Archive for February, 2011

By Jim Dower: Featherweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos (26-1, 19 KO’s) easily defeated Frankie Archuleta (27-8-1, 14 KO’s) by a 2nd round TKO on Friday night at the Million Dollar Elm Casino, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The fight was a hopeless mismatch with Burgos wiping out Archuleta and knocking him down three times before the fight [...]

By William Mackay: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) faces 39-year-old former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO junior middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-5-1, 25 KO’s) on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Macklin, 28, is 11 years younger than Wright and is still hoping to get a title shot against one of the [...]

LAS VEGAS / GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (Feb. 25, 2011) — Four of the world’s best lightweight boxers each weighed in at 134.5 pounds on Friday night. In Las Vegas, World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 KOs) and unbeaten No. 1-ranked contender Brandon Rios (26-0-1, 18 KOs) stepped on the scales at [...]

By Chris Williams: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum gets his way, he’ll be matching up his fighter WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) against WBA Super World bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (30-1-1, 10 KO’s) in a unification match in May on HBO. This wouldn’t be a fight that boxing fans in the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) will squeeze in one last fight against 37-year-old Kevin McBride (35-8-1, 29 KO’s) on April 9th before facing one of the Klitschkos later on in the year in September. Adamek, 34, will fight McBride at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. This should be [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) has lost two out of his last five fights, and you can make a good argument that Cotto should have lost three out of his last fight bouts, because one of his victories was a questionable 12 round decision over Joshua Clottey in [...]

Monica Sears I first want to thank everyone for taking the time off to get on the call with Saúl Álvarez and Matthew Hatton. We’re excited about the upcoming bout on March 5th. I would like to introduce the President of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De la Hoya, to introduce both our fighters.

By Dan Ambrose: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has been left out in the cold for May 21st date on Sky Sports, as Frank Warren has reportedly picked up that date for a card that’s yet to be announced. This is bad news for Haye, because he had been planning on defending [...]

MISSISSAUGA, ON – (Friday, February 25, 2011) A thoroughbred racing legend will appear on tomorrow morning’s edition of The Sports Guys on Mississauga Talk Sports Radio. 
Renowned jockey Sandy Hawley is part of this week’s lineup of guests that also includes Canadian artist Garth Armstrong, North American Boxing Association lightweight champion Logan McGuinness and decorated [...]

Born in Texas, reared in Kansas and now “living the life” in Southern California, World Boxing Association (WBA) No. 1 contender Brandon Rios will fight for his first world title belt on the year’s first SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast Feb. 26 LIVE in Canada in vivid HD only on Super Channel courtesy of SHOWTIME at [...]

By Mark Hepplestall: The recent speculation of a bout between WBC/WBO Light Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) and WBA champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), subject to Khan beating McCloskey is possibly the most exciting fight on paper which should exceed their previous bouts and catapult the winner into superstardom. However I see [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime -Top WBA lightweight contender Brandon Rios (26-0-. 19 KO’s) faces his toughest bout of his seven-year pro career on Saturday night against World Boxing Association lightweight champion Miguel Acosta (28-3-2, 22 kO’s) at the Palms Casino Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rios and Acosta are two completely different [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye gave a strong suggestion that he could be facing IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko soon on July 2nd by a twitter message he left on his twitter account saying a fight with Klitschko “potentially being on the horizon.” If Haye and Wladimir do sign for a July [...]

LAS VEGAS (February 25, 2011) – Beginning Friday, March 25, 2011 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will present “Fight Night at The Cosmopolitan,” to be televised live on ESPN2′s “Friday Night Fights.”Inconjunction with Warriors Boxing Promotions and Blue Wave Group, The Cosmopolitan proudly presents a unique and glamorous evening of world-class professional boxingat the city’s [...]

By Jim Dower: Number #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be taking a 10 round tune-up bout against 32-year-old 5’7″ super middleweight David Medina (22-2, 10 kO’s) on March 19th at a still to be determined venue in Mexico. Chavez, 25, has been given a title shot against [...]

Approximately 500 boxing fans viewed the Youtube video proclaiming “Everyone Wants to Fight Christy Martin.” During the one minute, twenty second piece, Christy verbally disparages boxing favorites and pound for pound champions, dismissing them as quality, worthy opponents. The most vocal fighter to challenge Martin is Chevelle Hallback, who is very obviously ignored in this [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) There is palpable energy feeding the WSB Americas teams heading into this week’s matchups after an interesting week nine that saw an upset victory featuring the last-place Memphis Force and a new conference contender make its mark in the Mexico City Guerreros.

By William Mackay: Instead of seeing a bout between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and challenger Ruslan Chagaev or Alexander Povetkin for May 21st, we could be seeing Haye vs. IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd. There’s a lot of talk that the fight will go ahead [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) could be facing unbeaten WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) on July 23rd in Las Vegas, Nevada if Khan can beat his next opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on April 16th. Khan isn’t intimidated by Bradley, and [...]

By Jim Dower: In a battle of old timers, 42-year-old former three division world champion James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) defeated 39-year-old journeyman Damon Reed (45-15, 32 KO’s) by a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision at the San Manuel Indian Casino, San Bernardino, California. Before this fight, Toney hadn’t fought since way back in September [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (February 25, 2011)—With very few top American Heavyweights in recent years, a new name is ready to crash the party and influx some life into what many boxing insiders say is the lowest time in American Heavyweight boxing.

STEPHEN FOSTER JR will be rewarded with a three week holiday in Jamaica if he successfully defends his European super-featherweight title this weekend. Salford’s Foster Jr makes the first defence of his crown against Belgian Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Arena tomorrow night (26th February).

NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 25, 2011) – The MGM Grand at Foxwoods box office has released a small amount of $50.00 tickets today for the March 12 “Diamond Elite” championship boxing event, featuring 2010 Fighter of the Year Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez. There will be no additional tickets available at that price level after this small [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Rodolfo “Rudy” Perez is not well known by the average casual boxing fan who has usually only heard of Freddie Roach. Rudy Perez is the trainer that formed and polished Marco Antonio Barrera into a great fighter and guided him to legendary status as a world champion. Rudy Perez outsmarted eminent trainer [...]

LAS VEGAS, (February 24, 2011) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee met the Las Vegas media on Thursday afternoon just two days prior to his showdown with Pablo Gomez at The Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas.

Kathy Duva. Main Events, CEO: “April 9th is an important fight for both fighters: in Kevin McBride’s case this is a great opportunity for him; in Tomasz’s case he has a great opportunity ahead of him in Poland where he has an offer to fight one of the Klitschko brothers in September. But Tomasz does [...]

Shawn Nichol – 121 LBS. and Efrain Esquivias Jr. – 124.5 LBS. Francisco Rios Gill – 144 LBS. and Artemio Reyes – 142.5 LBS. Francis Ruiz – 118 LBS. and Jonathan Arellano – 119 LBS. Felipe Almanza – 125 LBS. and Abraham Lopez – 127 LBS. Jhon Ortega – 142 LBS. and Rudy Gamez – [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 24, 2011) – The two rivals stepped onto the scale Thursday, weighed in at a clean, 155 pounds and then engaged in a stern, yet subdued, stare-down for the cameras.

By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) is busy trying to convince boxing fans that his hand picked opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) is going to be a real threat to him on April 16th when they meet up for a UK fight. McCloskey isn’t much of a puncher and it’s a fight [...]

NEW YORK (FEBRUARY 24, 2011)—This Saturday night Peltz Boxing Promotions will present an action packed title bout plus some of the best prospects on the east coast as, It will be a “Philly War at the Shore.” In the Main event, “King” Gabriel Rosado will take on Jamaal “Da Truth” Davis in a battle for [...]