Archive for June, 2010

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. did a number on 38-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KOs) in their fight on May 1st, beating Shane worse than he had ever been beaten in his career. It wasn’t the first time that Mosley had lost a fight, of course. Mosley had already been beaten in the past [...]

By Jason Kim: Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) says he wants to test WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) and make a fight of it on Saturday night at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. You can bet that the 26-year-old Ward is going to oblige Green and really bring it in [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs) will be facing his number #1 IBF mandatory challenger unbeaten Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) on September 11th or September 18th, and possibly in Frankfurt, Germany, if Klitschko wins the purse bid for the fight. This could make [...]

(June 17, 2010 – Pawtucket, RI) With just a week to go until he is scheduled to take center stage in front of a crazed hometown crowd, Edwin Rodriguez took part in a media workout on Thursday at Manfredo’s Gym to showcase just how ready he is. Rodriguez shadow boxed, hit the pads with trainer [...]

By Jim Dower: Earlier today, former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev’s promoter sent out a press release, saying that they were accepting a $2.5 million offer for Valuev to fight World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. However, Fightnews.com, is reporting that Klitschko manager Bernd Bonte says that was an old offer made eight months [...]

WBC LATINO CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE – 10 ROUNDS Eric MOLINA vs. Chris THOMAS Lyford, TX Chicago, IL 13-1 (10 KO’s) 17-11-2 (14 KO’s) Weight: 199.6 lbs. Weight: 198.6 lbs.

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t interested in putting WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, one of his youngest stars, in promoter Gary Shaw’s proposed light welterweight tournament involving Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley, and Marcos Maidana. Instead, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Schaefer wants to match Khan up against the [...]

Jose Reynoso 140 lbs. – Aris Ambriz 139 lbs. Aaron Martinez 147 lbs. – Pavel Miranda 147 lbs. Artemio Reyes 142 lbs. – Alan Sanchez 142.5 lbs. Eric Garcia 154 lbs. – Daniel Castillo 153.5 lbs. Antonio Moya 152.5 lbs. – Cleven Ishe 153 lbs. * Tickets available at the box office at the Doubletree [...]

OAKLAND, Calif., (June 17, 2010) – Allan Green relaxes in his Hilton Oakland Airport suite as he gets mentally ready for his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with WBA World Champion Andre Ward televised Saturday, June 19-live on SHOWTIME, 10p ET/PT-from Oakland’s Oracle Arena.

The undercard for the July 16th Zab “Super” Judah vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz is shaping up to be a true boxing fan’s treat with abundant local flavor. The main event featuring Zab Judah, Brooklyn, NY 38-6, 26 KO’s vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Michoacán, Mexico, 28-4, 17 KO will be a 10 round junior [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A full day of semifinal round action was contested at the 2010 USA Boxing National Championships in Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Thursday with over 45 bouts taking place at the Geottege Memorial Field House. Boxers in both the male and female divisions took the ring in North Carolina, all vying for [...]

Montreal, Thursday June 17 2010 – Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gary Shaw Productions are particularly proud to officially announce that WBC light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16KO) will make a third defense of his title against undefeated American light heavyweight superstar Chad “Bad” Dawson (29-0-0, 17KO) on Saturday, August 14th at the [...]

TACOMA, Wash. – Seattle’s Walter “2 Guns” Wright will return to the ring on Saturday at Brian Halquist Productions’ Battle at the Boat 77 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. Wright, a multiple Tacoma Golden Gloves champion, will meet Joshua Snyder (8-5-1, 3 KOs) in a scheduled six-round co-main event. It marks Wright’s first [...]

Westminster, MD (June 17) – As a hero to many who regularly fights before raucous, standing room only crowds, Mark “TNT” Tucker is accustomed to performing under the bright lights. So far so good. The 22 year old light heavyweight sensation has impressive victories over former title contenders Rubin Williams and Ross Thompson, while decisioning [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 17 – A trio of top-notch prospects will battle it out in the ring in separate bouts at L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia on Thursday, June 24. Unbeatens Frankie Gomez, Jessie Vargas and Jamie Kavanagh will return to action at Golden Boy Promotions and AEG’s “Fight Night Club”.

LOS ANGELES, June 17 – After an impressive seventh round technical knockout of Calvin Green that announced his return to the ring, former Junior Middleweight World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora is eager to keep the momentum going when he visits the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California on Friday, July 23 to [...]

by Boxing-Boy: Thai flyweight prospect Suanoi Kokietgym, aka S. Sorthanapinyo (6-0-0; 6 KO’s), is scheduled to fight against unbeaten Indonesian fighter, Sammy Hagler (2-0-0; 0KO ) for the vacant interim World Boxing Council Youth flyweight title at Central Gymnasium in Rayong Province, Thailand on July 9. This is the first championship fight of “Mr. KO,” [...]

FRANK MALONEY has revealed that his heavyweight star John McDermott (25-6) worries more than his own missus, Tracey. The veteran promoter reckons nerves are the only thing that can stop ‘Justice for John’ in his big rematch against Tyson Fury (10-0) at the Brentwood Centre on June 25.

CHICAGO, IL (June 16, 2010) Sensational young prospects Jaime Herrera and Adrian Granados will be featured this Saturday night, June 19th at WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 10 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Herrera and Granados’ continued ascent in professional boxing headlines a six bout action packed evening presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions, HOME OF [...]

June 17, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA)- American Latino TV has announced the nomination of two-time WBC boxing champion Mia St. John for a 2010 American Latino Award in the “Favorite Athlete” category. Winners are chosen by the fans through on-line voting which continues through Monday at http://AmericanLatino.TV/Awards.

Star Boxing’s Heavyweight fan-favorite, Vinny Maddalone (33-6, 24KO’s), known for his warrior-like performances inside the ring, has began parlaying his popularity into a career outside the ring. Though still active; Maddalone scored a 5th round TKO over Dominique Alexander in his last bout back in March at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, [...]

Mexico City, MEX/Houston, TX (June 17)…Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are training hard for their rematch, Marquez vs. Diaz II “Fight of the Year: The Rematch,” but it is a day like Father’s Day, which both fighters will celebrate with their children this Sunday, that makes it all worth it. The [...]

Unbeaten Welsh fighter Jeff Evans has replaced Tony Quigley in the line-up for Prizefighter Super-Middleweights on June 30 at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Mystery surrounds Quigley’s decision to pull out, with the official reason of a foot injury clouded by rumours of a domestic dispute – but 27 year-old Evans is delighted to have been [...]

Unbeaten Cavan star Andy Murray is surely one of the World’s busiest professional boxer’s right now. The European number 3 and reigning Irish Lightweight Champ stretched his perfect record to 20 wins with 11 KO’s in Belfast last weekend when he scored a second round stoppage win over the normally durable Jon Baguley.

Robert Helenius (12-0, 7 KOs) will make his first-ever title fight on August 21 when he clashes with Gregory Tony (12-0, 10 KOs) for the vacant EU Heavyweight Title. The two unbeaten prospects will collide in Erfurt, Germany on the undercard of the WBO Cruiserweight Title Fight between Marco Huck and Matt Godfrey. “I am [...]

Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Dan Amrbose: Allan Green (29-1, 20 KO’s) has a lot of notes on WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s), says Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports News. The notes list the weaknesses and tendencies of Ward, who Green will be fighting this Saturday night at the Oracle [...]

By Chris Williams: There’s still no word from Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about the status of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao talks for a November mega fight. Michael Marley from Examiner.com, spoke to Arum, asking him about how the talks are going and Arum said “Listen, there is nothing to say. This [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (10-0, 8 KO’s) has an excuse for his poor performance against Big John McDermott (25-6, 16 KO’s) in their fight last year in September, blaming it on too much sparring five days before the bout. In an article at Boxrec.com, the 22-year-old Fury says “I had a lot of [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders (42-4, 31 KO’s) wishes that Wladimir Klitschko had sought to avenge his 2nd round knockout loss to him, and Sanders, now 44, doesn’t understand why Klitschko never tried to avenge his knockout loss to him. In an article at Sportbox.ru, Sanders says “Yes, it would be [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Number #7 ranked World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight contender and current EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (21-0, 11 KO’s) is reportedly about to start preliminary talks of trying to set up fights with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana [...]