Archive for May, 2010

By Giancarlo Malinconico: It has leaked from several sources that Floyd Mayweather is now demanding a bigger share of the revenue split if a bout is to emerge with Manny Pacquiao. A 52-48 split in favor of Mayweather seems to be the perfect resolution to the purse-split dispute between “Money” and Pacquiao for a mega [...]

The state capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on 17 July once again the venue of a high class Universum Champions Night. The focus of the boxing event in the sports and convention center is one of Mecklenburg boy. The unbeaten middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (29-0-0 (10)) will be facing challenger Khoren Gevor (31-4-0 (16). Now there [...]

European Champion Paul McCloskey has teamed up with old rival Colin Lynes as he steps up preparations for the first defence of his title on the Yanjing Beer Fight Night at the Kings Hall, Belfast on Friday, June 11th. McCloskey headlines a big night of championship boxing at one of the sports legendary venues when [...]

Sykes (14-0) makes the first defence of his British super-featherweight title against Kevin O’Hara (17-5) at Huddersfield Leisure Centre on Friday (28th May). And former domestic champion Johanneson (28-4) has an outing on the same card when he meets Pole Arek Malek in six round catchweight bout.

On June 4th „The Black Panther“ Juan Carlos Gomez (46-2, 36 kos) will return to action against Frankfurt based Turk Oezcan Cetinkaya (17-6-1, 11 kos) in Hattersheim (near Frankfurt), Germany. The former WBC cruiserweight champion and heavyweight championship contender (in March 2009 vs. Vitali Klitschko) will headline the „7th annual Hattersheim Havoc“ at Karl-Eckel-Halle. In [...]

Ricky Owen enters Saturday night’s Prizefighter Super Bantamweight event at York Hall, Bethnal Green without a defeat to his name – and the Welshman says that record will stay intact. The 25 year-old is unbeaten in 11 fights with four wins by knockout, but that record is spread over six years. Owen explained that while [...]

By Dave Lahr: Recently, trainer Freddie Roach has been repeating over and over again that Floyd Mayweather’s legs are gone, and that he’s become more flat footed compared to the way he used to fight. I looked at the Shane Mosley fight, which is where Roach formed his opinion about Mayweather’s lack of movement, and [...]

Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.: “We are prepared to defend the title and look good to my people. That’s what we intend to do – a good job. My condition is the best from working with my dad (former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Sr.) and my team. I know Bedak is disregarding me because of my little [...]

By Chris Williams: According to thesweetscience.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum hasn’t heard anything from Floyd Mayweather Jr. about whether or not he’ll accept the 14 day blood test cutoff that Manny Pacquiao has agreed to for a fight. Other than the concession made by Pacquiao for the blood testing, Arum is keeping the original [...]

By William Mackay: Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, are trying their best to intimidate WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, but maybe their doing too good of a job judging by Haye not stepping up to fight them. As you can see, neither of the Klitschkos is getting close to getting a fight with Haye. [...]

MIAMI (May 25, 2010) – Irish boxing manager Gary Hyde, who last December won a legal judgment in Miami to manage two-time Olympic champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux, recently received legal confirmation to continue managing the Cuban boxing star, effectively knocking out Hyde’s opposition for control of Rigondeaux’ pro boxing career. Defendants had sought reconsideration [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) is the underdog going into his June 5th fight against former World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) at the Yankee Stadium, in Bronx, New York. However, there’s an argument to be made that it should be the 29-year-old Cotto [...]

By William Mackay: Super Six tournament contestant Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) thinks that WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) has a weak chin and he intends on taking advantage of that in their stage 2 Super Six tournament fight on June 19th at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Green, 30, [...]

Photo credit – Pavel Terekhov – By Chris Williams: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) is still holding out hope that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) will step up to the plate and fight him or his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Vitali, 38, is disappointed by Haye’s seemingly [...]

The Church Street Boxing Gym’s Friday Night Fights NYC Series brings New Yorkers the first ever All Female Fight card featuring top female athletes in Muay Thai Kick Boxing and Amateur Boxing.! Whether or not you’re a fight fan, the Friday Night Fights NYC Series is known throughout NYC as the event to be at. [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –MAY 25, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today former IBF featherweight and super featherweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) has finally found an opponent for his next fight and will be facing former World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KO’s) on August 7th in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis, Missouri. It’s kind of an anti-climatic choice [...]

By Muizz Ali: As this year is set out to be a boxing supreme year, all boxing fans are thinking of potential boxing matches. We are all talking about fights such as Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) vs Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) or Amir Khan (23-1,17 KO’s) vs Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) and [...]

“Andre will need the Oakland Fire Department in his corner the night of the fight because I’m bringing a lot of fire, smoke and heat with me in the ring on June 19th, and I don’t think he will be able to put the fire out.” ……Allan Green “Allan Green has the hammer of Thor [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach seems to be totally obsessed with trying to get Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Manny Pacquiao all of a sudden. It seems really strange when you look at how Roach is acting now and compare it to the way he acted before Pacquiao’s fight with Joshua Clottey in March. [...]

By Jim Dower: Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is going to have major problems with WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) on June 5th. Cotto might have made a big mistake of taking on Foreman. Cotto might have seen Foreman’s low knockout percentage and some of his dull fights, which include a [...]

By Jason Kim: Former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah (38-6, 26 KO’s) will return to the action in mid July against a still to be determined opponent. Judah, now 32, plans on fighting at light welterweight instead of welterweight to see if he can try to revive his floundering boxing career. Judah has done previous [...]

HOUSTON, TX (May 25, 2010) Former Notre Dame Boxing Captain and 2009 Chicago Golden Gloves Champion Mike Lee has wrapped up training in Houston, Texas and is headed to his highly anticipated pro debut this Saturday night, May 29th, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

Stevie McGuire will aim to put himself back into the British title picture in his hometown of Glenrothes on June 4th The former British super-middleweight title challenger faces old foe Jamie Ambler at the Gilvenbank Hotel in a show promoted by his father Stevie Snr. This is probably a father has promoted his own son, [...]

Josh Wale believes he has the perfect make-up to win Prizefighter Super Bantamweights on Saturday May 29 – drawing on his grandad’s experience as a bare knuckle fighter. The Barnsley fighter takes on former Commonwealth, European and British title holder Esham Pickering in the second quarter-final of Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one night tournament at [...]

Zbik: “We are buddies. But the friendship must rest for an hour in the ring.” Gevor: “I have to adjust myself to not calculable. I am now even yoga. I distribute in July does not guarantee that gifts to my friends.” The state capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on 17 July once again the venue of [...]

May 24, 2010, Totowa, NJ – Main Events and Super Judah promotions are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement to co-promote Brooklyn’s electrifying, Zab “Super” Judah. Judah (38-6, 26 KO’s), the former undisputed welterweight champion, former IBF and WBO junior welterweight champion will return to the ring in mid-July, when he makes [...]

By Dave Lahr: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) has been turning a blind eye to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s recent calls for a mega fight between the two fighters. Mayweather, who basically pursued a fight with Pacquiao until he was blue in the face several months ago, wants Pacquiao to agree to [...]

By Matt Stein: The word is that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) isn’t looking to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko or his brother WBC heavyweight title holder Vitali Klitschko next. These were the two fights that Haye has been talking about for eons, yet now that he has a chance to [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is coming off an easy win against an opponent that was tailor made for him in Paulie Malignaggi in his last fight this month. As expected, many of the younger boxing fans are already crowning Khan as the best thing since sliced bread [...]