Archive for October, 2010

By Scott Gilfoid: In what could be one of the best fights of the Super Six tournament, knockout artist Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) will be facing aging 41-year-old light heavyweight Glen Johnson (50-14-2, 34 KO’s) in a 12 round bout on the undercard of the Rafael Marquez vs. Juan Manuel Lopez bout on November [...]

Fresh from his success, at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Gold Medalist Callum Johnson is set to come face to face with his long time hero, seven time World Champion, Roy Jones Jnr. this coming Saturday. Callum, who secured Gold on beating Northern Ireland’s Thomas McCarthy by an 8-1 margin in the Light Heavyweight (81kg) final [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) has the opportunity for a high visibility good money fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) if Pavlik can get by his next opponent, the hard hitting but limited Brian Vera (17-5, 11 KO’s) next month on the undercard [...]

By Scott Gilfloid: Uli Wegner, the trainer for former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s), thinks Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) is in trouble next month in their stage 3 Super Six tournament fight at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. Wegner says “I don’t think he [Froch] realizes how hard Arthur can [...]

By Chris Williams: Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KO’s) is giving himself an A+ for his one-sided 10 round unanimous decision over Nagy Aguilera (16-5, 11 KO’s) last Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Tarver started off slow in the 1st round but quickly threw off the 17-month ring rust and began [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) was destroyed in one round the last time he faced a fighter with any kind of power two years ago when he was blasted out by the skinny 5’11″ Breidis Prescott in 2008. Now, two years later, Khan is finally being put in [...]

By Jim Dower: Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) suffered the worst beating of his career in his 12 round unanimous decision beating from WBA heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on last Saturday night at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. According to injury reports, Briggs suffered a concussion, a torn left bicep, [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) defends his titles next month against the tough and hard hitting WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) on November 27th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This bout has more importance for the 37-year-old Marquez than just him [...]

By William Mackay: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs may have gotten badly beaten in his 12 round landslide loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitachko last Saturday night in Germany, but Briggs showed a ton of heart by staying in there and taking massive punishment for 12 rounds from Vitali without once going down [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With Andre Dirrell out of commission temporarily with neurological problems, World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) is set to prove his greatness next month against former failed title challenger Sakio Bika (28-4, 19 KO’s) on November 27th at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. Ward, 26, [...]

By Adam Fillingham: There is only one direction now for big Shannon Briggs and that is retirement. But he should retire happy with a performance to be proud of against the heavyweight champion of the world Vitali Klitschko. Shannon didn’t even fight that well. In fact it was quite a poor performance. But what he [...]

The Las Vegas Valley will begin reaching new record temperatures on Monday October 18th, 2010. This prediction comes as Jason “Friday the 13th” Douglas, Professional Fighter from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada arrives at the McCarran airport. Wednesday at the Press Conference (12 noon) he will meet Face to Face with his opponent from the Valley, Henry [...]

By Daniel Tagg: After Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. retire, who will be the next superstar to dominate boxing and become a legend? Some people think WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is a candidate. I really don’t think he has a good chance. Nor do I see much in James DeGale. What makes [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s looking already like Manny Pacquiao is on his way to a big upset loss to Antonio Margarito next month in their mega fight on November 13th in Texas. Pacquiao, 31, is having a bad training camp, looking tired, playing basketball, wasting time singing and missing out on runs. Margarito is training [...]

By Jason Kim: Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) may have taken one too many blows to the head last Saturday night in his 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s), because after the fight, Briggs, with a face badly swollen from the many shots he had eaten in [...]

Photo credit Sumio Yamada – By William Mackay: By now, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1 22 KO’s) has likely had the time to watch WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s brutal bludgeoning of challenger Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) at least twice, and Haye probably not eager now to have the potential of Vitali doing [...]

By Jason Kim: Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) sustained a savage 12 round decision beating at the hands of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) last Saturday night in Germany. Briggs took clean right hands all night long and yet never went down. In this case, Briggs may have been better off if [...]

By Dave Lahr: Trainer Freddie Roach says he doesn’t care if former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito re-hydrates up to 160 after the weigh-in for his fight with Manny Pacquiao on November 13th. “Again, he’s [Margarito] bigger but size don’t win fights. Skill does,” Roach told the Philstar.com. If that’s the case, then why does Pacquiao [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao has lost hand speed in bulking up for his November 13th fight against Antonio Margarito. The added muscle that Pacquiao had put on to fight Margarito at the 151 catch weight, has left Pacquiao in need of hand speed. Pacquiao says “Speed is my key,” in an article at Philippine [...]

Photo credit Sumio Yamada – By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) put in a valiant effort last Saturday night against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s), losing by a 12 round decision after badly tearing up his left biceps at the O2 World Arena, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Once again, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) has been offered a 50-50 deal for a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s). Now it will be interesting to see if Haye bites at the deal and takes or whether he continues to milk his title for [...]

By William Mackay: While I was watching Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) slowly get his face rearranged by World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, I couldn’t help wonder how much punishment that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) would have been able [...]

By Eric Thomas: The heavyweight division just got a new shot in the arm with the addition of former IBF/WBA/WBC light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KO’s), who moved up to the heavyweight division on Friday night and easily defeated the hard hitting Nagy Aguilera (16-5, 11 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KO’s) is still hospitalized in Hamburg, Germany, after sustaining a terrible beating in a 12 round unanimous decision loss to World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on Saturday night at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs, 38, took [...]

By Juan dela Cruz, Baguio City, Philippines – Bob Arum, Top Rank Big Boss warned Manny Pacquiao not to underestimate Margarito’s determination to win this fight. Arum himself gave this warning to Pacquiao at his training camp here in the Summer Capital of the Philippines, Baguio City.

Boxing results – Estadio de Beisbol, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico: Julio Cesar Miranda TKO 2 Michael Arango WBO flyweight title Michel Rosales TKO 4 Octavio Castro Robert Marroquin UD 6 Rafael Cerrillo

Boxing results from the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida: Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. TKO 11 Ivan Hernandez Raul Casarez SD 10 Anthony Greenidge Patrick Majewski TKO 7 Joseph Gomez Felix Mercedes TKO 6 Keivy Arce McJoe Arroyo TKO 1 Israel Rojas

Boxing results – The Troxy, Limehouse, London: Sam Webb KO 11 Martin Concepcion BBBofC British light middleweight title Jamie Arthur UD 12 Kris Matthew Hughes Tom Dallas TKO 3 Paul Morris David Price TKO 7 Raman Sukhaterin 6(2)-15(0)-0 TKO 7

Vitali Klitschko UD 12 Shannon Briggs

By Dave Lahr: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) is poised to win another world title tonight when he faces WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany. It’s been four years since the 38-year-old Briggs last won a world title [...]