Archive for November, 2010

By Dave Lahr: Well, here’s Manny Pacquiao’s big chance that he can beat a top fighter that’s in the prime of his career and not on the downward slide like many of his recent opponents in the past two years. Former WBC junior middleweight and current World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 [...]

By Dave Lahr: Unbeaten British heavyweight Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) is on the verge of shocking the boxing world on December 11th in his fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at the SAP-Arena, in Mannheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The hard hitting 26-year-old Chisora is a big underdog in this fight, but [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) is ready to dig into his toolkit of tricks to get an edge against Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) if their Super Six tournament fight turns physical on Saturday night at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. I’m really hoping Froch keeps it clean, [...]

LOS ANGELES, November 24 – There will be no rowdy celebrations or fancy feasts for Unified Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and junior welterweight contender “Vicious” Victor Ortiz this Thanksgiving as they prepare for their respective pivotal bouts over the next few weeks, but fight fans can get their own party started on [...]

Southern California Boxing Fans to attend the WBCLBM Induction Ceremony and book signing Sunday December 5, 2010 San Bernardino California (11-23-10) —World Boxing Council Legends of Boxing Museum (WBCLBM) announced today that it will be celebrating an Induction Ceremony and book signing on Sunday, December 5th 2010 from 12:45pm –4pm

MIAMI, Fla. (Nov. 23, 2010) – – The L.A. Matadors, Los Angeles’ team in the groundbreaking, global World Series of Boxing, will host their home-opener at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 28, against the Mexico City Guerreros. The fighters in the World Series of Boxing are competing for a spot in the 2012 Olympic [...]

RICKY HATTON says seeing younger brother Matthew win a world title would mean as much as any of his great victories. Matthew, 29, is on the brink of a crack at the world welterweight title, but must first come through Friday’s (26/11) European championship defence against Switzerland’s undefeated Roberto Belge at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium.

Boxing fans’ text-to-vote results announced from “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” event on November 19. NEW YORK (November 24, 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 Argentinean fighter Carlos “Tata” Baldomir the boxer with the most character. Accounting for [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: It saddens me to have such a pessimistic view on this super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquaio, but it is now the right time to say this fight will never happen, simply because neither boxer want to taint their legendary status with a devastating loss at this late [...]

By Tom Graves: I rate Manny Pacquiao highly, so highly I consider him as one of the best pound for pound ever. ‘The Pacman’ has some truly great victories over top names, but recently I realized since his rematch with Juan Manuel Márquez in 2008, Pacquiao has indeed faced bigger opposition but those opponents have [...]

By Gari Jones: Following on from a previous article why there should only be one true champion (http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/11/wba-wbc-wbo-and-ibf-why-there-should-be-only-one-true-champion/ ) I believe the number of weight classes should be cut down from 17 to about 10 (I made a revised table down below).

NEW YORK (November 24, 2010) – The Big Three — the ‘60s version of this troika was comprised of golf’s greatest of that era — Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. As the 21st century begins its second decade The Big Three has a new generation — boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]

By Roberto Elmore: The stage is being set. The fans are lobbying which fighter is the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Journalist hands have been plenty busy for the past 4 months tracking every move made by Mayweather and Pacquiao. Bloggers have been calling Mayweather a coward and saying he’s using the [...]

The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation (TFMJF) spent the day in North Las Vegas, NV handing out 1,000 turkeys to local residence.

Photo credit TomCasino/Showtime: By Scott Gilfoid: Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) thinks former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 25 KO’s) is suffering some kind of mental problem still lingering from his defeat at the hands of Mikkel Kessler in his last fight on April 24th. Froch, 33, can’t see to stop flapping his [...]

EAST LOS ANGELES (November 23, 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 This 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. [...]

Michael Acri Boxing Promotions IN ASSOCATION WITH BUDWEISER Present 26TH ANNUAL ERIE Boxing Classic WEDNESDAY November 24 2010– 8:00 PM Avalon hotel, erie, penn.

On Friday December 3rd history will be made as seven Cuban exiles will fight on the same card for the first time ever.

By Marquise Bullock: In a Williams-Martinez post fight interview by Round1 TV at Youtube.com, When 38 year old Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1 25KO’s) was ask whom does he think Sergio Martinez (45-2-2 25KO’s) should fight next he replied: “Me, me, I think he should fight me. Hopefully we could do that in March or April. [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Seven years ago Marquez was the IBF – WBA Super World featherweight champion, actually he is the WBO – WBA Super World lightweight and former WBC super featherweight champion. Now that speaks for it self, he is a proven fighter, yet he is old not in his prime but still a great [...]

BOB ARUM: I am really excited about this card. We have called it “IN HARM’S WAY.” The reason we call it that is because the men fighting on this card are fighting not just to win the fight on the card but for their immediate future. Let me start with Julio César Chávez Jr…he is [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez will be facing a tough obstacle this Saturday night in the form of Australian powerhouse puncher Michael Katsidis in their fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. On paper, this looks like a fight that Marquez, based on experience alone, should be able to [...]

By William Mackay: In an number if interviews that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) has given recently, he’s talked about having good power and being able to punch with Maidana in their December 11th fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan seems to think he [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is looking at matching four of his stable fighters against each other in a big in house fight next year in June, according to badlefthook.com. Arum is looking at matching WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito in a rematch, and his much hyped fighter [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) will be making his 4th defense of his World Boxing Council belt against 45-year-old former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-1, 32 KO’s) in a fight at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Compared to Hopkins’ last fight against 41-year-old Roy Jones [...]

By Dave Lahr: The Klitschko brothers are hoping that it will be one of them that ends up facing WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) next for a big money bout, but it could end up being unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) if he pulls off an upset and beats IBF/WBO heavyweight [...]

By Scott Gifloid: Carl Froch’s beautiful girlfriend Rachel Cordingley is really pulling for Froch to beat knockout artist Arthur Abraham (31-1, 25 KO’s) in their Super Six bout at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. Cordingley obviously doesn’t want to see Froch take a pounding and lose another Super Six tourney fight, even though he’s [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The November 13th clash between Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, reportedly brought in at least 1.15 million pay per view buys, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN.

By Jason Kim: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez will be moving up to light welterweight after Saturday’s fight with Michael Katsidis on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez prefers to face Manny Pacquiao next, but that fight isn’t likely to happen given Pacquiao’s recent comments about thinking the fight [...]

MATTHEW HATTON has fired back at Kell Brook telling him: “You’re not even the best in Britain.” Brook has issued a cheeky challenge to fight Amir Khan and claimed he is the best welterweight in Britain. European champion Hatton has now thrown down the gauntlet to the British champion, blasting: “He has beaten absolutely nobody [...]