Archive for August, 2010

LOS ANGELES, August 23 – Estadio Cubierto Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario, Argentina will be the place to be for Argentine boxing fans on Friday, August 27 as Lucas Matthysse and Sebastian Lujan step into the ring against seasoned foes in bouts which will be broadcast throughout Latin America on HBO Plus’ “Next Boxing Generation” [...]

LONDON (Aug 23rd, 2010) On Friday 10th September, York Hall, Bethnal Green will host an exciting night of international boxing when former unbeaten Commonwealth champion John O’Donnell (Shepherd’s Bush / Galway) makes his U.S. “ShoBox: The New Generation” debut and takes on his toughest opponent in the ring to date over 12 rounds, New Jersey’s [...]

Audley Harrison has told World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye to “man up and sign” to fight for the World Heavyweight title in a Battle of Britain bout in November. Harrison and his Promoter, Matchroom Sport managing director Eddie Hearn have been locked in talks with Adam Booth over the past weeks, with a [...]

Former World Boxing Union Champion Tony ‘Oakey Kokey’ Oakey believes that his Light Heavyweight discovery Joel ‘El Toro’ McIntyre, who debuts, against Welsh battler Jamie Ambler on the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘It’s Personal’ double title show at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Saturday 11th September, has what it takes to go all the way in [...]

DINNER BOXING returns to the corporate hospitality world on October 14th and again on November 24th when the Mayfair Sporting Club presents its first two events of the new season at the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair. Organisations such as AXA, TalkTalk, Deutsche Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, ABN Amro, EMAP and LexisNexis have all attended shows [...]

Having conquered Europe by winning the European Super Middleweight title Brian Magee is edging ever closer towards a World title shot but one final hurdle remains at the National Stadium in Dublin on September 11th when he defends his European title against Roman Aramian in the main event on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night. Magee’s [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Matthew Macklin will be challenging for Darren Barker’s European middleweight title without the help of his trainer Freddie Roach. Roach is due to join up with Manny Pacquiao in the Philippines where they will begin their training camp. However, Macklin has been in the Wild Card Gym working with Roach every day, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: You have to wonder whether Michael Grant may have been hit a little too hard last Saturday night in his 12 round decision loss to up and coming 33-year-old heavyweight Tomas Adamek at the prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Grant was able to hurt Adamek with hard shots on at least [...]

By Jason Kim: Promoter Dan Goosen bristles at what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is doing by keeping his fights in house by matching his fighters in his stable against each other rather than looking outside of his small stable for bigger fights that are better for the sport of boxing. Goosen also doesn’t like [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Coming off of his disappointing but promising 12 round decision loss to Tomasz Adamek last weekend in New Jersey, Michael Grant says he thinks that Adamek needs to go after the Klitschko brothers immediately if he wants to have any chance at beating them because of the wear and tear that Adamek [...]

Passaic, NJ (August 23, 2010) – Junior middleweight prospect Glen Tapia of Passaic, NJ hopes to continue his unbeaten ways as he faces Brazilian journeyman Edvan Dos Santos Barros on September 11 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The six-round fight will support the Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Orlando Salido/Anthony Peterson vs. Brandon [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Having just finished beating 6’7” heavyweight Michael Grant (46-4, 34 KO’s) by an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night, heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) is looking at fighting another 38-year-old journeyman in 6’8” Lance Whitaker (35-6-1, 28 KO’s) in November, provide that the two cuts over both eyes [...]

By William Mackay: Before tickets can be put on sale for the October 2nd Super Six stage 3 tournament bout between former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) and Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s), the Prince of Monaco, Albert II, must approve the fight, according to boxing news from the Mirror.co.uk. The [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) will be fighting former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-13-1, 22 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. This will be the 27-year-old Maidana’s first fight in five months since stopping the [...]

By Jim Dower: It’s been pretty much established already that Tomasz Adamek failed to make a case for himself as a worthy contender for one of the Klitschko brothers after Adamek went life and death with a washed up 38-year-old Michael Grant last Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek won [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) now seems to be changing his tune from wanting a fight against WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on December 11th to now talking about wanting to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) next in December, according to [...]

By Jason Kim: Freddie Roach sounds conflicted when discussing Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent Antonio Margarito. Although Roach believes that fighters deserve a second chance, he feels that sometimes they don’t deserve a second chance. In an interview by Gareth Davies at the Telegraph.co.uk, Roach comments on Margarito, saying “I guess he [Margarito] did his time. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In a recent interview, Manny Pacquiao said that he’s achieved more in boxing career compared to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and doesn’t need him because of that. Is that true? It seems to me that Mayweather has taken on the bigger names for most of his career compared to Pacquiao. In the past [...]

By Matt Stein: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye may or may not fight Audley Harrison in his next fight in November. However, if he doesn’t go ahead and fight the 38-year-old Harrison, he may be now licking his chops at the prospects of fighting heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek after the Polish heavyweight looked [...]

By Jason Kim: I think you might have to really close your eyes to all of Tomasz Adamek’s glaring flaws from last Saturday’s fight against Michael Grant if you were to consider Adamek ready to fight either of the Klitschko brothers. Adamek clearly wants to fight them and obviously get the nice payday that goes [...]

Crown Boxing Inc. FROM THE BOXING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA PRESENTS FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 At The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

By William Mackay: Promotional company Sauerland Events is interested in putting together a cruiserweight Super Six tournament with the similar idea as Showtime’s Super Six tournament for super middleweights. In this case, Sauerland is picking the cruiserweight division, one of the weakest in all of boxing to showcase six lucky fighters. The fighters that have [...]

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach isn’t worried at all about Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent, the recently suspended Antonio Margarito. Out of all the fighters in boxing for Pacquiao to fight, Margarito, a fighter without a boxing license and a fighter who was caught with loaded hand wraps, was the one that was selected. Roach isn’t [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Okay, I saw the fight last night between Tomasz Adamek and Michael Grant, and I thought Adamek did a pretty good job under the circumstances. He really didn’t look that bad other than a few hard punches he took in the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th. Adamek handled the situation pretty well [...]

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach, the trainer for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, is certain in his Spock-like way that Pacquiao will stop two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito on November 13th in their fight for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title. Speaking to the Telegaph.co.uk, Roach said “Manny will start fast with this guy [Margarito], [...]

By Jim Dower: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) feels that he did a great job against 38-year-old Michael Grant on Saturday night in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. In an article at Sportsillustrated.cnn.com, the 33-year-old Adamek had this to say about the [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) will miss at least six months due to an injury to his left shoulder and right hand that will require surgery to fix the problem. Apparently, Valuev has a problem with his bones, states golftoday.ae.

After Tomasz Adamek’s decision win over Michael Grant this weekend ARENA CEO Ahmet Öner suggests Adamek to fight his Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis next.

By Jim Amato: There are certain boxers from my past that in retrospect would be champions today. One such boxer was tough enough to be nicknamed ” Bad “. He was Bennie Briscoe from Philadelphia and brother you better bet he was just that, ” Bad “. He was probably the most feared middleweight of [...]

On September 11th Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa will enter the ring for his first championship unification bout when the WBA titlist faces IBF champ Orlando Salido at The Palms Resort Casino in Las Vegas. The show will be promoted by Top Rank in association with ARENA Sports-Promotion and broadcasted live on HBO Boxing After [...]