Archive for January, 2011

By Tony Lee: Manny Pacquiao has only been a welterweight fighter for two years, yet he has already managed to do more against 147+ pounders in the last two years than Floyd Mayweather has. To get some kind of idea of this, we can look at each fighter’s last three fights.

Tomasz Adamek will challenge one of the world champion Klitschko brothers in Poland in September. The final decision whether it will be World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Vitali Klitschko or IBF/WBO/IBO Champion Wladimir will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

By Reynaldo Sanchez – Editor/Boxeoeditores.com – The welter and super welterweight divisions possess some of the best boxers in this epoch. Inside the welterweight they are fighters as Pacquiao, Mayweather, and Martínez fights in both divisions, these three names head the P4P list, ranking that turned into the exegesis in the boxing.

By Jim Amato: He turned professional in 1974 and in a short time he became a serious contender for the welterweight title. Dave ” Boy ” Green took England by storm. He won his first 24 fights as he quickly climbed the ladder. In 1976 he halted Billy Waith in an eliminator for the British [...]

North Bergen, NJ (January 26, 2011) – Global Boxing Promotions is proud to announce that they are now a licensed promoter in the states of New York and New Jersey.

By Robert Elmore: I can sit all day and night and talk about how boxing is dying and promoters are ruining the sport. But I won’t. I still watch boxing to this day and try to check out the new prospects when I get a chance. There are two major reasons why some have lost [...]

By Tony Lee: I recently wrote a brief article (which can be found here: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/01/why-would-manny-pacquiao-give-floyd-mayweather-problems/) detailing some of the reasons why, should a bout ever take place between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather would have his hands full. But I also think Pacquiao would experience difficulties in fighting Mayweather as well. So now I [...]

By Dave Lahr: Robert Garcia, the trainer for Nonito Doniare (25-1, 17 KO’s), is a wise owl in spotting the danger in the left hand of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernado Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) ahead of Donaire’s fight with Monitel on February 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donaire, [...]

By Jim Dower: Middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (21-1, 18 KO’s) will be returning to action for the second time since being destroyed by Dmitriy Pirog when he fights on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton card on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. No opponent has been picked out [...]

Universal Boxing Organization™ All-America Lightweight Champion “Rock Hard Mighty” Mason Menard (14-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title on Saturday March 12 at the Hilton Towers Ballroom inLafayette, Louisiana.

By Dan Ambrose: Much has been said of 37-year-old Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) being old, fat and having stamina problems once his fights go past the midpoint. However, WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) also has stamina problems and if Mayorga can keep his foot on the accelator past the 6th [...]

DOVER, Del. — Tickets are now on sale for the NABA Junior Welterweight Championship title bout on Friday, Feb. 25 in the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Ticket prices range from a special “working man’s rate” of $30 to prime ringside seats at $125. Tickets are available now through VIP Services at [...]

By Jim Dower: Ahmet Oner, the promoter for unbeaten heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s), isn’t happy that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) and his brother IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko are planning to fight Tomasz Adamek in September, treating their opponents Solis and Dereck Chisora as sure fire wins.

By Scott Gilfoid: Argentinian knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) is sickened by WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s constant complaining about his opponents wanting too much money to face him. Maidana, who recently barely lost a 12 round decision after battering Khan for 12 rounds, said this on his twitter page: “Amirkingkhan still [...]

Cuban heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis arrived in Cologne, Germany, Monday morning for tomorrow’s press conference for his March 19th showdown against World Boxing Council (WBC) world champion Vitali Klitschko. “It’s time for a new chapter in heavyweight history“, says promoter Ahmet Oner. „Solis will end the Klitschko era and start his own legacy.“

Last night the Klitschko management and the camp of former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek confirmed that they have agreed on a title fight for September in Poland. Word is that Adamek’s opponent will most likely be Wladimir Klitschko while Vitali is also an opportunity to take on the Polish national hero.

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum is obviously excited about having his fighter Manny Pacquiao facing 39-year-old Shane Mosley on CBS/Showtime instead of HBO on May 7th, because it will allow Arum to take advantage of all the commercial advertisements that will be made on CBS to help market the 5/7 Pacquiao-Mosley pay-per-view event from Las [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight contender Kevin Johnson (24-1-1, 10 KO’s) called out unbeaten British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (13-0, 9 KO’s) today, sending an letter to eastsideboxing.com asking the 22-year-old Fury to fight him. Johnson, 31, is looking to take advantage of the BBBofC failing to sanction Fury’s fight with 42-year-old Francois Botha for February [...]

LOS ANGELES, January 25 – Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) is pleased to congratulate Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and Bill Caplan on their being named 2010 Boxing Writers Association of America award recipients for the Ali-Frazier Fight of the Year Award, the Bill Crawford Award for “Courage in Overcoming Adversity” and [...]

Now that the BBBC has rejected Francois Botha as an opponent for you, I want to be the first to offer myself as an opponent for you. I’ve been hearing a lot of noise coming out of the UK about how tough you are how you are the future of boxing. So I say step [...]

By Jason Kim: Former heavyweight title challenger Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 KO’s) will be returning to action this Friday night for the first title following surgery on his right hand to repair a tendon injury he suffered in his last fight against Manuel Quezeda in August of 2010. Arreola will be facing Joey Abell (27-4, [...]

January 25, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of World Boxing Council (WBC) President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Dan Ambrose: In a rather meaningless fact, the March 12th fight between WBC middleweight Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) and WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinzziruk (37-0, 23 KO’s) will be fighting for the newly created World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight Diamond belt at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The [...]

By William Mackay: Kevin Cunningham, the trainer for unbeaten WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s), isn’t worried about Alexander beating up WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) after Alexander gets through with defeating WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Pontiac Silverdome, [...]

NEW YORK, NY (Jan 25, 2011) – The consensus 2010 Fighter of the Year, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez is gearing up for another banner campaign in 2011. It all starts on March 12 when Martinez, the recognized champion at middleweight squares off with reigning World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) junior middleweight champion, Sergiy “Razor” Dzinziruk at the [...]

By William Mackay: Former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe can recognize talent when he sees it and he believes that undefeated 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist and current British super middleweight champion James DeGale (9-0, 7 KO’s) will beat unbeaten super middleweight Commonwealth champion George Groves (11-0, 9 KO’s) when they meet up in 2011.

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, Freddie Roach, the trainer for unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s), thinks that Chavez Jr. will soon be the middleweight champion and thinks he can be a great fighter. Chavez Jr. is facing fringe junior middleweight contender Billy Lyell (22-8, 4 KO’s) on Saturday [...]

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NEW YORK (January 25, 2011) – 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six” Estrada, one of the most decorated amateur boxers of all-time, returns to the ring after nearly a full year’s absence due to foot surgery, Saturday night in his Boxing 360 debut against Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence in the 10-round main event for the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Despite getting badly rocked repeatedly by 38-year-old journeyman fighter Sherman Williams in his fight last Saturday night, 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (43-1–2, 28 KO’s) is going to continue his career and fight his previously scheduled bout with 45-year-old Brian Nielsen (64-2, 43 KO’s) on March 5th in Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark. Holyfield looked old, [...]