Archive for December, 2010

All 12 fighters made weight yesterday afternoon at the Battle In The Ballroom Official Weigh In, and the six bout boxing/mma lineup will be a good one. 100 tickets remain for the 7:30pm show and you can call the Irvine Marriott to order your tickets at 949- 553-0100 and ask for the Fight Office.

HATTON Health and Fitness are launching a new programme next month where members of the public can train like the gym’s champion boxers. Hatton Boot Camp is an exciting and fun three month programme run by top personal trainer Richard Heap.

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye doesn’t see unbeaten fellow Brit Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) having much of a chance for a fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in the future. Klitschko recently pulled out of their scheduled bout due to an abdominal injury. Initially, it was thought [...]

By Marquise Bullock: There’s been fingers pointed everywhere about the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight not happening. But where did this drama really all start? It started with the success of a 5 ft 6 phenomenon named Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Key word, success. And that success had a certain family…respectfully suspicious.

Boxing results from the Sport Complex “Daulet”, Astana, Kazakhstan: Gennady Golovkin KO 3 Nilson Julio Tapia

1) Fighter of the Year: Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez While Manny Pacquiao continued his winning ways, Sergio Martinez gets the nod this year for his scintillating high stakes UD over Kelly Pavlik and his blow out KO win over Paul Williams. The classy middleweight from Argentina (46-2-2) now holds the WBC and WBO middleweight titles. 2) [...]

YORK, PA (December 16, 2010) Carney “Beeper” Bowman returns to action this Saturday night, December 18th against Jason Rorie in the main event of “Home for the Holidays” an evening of action packed professional boxing at the National Guard Armory in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

FURY vs BROWN and PASCAL vs HOPKINS LIVE IN THE UK ONLY ON PRIMETIME Primetime – sports PPV channel 480 on Sky – confirms the exclusive live broadcast in the UK of Pascal vs Hopkins and Fury vs Brown fights on 18th December from Midnight.

Nathan Cleverly says he wants to win the full World Boxing Organization (WBO) Light-Heavyweight title the hard way by taking on Jurgen Braehmer. The unbeaten Welshman lifted the interim crown on Saturday night in Liverpool with a hard-fought points win over Nadjib Mohammedi.

Steve And Livvy Cunningham’s New Arrival – It’s A Boy! Just a month ahead of his pending International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight title defense Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham has become a father for the third time. On Tuesday Steve’s wife Livvy gave birth to a baby boy who weighed in at a healthy 7lbs 14ozs.

Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) will not only be fighting for his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Title on Saturday night when he steps into the ring against hard-hitting mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) in Berlin. A victory would also guarantee well-known German children charity organization “Ein Herz für Kinder” (“A heart for [...]

MIAMI—Although there is a serious cold wave hitting Miami right now, the talk at the final press conference today at Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s Bongos Cuban Café heated up before Friday’s Don King Productions world championship boxing card at AmericanAirlines Arena.

By Scott Gilfoid: Without even having proven that he’s the best fighter at light welterweight, World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is talking about moving up in weight to compete at welterweight and fight the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. next year. Khan points to his 5’10″ frame, saying [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) isn’t impressed with the fight resume that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has on his his record after 14 years as a pro. Haye doesn’t see there being a career defining fight on Wladimir’s record during the whole of his career, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It was a terrible sight to see WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) looking like a skinny pinata in rounds 10 through 12 while power puncher Marcos Maidana swatted him with lefts and rights at close range. Khan looked like a clueless novice in there, grasping at Maidana’s neck, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) was able to win his last Super Six tournament bout against Arthur Abraham to recapture his World Boxing Council super middleweight title in the stage 3 part of the Super Six tournament in Helsinki, Finland. Froch, 33, right now has become cocky with [...]

by Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) returns to the ring in March of next year against four possible opponents in what pretty much will be a stay busy fight for him to get the rust out following shoulder surgery. The four possible opponents are Vanes Martirosyan, Cornelius Bundrage, Pawel [...]

SOUTHAVEN MISS. (Dec. 15, 2010) – With a lead in the America Conference at stake, the World Series of Boxing’s L.A. Matadors weighed in on Wednesday at the Filling Station in Southaven, Miss. for Thursday’s away match against the Memphis Force. All 10 competing fighters made weight.

By William Mackay: We’re beginning to see that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) doesn’t really possess the kind of power needed at light welterweight for him to run over his opponents the same way he was able to do at lightweight. That wouldn’t be such a big issue if Khan had [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was open about the prospects of Manny Pacquiao absorbing greater punishment in his fights now that he’s fighting at welterweight against bigger fighters compared to earlier in his career.

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) could be facing Irish super middleweight contender Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) next on March 19th on Showtime, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. Magee, 35, is ranked #1 WBA, #4 WBC, #8 IBF, and #13 WBO in the [...]

By Chris Williams: In looking around on the internet, it seems that there are few boxing fans that are eager to see Manny Pacquiao take on 39-year-old fading star Shane Mosley in his next fight on May 7th. However, that’s who Pacquiao is likely going to be facing unfortunately. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum likes the [...]

Lenny Daws (21-1-2) is to defend his British light welterweight title against the well traveled Ashley Theophane (28-4-1). Daws, who is undefeated in his last 9 fights, will be looking to make the 3rd defence of his British title in his 2nd stint as champion. Theophane, who revealed on Twitter he has signed a contract [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) wants his proposed fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to take place at the Wembley Stadium, in England. However, Haye is going to have to let go of that dream if he wants the honor of being able to fight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I think we may have seen a preview of Saturday’s fight between World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) and 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-1, 32 KO’s) at the final press conference when Hopkins grabbed Pascal and held on to tight to him when the two came together [...]

Morganville, NJ (December 15, 2010) – The intriguing story of junior middleweight up and comer Denis “Da Mommas Boy” Douglin will be featured on Yahoo.com’s front page this evening at approximately 10 pm ET.

JEAN PASCAL, World Boxing Council (WBC), Ring Magazine and International Boxing Organization (IBO) Light Heavyweight World Champion “Bernard Hopkins says that the smartest guy will win. He says he is the intelligent man and I am the idiot. After the fight, everyone will know who the dummy really is.

Boxing results – Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland: John Simpson decision 12 Martin Lindsay BBBofC British featherweight title Paul Edwards TKO 1 Shinny Bayaar BBBofC British flyweight title Tony Jeffries TKO 2 Tommy Tolan Luke Wilton decision 6 Usman Ahmed

NEW YORK (Dec. 15, 2010) – Colombian power puncher Alejandro “Naco” Berrio, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion, has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Boxing 360 and proved how serious he is about recharging his career that he moved to New York City.

NABF Champion Johnathon Banks and former European Champion Luan Krasniqi participated yesterday in a press conference to announce their upcoming fight on February 26, 2011 at Arena Ludwigsburg (Germany). The winner of this heavyweight matchup will move a step closer of getting a world title opportunity.