Archive for November, 2010

By Robert Elmore: Commentator: Ricardson connects with a right hand and Jackson is hurt. He leans on the ropes while Richardson pounds away. The referee is checking; Jackson is throwing punches and as long as he’s throwing punches, I don’t think the referee will stop it. Oh my goodness there an upper cut, another right, [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten #1 WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) has reportedly pulled out of his scheduled December 4th bout against junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (27-1, 17 KO’s), according to fightnews.com. Chavez Jr. apparently has the flu and it’s gotten in the way of his ability to train for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) dispatched Australian WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-3, 22 KO’s) in the 9th round with a flurry of shots last Saturday night to successfully defend his titles at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez, 37, hurt Katsidis with a powerful [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Saturday night Carl Froch showed something that completely changed my opinion of him. Before I saw him as a man who got a world title, got lucky by beating Jermain Taylor, and then was exposed by genuine world class fighters in Mikkel Kessler and Andre Dirrell (who in my opinion beat Froch). [...]

By Ricky Hale: (Photo Tom Casino / Showtime:) Now it may surprise some people who visit this site, but as a British writer I never rated Carl Froch. I felt he was good, but would come unstuck against genuine world class opposition. I never asserted publicly that he would lose to Abraham, I just couldn’t [...]

By Alex Sharp: (Photo Tom Casino / Showtime:) Now we are nearly through this busy period of boxing we can sit back and reflect on the last few weeks of boxing. There have been many of predictions about what is going to happen who is going to win, who is going to get knocked out, [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Congressman Pacquiao is the current WBC light middleweight champion and Dinamita Marquez is the current WBO – WBA Super World lightweight champion; how hard could it be for Golden Boy Promotions or for Top Rank to arrange things with the IBO ranking committee to rank both for the vacant light welterweight title?

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 27, 2010) – L.A.’s newest team, the L.A. Matadors, weighed in on Saturday at ESPN Zone at LA Live for Sunday’s home debut against the Mexico City Guerreros. All 10 competing fighters made weight for the home-opener at Nokia Theatre.

OAKLAND, Calif., (Nov. 27, 2010)–-Andre “S.O.G.” Ward out-brawled and out-battled a rough and tumble and otherwise worthy opponent in Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika on Saturday night, winning a unanimous 12-round decision to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight championship belt in front of his enthusiastic hometown fans at the Oracle Arena and on [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: On November 27, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis waged a relentless battle that is without doubt the fight of the year. Katsidis a fighter with a big heart and great strength exerted constant pressure on Marquez, seeking to overwhelm the Aztec champion, eventually landing [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: Cameroonian Sakio Bika takes on Andre Ward in a keep busy fight for the WBA Super Middleweight title. Ward decided on taking this fight after the Dirrell fight was canceled even after Showtime awarded Ward the 2 points for a points victory before throwing a punch.

HELSINKI, Finland (Nov. 27, 2010)–-Carl Froch turned in the most dominant performance of his career, recapturing the World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight world championship Saturday night with a unanimous decision against an overwhelmed Arthur Abraham in the final Group Stage 3 fight of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on SHOWTIME.

Boxing results – Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Miguel Vazquez UD 12 Ricardo Dominguez IBF lightweight title Giovani Segura RTD Manuel Vargas

By Mark Hepplestall: (Photo Tom Casino / Showtime:) The majority of articles wrote about Carl Froch are very negative on this site, so there must be a propaganda mission by writers trying to turn the boxing world’s audience against the now two time WBC Super Middleweight Champion for having three close matches that could have [...]

By Alex Prescott: (Photo Tom Casino / Showtime:) Who says people can’t change? because tonight Carl Froch did just that. In a fight almost everybody had pegged as a toe to toe war, he danced around the Armenian Arthur Abraham in a style that was more Joe Calzaghe than Joe Frazier.

Jason Litzau SD 10 Celestino Caballero

By Jim Dower: (Photo Sumio Yamada:) WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) had an easy time on Saturday night successfully defending his World Boxing Council title against a badly over-matched #10 ranked WBC contender Freddie Hernandez (29-2, 20 KO’s), stopping him in the 1st round with a left-right combination at the MGM Grand, [...]

Boxing results from the Palasport, Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy: Silvio Branco UD 12 Vincenzo Rossitto WBC International cruiserweight title Emiliano Marsili UD 10 Pasquale Di Silvio Gianluca Branco dec 6 Semjons Moroseks

Walter Estrada SD 8 Nate Campbell

Boxing action from the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California: Roman Andreev UD 6 Manuel Delcid Khadaphi Proctor UD 6 Stan Martyniouk Michael Ruiz Jr D 6 Jonathan Alcantara Javier Molina UD 4 Francisco Rios Gil Cornelius White RTD 1 Demetrius Davis

Boxing action from the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada: Keith Thurman KO 4 Favio Medina Bastie Samir TKO 2 Billy Cunningham Michael Finney TKO 2 Clayvonne Howard Jason Litzau SD 10 Celestino Caballero Erislandy Lara TKO1 Tim Connors Walter Estrada SD 8 Nate Campbell Andre Berto TKO Freddy Hernandez

By Mark Hepplestall: (Photo Tom Casino / Showtime:) The most underrated boxer in the super six tournament, Carl Froch beat Arthur Abraham via 12 rounds unanimous points decision in a fight were crude boxing showed its flaws and boxing skills were praised.

By Scott Gilfoid: Although Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) has said again and again that he’ll consider retiring from boxing should he lose to Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) tonight in Helsinki, Finland, he’s now hinting that he’ll continue fighting even if he gets beaten up by Abraham tonight. As if I didn’t already know. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: (Photo Naoki Fukuda). World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) looked badly weight drained at Friday’s weigh-in for tonight’s fight against #10 ranked WBC contender Freddy Hernandez (29-1, 20 KO’s) on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis bout at the MGM Grand, in Las [...]

Robert Helenius TKO 2 Attila Levin

Boxing results from the Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland: Artur Hein TKO 3 Sam Couzens Jussi Koivula UD 8 Nuno Cruz Edis Tatli RTD 6 Asan Yuseinov Niko Jokinen UD 8 Jorge Silva Eva Wahlstrom UD 6 Nacera Baghdad Robert Helenius TKO 2 Attila Levin EBU-EU (European Union) heavyweight title Ville Piispanen SD 12 Daniel Rasilla

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten WBA super middleweight talent Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) will show off his stuff against aging 31-year-old contender Sakio Bika (28-4-2, 19 KO’s) at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. This bout matches Ward – an outstanding inside and outside fighter – against Bika, who only has the ability to fight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: I’ve worked out the various scenarios for tonight’s Super Six tourney bout between former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) and Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) and I keep coming up with Abraham scoring a brutal knockout over Froch in front of a shocked Hartwall Arena crowd, in Helsinki, [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: Tonight boxing fans could potentially be in for the fight night of the year. Two fights that both could easily bag fight of the year if all goes according to script. The first comes from Helsinki, Finland which sees former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) take on [...]

Matthew Hatton revealed his work in the gym was put to good practice as he knocked out unbeaten Swiss challenger Roberto Belge in the third round to retain his European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight title. The 29-year-old had been working hard with trainer Bob Shannon on his body punching before the fight, and it proved [...]