Archive for February, 2011

LOS ANGELES, February 23 – The fighters are ready and the stage is set for the 2011 opener of “Fight Night Club” at L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia, tomorrow night, February 24. Now all that’s left to do is ring the opening bell on an action-packed night that includes five professional fights, three amateur bouts with [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Elite Olympic-style boxing will return to Cincinnati, Ohio, July 4-9, for a key stop on the road to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Last Chance Qualifier. The tournament will provide a final opportunity for all of the male Olympic hopefuls who have not previously qualified for the U.S. Olympic [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) has received his big wish of a fight against one of the Klitschko brothers in September. This is Adamek’s big chance to try and become a three division world champion by beating one of the two best heavyweights in the world right [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) has been given a choice spot on the May 7th Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley undercard by his promoter Bob Arum for a bout that will be taking place at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jason Kim: Promoter Don King is looking to setup his fighter two-time world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 Ko’s) with a fight against Manny Pacquiao next if the 37-year-old Mayorga can beat WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) on March 12th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Robert Elmore: Simon Hirst wrote an excellent article about the negativity in boxing. He touched on some great points citing that most of the fans call themselves experts and that articles are not well thought out before writing. I would like to piggy back on that and add these points.

By Alex Hedges: On the 9th of April, the latest “insult fight” will take place, between the ridiculously faded legend, Erik Morales 51-6 (35 ko’s) and Marcos Maidana 29-2 (27 ko’s). These are the sort of fights that give boxing a black eye.

By Sean Pollock: On March 5th, ‘Magic’ Matthew Hatton (41(16)-4-2) faces unbeaten Mexican wonder-kid, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (35(26)-0-1), and it doesn’t take a clairvoyant fan to predict it will be his toughest assignment thus far. The Mancunian magician has enchanted Europe in his last three duels, and aims to add a world title to his [...]

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: One of the UK’s most exciting and talented Super Middleweights of the nineties and early naughties, Toks Owoh, made his return to the ring late last year and is now set to start his second championship campaign, albeit at Cruiserweight, in earnest at the Steve Goodwin promoted ‘Unleash The Fury’ [...]

RICKY HATTON is backing Stephen Foster Jnr to continue Hatton Promotions magnificent winning run. Salford’s Foster Jr makes the first defence of his European super-featherweight title against Ermano Fegatilli in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Arena on Saturday night (26th February).

Two time European Middleweight Champ, Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin has landed a high profile Las Vegas showdown with the legendary Ronald “Winky” Wright on April 9th. The fight will be the first of a lucrative promotional deal that Macklin has inked with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. The bout will take place [...]

The latest edition of the Prizefighter Podcast is available to download for free on iTunes via www.prizefighter.co.uk – with Robin Reid talking about the Super-Middleweights II and Eddie Hearn revealing a possible rule change.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super-Featherweight Champion Ricky Burns will perform a free-to-watch public work-out and sparring session at the Braehead Shopping tomorrow Thursday (24th February). Coatbridge star Burns makes the second defence of his title against Joseph Laryea at the Braehead Arena on Saturday 12th March and will show fans how his preparations have been [...]

Philadelphia, PA (February 23, 2011) – Philadelphia International Boxing Federation (IBF) #1 heavyweight contender, Eddie Chambers, scored an impressive 12-round victory in an IBF title elimination over Derric Rossy of Medford, New York, in a SHOWTIME televised bout from Bally’s in Atlantic City. It was the second win for Chambers over Rossy who was riding [...]

Ricky Burns’ trainer Billy Nelson is backing his charge to make two pieces of Scottish sporting history within the next 12 months. Burns defends his World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Super-Featherweight title on March 12 at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow against hard-hitting Ghanaian Joseph Laryea, live on Sky Sports 1HD.

By Chris Williams: In their haste to find the next Manny Pacquiao, many boxing fans have already crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) as the next Pacquiao based on a few wins during his career against Fernando Montiel, Vic Darchinyan and Wladimir Sidorenko. Some boxing fans even think that the slender 5’7″ [...]

CHICAGO, IL (February 23, 2011) Chicago’s finest in professional boxing will once again be on display on Friday, April 1st at the UIC Pavilion as 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, presents WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 16, a sensational evening headlined by the highly anticipated return of super middleweight contender and [...]

By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) sustained an awful beating in his last fight against challenger Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) last December. Had Maidana’s punch accuracy been a little bit better in this fight, he would have had an excellent chance of knocking Khan out early [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The hard hitting light welterweight knockout artist Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) is not happy with the way things turned out against WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his Maidana’s last fight in December 2010. Maidana lost that fight by a 12 round decision despite hurting Khan badly in the 10th, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (28-4, 6 KO’s) is interested in taking on IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KO’s) for his paper title. Of the current welterweight champions, Zaveck is one of the champions that many boxing fans consider a paper champion, and not considered as legit as [...]

Nearly all the VIP Ringside tickets for the World Junior Welterweight Title fight between Brooklyn’s Zab Judah and Kaizer Mabuza of South Africa are sold.

By Eric Thomas: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) is either the best fighter in the division or the most carefully matched, because he’s been sailing through the likes of Edison Miranda, Jesse Brinkley and Fulgencio Zuniga since capturing the International Boxing Federation title in 2007. Unfortunately, Bute seems to be following [...]

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) says he thinks he’ll be ready to fight in June against WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto in a rematch. It’s unclear whether the fight can be made at that early date, because Cotto has a fight coming up next month against Ricardo [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) is currently enjoying the fame that comes from knocking out the best fighter in the bantamweight division with his 2nd round knockout victory over Fernando Montiel last weekend. Donaire already has seen the benefits of the victory, as he’s been pushed to the number [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal has reportedly reached an agreement with his promoter Yvon Michel for Pascal’s rematch with 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 42 KO’s) on May 21st. The fight has been ordered by the WBC after Hopkins and Pascal fought to a 12 round majority draw last December. The results [...]

By Dave Lahr: Instead of putting Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) in with a fighter that is still fighting in the prime of their careers, Pacquiao’s promoter has opted to match him up with the 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) on May 7th at the MGM Grnad, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The only good [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Chris Farina/Top Rank – WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) plans on trying to box 37-year-old challenger Ricardo Mayorga (29-7-1, 23 KO’s) on March 12th instead of going to war with him and risking suffering a cut or potentially a knockout loss when they go at it [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) will be returning to the ring by summer at the latest to resume his boxing career and put his loss to Nonito Donaire behind him. Hopefully, this is enough time for Montiel to recover from the knockout loss and the subsequent surgery to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former three division world champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) is hoping to revive his once great career by beating Argentinian knockout artist Marcos Maidana 29-2, 27 KO’s) on April 9th to capture the WBC Silver light welterweight title at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Maidana, 27, is seven years [...]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., (Feb. 22, 2011) – World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and his Hall of Fame trainer Emanuel Steward met with the South Florida media on Tuesday to talk about the Pride of Puerto Rico’s upcoming matchup with two-division world champion Ricardo Mayorga, which will take place on Saturday, March 12, [...]