Archive for November, 2010

JOHN SIMPSON has been sparring with World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns to get himself in shape for his next big fight. The Scot (21-7) bids to become British featherweight champion for the second time when he challenges Martin Lindsay (17-0) at King’s Hall, Belfast on Wednesday December 15.

EAST LOS ANGELES (November 25, 2010) – Son of the living legend, JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KOs), of Culiacan, México, will meet with his fans and sign autographs Tomorrow! Friday, November 26 at O’Reilly Auto Parts in East Los Angeles(722 South Atlantic Blvd., East Los Angeles, Calif. 90022), from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 25th, 2010 – Such is the calibre of the athletes competing in the World Series of Boxing that eleven Olympians will be in action across three different continents this weekend as the tournament enters the second leg of the regular season.

Seven-time German coach-of-the-year Ulli Wegner believes that Attila Levin has no idea about the danger he is in. The Swedish veteran (34-3, 27 KOs) challenges EU Heavyweight Champion Robert Helenius on Saturday night. The vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental Title will also be on the line at Helsinki´s Hartwall Areena. “Attila, you have no [...]

Photo Tom Casino/Showtime: by Stuart Young: After a weekend of freak boxing results, where the bookies definitely won the second round of our personal head-to-head battle, (http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/11/boxing-betting-giving-the-bookmakers-a-black-eye-round-2/) we witnessed 12/1 rank outsider Gary Buckland claim the winners cheque in the latest Prizefighter series and Sergio Martinez’s shock second round one punch destruction of American middleweight [...]

Dolphil Promotions are delighted to announce that European Boxing Union (EBU) Champion Willie ‘Big Bang’ Casey has been added to the December 10th card in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. The Limerick southpaw is set to raise the roof again when he returns to the ring as Champion of Europe on the undercard of [...]

By Jason Kim: WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) has a tough bout ahead of him this Saturday night against once beaten welterweight contender Freddy Hernandez (29-1, 20 KO’s) on the undercard of the Juan Manuel Marquez – Michael Katsidis bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Berto, 27, is expected [...]

Nagoya, Japan (November 24, 2010) – Undefeated Mexican Juan Carlos Burgos (25-0, 18 KOs) and highly regarded, national boxing hero Hozumi Hasegawa (28-3, 12 KOs) both stepped on the scales at the official weigh in today. The two warriors are set to battle it out this Friday, November 26, 2010 at Nihon Gaishi Hall in [...]

Photo Tom Casino/Showtime: By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) says he’s going to make Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) pay for insulting him and his promoter this Saturday night in their stage 3 Super Six tournament match in Helsinki, Finland. Speaking with Sky Sports News, Abraham said “Froch has [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former woman boxer Christy Martin has reportedly been shot and stabbed in Florida, according to the latest boxing news. Christy was able to alert a nearby car after being shot and stabbed and was taken to a nearby hospital. Her husband Jim Martin is wanted by Florida deputies for questioning in the [...]

By Jim Dower: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) sees his December 18th fight against WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) as a new beginning for him and an opportunity for Hopkins to once again re-establish his greatness. However, Hopkins has really picked a tough opponent for him to beat in this [...]

By Dave Lahr: The great Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) has an important fight coming up this Saturday night against Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez, 37, plans on winning that fight and trying to get a third fight with Manny Pacquiao if the [...]

Photo Tom Casino/Showtime: By Sean McDaniel: 33-year-old Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) figures that he has a good chance of knocking Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) out on Saturday night if he can land with a perfectly place shot early in their Super Six tournament bout at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. Froch is [...]

By William Mackay: many of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s supporters are absolutely certain that Khan will be able to easily out-box World Boxing Association light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana on December 11th when they battle at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Indeed, Khan’s fans are so certain [...]

By Jim Amato: Japan has provided boxing with many fine champions and contenders over the years. Probably the most famous being the wonderful Fighting Harada. Among those fine fighters representing Japan one has been grossly overlooked. He won three titles in two weight divisions. This was back when boxers had only the W.B.A and W.B.C [...]

LOS ANGELES, November 24 – Just two days after boxing fans celebrate Thanksgiving, the holiday feast continues on Saturday, November 27, as Golden Boy Promotions presents an All-Star lineup of fights that will lift the roof off the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

WBC STATISTICS WBC Featherweight World Championship (Vacant Title) Nihon Gaishi Hall – Nagoya, Japan November 26, 2010 This will be the 1,831st fight sanctioned by the WBC in its 48-year history.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) thinks WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has to fight him now after all the talking the British heavyweight has done in the past two years about wanting to fight him. Wladimir thinks the 30-year-old Haye will end up looking like a [...]

Local talent will dominate the undercard bouts on Thursday, December 9th when International Boxing Federation (IBF) International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek takes on New York’s Vinny Maddalone as the “Brick City Boxing Series” returns to Newark’s Prudential Center. A total of nine supporting undercard fights have been scheduled by promoters Main Events, Ziggy Promotions and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 37-year-old WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO’s) has been looking older and older in each successive fight in the past two years, and was recently handily beaten by Floyd Mayweather Jr. by a lopsided decision last year. On Saturday night, I expect Marquez to look more than his age [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s press conference between Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham in Helsinki, Finland, Froch looked decidedly scared when he and Abraham were asked to come together for a stare down. While Abraham was standing waiting for Froch to stand and start with the staring, a scared looking Froch was busy showing his [...]

Photo Zanfer Boxing: By Chris Williams: WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will defend his obscure title against replacement opponent junior middleweight Pawel Wolak (27-1, 17 KO’s) on December 4th in the “Harms Way” fight card at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Chavez’s previously scheduled opponent welterweight Alfonso Gomez [...]

Photo Rich Hundley /SHOWTIME: By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) defends his title against 31-year-old Showtime replacement fighter Sakio Bika (28-4-2, 19 KO’s) this Saturday night in a split Showtime doubleheader with Carl Froch facing Arthur Abraham in the other fight in a different location. Ward, 26, will be [...]

The experts both in the States and abroad may not all agree on who is going to win, but there is a general consensus that the Super Six World Boxing Classic matchup between Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham has Fight of the Year potential. As the close Las Vegas odds indicate with Abraham listed as [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (November 24, 2010) – Top-10 contender PAWEL “Raging Bull” WOLAK will be In Harm’s Way on Saturday, December 4, when he challenges undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight champion JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ, Jr. in a 12-round title fight. Wolak replaces the injured Alfonso Gomez, Chávez’s original opponent, who withdrew today after an [...]

OAKLAND, Calif. (Nov. 24, 2010) – World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre “S.O.G.” Ward and world contender Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika met with local Bay Area media members on Wednesday to discuss their anticipated world title fight just three days away.

HELSINKI, Finland (Nov. 24, 2010) – Former world champions Arthur Abraham of Germany and Carl Froch of England were confident, yet respectful, during Wednesday’s Super Six World Boxing Classic jam-packed final press conference at Hartwall Areena in the Power Play Restaurant here on Wednesday.

Maysonet and Quinones Join Shaw/Warriors “Power Surge” Co-Promotional Collaboration The promotional alliance between Gary Shaw Productions and Warriors Boxing will now extend to two more young punchers as they proudly announce the signing of Puerto Rican amateur star Jorge Maysonet and equally promising Cuban former world amateur champion Vilier Quinones to co-promotional deals.

By Dan Ambrose: If you were hoping that unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (24-0, 23 KO’s) would finally get put in with a live body after 24 fights against B level opposition, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. On December 3rd, Lemieux, ranked #3 WBC & #3 WBA, will be taking on [...]

Nagoya, Japan (November 24,2010) – On Wednesday morning the final press conference for the vacant WBC Featherweight Championship between Juan Carlos Burgos (25-0, 12 KOs, WBC #1) and Hozumi Hasegawa (28-3, 12 KOs, WBC #2) took place at the Nagoya Kanko Hotel in Nagoya, Japan.