Archive for March, 2011

By Dan Amrbrose: Former two time super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) was at ringside at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on Saturday night to watch IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) defend his title against Ireland’s Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) and noticed some flaws in Bute’s game [...]

By Jim Amato: Who was the greatest fighter to come out of Argentina? Well pound for pound you would probably say Monzon or possibly Pascual Perez. You could make a case for Nicolino Locke too. Who was the biggest and baddest of all Argentine fighters? Many would say Luis “Angel” Firpo. I’ll go with Oscar [...]

By Rahil Sheikh: WBC king Vitali Klitschko earned a first round stoppage victory over formerly unbeaten Oldanier Solis, in what turned out to be a disappointing Saturday night for the 19,000 packed crowd in Cologne, Germany. Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) a 2008 Olympic gold medalist for Cuba, was wobbled at 2 minutes 50 seconds of [...]

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Promoter Spencer Fearon always talks a good fight and his build up to Friday’s double title fight headlined Shamrock Showdown show may have seemed to have been nothing but a load of hype – but it wasn’t, If anything Spencer undersold the show by a country mile.

By Eric Thomas: In a fight that perhaps shouldn’t have never been made in the first place, undefeated interim WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KO’s) destroyed Ireland’s Willie Casey (11-1, 7 KO’s) in the 1st round on Saturday night after knocking him down three separate times in a fight at the West [...]

MONTREAL (March 20, 2011) – International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute successfully defended his title for the eighth time with a 10th-round TKO over Brian Magee from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten WBA junior flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (28-0, 23 KO’s) defeated Manuel Vargas (29-8-1, 14 KO’s) in an optional title defense on Saturday night at the Plaza San Diego , San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 119-109. Gonzalez effortlessly jabbed and tagged the over-matched Vargas [...]

By Jim Amato: He was born in 1936 and he embarked on a professional boxing career in 1954. He won twenty five of his first twenty nine fights on his way to establishing himself as a top prospect by 1962. The imposing 6′ 2″ Amos Lincoln was nicknamed ” Big Train ” and he looked [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) put on a punching power display on Saturday night, knocking Irish challenger Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) around and taking him out in the 10th round with a nice uppercut at the at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) may have recorded a 1st round stoppage win over challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night in Germany, but the win failed to really establish that Vitali was the better fighter or who would have won if not for the injury. Solis [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Tom Casino./Showtime – IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) dominated and stopped EBU super middleweight champion Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) in the 10th round in a pretty much one-sided fight at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, wore Magee down, knocking him down three [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has suddenly changed his mind about fighting Antonio Margarito in the summer. Cotto was previously entertaining the idea of fighting Sergio Martinez next or at least waiting until he heard how big of an offer he could get for this fight. Now Cotto has changed his [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) was very impressed with his older brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s 1st round KO win over challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. Vitali fought patiently for most of the 1st round until landing a hard right hand [...]

by Chris Williams: The indications are strong that Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) will be fighting Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KO’s) next in July instead of a high profile opponent or one that can give him any kind of fight. Martinez and Manfredo Jr. share the same promoter and the talk is that he [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s) got one step closer to a title shot by destroying Bladimir Hernandez (18-5, 16 KO’s) in a 2nd round TKO on Saturday night on the undercard of the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

By Jason Kim: Things weren’t going well for WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) for most of the 1st round on Saturday night against the faster Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s), who was having his way with Klitschko until the last 15 seconds of the round when Solis’ right leg collapsed out [...]

By Eric Thomas: 38-year-old David Tua (52-3-2, 43 KO’s) won an impressive 10 round unanimous decision over Demtrice King (15-20, 13 KO’s) on Saturday night at the TelstraClear Pacific, in Manukau City, New Zealand. The final judges’ scores were 100-91, 100-91 and 100-90. Although Tua was unable to take King out, Tua landed a massive [...]

By Jim Dower: Former two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and current WBA super bantamweight interim champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KO’s) blew out an out of his class Willie Casey (11-1, 7 KO’s) on Saturday night, taking him out in the 1st round at the City West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. The fight figured to be [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to reports, Odlanier Solis’ (17-1, 12 KO’s) his right knee has been confirmed by a German hospital in Cologne, Germany. Solis suffered a torn cruciate ligament and torn meniscus in his 1st round knockout loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Lanxess Arena, [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) was able to record a quick stoppage in on Saturday night after hitting previously unbeaten Cuban challenger Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) with a glancing blow in the last seconds of the 1st round that knocked Solis off balance, causing him to injure his [...]

By Lee Fletcher: With the younger Klitschko brother struggling to permanently overcome an abdominal injury, and the poor showing of Ordinary Solis in his recent heavyweight title fight, it is looking ever increasingly like Vitali will end up fighting David Haye in this summer’s much anticipated match up.

By Lewis Croft: The stage was set for Odlandier Solis (17-1, 12 KOs) to become the first Cuban Heavyweight champion in history. Everything suggested that his traing camp went well by coming in at his lightest as a professional fighter. and experts suggested that this fight would be a tough battle for the ageing champion, [...]

Boxing action from the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany: Nuri Seferi UD 8 Joseph Nagy

By Allen Hmiel: Whatever happened to the glory days of heavyweight boxing, the days of Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Ali, Liston, Frazier, Holmes, Tyson? The heavyweight Boxing title is the most prestigious title in all of sports. Boxing fans honor and revere the World’s heavyweight champ or at least they used to.

COSTA MESA, CA (March 18, 2011) – Orange County fight fans were thrilled by another night of action-packed bouts as Golden Boy Promotions in association with Roy Englebrecht Promotions brought a special edition of “Fight Club O.C.” to The Hangar at the O.C. Fair & Event Center. Tonight’s fights were televised on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo [...]

By Che McCarthy: WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye (25-1, 23KO’s) must be delighted with the turn of events that are building up to his unification showdown with either Klitschko brother. Haye, who is scheduled to face IBF and WBO Champ, Wladimir (55 – 3, 49 KO’s), has already started his training camp, yet it is [...]

Odlanier Solis 247, Vitali Klitschko 249.5 The first round goes to the challenger. Cuban Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis weighed in at 247 lbs. and was a lot lighter than most fans and experts had expected at today’s official weigh-in for the WBC world heavyweight championship tomorrow (Saturday, March 19th) in Cologne. While Vitali brought [...]

The Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solis World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship will be televised live to the U.S., Tomorrow! Saturday, March 19, exclusively on EPIX and streamed live on EpixHD.com, which includes a free two-week trial of the entire website, including access to its 3,000-film library. To sign up for the free trial go [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – It doesn’t take a sharp eye to see that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) looked incredibly emaciated and dried out at Friday’s weigh-in for his fight against Irish challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on Saturday at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [...]

By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko’s heavyweight reign is about to end on Saturday against the hard hitting highly skilled former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) in their battle in front of what will likely be 19,000 German fans at the Lanxess Arena, in Cologne, Germany. A lot of [...]