Archive for February, 2011

By Eric Thomas: In something of a minor upset, super featherweight Alejandro Sanabria (27-1-1, 21 KO’s) defeated super featherweight fringe contender Rocky Juarez (28-8-1, 20 KO’s) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Auditorio Ernesto Rufo, Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 116-111, 117-110 and 114-113. For the 30-year-old Juarez, this [...]

By Cestus Press: Cestus Management’s 140-to-147 pound world contender, Ashley Theophane, scored a sizzling 12 round unanimous decision victory over British Light-Welterweight Champion, ‘Lightning’ Lenny Daws, in the main event at the world famed Wembley Arena in London England. Theophane displayed superb boxing skills as he constantly kept the very offensive and game Daws off [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten heavyweight project Mariusz Wach (24-0, 12 KO’s) scored a third round knockout on Saturday night against Jonathan Haggler (23-4, 18 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Essex County College, in Newark, New Jersey. The 6’8″ Wach had too much size and power for the 38-year-old Haggler.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) handed Brazilian Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (13-1, 11 KO’s) his first lost of his career by stopping him in the 5th round on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London. Fury, 22, dropped the 30-year-old Nascimento twice in the fight, once in the 1st and a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Sumio Yamada -The referee really did WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel no favors by allowing the fight to continue after he was knocked down tonight by challenger Nonito Donaire in their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel was tagged with a huge left [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten former 2008 Olympic heavyweight Bronze medalist Deontay Wilder (15-0, 15 KO’s) kept his perfect knockout record intact with another knockout win, this one against light heavyweight DeAndrey Abron (15-7, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) made quick work of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s), taking him out with a huge left hand to the head that floored Montiel in the 2nd round in their fight on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – Moments ago, Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) destroyed a weight drained looking WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) in the 2nd round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel looked like the effort that he had made to melt down [...]

By William Mackay: It was amusing to see WBA heavyweight champion David Haye defending himself on Sky Sports Ringside the other day when he was questioned about having fought a number of aging heavyweights in their late 30s. Instead of just agreeing with the Sky analyst that he had indeed been facing mainly older heavyweights [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KO’s) looked a lot better tonight in beating Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel card compared to how Jones looked last time he fought Soto-Karass last year. Saturday nights’ fight, [...]

By Chris Williams: Although Bob Arum has said that Manny Pacquiao won’t be facing any middleweights, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach hung out a little hope in a recent interviews, saying that Pacquiao and middleweight Sergio Martinez could meet at a 150 pound catch weight.

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten for 2004 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist for Russa Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KO’s) is hoping that he gets the next shot against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) instead of former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev.

By William Mackay: Perhaps Amir Khan should have chosen to fight Junior Witter (37-4-2, 22 KO’s) after all, because on Saturday night, the 37-year-old Witter was beaten in a surprise 10 round majority decision upset by little known Victor Lupo (19-1-2, 9 KO’s) at the Hershey Centre, in Missisissauga, Ontario. The final judges’ scores were [...]

By Jim Dower: In early action on Saturday’s Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel fight card at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KO’s) improved on his previous performance against Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s), defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores [...]

BY Jason Kim: Heavyweight Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) looked impressive in destroying Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (13-1, 11 KO’s) in a 5th round KO on Saturday night in a one-sided fight at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London. There was talk before the bout that the unbeaten Nascimento, who was found fighting in Brazil, was someone [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) was forced to battle hard against 32-year-old #12 ranked WBA contender Ronald Hearns (26-2, 20 Ko’s) before stopping him in the 7th round after connecting with a hard right hand that hurt Hearns in their fight at the Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: After losing his last four fights, Big John McDermott (26-7, 17 KO’s) looked incredibly happy to be facing the inexperienced knockout artist John McDermott TKO 1 Larry Olubamiwo (10-2, 9 KO’s) on Saturday night at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. McDermott, 30, simply overpowered Olubamiwo with short power shots, knocking him [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Slick southpaw Craig Watson (20-3, 8 KO’s) defeated the game John O’Donnell (24-2, 11 KO’s), giving him a rare loss on Saturday night to capture the vacant BBBofC British welterweight title at Wembley Arena, Wembley, London.

One week before Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis challenges Vitali Klitschko for the heavyweight championship, the next Cuban heavyweight sensation Glendy Hernandez will headline “Badia Spices Friday Night Fights” presented by Pugilistic Promotions at the Magic City Casino in Miami.

The fight between Luan Krasniqi and NABF Champion Johnathon Banks has been cancelled. The two heavyweights were supposed to fight in the Ludwigsburg Arena in Germany next Saturday, February 26. The tickets for the fight night were already sold out.

By Paddy Dwyer: When the boxing arm of the GB Olympic squad returned from Beijing in 2008 with its finest medal haul since 1956, there was one fighter notable by his absence. Birmingham’s Frankie Gavin (8(7)-0) was a pre-tournament pick for many observers to stand out on the world stage and to add an Olympic [...]

San Francisco, CA (February 18, 2011) – TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” hit the San Francisco Bay Area and a packed Longshoreman’s Hall in San Francisco, Calif. tonight with a five-bout event promoted by Don Chargin Productions and Golden Boy Promotions. If you missed the live action or televised broadcast, below is a summary of the [...]

British ace Frankie Gavin is aiming for a knockout performance against Michael Lomax tonight- but will celebrate with nothing more than a glass of water. Gavin aims to land the British title later this year admitted,

By William Mackay: Undefeated Tyson Fury (13-0, 9 KO’s) sees big things from himself in the future, which goes beyond tonight’s fight against unbeaten Brazilian Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (13-0, 11 KO’s) in their fight at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London. Fury, 22, is stepping it up against one of his better opponents since turning pro [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight contender Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KO’s) is hoping his fight against Craig McEwan (19-0, 10 KO’s) on March 12th opens the doors for a title shot against Sergio Martinez. Lee, 26, is currently ranked #5 WBA and #13 WBC. Lee has won his last nine fights since being stopped by Bryan [...]

After serving as the league’s battering ram for the better part of the season, the Memphis Force finally came out of their season-long slumber to pull off the upset of the year in World Series of Boxing Americas. With a dominant 4-1 performance over the Los Angeles Matadors at the DeSoto Civic Center just outside [...]

By Sean McDaniel We may be seeing the very best of heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) when he takes on WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on March 19th at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The 30-year-old Solis, who is no stranger to weight problems, has been reportedly training in the [...]

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was reportedly fuming at Thursday’s news conference for the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire fight for Saturday, complaining long and hard about the fact that WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) is being matched up against light welterweight Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KO’s) instead the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Making his first appearance since being stopped in the 8th round last year by Andre Berto in April 2010, Carlos Quintana (28-3, 22 KO’s) came back on Friday night to stop Yoryi Estrella (10-5-2, 7 KO’s) in the 9th round of a scheduled 10 round bout at the Coliseo Pachin Cicens, Ponce, [...]

By William Mackay: If WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) can beat his hand-picked next opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) in April, it will put the 24-year-old Khan on course to meet up with WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) in an important unification bout this summer on [...]