Archive for July, 2010

Philadelphia, PA–When Derek “Pooh” Ennis defends his USBA junior middleweight title against fellow-Philadelphian ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado on Friday evening, July 30, at the Arena in South Philadelphia, it will bring back memories of some of the local showdowns that once made Philadelphia one of the boxing capitals of the United States.

LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2010 – Unbeaten in 18 pro bouts, Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan has been taking out every middleweight in his path over the last four years. Now veteran Danny Perez wants to stop the rise of this up and comer and on Friday, July 23, he’ll get his chance when he takes [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2010 USA Boxing National Championships action moved into day two on Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Male and female boxers took the ring in eight different weight divisions on Tuesday with all of the competitors looking to advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinal action.

On Saturday night, the WBO’s #2 rated heavyweight in the world, David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) squares off against former heavyweight title challenger, Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. The show, T-N-T at the Tropicana, is being promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and will air live on Pay-Per-View. [...]

NEW YORK (July 13, 2010) –- Undefeated Fernando Guerrero will be gunning for his fourth win on ShoBox: The New Generation when he faces veteran Ishe Smith (21-4, 9 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight main event bout of a tripleheader telecast on Friday, July 16, live on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the [...]

Anthony Fitzgerald has rubbished Ciaran Healy’s challenge by claiming that he’ll beat him again if it happens. Anthony ‘The Pride’ Fitzgerald, who is matched with Phil Townley for the August 7th show in Citywest Hotel has been putting in the hours since he claimed the Irish Title. “Training is going well; I’m feeling sharp and [...]

LAS VEGAS (July 14, 2010) – World Boxing Association No. 9 rated light heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov, the reigning WBC Asian Boxing Council and Interim PABA champion, faces his stiffest test as a pro July 23 against Dallas “Deaf Pride” Vargas (22-4, 16 KOs) in a 10-round, non-title fight at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in [...]

By Peter Wells: After all the excitement of the World Cup, I can finally get back to boxing after a couple of dull weekends not including the weekend that’s just passed. But one fighter that has suddenly hit the big time after 43 fights has suddenly hit the news again and maybe heading for a [...]

The long awaited professional debut of Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston is set for the 11th September, on the undercard of Ultrachem TKO Gym mate Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander’s Lightweight title fight, against Ryan Barrett, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘It’s Personal’ event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. Marston, who will be facing [...]

The final press conference for the July 16th Zab Judah vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz “Brick City Boxing Series” show at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, was held at the impressive Global Boxing Gym, North Bergen, NJ. Here are quotes from the event.

George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah (24-01-) scored a first round knockout against veteran Dezi Ford July 8 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. “I got in some good body work, was taking my time and working him with some good combinations. I hoped for a few more rounds but knew he wasn’t getting up from the [...]

PROVIDENCE (July 13, 2010) – Cruiserweight contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey (20-1, 10 KOs) challenges World Boxing Organization champion Marco “Kapt’n” Huck (29-1, 22 KOs) on August 21 in Thuringen, Germany.

By Kirk Jackson: Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire, the former IBF Flyweight Champion and current WBA Super Flyweight Champion is an accomplished fighter inside the ring, and a gentleman outside the ring. Now residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, the talented fighter originally from the Philippines has amassed a professional record of 24-1 with [...]

By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council light middleweight title will be on the line if Manny Pacquiao decides to fight Antonio Margarito next, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao and Margarito, told Rafael that Pacquiao and Margarito would be fighting for the vacant WBC title, the one vacated recently [...]

INDIO, CALIF. (July 13, 2010) — Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion and Top-10 pound for pound fighter TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY and No. 1 junior middleweight contender ALFREDO “Perro” ANGULO hosted a Palm Springs Media Workout today at the Boys and Girls Club of America Gym in Indio, Calif.

St. Paul, MN (July 13) – Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell was once a can’t miss heavyweight prospect. The 6’4 240 lb power punching phenom viciously stopped eight of his first nine victims inside of two rounds, emphatically stamping his ticket as one of boxing’s most exciting up and comers in the process. Abell, who literally [...]

By Kirk Jackson: Zab Judah is scheduled to fight against Jose Armando Santa Cruz in a welter weight fight July 16th on Espn’s Friday Night Fights. The winner of this fight will probably get a title shot somewhere down the line in either the welterweight or junior welterweight division, so this is an important match [...]

By Dave Lahr: I don’t see how Bob Arum’s deadline for Floyd Mayweather Jr. is helping matters in getting him to accept the contract proposal for a fight with Manny Pacquiao. That seems kind of self-defeating to give a big star like Mayweather a deadline and then making it public. That’s the last thing you [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I think Bob Arum is wasting his time putting WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao back in for a fight against Miguel Cotto, and I don’t think boxing fans have the slightest interest in seeing Pacquiao matched up against Antonio Margarito. This reminds me a lot of how Arum put Pacquiao in with [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KO’s) defends his European Boxing Union title against former WBA welterweight champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KO’s) on Friday night at the Bolton Arena, Bolton, Lancashire. Hatton, 29, isn’t so enamored with just keeping ahold on his EBU title. He wants a lot more than [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) will finally get back in the ring on August 28th against former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-13-1, 22 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Estadio Luna Park, in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Maidana, 26, has been out of [...]

By William Mackay: Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) was pushed up the World Boxing Council rankings today from the number #24 spot to number #15. This new ranking puts the 38-year-old Harrison in position to get a title shot against either WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko or WBA heavyweight title holder David Haye (24-1, 22 [...]

By Eric Thomas: The hopes of seeing a mega fight between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. appear to be dying as the mid-July deadline approaches for Mayweather to say whether he’ll agree to the contract for the November 13th fight. Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, gave Mayweather a deadline of [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2010 USA Boxing National Championships opened competition on Monday at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Two sessions of preliminary round action in both the male and female divisions kicked off the tournament, which is returning to the Pikes Peak region following a one year move to [...]

Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2010) – The similarities are many, almost eerily so. Both are heavyweights. Both are from California. Both are members of the Goossen Tutor boxing stable. Both have dreams of becoming the first world heavyweight champion of Mexican descent. Both are coming off bitterly disappointing defeats in fights they were both [...]

All-Action undefeated jr. welterweight prospect, Bayan “The Mongolian Mongoose” Jargal (15-0-2, 10KO’s) will make his Star Boxing debut on the undercard of the PPV heavyweight showdown between WBO #2 rated David Tua (51-3-1, 43KO’s) and long-time perennial contender Monte Barrett (34-9, 20KO’s) on July 17th at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. [...]

Audley Harrison has moved closer to a World Heavyweight title shot after moving up to 15th in the latest WBC rankings. The 38 year-old vacated the European title he won against Michael Sprott in April at Alexandra Palace in London in June to pave the way for a massive title fight when he returns from [...]

Dolphil promotions are proud to announce the headline for the August 7th Citywest show. Prizefighter Champion ‘Big Bang’ Willie Casey makes his eagerly awaited return to the ring to fight Emiliano Salvini. The fight which is seen as a European title eliminator sees ‘Big Bang’ lock horns with the talented Italian, ranked no.9 in Europe. [...]

By Christian Ramos: Say what you want to say about either Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao, they are both getting exactly what they want. The public interest is at an all-time high. The characters are being portrayed to perfection. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has successfully remained the sport’s most hated villain, and Manny [...]

By Edward Davis: I do not recall a time that “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been this silent. Ever. The King of the trash talk, the one that gets in everyone’s head and beats them in and outside of the ring. Well, Mayweather can’t beat Manny Pacquiao right now if he’s not talking to [...]