Archive for March, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: Despite getting knocked out in the 8th round by WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez on March 12th, WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KO’s) may be the best fighter in the division right now. That might not be something that Miguel Cotto fans like to hear but I got [...]

Beverly Hills, CA – March 22, 2011 – Boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley has taken to Twitter to start a pre-fight battle with rival Manny Pacquiao through a series of witticisms on Twitter.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) is going to have to be prepared to fight at a faster speed early in his fight with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) in June or July. Wladimir’s trainer Emanuel Steward says that Haye is a faster starter and will be [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If trainer Emanuel Steward has his way his fighter WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) will fight Antonio Margarito next in a rematch in July, then Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and finally a rematch with Manny Pacquiao. I hate the thought of Cotto fighting Pacquiao again without Cotto fighting [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 United States squad for the first 2011 Pan American Games Qualifier, March 25-29, in Cumana, Venezuela has been finalized. All 13 Olympic weight divisions will be represented at the event with boxers in the 10 men’s weight divisions and three women’s weight classes competing for a berth in the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If you haven’t already noticed, WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) seems to be looking past his scheduled next opponent Paul McCloskey (22-0, 13 KO’s) towards a unification fight against Timothy Bradley in July, and even beyond that for a dream fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Here [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) will be watching the Super Six tournament May 14th fight between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) and former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) intently to find out more about how good Ward is and to compare [...]

By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) won’t have to worry about facing unbeaten EBU light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) alone on April 16th, as Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach will take a break from his training camp with Manny Pacquiao to travel to Manchester, England [...]

Undefeated Vanes Martirosyan (29-0 18 KO’s) is focused on winning a world championship in 2011. He took the first step towards that goal by scoring a 2nd round knockout on Saturday night over Bladimir Hernandez (18-5, 16 KO’s). Despite his opponent coming in over 6 pounds over the originally contracted weight, Martirosyan had no trouble [...]

By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: On March 16th, WBA and WBO champion Nonito Donaire left Bob Arum’s stable and joined forces with Top Rank rival Golden Boy Promotions. Mixed emotions have poured into the different websites either supporting Donaire’s move or not supporting it. But out of this whole ordeal, it has been Nonito’s wife, [...]

Sutton’s Danny ‘Cassius’ Connor is in confident mood ahead of this Saturday’s showdown with Tyler Goodjohn, at the Tony Simms (TBS Promotions) promoted event at the Prince Regent in Chigwell, Essex.

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. has reportedly asked for $100 million to fight Manny Pacquiao in a mega fight that doesn’t appear to happening anytime soon unfortunately. Mayweather obviously is looking to get as much as he can for the fight, but his asking price is going to have to come down a [...]

By Ben James: There is no doubt about it. Last Saturday nights heavyweight world title fight was a huge let down, the biggest let down since the last heavyweight let down when David Haye knocked out the rabbit in the headlights called Audley Harrison.

Last Friday night Stoke Newington’s Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng suffered a highly contentious loss to Castleford’s Luke ‘Lionheart’ Robinson at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – (March 22, 2011) Welterweight prospect Joseph Judah (6-1, 1 KOs) get’s back in the ring against Marcus Hall (4-3, 2 KOs) in a six round welterweight fight promoted by Ares Promotions, on Friday, April 15th at the McDonough Field House at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY.

BOXING banker Denton Vassell reckons his day job will help him cash in when he defends his Commonwealth welterweight title this weekend.

James DeGale says that his sparring partners will be taking the full force of his anger until he can get to George Groves on fight night. DeGale and Groves will meet at The O2, London, on May 21 and their British and Commonwealth super-middleweight showdown is one of the most eagerly anticipated for years.

NEW YORK (March 22, 2011) – The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals are set to begin. Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to 168-pound supremacy. On Saturday, May 14, Ward will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight world title [...]

MANCHESTER, Conn. (March 22, 2011) – New Jersey-based trainer Mike “Red” Skownowski reports that training unbeaten NABF and NABO featherweight champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard for his March 26 showdown against unbeaten IBF No. 1 contender “Mikey” Garcia, despite being together a little more than month, seems like they’ve been working together for a year.

In an exciting first round knockout in the MAIN EVENT, USA Oklahoma Lightweight Champion Noah Zuhdi showed his skills and formidableness when he downed Donny Miller of Parkersburg, West Virginia in just 1 minute and 26 seconds. This was Zuhdi’s 12th knockout in his 15 professional fight career. Zuhdi’s next fight is for Bob Arum’s [...]

Chiapas, Mexico (March 22, 2011) – The kick-off press conference for the first all-female boxing reality show “Todas Contra Mexico” (All Against Mexico) in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico gave the world its first glimpse into the show on Monday afternoon.

The Los Angeles Matadors, who clinched the WSB Americas league title last Monday against the Mexico City Guerreros, will face the Astana Arlans in the World Series of Boxing semifinals following the draw at WSB headquarters earlier today.

By Mark Hepplestall: For the last few years it’s been hard to watch Heavyweight boxing for a number of reasons, people say it’s due to the lack of competition, the lack of an American world champion, or just the people who hold the belts are to blame.

By Gerardo Granados: Erik Morales has a chance to defeat Marcos Maidana in their fight on April 9th, but he is supposed to have more chances to get knocked out by him.

IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester (34-3-1, 16 KOs) will return to the ring on May 7 when he defends his title against mandatory challenger Daniel Geale (24-1, 15 KOs) in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The two camps struck a deal last weekend before the official purse bid was due. It will be Sylvester´s first fight since a [...]

ORANGE, CA (March 21) – Efrain Esquivias (12-0, 8 KOs) will make his return to the ring this Friday, March 25 at Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California with a new adversary. Veteran fighter Jhon Albert Molina is now scheduled to be Esquivias’ opponent, replacing Sherali Dostiev, who was pulled from the fight by manager Craig [...]

By Craig Macguinness: Revelations were made public that there is a clause in the Klitschko Haye contract which stipulates Haye must fight Vitali if Wladamir’s abdominal injury re occurs, this has heightened suspicions that Wladamir is looking for a way out, and that the klitchko management feel Vitali has a better chance of winning against [...]

Havana native Rances Barthelemy (10-0, 8 KOs) enjoys many advantages over his opponents and even over his compatriots. Unlike others in his generation of Cuban professionals, 24-year-old Barthelemy has already been in the United States for two years and is fully acclimated to life here. Standing 5′ 11″, Barthelemy towers over most of his opponents [...]

SALINAS, PUERTO RICO – WBO NABO Super Flyweight Champion César “Junito” Seda (20-0, 15 KOs) looked comfortable this morning at the Olympic Village in Salinas Puerto Rico, coming in at 128 1/4 pounds for his first pre-fight weigh-in for his world title fight against Omar Narvaez (33-0-2, 19 KOs) on April 15 in Buenos Aires, [...]

CHICAGO, IL (March 21, 2011) Chicago’s Genaro Mendez will battle Javier Loya of Phoenix, Arizona in a special feature attraction undercard bout at WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 16 at the UIC Pavilion on Friday, April 1st.