Archive for June, 2010

By Dave Lahr: I’m not even thinking about the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight happening. I know it won’t. I see Bob Arum matching Pacquiao up against his plan B option, WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for a needless rematch. I see this fight taking place with another one of those god [...]

By Jason Kim: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum revealed earlier on Monday that his management team had reached a deal with Floyd Mayweather’s team for a fight, and the only thing they were waiting for was Mayweather to make a decision whether he approves of the deal. It’s unclear what the terms are for the [...]

By Eric Thomas: The management for both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao has reportedly agreed to terms for a fight that will likely be taking place on November 13th. According to Sportsillustrated.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said that the deal has been agreed by Mayweather’s management side. However, Arum is still waiting for [...]

Teenage sensation Patrick “Tiger” Mendy broke all Prizefighter records on his way to winning the super middleweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Wednesday night (June 30). The nineteen-year old from Maidenhead entered the tournament as the youngest ever boxer to fight in the competition an wasted little time in making further history after [...]

By William Mackay: Not only does World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) want to fight the winner of the lightweight clash between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz on July 31st, but it now looks like Khan wants that fight to take place in his home [...]

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach, who trains WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, says that they’ll know within a week if Pacquiao will be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. next on November 13th. If the fight doesn’t happen, then Roach, and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, will instead steer Pacquiao into a fight against another Top Rank [...]

By Jim Dower: Recently defeated Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) will be making his ring return on September 18th against former World Boxing Council light middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s), according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. The fight will be taking place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Exciting unbeaten Saul [...]

(June 30, 2010 – New York, NY) Celestino Caballero made his debut at the featherweight division in April with an emphatic and unforgettable 12-round pummeling of the previously unbeaten Daud Yordan. The performance was so unforgettable, in fact, that it hasn’t escaped the memory of any of the champions from super bantamweight to junior lightweight, [...]

By Sam Gregory: On Saturday July 31st TKO Boxing Promotions presents “The Battle of York 5” at Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, Pennsylvania. York’s own hometown favorite and undefeated Carney “Beeper” Bowman 14-0 with 6 KO’s will be featured in the main event when he takes on Tyrell “Da Show Shocka” Samuel 14-4 with 6 [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather seem to have hit another inevitable snag in the negotiations for the much anticipated “super-fight”. Mayweather has reportedly said that Pacquiao will not get the 50/50 deal (a deal in which to me seems fair). After all both men are considered to be pound for pound kings, [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 30 – The biggest rematch of 2010 is rapidly approaching and to get fight fans ready for the July 31 showdown between boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” is devoting its entire broadcast on Friday, July 2 to one of the sport’s most [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Would a win over Manny Pacquiao solidify Floyd “Money” Mayweather’s position as the greatest of all-time? I think it, at least, has to be seriously considered, and I would be one who would believe it to be so. I understand many boxing historians consider the “old-time” fighters the greatest of all-time, and [...]

Last weekend Saturday June 26th in the double header promoted by K2 Ukraine Promotions Belorussian ALEXANDER USTINOV and Ukrainian VIKTOR PLOTNIKOV defended their respectives Heavyweight and Welterweight European ‘EBA’ Titles. Alexander Ustinov on points unanimous decision over strong experienced Italian PAOLO VIDOZ and Viktor Plotnikov by TKO on the 9th round (min. 2:11) against famous [...]

COACHELLA, CA (June 29, 2010) Impressively starting off his professional career with three first round knockouts, sensational super bantamweight prospect Randy Caballero and his growing army of fans head to the Citizens Business Bank ARENA in Ontario, California, this Friday night, July 2nd for his next bout. With another huge crowd expected, Coachella’s Caballero will [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Recently, former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) said that he would be using Andre Dirrell’s blueprint he created to beat Froch’s next Super Six tournament opponent Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) when they meet up in September. However, I’m at loss wondering how Froch is going to be [...]

By William Mackay: Some would say that there’s no reason for WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to fight a rematch with former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s), since Marquez destroyed Diaz by a 9th round stoppage last year in February. However, if you were fortunate to have seen that [...]

Tickets for the August 21st ‘Brick City Boxing Series’ title fight between Tomasz Adamek, the IBF International Heavyweight and NABO Heavyweight Champion, (41-1, 27 KO’s) and Michael Grant, (46-3, 34 KO’s) go on sale this Thursday, July 1st.. Tickets are available at 11am. The fight tops a 7 bout card taking place at Prudential Center, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former heavyweight contender Andre Golota (41-8-1, 33 KO’s) says he thinks Manny Pacquiao would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. if they end up fighting. In an interview by Scoop Malinowski at Boxinginsider.com, the 42-year-old Golota had this to say about a potential bout between Mayweather and Pacquiao: “Pacquiao is too much for him [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization title against 22-year-old Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 15 KO’s) on July 10th at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s not a good sign for Concepcion that he was [...]

By Chris Williams: In this Youtube video, which is dated to before the current negotiations have started between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, you can see Mayweather making his feels clear on the subject of the money split between him and Pacquiao. Mayweather says “everyone knows that I’m not going to fight Manny Pacquiao [...]

Former British Super Bantamweight champion Matthew Marsh, who is to fight Kris Hughes for the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) belt at the Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear on Friday 23rd July, has decided to stay in London for his pre-fight training camp. With just over three weeks to go until the big fight, [...]

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is moving up in weight to the welterweight division to fight knockout artist Luis Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23 KO’s) on July 17th at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Bradley, 26, has arguably been the best fighter in the light welterweight [...]

by Boxing-Boy: World Boxing Council world strawweight championship fight has been postponed because of the champion Oleydong CP Fresh Mart aka O. Sithsamerchai has suffered an injury while training. “The Fixed Sweet” Oleydong was originally scheduled to make his sixth title defence against WBC #6 rated “The Terminater” Pornsawan Porpramook (P. Porpramuk) on Friday July [...]

By Matt Stein: Fighting on the undercard of the Juan Diaz vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 31st, unbeaten Russian middleweight contender Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) will face undefeated American Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant WBO middleweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & [...]

By Jim Dower: Trainer Freddie Roach is really hoping that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) can fight the winner of the July 31st bout between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former lightweight champion Juan Diaz. In an interview by Socrates Celstial at Philboxing.com, Roach commented on both [...]

Wednesday, July 14, World Class Professional Boxing comes to The Arena at S 7th St and Ritner in South Philadelphia. Brand new professional boxing powerhouse No Limits Promotions will host an exciting night in their first in a series of events.

By Dan Ambrose: After John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) was dominated in a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) last Saturday night, Duddy’s promoter Bob Arum said this: “As soon as [Duddy] recovers and as soon as Yuri’s [Foreman] knee heals, we’re going to sell out Madison Square [...]

By Dave Lahr: In a poll on Forbes.com, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ranked at number #31 on the Sport & Celebrity list for making $65 million combined for his fights against Juan Manuel Marquez and Shane Mosley. Pacquiao, in contrast, came in at only number #55 on the list, with his $42 million that he [...]

By Jason Kim: Earlier today, it was announced that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) had won the purse bid for his fight against unbeaten challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) for a fight that will take place in September. Meanwhile, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) will now have to [...]

Northern Irish European super-middleweight champion Brian Magee has offered the ultimate incentive to tomorrow night’s Prizefighter Super Middleweight fighters – lift the trophy and get a shot at my title. The Prizefighter Super Middleweights take over York Hall in Bethnal Green live on Sky Sports on Wednesday evening and on top of the £32,000 for [...]