Archive for February, 2011

By Allen Hmiel: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – Sugar Shane Mosley will redeem himself in a big way on May 7th when he pummels the smaller Manny Pacquiao into submission and regains the prestige he lost in losing to the great Floyd Mayweather. Mosley has had a lot of thinking to do career wise and [...]

When people first begin boxing, regardless of their age, it seems the only thing they focus on is throwing punches. But that is only a small part of the equation of becoming a complete boxer. Boxing is about putting many little things together so that you develop a fluid motion in what you do, something [...]

STEPHEN FOSTER JR is hoping big fight opponent Ermano Fegatilli isn’t as clever in the ring as he is outside of the ropes. The Belgian is the cleverest boxer in the world, having attained a Masters in Economics with the highest honours at Liege University in 2007.

IRISH-BORN slugger John O’Donnell is the 4-5 favourite on Betfair to bag the vacant British welterweight title at Wembley Arena, London, on Saturday. The 25-year-old squares up to Craig Watson for a second time, the pair having already traded blows in 2009.

RICKY HATTON is predicting that Denton Vassell’s showdown against Bethuel Ushona will be the fight of the year. The unbeaten pair clash at Wigan’s Robin Park Sports Centre on Saturday 26th March with Mancunian Vassell risking his Commonwealth welterweight crown.

Pernell Whitaker: “You can’t even imagine the feelings I am having right now about this kid (Judah). He’s like a student all over again, it’s like re-teaching the guy some of the best things about himself. Nobody probably knows better than me, other than his father, about his fight game. It’s been easy for me [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: The image of legend Erik Morales is imprinted forever in the minds of fans as the hot tempered warrior who never backed down from going toe to toe with his opponents. Even when Erik Morales had the boxing skills and height advantage to easily outpoint his opponents, he never got on the [...]

Morden’s British light-welterweight champion ”Lightning” Lenny Daws can claim outright ownership of a Lonsdale belt and improve on his European and world title aspirations when he makes the third defence of his British light welterweight title against Kilburn’s Ashley Theophane on Mick Hennessy’s exciting bill at London’s Wembley Arena on Saturday night.

By Mark Hepplestall: The recently Vacated WBC junior middleweight title will be contested by EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) and 20-year-old Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California.

Bobby Czyz—former IBF Light Heavyweight champion, Cruiserweight champion and Super Cruiserweight champion—recently joined Find A Dream— a nonprofit organization that reaches out to community children and provides them a healthy channel to find and work towards fulfilling a dream.

By Mark Hepplestall: The boxing world was promised a match up by HBO which would be Marcos Maidana Vs Devon Alexander; however reality has brought us in my opinion two very overhyped boxers at a crossroads fight. These guys are actually very similar yet totally different, Alexander is a good boxer who showcases good boxing [...]

NEW YORK (Feb. 17, 2011) — Four of the world’s best lightweight boxers highlight the year’s first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event as unbeaten No. 1-ranked contender Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 18 KOs) challenges World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KOs), while talented Mexican fighters Antonio DeMarco (24-2-1, 18 KOs) and Reyes Sanchez [...]

By William Mackay: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) and the still very inexperienced 20-year-old Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) will be fighting for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Golden Boy Promotions decided to put the recently vacated World Boxing Council title, [...]

Lake Buena Vista, FL (February 17, 2011) – For the first time in history, professional boxing is coming to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Friday, March 4, 2011 as part of ESPN The Weekend. This event is being promoted by Roy Jones Jr’s promotional company Square Ring Promotions, Inc. and The Bluewave [...]

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Frankie Gavin will now fight former Prizefighter champion and British title challenger Michael Lomax this Saturday night at Bethnal Green’s York Hall. Lomax stepped up in after Gavin’s original opponent Jason Cook could not make the weight.

By Jim Dower: The March 19th fight between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) and Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) will be shown on Epix, a little known American premium channel that isn’t carried by either Comcast or Direct TV. This means that it’s reach for boxing fans in the U.S. hoping to [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – It’s always nice to see a promoter hard at work trying to build up a fight between one of his champions and mismatched challenger. In this case, Arum did his best to explain why 39-year-old Shane Mosley looked so wretched in his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. [...]

By Darren S. Barcomb: Heavyweight Boxer Francois Botha (47-5-3, 28 KO’s), was all set to step into the ring with English Heavyweight Tyson Fury (13-0, 9KO’s) on February 19th, 2011 at the Wembley Arena in London. The South African born Botha had been intended to provide a much needed test for the up- and- coming [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) The Mexico City Guerreros head into week nine of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) hoping to maintain the momentum they’ve seized in the league’s second half while reeling off three straight wins. Friday night in Mexico City they’ll look to run that streak to four against the Miami Gallos.

By Irving Hatcher: You know, walking around the gyms and chewing the fat with the guys I always got my opinion, and some say ‘Hey Irv, you ought to blog, let others see these opinions of yours’. So here I am, my first article for BoxingNews24, and to all out there, ‘How about ya?’

Ricky Burns has offered Tottenham coach Joe Jordan a sparring session after his bust up with AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso. Scotland legend Jordan was head-butted by Gattuso after Spurs beat Milan 1-0 at the San Siro.

By Sean McDaniel: New British lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (20-2, 8 KO’s) could find himself facing former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KO’s) on the undercard of the title fight between WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. [...]

By William Mackay: In perhaps an odd way of trying to get IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to fight him, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) came out with an interview today on Sky Sports, saying he wants to fight a couple more times before retiring from the sport at [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s fair to say that Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) dodged a bullet in his last fight when WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman’s right knee gave out on him in the 7th round right when he was teeing off on Cotto and the fight was pretty much even. Had that injury [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) hasn’t changed his mind about retiring at the end of the year when he turns 31-years-old. Haye, 30, says he wants to fight two more times, either against Ruslan Chagaev or Alexander Povetkin for his next fight on May 21st and then one more [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: To say that WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (30-2, 7 KO’s) has been a disappointing champion is putting things mildly. Instead of seeing exciting fights against top super featherweights like Takashi Uchiyama, Jorge Linares, Jason Litzau, Robert Guerrero, Jorge Solis or Takahiro Aoh, we’ve had to settle for Burns taking a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) has looked awful in his last two fights against Andriy Kotelnik and Timothy Bradley, and Alexander should feel very fortunate that he didn’t both of those fights instead of just the one to Bradley in January. Alexander is owed one fight by [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: On May 14th, boxing fans will likely be seeing the last of former Super Six tournament lead Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) when he faces the talented WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) in the semifinals of Showtime’s Super Six tourney at a still to be determined venue inside [...]

LOS ANGELES, February 16 – On Thursday, February 17, female boxing superstar Mia St. John will join with Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano and Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. to reintroduce the Mental Health in Schools Act and create awareness and support for mental health initiatives.