Archive for August, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: In a Yutube video at Boxrec, World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 Ko’s) came out of his fetal ball finally, saying “My mums’s always said, ‘if you’ve got nothing good to say, don’t say anything at all.’ And I haven’t had anything good to say, so I’ve just sat [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) is supposedly the second option for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) if his proposed fight against lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez falls through for December 4th. Right now, it’s looking like that fight will happen, but Maidana is [...]

By Dave Lahr: If you’ve seen the previous fight between the younger Wladimir Klitschko and Samuel Peter five years ago, you’ll notice immediately that Wladimir chose to run for 12 rounds rather than risking fate by attempting to trade shots with the more powerful Peter. And even though Wladimir ran like a jackrabbit for 12 [...]

What – Warner Promotions Boxing Where – Nautica Pavilion, Cleveland, OH When – Friday at 7:30 p.m. Nick Firtha 244 vs. Mike Sheppard 225 – Heavyweights (10 rounds) NABA U.S. Heavyweight and vacant Ohio State Heavyweight titles

Los Angeles, CA (August 19, 2010) — On the 28th of this month, the now 41-year old James “Lights Out” Toney – a sure-fire Hall of Fame boxer who has spent the last 22 years pounding his opponents inside the ropes of professional boxing rings – will step inside the Octagon at the TD Garden [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) may not have been thinking straight when he chose former World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1, 6 KO’s) to fight on September 18th, instead of someone from his own weight class who is more likely to stand in front of him and give him [...]

By Chris Williams: This may seem like a silly question but why doesn’t Pacquiao stand up and tell Bob Arum that he’s not interested in facing Antonio Margarito next? Why is Pacquiao just letting Arum call the shots and pick out whom he pleases? We already know the story about Arum bringing Miguel Cotto and [...]

By Jason Kim: According to Fight News, former bantamweight and super bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KO’s) injured his thumb and will be unable to fight World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez on September 18th. The thumb injury, which occurred while Marquez was on a bus, will take approximately two months to [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) could be facing either light welterweights Andriy Kotelnik or Marcos Maidana in the fall, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. HBO wants to see Maidana fight Berto for some reason, but it’s somewhat odd that Berto is being continuously matched against light [...]

By Matt Stein: Antonio Margarito was rejected by the California Athletic Commission on Wednesday in Margarito’s second attempt to get a boxing license. Margarito already was rejected by the Nevada Athletic Commission previously. Margarito’s promoter Bob Arum seems reluctant to give up on his unlicensed fighter for some reason, despite his inability to get a [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 15 KO’s) says he wants to fight next in December, according to an interview by Greg Leon at boxingtalk.com. We don’t know who Pascal’s next opponent will be right now, because he doesn’t seem eager to fight a rematch with [...]

August 19th, (Los Angeles)- The much anticipated August 20th match-up between undefeated Michael “Lil Warrior” Franco vs. Adolfo “El Terror” Landeros, has been called off, due to Franco suffering from a small tear in his retina. Although the tear is described as ‘very small’ Arizona officials would not sign off on the fight. Franco, will [...]

By Jason Kim: Former two-division champion Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KO’s) faces big 6’7” 250+ pound heavyweight Michael Grant (46-3, 34 KO’s) on Saturday night in a 12 round bout at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 33, is taking on the 38-year-old Grant in an effort to see how he fairs against [...]

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (August 16, 2010)—On Friday night August 27th, a big night of boxing is planned at the beautiful Dover Downs in Dover, Delaware and the night will be a long time coming for one fighter in particular. It was in 1997 a young Heavyweight named Amir Mansour turned pro with a first round knockout [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: This is American Allan Green’s big opportunity to pull off a major upset against WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) on September 25th, in their stage 3 part of the Super Six tournament at the MCH Multiarena in Herning, Denmark. Green, 30, was beaten in his last fight against [...]

“Path to Glory” Weights from Corona, California Herrera-Alatorre Mauricio Herrera – 140 lbs. Hector A la Torre- 140 lbs.

Crowd-pleasing Irish middleweight prospect Andy Lee will fight a professional boxing event on October 2 at the “Venue” in the Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, Indiana. After a successful amateur career including an appearance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Lee (22-1, 16 KOs) turned professional and moved his home base to Detroit, Michigan, where [...]

By Joe Mitchell: World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is likely to defend his title in the coming months against none other than the controversial 2000 Olympic gold medalist Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) who has finally got in a great position for at shot at world honours. Harrison hasn’t [...]

Cork based Cuban KO specialist Alexei Acosta will bid to take another step up in class next month when he takes on former World title challenger Cristian Faccio on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at The National Stadium, Dublin on September 11th. The bill features a European title double header with Belfast’s Brian Magee defending [...]

By Douglas Bastiste: With the boxing world hungry, I mean starving, for this generation’s mega fight against Money Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio, we were left only to digest Floyd’s last public statement. “I’m just relaxing; I fought about 60 days ago, so I’m enjoying myself, enjoying life, enjoying my family, enjoying my vacation.”

JASON BOOTH is so hell bent on shocking world super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor that he can’t get him out of his mind. The recovering alcoholic challenges for the Canadian’s (32-1) International Boxing Federation belt at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday 11th September. Booth (35-5) admits: “Every day of training is hard and even when [...]

(August 19, 2010 – New York, NY) Heavyweight championship boxing is coming to Broadway. Broadway Boxing, that is.) The popular boxing series, long known for showcasing New York fight talent from venues all around the northeast, has secured the rights to rebroadcast Vitali Klitschko’s last fight, a tenth round stoppage of Albert Sosnowski this past [...]

Promoter Ahmet Öner announced his plans for the next years at a press conference in Hamburg today. “Boxing in Germany is pretty simple”, the ARENA CEO said. “Everything is good as long as you have German fighters with championship potential. The only problem is that there are only very few fighters who have the talent [...]

Former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov (38-3-1, 32 Kos) has dropped back down to cruiser from the heavyweight division and is actively seeking a “name” opponent. A fearsome body puncher seemingly incapable of taking a backward step, Jirov, 36, earned his reputation as a crowd favourite the hard way, by never being in [...]

Three members of GB Boxing’s women’s Olympic Squad have been selected to compete at the forthcoming World Championships in Barbados (7-19 September 2010). Flyweight (51Kg) Nicola Adams from Leeds, lightweight (60Kg) Amanda Coulson and Welterweight (69Kg) Savannah Marshall, both from Hartlepool, will compete as part of the England team. They will be joined by Sharon [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) appears to have been slowing going downhill since his zenith several years ago with his win over Tomas Adamek. Since then, Dawson has had four fights against 40-years-olds Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson, and seems to have morphed into a poor man’s version of Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]

Boxing results from the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana: Erislandy Lara TKO 1 Willie Lee Yordanis Despaigne UD 10 Frank Paines Yordenis Ugas TKO 2 Marqus Jackson

Press Conference Quotes Michael Grant: “I’m blessed to have the opportunity to fight Tomasz and my man Roger over there. No doubt it’s going to be a nice night for the fight community, for the boxing world period. The heavyweight division is sad right now, so I just say, don’t lose hope. Don’t lose hope, [...]

By William Mackay: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) should look good for about four rounds in his October 2nd Super Six fight against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in Monaco, but after that I see Abraham coming to life and giving Froch major problems with his big power shots. Abraham is a notoriously slow starter, [...]

by Joe Mitchell: The Klitschkos brothers are the two top heavyweights today in most people’s opinion. They have been winning for a number of years and some starting to call them great. Well, I completely disagree they are good fighters in awful era with the only threat at present being WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. [...]