Archive for December, 2010

Here are the weights from Berlin ahead of tomorrow´s WBO Cruiserweight Title clash: WBO Cruiserweight Title: Marco Huck: 90,3 kg Denis Lebedev: 89,9 kg

By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned British super middleweight champion James DeGale (9-0, 7 KO’s) wants to fight former International Boxing Organization and current EBU super middleweight champion Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) next after DeGale destroyed a badly over-matched British champion Paul Smith in a 9th round stoppage last weekend at the Echo Arena, in [...]

By Jon Johns: While Amir Khan defended his WBA light welterweight title against Marcos Maidana last Saturday, another star from Britain was getting one step closer to becoming a World Champion. Kell “Special K” Brook defended his WBO Inter-Continental title against Ghanaian Philip Kotey (21-6). The fight was aired on British pay per view on [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) has big dreams for 2011 in terms of opponents he’d like to fight. Khan, 24, barely survived his bout with Marcos Maidana last weekend and had to hold, push and run from Maidana in the last three rounds after getting [...]

WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 14 UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL Angel Hernandez, 160 vs. Osumanu Adama, 159.5 David Estrada, 154 vs. Franklin Gonzalez, 152

By Jim Dower: Photo credit: Casino/Showtime – Bernard Hopkins thinks WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal is overlooking him for Saturday’s bout in Quebec, Canada. Hopkins is coming off of two unimpressive wins over Enrique Ornelas and Roy Jones Jr, fights in which Hopkins looked sluggish, slow and threw few punches.

SOUTHAVEN, MISS. (Dec. 16, 2010) – The Los Angeles Matadors became the first away team to earn a victory in the Americas Conference of the World Series of Boxing Thursday night taking four out of five bouts and earning three points over the Memphis Force at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss.

ARENA’s Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis and “Rainman” Ray Austin are fired up to finally enter the ring for their final elimination bout this Friday (Dec. 17) at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. Solis will enter the ring at 260 lbs. while Austin brought 239 ¾ lbs. to the scale.

By Alex Sharp: Last Saturday night we witnessed a classic fight between two of the best fighters in the light welterweight division. On one side we had Amir Khan with his blazing hand speed and on the other Marcos Maidana with his awesome power and determination.

(SOUTHHAVEN, MISS.) After six straight defeats to open the World Series of Boxing (WSB) season, the road team finally secured a win away from home in the WSB Americas conference as the Los Angeles Matadors solidified their league- lead with a convincing 4-1 victory over the Memphis Force Thursday night to begin week four in [...]

By Eric Thomas: Bernd Boete, the manager for IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’), has ruled out a fight between Wladimir and World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) taking place in the United States. Previously, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions had been talking about how [...]

Undefeated junior middleweight sensation Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (28-0 17 KOs) is thrilled to hear that he is in the running to land a mega fight versus Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto (35-2 28 KOs). Pawel Wolak and Rigoberto Alvarez are also reported to be in the running.

By William Mackay: Instead of facing the dangerous Breidis Prescott or Marcos Maidana in badly needed rematches, World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) says that he could be facing light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson (28-1-1, 14 KO’s) next in April 2011 in the UK. Frankly, that seems to be [...]

Boxing results from the Roseland Ballroom in New York City: Dmitriy Salita KO 3 James Wayka

By Dave Lahr: What’s the middleweight division coming to when the best fighter in the division, WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s), has to settle for #15 ranked World Boxing Council middleweight contender Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KO’s) for his next fight in March instead of a more interesting opponent like Gennady Golovkin, [...]

By Jim Amato: He will always be remembered as ” Buster’s Dad” but Billy Douglas was quite a fighter in his own right. Billy was born in 1940 and turned pro in 1967 just three days before his 27th birthday. There was no fanfare for this native of Columbus, Ohio. He started at the bottom [...]

By Jim Dower: If 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) wants to walk away with the World Boxing Council light heavyweight title belonging to champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 17 KO’s) on Saturday night, Hopkins is going to have to actually fight Pascal at beat him by laying leather on him and not grabbing, holding, wrestling [...]

By Chris Williams: Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) took off the gloves to give some hard words for 39-year-old Shane Mosley yesterday on Berto’s twitter page. Mosley is considered the favorite to get a huge money fight with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on May 7th next year, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) seems to have been somewhat surprised by the aggressiveness that challenger Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) fought with last weekend in his close 12 round decision loss to Khan at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Steve Forbes (34-8, 10 KO’s) vs. Roberto Valenzuela (55-55-2, 45 KO’s) The Native Oregonian vs. The Mexican Tough Guy Live on www.NESportsTV.com PPV Friday December 17th $9.99 USD (International Conversion Rates Apply)

CHICAGO, IL (December 16, 2010) Professional boxing in Chicago finishes on a high note Friday night, December 17th as WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 14 hits the UIC Pavilion in Chicago for an action packed evening.

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has reasons why he doesn’t want Pacquiao to fight Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto, and why he prefers the badly fading 39-year-old Shane Mosley for Pacquiao’s next fight. Mosley has looked poor recently in his last two fights, but Arum seems only concerned that the boxing [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime – WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) is picking World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 17 KO’s) to defeat 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) on Saturday night in their bout at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Froch, 33, [...]

By Tommaso Nappo: The list was compiled based on the criteria of ability to take a punch, and quality of opposition. It does not I repeat does not take into account the individual fighters skill level or accomplishments. Some of those that earned an honorable mention were current fighters – David Tua, Vitali Klitchko, Oliver [...]

NEW YORK (Dec. 16, 2010) – Super Six World Boxing Classic semifinalists Glen Johnson and Carl Froch have been in world title fights against Two-Time World Champion Bernard Hopkins and WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal, respectively, and like Arthur Abraham, they are picking Pascal to beat the 45-year-old Hopkins on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. [...]

Almost one year ago to the day, the Bronx’s famous Moris Park Boxing Club, suffered a devastating fire that completely destroyed the entire gym and left nearly 100 Bronx youths without a place to train. Thankfully, after a lot of hard work, and some generous donations from Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing, and a [...]

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-4, 5 KO’s) fights this Saturday night against little known opponent Michael Lozada (36-6-1, 29 KO’s) in a 10 round bout on the undercard of the WBC light heavyweight title fight between champion Jean Pascal vs. challenger Bernard Hopkins at the Pepsi [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (12-0, 9 KO’s) continues his upward climb up the heavyweight ladder this Saturday night against 37-year-old Zack Page (21-32-2, 7 KO’s) in an eight round bout on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal fight card at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) says he wants to fight both of the Klitschko brothers before retiring next year in October.

ADAM ETCHES is worried his tungsten fists could soon be scaring opponents off. The teenage light-middleweight has made a sensational start to his professional career knocking out his first two opponents, Ian Jackson and Lester Walsh in quick time.