Archive for June, 2010

Former WBU Lightweight World Champion Graham ‘The Duke’ Earl is the latest boxing superstar to sign up for the Celebrity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, at the Brockwell Stadium in Canvey Island on Sunday 25th July 2010.

DENVER, CO (June 27, 2010) Saturday night in Denver, Colorado, Robert Rodriguez and Fidel Maldonado, two of boxing’s brightest young prospects, thrilled local fight fans with spectacular first round knockouts. Fighting out of nearby Greeley, Colorado, 19 year old super bantamweight Rodriguez improved to 4-0-0, dropping pro debuting Michael Montalbano three times in the initial [...]

Current Irish Super Middleweight Champ Anthony ‘The Pride’ Fitzgerald has sensationally called out current Irish Middleweight Champion Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan. In front of the cameras and reporters in Cork, Sat 26th Fitzy confronted Spike and asked simply ‘why won’t you fight me?’ ‘Without hesitation O’Sullivan said he would but many present in Cork still think [...]

Dominic ‘The Dominator’ Vea (12-2,10KO) now faces New Zealand’s Oscar Siale (12-4,4KO) for the vacant Commonwealth cruiserweight title after WBO African champion Mohammed Azzaoui withdrew on short notice. “It’s a bit disappointing that Azzaoui pulled out,” says Vea. “However Siale is an experienced southpaw with plenty of rounds under his belt. My management have done [...]

2007′s Manager of the Year Frank Espinoza recently signed the latest fighter to his growing boxing club, amateur standout Antonio Orozco of National City, CA. Orozco, who grew up in Garden City, Kansas, has been a professional since 2008 and currently holds a record of 7-0, 5KOs. In Kansas, Orozco amassed a stellar amateur career [...]

By Jason Kim: Three time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43 KO’s) put in a pedestrian performance on Saturday night in beating Brazilian lightweight Adailton De Jesus (26-5, 21 KO’s) by a dull 10 round unanimous decision on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. John Duddy bout at the Alamodome, in [...]

By Jim Dower: John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) gave a good account of himself on Saturday night in his 12 round decision loss to unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) in San Antonio, Texas. Duddy, 31, has nothing to be ashamed of because he fought remarkably well during the first half of the [...]

By Jim Dower: With most of the top super middleweights taking part in Showtime’s Super Six tournament, International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO’s) is left with few options in trying to scratch up an interesting opponent. He would have liked to have fought slugger Curtis Stevens next if possible.

By Matt Stein: Bob Arum said after Saturday’s fight between Julio Cesar Chavez (41-0-1, 30 Kos) and John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) that there’s a chance that Chavez could move back down in weight to 154 for a bout against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. The fight, if it does take place, will probably [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s sad that the great Floyd Mayweather Jr. still isn’t getting the credit and the adoration that he deserves after beating talented fighters like Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya, to name just a few of the many fighters that Mayweather schooled in his impressive career. But even thought [...]

By Dave Lahr: Bob Arum looked like he was in ecstasy last night after Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defeated John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) by a 12 round decision at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. Arum, looking almost like he was gloating, said a new super star has been born, referring [...]

By Dan Ambrose: New WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) seems to be getting a little ahead of himself after beating fringe middleweight contender John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. Chavez Jr. hurt the 31-year-old [...]

By Jason Kim: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is facing what probably is going to be his toughest fight of the Super Six tournament when he goes against fellow American World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) in their Super Six tournament fight on September 25th. This will be the [...]

By William Mackay: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was busy putting all his ducks in a row after one of his fighters unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defeated John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) tonight by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. Arum, not one to wait [...]

By William Mackay: After tonight’s one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) over middleweight contender John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s), Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, who promotes both Chavez and Duddy, already had plans in store for the defeated Duddy. Arum says he would like to put Duddy [...]

By Jason Kim: Earlier tonight, number #1 WBC junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) won an impressive 12 round unanimous decision over middleweight John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas.

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) stayed undefeated on Saturday night, easily defeating John Duddy (29-2, 18 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision to win the WBC Silver middleweight title at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 120-108, 116-112 and 117-111, all for the [...]

By Jim Dower: Fighting for the first time in over a year, three-time world champion, 36-year-old Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43 KO’s) got back on the winning track, defeating a very passive Adailton De Jesus (26-5, 21 KO’s) by a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision in lightweight action on the undercard of the Julio Cesar [...]

By Jason Kim: A lot of boxing fans are pratically gushing over the one-sided 12 round decision win by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) over Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) in the Super Six tournament on June 19th. I’ve lost track of the number of fans that have been comparing the [...]

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, trainer Freddie Roach thinks that his new unbeaten fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will knock John Duddy (29-1, 18 KO’s) out tonight in their 12 round fight for the obscure WBC Silver title at the Alamodome, in San Antonio, Texas. Even if Chavez does stop [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Moments after stopping Big John McDermott in the 9th round on Friday night, unbeaten 6’7” Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KO’s) had this to say about the fight and his future in an interview with Sky Sports: “I’m really happy first four rounds I was behind the jab,” Fury told Sky Sports. “But [...]

Boxing: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas: Marco Antonio Barrera UD 10 Adailton Dejesus Jose Juan Fuentes TKO 5 Rogelio Barron Jose Benavidez TKO 1 Josh Beeman Omar Henry UD 4 Hilario Lopez Emmanuel Ledezma UD 4 Nelson Ramos James Cantu UD 4 Antonio Gamez Tomas Villa UD 8 Salvador Sanchez Raul Martinez KO 7 Gabriel Elizondo

Boxing – Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts: Edwin Rodriguez TKO 5 Ibahiem King Ryan Kielczewski UD 6 Juan Nazario Isiah Thomas UD 6 Larry Pryor

Results: Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California: Jesse Vargas KO 6 Ernesto Zavala Gary Russell Jr. KO 2 Rodrigo Aranda Frankie Gomez KO 1 Jaime Orrantia Jamie Kavanagh UD 4 Luis Sanchez Roberto Reyes RTD 1 Clint Coronel

Boxing – Auditorio Plaza Condesa, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico: Pablo Cesar Cano MD 10 Oscar Leon Antonio Periban TKO 5 Jason Naugler Ivan Cano TKO 1 Adrian Quiroz

Boxing results – Sportpalace, Odessa, Ukraine: Alexander Ustinov UD 12 Paolo Vidoz Viktor Plotnikov TKO 10 Christian Bladt

By Ashley King: In my third article for this website I will once again review a domestic fight which is this just past Friday’s English title fight between John McDermott and Tyson Fury, which ended after referee Dave Parris stopped it in the ninth after John went down for the 2nd time in the round, [...]

Photo: Rafael Soto/Top Rank – By Chris Williams: I really love boxing and I am all for the fighters getting a good payday, but I’m not exactly eager about the thought of paying $39.95 to watch Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight John Duddy and Marco Antonio Barrera go at it with Adailton De Jesus. I [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be back in action on December 11th on HBO. Khan and his promotional team, Golden Boy Promotions, are hoping to match the 23-year-old Khan up against the winner of the July 31st lightweight clash between former champion Juan Diaz and WBA/WBO lightweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) likes the idea of fighting two division champion Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KO’s) on September 18th in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, the 26-year-old Lopez doesn’t want to overlook his next fight against his number #8 ranked WBO contender Bernabe Concepcion [...]