Archive for September, 2010

Tony Bellew has vowed to keep up the pressure on rival Nathan Cleverly with a KO win tomorrow night. The Bomber defends his Commonwealth light-heavyweight crown in central London on Frank Warren’s annual charity card for DebRA, live on Sky Sports. Bob Ajisafe is his opponent, but Bellew already has his sights on greater things. [...]

By Joe Mitchell: Unbeaten European lightweight champion John Murray could be handed a golden chance to fight on the undercard of Amir Khan’s world title defence in Las Vegas on December 11th against light welterweight star Victor Ortiz. Richard Schaefer CEO at Golden Boy revealed at the Khan vs. Maidana press conference in London: “I [...]

Scottish star Paul Appleby keeps busy against Mickey Coveney on Friday ahead of a potential title shot. Appleby is desperate to get back into championship contention after losing his British title to Martin Lindsay. He returned to action earlier this month with an explosive second round stoppage in Scotland.

By John Martinez: courtesy of boxscorenews.com and fightchronicles.com – With a mega world title fight on the fast approaching November horizon, it’s getting close to put up or shut up time for the two warriors that will step into the squared circle. Or to quote what Roger Mayweather said to me a couple of days [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is likely to be facing the 29-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th rather than the tough junior middleweight Pawel Wolak. In facing the smaller Gomez, Chavez will have an advantage in size and power [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) has yet another easy mark for his next fight on November 13th against former contestant from The Contender reality television series Bryan Vera (17-2, 11 KO’s). Pavlik will be facing the 28-year-old Vera on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito [...]

Hall of Fame boxing announcer, Al Bernstein, who is celebrating his 30th year as a sportscaster, will join the broadcast team for the Saturday Sept. 25th United Boxing Promotions card at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The matches will be televised on Canada’s Super Channel and working with Al will be Canada’s voice of boxing, [...]

By Glen Anglin: Manny Pacquiao has fooled me before. Each time he moved up in weight, I thought he was probably asking too much of himself and his body. However, each time I was surprised by the ability of Manny to handle larger and larger opponents. First was came Barrera, Morales and Marquez at 130/135.

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten welterweight contender Saul Alvarez (34-0-1, 26 KO’s) is being linked with a December 4th fight against European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2, 15 KO’s), according to the latest boxing news. Alvarez, 20, defeated former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir last Saturday night by a 6th round knockout and now [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) is no doubt headed for the Boxing Hall of Fame at some point in the future after he retires from the sport. During his prime, Mosley was perhaps the best fighter in all of boxing for a short window of time. However, [...]

LOS ANGELES, September 22 – Boxing fans will have plenty to be thankful for Saturday, Nov. 27 when Golden Boy Promotions celebrates Thanksgiving Day weekend with a 12-round championship battle between two of boxing’s most exciting warriors — Ring Magazine, World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 Ko’s) not only wants to beat his old buddy Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) but wants to finish his career for some reason when they meet up on November 13th, at the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester. It looks like some of the things [...]

By Matt Stein: Unbeaten junior middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of the WBA light welterweight clash between champion Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana bout on December 11th in Las Vegas, Nevada, as long as Kirkland wins his November 6th bout against a still to be determined opponent. Kirkland, [...]

Greg Cohen has a long, successful history in boxing, but most of it was spent behind the scenes. It’s been seven months since the New York native moved out front by becoming the Founder of The Empire Sports and Entertainment. While most fledgling promoters would be satisfied with having promoted a sold-out Capitale Punishment show [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two-division world champion Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) is looking at the big money he can make if he can beat World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) on December 18th. Hopkins, 45, would be in an excellent position to fight the winner of the Super [...]

By Dave Lahr: Two time former world champion Gerry Penalosa feels pretty confident in Manny Pacquiao’s ability to get by Antonio Margarito on November 13th, saying in an article at Philstar.com, “It’s Manny’s time. He’s the world number #1 pound-for-pound fighter. Nobody can beat him in his division. The key is his quickness. I don’t [...]

The Heavyweight Factory`s Brad “The King” Solomon (14-0; 6 KO’s) and stablemate Timur Ibragimov (29-2-1; 16 KO’s) will set sail for Panama to be part of the WBA’s “KO Drugs” card, to take place on October 2nd at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City. Solomon is currently rated 12th worldwide by the World Boxing [...]

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (Sept. 22, 2010) – World Boxing Association (WBA) No. 6 rated light heavyweight contender Joey “K.O. Kid” Spina must get past his respectful friendship with his next opponent, former multi-world title challenger “Sucra” Ray Oliveira, as well as fight at a lighter weight than normal in order to win the pivotal Oct. 2 [...]

By Jason Kim: A fight between Irish fringe middleweight contenders John Duddy and Andy Lee could be taking place on December 4th, according to boxing news from the Belfasttelgraph.co.uk. Both Duddy and Lee’s management are interested in this bout and it’s a fight that kind of makes sense, since neither Duddy or Lee are likely [...]

By Chris Williams: It seems like a lot of Manny Pacquiao’s diehard fans are really gloating over Floyd Mayweathers’ recent legal problems involving his ex-girlfriend. It seems kind of strange that these fans should be gloating when what this means is that a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather is much less likely to happen, especially [...]

By Paul McCreath: When Shannon Briggs first turned pro in mid 1992 he was showing a lot of promise.He was a top American amateur heavyweight who had won a silver medal in the Pan-Am games in 1991 although to be honest about it he didn’t have to win any fights to get that medal. He [...]

LONDON (22th Sept) Manchester’s European Champion John Murray and his “barmy army” will get there first look at his challenger Andrey Kudriavtsev of the Ukraine at the official weigh in when both fighters step on the scales at the Manchester Arndale this Friday 24th September. Murray said “I’m expecting Andrey to be in great shape, [...]

International Boxing Federation (IBF) Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester (33-3, 16 KOs) will return to the ring on October 30 when he defends his title against Mahir Oral (28-2, 11 KOs) in Rostock, Germany. It will be the Hurricane´s third defence after winning the belt in September 2009. “This will be a very interesting fight,” Team [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier this week, former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) commented on Carl Froch’s lack of speed in getting in the ring to fight him in their Super Six tournament fight, saying “It’s all mental with him. I think his one and only defeat to Mikkel Kessler is still in [...]

By Jim Dower: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will likely not be facing WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto on December 4th. Instead, Chavez has two potential opponents in Pawel Wolak or Alfonso Gomez, according to Dan Rafael. Both of them would present a huge step up from the guys Chavez Jr. has been fighting up [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto was supposed to be fighting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on December 4th. However, Chavez Jr. apparently isn’t interested in taking that fight now. Dan Rafael is reporting that Cotto won’t be fighting on December 4th at all.

By Boxing Boy: Former WBA world flyweight king Denkaosaen Krathingdaengym, aka D. Kaovichit, got a last training session at the Galaxy Boxing Gym in Nakorn Prathom Province, Thailand on September 21.

Miami, FL) September 9, 2010— South Beach is once again ready to be the center of the boxing world as the legendary 5th Street Gym is ready to re-open its doors 17 years after the original closed down. The original 5th street gym opened in 1950 by the late Chris Dundee and his brother Angelo [...]

September 21, 2010 – Indio, CA- California bragging rights will be on the line on Friday, October 15, when unbeaten Salinas, Calif. star Eloy Perez battles Rialto standout Dominic Salcido in the main event of TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” from the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in the Palm Springs, Calif. area.

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