Archive for January, 2011

By Jim Dower: Light welterweight knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) destroyed DeMarcus Corley (36-16-1, 22 KO’s) in an 8th round TKO on Fridday night in Argentina. Matthysse tore into the 36-year-old southpaw Corley with body shots and ended up dropping Corley eight times in the bout before the massacre was stopped in the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum was thinking he would get a fighter with a name to draw fans for the March 12th fight of his number #2 cash cow WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s). Former two division world champion Richard Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s), now 37, was spotted and the thinking [...]

By Jason Kim: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) has yet another dull title defense in his next fight when he takes on number #8 ranked International Boxing Federation contender 35-year-old Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on March 19th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Bute, 30, is literally aging as [...]

Montreal, January 21st 2011: It’s official! 22 year old knockout artist David Lemieux (25-0-0, 24KO), currently ranked #2 in the world by the WBC will face his toughest test to date on Friday December 8th under the shining lights of Montreal’s Bell Centre as he takes on against 30 year old Mexican slugger and WBC [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has signed a deal for the Manny Pacquiao – Shane Mosley fight to be shown on CBS/Showtime on May 7th instead of HBO. For the normal fan, that doesn’t mean much of anything at all. Pacquiao fans are rejoicing at the news, happy for their hero Pacquiao but not fully [...]

WEIGHTS FROM HAMILTON, NJ Terrance Cauthen 146 – Phillip McCants 146 Yehudy Fracas 149 – Jesse Crawford 141 Marcus Smith 133 – Bernard Porter 136 ½

By Dan Ambrose: If you were hoping that the 1/29 Timothy Bradley (26-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Devon Alexander (21-0, 13 KO’s) would have a good undercard along with it, think again. The undercard appears to be totally lacking in quality. Although there is a lot of fights on the undercard, it’s not very deep in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) may think he’s getting an immediate rematch with WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) after the World Boxing Council voted for Pascal to fight Hopkins next, but Pascal’s promoter Yvon Michel is saying that Pascal’s next opponent with be former two-time light heavyweight [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: A fight between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto is what the fans are waiting for. This is a dangerous fight for both fighters; Victor Ortiz despite his power and natural talents is mentally vulnerable. Andre Berto is a question mark, since he has faced so few skilled opponents. This is the type [...]

By Derek Holian: photo credit: Steven Limentani – Evander Holyfield looked in superb shape as usual as he weighed in at his career heaviest at 224.5 lbs. while Williams tipped the scale at 258 lbs. Both Former world heavy weight champions Larry Holmes and Lennox Lewis were at the weigh-in to offer Evander their support. [...]

By Ben Newell: Boxing is a sport for which the requisite attributes seem pretty obvious. Often a fighter possesses great hand speed or footwork, while others focus on their sheer power in landing their big “bombs”. There can be the heart of a champion too, and even the sharpness of mind to show the real [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Julio Cesar Chavez junior has not fought in his homeland of Sinaloa for over six years. Now he will be amongst his people once again when he fights Billy Lyell on the 29 of January 2011. It makes sense that Chavez junior fight in his hometown because that is surely his last [...]

By Peter Marinelo: At its heart, boxing is entertainment. A sport that, despite its purity, provides the violent blood lust that is inherent to the human condition. People flock to arenas or gather in front of their T.V sets for the same reason the Romans filled the Colosseum. It’s this fact that makes pure technicians [...]

CHICAGO, IL (January 21, 2011) With a thundering right hand earlier this week, Chicago’s Andrzej Fonfara sent the speed bag flying across the crowded gym at an open media workout at JABB Boxing Gym and proclaimed himself “ready for war” next Friday night, January 28th at the UIC Pavilion.

By Peter Marinelo: Over the past two years, since the beating of Oscar De La Hoya at the hands of Manny Pacquiao, there has been a very real debate as to who is this generation’s best boxer. The lines in the sand are clearly defined turning a lively debate into a virtual war with both [...]

WORLD BOXING FEDERATION HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT – 12 ROUNDS — PPV Evander Holyfield (43-10-2, 28 KOs), World Federation Heavyweight Champion, Atlanta, GA 224 LBS.

PONTIAC, MICH. (January 21, 2011) – How fitting, on the eve of world championship boxing’s return to Detroit, fights fans around the U.S. are all buying American. And Next Saturday! January 29, at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., America will present its best when undefeated world champions DEVON ALEXANDER “The Great” and TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum has decided to take the May 7th bout between his fighter Manny Pacquiao and his opponent, 39-year-old Shane Mosley, and put it on Showtime instead of HBO. This change came about at the same time that HBO chose to put on the WBC title fight between Sergio Martinez vs. Sergiy [...]

By Chris Williams: Instead of stepping up and facing Yuriorkis Gamboa, World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) will be facing Gamboa’s last victim, Orlando Salido (34-11-2, 22 KO’s), in Lopez’s next fight on April 16th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico. All I can say is [...]

Montreal, Friday January 21st, 2011 – A Purse Bid was held today at World Boxing Council (WBC) Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico for the right to promote a WBC World Light Heavyweight Silver Championship title bout between former WBC 175 lb World champion Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu (27-2-0, 15 KO) from Romania/Canada and Chris “Hard [...]

By Dave Lahr: Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) is talking about being ready to fight for the titles against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) right now. The problem is the fight doesn’t take place until next month on February 19th at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will have to earn his second chance to face Manny Pacquiao. Before Bob Arum allows Cotto to get a second bite at the Pacquiao apple, Cotto is going to have to go through a series of fights first against Richard Mayorga on March 12th, Antonio Margarito [...]

LOS ANGELES, January 21 – In 2010, fight fans saw the emergence of both Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Matthew “Magic” Hatton onto the world boxing scene, with the two contenders combining for a 9-0 record with six knockouts. On Saturday, March 5, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., these two fighters will collide with only [...]

By Jim Dower: Earlier today, Fight News reported that the proposed April 9th fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales was off, saying that Marquez had rejected Morales for the 4/9 date. However, Dan Rafael of ESPN says that this information isn’t correct. Apparently, the 37-year-old Marquez hasn’t rejected Morales. Golden Boy Promotions CEO [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten former 2008 Olympic heavyweight Bronze Medalist Deontay Wilder (14-0, 14 KO’s) will be looking to keep his perfect knockout streak alive on February 19th when he faces a still to be named opponent in a scheduled six round bout at the Shelton State Community College, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Wilder, 6’7″ 220, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s) faces WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) in the semifinals of the Super Six tournament on May 21st at a still to be decided venue. To his credit, Johnson is saying he would be agreeable to fighting Froch in England if the money [...]

By Derek Holian: The American author Carlos Castaneda once said “To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on until the very last moment of our lives”. To put it simply, being a warrior for some is a way of [...]

CHICAGO, IL (January 21, 2011) Former World Boxing Council (WBC) Lightweight Champion David Diaz took a break from training earlier this week to contribute his time to the “Campbell For Kids” 2011 Texas Hold’Em Poker Tournament hosted by Brian Campbell of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

By Dan Ambrose: Number #2 ranked World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s) will be facing #3 ranked Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KO’s) in a WBC middleweight title eliminator bout on April 8th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Lemieux, 22, figures to win this fight by knockout, as [...]

Montreal, January 21st 2011: Friday, February 11th marks the return of Groupe Yvon Michel’s highly regarded FAST AND FURIOUS boxing series, presented by the Casino de Montreal in collaboration with Videotron, at the spectacular Bell Centre in Montreal.