Archive for September, 2010

MIAMI (Sept. 17, 2010) – TeleFutura, one of the largest Spanish-language networks in the U.S. and the ideal entertainment alternative for Hispanics across the nation, Tecate, cerveza con carácter, and Golden Boy Promotions, are giving adult consumers an opportunity to be part of the action by voting for the boxer with the most character during [...]

ARLINGTON, TX (September 17, 2010) – Tickets to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito world championship fight go on sale Tomorrow! Saturday, September 18. Priced at $700, $500, $300, $200, $100, and $50, tickets can be purchased in-person at the Cowboys Stadium ticket office in Arlington, or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Tickets can also [...]

LONDON (17th Sept) After making his pro debut 7 years ago this September, Manchester’s European and British Lightweight Champion John Murray is looking to continue his unbeaten record when he meets his mandatory challenger and the Ukrainian number one, Andrei Kudriavtsev at Robin Park Arena, Wigan on Saturday 25th September. Matchroom Sport and Hennessy Sports [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan 23(17)-1(1)-0 is now scheduled to fight Marcos Maidana in a battle the public want to see, however there is a large amount of pessimism over khans chances to win. People keep saying how Khan is going to get KO’d because of his weak [...]

TORONTO (Sept. 15, 2010) – SUPER CHANNEL, Canada’s only national pay television network, is proud to announce that it will air the highly anticipated “UNDISPUTED RIVALS – McGuinness vs Grant” event LIVE from the Hershey Centre in Mississauga next Saturday, September 25th. The telecast will begin at 9:00 PM ET. UNDISPUTED RIVALS is headlined by [...]

By Gary Brownlie: On the 13th of November, with the overture of God Save the Queen ringing out, two British fighters will stand in the ring to contest the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World. Not since the days of Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis has a fight for the championship belt of boxing’s marquee [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will finally be fighting WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) after a year of fighting other opponents. Khan, 23, will be fighting Maidana on December 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an article at [...]

By William Mackay: The match-up between unbeaten British welterweight champion Kell Brook (21-0, 14 KO’s) and Michael Jennings (36-2, 17 KO’s) is one of the least interesting fights on the Magnificent Seven fight card for this Saturday night at the LG Arena, Birmingham. Brook, 24, has way too much talent for the 33-year-old Jennings in [...]

By William Mackay: In one of the better fights on the Magnificent Seven card at the LG Arena, in Birmingham, undefeated cruiserweight contender Alexander Frenkel (22-0, 17 KO’s) will be taking a big step up in competition against former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion and current EBU champion Enzo Maccarinelli (32-4, 25 KO’s) in a [...]

By William Mackay: In a nice little match involving two fringe heavyweight contenders, British heavyweight champion Derek Chisora (13-0, 8 KO’s) will be taking on Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sam Sexton (13-1, 6 KO’s) in Frank Warren’s Magnificent Seven card at the LG Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands. Chisora and Sexton have fought previously two years ago [...]

Derek Chisora and Sam Sexton had to be kept apart and James DeGale and Carl Dilks swapped insults during a lively final press conference yesterday ahead of Saturday’s Magnificent Seven show in Birmingham. As the tension rose before the big Sky Box Office event at the LG Arena, promoter Frank Warren hailed the the show [...]

Frank Warren has singed amateur ace and 2010 ABA champion Paul Butler. The Ellesmere Port star will make his debut on October 23 at the Liverpool Echo Arena on the undercard of Paul Smith’s British Super-Middleweight title defence against Paul David, live on Sky Sports HD1 from 9pm. Butler, just 21, has boxed nearly 30 [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s) could find himself in some big fights if he can somehow find a way to beat boxing great Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) on Saturday in their fight at the Staples Center. For the 29-year-old Mora, beating the 39-year-old Mosley would be [...]

By Marquise Bullock: The window seems like it may be closing on one of the biggest mega fights within the last 10 years. The “powers that be” seems like they don’t want this fight to happen. Right now there is no one to blame anymore. Floyd went on vacation and got into loads of trouble, [...]

By Jason Kim: In one of the more interesting fights on this Saturday’s Shane Mosley vs. Sergio Mora card at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, top light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (27-2-1, 21 KO’s) will be facing former World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Vivian Harris (29-4-1, 19 KO’s) in a fight that [...]

NOTE: WEIGHTS (Sept. 16, 2010) – All four fighters stressed the importance of what tomorrow night means to them at Thursday’s weigh-in, just one day out of their appearance on ShoBox: The New Generation THIS Friday, LIVE on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). Both main event boxers — world-ranked welterweight Freddy [...]

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in hot water right now and is being charges with coercion on two counts, and one count each of robbery, grand larceny, battery domestic violence, as well as three counts of harassment of ex-girlfirend Josie Harris. The coercion involves Mayweather’s two children. The charges that are especially [...]

By Chris Williams: The December 18th, light heavyweight match-up between World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) and former light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) is now on, as the 45-year-old Hopkins signed the contract for the bout today. This is great news, because we now will get a chance [...]

By Jason Kim: In some ways, the December 11th match-up between World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) reminds me of the classic fight between Muhammad Ali and a young and powerful George Foreman. In that fight, which took place [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) reportedly will be moving up in weight to first the junior middleweight division and then to the middleweight division because he’s finding harder and harder to to make the welterweight 147 pound limit. Clottey, 33, at one time was a [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) is ready to take the head off of World Boxing Council (WBC)heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) on October 16th in their title fight at the O2 World Arena, Altona, in Hamburg, Germany. The younger, faster, more powerful Briggs will be looking [...]

Live on SHOWTIME® From Leon, Mexico NEW YORK (Sept. 16, 2010) – SHOWTIME Sports officially announced today a series of high-profile fights amongst four of the world’s elite fighters in the exciting and deep bantamweight division. The two-round, single-elimination tournament to determine the best fighter at 118 pounds will begin with two semifinal bouts on [...]

Weights from Baltimore, MD! Jesse Nicklow 159 Julius Kennedy 158.5 (WBF All-Americas and Maryland State Middleweight Championship Bout) Jed Phipps 218.5 Theron Johnson 227

By Jason Kim: This is the moment of truth for 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) in his fight this Saturday night against former World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Mosley, at one time considered to be the best [...]

ONTARIO, CA – September 16, 2010 – The energy was high today at the Ontario Doubletree Hotel when junior welterweights met at the official weigh in for tomorrow’s Thompson Boxing Promotions “Lock ‘N Loaded” card which boasts an exciting combat between Jose “El Niño” Reynoso (12-3-1, 1 KO) and Hector “Teco” Serrano (13-0, 5 KOs). [...]

By William Mackay: In a battle of top unbeaten light heavyweight contenders this Saturday night in promoter Frank Warren’s Magnificent Seven card at the LG Arena, in Birmingham, number #2 ranked World Boxing Organization light heavyweight contender Karo Murat (22-0, 13 KO’s) faces number #3 ranked Nathan Cleverly (19-0, 9 KO’s) in a WBO light [...]

LOS ANGELES (September 16, 2010). Los Angeles Mexican American singing and song-writing sensation Jenni Rivera, who with over 20 million albums sold worldwide is one of the most beloved and best-selling artists in the Regional Mexican genre, will sing the Mexican National Anthem prior to the main event of the “200: CELEBRATE AND DOMINATE” Mosley [...]

By Jason Kim: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) has decided to take on another soft opponent in 2nd tier heavyweight Vinny Maddalone (33-6, 24 KO’s), who the 33-year-old Adamek will be facing on December 9th at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek is clearly playing it safe and not wanting to [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) could take on replacement opponent former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KO’s) on December 4th, if the originally scheduled fighter Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) opts not to take the fight. The bout will be taking [...]

BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. is very confident for his upcoming bout against Ivan Hernandez in October 16 in Kissimmee, Florida and this afternoon weighed 133 pounds in the first pre weigh in of the Puerto Rico Boxing Comision. Vázquez Jr. (19-0-1, 16KOs) will make his second [...]