Archive for October, 2010

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach is finally starting to worry about his fighter Manny Pacquiao as the big fight with Antonio Margarito is fast approaching. Roach is concerned with the size of Margarito and the way that Pacquiao hasn’t been impressing against the young series of sparring partners that he’s being put in with during [...]

BOXING binman Rendall Munroe will have it all to do when he faces WBC super-bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday. The Leicester native can be backed at 6-4 on Betfair to claim the championship belt.

By William Mackay: Former Olympic Gold Medalist and European Boxing Union (EBU] heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) thinks Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) will have problems with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s offense when they meet up in December. Speaking with Sky Sports Ringside, Harrison said I think his [Wladimir] offense is so [...]

By William Mackay: In an amusing segment on Sky Sports Ringside, IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) spent a good portion of the hour talking down WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, calling him a “Clown” and saying “Please don’t get killed in your next fight with Audley Harrison.” Wladimir will be facing British [...]

Coronation Street actor Steve Bell is swapping the cobbled streets of Weatherfield for the boxing ring as he aims to win the Prizefighter Super-Featherweight tournament on Saturday November 20. The Manchester fighter joins a strong line-up from Britain’s hottest weight division live on Sky Sports at York Hall, Bethnal Green, and he is convinced that [...]

LIVE CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Bash Boxing For the NABO Bantamweight Title: Khabir “The Crazy Russian” Sulleymanov vs. Javier “El Girito” Gallo

Hunky Dorys Fight Night: Young Guns Unbeaten Cavan boxer Andy Murray may be the reigning Irish Lightweight Champion but he will be up against heavyweight opposition this Sunday when he is a special guest at the Virginia Pumpkin Festival which takes places over this Bank Holiday weekend in Virginia, Co. Cavan.

Undefeated rising junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan (28-0, 17KOs) has received word that he will begin sparring with Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao next week. “I just got the phone call and I can’t wait to get in there with Manny,” said an excited Martirosyan.

Tomorrow night, Star Boxing and The Empire present “Capitale Punishment II” at the Capitale in New York City. Headlining the show, is the Bronx’s three-time NY Golden Gloves Champion, Jorge “The Truth” Teron (23-2-1, 15KO’s) taking on James Hope in an eight round lightweight affair. Also on the card is popular light heavyweight prospect, and [...]

LOS ANGELES, October 21 – Home to some of the greatest fighters to ever put on gloves, New York City still produces top-notch talent and Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce that one of the Big Apple’s finest prospects, Two-Time Junior Olympic National Champion Eddie Gomez, has signed an exclusive promotional deal that kicks [...]

LOS ANGELES, October 21 – Coming off of his stirring February win over Gerry Penalosa, interim WBO Bantamweight World Champion and former Flyweight World Champion Eric Morel will continue his career resurgence with Golden Boy Promotions, with whom he signed an exclusive promotional contract today.

Hard-hitting, world-ranked Allan Green and veteran contender and former world champ Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson participated in a national media conference call to discuss their must-win Super Six World Boxing Classic bout on Saturday, Nov. 6, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. [...]

All participants for tomorrow’s “Capitale Punishment II” card weighed-in today at the NYS Athletic Commissioners Office in downtown New York City. Below is the scheduled bout sheet, with weights included. Main Event – Lightweights

Baltimore, MD (October 21, 2010) – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the card scheduled for this Saturday at the Pikesville Armory has been postponed until December 11. All ticket holders will have access to the same seat for the Saturday, December 11 show.

By Kieran Gallagher: Carl Froch (26 – 1, 20 KOs) Vs. Arthur Abraham (31 – 1, 25 KOs) has not only slugfest written all over it but also potentially fight of the Super Six. These two are no shrinking violets; typically both enter a bout fully prepared to wage a war of attrition. Sure they [...]

(GILROY, CA) October 21, 2010 – Former Three-time World Champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (27-1-1, 18 KOs), has stepped up his training camp in preparation for his upcoming showdown with 2004 Olympian, Vicente Escobedo (22-2, 14 KOs). While hosting camp in his hometown of Gilroy, California, Guerrero’s been running the usual mountains that have kept [...]

The BBC today announced it will broadcast live competitive women’s boxing for the first time with coverage of the GB Amateur Boxing Championships. The new competition created by the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) aims to identify the best prospects in British male and female boxing and give sports fans an opportunity to see potential [...]

Tomorrow night, Star Boxing and The Empire present “Capitale Punishment II” at the Capitale in New York City. Headlining the show, is the Bronx’s three-time NY Golden Gloves Champion, Jorge “The Truth” Teron (23-2-1, 15KO’s) taking on James Hope in an eight round lightweight affair. Also on the card is popular light heavyweight prospect, and [...]

Leo Santa Cruz, 119 vs. James Owens, 121 Emmanuel Taylor. 145.5 vs. Laureano Larracuente, 148.5 Alantez Fox, 153.5 vs. Dustin Parrish, 152 Jennifer Wood, 134.5 vs. Carla Torres, 129.5

Atlantic City, NJ – Spartan Fight Promotions of Atlantic City, NJ will be holding their 1st Ring Card Girl Tryout Competition on Saturday, November 6th at G&P Training and Fitness Center located at 11 S. Iowa Ave in Atlantic City, NJ. The event, sponsored by Tito’s Vodka, Ducktown Tavern and Liquid Lightning will be held [...]

If having former University of Miami running back turned boxer Quadrine Hill on the Thursday, October 28th Battle In The Ballroom show that features four boxing and two mixed martial arts bouts isn’t enough, promoter Roy Englebrecht announced today that he has added two more bouts featuring two undefeated heavyweight boxers.

I have lost my closest friend, my inspiration in life, my one and only brother. This is something I could never imagine, but for some reason I feel his life is not a loss. My brother is me! We live our lives through each other. We dedicate our triumphs to one another and share the [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: On the 8th of March 2008 David Haye became the undisputed Cruiserweight world champion, beat everyone worth beating with the likes of Marco Huck, Steve Cunningham, Denis Lebedev all not on the world scene and all too protected to thrown in the deep end of the world title pool. Even Tomasz Adamek [...]

BALTIMORE, MD (October 21, 2010) Members of the Baltimore Ravens will descend on Martins Valley Mansion in Cockeysville, Maryland this Thursday night, October 21st as TKO Boxing Promotions and The Jonathan Ogden Foundation team up for the third year in a row to present “An Evening Ringside.” “An Evening Ringside” is a star studded, action [...]

NEW YORK (Oct. 21, 2010) – Boxing fans viewing Friday night’s TeleFutura broadcast of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” sat in the judge’s seat and cast their text votes naming Mexican boxer Ramon Montano as the fighter with the most character. Even though he lost to Frankie Gomez by a six round unanimous decision, boxing fans considered [...]

By Joe Mitchell: Unbeaten heavyweight world title challenger Derek Chisora (14-0 9 KO’s) angered Wladimir Klitschko today at the press conference in England today. He said he has never seen Wladimir’s fights and he only watched the ring entrances because that was the only good thing to watch. He also said the boxing in the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defends his title against welterweight Alfonso Gomez (2-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Chavez, perhaps to ensure that he doesn’t get beaten, has been matched against a welterweight instead of someone from the middleweight [...]

By Jason Kim: Despite his hand wrap scandal and his poor showing in his last two fights, former IBF/WBA/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) is going to make out like a fat rat in his next fight against Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KO’s) on November 13th at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. [...]

By Dallan O’Donnell: The highly anticipated fight with current lightweight WBO and WBA champion Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis has not been postponed or called off yet despite the recent and sudden death of Katsidis brother. Reports suggest it will be up to Michael whether he is mentally able to take the fight which [...]

By William Mackay: After beating a handful of pillow punchers since being knocked out in the 1st round two years ago, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) has gotten into the habit of talking about fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future. While I can’t predict the future, I don’t know [...]