Archive for January, 2011

By Kevin Wrigley: Tyson Fury (13-0, KO 9) is set to face Francois Botha (47-5) on the 2nd February. This fight may end up overshadowing the rematch between John O’Donnel and Craig Watson for the vacant British title. As boxing fans no doubt know on the other side of the pond Fernando Montiel and Nonito [...]

By Gerardo Granados: Two of the most entertaining boxers of the last twenty years, perhaps they are not the favorites of the boxing purists but still the favorite of the boxing fans that don’t focus in the skills of a boxer or the technical aspects of a fight.

By Reynaldo Sanchez: The calmness, fewer frequent in the Floyd Mayweather field after his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley, it seems that it’s putting his face out and smiles at the boxer from Grand Rapids. MI. The last news, they suggest that ‘Money’ Mayweather will leave behind the legal problems that he has, and this [...]

By Reynaldo Sanchez: Brad “The King” Solomon (16-0-0) 7 KO’s 27 years, Intercontinental Champion welterweight of the WBA entrusts to keep his record. Next Friday, March 18th, a strong rival will face in the fight against experienced Demetrius “The Gladiator” Hopkins (30-1-1) 11 KO’s. In the card that “The Heavyweight Factory” will present in the [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Juan Manuel Lopez is a fighter beloved by most boxing fans because of his brawling style, his willingness to take chances so that he can punish his opponents.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Former WBU Lightweight Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl promised closely matched, exciting fights on his return to York Hall on Saturday night with his ‘Capital Punishment’ event. Being a man of his word, that’s just what Graham delivered and much, much more.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is reportedly looking to take on the smaller, inexperienced and little known EBU lightweight John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) in his next fight on April 16th in the UK.

By By Kevin Wrigley: As has recently been reported amongst a number of websites it looks like unbeaten Puerto Rican sensation Juan Manuel Lopez (30,-0, KO 27) will take on former IBF Featherweight champion Orlando Salido (34-11) on the 16th April in Puerto Rico.

New Brunswick, NJ (January 24, 2010) – Fast-rising super bantamweight Jorge Diaz (15-0, 9 KO) looks to make the jump from prospect to contender on March 26 when he faces Philadelphia’s Teon Kennedy at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ for Kennedy’s USBA super bantamweight title.

By Kevin Wrigley: This is part 1 of a 5 part series designed to look at great title runs from past champions who held a major title and did not lose it for a significant period of length. They must have held on to that specific title (and can add more titles to there collection, [...]

By William Mackay: Evander Holyfield looked nothing like his old self on Saturday night in fighting to a 3rd round no decision to Sherman Williams after the fight was stopped due to a head butt in this pay-per-view bout in West Virgina. Holyfield got staggered in the 3rd and was getting lit up in the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: With HBO passing on the Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga fight on March 12th, and choosing instead to show the WBC middleweight fight between Sergio Martinez and unbeaten Sergiy Dzinziruk, boxing fans are going to have to choose which fight they want to see, as Bob Arum, the promoter for Cotto, has [...]

By Kevin Wrigley: Over Mexico’s storied pugilistic history has had a host of brilliant boxers. Lets face it they have to be something a bit unique when they emerge from Mexico’s tough club circuit, often in there tender teenage years. Names boxing fans will immediately pluck out of the air are those such as Julio [...]

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (January 22, 2011) – Evander Holyfield: “I’m very disappointed. He fought the way he should have. He understood he would have his head low when he threw the overhand right. If I didn’t move back, we’d clash heads. It was to his advantage to get lower because he’s short. Being [...]

By William Mackay: On March 5th, EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) will likely suffer a brutal beating against WBC Silver light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) in their fight at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Hatton, 29, could have opted to take a much easier fight for the World [...]

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (January 22, 2011) – Tonight’s title fight between World Boxing Federation Heavyweight Champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield and challenger Sherman “Tank” Williams abruptly ended after three rounds due to a cut over Holyfield’s left eye that happened in the second round suffered in the second round. Holyfield was unable [...]

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By Jim Dower: Photo credit Steven Lementania – Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KO’s) says he’ll give 38-year-old Sherman Williams (34-11-2, 19 KO’s) a rematch after their fight on Saturday night ended in a 3rd round no contest after a head clash in the 2nd round opened a bad cut over the left [...]

By Jason Kim: Since taking beatings from both Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto isn’t being put in with dangerous fighters all of a sudden, and you have to wonder if Cotto is ducking the better fighters in boxing to try and get a little more mileage out of his career. Cotto faced the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Boxing fans may be excited at the prospect of seeing Argentinian knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) face WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) in what would likely be an exciting fight – at least on paper – because of the way that his fight would mimic Khan’s [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Steven Lemenati – Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield came up empty on Saturday night against journeyman Sherman Williams when their fight ended in a three round no contest after the 48-year-old Holyfield suffered a bad cut from a clash of heads that he, surprisingly, didn’t initiate. Holyfield was cut by [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez shouldn’t waste his time beating up an old shop worn Erik Morales, because this is a fight that is going in the wrong direction of where Marquez needs to be going if he wants to get a fight with Manny Pacquiao. Although Morales is technically ranked [...]

By Jim Dower: One of the best junior middleweights in the division will be back in action on March 12th when former WBC junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO’s) gets back in the ring to face Pawel Wolak (28-1, 18 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Nonito Donaire’s fans are foaming at the mouth about Donaire’s hand speed, seemingly tripping over themselves in giving praise to him for this one small asset. Unfortunately, fighters with good hand speed are a dime a doze, and it doesn’t translate into these fighters being actually any good. It takes a lot [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Number #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) will get a second shot at #15 ranked Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) in a 12 round bout on February 19th on the undercard of the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Mora (22-1-2, 6 Ko’s) is looking to put on a good performance in his next fight against the hard hitting Bryan Vera (17-5, 11 KO’s) on February 4th at the Convention Center, in Forth Worth, Texas. Mora, who has missed a lot of time away from [...]

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By Sean McDaniel Instead of taking on the old and shot looking Erik Morales, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez says that he wants to step up in weight and take on World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan next. In an interview with ESPN Deportes, Marquez said that he wants to face Khan [...]

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, Devon Alexander’s WBC light welterweight title will be at stake when WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley faces Alexander on January 29th at the Pontiac Silverdome, in Michigan. Bradley has reportedly agreed to pay the sanctioning fees to have the opportunity to win that strap, although it hardly [...]

By Jim Amato: For most of the 1960’s and part of the early 1970’s Canadian George Chuvalo was a mainstay in the talent rich heavyweight ratings. RING Magazine founder Nat Fleischer called George one of the most durable fighters he had ever seen. In his long distinguished career the rock jawed Chuvalo was NEVER off [...]