Archive for August, 2010

Results – Club Deportivo Libertad, Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina: Hugo Hernan Garay KO 1 Marcelo Leandro Da Silva Yesica Yolanda Bopp UD 10 Ana Arrazola

By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) spoke of retirement should he lose to Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in their stage 3 Super Six tourney fight on October 2nd, in Monaco. Froch, 33, also talked wanting to try and break Abraham’s ribs if he uses his [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s looking really bad for WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) in his fight with Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) tonight at the Bell Centre, in Monteal, Canada. I knew that Dawson was the taller fighter at 6’1″ compared to the 5’11″ Pascal, but I didn’t realize how short [...]

Boxing from the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Arash Usmanee TKO 2 Hugo Pacheco Dierry Jean RTD 6 Antonio Soriano Ruben Rivera SD 6 Wayne John Kevin Lavallee TKO 1 Genaro Garcia Tony Luis UD 8 Adrian Verdugo

By Jason Kim: For some fighters, 29 is over-the-hill. Heavyweight Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 KO’s) is now 29-years-old and he’s looking more and more like he’s not the fighter that he used to be and may no longer have it for some reason. On Friday night, Arreola struggled to beat a smaller and weaker puncher [...]

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao will be fighting at another catchweight for the 2nd time in his last three fights when he goes up against Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title on November 13th. This will be Pacquiao’s second fight for a title with a catchweight being used.

By Matt Stein: Former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) may have only a two inch height advantage over the 5’11” WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s), but his 11” inch reach advantage is going to be huge for Dawson tonight when he challenges Pascal for his World Boxing Council [...]

By Dave Lahr: We saw in the last fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) and Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) that Wladimir was unwilling to let Peter do much of anything on offense. Wladimir, over and over again, clinched Peter any time the Nigerian fighter would get anywhere close to him. [...]

Boxing action – A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida: Jesus Pabon TKO 8 Ernesto Zepeda Luis Franco TKO 5 Yogli Herrera

Boxing results: Sports Arena, Pico Rivera, California: Eloy Perez TKO 5 Derrick Campos Carlos Molina RTD 5 Glenn Gonzales Anthony Martinez SD 4 Cristian Favela

By Sean McDaniel: The December 4th title bout between World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion and unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could be taking place at New York’s Madison Square Garden, at least that’s where Cotto and Chavez’s mutual promoter Bob Arum would like for the fight to take place. Cotto is [...]

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By Jim Dower: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola did what he had to do on Friday night to defeat Manuel Quezada by an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. The final judges’s scores were 117-108, 118-107, 118-107. Arreola looked slow, lethargic and rubber armed in beating a fighter [...]

By Jason Kim: Promoter Don King is looking to put together a fight between World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) and former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik (31-4-1, 13 KO’s) for November of this year, and wants the winner of that fight to fight the winner of the January 29th [...]

Boxing results from the Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California: Josesito Lopez UD 8 Marvin Cordova Jr Chris Arreola 12 UD Manuel Quezada Shawn Estrada KO 1 Alex Armenta

CORONA, CA (August 13, 2010) – It’s an evening of hard-hitting boxing action — primarily showcasing the junior welterweight division — on Friday night, August 20 when Thompson Boxing Promotions presents a five-bout card billed as “PATH TO GLORY” at Omega Products International in Corona, California.

By Eric Thomas: At today’s weigh-in for the light heavyweight clash on Saturday night between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson, it was the bigger Dawson who weighed in 174.11 compared to the 174.2 for Pascal. Dawson, 6’1″, will have the height and reach advantage over the [...]

By Chris Williams: Despite Antonio Margarito still not having a boxing license to fight in the United States, HBO is already planning on putting together an HBO Pacquiao-Margarito 24/7 series, which will be shown in four parts, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Frankly, I think this fight isn’t worth one episode, let alone an [...]

By Matt Stein: Light heavyweight Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s) will be looking to recapture the WBC light heavyweight title on Saturday night against champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Pascal, 27, says he’s going to take the fight to Dawson and try to throw him off his [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) prefers to be fighting lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez in December. However, if Marquez opts to stay at lightweight and fight WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis instead, then the 23-year-old Khan will have to settle for fighting either Marcos Maidana [...]

Photo credit: Jan Sanders/Goossen Tutor Promotions – By Jason Kim: Heavyweight Chris Arreola (28-2, 25 KO’s) tried to explain why he lost his last fight to former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek last April, saying “Mentally, I wasn’t there. I was full of myself. I really believed that I didn’t have to train as hard as [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated middleweight contender and fellow Tank Rank fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be traveling to the Philippines to train alongside Manny Pacquiao as Manny prepares for his November 13th fight against two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito on November 13th, according to the latest boxing news from Philboxing.com. This [...]

Los Angeles, California (August 13, 2010) – Union Boxing Management has signed three new young prospects to add to their growing stable of future champions. Co-Managers Alex Vaysfeld and Alex Mezherovsky are pleased with the addition of super featherweight prospect Stan “The Man” Martyniouk, super flyweight prospect Matthew Villanueva and welterweight prospect Alexander Podrezov to [...]

By Gary E G: This is less an article and more an open question. Some of the things that I think separate the best boxers from other athletes are: BRAVERY: Preparing for any major event is daunting, but trying to keep your mind on the prize when you know another man is training hard to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The September 25th Super Six stage 3 bout between Andre Dirrell and WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward may not be taking place on September 25th, according to Boxingtalk.com. With little more than a month to go before the fight, the venue for the fight still hasn’t been decided, tickets aren’t being [...]

By Jim Slattengren: After being beaten two times out of his last three fights, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-2, 25 KO’s) can no longer afford to suffer defeats as he takes on B level opponent Manuel Quezada (29-5, 18 KO’s) on Friday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Arreola, who has [...]

Sheffield hot-shot Kell Brook believes he can become a world champion by the end of the year. The unbeaten 24-year-old faces big domestic rival Michael Jennings in a WBO welterweight world title eliminator on Frank Warren’s huge ‘Magnificent Seven’ show on September 18 at the LG Arena, Birmingham, live on Sky Box Office. The belt [...]

UNDEFEATED light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson can be backed at just 30-100 on Betfair to add the WBC title to the IBO belt he already holds at the Bell Centre, Montreal, on Saturday. Dawson faces fellow 175lb champ Jean Pascal, who, despite having only one blemish on his record, is an outside punt at 3-1. [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Fightnews.com, unbeaten number #1 rated WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) may choose not to fight on September 11th against Pawel Wolak due to trainer issues that are giving Chavez problems. Although Chavez still may fight on September 11th, it’s still not certain. If not, then [...]

ST. LOUIS, MO (August 12, 2010) Sensational junior lightweight prospect Dannie Williams trains in the torrid summer heat and humidity in St. Louis, Missouri this week as he looks ahead to his next challenge and towards another training camp with noted trainer Jack Loew in Youngstown, Ohio. Williams is coming off a devastating second round [...]