Archive for July, 2010

By Simon Sheppard: Floyd Mayweather finally broke his silence. Not with his usual fanfare of doing things. Not with his usual trash and brash talk. No, he was surprisingly subdued. Out of character, one may think. He uttered a few sentences, a few simple words. “I’m not interested in rushing to do anything,” “I’m not [...]

by Christian Ramos: It appears that there’s a new, maybe not so surprising twist to the Mayweather – Pacquiao saga. Leonard Ellerbe, Advisor and deeply close friend to arguably the P4P King Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. broke his silence, revealing interesting details regarding the failed negotiations for the potential mega-fight between “Money” Mayweather and [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A full week of boxing culminated in the coronation of 20 new national champions at the 2010 USA Boxing National Championships in Colorado Springs on Saturday. The roster of 2010 National Champions includes several veterans and returning champions as well as first time winners of the event.

World heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye will hold an autograph signing session on Saturday, 24th July at WHSmith in Selfridges on Oxford Street, in order to officially announce the widespread release of HAYEMAKER, the boxer’s 192-page glossy sports publication and bookazine. Haye will be on hand to meet and greet the public from 3.30pm, [...]

The WBC (World Boxing Council) Night of Champions is a 3-day international boxing festival being held in Cardiff, at the Cardiff International Arena, 29th-31st July 2010. The event is a celebration of the sport of Boxing, with around 100 current and former world champions, and current rising stars of the sport expected to hit Cardiff [...]

Fuming Brummie boxers Matthew Macklin, Frankie Gavin and Don Broadhurst have blasted a survey that says their home town is boring – and will prove it with KO performances on September 18. England’s second city has been dubbed “Boringham” after a survey found it was the dullest destination in Europe. Yet it will be full [...]

MARTIN POWER has been holed up in northern Europe preparing for his make or break fight against Stuey Hall. The Londoner bids for revenge when he challenges for Hall’s (8-0-1) British bantamweight title at Rainton Meadows Arena on Friday (July 23). Former champion Power (21-5) was stopped in eight rounds when he met the Darlington [...]

By Chris Williams: Although we still don’t know what the particulars were of the 2nd failed negotiations between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, things could have taken a turn for the worse when/if Pacquiao asked for a 50-50 cut of the revenue. There was talk previously about Pacquiao wanting nothing less than a 50-50 [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) says he plans on fighting WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s). On Khan’s Twitter page, Khan had this to say about Bradley: “I’ll fight Tim Bradley. It’s the first time he has called me out. I’m going [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: The FIGHT between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is off again. Blame not Mayweather, as pure a monk as anyone could be, whose vow of silence could not be broken even by an offer of something in the vicinity of 50 MILLION dollars.

by Boxing-Boy: The Thunder Puncher Pongsaklek Kaiyanghadaogym, aka P. Wonjongkam, regain WBC world flyweight title holder is a scheduled to defense his title with WBC #30 rated Suriyan Por Chokchai who is a current WBC Asia flyweight title holder in October 2010.

By Jim Dower: Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) was successful in his first fight at welterweight on Saturday night, defeating the previously unbeaten power-punching welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (29-1, 23 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 117-111 and [...]

By Jason Kim: Trainer Freddie Roach thinks that former two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) would be an easy fight for World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s), and would like to see Pacquiao fight him rather than fighting Miguel Cotto once again. In an article by Michael Rosenthal of [...]

By Chris Williams: Boxing’s huge cash cow, Floyd Mayweather Jr. came out today in an interview with AP, telling them “I’m not interested in rushing into anything right now.” There is it is. Mayweather is basically saying ‘back off, give me my space. ‘ What is it with these people trying to rush Mayweather into [...]

by Christian Ramos: After a sudden disappearance from the public, Pretty Boy Floyd broke his silence. The boxing world has been waiting for a response from its biggest attraction after Bob Arum announced a deadline for Floyd to respond to the negotiations regarding himself and Manny Pacquiao. For the first time since anybody can recall, [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: The night after Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Miguel Cotto back in November of 2009, I wrote an article entitled “Pacquiao Stops Cotto: the Mayweather Duck Clock Begins – News.” I closed the article by stating, “Let us see if Floyd uses the money split or something else as an excuse to avoid [...]

By Gary E G: I mean come on people even Bob Arum himself talked about it in his early morning conference call. Uncle Roger (allegedly) done bad on a woman and is due in court early August. How in hell could Floyd sign a contract in such circumstances. I don’t think Floyd Mayweather Jr. and [...]

By Sam Gregory: On the July 17th edition of HBO’s Boxing After Dark from the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, Calif. undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley 25-0 with 11 KO’s takes on Luis Carlos Abregu 29-0 with 23 KO’s in a scheduled 12 round none title bout in the welterweight division. [...]

On Saturday night, before a packed house at the Tropicana showroom in the Tropicana Casino and Resort, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented an action packed eight bout card. The event, shown live on PPV, featured knockouts, upsets, and just all around great fights.

2010 USA Boxing National Championships Results Women’s non-olympic weight classes at 4:00 p.m. 106 lbs./female: Jessica Ponce, Napa Calif., dec. Marina Ramirez, Parma, Idaho, 17-8

By Jim Dower: 37-year-old David Tua (51-3-2, 43 KO’s) fought to a 12 round draw with 39-year-old journeyman Monte Barrett (34-9-1, 20 KO’s) at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The final judges’ scores were 115-111 for Tua, 113-113 and 113-113.

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) did what he had to do to grind out a 12 round unanimous decision over Luis Carlos Abregu (29-1, 23 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 26-year-old Bradley’s first fight at welterweight, and [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (43-2-2, 33 KO’s) simply overpowered Panamanian Rafael Concepcion (14-5-1, 8 KO’s), knocking him down three times en route to stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Palenque de la Feria, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. The key to the victory for the [...]

By Jason Kim: When I learned that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had given Floyd Mayweather Jr. a deadline in which to agree to a contract proposal that Arum had put together for a November 13th fight against Manny Pacquiao, I figured that Arum really didn’t want the fight that bad.

Boxing action – Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Bayan Jargal D 8 James Hope Raymond Serrano MD 8 Ayi Bruce Carlos Vinan TKO 8 Anthony Mezaache

By Simon Sheppard: Well, even the echo of the last tick on the timer has faded away. And still, no sign of Floyd Mayweather Jr. His fans were expecting a grand entrance. Most people were not. As a matter of fact, most people were expecting this from him.

By Jim Dower: Former World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-2, 19 KO’s) never got out of the 1st round against number #7 ranked WBC light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s), and was stopped in the 1st round in a WBC light middleweight title eliminator bout on Saturday night at [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In an disappointing outcome, the sensational WBO/WBA/WIBF flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (27-0, 16 KOs) and Arely Mucino (11-0-1, 6 KOs) had their highly anticipated match end in a third round technical draw on Saturday night after the 5’1″, 22-year-old Kentikian was cut on her scalp from a heat butt with Mucino at [...]

Boxing results: Coliseo Cosme Beitia Salamo, Catano, Puerto Rico: Carlos Ivan Velasquez TKO 5 Eduardo Arcos Jonathan Vidal dec 6 Felix Perez Juan Gonzalez KO 2 Christopher Rivera

By DJ Spanksta: On Friday night, at the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi, undefeated light middleweight fringe contender Shawn Porter (16-0, 12 KO) defeated the “New” Ray Robinson (11-2, 4 KO) by a 10-round unanimous decision by the scores of 99-89, 97-92, 98-91. Ray Robinson had a couple of good moments in the early [...]