Archive for May, 2010

This coming Friday, Stoke Newington’s rising Light Middleweight star Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng is back in action on the under card of the Sky television broadcast, Frank Maloney promoted, British Flyweight title clash between Shinny Bayaar and Ashley Sexton at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex.

NEW YORK (May 9, 2010) – Veteran Angel “El Toro” Hernandez is arguably, pound-for-pound, one of the toughest boxers in the business. The Mexican native, fighting out of Chicago, has parlayed impressive back-to-back performances into a May 22 title fight against Peter Manfredo, Jr. at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.

By Klaas Mabetlela: Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns form part of the ‘fab’ four (fabulous four) that also included Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The four were responsible for the richest boxing era of the recent memory. For most people, the issue of defining fights will be easy for these three because they fought [...]

Los Angeles, CA (May 9, 2010) – In its nearly 30 years in the boxing industry Promoter Dan Goossen has grown accustomed to developing many young boxers from the amateur ranks into World Champions. Now, Goossen Tutor Promotions has entered into a promotional agreement with a boxer who holds a World Championship title belt with [...]

Carson, CA (May 8, 2010) – The “Most Feared Fighter in the World”, Paul “The Punisher” Williams was just heating up in the fourth round when his opponent, Kermit “The Killer” Cintron disappeared from the ring and fell onto a table at ringside at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.

By Sean McDaniel: In the latest boxing news, former Commonwealth champion Nicky Piper thinks that Joe Calzaghe is making a mistake if he stages a comeback, according to Walesonline. Piper, speaking about Calzaghe, he says, “The only reasons Joe would want a rematch would be the money or his ego. But I think he would [...]

By Dave Lahr: Incredibly, ticket sales are reportedly doing really well for the mismatch between World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) and his horribly over-matched opponent Alberto Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) for May 29th at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchin, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Klitschko, 38, has found a soft touch in [...]

By Jim Dower: Making his first appearance in over a year since having his boxing license revoked, Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) easily defeated a badly over-matched Roberto Garcia (28-3, 21 KOs) tonight by a 10 round unanimous decision at the La Feria de San Marcos , Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Margarito, 32, knocked Garcia down [...]

By William Mackay: Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KO’s) wants a rematch with Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KO’s) after losing a 4 round technical decision on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California after falling out of the ring in the 4th round and landing on a ringside table. [...]

By Sam Gregory: Tonight on HBO’s championship boxing from the Home Depot Center, Carson, California, Paul “The Punisher” Williams 38-1 with 27 KO’s fought Kermit “The Killer” Cintron in a scheduled 12 round bout in the junior middleweight division. Round 1 both men threw their jab testing each other out; Williams was able to throw [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) will be passing on his rematch with Sergio Martinez, according to news from HBO Larry Merchant. Unfortunately, the 28-year-old Pavlik is having problems making the middleweight limit of 160, as evidenced by his coming into the Martinez fight weighing a hefty 178 on [...]

By Eric Thomas: Paul Williams defeated Kermit Cintron tonight by a 4th round technical decision after he fell out of the ring in the 4th round, falling on a ringside table. Cintron was then strapped to a stretcher with a neck brace. Cintron appeared to trip over Williams’ leg and fall through the ropes.

By Jim Dower: Still not quite sure whether he wants to retire or continue his career, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight and WBC welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is saying that he’s leaning towards retirement. In an article by Dan Rafael of ESPN, Hatton says “I took a vacation to Australia [...]

(LITTLE ROCK, ARK.) – Months of qualifying and a full week of National Golden Gloves action culminated in a full night of championship bouts on Saturday night at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, Ark. Ten new national champions were crowned in an exciting night of competition, which featured several upsets.

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion (36-2, 32 KO’s) has only until May 17th to decide whether to utilize his rematch clause with Sergio Martinez. If Pavlik, 28, doesn’t make a decision by the 17th, he’ll lose his chance at fighting Martinez. This would give Martinez the chance to move forward for [...]

By William Mackay: Lightweight Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) sees his May 15th bout against Michael Katsidis (26-2, 21 KO’s) as a fight that will bring him fame in the boxing world. Mitchell, 25, is still largely unknown outside of the UK. Hardcore boxing fans know of him because of his 12 round decision over [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach feels that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be an “easy” fight for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to Nick Giongco of Manila Bulletin. Roach says “Manny’s going to knock him [Mayweather] out. He couldn’t move, he’s got more legs. Manny’s going to hit him from every angle.” Roach is [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated lightweight contender Kevin Mitchell (31-0, 23 KO’s) had some interesting observations about WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan. In an article at Independent.co.uk, Mitchell had this to say about Khan’s incident with a British model that he allegedly sent lewd text messages and photo:

Results – La Feria de San Marcos , Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico: Marlon Aguilar UD 8 Michael Farenas

Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka, Japan: Hugo Fidel Cazares UD 12 Nobuo Nashiro World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title

By Eric Thomas: Famous trainer Freddie Roach will reportedly be replacing Lennox Lewis on the HBO broadcasting team for boxing action, according to Secondsout. The 44-year-old Lewis failed to have his contract renewed by HBO and has already taken part in his last fight, the HBO telecast of Chris Arreola vs. Tomasz Adamek that took [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) needs more time for his cuts to heal and won’t be able to fight Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in their previously scheduled stage 3 Super Six bout in August, according to thisnottingham. Instead, the Abraham vs. Froch fight will [...]

Boxing results – Waterfront Place Hotel, Morgantown, West Virginia: Billy Lyell UD 8 Martinus Clay

Results: Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island: Michael Clark UD 9 Jason Pires

Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Yordanis Despaigne UD 10 Richard Hall

By Eamon McDonald: There are so many brilliant match-ups to be made before the end of year that leads me to believe this could be one of the best year’s boxing has ever had. The obvious one to be made is Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, and I fully believe it will be made before [...]

(LITTLE ROCK, ARK.) – Twenty of the nation’s top amateur boxers earned spots in the championship round at the 2010 National Golden Gloves in Little Rock, Ark., on Friday night at the Statehouse Convention Center. Two semifinal bouts were contested in each of the ten weight divisions with the two victors advancing on to the [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 7 – After an administrative delay which caused a temporary relocation of his training camp locale from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Canada, World Boxing Association Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan has received his P1 visa and will be heading to New York City as originally scheduled on Sunday in order to [...]

Boxing action from the Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Danny Garcia TKO 7 Christopher Fernandez

Results – Oheka Castle , Huntington, New York: Otis Griffin TKO 8 Byron Mitchell Michael Grant TKO 1 Kevin Burnett