Archive for December, 2010

By Allen Hmiel: Boxing fans in Europe seem to flock to every big match in droves. The German and English fans support Arthur Abraham, Felix Sturm, Marco Huck, and the Klitchkos aggressively. The English fans loved Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzage now follow and support Amir Khan, Carl Froch, and David Haye. Look at the [...]

By Edgar Solorzano: We are all aware that Mosley vs. Pacquiao will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 7th. There are angry fans that say Manny Pacquiao should’ve fought Andre Berto or Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez instead. While others say Mosley still has something left and can possibly hurt the Filipino champ [...]

By William Mackay: If you haven’t already noticed, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has been continually mentioning IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) as the Klitschko brother that he wants to fight next in 2011. And for some reason Haye doesn’t seem to be all that excited about facing the [...]

By Chris Williams: My how Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao, has changed his mind about 39-year-old Shane Mosley. Ariza was totally against Pacquiao fighting the shot-looking Mosley, saying this after Pacquiao’s win over Antonio Margarito: “Manny might not even train for Mosley.” Ariza wanted Pacquiao to fight Juan Manuel Marquez [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been two years now since Amir Khan was blasted apart by the hard hitting Colombian Breidis Prescott in one brutal round in 2008. Prescott beat Khan like an old shoe. It wasn’t even a fight for more than a few seconds before Prescott had Khan on spaghetti legs after hitting him [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Steve Geffrard (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Andrecia Wasson have been named USA Boxing’s 2010 Male and Female Athletes of the Year following their outstanding performances in 2010. Geffrard claimed gold medals in every major national championship in 2010, surprising many of the well-known names and defending champions along the way. Wasson [...]

By Allen Hmiel: An Undefeated record and limitless potential seemed ready to spur Andre Dirrell to great heights. The Super Six Tournament was just a stepping stone to introducing the smooth light hitting Super Middleweight to the boxing world. But a hard looping punch landing on a sitting Dirrell thrown by a frustrated beaten Arthur [...]

Shymkent, Kazakhstan (Dec. 29, 2010) – World Boxing Association (WBA) and IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 KOs) has been preparing for the biggest fight in his very short, but storied career, training for “The Unification,” his Jan. 8, 2011 blockbuster boxing event first at Team Barry Boxing in Henderson, Nevada with [...]

On March 19th 2011 Limericks own Cinderella-Man takes another leap into the unknown when he challenges Guillermo Rigondeaux for his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super-Bantamweight title. Having defied all the odds to capture the European title, pummeling Paulie Hyland over four blistering rounds, Willie Casey embarks on a road less traveled by his fellow countrymen. [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s) is hoping to get a shot against WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez in 2011. Lemieux, who just turned 22, will be facing slugger Marco Antonio Rubio (48-5-1, 41 KO’s) in a WBC middleweight eliminator bout in the first part of 2011.

By Mark Hepplestall: Unbeaten boxers Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley are to fight next month, the fight is a unification bout and the winner is being pushed into another unification bout with Amir Khan later in 2011. WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has a record of 26-0, with 11 KO’s which is a 40% [...]

By Jim Dower: There’s talk of a purse bid taking place at the International boxing Federation headquarters on Thursday for a fight between South African Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KO’s) and former two division world champion Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KO’s) for a bout that would then be taking place in the next month after. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 45-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is still living in ecstasy about 12 round majority draw he got against WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) on December 18th at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Instead of seeing it as a case where he failed to beat Pascal, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) could be fighting for a paper title against World boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Viacheslav Senchenko (31-0, 20 KO’s) on March 5th. Golden Boy Promotions, the management for Alvarez, are looking for him to pick up a title and are positioning for [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is still yapping about his wish for boxing’s number #1 fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr to decide on fighting Pacquiao in the near future. Roach doesn’t seem to get it that Mayweather has other things on his plate to worry about that are more important than disposing of [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Freddie Roach recently made comments warning Nonito Donaire about Montiel, not to take the fight so lightly because Montiel knows how to win. Roach gave Nonito a 50/50 chance of winning the fight. Freddie Roach’s warning probably didn’t go far enough; Donaire should be warned that he is at high risk of [...]

TACOMA, Wash. – Lafarrell Bunting will look to continue his knockout streak when he faces once-beaten Matt O’ Brien at the main event of Battle at the Boat 80 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma on Jan. 8, 2011.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-2, 25 KO’s) says he was “Over-trained” for his bout against Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) last month in their Super Six stage 3 tournament bout on November 27th in Helsinki, Finland. Fighting for the vacant WBC super middleweight title, Froch easily defeated a tired and [...]

By Dan Ambrose: According to the latest news, HBO has passed on the idea of WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez fighting middleweight contender Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KO’s) on March 12th and want Martinez instead to fight unbeaten World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior middleweight champion Sergeii Dzinziruk (37-0, 23 KO’s). I can understand why HBO [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s amusing that Amir Khan’s boxing fans are already calling him a great fighter even though he almost got spanked in his last fight against Marcos Maidana and barely got out of the fight without getting knocked out. Thus far, I fail to see anything remotely great about Khan. I don’t even [...]

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) is willing to travel all the way to the UK to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) if need be to make the fight happen. Hopefully, it won’t come to that to get a fight against Khan, [...]

By Chris Williams: Being a big fans of boxing I’m more than a little put off by the upcoming May 7th bout between Manny Pacquiao and 39-year-old Shane Mosley. It’s a decent little mismatch that I think would be right at home on the undercard of an ESPN Friday Night Fight card, but certainly not [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s has an important tournament-like fight coming up next month against World Boxing Council (WBC) title holder Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) at the Silverdome, in Pontiac, Michigan. The fight is especially important for Bradley because if he can get by Alexander, presumably [...]

By Norman Marshall: World Boxing Association (WBA ) light welter weight champion Amir Khan deserves praise for the way he withstood the constant pressing and attacking of Marcos Maidana. Khan showed heart and ability to tough it out when he had to. The problem though, is that although Maidana was tough and strong, his attacks [...]

By Chris Williams: Junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) will be fighting on the undercard of WBA junior middleweight clash between champion Miguel Cotto vs. 37-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pawel, 29, doesn’t have an opponent picked out as [...]

By Allen Hmiel: Watching Shannon Briggs gets massacred all 12 rounds against Vitali made me think of other Boxing mismatches and one side lopsided total devastation that have happened over the years. Briggs performance was absolutely pitiful and embarrassing to the sport and along with Briggs’ getting his face smashed in and pummeled unmercifully he [...]

CHICAGO, IL (December 28, 2010) Former World Boxing Council (WBC) Lightweight Champion David Diaz will battle Denver based spoiler Robert “Red Hot” Frankel on Friday, January 28th in the ten round main event at WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 15, a sensational evening of professional boxing hosted by Chicago’s UIC Pavilion.

LOS ANGELES (Dec. 28, 2010) – World Boxing Association (WBA) and IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 KOs) arrived home in Shymkent, Kazakhstan for his January 8 Unification showdown against WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion Juergen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KOs).

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) has some fatal flaws with his game that are going to get him in deep trouble in the near future when he’s finished cherry picking his next opponent. Khan has committed himself to facing the winner of the Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez needs to forget all about facing his old nemesis Manny Pacquiao in the future because it’s pretty clear at this point that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t plan on putting his cash cow Pacquiao back in there with Marquez. I can’t blame Arum, because I had [...]