Archive for May, 2010

LOS ANGELES, May 27 – Top super middleweight contender Librado Andrade returns to his home away from home in Canada this Friday night as he takes on former World Champion Eric Lucas in a highly-anticipated showdown at the Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City.

LONDON (27th May) Former English heavyweight title holders Tyson Fury and John McDermott will meet for the second time in 10 months on Friday 25th June, in what will be one of the most eagerly awaited rematches that the UK has seen in recent years. The British Final Eliminator clash between the two heavyweights will [...]

Three Welsh boxers are in the line-up for Saturday’s Prizefighter Super Bantamweights at York Hall in Bethnal Green, east London – and Robbie Turley believes the trophy will be heading to the Valleys at the end of the night.

BRONX, NY (May 27, 2010) – Just prior to undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion and future rabbi YURI FOREMAN’s ring walk to his first world title defense will be the sounding of the shofar. The shofar is a horn, traditionally that of a ram, used for Jewish religious purposes. The sounding of [...]

By Jordan Stoddart: I sat there today, in my airy, slightly squalid, but ultimately Boxing focused bedroom this morning, and started concentrating on some fantastically detailed, and gloriously timeless pictures of some Boxers from the era of the 1970’s and 1980’s. My favourite was one of Ken Buchanan losing to Roberto Duran; the bout itself [...]

By Jason Kim: According to Michael Marley of Examiner.com, he believes that the mega fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is getting made. Marley believes that after seeing Arum and noticing his smile and smirk. Marley says he’s watched Arum for 40 years and knows him really well. He feels [...]

BRIAN ROSE plans to emulate Blackpool’s amazing Premier League rise in the boxing ring. Unbeaten Rose (14-0-1) is heading towards boxing’s top flight and is booked to challenge British champion Sam Webb in the autumn.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s), instead of fighting a light welterweight next, he could be facing a lightweight if his promoter Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions has his way. According to Sportsillustrated.com, Schaefer would like to match Khan against Michael Katsidis next on July 31st [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s backup fight options are less than appealing if he can’t get a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. According to Greg Leon of Boxing Talk, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is saying that Pacquiao won’t fight WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman if he beats Miguel Cotto on June 5th, because Pacquiao [...]

By Chris Williams: With little time left and probably all the money he needs in the world, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is pretty much working only for his legacy at this point in his career. There’s no real need for money anymore and any bit of extra money that he’ll get in his final [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization bantamweight interim champion Eric Morel (42-2, 21 KO’s) has reportedly turned down the challenge of super flyweight Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KO’s) step in for the injured Jorge Arce, according to Philboxing.com. Apparently, the 27-year-old Donaire wants to avenge the defeat of his fellow Filipino countryman Gerry Penalosa, who [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) is going into his stage 2 Super Six tournament fight as the decided favorite against top contender Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) on June 19th at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. It’s not hard to see why the 26-year-old Ward would be [...]

By Jason Kim: It’s looking like a potential fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might not happen unless Pacquiao is willing to agree to the full random blood tests, which he previously hasn’t been willing to do, and accept a smaller cut of the revenue. Those things seem pretty simple [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) has an important bout against WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 5 KO’s) next month on June 5th at Yankee Stadium, in New York. Cotto can ill afford to lose this fight, because he’s already been beaten in two of his last [...]

By William Mackay: 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (7-0, 5 KO’s) is interested in going after the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles as soon as possible. Not satisfied with the working his way up slowly, the 24-year-old DeGale wants to speed up the process by going after the belts on the local British [...]

Main Events and Super Judah Promotions are pleased to officially announce the upcoming fight between Zab “Super” Judah, Brooklyn, NY (38-6, 26 KO’s) and Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Michoacán, Mexico (28-4, 17 KO’s). The fight will take place on July 16th at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. It will be broadcast live on ESPN2. Ticket and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The upcoming Super Six stage 3 bout between former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) and German-based Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) won’t likely be taking place outside of Europe, according to Panarmenian.net. Froch, 32, wanted the fight to take place in the United States or his home city [...]

Former linear and WBO Heavyweight Champion Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs (50-5-1, 44 KOs) is not only the last American-born heavyweight champion in boxing, he is the sole top-ranked heavyweight in the world carrying on a tradition as old as the sport: Like no other elite big man today, Shannon Briggs doesn’t just beat his opponents… [...]

(Guadalajara, Jalisco – May 26, 2010) The main participants and promoters of “Road to the Title” were present today at the final press conference that took place at the functional and modern Tecate Boxing Tour Arena, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

By Jim Dower: Number # 1 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) takes on fringe middleweight contender John Duddy (29-1, 18 KO’s) on June 26th at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. This will be the first time in Chavez’s career that he’ll have fought a 1st tier fighter, [...]

Photo credit: Pavel Terekhov – By Chris Williams: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s)reached deep into the pile of heavyweight champion hopefuls to select Alberto Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s), who he faces this Saturday night in Germany. What makes the pick to bad is that Sosnowski, a decent European level fighter, has never [...]

Photo credit: Klitschko management group – Essen/Germany (May 26, 2010) – Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 37 KOs), of Kiev, Ukraine and Hamburg, Germany and Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KOs), of Warsaw, Poland and Brentwood, UK participated today in a public workout at the Mercedes Benz dealership in Essen. 2000 fans were present to see both fighters [...]

By Andy James: After reading articles on boxingnews24.com for the past year or so now, I have decided to write an article of my own. I thought for my first article I would write about some of the fights I would like to see in rest of 2010, starting with domestic fights here in Britain. [...]

WBO JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS WILFREDO “WV2” VAZQUEZ, JR. ZSOLT “Mr. Lefthook” BEDAK

Frank Maloney will promote their rematch when Manchester’s Fury risks his English heavyweight title against the Essex boy at Brentwood Centre on Friday 25th June. There was outrage among fight fans when Fury (10-0) was gifted a controversial points win over McDermott last September – but now John (25-6) gets his chance of justice.

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum were hoping that they could get the original 50-50 share of the purse for a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. However, that doesn’t look like it’s going to happen now. Mayweather reportedly wants the bigger cut of the revenue due to his better pay-per-view numbers [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The future stars of amateur boxing will vie for a coveted national title at the 2010 USA Boxing Junior National Championships, June 14-19 in Camp Lejeune, N.C. The event will make the move to a new locale for 2010 edition with over 200 of the nation’s best 15 and 16-year-old boxers [...]

By Chris Williams: It looks like Top Rank promoter Bob Arum overestimated the interest in the upcoming June 5th bout between his two Top Rank fighters World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s), both of whom will be fighting at the [...]

On Saturday July 17th, Star Boxing returns to the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ with a sizzling heavyweight showdown, when David Tua (51- 3-1, 43 KO’s) squares off against and Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett (34-9, 20 KO’s) in what is expected to be an all-out war of heavy-hitting, former world title challengers.

Manchester, CT (May 26, 2010) Featherweight Matt “The Sharp Shooter” Remillard served notice once again as a force in the division with a sensational knockout performance this past Saturday night, May 22nd at the Mohegan Sun Casino with a crushing fourth round stoppage of crafty southpaw Carlos Rivera.