Archive for October, 2010

Lucian Bute and Jesse Brinkley made the limit ! Brinkley 174.6 Bute. 177.6

BOB ARUM: Top Rank has a reputation of developing its fighters from scratch, from its earliest fight onward and we don’t usually co-promote a fighter with anyone. But we’ve know Russell Peltz for many years and Russell is a true boxing promoter, who knows what he’s doing as witnessed by the tremendous job he’s done [...]

Norwegian World Boxing Association, WBC & WBO Female Welterweight Champion Cecilia Braekhus (14-0, 2 KOs) will defend her impressive title collection against Sweden´s Mikaela Lauren (6-0, 1 KO) on October 30. The duo will battle out a Scandinavian derby in Rostock, Germany on the undercard of IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester´s title defence against Mahir [...]

David Haye doesn’t have the technical ability or the support in his corner to beat Audley Harrison, according to the challenger’s trainer Shadeed Suluki. The experienced corner man has been putting Harrison through his paces at Big Bear in California ahead of the World Heavyweight title fight with Haye on November 13 in Manchester, and [...]

By Marquise Bullock: This is the current “Ring Magazine” P4P ratings. People usually argue about it, but too me I think it’s somewhat accurate. But who belongs where? And who doesn’t belong on the list at all? 1. Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2 38KOs) Weeks on list: 358

From o2 World Hamburg, Germany, for tomorrow night’s Klitschko vs. Briggs fight: Alexander Ustinov 309 vs. Oezcan Cetinkaya 220.5 Ola Afolabi 205 vs. Sandro Siproshvili 198,5

WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2-0, 38 KOs) and his challenger, former world champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KOs) stepped on the scale today. Vitali Klitschko: 114 kilogram (251 lbs) Shannon Briggs: 119 kilogram (262.5 lbs)

By Colman Corrigan: When the bell rang after the 12th round on March 14th we all thought the next time we would see Manny Pacquiao in a boxing ring would be against Floyd “Money” Mayweather.After pummeling Joshua Clottey for 36 gruesome minutes attention turned to the “Pacman’s” next opponent. It’s a fight everyone wanted to [...]

The stakes have just been raised for the main event of the Donofrio Boxing, in association with Jackie Kallen, professional boxing event being called the “WAR OF 1812 – THE REMATCH” at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday, October 30. Not only will Detroit’s Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner (24-3-1, 15 KOs) and Windsor, Ontario, [...]

VITALI KLITSCHKO returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title. The giant Ukrainian is the massive 1-12 odds-on favourite on Betfair to defeat Shannon Briggs when the pair meet at the O2 World Arena in Hamburg. Entering the ring with odds of 12-1, challenger Briggs is not expected [...]

Hot-shot James DeGale is backing close pal Bradley Skeete to make an impact in professional boxing. The Olympic 2008 gold medallist has regularly sparred with Skeete, and believes the youngster is the real deal. Like DeGale, Skeete was an England international as an amateur.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight contender Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (24-0, 17 KO’s) of France will be taking on 5’4″ Georgian Avtandil Khurtsidze (22-1-2, 13 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Assocaition interim middleweight title on October 30th at the Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles, Paris XV, Paris, France. This fight appears to be a [...]

By Dave Lahr: It’s too bad that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) was born with such defective skin around his eyes. I guess if it’s not one things it another. I suppose he’s lucky he’s 6’7″, because the extra height has obviously disguised his weak skin around his eyes and saved him [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15th 2010 – With just five weeks to go until the start of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) tournament on November 19th, two franchise cities, Milan and Baku, announce their team names and logos.

By Sean McDaniel: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton thinks his brother Ricky Hatton can come to terms with his loss to Manny Pacquiao and have a good retirement as long as he can forget the defeat and move on with his life. Ricky has been unhappy since being crushed by Pacquiao a year ago in [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Although promoter Frank Warren doesn’t come out and make a pick in the December 11th fight between his fighter Derek Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) in his title bout against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s), you can tell Warren is concerned about this being a big step up for the [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten lightweight contender Brandon Rios (25-0-1, 18 KO’s) is very impressed with what he’s seen of junior middleweight contender Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) as he trains Oxnard, California for his bout next month against Manny Pacquiao on November 13th. In an article at vstar.com, Rios says this about Margarito: “The way [...]

By Matt Stein: 37-year-old WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) will be defending his titles against one of the hardest punchers in the lightweight division in 30-year-old WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) of Australia for a fight that will be held on November 27th at the MGM Grand, [...]

By Jason Kim: A fight between undefeated middleweight knockout artist David Lemieux (23-0 22 KO’s) and 32-year-old former light welterweight contender Hector Camacho Jr. (52-3-1, 28 KO’s) has been finalized for October 29th, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. The fight, which matches the one time top contender Camacho Jr. against the highly hyped [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) is playing nice with EBU super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s), who the 24-year-old DeGale will be fighting on December 11h at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool. DeGale, speaking to thesun.co.uk, says “Of course it’s risky, but I’m confident in my [...]

A benefit boxing card featuring a match up between two highly regarded Cleveland cruiserweights, Aaron Williams and Mike Alexander, will be held Friday, Nov. 5, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The card, dubbed “Fight for Education” and for the benefit of Cleveland-area high school students, is being held in association with the national non-profit group “Put [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) doesn’t feel that he has anything to worry about from former World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s), who Abraham will be facing on November 27th in their last fight of the stage competition in the Super Six tournament [...]

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime – By Chris Williams: Former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver 27-6, 19 KO’s) looks like a mini blimp at 221 pounds for his fight on Friday night against Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KO’s), in a bout that will be taking place at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Tarver, 41, has [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In dissecting next month’s fight between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) and 6’5” challenger Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s), it’s hard to pick which fighter will come out on top in this battle at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester on November 13th. Haye, 29, is the fighter that many [...]

By Keith Darren: Antonio Margarito is one hell of a fighter and being regarded as one of the best welterweight boxer until his hand wraps controversy which resulted to his suspension from boxing for one year. But before that, he was one of the most fearsome slugger avoided by other fighters. On November 13 at [...]

By Dave Lahr: As Ronnie Nathanielsz points out so astutely in his column at inquier.net, Manny Pacquiao didn’t look good in his sparring session last Saturday, describing it as such: “The fact is Pacquiao was sluggish when he sparred last Saturday going three rounds with ambitious, young and undefeated Glen Tapia.“

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to get a big money fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2011. And with both Chavez and Pacquiao sharing the same promoter Bob Arum, Chavez stands a very good chance of getting a crack at the Filipino star, even if it Chavez [...]

By Dave Lahr: I have no doubts that former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s) will be able to take WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s arm punches. But the major question is whether Klitschko will be able to handle Briggs’ huge power shots to the head and body? I don’t think the Ukrainian [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) is facing a career threatening fight against Brian Vera (17-5, 11 KO’s) next month on November 13th on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.

By Jason Kim: It’s been over a year since unbeaten junior middleweight James Kirkland (25-0, 22 KO’s) last fought. He’s been in prison in Austin, Texas for the past year serving time for a weapons violation. However, now that he’s out and scheduled to fight Delray Raines (18-8-1, 13 KO’s) on the undercard of the [...]