Archive for August, 2010

By Shaun Campbell: With speculation increasing about the possible match-up between Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao, there question remains, why should Margarito be involved in such a big fight? This is a man who deliberately tried to give himself an unfair advantage over Shane Mosley, and we are left wondering how long had Margarito been [...]

Boxing results: Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona: Mercito Gesta KO 7 Genaro Trazancos Noe Lopez UD 8 Adolfo Landeros

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, Jose Morales, the father of boxing great Erik Morales, reportedly thinks that Manny Pacquiao can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an article by Scoop Malinowski at Boxinginsider.com, Jose Morales was really pouring it on with niceties about Pacquiao, saying “He’s very sharp, throws many accurate punches and keeps [...]

Brick City Boxing Series Presents “The Big Challenge” Tomasz Adamek vs. Michael Grant PRUDENTIAL CENTER, NEWARK, NJ LIVE PPV – SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (August 20, 2010) – Boxing’s most highly-anticipated fight of the Fall, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight title fight between two-division world champions JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ and RAFAEL MARQUEZ, scheduled for September 18, at the MGM Grand and televised live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing, has been postponed due to a hand injury [...]

By Mark Louis: Boxing has witnessed many changes through the generations, some for the better, and some for the worse. Like all sports we must move with the times implementing new rules and procedures to keep the brave fighters safe. Unfortunately, with the sweet science, some changes have nothing to do with safety and if [...]

By William Mackay: You can usually expect a trainer to have a certain amount of loyalty and confidence about his or her particular fighters, but trainer Freddie Roach’s confidence toward his fighter World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) borders on the extreme.

By Sean McDaniel: According to the latest boxing news, Gareth Davies of the Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) and former 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison should have their fight finalized within the next two weeks for a bout that will take place on November 13th in Manchester.

By Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach would like to see Manny Pacquiao fight Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time, according to an interview by Michael Wood at thesweetscience.com. Roach likes the idea, but apparently Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has other ideas for Pacquiao starting with a fight against Antonio Margarito on November 13th.

By Dave Lahr: Antonio Margarito appears to be the perfect opponent out of the top junior middleweights for Manny Pacquiao to take on for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title on November 13th.

Bobby Hitz, Founder of Chicago-based Hitz Boxing, is proud to announce the signing of well-respected welterweight contender “King” David Estrada (24-6, 15 KOs) to a promotional agreement, as well as the renewal of his agreement with his long-time fighter Angel “Toro” Hernandez (30-8, 17 KOs). 31-year-old Estrada has been rated as high as #2 in [...]

TACOMA, Wash. – Boxing returns to the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma on Saturday, Aug. 28 as Brian Halquist Productions presents Battle at the Boat 78. Highly-regarded cruiserweight Brent Urban (6-2-1, 4 KOs) meets Jason Douglas (7-3-0, 3 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round main event. Urban, a resident of Dallas, TX, is 5-0-1 in his [...]

CHICAGO, IL (August 20, 2010) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee returned to his hometown of Chicago on Thursday, August 19th for a whirlwind of media events, a visit with Mayor Daley and a trip to his alma mater. Lee is currently training with Ronnie Shields in Houston, Texas in anticipation of his second professional [...]

By Jim Dower: 38-year-old 6’7″ heavyweight Michael Grant (46-3, 34 KO’s) will have a huge 44 pound weight advantage over former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night in their fight at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. At the weigh-in today, Grant weighed in at a solid [...]

(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. Temple [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo, Bob Arum still believes that Juan Manuel Marquez needs to prove himself at welterweight before he’ll consider putting his fighter Manny Pacquiao in with Marquez for a third mega fight between the two super stars. Arum would like to see the 37-year-old Marquez fight and beat [...]

By Eric Thomas: Promoter Don King turns 79 today, and even at this advanced age is still showing that he’s the best in the boxing business. King may be a key person in putting together the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao next year. If so, King will succeed where other promoters from [...]

By Chris Williams: To no surprise, trainer Freddie Roach is predicting a knockout win for his fighter Manny Pacquiao over Antonio Margarito when/if they fight on November 13th. Speaking with Brad Cooney at Examiner.com, Roach had this to say about the Pacquiao vs. Margarito fight: “I am confident in my fighter [Pacquiao] and I do [...]

By Matt Stein: WBA super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (34-2, 23 KO’s) is reportedly very interested in stepping in for Rafael Marquez to serve as a replacement opponent for World Boxing Organization (WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KO’s) for September 18th. However, the chances of that happening are virtually none. Caballero, 34, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) still refuses to hang up his gloves after losing for the third time in his last five bouts. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the soon to be 42-year-old Jones is looking to return to action in October, possibly against 37-year-old cruiserweight Danny Santiago (31-4-1, 19 [...]

By William Mackay: In the latest boxing news, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) is claiming innocence in explaining why the mega fights didn’t get put together with either of the Klitschko brothers. In Haye’s twitter page, he had this to say: “My next fight will be in October, November. I was ready [...]

Here are the weights from Erfurt ahead of the 100th Sauerland show on ARD TV. WBO Cruiserweight Title: Matt Godfrey: 90,2 kg Marco Huck: 90 kg

By Peter Wells: After winning the most important fight of his career so far Canadian Jean Pascal is in a great position. He’s only just beaten Chad Dawson, a pound-for-pound top ten fighter and was undefeated. The way the fight ended can add the question of whether Chad could have stopped Pascal, but the cut [...]

By Tom Graves: According to Dictionary.Com, the meaning of the word ‘Addiction’ is “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma” Boxers can become addicted to competing in the sport, in some [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach still believes a fight can be put together between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. next year. In an article by Bradley Cooney at the Examiner.com, Roach says “I can’t believe that his fight [Mayweather-Pacquiao] isn’t happening. Maybe with Don King something can get done, with him [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell are still going to fight on the scheduled date of September 25th, then the two promoters that manage fighters need to come to an agreement for a venue for the Super Six tournament fight. As of now, all they have is the September 25th date but [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) could be facing 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) rather than International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. According to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions is in contact with Pascal’s management team [...]

LAS VEGAS (August 20, 2010)—Undefeated and world ranked cruiserweight BJ Flores is now a promotional free agent after his contract with Florida based company Square Ring Inc. has run out. Flores of Las Vegas has been off for over a year and has a record of 24-0-1 with fifteen knockouts has not fought since scoring [...]

By Jason Kim: Two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito has quickly applied for a boxing license in Texas today, reportedly faxing in his application in hopes of getting a quick approval so that he can fight super star Manny Pacquiao on November 13th at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Margarito has one big thing going [...]

By Jim Dower: Oscar De La Hoya wants Juan Manuel Marquez to fight Manny Pacquiao for a third time, and is hoping that Marquez can be inserted in as Pacquiao’s next opponent on November 13th instead of the unlicensed Antonio Margarito. However, the chances of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum listening to De La Hoya [...]