Archive for February, 2011

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (February 17, 2011) – The 6′7″ “Polish Giant” Mariusz Wach (23-0, 11 KO) of North Bergen, NJ by way of Krakow, Poland will face his tallest task to date on February 19 when he meets 6′4″ Jonathan Haggler (23-3, 18 KO) of Winston-Salem, NC at Essex County College in Newark, NJ. The [...]

By Eric Thomas:Former two division world champion Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KO’s) has big hopes in the near future if he can get by South African Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KO’s) in their fight for the vacant IBF light welterweight title on March 5th at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. The 33-year-old Judah [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-0, 23 KO’s) is the underdog going into his March 12th fight against Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut. The 35-year-old Martinez, who is considered by many boxing fans and writers to be the best fighter in the [...]

By Michael Lieberman: Tickets for the huge clash between Marcos Maidana (29-2, 17 KO’s) and Eric Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) go on sale on on Thursday, February 17th. The fight will be taking place at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also on the card will be Robert Guerrero vs. Michael Katsidis in lightweight [...]

By Jason Kim: Picture: Gerry Weber World (HalleWestfalen – WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (31-1, 23 KO’s) will be making his sixth defense of his World Boxing Organization title on April 2nd against 41-year-old former WBC cruiserweight champion Giacobbe Fragomeni (27-3-1, 11 KO’s) at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Fragomeni is going into [...]

By William Mackay: With the British Boxing Board of Control likely to say no to WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) fighting former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev in the UK, it leaves Haye with the choice of fighting Chagaev in Germany or deciding to forget about him altogether and just choosing instead [...]

By Dave Lahr: There are a numbers of ways that unbeaten British heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) can choose to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on April 30th at the SAP-Arena, in Mannheim, Germany. But perhaps the best way is to try and take the 34-year-old Wladimir into deep [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – Manny Pacquiao leaked a little bit of his feeling about his opponent Shane Mosley ahead of their May 7th fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like many of Pacquiao’s opponent, the 39-year-old Mosley was picked by Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum and the choice has [...]

LOS ANGELES, February 17 – The ante has been raised in one of 2011′s highest stakes bouts, as it was announced today that the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Championship will be on the line when Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Matthew “Magic” Hatton meet on March 5 at Honda Center in Anaheim, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury (13-0, 9 KO’s) is very concerned about his unbeaten Brazilian opponent Marcelo Luiz Nascimento (13-0, 11 KO’s), who Fury will be facing this Saturday night in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London. Not much is known about the 6’5″ Nascimento other than the [...]

By Leonard Harding: Now that the dust has settled on what was a memorable battle and and voted ‘Fight Of The Year’ by the American Boxers Writers Association, Marcos Maidana conqueror WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) returns to action on April 16 when he defends his WBA title against [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The long awaited comeback of former IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KO’s) will have to wait a little longer, as the 33-year-old Vargas is ill with a case of bronchitis and pneumonia and won’t be able to make his April 16th fight date against super middleweight Henry Buchanan. It [...]

By Sean McDaniel: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) is danger of leaving not much of a legacy during his four-year reign as International Boxing Federation champion. He’s faced thus far five weak opponents during his time as the IBF belt holder and hasn’t mixed in any dangerous fighters like Andre Ward, [...]

By Dave Lahr: Writer Doug Fischer believes that Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) could be vulnerable to getting beaten this Saturday night against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2, 34 KO’s) in their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (23-0, 18 KO’s) and Jesus Soto Karass (24-5-3, 16 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch this Saturday night on the undercard of the Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones and Karass fought last year on the [...]

By William Mackay: The summer unification bout between WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) and WBC/WBO light welterweight title holder Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) will be taking place on July 23rd instead of July 30th, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. It hardly matters the week change in time. [...]

By Frank Livingstone: I just find it amusing that after the historic luncheon meeting between Manny Pacquiao and President Obama, Floyd Mayweather Jr posted a photo of him with President Bush and Jerry Jones at the Super Bowl. When the promotional tour for the Pacquiao/Mosley fight started in Beverly Hills, Floyd Jr was on the [...]

Almost exactly two years ago a young aspiring professional stepped inside the ropes at the O2, Dublin. 9,000 fight fans packed in to see Ireland’s Bernard Dunne challenge Ricardo Cordoba for his WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title. The scene was set and the undercard had commenced.

LOS ANGELES, February 16 – In what promises to be an explosive night of fights featuring six all-action boxing heroes, on Saturday, April 9 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., five-time and three-division World Champion Erik “El Terrible” Morales (51-6, 35 KOs) returns to the pugilistic forefront when he faces power-punching [...]

WBA Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward will be joining the Boxingchannel.com coverage team for the Feb. 19th Nonito Donaire-Fernando Montiel Bantamweight Title match. Donaire-Montiel Weigh-in & Post-Fight Coverage

DOVER, Del. — Tickets are sold out for the NABA Junior Welterweight Championship title bout on Friday, Feb. 25 in the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Fans may still have luck on unclaimed tickets at will call until 8:30 p.m. on fight night. The fight may also be ordered on Pay Per [...]

The World Boxing Council has approved Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton for the vacant WBC super welterweight world title after having received a two/thirds vote of the WBC Board of Governors.

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions has reportedly won the purse bid for the rematch between World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins. Golden Boy Promotions won the bid with a winning bid of $1,911,500. The fight will take place on May 21st, and with Golden Boy winning the bid, [...]

TORONTO, ON – (Wednesday, February 16, 2011) This Saturday night, the eyes of the boxing universe will be focused squarely on the Hershey Centre in Mississaugua, Ontario, as United Promotions, in association with Hennessy Sports Canada, presents one of the most important Canadian fight cards to take place in years.

By Jim Dower: The recent pairing of legendary trainer Nacho Beristain and light welterweight Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) has reportedly fell apart before they even started their first training session after Beristain failed to meet Maidana in Mexico after he traveled there to begin training. Maidana says that Juan Manuel Marquez doesn’t want Beristain, [...]

By Jason Kim: Contrary to a false report floating around the internet about the Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton fight not being for the WBC vacant junior middleweight title on March 5th; it will indeed have the title on the line when these two warriors step into the ring at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, [...]

Marco Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) has promised his fans another spectacular KO victory. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion makes a sixth defence of his title at Halle´s Gerry Weber Stadium on April 2 when he comes face-to-face with former champion Giacobbe Fragomeni (27-3-1, 11 KOs). “There is a reason why I am the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) is still bitterly complaining about his lost opportunity to fight Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) on the April 2nd card at the Wembley Arena. It’s still exactly known why the fight fell apart, but it’s clearly not because of 26-year-old Murray not wanting the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): On July 16, 1947 the second fight of a three fight trilogy took place between Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale in Chicago Stadium. Rocky Graziano was the 1940’s bad boy of boxing. Rocky was born Thomas Rocco Barbella on January 1, 1919 in New York City and raised on the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two-time WBO welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) will be returning to the ring on April 30th for his first fight after being viciously knocked out in the 2nd round in a failed attempt to capture the WBC middleweight crown against champion Sergio Martinez on November 20th, 2010. In hindsight, [...]