Archive for July, 2010

By William Mackay: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) got his wish on Thursday by having his stage 3 Super Six tournament fight against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) take place in Monaco, a neutral venue on October 3rd. Whether it means anything remains to be seen, because Froch for some reason thinks he was ripped [...]

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, July 31, 2010 WHERE: Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: RING MAGAZINE, WBA & WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ vs. JUAN “BABY BULL” DIAZ

Last week WBA middleweight super champion Felix Sturm has reached an agreement with his former promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl (Universum) regarding the end of their promotional contract. Now Sturm is free to organize and promote his fight all by himself. His comeback after more than a year of ring absence is scheduled for September 4th in [...]

Tonight, Star Boxing’s “The New” Ray Robinson (11-1, 4KO’s) will be looking to get back to his winning ways when he takes on highly regarded Shawn Porter (15-0, 12KO’s) at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. Robinson-Porter is scheduled for eight rounds in the welterweight division, and will be shown live on Showtime’s Shobox: [...]

Montreal, Thursday July 15 2010 – With exactly one month remaining until two of the top fighters in the world enter the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal, current World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16KO) and American Pound for Pound superstar “Bad” Chad Dawson (29-0-0, 17KO) hit the scales [...]

Taking on hot prospect Kell Brook is far less nerve-wracking for Michael Jennings than playing with rock legend Ian Brown. Former world title contender Jennings will meet Brook in an eliminator for the WBO World Weelterweight title on September 18. It forms part of Frank Warren’s massive Magnificent Seven show at the LG Arena in [...]

K. Swanson: Thanks everybody for calling in again. You can see that we are in full swing for the July 31 Marquez vs. Diaz II Fight of the Year: The Rematch, including these wonderful Undercard conference calls that we are participating in right now. We’re happy to have Daniel Jacobs and Dmitry Pirog on the [...]

By Michael Brady: Mayweather-Pacquiao. Haye-Klitschko. Khan-Maidaina. It’s like an infinite motion of one step forward and two steps back, like magnets that can only get so close before they inevitably start to repel each other, and it’s nothing new. This “repelling” action that most champions seem to have is now so common in the sport [...]

Boxing fans have a chance to help Cancer patients and their families by bidding to co-host an hour on the radio with three of the best known television voices of boxing. Hall of Fame Trainer and HBO boxing analyst Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame Boxing announcer Al Bernstein and Al’s Showtime boxing broadcast partner Gus [...]

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 will step on the [...]

WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (29-1, 22 KOs) caught up with the German media yesterday as he continues his preparation for his clash with Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KOs). The duo will battle it out in Erfurt on August 21, which will be Huck´s fourth title defense. “Despite the hot weather in Germany we [...]

By Jason Kim: While I can understand the reasoning why Bob Arum would want Manny Pacquiao to fight either Miguel Cotto or Antonio Margarito next, since Arum would make more money because he wouldn’t have to deal with an outside promoter when splitting the money for the fights.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Following four full days of elite Olympic-style boxing action, the number of 2010 USA Boxing National Championships competitors has dwindled to only 40 boxers. Semifinal action was contested on Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the day’s competition determined the event finalists who will vie [...]

July 15, 2010 – Prudential Center, Newark, NJ MAIN EVENTS/SUPER JUDAH PROMOTIONS PRUDENTIAL CENTER – NEWARK, NJ ESPN 2 – FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010

NOTE: WEIGHTS (July 15, 2010) – Top middleweight prospect Fernando Guerrero weighed in at 159 pounds and tough veteran Ishe Smith measured 158 pounds during Thursday’s weigh in at Fitzgerald Casino in Tunica, Miss.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank has perhaps given a good indication of who he plans on matching his fighter WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao up against next, if Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t beat Arum’s Friday deadline at midnight, that is. In an interview by Michael Marley at Examiner.com, Arum says “I have [...]

RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. (July 15, 2010) — Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY, his opponent, undefeated Top-Five-rated welterweight contender CARLOS ABREGU, No. 1 junior middleweight contender ALFREDO “Perro” ANGULO and his opponent, former World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion JOACHIM ALCINE, hosted [...]

Hackensack, NJ (July 15) – It was just over a year ago that Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn put forth a gutsy effort against IBF/Ring Magazine Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek. Gunn’s performance was commended by fight fans and various media outlets, who penned about his tremendous heart. The Hackensack, NJ native expected his showing against [...]

Both main event fighters, David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) and Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) weighed-in today on the boardwalk outside of the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City in anticipation of their upcoming heavyweight title fight, Saturday night on PPV. Both fighters looked to be in great shape with Tua tipping the scales at 237 [...]

ARREOLA-QUEZADA TRANSCRIPT Dan Goossen: I want to welcome everybody on. I know it’s early out here on the West Coast, where this fight is going to be emanating from. You know, HBO’s loss is ESPN’s gain, because 10, 15 years ago, this would have been right up HBO’s and Showtime’s ally to have two hungry [...]

LOS ANGELES (July 15, 2010) – Tickets, starting at just $29, are on sale for a vitally important showdown between two of California’s most highly regarded heavyweight contenders seeking to become the first world heavyweight champion of Mexican descent.

NEW YORK (July 15, 2010)–Following weeks of intense negotiations, SHOWTIME Sports® is proud to announce that Hennessy Sports and Sauerland Event—the promotional outlets for world-class super middleweight boxers Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham—have agreed to a location for their fighters’ crucial Super Six World Boxing Classic bout.

By Dan Ambrose: The venue and the stage for the stage 3 Super Six tournament fight between former World Boxing Council super-middleweight champion Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham has finally been decided after countless weeks of negotiation. The fight will now be held on October 2nd in Monaco.

By Jim Dower: Alfredo Angulo (18-1, 15 KO’s) will be facing former WBA light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-1, 19 KO’s) this Saturday night in a WBC light middleweight title eliminator bout on the undercard of the welterweight bout between Timothy Bradley vs. Luis Carlos Abregu at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. [...]

By Jason Kim: Top Rank appears to be having fun with the mid-July deadline that Bob Arum has given for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to decide whether he’ll accept the contract proposal that Arum sent over to Mayweather last week for a fight against Manny Pacquiao on November 13th. At the Top Rank website there’s a [...]

By Giancarlo Malinconico: I have read and heard all of the arguments from the pro-Mayweather supporters in the media: Floyd sells more pay-per-views than Manny Pacquiao, so he deserves a 60/40 purse split, and the bout must have random-blood testing up to fight night. And if Pacquiao doesn’t agree to Floyd’s demands, then Mayweather does [...]

ST. LOUIS, July 15, 2010 – St. Louis President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed joined by Cedric the Entertainer and Eric Rhone will host World Champion Devon Alexander’s Homecoming Celebration, sponsored by Scottrade Center, Lumiere Place and Ozzie’s. The event is an appreciation party for St. Louis’ own Devon Alexander and also the [...]

Mathematics student and European Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly collected the first of two titles he aims to secure in 2010. Cleverly, 23, became a BSc in Mathematics at Cardiff University yesterday – and also intends to add “world champion” to his name before the year is out.

By Dave Lahr: You got to really respect WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s). Not only is he moving up in weight to take on one of the hardest punchers in the welterweight division this Saturday night in the unbeaten knockout artist Luis Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23 KO’s), but Bradley is doing [...]

JULY 15th, 2010, RENO – Let’s Get It On Promotions and current USBA light-heavyweight champion, Otis “Triple OG” Griffin, have entered into a long term promotional agreement. Griffin, with a record of 22-6, 9 KOs is also ranked #10 in the world in the IBF.