Archive for December, 2010

It’s a holiday treat for HBO® Boxing fans. Over four consecutive nights in late December, HBO Sports® will present seven of the year’s standout fights, showcasing the biggest names in the sport.

Coming off the heels of one of the grittiest performances of his career, World Boxing Council (WBC) contender David “Strictly Business” Medina (22-2, 10 KO’s) was elevated to the WBC’s top 10 in the latest World Boxing Council rankings. Medina, who came off the deck to defeat a game Anthony Shuler in El Paso on [...]

By Malik Khan: This is article is written by a Muslim in Britain just to note this. A lot of Amir Khan’s fans don’t really know much of the sport, and I think the main reason Khan has a huge backing in Britain is because of the large numbers of Muslims and Pakistanis in Britain. [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will not be back in the ring again until May of next year. Pacquiao was scheduled to fight at the MGM grand arena in April against Shane Mosley, Andre Berto or Juan Manuel Marquez, but congressional obligations have made an April date impossible to fulfill. Pacquiao likes [...]

By Chris Gary: Reading the reactions to last Saturday’s fight of Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana it seems to me that the majority of American boxing fans know nothing of the sport.

By Allen Hmiel: Once a Champion at a young age and the pride of Youngstown Ohio, a dilapidated rundown old steel mill town with proud people battered down by unemployment and lack of opportunity, the only hope seemed to ride on the slim shoulders of a fighting Middleweight Champion who captured the hearts and dreams [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS December 15, 2010 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: WBC President José Sulaimán will be in Quebec City to personally present the WBC Diamond Belt to the winner of the WBC light heavyweight world championship fight between defending champion Jean Pascal and WBC Emeritus champion [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck had a special present for his opponent at today´s final press conference in Berlin. The 26-year-old gave mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev a plastic belt. “It´s Christmas time and I don´t want you to leave Berlin empty-handed,” Huck said to the stunned Russian. “This belt is for [...]

Former World Boxing Union (WBU ) Lightweight Champion Graham Earl returns to his old stomping ground, The York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 22nd January. However it will not be a return to the ring as Graham will be promoting London’s first championship boxing event of 2011 – ‘CAPITAL PUNISHMENT’ .

Frank Warren will complete a busy fortnight on Saturday when iron-fisted cruiserweight Denis Lebedev fights for the WBO world title. Warren’s fighters have been in world title action on three consecutive weekends.

By Dan Ambrose: Rather than giving Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) a rematch after winning a close 12 round decisions last weekend in Las Vegas, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) plans on moving on to face a still unnamed opponent in March or April next year. Khan wants to fight the [...]

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night, 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins will be fighting WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal in Quebec, Canada in front of what likely will be a crowd of thousands of Pascal supporters and very few Hopkins fans. Instead of seeing that as a potential problem that could get in the way of [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: Shane Mosley who is the apparent front runner to be Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent believes his body shots can hurt Pacquiao and get him an unlikely win against the current pound for pound champion. Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) was at ring side for Pacquiao’s last bout against Antonio Margarito and saw [...]

By Edgar Solorzano: Boxing has had it’s up and downs during these past years, fight-fans are always asking, what’s next for Boxing? No one realistically knows what’s next for the sweet science. Although promoters are always making predictions that almost sound like promises;

By Jon Neale: About a week ago I wrote an article on this website titled ‘Amir Khan – Glass Jaw? Actually NO… and here’s why’. In this article I made some observations (some based on fact some based on opinion) about why Amir Khan would not buckle under the inevitable pressure and vicious punching power [...]

December 14, 2010 Heavyweight Division (More than 200lbs)

December 14, 2010 (Québec City, Canada) – Legendary future Hall of Famer and Two-Division World Champion Bernard Hopkins arrived in Québec City, Canada today, moving one step closer to his quest to defeat WBC, Ring Magazine and IBO Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean Pascal and become the oldest fighter in the history of boxing to [...]

By Allen Hmiel: King Arthur Abraham now with the once gleaming crown tarnished a lot and his reputation in shreds is at a huge crossroads in his dwindling career. Two lopsided losses to Andre Dirrell and now from the “Cobra” Carl Froch leaves Abraham wondering what happened to his once invincible cloak of greatness.

By Stuart O’Malley: Last Saturday, December 11th, saw WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 7 KO’s) quiet his doubters and prove to the world that indeed he is a true champion by defeating knockout puncher Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Light welterweight contender Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KO’s) is saying that a fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is almost done on his twitter page. Judah, 33, said this on his twitter page: “Fights almost done. Judah vs. Khan!!! USA or UK?” It remains to be seen if Golden Boy [...]

NEW YORK (December 14, 2010) – Boxing fans viewing last Friday night’s electrifying TeleFutura broadcast of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” sat in the judge’s seat and cast their text votes naming Fort Worth, Texas’s Jose Hernandez, the boxer with the most character. Accounting for 67% percent of the votes, fans determined that Hernandez showed more determination [...]

CHICAGO, IL (December 14, 2010) Longtime Chicago favorites “King” David Estrada and Angel “Toro” Hernandez are featured in separate headlining bouts on Friday, December 17th at the UIC Pavilion as part of WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 14, a sensational evening of professional boxing.

By Jim Dower: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (50-6, 35 KO’s) will be fighting 39-yer-old replacement opponent Francisco Lorenzo (35-8, 16 KO’s) this Saturday night, according to Fightnews.com. Morales, 34, who in his prime fought at featherweight, is now fighting at light welterweight and looks like a shell of his former self.

By Sean McDaniel: Frank Warren, the former promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), doesn’t think Khan is ready to move up in weight and take on unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future. Khan and his trainer Freddie Roach have been talking endlessly about wanting a fight against Mayweather [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) and undefeated mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) today participated in a media work-out in Berlin. On Saturday night, the two hard-hitting warriors will collide at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. While Huck worked the pads with coach Ulli Wegner, Lebedev refused to give the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For boxing fans hoping to see WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) finally fight a rematch with Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (23-2, 19 KO’s), they may be in luck. Oscar De La Hoya, of Golden Boy Promotions, says a fight between his fighter Khan and Prescott is a [...]

By Daniel Tagg: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan deserves credit for his recent win over challenger Marcos Maidana but I’m not sure how much. Khan started the fight not to badly, he then hurt Maidana with two body shots in the 1st which seemed a bit lucky as Khan’s punches shouldn’t have hurt Maidana’s [...]

By Ramzan Ullah: First of all, I want to say what a great fight on Saturday in the capital of boxing. Sin City1 at the Mandalay Bay, without a doubt in my opinion Fight of the Year. WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan did very well to win the fight defeating Marcos Maidana and came [...]

By Ian Mclean: Martin Lindsay defends his British featherweight title live in front of the Sky TV cameras and his adoring Belfast fans this Wednesday night,in what is sure to be a packed out Kings Hall in Belfast.The undefeated Lindsay WON 17 (KO 6) LOST 0 (KO 0) DRAWN 0 faces the gritty scot John [...]

HOOK TO THE LIVER – By José Sulaimán: MIKE TYSON, MARCEL CERDAN AND LIFE IN BOXING I was reading that Mike Tyson gave an interview to a British newspaper, and he admitted to have taken drugs in his fight against Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas, the reason for which he supposes he bit Holyfield´s ear, [...]