Archive for May, 2010

By Sean McDaniel: With Kevin Mitchell and Amir Khan not currently showing much interest in fighting British and European Boxing Union lightweight champion John Murray (29-0, 17 KO’s), he is now turning his attention to WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) for his next fight. Murray, 25, would like to fight Katsidis [...]

Boxing action from the Maha Sarakham, Thailand: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym KO 4 Shoji Kimura

Boxing results: Leagues Club, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia: Vic Darchinyan UD 12 Eric Barcelona

A hand injury has forced Wayne McCullough to withdraw from Prizefighter Super-Bantamweights at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday May 29. Former WBC world champion McCullough had been training hard to make his comeback in Barry Hearn’s latest eight-man, one night tournament but the 39 year-old has been advised that he will be unable to [...]

Going/Austria (May 19, 2010) – Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 37 KOs), of Kiev (Ukraine) and Hamburg (Germany), participated yesterday in a media work out in his training camp in Austria. He discussed his upcoming WBC heavyweight title defense against former European Champion Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KOs), of Warsaw (Poland) and Brentwood (UK). The eagerly anticipated [...]

By William Mackay: Earlier today, Ricky Hatton, in an interview at Sky Sports, offered to promote WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, saying “I am certain with my help he can become the big star that his talent deserves.” The 23-year-old Khan was quick to respond to Hatton, saying in an article at the Dailystar.co.uk, [...]

By Jim Dower: Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KO’s) will be coming into this Saturday’s fight against Rafael Martinez with a right eye that has been operated on three times since 2008 for a series of detached retinas. Vazquez, 32, originally suffered an initial detached retina in his third fight with Marquez in March 2008. Although [...]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (May 19, 2010) – Tecate, con carácter, is excited to support the fourth encounter and test of character between Mexican boxers Rafael Marquez (38-5-0, 34 KOs) and Israel Vazquez (44-4-0, 32 KOs) at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on May 22. The event will be broadcast live on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT. [...]

Former Heavyweight Champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman (46-7-2, 37 KOs) kept a big group of assembled local media captivated today, during a press conference at the Niagara Falls Conference Center to announce Rahman’s main event against Troy New York’s Shannon Miller (16-4, 9 KOs) on June 19.

HOBOKEN, N.J. (May 19, 2010) – NABF heavyweight champion Johnathon Banks makes his first title defense May 29 on the “Fists Of Steel” pay-per-view event, featuring WBC heavyweight title holder Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko against challenger Albert “The Dragon” Sosnowski, live from the 61,000-seat Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

By Chris Williams: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) thinks his younger brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) will knock out and retire WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) if the British fighter steps in the ring with Wladimir at some point in 2010. Right now, few people [...]

CANASTOTA, NY –MAY 19, 2010 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today reigning WBC / WBO middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.

By Chris Williams: Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KO’s) and Rafael Marquez (38-5, 34 KO’s) meet for the 4th time in their career this Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. The fight is more like an old timer’s fight rather than a fight between two relevant contenders, unfortunately. Vazquez and Marquez, due [...]

By Jim Dower: The fight between WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-0, 8 KO’s) and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KO’s) is less than a month away and there is questions whether the 29-year-old Cotto has anything at all left in the tank. On June 5th, Cotto will be stepping up [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing fans are still waiting for word when Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) put on his gloves and resume his career. From the looks of it, fans might have to wait a lot longer. Hatton, 31, speaking to Sky Sports, says “At the minute I’m just enjoying what I’m doing, really. Boxing [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion said he’s looking to fight again in July before the start of Ramadan in August. Khan, 23, is looking at several different opponents right now, two of them being WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana. The fight that boxing fans [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 19 – If you talk to boxing insiders, they will tell you that one day, unbeaten Southern California standouts Carlos Molina and Ronny Rios will headline an event in Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center. On Saturday, May 22, fight fans can get an early look into the future as Molina and Rios step [...]

By William Mackay: Sooner or later, former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) was bound to get beat. He had previously had gone life and death with Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell in fights in which Froch was hit often, out-boxed and made to look slow and wide open. For that reason, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Instead of taking on World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and making countless millions for both him and Khan, former light welterweight and welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) says he wants to promote Khan. Hatton, who hasn’t fought since being destroyed in two brutal rounds [...]

LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2010) — Three-time World boxing Champion Israel Vazquez, Two-division World Champion Rafael Marquez and top-rated contender Abner Mares participated at a Media Workout Tuesday at Fortune Gym in Hollywood, Calif.

Professional female boxer Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston, the protégé of legendary Heavyweight Champion of the World Smokin Joe Frazier, announced today the addition of FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT CLUB, a full on boxing training class for Women, which will be held at the Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym in Canning Town, London, each Friday evening at 6pm, [...]

NEW YORK (May 19, 2010) — Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion and future rabbi YURI FOREMAN will serve as a Grand Marshall of the 2010 annual Salute to Israel Parade, the world’s largest public gathering in celebration of Israel, celebrating the 62nd anniversary of Israel with a spectacular parade featuring song, dance, [...]

By Jim Dower: It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) wanted no part in the Super Six tournament when it was first announced last year. In fact, Pavlik criticized it, saying “Let them beat each other up. Let them ruin their careers for peanuts.” I imagine [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan says he wants to unify the light welterweight titles after his 11th round TKO win over Paulie Malignaggi last Saturday night. But we may be seeing something completely opposite of that if his promotional team gets through with him. There is talk of the 23-year-old Khan [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Recently, the boxing world has seen a number of 38-year-old fighters grow old overnight and lose badly. First there was 38-year-old John Ruiz, who was destroyed by David Haye in nine rounds. Then on May 1st, 38-year-old Shane Mosley got dominated by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a 12 round decision defeat. On [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and HBO are both interested in matching former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO’s) in the near future. This is a fight that boxing fans would no doubt like to see because of Pavlik’s big [...]

By Jason Kim: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says that his fighter Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. However, Arum isn’t speaking about the sticking point that destroyed negotiations for their failed fight in March, namely the Olympic style blood testing. In an article at Boxing Talk, Arum says “I talked to Manny [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito isn’t interested in fighting a rematch with middleweight Sergio Martinez, according to Boxing Talk. Margarito stopped Martinez in the 7th round 10 years ago in 2000, and Martinez, the WBC/WBO middleweight champion, recently expressed interest in wanting to avenge his defeat. It’s a fight that would [...]

By William Mackay: In the aftermath of previously unbeaten Kevin Mitchell’s 3rd round stoppage loss to World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis last weekend, there are some people saying that the 25-year-old Mitchell lost because he used the wrong tactics in the fight, that he made the mistake of trying to slug with [...]

By Jim Dower: Just days after being stopped in the 11th round by World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan last Saturday night, Paulie Malignaggi is now sounding like he’s considering retirement from boxing. On his Twitter page, Malignaggi had this to say about the fight and his future: “I honestly don’t know what [...]