Archive for June, 2010

By Sean McDaniel: If Audley Harrison’s promoter is right, his November clash with World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) could be worth £10m between them. According to the southlondon-today.co.uk, Eddie Hearn, the promoter for 38-year-old Harrison, thinks the Haye-Harrison fight will be huge in Britain. It may very well be, [...]

By Samuel K Chatwin: Commonwealth Super-middleweight champion George Groves will return to action on July 31st on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez v Juan Diaz in Las Vegas. This will be Groves first fight in the US and a great stage for him to show off his undoubted talent. He had this to say [...]

Los Angeles, CA (June 24, 2010) – When capturing the WBA Light Heavyweight Championship in just his 10th professional bout back in January, Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) entered the boxing record books for winning a major world title in the light heavyweight division with the fewest number of fights in his professional career, beating [...]

This Saturday’s Yanjing Beer Fight Night at The Neptune Stadium in Cork will kick off with a series of exciting amateur bouts before the professional side of the bill which features “The Undefeated’s”.

On Sunday the 25th July some of the biggest names in British Boxing, along with stars from TV, Film and Music, will be gathering at the Brockwell Stadium in Canvey Island to participate in a football tournament to raise funds for The Indee Rose Trust, which provide support to children recovering from brain and spinal [...]

World-rated heavyweight contender David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s), is currently in the U.S. training for his upcoming fight against Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday July 17th. The WBO #2 rated Tua has set himself up in camp in nearby Jersey City, NJ with long-time trainer [...]

As the co-main fight of the event staged by K2 Ukraine Promotions in Odessa, Ukraine, this Saturday June 26th VIKTOR PLOTNIKOV (23-1-0) will defend his European ‘EBA’ Welterweight Title against strong Danish challenger CHRISTIAN BLADT (35-10-2). The no. 9 at WBA World Ratings Plotnikov will have a very experienced challenger in front who hold in [...]

JUNE 24th, 2010, RENO – As part of the Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries centenary in Reno, Top Rank Incorporated, the Grand Sierra Resort, and Let’s Get It On Promotions present an evening of professional boxing. Added to the stellar boxing card is an eight round super-middleweight bout between Reno’s own Joey Gilbert (19-2, 15 [...]

Old rivals Nigel Benn and Steve Collins will perform the draw for Prizefighter Super Middleweights on Sky Sports News on Thursday evening ahead of the event live on Sky Sports on June 30 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. It’s the 13th outing for Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one night tournament and who better to perform the [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (June 23, 2010) – Ohio heavyweight Nicolai “Stone Man” Firtha has made multiple visits to New England visiting relatives, but this Saturday night he’ll make his first business trip there, challenging Hartford heavyweight favorite Tony “TNT” Grano in the 10-round main event on the “Pride & Power” boxing show, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received WBC welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin at a special press conference in Ankara. On June 5th Aydin had won the first ever professional boxing world title fight on Turkish soil by outpointing Canada based Romanian “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion in front of 10,000 fans in Istanbul. “The Prime Minister congratulated [...]

BROOKLYN (June 24, 2010) – Undefeated Top-Five welterweight contender and the pride of Argentina CARLOS ABREGU blasted his fellow countryman and World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super lightweight champion Marcos Maidana for his continuous litany of excuses for not fighting undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley.

BOB ARUM: It’s really a pleasure to be here in San Antonio. It’s a beautiful city, pretty warm, but the fights will take place in the air-conditioned Alamodome. It will be a super card headlined by the 12-round middleweight match between Julio César Chávez Jr. and “Ireland’s” John Duddy as well as the first fight [...]

By Bryan Derbigny: It is well known that from ’1999 to 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport. Mayweather may not have fought who you thought was the best, but he has fought some good opponents. During that time, Mayweather has dominated pretty much everyone he got into the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that there’s a possibility that World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch against Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) on December 4th in a bout that would be shown on HBO pay per view. Apparently, Top Rank promotions, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With three consecutive losses in a row, Big John McderMott (25-6, 16 KO’s) will be looking to break that string of defeats on Friday night against the unbeaten 6’7″ Tyson Fury (10-0, 8 KOs) at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex. Many boxing fans felt that the 30-year-old McDermott did more than enough [...]

Penrith Panthers star fullback Lachlan Coote will be giving away size and reach when he jumps in the ring for a promotional sparring session against 90kg cruiserweight boxer, and former junior Panther, Dominic Vea on Wednesday 30 June. Vea (12-2,10KO) enters the ring against the current WBO African Champion Mohamed Azzaoui (25-5-2,8KO) on Thursday 1 [...]

MAIN EVENT – WELTERWEIGHTS – 4 ROUNDS Frankie GOMEZ vs. Jaime ORRANTIA East Los Angeles, CA Los Mochis, MEX 3-0 (3 KO’s) 13-26-5 (4 KO’s) Weight: 142 lbs. Weight: 145.6 lbs.

By William Mackay: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 Ko’s) is hoping he can get another shot against Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) in the Super Six tournament. Froch, 32, was beaten by Kessler in April by a 12 round decision in Herning, Denmark. Not only did Froch suffer his first defeat of his eight year pro [...]

Photo credit: Rafael Soto/Top Rank – By Jim Dower: In an unlikely scenario, the winner of this Saturday’s fight between unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KOs) and John Duddy (29-1, 20 KO’s) could be in position to challenge World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) for his WBC belt. Chavez [...]

By Chris Williams: Whether good or bad, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks that the mega fight negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be settled very soon. In an article at the Manila Bulletin, Arum said “We will have a resolution to this within the month.” That doesn’t really say much, because [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) has apparently lowered his offer to former World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) even further to $1.2 million, according to German news publication the Bild. Vitali, 38, was previously offering the 36-year-old Valuev $2.5 million to fight him months ago. [...]

The Empire Sports and Entertainment is proud to announce that the man known worldwide as boxing’s most powerful manager will become the CEO of boxing’s hottest new promotional firm, effective July 1.

By Sean McDaniel: Rather than take a dangerous fight against one of the Klitschko brothers which would give World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) a huge payday, he instead is looking for an easier but much smaller payday against Audley Harrison (26-4, 20 KO’s) on November 13th. The fight will likely [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Despite a robbery in the first degree by the judges, it was obvious in actuality that Jose Luis Castillo defeated Floyd Mayweather in their first encounter in April 2002 (which may have been a primary reason why some did not vote for Floyd for Fighter of the Decade). How was Castillo able [...]

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, a former two-time New York City Golden Gloves champion, and the WBA light heavyweight champion 1980-81, has joined Zab “Super” Judah’s training team. Judah (38-6, 26 KO’s), the former world light welterweight and undisputed welterweight champion, is in Las Vegas preparing for his July 16 battle with Jose Armando Santa Cruz of [...]

INDIO, CA (June 23, 2010) A press conference was held on Tuesday afternoon, June 22nd in Indio, California by TKO Boxing Promotions to announce the signing of hometown amateur standout Gabino Saenz. Saenz will make his highly anticipated pro debut against Colorado’s Brandon Sanchez in a four round featherweight bout on Friday, July 2nd at [...]

(WINTER HAVEN, FLA.) – World Boxing Council Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto (Winter Haven, Fla.) was honored on Tuesday by the Polk County Sports Hall of Fame for his efforts in Haiti and strong resolve in the ring. Berto received the 2010 Commissioners Award for Perseverance at the Polk County All Sports Awards and Florida [...]

This weekend it will take place in the seaside Ukrainian beautiful city of Odessa a great European ‘EBA’ Heavyweight Championship between the current undefeated Champion ALEXANDER USTINOV (Russia)(20-0-0/16 KOs) vs the experienced Italian Challenger PAOLO VIDOZ (26-8-0/15 KOs). Vidoz probably will be the toughest challenger for the 2 m. tall and strong current European Champion [...]

By Boxing-Boy: Samson Tor Baumad, aka Samson Sor Siriporn, the first boxer in the world who has captured the world champion (WBC female world light flyweight title) while still a prisoner in 2007, is scheduled to fight against 19-year old Chinese boxer Liu Da Lin, in her first defence WIBA world min flyweight champion in [...]