Archive for August, 2010

By Chris Williams: When Manny Pacquiao was asked about Antonio Margarito’s hand wrap scandal earlier today, Pacquiao had this to say: “Of course, I believe [Margarito] knew, he’s the one who wraps his hands. My belief is, you know that.” This begs the question if Pacquiao thinks that Margarito knew that his hand wraps were [...]

The Hitz Boxing event scheduled for October 2 at the “Venue” in the Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, Indiana, will feature several prominent Chicago-based fighters in addition to Irish middleweight prospect Andy Lee (22-1, 16 KOs).

PHILADELPHIA (August 31, 2010)—Fresh off his dominant unanimous decision victory over Omri Lowther on just four days notice, highly regarded Lightweight “Hammerin” Hank Lundy wants the world to know that despite an appearance of promoter Jimmy Burchfield at the fight, that Lundy is a promotional free agent.

By Steve Robinson: There has been plenty of good fighters over the years capable of participating in a super fight. Mike McCallum was plenty good enough but lacked the charisma. Roy Jones didn’t really have a dance partner.

Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee now has exclusive representation rights in Canada for legendary boxing broadcaster Al Bernstein. Michael Schmidt, on behalf of Jensen Strauss, made the announcement today, and added, “Al’s name and associated branding is astounding, and we look forward to representing him and collaborating with him on projects.”

By Douglas Batiste: November 18, 2006 Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquaio was fighting Eric Morales for the third time, after knocking him out in their second meeting Pacquaio was a 2-1 favorite. From the opening bell Manny Pacquaio made it clear that his knock out of the three-division world champ wasn’t a fluke.

By Jim Dower: U.S. boxing fans will still get a chance to see the September 11th title fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s). ESPN will be showing the fight to U.S. audiences. HBO opted not to air this fight for some [...]

NEW YORK (August 30, 2010) – Ten-time world champions Congressman MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO and The Tijuana Tornado ANTONIO MARGARITO, their respective trainers FREDDIE ROACH and ROBERT GARCIA, along with Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM, will host a news conference luncheon to announce PACQUIAO vs. MARGARITO World Super Welterweight Championship. The news conference, which is [...]

By Kieran Gallagher: Amir Khan (23-1-0) has scuppered a HBO plan to create a ‘Super Six’ style tournament at junior welterweight according to promoter Gary Shaw. Shaw, who represents Timothy Bradley (26-0-0), revealed his man wanted to participate as did Don King’s fighter Devon Alexander (21-0-0). Despite the large sums of money on offer, Khan [...]

By Sam Gregory: August 31, 1969 Rocky Marciano died when the small plane he was traveling in crashed in Iowa, a day before this 46th birthday 41 years ago. On June 5, 1952 Jersey Joe Walcott defended his heavyweight title for the last time. Thirty-eight year old Walcott beat Ezzard Charles in a fifteen round [...]

By William Mackay: Heavyweight Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KO’s) has rushed to the rescue of World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) to defend his honor against British heavyweight champion Derek Chisora (13-0, 8 KO’s), who had done nothing more than to volunteer to fight Audley Harrison in place of Haye.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) voiced his concerns about World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye’s (24-1, 22 KO’s) next bout against 38-year-old Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) on eastsideboxing.com yesterday in program called On the Ropes Boxing Radio Episode 88. Klitschko, 34, said “I’m worried that Haye will [...]

By José Sulaimán Pension Fund for Senior Retired Champions. A good number of years ago, living in the province, I came with several friends to Mexico City to see, at the now traditional PLAZA MEXICO, the fight for the NABF title between the Mexican super hero Raul Macías and Nate Brooks, who was the champion [...]

(Primm, Nev.) – Primm Valley Casino Resorts and Gary Shaw Productions, LLC welcome Freddy Hernandez and Mike Anchondo, who will go head-to-head in a 10-round welterweight bout 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17 in the Star of the Desert Arena at Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino. The event will be televised nationally on Showtime’s “Showbox: The [...]

By Chris Williams: To no great surprise, the WBC has sanctioned the November 13th bout between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title according to the latest boxing news. This means that the winner of this fight will now be the new WBC junior middleweight champion, despite Pacquiao [...]

European Champion Paul McCloskey and Cavan’s double Irish and former EU Champ Andy Murray share the top spot for the longest unbeaten runs in Irish professional boxing with both men sporting perfect 21-0 pro records stretching back to when they made their debuts at the Kings Hall, Belfast in March of 2005. Both men will [...]

LONDON (31th August) Waltham Abbey’s Daniel Cadman will make his return to the ring two months after his impressive display in the Prizefighter series, on the undercard of the exciting “Night of International Boxing” at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Friday 10th September. The co – feature fights involving two of the UK and Ireland’s [...]

MARTIN LINDSAY has his eye on two fights in the next few days, but will only be landing his bombs in one of them. The British featherweight champion (16-0) faces Kenyan southpaw David Kiilu (33-10-2) in a non-title eight rounder at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday 11th September. He also has one eye on [...]

The Olympic bronze medallist (7-0-1) is being trained by Sean Casey for his next fight at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday 11th September. After the Sunderland boxer’s next fight, a major announcement will be made regarding a new full-time trainer. ‘Jaffa’s’ promoter said: “The split is no reflection on the job Bobby has done [...]

MASHANTUCKET, CT (Aug. 31, 2010) – Former world title challenger “Sucra” Ray Oliveira returns to the ring October 2nd for the first time in more than five years against world rated light heavyweight Joey “KO Kid” Spina, headlining the “Last Man Standing” card, in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

COLOGNE, GERMANY (August 31, 2010) Middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo captured the interest of the sports media, fans and champion Felix Sturm on Monday afternoon in Cologne, Germany, by appearing at the final press conference wearing the jersey of local underdog soccer team, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Lorenzo and Sturm will battle this Saturday night, September 4th at [...]

By Matt Stein: Now that James Toney has tried and miserably failed in his attempt to win a MMA match against 47-year-old Randy Couture in UFC 118, Toney would like for Couture to give him a chance to return the favor by taking him on in the boxing ring rather than another MMA match.

By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito isn’t lacking for confidence going into his November 13th fight with Manny Pacquiao for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title. In article at Philboxing.com, Margarito says “I will knock Pacquiao out, and show the world that I am back, this is the fight of my life and Manny [...]

By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) isn’t happy with some of the things Oscar De La Hoya said in the media about Margarito and his hand wrap issue. Margarito had this to say in response to De La Hoya in an article at Philboxing.com::

Boxing results – Lenin Square, Donetsk, Ukraine: Sofiane Takoucht UD 12 Oleh Yefimovych EBU (European) featherweight title Stanyslav Merdov UD 12 Suat Laze Volodymyr Kravets UD 12 Tarik Madni Viacheslav Senchenko U 12 Charlie Jose Navarro

From WBC President José Sulaimán: On Saturday, August 28, WBC Youth bantamweight champion Stephane Jamoye, from Belgium, fought Tomoki Kameda, from Japan, in Mazatlan, Mexico.

NEW YORK (Aug. 30, 2010) – The World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Rafael Marquez, of México City has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 6, live on SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We’ve seen WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green bowing out of the Super Six tournament in the past week, and we now or left with only four fighters out of the original six for the Super Six tournament. Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) may [...]

By Jim Dower: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is shooting for November 27th as the date when WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) will be defending his titles against WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) in a fight that will likely be shown on HBO. Marquez, 37, was [...]

By Matt Stein: James Toney did not give a good account of himself in his foray into the MMA world with his 1st round tap out loss to 47-year-old Randy Couture last Saturday night in UFC 118. I don’t know if the 42-year-old Toney is aware of this or even cares, but he may have [...]