Archive for November, 2010

By Jim Dower: (Photo Casino / Showtime:) At today’s weigh-in for Saturday’s Super Six tournament bout between former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) and Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s), Froch, 33, weighed in at 167.1 pounds for his clash against Abraham at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. For his part, [...]

Boxing results from the Nihon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan: Hozumi Hasegawa UD 12 Juan Carlos Burgos vacant WBC featherweight title Takahiro Ao UD 12 Vitali Tajbert WBC super featherweight title Carlos Cuadras KO 1 Sakchai Sor Tanapinyo Hiromasa Ohashi UD 8 Daisuke Ochi

CARL FROCH will fail in his bid to reclaim the vacant WBC super-middleweight belt on Saturday, according to the betting on Betfair. Odds of 11-8 suggest the Nottingham-born star’s title hopes will come to an end when he clashes with Arthur Abraham in Helsinki, Finland.

Sheerness light-welterweight Gavin Tait came back with a convincing win, defeating London based South African Bheki Moyo at a dinner show hosted by the Mayfair Sporting Club at London’s plush Millennium Hotel . The win for Tait who resides in Sheppey could have opened some exciting opportunities for his career and there has already been [...]

By Nick Bannister: Among another uncommonly good weekend of boxing, one fight has been most widely considered to be a fight of the year contender in waiting, in which Ring Magazine Lightweight Champion and P4P No 4 Juan Manuel Marquez takes on number one contender Michael Katsidis for the Ring Lightweight Title. After the stunningly [...]

By Aron Hutchison: Tomorrow my most anticipated matchup of the Super Six tournament will finally take place, Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch. Both men are notoriously slow starters, so don’t expect much action in the early rounds. The last half of the fight however should be highly entertaining, both fighters should pick up the pace [...]

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach likes the idea of Manny Pacquiao fighting Juan Manuel Marquez next, and thinks a fight between them would be more profitable than a fight against 39-year-old Shane Mosley. Speaking with Philboxing.com, Roach said “Manny and Marquez have a history between them. You know, they’ve fought twice, and they were [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2, 15 KO’s) makes his 2nd defense of his European Boxing Union title tonight against unbeaten Swiss challenger Roberto Belge (25-0-1, 4 KO’s) at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, Lancashire. Matthew, the younger brother of former two division world champion Ricky Hatton, needs this win to keep alive [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) doesn’t have any fear about the kinds of shots that Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) will be landing in their fight this weekend in Helsinki, Finland. Abraham went through a 12 round war with a harder puncher than Froch in Abraham a decision [...]

By Keith Darren: Whenever we are confronted by this question, we all have one answer, and that is Floyd Mayweather Jr. But we also know very well that Floyd might not be Pacquiao’s next opponent, more likely because Money May have some problems to attend to that would need his full attention, legal problems that [...]

By Juan dela Cruz: Reason No. 1: That Floyd is bigger in size, defense and harder to hit and that Pacquiao fought mentally damaged fighters.

Members of the Los Angeles Matadors joined Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thanksgiving at Fred Jordan Missions distributing meals to the less fortunate.

By Eric Thomas: Manny Pacquiao brought in between $20 million to $25 million for his fight with Antonio Margarito, according to promoter Bob Arum in an article at The Star. This obviously great money for a fight that really had only popular fighter Pacquiao and turned out to be as big a mismatch as many [...]

By Edgar Solorzano: About 2 years ago most boxing fans believed Manny Pacquiao wasn’t big enough for most prize fighters in the welterweight division. Only a few had faith in him. The Filipino star was already considered one of the best in the light-weight division.

OAKLAND, CALIF. (Nov. 25, 2010) – World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward has a lot to be thankful for as he gets ready to defend his title against contender Sakio Bika on Saturday at Oracle Arena in Oakland, live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, likes the idea of putting Pacquiao in with the unbeaten but utterly flawed WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) next. This, of course, would hinge on Berto beating welterweight contender Freddie Hernandez (29-1, 20 KO’s) this weekend in their fight at the MGM [...]

By Dave Lahr: If you read comments or listen to fans of Manny Pacquiao you’ll notice that almost every one of them think his fight with the slow as molasses Antonio Margarito was a “good fight.” They think it was a competitive bout and thrilling to watch. I don’t know about you, but I don’t [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) says he’ll consider hanging up his gloves should he lose to Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night in their Super Six tourney fight. This isn’t really big news, because Froch has been talking about retiring from boxing for awhile about this fight, but he’s still [...]

MATTHEW HATTON insists he is in the shape of his life after weighing in for Friday’s (Nov 26) European welterweight title defence against Roberto Belge. ‘Magic’ Matthew and his unbeaten Swiss challenger both weighted 10st 7lb (147lb) for their 12 round showdown at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium.

By Chris Williams: For boxing fans urgently waiting for the mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao to take place, they’re just going to have to put a sock in it and learn to practice some patience while Mayweather clears up his legal issues before he can take on and beat Pacquiao. Richard [...]

RYAN RHODES has dismissed threats from Yassine El Maachi telling the unknown boxer: “You shouldn’t be mentioned in the same breath as me.” Rhodes, 34, is world title bound and keeps busy with an eight rounder against unbeaten Rocky Junior on Hatton Promotions gala dinner show at Manchester’s Palace Hotel on Saturday December 4. El [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) for some reason thinks his speed will be the key to him beating Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night in their Super Six tournament fight at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. Froch has got to be one of the [...]

Friday’s weigh-in between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward and challenger Sakio Bika, and all undercard fighters, will be open to the boxing public in Oakland, California. It starts on Friday, November 26th at 2 PM PT. Location: 1 Hagenberger road, Oakland, California. 94621

(MEMPHIS, TENN.) The Memphis Force will host the Miami Gallos in their home opener of the 2010-11 World Series of Boxing (WSB) season on Friday, November 26 at the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. 2008 U.S. Featherweight Olympian Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) will Memphis Force Team Logolead a talented group of Force boxers into [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) says he doesn’t plan on ever fighting Manny Pacquiao, his friend and who trains alongside him often as they share the same trainer Freddie Roach. Khan has an important fight coming up next month on December 11th against World Boxing Association interim champion [...]

Photo Rich Hundley/Showtime: By Peter Wells: Saying the Super Middleweight Super Six tourney was a let down that would be an understatement. With 3 drop outs in Jermain Taylor, Mikkel Kessler and Andre Dirrell. Allan Green who was the first replacement failed to do anything getting a one-sided beating from Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KOs) [...]

By Peter Wells: World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) has fallen from a rising star then a main event champion and now an undercard champion. This is a huge downfall but without any super fights thus far it’s hard to keep interested in this kind of fighter. Freddy Hernandez (29-1, [...]

Christy Martin is still recovering from the stab and gunshot wounds she suffered on Tuesday, but her rep tells TMZ the injuries “are not life-threatening.” Martin — perhaps the most famous female boxer not named Laila Ali — is still hospitalized but “will be okay though,” according to her rep. It is unknown when she [...]

By Dave Lahr: Unbeaten British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO”s) made a brave confession that he’s having problems finding enough sparring partners to train for his December 11th bout against International Boxing Federation/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at the SAP-Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Speaking with Sky Sports News, [...]

James DeGale has blasted back at George Groves after his British rival claimed he would take him apart “physically and mentally”. Groves is now mandatory challenger to the British super-middleweight title. And that could put him on a collision course with DeGale if he beats Paul Smith on December 11.