Archive for July, 2010

Unbeaten German sensations Karo Murat (22-0, 13 KOs) and Alexander Frenkel (22-0, 17 KOs) face the biggest tests of their young careers on September 18 when they travel to Birmingham for a special night of boxing at the LG Arena. Murat takes on Nathan Cleverly (19-0, 9 KOs) in a WBO Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator, [...]

By Eric Thomas: At yesterday’s conference call, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) seemed eager to face Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) in a rematch on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez, 36, spoke about a number of things, such as he’s still drinking [...]

NEW YORK (July 21, 2010)—This weekend the first of two big fight cards on separate sides of the Atlantic Ocean will be showcased on www.gofightlive.tv that will originate from two separate continents and both will be available for FREE!!!

By William Mackay: A lot of people wonder why Ricky Hatton was so easily destroyed by Manny Pacquiao last year in his two round blowout to the Filipino star. Hatton’s trainer at the time, Floyd Mayweather Sr., gives a number of reasons why he feels that Hatton was beaten by Pacquiao in an article by [...]

Las Vegas, NV (July 21, 2010) – World Boxing Association Light heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) puts the final touches on his last workout in Las Vegas, Nevada before he makes his way to Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino. The history making WBA Light Heavyweight Champion will arrive in Lemoore, CA later this [...]

Dominic Vea, the recently crowned Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion, is in disbelief at the contrast between what he went through to achieve his belt and what was served up as a ‘world title’ fight last night.

By Jim Dower: Having been denied once by the Nevada Athletic Commission in trying to get his boxing license back, attorneys for former two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito have filed a legal brief to the Nevada Athletic Commission, looking to get his boxing license to fight Manny Pacquiao on November 13th in Nevada, according to [...]

K. Swanson: Thanks everybody for calling in. We are almost 10 days out from a great, great fight night on July 31. Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz and we’ve just had a really great time talking to all of you throughout this promotion and so you getting to know the fighters as well.

RED CORNER BLUE CORNER MAIN EVENT – JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS – 6 ROUNDS Gary RUSSELL JR. vs. Mauricio PASTRANA Capitol Heights, CA Miami, FL 10-0 (7 KO’s) 35-14-2 (23 KO’s)

Looks like boxing is back at Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo, N.M. Tuesday July 20, at a press conference, Golden Girl Promotions and Eagle Boxing unveiled a dynamite card to take place on August. 14. In the main event, undefeated Four Corners fighter Thaddine Swift-Eagle Johnson (5-0, 5 KOs) will face Mexico’s Karina Hernandez [...]

Former WBO and IBA world champion Bronco “Superman” McKart (52-9-1, 31 KOs) will be going for his third world title on September 18 in his hometown of Monroe, Michigan, where he will take on an opponent to be announced for the vacant UBO World Middleweight title.

Unbeaten Scottish Middleweight boxer Craig McEwan is back in LA and ready to face the latest threat to his unbeaten record when he tops the bill against Californian Danny Perez at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California this Friday night. 28 year old McEwan arrived from Edinburgh last week after being present at [...]

When Ahmet Öner heard that Juan Carlos Gomez decided to leave ARENA to go back to his „old“ promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl (Universum) he couldn’t surpress a smile: „My first thoughts were: Well, that’s a match made in heaven – a formerly great promoter who lost all his TV deals and fired his whole staff to [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is upset that he won’t be fighting soon, and he’s vowed not to take another long break in the future. Khan, 23, last fought on May 15th, beating the pillow-punching Paulie Malignaggi by a 11th round TKO. Instead of fighting in [...]

By James Oliver: After reading a good article the other day analyzing the fantastic British heavyweight scene at the moment I thought I would provide a deeper analysis of one of the main British heavyweight prospects; Tyson Fury. Fury, 22, who is currently 11-0 (9 KO’s) is quite possibly the most hyped prospect of any [...]

By Lemarcus: The collective opinions reflected in boxing columns continue to amaze and confuse me. Especially where the “Pac Man Sweepstakes” is concerned in regards to who should claim the prize. Bradley is an excellent fighter no doubt, (I am a fan of him myself), but he doesn’t deserve a shot against Pacquiao nor will [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In a horrible mismatch fight that should have never been made in the first place, International Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Danny Green (30-3, 27 KO’s) stopped fellow Australian Paul Briggs (26-4, 18 KO’s) in the 1st round on Wednesday night at the Challenge Stadium, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The ugly part about [...]

By Arfan Ali: The lips of boxing fans have been engraved with two words over the past couple of months “Mayweather” and “Pacquiao”. There is no need to shed deeper light into the situation as negotiations are ongoing but let’s unravel back to the last time negotiations took place and were they fell apart. The [...]

STUEY HALL has revealed how he transformed from scraping a living in Ibiza to becoming an unlikely professional boxing champion. The Darlington boxer, 30, makes the first defence of his British bantamweight title when he faces old rival Martin Power (21-5) at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-Le-Spring on Friday (July 23).

Next Friday Delvin Rodriguez (25-4-2, 14KO’s) returns to ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” when he takes on Ashley Theophane (26-4-1, 7KO’s) in the main event bout of the evening at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. Rodriguez-Theophane is scheduled for ten rounds in the welterweight division.

Matthew Macklin has turned up the heat ahead of his showdown with big fight rival Darren Barker – and told him “you will always be in my shadow”. The pair clash at the LG Arena, Birmingham, on September 18 as part of Frank Warren’s action-packed Magnificent Seven show, live and exclusive on Sky Box Office.

By Jason Kim: Once beaten light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s) is very interested in fighting World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s), according to Boxingtalk.com.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) plans on traveling to Las Vegas next week to watch the lightweight clash between WBA/WBO champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to get a close look at who the 23-year-old Khan will likely fight next in December.

By Rasheed Catapang: Team Mayweather is speaking now, going as far as denying that a negotiation to fight Pacquiao ever took place. However, they’re still not answering the only question that really matters: When will Mayweather fight Pacquiao? Will he ever?

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) recently said on his Twitter page that he wants to fight WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) next, and that he plans on talking to Golden Boy Promotions about having them set up a fight against Bradley.

By Jason Kim: According to fightnews.com, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is planning on taking a trip to Monterrey, Mexico, presumably so he can scout out the city for his two fighters Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. Arum has been leaning in the direction of having Pacquiao fight Margarito next rather than putting Pacquiao in [...]

By Chris Williams: Ever since WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) moved up in weight to easily defeat knockout artist and top welterweight contender Luis Carlos Abregu (29-1, 23 KO’s) last weekend, boxing fans have been asking why Manny Pacquiao won’t fight Bradley instead of who he will end up fighting Antonio [...]

By Jason Kim: David Tua (51-3-2, 43 KO’s) should consider himself very fortunate that he escaped with a 12 round majority draw with journeyman Monte Barrett (34-9-1, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night, because Tua looked really horrible throughout the 12 round bout at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Chris Williams: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I can’t really see any point in this rematch happening, because the ending of their last fight had [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) as reportedly split with his longtime promoter Lou Dibella and bought out the remainder of his promotional contract for a reported $75,000, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Apparently, Malignaggi and Dibella aren’t in agreement to where Malignaggi should [...]