Archive for September, 2010

By Jim Dower: WBO middleweight champion Dmitriy Pirog (17-0, 14 KO’s) could be facing WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KO’s) in November or December, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. Pirog’s promoter Artie Pelullo is reportedly in talks with Sturm’s management team about a middleweight unification bout in November or [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m really looking forward to this fight and it’s going to be nice to see Manny Pacquiao take on a real opponent for a change. I wish I could say things are going to go well for Pacquiao against Antonio Margarito on November 13th, but I think Manny is going to be [...]

By Jason Kim: Former super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (39-3, 23 KO’s) will continue his practice of fighting mostly domestic opposition on Wednesday night when he takes on fellow Australian Ryan Waters (20-2-2, 12 KO’s) in light middleweight action at the Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

By Jim Dower: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) could be facing heavyweight contender David Tua (51-3-2, 43 KO’s) next on December 11th, according to the latest boxing news. Klitschko, 34, defeated Samuel Peter last Saturday night in a relatively easy 10th round stoppage and Wladimir wants to get back in the ring [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), light welterweight Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio) and welterweight Andrecia Wasson (Centerline, Mich.) all clinched quarterfinal berths with victories in preliminary action on Monday at the 2010 Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados. The trio now stands only one victory away world championships hardware.

LOS ANGELES (SEPTEMBER 13, 2010)—This past Saturday night, undefeated Light Heavyweight prospect Sergey Kovalev kept his perfect knockout record intact with a first round stoppage over Kia Daniels at the famed Playboy Mansion.

By Matt Muranaka: The Klitschko brothers are often times thought of in the world of boxing, as simply boring. With most of American fight fans not really showing any real support beyond the two Ukrainian brothers that have a combined: 100 fights, 95 wins, 5 losses, and 87 ko’s. This is the reason why they [...]

LOS ANGELES, September 13 – With the Mexican Bicentennial celebration in full swing, bantamweight contenders Jose Navarro and Nestor Rocha will lace up their gloves in a unique outdoor boxing arena adjacent to L.A. LIVE’s STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles located near the corner of 11th Street and Figueroa Street on Friday, September 17, [...]

(September 13, 2010 – New York, NY) The signature series in New York boxing, DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing, returns to its signature venue, the BB King Blues Club in Times Square, for a night of action featuring undefeated prospects Gabe Bracero and Mark Tucker in separate bouts.

LONDON (13th September) Hennessy Sports and Sauerland Event regrettably announce that the upcoming Super Six World Boxing Classic mega fight between Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham on the 2nd October at the Chapiteau de l’Espace Fontvieille in Monaco has been postponed.

Following the editor’s letter in Boxing News on August 26th, highlighting the plight of former Southern Area Heavyweight champion Harry Senior, BBBofC Southern Area Chairman Mick Collier has instigated the ‘Harry Fund’ and is appealing to the boxing community for their support.

Vivian Harris is counting down the days until Saturday, September 18. The former world champion is preparing for what he calls a “war” against Victor Ortiz. Harris is looking to get his name back in the championship mix by knocking off the young contender in impressive fashion.

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By Sean McDaniel: Willie Limond (33-3, 8 KO’s) has reportedly been offered a rematch by Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) after losing to the former Mexican champion by a 6th round TKO last Saturday night at the Monumental Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Morales dropped Limond three times in the 6th round [...]

By Dave Lahr: After seeing how poor IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) looked while fighting on the inside against Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) last Saturday night in Frankfurt, Germany, I have no doubts now that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) can and will knock Klitschko out when they [...]

September 13th, RENO – A spectacular undercard is being presented as part of the highly anticipated Joey Gilbert vs. Kassim Ouma NABA middleweight championship fight on September 25th at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno. Heavyweight prospect Joe “The Future” Hanks (14-0, 9 KOs) will be fighting in a 6 round bout on the [...]

ESPN celebrates 200 years of the Independence of Mexico with exclusive coverage of the Caribbean Fights to be presented by Banner Promotions. The event will air LIVE on ESPN2, from Cancún, this Friday, September 17th at 7:30 pm (Local time). The night’s main event will be the fight between Mexican Wilberth “Hurricane” Uicab (28-5-1, 17 [...]

Star Boxing and The Empire’s “Capitale Punishment II” card, originally scheduled for this Thursday (9/16) at the Capitale NY, has been postponed until Friday October 22nd. The postponement came about after the headliner, Chris Algieri, was forced to pull out due to a fractured metacarpal hand injury he suffered during training.

By Dan Ambrose: Coming off what is clearly his worst performance of his 17-year pro career, 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6, 39 KO’s) will be facing former World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Sergio “Latin Snake” Mora (22-1-6 KO’s) in a 12 round non-title bout on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles. [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) probably didn’t do anything in his performance last Saturday night to change the minds of HBO executives to start showing Klitschko’s fights any time soon. Wladimir looked tentative for the most part in beating Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) by a 10th round TKO. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) injured his back while training for his October 2nd Super Six tournament bout against the hard hitting Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s). This isn’t the kind of news that the Super Six and Showtime were looking for, as former WBC super middleweight and Super Six contestant Mikkel [...]

Willie “Big Bang” Casey will look to turn Big Bang Theory into reality when he challenges Kiko “La Sensación” Martinez for the Spaniard’s European Super Bantamweight title on the Hunky Dorys Fight Night at the University Sports Arena, Limerick on Saturday, November 6th. The unbeaten Casey has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the professional ranks [...]

Matt Macklin says he wants to move to world level after his European title challenge on September 18. The Brummie takes on Shalva Jomardashviliin a European middleweight championship fight at the LG Arena, Birmingham. A victory should boost his ratings with each of the big four world governing bodies.

Former heavyweight contender and WBO cruiserweight title challenger Brian “The Beast” Minto (34-4) returns to the ring on Friday October 29th at Ghost Riders’ Entertainment Complex in Minto’s hometown of Butler, Pennsylvania. Minto will face Corey “The Cobra” Phelps (13-6-1) in the ten round main event for the vacant WBC Continental-Americas cruiserweight title. After losing [...]

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (September 13, 2010) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee thrilled the fight crowd and a large contingent of Fighting Irish alums at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday night with a brutal second round knockout of Alex Rivera in their scheduled four round light heavyweight bout. After a [...]

By Robert Elmore: On November 13th, Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito will duke it out for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight title. Many in the boxing public think this is a cake walk for Pacquiao while others say Margarito’s height, reach and size will be the difference. I have carefully watched fights [...]

By Scott Gifloid: There’s only a couple of weeks to go before the September 25th scheduled fight between Super Six tourney talents Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell, and yet we still don’t know whether the fight will be taking place on this date or not. As of now, there’s no venue and without a venue, [...]

By Dave Lahr: In looking at last Saturday’s bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and challenger Samuel Peter, I couldn’t help but notice that Wladimir’s trainer Emanuel Steward was practically begging Wladimir to stop clinching Peter after the 9th round. It’s too bad that Steward had to wait so long to get on Wladimir’s [...]

By Matt Stein: Boxing fans have been quick to criticize WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s (40-2, 38 KO’s) next opponent former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s), who Klitschko will be fighting on October 16th at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany.

By Eric Thomas: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) plans on making a quick return to the ring in December against either 38-year-old former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck or 37-year-old David Tua, according to news from Bild. Klitschko, 34, easily dispatched Samuel Peter in a one-sided 10th round TKO last Saturday night [...]