Archive for November, 2010

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The Women’s International Dual Series will kick off competition today in Oxnard, Calif., with 18 boxers from five different nations facing off in elite boxing action at the Oxnard PAL Gym. Women’s boxing trailblazer Lucia Rijker visited with the women yesterday to help inspire the ladies before they kick off competition tonight [...]

By Ryan Brigdale: What next for Adam Booth and the Haymaker promotional bandwagon? A lot of people may suggest that Haye’s next conquest MUST be against either Klitschko, personally I feel that will not happen until at least August 2011. Why that long? I hear you all ask. Well the answer is as follows.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) wasn’t impressed with the “London championship” bout between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and his hand-picked opponent 39-year-old Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) last weekend at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. Both Haye and Harrison looked paralyzed with fear for [...]

Ben Murphy has drawn WBU/WBF Featherweight World Champion Choi Tseveenpurev in the first round of the Matchroom Sports Prizefighter – Super Featherweights which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 20th November.

Rising star Paul McElhinney is aiming to use his Prizefighter near miss as inspiration to blast himself into championship contention. The Newlands man stepped in as a last minute substitute at May’s Prizefighter super-bantamweight tournament and came within a whisker of lifting the title and £32,000 top prize. He went down to a narrow point [...]

NEW YORK (November 17, 2010) – Boxing fans viewing last Friday night’s TeleFutura broadcast of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” sat in the judge’s seat and cast their text votes naming hometown favorite Omar “Panterita” Figueroa as the fighter with the most character. Figueroa’s bout with Arturo Quintero ended in a draw after eight rounds, but 64 [...]

Atlantic City, NJ (November 17, 2010) – In just four days, on Saturday, November 20, Three-Time World Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams will clash against WBC Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez in a highly anticipated rematch of their December 5, 2009 boxing match that allowed fight fans to witness the true passion of world class [...]

Leading pundit runs the rule over the contenders for Saturday’s show Prizefighter Super-Featherweights promises to be the best night of Prizefighter action yet and Steve Bunce has delivered his verdict on the tournament in an exclusive video.

Two of boxing’s elite battle for a middleweight crown in a sizzling rematch when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: SERGIO MARTINEZ VS. PAUL WILLIAMS II is presented live SATURDAY, NOV. 20 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, exclusively on HBO. The HBO broadcast team will be ringside for all the action, presented [...]

Scottish ace Paul Appleby will face tough African opposition when he aims to gatecrash the world rankings on December 4. The talented Scotsman will challenge for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental super-featherweight title at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, live on Sky Sports 1HD.

PAUL EDWARDS is spending several hours every day watching videos of big fight rival Shinny Bayaar. The popular scouser challenges for the Oldham based Mongolian’s British flyweight title at King’s Hall, Belfast on Wednesday December 15.

Boxing results – Challenge Stadium, Mt Claremont, Western Australia, Australia: Danny Green UD 12 BJ Flores IBO cruiserweight title Shane Cameron UD 12 Anthony McCracken

British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Derek Chisora has hit back at claims made yesterday by Jarvis Astaire about his right to fight Wladimir Klitschko. The David Haye-Audley Harrison farce prompted former boxing promoter Astaire – who has not been actively involved in the sport since the late 90s – to question Chisora’s validity to challenge [...]

There was ONE person in Antonio Margarito’s corner this weekend who claims he wanted the fighter to bow out of the savage beatdown he was suffering at the hands of Manny Pacquiao … but Antonio refused to listen. Antonio underwent surgery in Dallas yesterday for a broken eye socket … an injury that Margarito’s manager [...]

By Chris Williams: Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao, really likes Juan Manuel Marquez and sees him as a tough opponent for Manny Pacquiao. A fighter that Ariza doesn’t seem interested in seeing fight Pacquiao is 39-year-old Shane Mosley. In an article at philstar.com, Ariza says “Mosley? He’ll be tired after [...]

Morganville, NJ (November 17, 2010) – Undefeated and highly touted junior middleweight prospect Denis “Da Momma’s Boy” Douglin will return to the ring Friday, December 3, at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) isn’t impressed with the punching power of his next Super Six tournament opponent Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s), who Froch will be facing on November 27th at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland.

By Dan Ambrose: Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KO’s) and WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KO’s) will be facing each other in a rematch on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is a rematch that HBO wanted, and it seems rather premature given that both fighters have only [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Antonio Margarito´s trainer Roberto Garcia allowed his fighter to take a vicious beating last Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao. Perhaps he thought Margarito could win in the final seconds of the fight. But what about the referee or the ringside doctor? It was clear that the underdog didn’t have the skills, speed [...]

Comanche Boy 25-0! “Comanche Boy” George Tahdooahnippah moved his record to the 25-0-1 (20KO) mark with a second round KO victory over Steve Walker Friday, November 12 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, OK.

The time has come for William “Action” Jackson (8-0, 5 KO’s) to defend his Ohio State Welter Weight Championship Title. On Saturday, November 27th, at the Taft Masonic Center in downtown Cincinnati. Jackson will do just that in an 8 round bout against Michigan City, Indiana’s Marcus Thompkins (5-1-1, 2 KO’s).

Earlier today at the Universal Boxing Gym in Ozone Park, NY, heavyweight contender Vinny Maddalone (33-6, 24KO’s) participated in an open media workout in anticipation of his upcoming title fight against Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27KO’s) on Thursday, December 9th at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (NOVEMBER 16TH, 2010)—Six undefeated prospects will be on display on this Friday night as part of a championship fight card dubbed BATTLE II: Battle For The Belt that is promoted by Mike Brestle’s Spartan Fight Promotions.

“So when can I start running?” asked Antonio Margarito moments following successful surgery today to repair a fractured right orbital bone at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

DOVER, Del. — The Tiberi name has been synonymous with the sport of boxing in Delaware since the mid 1970s. Today, the family boxing legacy remains strong with 22-year-old “Mighty” Mike Tiberi of Smyrna, Del., a middleweight with an impressive record of 14 wins (7 by knock out), 1 loss. Mike Tiberi will appear on [...]

LOS ANGELES, November 16 – Former Welterweight World Champion Carlos “Tata” Baldomir will be back in action in his home country of Argentina on Friday, November 19, as he hopes to impress fans by defeating hard-hitting fellow Argentinean Amilcar Funes in the main event of HBO Plus’ “Next Boxing Generation” from Estadio Aldo Cantoni in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Freddie Roach believes that Antonio Margarito’s corner should have pulled the plug in his loss to Manny Pacquiao in the 9th round to save him from needless punishment. Roach sees it as a situation where Margarito’s inexperienced corner left him in too long to take punishment when he had no chance to [...]

By William Mackay: With only one fight under his belt against a big puncher Breidis Prescott during his five-year pro career, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be facing an even harder puncher in Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO’s) on December 11th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las [...]

LOS ANGELES, November 16 – Golden Boy Promotions and AEG will pull out all the stops for the season finale of “Fight Night Club,” with six professional and three amateur bouts that will lift the roof off of L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia on Thursday, November 18.

CHICAGO, IL (November 16, 2010) Undefeated Mexican junior welterweight prospect Ivan Popoca is hard at work in Chicago wrapping up training for his last bout of the year this Friday night, November 19th at WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 13 at the UIC Pavilion.