Archive for July, 2010

Boxing action: Carlos P. Garcia Football Stadium, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines: AJ Banal KO 5 Big Yoo Jason Pagara TKO 2 Young-Bin Kim James Bacon KO 6 Eric Macas Ricky Sismundo TKO 2 Jovie Merca

By Jason Kim: Two undefeated fighters will be going at it tonight when Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) puts his unbeaten record on the line against the hard-hitting welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23 KO’s) at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Bradley, 26, is hoping an impressive win over Abregu will [...]

By Chris Williams: In Friday night’s midnight conference call to the media by Top Rank promoter Bob Arum when asked by Greg Leon of Boxing Talk about who makes the decision about who Manny Pacquiao will be fighting next, Top Rank or Pacquiao, Arum said “It falls on Manny.” But does it really? I only [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In a fight that was supposed to be competitive, #1 ranked WBO cruiserweight contender Denis Lededev (21-0, 16 KO’s) was much too powerful for #2 WBO ranked contender Alexander Alexeev (19-2, 17 KO’s), slicing through him like butter with power shots on Saturday night en route to stopping the former Olympian Alexeev [...]

The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Sam Gregory: In Saturday night’s main event on ShoBox the New Generation from the DeSoto Civic Center, Southhaven, MS. undefeated Fernando Guerrero 18-0 with 15 KO’s takes on Ishe Smith 21-4 with 9 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the middleweight division for the vacant NABF middleweight title.

By Jason Kim: For what it’s worth, Floyd Mayweather Jr. still has around 10 days to speak up and agree to a fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s Top Rank promoter, said that he can put together a fight between Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito in 10 days or [...]

By Chris Williams: Now that the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao negotiations have finally been pronounced dead by Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum tonight on a conference call to the media, unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) expressed his own interest in stepping in and taking the fight against [...]

By Dave Lahr: In tonight’s midnight media conference call with Bob Arum, he said what everyone pretty much already knows, that Floyd Mayweather Jr. missed his July 16th deadline to say whether he would agree to a fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Arum will now start looking at putting a fight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) in a column at Thisisnnottingham.co.uk, spoke about his upcoming fight against former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, saying “I like Arthur, having shared his company a few times, but this is business and King Arthur may fall on his sword if he is [...]

Boxing results from the DeSoto Civic Center, Southaven, Mississippi: Mike Dallas Jr. UD 8 Lanard Lane Fernando Guerrero UD 10 Ishe Smith Shawn Porter UD 10 Ray Robinson

By Sam Gregory: In the main event of the July 16th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. Zab Judah 38-6 with 26 KO’s takes on Jose Santa Cruz 28-4 with 17 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the junior welterweight division.

By Sam Gregory: In the opening bout of the July 16th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. undefeated Alex Perez 12-0 with 7 KO’s takes on Edvan Barros 10-10-1 with 7 KO’s in a scheduled 8 round bout in the welterweight division.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is risking a lot on Saturday night against undefeated Luis Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23 KO’s) in their scheduled 12 round non-title belt at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, Calif. For Bradley, this is a must win for him if he wants to become a [...]

Boxing results from the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey: Alex Perez UD 8 Edvan Dos Santos Barros Sadam Ali TKO 3 Julias Edmonds

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – While the USA Boxing National Championships finalists enjoying a rest day in Colorado Springs, their semifinal round opponents faced off in third place consolation bouts on Friday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.

PHILADELPHIA (July 16, 2010)—This Past Wednesday night at The Arena in Philadelphia, a historic fight card took place that featured Olympic Gold Medal winners and future prospects from all over the world in what truly was the beginning of the next generation in boxing.

RANCH MIRAGE, CALIF. (July 16, 2010) — Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY, undefeated Top-Five welterweight contender CARLOS ABREGU, No. 1 junior middleweight contender ALFREDO “Perro” ANGULO and former World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion JOACHIM “Ti-Joa” ALCINE stepped on the scale [...]

By Simon Sheppard: Tick, tock…tick, tock,….tick, tock,…..The countdown timer that Bob Arum has set for Floyd Mayweather is tickin away. And yet, as of now, there is not even a blip nor a rustle in the Mayweather camp. One can just feel the palpable silence throughout the boxing world.

By Sean McDaniel: In arguably the most important win of his career, EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2, 15 KOs) got up off the deck in the 1st round after being knocked to the canvas by his Ukrainian challenger former WBA welterweight interim champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko (30-2-1, 14 KOs)and went on to win a workmanlike [...]

By Jason Kim: There’s still still a little time left for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to come forward before Bob Arum’s midnight deadline ends tonight and say he’ll take the fight with Manny Pacquiao. To be sure, I don’t think Arum helped matters one bit by making a public deadline for Mayweather to say whether he’ll [...]

By Dave Lahr: It looks like Bob Arum is going to spill the beans about Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight tonight at 12 midnight PT with the media, 3 AM ET. It’s pretty clear by now that there won’t be a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, so Arum might as well save the time of the [...]

On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Legendary Trainer/Manager Emanuel Steward will conduct the first of a series of clinics, which will be scheduled throughout the world. The clinic will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Sweet Science Fitness. And with the growing demand of getting back to the basics, a second clinic is scheduled at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KO’s) will be facing former WBA welterweight interim champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KO’s) tonight in a 12 round title bout at the Bolton Arena, Bolton, Lancashire. The European Boxing Union welterweight title is as less importance in this fight as is the chance for [...]

By Chris Williams: We are now in the last hours of promoter Bob Arum’s deadline for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. to indicate whether he’ll accept the contract proposal that Arum sent to him for a November 13th fight against Manny Pacquiao. Arum’s deadline is officially up by 12 midnight tonight, and Mayweather still hasn’t said [...]

By Jim Dower: unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be fighting a tune-up bout on September 11th against a still to be determined opponent in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Don’t expect much in terms of a competitive match-up for the young 23-year-old son of a legend for this fight, as Chavez [...]

By Erik Schmidt: In a bit of bad news, World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) injured his back on Thursday afternoon while training for this Saturday’s fight against #8 ranked WBO challenger Alejandro Lakatos. Regrettably, the 31-year-old Brahmer will be unable to make the fight and will need time to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Forget about World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) facing both of the Klitschko brothers right now, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 KO’s) thinks that Haye needs to prove himself against the top contenders in the heavyweight division before he takes on the best heavyweights in [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Nathan Cleverly (19-0, 9 KO’s) says he wants a shot against former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) in an article at Frankwarrentv. Cleverly, 23, says “I think most of the guys in the Super Six will be moving to light heavyweight once it is over [...]

By Chris Williams: Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) was recently rejected by a 4-1 vote by the Nevada Athletic Commission in his efforts to try and get his boxing license back in the United States. The Nevada Commission advised Margarito to go back to the California Athletic Commission, who previously revoked Margarito’s license last year, [...]