Archive for July, 2010

By Dan Ambrose: Next month, former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) will be facing World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) on August 14th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. The fight will be shown on HBO. Dawson, 28, isn’t so much into winning another [...]

LAS VEGAS (July 19, 2010) – U.S. boxing fans may not be able to properly pronounce his name, yet, but unbeaten welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov is starting to capture their attention with his throw-back style that features a brutal body attack.

By William Mackay: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) plans on staying at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham in the UK for 10 weeks while he trains for his October 2nd fight against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) at the Chapiteau de Fontvielle, Princepaute de Monaco, in [...]

By Dennis Broadhurst: The light-welterweight division of boxing (140lbs) is on fire at the moment. There are several potentially great fighters in the division such as Amir Khan (23-1 17kos), Marcos Maidana (28-1 27kos), Devon Alexander (20-0 13kos) and Timothy Bradley (26-0 11kos). There are also some other very notable fighters that add depth to [...]

Cleveland, Ohio – July 20th, 2010 – Warner Promotions is proud to present the return of Friday Night Fights to Cleveland on August 20th live from Nautica Pavilion in the Flats! The star studded night of boxing will feature Akron’s own and newly crowned NABA U.S. Heavyweight Champion Nick “The Stoneman” Firtha in the main [...]

By Eric Thomas: Floyd Mayweather Sr. was in his usual tell I like it is mood on East Side Boxing’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio program recently, giving his thoughts about why his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t elect to agree to a contract to fight World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather Sr. [...]

By Matt Stein: Having been out of action for more than a year because of problems with his promotional company, World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) will finally be returning to action on September 4th against number #4 WBC ranked middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (47-5-1, 40 KO’s), according to fightnews.com.

By Giancarlo Malinconico: Right from the start I want fans to know that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would not have faced Manny Pacquiao earlier this year even if the Pac Man had agreed to the 14-day random blood testing proposal: a source from the Mayweather camp has leaked the information. Camp Mayweather has recently become so [...]

12 Rounds World Boxing Council Latin Bantamweight Title Alejandro “Payasito” Hernandez Vs. Jesus “Nakazato” Ceja Former World Title Challenger Jalisco State Champion Mexico DF, Mexico Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico: All Star Boxing, Inc. “The New Generation”, Tuto Zabala Jr. and Deportes TELEMUNDO are teaming up once again to present their popular series of “Boxeo TELEMUNDO”on Friday, July 23, 2010 at the famous Salon Jose Cuervo (former Salon 21) in Mexico City, Mexico home of the Cinturon de Oro Tournament.

PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2010)- It will be a “Massacre” on Friday night August 13th at The Arena in Philadelphia as Blaine Garner’s Shaylyte Promotions in association with SAM Promotions presents an outstanding night of boxing that will feature not one but two main events.

By Christian Ramos: It’s a no-brainer. The mega-fight between the self proclaimed “Greatest Boxer to Ever Live” Floyd Mayweather Jr. and “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao is going to happen. The media has poured out as much Kool-Aid as it possibly could, and it amazingly seems as if the boxing world is hooked. It’s [...]

The New York State Athletic Commission, after a hearing today, unanimously voted to lift the July 6, 2010 suspension of Golden Boy Promotions’s New York boxing promoter’s license. The Commission’s Order, as well as its original Suspension Order, is attached hereto.

Darren Barker is expecting big support for his showdown against rival Matthew Macklin at the LG Arena – after asking for 4,000 tickets. The Barnet man defends his British and European middleweight titles against Macklin on September 18.

British and European Light-Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly will be guest of honour at the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh’s amateur boxing show at Dale Barracks in Chester this Thursday (22 July).

WE all love getting a discount so Frank Maloney urges all fight fans attending his show at Rainton Meadows Arena on Friday (23rd July) to take up his special offer. Maloney is offering tickets at reduced prices for the big world title night at the same venue on Saturday 11th September when Jason Booth challenges [...]

TONY JEFFRIES believes the north-east has overtaken London and Manchester as the capital of British boxing. The big ticket selling Sunderland warrior (7-0) helped revive boxing in the area by winning an Olympic bronze medal in 2008. And he’ll be set for his first professional crown if he defeats Pole Michael Banbula (10-25-3) at Rainton [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – In addition to crowning 20 new national champions, USA Boxing’s membership selected seven new Board of Directors members at the recent USA Boxing National Championships in Colorado Springs.

King Arthur Abraham welcomed a special guest on Monday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped by to visit the renowned training facilities in Kienbaum. Hundreds of world-class athletes, including dozens of Olympic gold medal winners and world champions, use the sports center each year to prepare for their events. Team Sauerland also stages its training [...]

By Muhib Khan: The fight between Amir Khan(23-1, 17 KO’s) and Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) seems likely after Amir Khan has showed so much interest in fighting him. I’m pretty sure Amir Khan has looked at his professional record which doesn’t consist of a knockout since 2007, and also he is more of a [...]

Celebrated boxing coach Johnny Eames, who along with his business partner Derek Grainger, is organising the Ultrachem TKO Gym Boxer & Celebrity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, at Brockwell Stadium, Canvey Island on Sunday 25th July, will be a guest on Steve Bunce’s BBC London Radio show (94.9 & DAB @ [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion and WBA super flyweight interim champion Nonito Donaire (24-1, 16 KO’s) will be stepping it up against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (43-2-2, 33 KO’s) in November.

St. Paul, MN (July 19) – Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell waited four years to get another crack at Arron Lyons and knew he had to look sensational when the two met last Saturday at the St. Paul Armory in St. Paul, MN.

By Matt Stein: Mike Pavlik, the father of former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, said in an interview with WFMJ-TV, as reported by Vindy.com, that the fight between Kelly Pavlik and Julio Cesar Chavez wasn’t going to be taking place, because Chavez Jr. feels he’s not ready for the fight at this point. Lee Samuels [...]

By Chris Williams: If your a fan of competitive fights, then you can pretty much forget about seeing any interesting match-ups involving WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) still isn’t saying who he plans on fighting next. It’s been three months since he last fought, stopping two-time heavyweight champion John Ruiz in the 9th round in April.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is angry that his unbeaten International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KO’s) missed their press conference on Monday in Frankfurt, Germany. According to Fight News, Povetkin says he couldn’t make it because he was plagued with a sinus infection.

By Jason Kim: Dan Rafael of ESPN reports that Bob Arum, the promoter of World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, isn’t interested in matching Pacquiao up with stars like Timothy Bradley and Paul Williams because Arum thinks they’re not well known enough by boxing fans, and he doesn’t want to give them a “free [...]

By Jason Kim: Jeff Mayweather, the uncle for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr., says that the Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao negotiations sank for the same reason as the first failed negotiations, namely because Pacquiao wasn’t willing to agree to the random blood testing for performance enhancing drugs that Mayweather wanted.

Sherman Oaks, CA (July 19, 2010) – The countdown has begun. In just four days undefeated Vyacheslav Uzelkov (22-0, 14 KOs) of Vinitza, Ukraine will take on WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) in the scheduled 12-round main event of the ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” (10pm ET/7pm PT).