Archive for August, 2010

Results – The Forum, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico: Marco Antonio Rubio TKO 6 Jose Luis Zertuche WBC Latino middleweight title

Boxing results – Club Atletico Adelante, Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina: Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar UD 10 Miguel Leonardo Caceres

By Jim Amato: He came from a fighting family and by the time his boxing career ended in 1971, he was the most beloved British boxer of all time. Only once did he challenge for the world’s title, but he dominated the British heavyweight scene for more than fifteen years. His popularity soared even more [...]

Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) defended his WBO Cruiserweight Title with a spectacular fifth-round TKO victory over Matt Godfrey (20-2, 10 KOs). Fighting in front of a wild crowd of 4,500 fans in Erfurt, Huck dusted his opponent three times before the referee waved the bout off. “I am happy to have crowned the anniversary [...]

Boxing results: Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Jackie Nava TKO 4 Maria Andrea Miranda Joksan Hernandez KO 1 Ira Terry Guillermo Rigondeaux RTD 6 Jose Angel Beranza Fernando Garcia D 6 Byron Gonzalez

Boxing from the Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic: Felix Diaz TKO 2 Alex Perez

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) moved one step closer to getting a nice payday against one of the Klitschko brothers by defeating Michael Grant (46-4, 34 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. This was a home fight for [...]

By William Mackay: Both Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham are coming off of disappointing losses in their last Super Six tournament fights and need to win to ensure that they make it to the semifinals of the tournament. Froch, 33, lost to Mikkel Kessler by a narrow 12 round decision and Abraham was pretty much [...]

By Philip Green: When James ‘Lights Out’ Toney steps into the Octagon on August 28th to make his MMA debut, he will be facing one of the most difficult challenges of his career. His opponent, 47 year old Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture, is a former two-weight World Champion and veteran of a record 15 title [...]

By Dave Lahr: The wise promoter Don King knows talent when he sees it, and he knows already who’s going to win the proposed bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao next year, if he’s successful in putting it together that is. In an article at the Lon Times, King had this to say [...]

By Jim Amato: June 23, 1969 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Joe Frazier met the popular Irish fighter, Jerry Quarry, for the New York State recognized heavyweight title. Back in the day, the New York State Boxing Commission wielded quite a bit of power. Commissioner Edwin Dooley wasted little time stripping Muhammad Ali of [...]

By Jim Amato: Although he will be best remembered as the father of Ray Mancini, Lenny was a pretty darn good fighter in his own right.

By Jim Amato: He came within an eyelash of upsetting the great Larry Holmes and winning the heavyweight championship of the world. For the better part of the 1980′s he was ranked in the top ten. By the time his career ended he had crossed gloves with no less then eight men who at one [...]

By Jim Amato: It was to be the last time the incomparable Muhammad Ali would ever successfully defend the heavyweight championship. It would be held in boxing’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden. It would also feature Ohio’s most popular heavyweight of the last quarter century, Earnie Shavers.

MONTREAL, CANADA (August 21, 2010) Next Saturday night, August 28th, sensational lightweight prospect “OMINOUS” Omri Lowther will battle former world title challenger Edner “CHERRY BOMB” Cherry in the ESPN2 televised main event from the Club Metropolis in Montreal, Canada, it was announced today by Groupe Yvon Michel.

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KO’s) is quite proud of his chin and likes to talk about he’s able to take big shots without getting knocked out. Adamek has picked an older fighter but much bigger fighter in 38-year-old 6’7″ Michael Grant (46-3, 34 KO’s) to fight tonight at [...]

Boxing – Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey: Tyrone Luckey TKO 1 Larry Yanez Sadam Ali TKO 1 Lenin Arroyo Jeremy Bryan RTD 1 Daniel Mitchell Tomasz Adamek UD 12 Michael Grant Joel Julio UD 10 Jamaal Davis

By Scott Gilfoid: Since last year boxing fans have been waiting for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan to face WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana and for an entire year now we’ve seen Khan fighting everybody but Maidana.

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KO’s) was much too powerful for American contender Matt Godfrey (20-2, 10 KO’s) tonight, knocking him down three times en route to stopping Godfrey in the 5th round at the Messelhalle in Erfurt, Germany. In the 5th round, Huck came out throwing [...]

By Jason Kim: One of the biggest reasons why I see the Antonio Margarito vs. Manny Pacquiao fight as a complete waste of time is because Margarito looked so bad in getting beaten up and stopped by the 38-year-old Shane Mosley last year in a 9th round TKO defeat in January. Mosley didn’t do anything [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s been almost exactly five years since Wladimir Klitschko defeated Samuel Peter by a grueling 12 round decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On that fateful night on September 24th, 2005, Wladimir was knocked down three times by the powerful Peter and incredibly fortunate to escape with a [...]

By Jim Dower: Former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) was badly humbled by WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) in an 11 round technical decision loss on August 14th. It wasn’t so much the end of the fight that has Dawson looking so bad now, it’s the way [...]

Robert Helenius TKO 6 Gregory Tony

By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) has a big decision to make as to who he wants to fight next – WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) or WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s). Marquez, 36, is likely going to take whichever fight [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Heavyweight Joshua Temple (St. Louis, Mo.) will make his Youth Olympic Games debut on Saturday evening, taking on Cuba’s Lenier Eunice Pero on the first day of boxing competition in Singapore. The contest will be second of two heavyweight bouts taking place at the International Convention Centre on Saturday night.

By Chris Williams: Promoter Bob Arum thinks the November 13th bout between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito can bring in 70,000 boxing fans to see this fight at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. In an article at the Dallas news, Arum says “I think we could look to do 70,000 people. [Joshua] Clottey had [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) came out looking a little defensive in his recent twitter video in which he lectured the media by saying “If you’ve got nothing good to say, don’t say anything at all.” Haye also spoke about his trainer/manager Adam Booth and his team [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (29-1, 22 KO’s) will be defending his title tonight against number #8 ranked WBC contender Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KO’s) at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. Huck, 25, will be fighting at home and will have the crowd firmly on his side in this [...]

Boxing – Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany: Marcos Nader UD 8 Kai Kauramaki Patrick Nielsen TKO 1 Laszlo Haaz Enad Licina UD 8 Ismail Abdoul Dominik Britsch UD 8 Lorenzo Cosseddu Dustin Dirks KO 2 Sami Selesmaa Robert Helenius TKO 6 Gregory Tony Marco Huck TKO 5 Matt Godfrey

Photo credit: Mike Gladysz – By Jim Dower: This is supposed to be Tomasz Adamek’s moment to shine tonight against former heavyweight title challenger 38-year-old Michael Grant (46-3, 34 kO’) at the Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey. Adamek is expected to win and win big in an effort to make him look like a more [...]