Archive for July, 2010

By Dan Ambrose: If you were hoping to see Julio Cesar Chavez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) step up several levels and face former World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) next then you will be sadly disappointed, because the 23-year-old Chavez Jr. is now likely to take on fringe junior middleweight contender Pawel [...]

By Shaun Campbell: According to boxing website Boxrec, it has been listed that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be fighting next on November 13th in the United Arab Emirates. Due to the location of the proposed fight, it suggests that a fight with Antonio Margarito is all but a done deal.

By Shaun Campbell: Olympian and rising star Tony Jeffries tonight drew to journeyman Michael Banbula over 8 rounds at the Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear. Jeffries failed to overcome the awkward Polish light-heavyweight, but Banbula is better than his record would suggest. He recently defeated former world champion Tony Oakey.

By Sean McDaniel: HBO may not be interested in showing IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s next fight, but they certainly are to show WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s). Dan Rafael of ESPN reports that HBO has already set aside the December 11th date for the 23-year-old Khan’s next fight, which could [...]

ORANGE, CA, July 23 – It’s already promising to be a hot summer in Southern California, and Thompson Boxing Promotions is about to make it even hotter by bringing top prospects Alberto Herrera and Efrain Esquivias to the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California on Saturday, July 31st for “LOCKED ‘N LOADED II”.

By William Mackay: Journeyman Monte Barrett (34-9-1, 20 KO’s) thinks that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is just too good for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) to beat. Although Barrett thinks that Haye is good for the sport because of his exciting style of fighting and his [...]

By Jason Kim: Michael Koncz, the personal adviser for World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, thinks the Pacquiao’s next fight against former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito will be taking place in Abu Dhabi rather than Monterrey, Mexico. Abu Dhabi is the second largest city in the United Arab Emirates, and is a very [...]

Copenhagen / Berlin (23.07.2010) – WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler has started his training camp for the crucial Super Six showdown with Allan Green. The Viking Warrior will take on his American opponent in Denmark on September 25 at a venue to be announced. This week, star coach Jimmy Montoya returned from his home base [...]

Ryan Rhodes is gearing up for war after watching video footage of next opponent Lukas Konecny. Rhodes defends his European light-middleweight title against the Czech on September 18 at the LG Arena, Birmingham, Frank Warren’s massive Magnificent Seven show, live on Sky Box Office.

Boxing results: Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California: Gary Russell Jr. TKO 1 Mauricio Pastrana Nestor Rocha KO 2 Benjamin Garcia

Atlanta’s Fight Night 3 Weights! July 23, 2010 Atlanta Ga. at Center Stage Arena Paul Delgado 151 vs Tim Hall 149 Xavier Tolliver 154 vs Jose Felix 153 Trenton Titsworth 144.5 vs Gerald Jordan 149 Nicole Woods 138 vs Cassandra Lindsey 134 Daniel Lozano 112 vs Erickson Martell 112 Winston Mathis 140 vs Jamar Saunders [...]

Lemoore, CA (July 22, 2010) – WBA Lightweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) will defend his WBA and IBA titles in a bout against mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Uzelkov (22-0, 14 KOs) of Vinitza, Ukraine, tomorrow, Friday, July 23 in the scheduled 12-round main event of the ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” (10pm ET/7pm PT).

NEW YORK (July 22, 2010) – Boxing 360 has announced that heavyweights Maurice “Sugar Moe” Harris and Nagy “Dominican Dynamite” Aguilera will square-off August 6 in Minnesota.

Boxing results: Assyrian Sports & Culture Club, Fairfield Heights, New South Wales, Australia: Leonardo Zappavigna KO 2 Billy Sumba

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao appears to be happy that he could be facing Antonio Margarito in his next fight. Pacquiao said “That’s good,” about a possible fight against Margarito by an interviewer from Aba-cbnnews.com. Pacquiao, 31, would be facing Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title. But here [...]

We know we’ve already had some heavyweight false alarms twice in 2010 when the Battle In The Ballroom announced some great heavyweight matchups but they did not take place…..but for the Thursday August 5th show, bout contracts have been signed and travel arrangements have been made, so we’ll have two quality heavyweight bouts on a [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Shanon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) is saying that he’ll be facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) on October 16th. In Briggs’ Twitter page, Briggs says “I’ll be fighting Vitali Klitschko October 16th. Bringing the title back to the USA. It’s on!” Briggs, 38 [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the fight between unbeaten Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) and IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is now off. Instead, Klitschko will fight a rematch against former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) on September 11th at the Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, [...]

By Jason Kim: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao should have a contract signed for a fight against two-time former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito by the end of the week. Right now, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is trying to work out the venue for the fight and is looking at whether to put the bout [...]

Serious questions have been raised after a shocking ending in which Paul Briggs failed to beat the count after an apparent grazing punch from Danny Green sent him to the canvas in the first round of their IBO Championship bout. The President of the IBO, Ed Levine has demanded a complete and thorough investigation of [...]

Thursday July 22, 2010 (Los Angeles) – Former WBC Intercontinental Youth Champion, Michael “lil Warrior” Franco steps into the ring on August 20, at Del Sol Casino, Tucson, AZ, to face off against Adolfo “El Terror” Landeros, in a scheduled 8 round semi-main event televised live on the popular Spanish language network: Telefutura. The entire [...]

LAST VEGAS (July 22, 2010 – If not for a hand injury suffered in the opening round of the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, reigning WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov certainly would be much better known today by North American boxing fans, especially if he advanced to the medal rounds and fought [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to the latest boxing news talk, the September 25th stage 3 Super Six bout between talented former American Olympians Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) could take place in Detroit, Michigan. If this turns out to be the case, it will give the 26-year-old Dirrell the [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) now thinks that 34-year-old Paul Briggs (26-4, 18 KO’s) was actually hurt on Wednesday night after being knocked out in the 1st round by Green at the Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Briggs, 34, was hit with a left hand [...]

Karachi: Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has announced six members for commonwealth games which will be held in Indian city New Delhi from 3rd to 14 October this year. Pakistan team comprise on six boxers included Mohammad Waseem (49kg), Haroon Shahid (52kg), Qadir Khan (56kg), Adnan Hussain (60kg), Nisar Khan (75kg) and Mir Waiz Khan (91+kg) [...]

Commonwealth lightweight Champion Lee McAllister chases a record 7th Title when he tops the Bill at the Beach Ballroom Aberdeen on Friday 3rd September. The show, which is promoted by McAllister under his Granite City Promotions, sees Lee box Hungarian Champion Istvan Nagy for the IBO International Light-Welterweight Championship.

By Andrew Meggers-Lloyd: As a devout Boxing fan, and more to the point, a devout Heavyweight Boxing fan, I have recently been left disappointed in the quality of fights that have left no real mark on the memory. Wladimir Klitschko v Eddie Chambers, Vitali Klitschko v Albert Sosnowski, David Haye v Nikolai Valuev, and the [...]

LONDON (22th July) Carl “the Cobra” Froch will be joining up with highly regarded trainer Rob McCracken at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Monday morning (26th) to start his intensive 10 week training camp ahead of his crucial Super Six Group Stage 3 face off against the German based Armenian “King” Arthur [...]

Nathan Cleverly says he’s fired up and ready to knock-out Karo Murat after the German accused him of being gobby. The pair clash in an Eliminator for the WBO World Light-Heavyweight title at the LG Arena, Birmingham, on September 18 on Frank Warren’s huge Magnificent Seven event, live on Sky Box Office.

By Edward Davis: Let’s admit it, boxing fans, especially the diehard Floyd Mayweather fans; when was the last time you have seen Floyd in a fight with an outstanding boxer that is still in their prime? Don’t say Ricky Hatton because I’d have to laugh at that. My point being I truly believe Mayweather is [...]