Archive for August, 2010

Furious John Simpson has hit back at Stephen Smith – and told him to forget about winning the British featherweight title. Simpson defends his Commonwealth crown against Smith at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall on September 4. The fight will now also double as an eliminator for Martin Lindsay’s Lonsdale belt. On Thursday, Smith said he would [...]

RED CORNER BLUE CORNER CO-MAIN EVENT – JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS – 8 ROUNDS Carlos MOLINA vs. Glenn GONZALES Norwalk, CA North Cotabato, PHI 12-0 (6 KO’s) 7-1 (4 KO’s) Weight: 136.8 lbs. Weight: 136.2 lbs.

ESPN2 ‘Friday Night Fights’ Friday, Aug. 13, at Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. Cristobal Arreola – 256 lbs. Manuel Quezada – 228 lbs. Josesito Lopez – 143 3/4 lbs. Marvin Cordova, Jr. 144 – lbs. Shawn Estrada – 166 1/4 lbs. Alex Armenta – 173 lbs.

ONTARIO, CA (August 12, 2010) – Tomorrow night Southern California heavyweight contenders Cristobal Arreola (28-2, 25 KOs) and Manuel Quezada (29-5, 18 KOs) will square off in a crucial battle to keep their hopes alive of becoming the first Mexican World Heavyweight Champion at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. The 12-round main event, [...]

By Jim Dower: If and when former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson beats World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal on Saturday night, Dawson will be looking to fight IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute next at a 172 pound catchweight, according to the Canadian Press. Bute’s IBF super middleweight title wouldn’t be [...]

By Dan Ambrose: At one time in his career, Mikkel Kessler was able to dominate his opponents without suffering so much as a scratch. Now, however, Kessler is taking punishment even when not fighting the absolute best in the super middleweight division. But the 31-year-old Kessler has really began to take a lot of vicious [...]

By Jason Kim: On Saturday night, WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal will be making his third and perhaps his last title defense of his World Boxing Council title against two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. It might be Pascal’s last title defense because Dawson is likely [...]

Dominican Fiesta Hotel & Casino (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) Manguita Promotions, in association with Sampson Boxing LLC and 340 Boxing, proudly present Javier “El Abejon” Fortuna (10-0, 8 K.O.’s) versus Francisco “El Ajogao” Lorenzo (34-8, 15 K.O.’s) on Thursday, August 19th 2010. For Javier Fortuna, branded as the Prospect of the Year and native of [...]

By Jason Kim: With Miguel Cotto already beaten, Antonio Margarito about to get his turn, Ricky Hatton, Joshua Clottey and Oscar De La Hoya all beaten by Manny Pacquiao, who is actually left besides Floyd Mayweather Jr. for Pacquiao to fight? Of course, Bob Arum will be putting Pacquiao back in with Cotto next year [...]

(Tacoma, WA) The Emerald Queen Casino welcomes Playboy Playmates to Fight Night to the Playboy Mansion on August 28, 2010 as a part of the Battle at the Boat professional boxing series! The Playmates will bring a little extra spark to a boxing event that is already stacked with 6 action-packed fights. The night will [...]

By Jason Kim: Yesterday, top junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo turned down $750,000 to fight WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez because Angulo wanted $1 million for the fight. Since that wasn’t going to happen, Martinez is now looking to fight a rematch against Paul Williams. HBO wants the fight, boxing fans want the fight and [...]

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, Manny Pacquiao has surpassed unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Yahoo’s pound-for-pound ratings with the score of 345 to Mayweather’s 330. This, no doubt, is because of Mayweather’s decision not to fight Pacquiao during 2010. It’s pretty irrelevant if you ask me. Whether Yahoo rates Pacquiao over Mayweather or [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s no secret that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) is likely to clinch his opponent Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) for all he’s worth in their title fight on September 11th, at the Commerzbank-Arena, in Frankfurt, Germany. The 34-year-old Klitschko will be looking to do his utmost to prevent [...]

By Matt Stein: At yesterday’s press conference between World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (25-1, 16 KO’s) and Chad Dawson (29-0, 17 KO’s), an agitated looking Pascal had this to say to the undefeated Dawson: “If he thinks he can come to my town and run like a chicken and leave with [...]

Atlantic City, NJ–Undefeated Teon Kennedy and battle-tested Alex Becerra meet for the vacant North American Boxing Association (NABA) super bantamweight title on Saturday evening, Sept. 25, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic City. The scheduled 12-round championship fight tops a seven-bout card which begins at 7.30 p.m. The card will be televised by www.gofightlive.tv. [...]

Ashley Theophane’s star is currently in the ascendancy, which begs the question why do so few people know about this modest and hardworking boxer? One reason may be that he bravely chose to pursue his own route in the sport eschewing the usual road lined with managers and promoters, and another might be that whilst [...]

Stephen Smith says he will become the second British champion in his family. The Liverpool prospect will get a crack at a Lonsdale belt if he beats John Simpson at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall on September 4. The pair clash for the Scotsman’s Commonwealth featherweight crown. But the British Boxing Board of Control have confirmed that [...]

Everything set for“Boxeo Telemundo” this Friday in Tampa, Florida Tampa, FL: After a successful show in Tampa last June 4, “Boxeo TELEMUNDO” returns with a dynamic show this Friday, August 13 at the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, FL. In the main event Jesus Pabon (14-1-8 KO’s) of Carolina, Puerto Rico will face [...]

LOS ANGELES, August 12 – Unbeaten Nevada prospects Anthony Martinez and Michael Finney have been added to Friday night’s stellar “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” event at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California, where they will join fellow standouts Eloy Perez and Carlos Molina. Welterweight Anthony Martinez (4-0, 4 KO’s) puts his perfect record [...]

SCORCHING prospect Glen Foot will make his professional debut next month. The Sunderland welterweight will box on the undercard of Jason Booth’s IBF world super-bantamweight title challenge against Steve Molitor at Houghton-le-Spring’s Rainton Meadows Arena on Saturday 11th September. Foot’s dropped a narrow verdict in the ABA Final earlier this year against Dudley O’Shaughnessy in [...]

IOWA CITY, IA (August 12, 2010) Advance tickets are now on sale for NO EXCUSES, an evening of world class professional boxing and amateur muay thai set for Friday, August 27th at the Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds in Iowa City. Starting at $25 for general admission, tickets can be purchased at Sushi Kicchin in the [...]

Undefeated former amateur world champion Erislandy Lara (12-0, 7 KOs) has made the most of the opportunity since escaping his homeland of Cuba. Regarded as one of, if not the, cream of the Cuban crop of new professional fighters, southpaw Lara has torn through his first 12 opponents impressively. But, when you have over 300 [...]

By Jim Dower: Junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s)has turned down a reported $750,000 to fight World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, according to Steve Kim at maxboxing.com. Angulo, 28, wanted $1 million to fight Martinez and wasn’t satisfied with the $750,000. Gary Shaw, Angulo’s promoter, was all for the Angulo-Martinez [...]

Fighting out of Detroit’s Legendary Kronk Gym, Cornelius “K9″ Bundrage defeated IBF Jr. Middleweight Champion, Corey Spinks, in Spinks’ hometown of St. Louis, MO. Spinks is the son of former Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks. At one time, Leon Spinks was managed by Emanuel Steward and trained at the Kronk Gym. K9 Won with a Devastating [...]

ONTARIO, CALIF. (August 12, 2010) — Southern California heavyweight contenders Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola and Manuel “El Toro” Quezada and welterweights Josesito Lopez and Martin Cordova, Jr. will step on the scale for the Official Weigh-In tomorrow, Thursday, August 12, beginning at 2 P.M. PT in the Ponderosa Room, at Ontario Hilton located at 700 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) faces arguably the toughest fight of his career when he meets fellow American Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) on September 25th in their Super Six tournament fight. This is going to be a strange fight for Ward, because it will be like he’s [...]

By Matt Stein: I think it’s fair to say that WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal’s best chance at beating the two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is to try and turn the fight into an all out brawl early and hope that he can either hurt Dawson and possibly stop him or take [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-2, 25 KO’s) is badly in need of a win right about now after losing two of his last three fights. On Friday, Arreola will be facing Manuel Quezada (29-5, 18 KO’s) in a fight that Arreola should win if he’s in decent enough shape. With Arreola, though, [...]

By Jason Kim: Bob Arum is talking about wanting to put together the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout in May 2011, with the help of promoter Don King. However, can the fight be made if Pacquiao is not agreeable to taking the full random blood tests that Mayweather wants? If Pacquiao is still [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (August 11, 2010)—On Saturday night August 28th at the beautiful Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, Spartan Fight Promotions presents BATTLE #I with a terrific main event as top American heavyweight, Chazz “The Gentleman” Witherspoon will take on Livin Castillo in a ten round bout. In the exciting co-feature, undefeated Super Middleweight [...]