Archive for August, 2010

By Dave Lahr: Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO’s) dodged a heat seeking missile last time he fought the powerful Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KO’s) in 2005, beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight where Wladimir was put down not once but three separate times in the fight. Now after skillfully beating [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Boxing writer Bert Sugar thinks the upcoming November 13th fight between Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao is a B+ fight, according to an article by writer Chris Robinson at Examiner.com. Sugar, who has written over 80 books about boxing and other sports, said this about the Pacquiao-Margarito fight: “It’s a B+ fight, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Now that Antonio Margarito has received his boxing license today by the Texas Athetic Commission, Margarito and Manny Pacquiao, along with their promoter Bob Arum, an start to promote their November 13th fight. A three city media tour starts on August 31st, beginning in Beverly Hills, California. It will be at the [...]

By Jason Kim: As Yahoo Sports writer Kevin Iole points out, the one year suspension that Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) just finished serving for being found with loaded hand wraps cost him to miss only fight. Margarito, 32, had been fighting twice a year up until the suspension in 2009. However, Margarito was still [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: For the sake of breaking the impasse between them, I think Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) should just give in and agree to fight WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (21-0, 13 KO’s) in Oakland, California instead of insisting on Detroit, Michigan or a neutral venue. The fight will make more money [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) could be facing 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) in December o HBO, according to boxing news from RDS.ca. The promoter for the 27-year-old Yvon Michel says that Golden Boy Promotions, Hopkins’ promoter, has approached him for a fight between Hopkins and Pascal.

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) could be one of the big names on the undercard of the November 13th title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in putting together an impressive undercard for [...]

By Dave Lahr: The unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. isn’t going to respond when others try to pressure him into fights before he’s ready. The man has his own life and his own timeline for when he wants to make fights. Recently, Bob Arum, Freddie Roach, and HBO tried to get him to make the fight [...]

By William Mackay: Man, I am so disappointed in David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) since he moved up to the heavyweight division. Haye was an impressive fighter at cruiserweight, I’ll give him that much. But since he moved up to heavyweight, he’s been all talk and no action.

By Eric Thomas: Despite having shoulder surgery on his right shoulder, World Boxing Association junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) will still go ahead with his December 4th fight against the unproven Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) at a still to be determined location.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KO’s) takes another risky fight when he faces the tough Jason Gavern (19-7-4, 8 KO’s) on September 10th in a scheduled eight round bout at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. Gavern, 33, may not have nearly the same impressive record that Fury has going [...]

By Eric Thomas: As expected, Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) received his boxing license from the Texas Athletic Commission on Thursday without a hearing. As the saying goes, ‘three times is a charm,’ and that’s certainly the case for the 32-year-old Margarito, who had been turned down two times prior to the Texas Commission by [...]

By Jim Amato: I have just learned from former Ring Magazine correspondent George Blair that our mutual friend Jim Glancey passed away on August 7th. This was very sad news indeed. Jim was 83 years old. He has been a fixture in the St.Paul area for many years operating his own gym for over a [...]

By Manuel Perez: Showing California and Nevada Athletic Commissions how it’s done, the Texas Athletic Commission gave Antonio Margarito back his boxing license today, all without a needless hearing and I’m glad for Margarito. He did his time, served his suspension and deserves to be fighting again. I can’t wait until he gets in the [...]

By Chris Williams: Two time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito got his dream come true today when the Texas Athletic Commission granted him his boxing license. Margarito didn’t even have to attend a hearing. All Margarito had to do in Texas was pay the $20 application fee and send in his application and that was it. [...]

By Eric Thomas: Through no great surprise, Antonio Margarito has been given a boxing license to fight in Texas, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael at ESPN. It now looks like Margarito will be fighting Manny Pacquiao on November 13th at the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Margarito had already been rejected by the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) still would like to fight a rematch with WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) in the future once Kessler’s eye injury heals – if it ever does. In an interview at Livefight.com, Froch says “I was hoping to have [...]

By William Mackay: Recently, World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) talked about WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) wanting too much money to fight him. I thought something was fishy there, because this was the exact same thing that Khan said about Michael Katsidis in the [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (August 26, 2010) – Five-time world champion in three different weight classes, Erik “Terrible” Morales, continues his heralded comeback September 11 headlining the “Mexican Fiesta” pay-per-view show live from Mexico City. Morales (49-6, 34 KOs), rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Council, will also continue a tradition by fighting outdoors in the [...]

Orange, CA (August 26,2010) – #1 World Boxing Council Featherweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos (25-0, 18 KOs) is ready and willing to fight and he made it clear upon hearing yesterday’s news that the World Boxing Council has mandated him for a bout for the Featherweight World Title against an opponent that has yet to [...]

LOS ANGELES, August 26 – Host to a new wave of world-class fighters, Canada has become a hotbed of boxing talent and today, Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of their first Canadian-born boxer, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Mikael Zewski (4-0, 3 KO’s). “This is an exciting day in the history of [...]

Atlantic City, NJ–Undefeated super middleweight Dennis “The Assassin” Hasson and fellow-Philadelphian Tommie “Big Poppa” Speller meet in the scheduled eight-round semifinal on Saturday evening, Sept. 25, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic City. The scheduled 12-round main event features Teon Kennedy, of Philadelphia, against Alex Becerra, of El Paso, TX, for the vacant North [...]

LONDON (26th August) Nottingham’s Carl ‘the cobra’ Froch will be proudly visiting the Nottingham Forest city ground this coming Saturday and will be taking a special guest along – his 10 week old son Rocco. Froch’s little fighter will also be presented with his own personalized Nottingham Forest football kit when the pair appear in-store [...]

CORK, Ireland (August 26, 2010) – Noted worldwide boxing manager Gary Hyde today announced the signing of British amateur standout Mark Heffron to an exclusive contract. Hyde also manages 2-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux and European super middleweight champion Lolenga Mock.

Lindsay not overlooking “The Silent Danger” Belfast’s Martin Lindsay may not be in title action on September 11th but the British featherweight champion faces a dangerous assignment none the less. Lindsay (16-0-0) takes on former WBF Intercontinental champion David Kiilu in an eight round contest on the undercard of Jason Booth’s challenge to International Boxing [...]

For this Saturday’s ESPN Boxing special, Hank Lundy will replace Edner Cherry, who had an issue getting into the States, in the main event. Lundy will fight Omri Lowther (14-1, 10 KOs), a rising prospect who has won his last five fights, as part of the Aug. 28 ESPN2 boxing special. The ESPN2 coverage of [...]

European Light Welterweight Champion Paul McCloskey is hard at work preparing for the second defence of his title on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night when he takes on Scotland’s Barry Morrison at The Aura in Letterkenny on Saturday, October 2nd. However the undefeated southpaw has another title defence to take care of this Saturday (August [...]

TRAVIS DICKINSON wants to sock it to George Groves by scoring a hat-trick against the Commonwealth super-middleweight champion. The unbeaten Durham fighter beat Groves twice as an amateur, including a Junior ABA final win by first round KO. Dickinson (6-0) is making great progress as a professional and boxes at Houghton-le-Spring’s Rainton Meadows Arena on [...]

Anthony Fitzgerald has his sights firmly locked on his old adversary Robbie Long with whom he locks horns for the third time in the National Stadium, Sept 11. Fitzy will be looking to make it eight wins on the trot, at the same venue where he claimed his Irish Title six months ago. “It should [...]

By Chris Williams: It looks like I’m not the only one that doesn’t understand how Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito can be fighting for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title on November 13th, despite having no to very little experience at that weight class. Pacquiao has never fought at junior middleweight, while Margarito has fought [...]