Archive for August, 2010

by Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) could get a chance to win back his old World Boxing Council super middleweight title against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 Ko’s) in their stage 3 Super Six tournament fight on October 2nd, in Monaco. Mikkel Kessler, who beat Froch to take his WBC title last April, has [...]

By Jason Kim: Now that Juan Manuel Marquez has decided to stay at lightweight and fight WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis instead of Amir Khan, this leaves World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) in an ideal position to get a big money fight against Khan on December 11th, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former IBF/WBA/WBC light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KO’s) could be making his heavyweight debut on October 15th on Showtime, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. This isn’t the kind of boxing news that will make some fans happy, though, because Tarver is 41 now, and has lost three out of [...]

By Jim Dower: With WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler pulling out of the Super Six tournament today due to a serious eye injury, his opponent previously planned opponent for September 25th Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) is looking like he’s gone as well from the tournament. The 30-year-old Green’s promoter Lou Dibella had this [...]

By Tom Graves: The WBC super-middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler pulled out of the Super Six tournament due to an eye injury. The announcement obviously means next month’s fight against Allan Green has been can canceled. To fit the structure of the tournament, someone must replace Kessler and one name which makes sense for many reasons [...]

By William Mackay: It’s looking now like WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) will be sticking with his own division for awhile to defend his titles against World Boxing Organization lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) next instead of moving up in weight to take on World Boxing Association light [...]

LAS VEGAS, NV (August 25, 2010) Undefeated featherweight Matt “The Sharp Shooter” Remillard is ready for his next fight and has his long range scope set on Juan Carlos Burgos, the World Boxing Council’s #1 rated featherweight. “I’m ready to fight him tomorrow. Burgos is similar to me, we’re both young, all-action fighters and the [...]

On Saturday, September 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT, Five-Time and Three-Division World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley and former World Champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora will collide on the big screen for “200: Celebrate and Dominate Mosley vs. Mora LIVE in HD”. The event is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and [...]

CHICAGO, IL (August 25, 2010) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee will make his return to action on Saturday, September 11th against Las Vegas native Alex Rivera in a scheduled four round light heavyweight bout in The Pearl Theatre at The Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. The Lee/Rivera bout is a feature attraction [...]

By John Martinez:, Fightchronicles.com & Boxscorenews.com – (25Aug2010) All the drama regarding Antonio Margarito’s ability to obtain a boxing license in Texas for his showdown with WBO welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao is now over. Moments ago (via telephone) Margarito’s trainer, Robert Garcia, confirmed to me that the fight is on for the November 13 rumble [...]

Memphis, TN – Prize Fight is proud to announce the signing of undefeated welterweight prospect Jesse “The Future” Lubash to an exclusive promotional contract. The Pittsburgh native Lubash 13-0 (8 KO’s) has already established himself as on of the top young prospects in the world today and Prize Fight believes that it can position him [...]

Everyone says the current Heavyweight division is weak. I don’t believe that is the case. The fact is that the top 10 Heavyweights don’t fight each other until it is mandatory. The best fighters should always fight each other and should bring boxing back to its heyday. If the competition is at its greatest, the [...]

By Rhodri kilcoyne: In a recent video interview the previously undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson and UFC President Dana White met up to discuss how effective Mr ‘Lights Out’ James Toney will be in transitioning from boxing to mixed martial arts. On Saturday the 28th of August at the TD Garden in [...]

For professional boxers, their careers tend to be a series of tests. How they overcome those challenges determines how successful they will be. This Thursday night, unbeaten light welterweight Antonio Orozco (7-0, 5KOs) faces his first true trial in his young career when he faces the much more experienced Humberto Tapia (15-14-1, 8KOs) of Tijuana, [...]

(August 25, 2010 – New York, NY) On Wednesday morning it was announced by Sauerland Events, promoter of World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler, that due to an eye injury, Kessler was forced to pull out of the SHOWTIME Super Six: World Boxing Classic tournament. As a result, Kessler’s next scheduled tournament bout, [...]

Ken Hershman of SHOWTIME® Vows The Tournament Will Continue COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Aug. 25, 2010) – Team Sauerland regrets to inform the boxing world that WBC Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler has been forced to pull out of the Super Six World Boxing Classic due to an eye injury. His title defence against Allan Green in [...]

CARL FROCH is backing Jason Booth to give Nottingham another world champion next month. Booth (35-5) challenges for the Canadian’s (32-1) IBF belt at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday 11th September. Froch who controversially lost his WBC crown to Mikkel Kessler in April is currently preparing for an October showdown against Arthur Abraham. ‘The [...]

Going/Austria (August 25, 2010) – Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KOs), of Kiev (Ukraine) and Hamburg (Germany), participated yesterday in a media work out in his training camp in Austria. He will face former WBC World Heavyweight Champion Samuel Peter (34-3, 27 KOs), of Las Vegas (USA) on Saturday, September 11, at Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Tickets, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler pulling out of the Super Six tournament today due to a severe eye injury, the tournament now needs an immediate replace as soon as possible so that American Allan Green has an opponent for next month. Green was supposed to be fighting Kessler [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has officially pulled out of the Super Six tournament announcing it at a press conference today. Kessler said that he had been having vision problems dating back to his fight with Andre Ward last year and that the problems had lingered into his fight [...]

By William Mackay: Audley Harrison fired back at WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in Harrison’s twitter page, saying “Keep talking! You have your sidekick wasting our time working out a deal, yet you won’t sign. Adamek is cut and Valuev is injured. Hope your not waiting for James Toney this weekend. You really are becoming [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: There are a number of rumors circulating around that World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has badly injured one of his eyes and is having problems seeing out of it. The rumors say that Kessler will be pulling out of the Super Six tournament due to the severe injury. http://ekstrabladet.tv/live/ [...]

By Jim Amato: There were many who thought he was going to be the next Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali. He was a tall, smooth boxing heavyweight with a world of potential. His professional career began in 1964 and before long he was mixing it up with some of the best fighters in the world.How’s this for [...]

DOVER, Del. — The International Boxing Federation Title fight on Friday, Aug. 27 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino will now be for the vacant North American Middleweight Title, featuring Jose Angel “Silver Boy” Rodriguez against Russell “Spiderman” Jordan. The previously scheduled junior middleweight fight has been replaced due to an injury sustained in training [...]

Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Dominic Vea is back in Sydney after touring the USA and is chasing a shot at Danny Green after the Perth boxer’s most recent farcical bout. “Danny claims he’s a ‘fighter’ but I don’t see him taking on any young Aussie fighters,” says Vea. “I’ve been an Australian and regional champion, and [...]

CHICAGO, IL ( August 24, 2010) 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, has announced details of WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 12, a sensational night of action packed, world class professional boxing set for Friday, September 17th at the UIC Pavilion. Advance tickets for WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 12, starting at $31 [...]

Long-time lightweight contender “Dangerous” Dorin Spivey (37-6, 29 KOs) will return to his home state on August 28, 2010, for the “War at the Shore” a night of professional boxing and mixed martial arts at the Virginia Beach Convention Center in Virginia Beach. Spivey has put together two impressive performances in his last two fights, [...]

Unbeaten Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin is on collision course with World Boxing Council champion Andre Berto. But does ARENA’s “Mini-Tyson“ feel he is ready for the big shot yet and what does he say about his performance in his last fight against “Jo-Jo“ Dan back in June? Let’s ask him… Selcuk, how did you [...]

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States Timur Ibragimov TKO 10 Gurcharan Singh

By Dave Lahr: It’s been five years since IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has faced a slugger and he’s been able to get away with dominating the division by facing weaker punchers like Chris Byrd, Eddie Chambers, Tony Thompson, Sultan Ibragimov, Calvin Broch, Ray Austin, Ruslan Chagaev, and Hasim Rahman.