Archive for September, 2010

By William Mackay: It looks like Allan Green is going to be staying in the Super Six tournament after all, as the news has been announced that the group stage 3 part of the tournament will be going ahead in November instead of going straight into the semifinals. After Mikkel Kessler dropped out of the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that last Saturday nights’ bout between Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) and Sergio Mora (22-1-1, 6 KO’s) will bringing in over 100,000 pay per view buys. Although the official PPV tallies are still not in, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told Rafael that the PPV [...]

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach thinks Antonio Margarito will only be good for four rounds before Pacquiao gets to him with his speed and starts to take the fight out of him. In an article at Philstar.com, Roach says “We’ll see a very competitive first four rounds. Margarito will come out attacking. [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) has been able to extend his career due to his superior size compared to other heavyweights in the division. With his hand speed, movement, punch output and reflexes having deteriorated badly in the past two years, Vitali has been able to continue to find [...]

By Chris Williams: On November 20th, Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KO’s) and World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) will be going at it for Martinez’s WBC title. A week earlier, Manny Pacquiao will be fighting for his 8th world title against Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title at [...]

Boxing results – Castle Leisure Centre, Bury, Lancashire: Scott Quigg KO 3 Santiago Allione Graeme Higginson dec 6 Sid Razak Jez Wilson D 6 Max Maxwell Kenny Anderson TKO 5 Carl Wild

Boxing action from the Torwar Sport Hall, in Warsaw, Poland: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk UD 12 Jason Robinson WBC cruiserweight title

By Jim Dower: 2004 heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist Odlanier Solis (16-0, 14 KO’s) is only one win away from getting a title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s). For the 30-year-old Solis to get a shot against Klitschko, he has to beat number #1 WBC ranked heavyweight contender [...]

Humility was always his trademark, even as an International Boxing Organization world champion. “Willy Wise is a story that makes even a cynical old boxing columnist enjoy the sport,” said Las Vegas Review-Journalist columnist Royce Feour following Wise’s 1999 upset over Julio Cesar Chavez as he prepared for his bout with Sugar Shane Mosley. As [...]

By Matt Stein: It was reported earlier today that Manny Pacquiao needed to be hospitalized for foot pain in an article at Abs-cbnnews. There was also talk of the pain possibly caused by arthritis of the foot. Pacquiao had blood taken and an MRI to try and determine the cause of the foot pain. But [...]

New York, NY (September 25) – Two time world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman makes his triumphant return to the squared circle Friday, November 5 against rugged Christopher “Kid Kayo” Fernandez in the ten round main event of “Uptown Showdown” from the Armory Track in New York, NY.

Boxing results – at the Centro de Usus Múltiples in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico: Hernan Marquez TKO 5 Valentín Leon

Publix Sabor was celebrating Hispanic Heritage on September 25, 2010 today at the Publix Sabor Supermarket at 1980 East Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee FL 34743. It was a celebration of the culture and traditions of the Hispanic family.

By Sean McDaniel: The management team for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) were reportedly greatly impressed with the performance by Britain’s Derek Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) in his 9th round TKO win over Sam Sexton in the Magnificent Seven card on September 18th. There was something in the 6’1” Chisora’s performance that [...]

(Atlanta, GA) September 21, 2010 The “Protect and Serve” Live Boxing series will feature three main events at Metro Fitness (formerly Run n Shoot) on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Doors open at 7:00pm EST with the first fight starting at 8:00pm EST. Atlanta police officer, Jaidon Codrington (19-2) who was the star of NBC’s TV [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) sounds like he’s been rubbed rough by some of the comments that former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) has been saying about him in regards to Froch being messed up mentally from his loss to Mikkel Kessler in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated European Boxing Union lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) continued his unbeaten streak with an impressive 9th round stoppage win over his 2nd tier opponent Ukrainian Andriy Kudryavtsev (34-8, 15 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, Lancashire. Murray, 25, had his way through most of the [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has decided not to fight for the remainder of the year because he wants to let his recently operated shoulder heal and also because there’s no big named opponents for him to fight at this time. Cotto was supposed to be fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. [...]

By William Mackay: EBU lightweight champion John Murray (29-0, 17 KO’s) will be defending his European Boxing Union lightweight crown on Saturday night against Andriy Kudryavtsev (34-7, 15KO’s) at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, in a fight that will have major importance for Murray if he wants to take it to the next level [...]

By Eric Thomas: On Friday, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was taken to a local hospital after complaining of foot pain while working out at the Florde Gym, according to news from Abs-cbn news. Pacquiao had an MRI done along with blood tests to try and figure out what the problem is. The results were [...]

Boxing results – Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan: Daiki Kameda UD 12 Takefumi Sakata WBA World flyweight title Yota Sato UD 10 Daigo Nakahiro

By Mark Hepplestall: Firstly I am a big fan of Wladimir Klitschko yet I cannot understand his choice in opponents over the last few years. The latest rumors include the Derek Chisora who is the British and Commonwealth champion, beating Danny Williams for the British title; Williams had a losing of 3 losses out of [...]

by Arfan Ali: Amir Khan’s career seemed to be in ruins two years ago after the brutal knockout he received by the powerful hard hitting Breidis Prescott. Two years from then, and two careers with contrasting fortunes, Amir Khan is talking about unifying the light-weight division were as Breidis Prescott is trying to reignite his [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has big things planned for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s). Indeed, Schaefer’s plans sound more like an incredible pipe dream rather than one that is reality based on the true picture of Khan’s actual talent and limitations.

September 24, 2010 (Orange, CA) – The sky is the limit for Patrick “El Elegante” Lopez (20-2) who is set to battle rugged Junior Welterweight Tim “The Pit Bull” Coleman (17-1-1, 4 KOs) for the USBA/IBF title at Chumash Indian Casino in Santa Ynez Valley a week from today on Friday, October 1. The Venezuelan [...]

New York, NY (September 23, 2010) – On Saturday, November 20, at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will defend his title against Paul “The Punisher” Williams in a rematch of their December 5, 2009 slugfest which had both fighters knocked down in round one and Williams [...]

Boxing results – Grosvenor House Hotel, Mayfair, London: Tony Bellew UD 12 Bob Ajisafe Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight title Paul Appleby TKO 4 Mickey Coveney Liam Walsh dec 6 Sebastien Cornu

By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier today, it was announced that the other Super Six tournament fighters – Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham – all would be fighting their semifinal bouts on November 27th. However, Super Six tournament fighter Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) still doesn’t have a date or an opponent for [...]

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer explains the real reason why World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) decided to fight WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) in an interview with Steve Bunce in London, saying “There was no real choice with taking [...]

NEW YORK (Sept. 24, 2010)–The Group Stage 3 matchups in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, the unprecedented boxing tournament from SHOWTIME Sports® featuring the world’s best super middleweights, have been rescheduled for Nov. 27, it was announced today by Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager for sports programming on the network. The [...]