10 rounder that seemed the most exciting. That contest was between young Golden Boy hotshot Victor Ortiz and tough veteran Nate Campbell. I may have criticised Ortiz too [...]

PHILADELPHIA (May 14, 2010)—World ranked Light Heavyweight Yusaf “Mack Attack” Mack will make his return to Philadelphia when he headlines a big night of boxing on Friday night June 4th at The Legendary Blue Horizon. The card is promoted by Blue Horizon Boxing Promotions Inc. and SAM Promotions.

By Craig Macguinness: Saturday evening saw Kevin Mitchell’s 31-0 turn to 31-1 after Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) stopped him inside 3 rounds at Upton Park. Mitchell started off jabbing well trying to keep Katsidis at bay. While Katsidis started slowly for the first round working out Mitchell trying to draw Mitchell in for a [...]

Rudy Markussen (34-2, 21 KOs) celebrated a successful ring return on Saturday night in Herning when he stopped Christophe Karagoz in the sixth round of the newly-created TV 2 Fight Night series. The “Hardhitter” was off to a flying start, knocking his opponent down in the first round with a body shot. He was in [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the co-main event on the May 15th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from Madison Square Garden in New York City, 23 year old southpaw Victor Ortiz 26-2-1 with 21 KO’s of Oxnard, California takes on “The Galaxxy Warrior”, 38 year old Nate Campbell 33-5-1 with 25 KO’s in a scheduled [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event on the May 15th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from Madison Square Garden in New York City, Paulie Malignaggi 27-3 with 5 KO’s of Brooklyn, New York challenged Amir Khan 22-1 with 16 KO’s of the U.K. for the WBA world light welterweight title in a scheduled [...]

Boxing from the Estadio Centenario, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico: Humberto Soto UD 12 Ricardo Dominguez

Results Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina: Omar Andres Narvaez UD 12 Everth Briceno vacant WBO super flyweight title

Bronx, NY (May 15, 2010) – Maureen Shea made a successful return to her hometown of the Bronx with a dominant third-round TKO victory over Norma Faris of Puerto Rico at the Paradise Theater. The bout was televised by Telefutura as part of their “Solo Boxeo Tecate’” series and promoted by Star Boxing in association [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) had an easy time in beating Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) in an 11th round stoppage at Madison Square Garden, in New York on Saturday night. With the ringside doctor checking on Malignaggi from the 10th due to the one-sided punishment he had [...]