Archive for March, 2011

Following his stellar performance in his professional debut, winning by TKO, welterweight prospect Vinny “The Lion” O’Brien will be returning to the ring April 9 as part of the undercard for the Tomasz Adamek and Kevin McBride heavyweight fight at the Prudential Center.

DAVID PRICE would not be shocked if Odlanier Solis signaled the end for Vitali Klitschko tomorrow night. The 6ft 8in Liverpool hopeful has been sparring with the Cuban who challenges for Vitali Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight crown in Cologne tomorrow night (SAT).

This Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Yan Barthelemy (11-2, 4KO’s) will square off against Dominican Francis Ruiz (9-3, 4 KOs) in the opening bout on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. Barthelemy was originally scheduled to face Chris Avalos (18-1, 15KO’s) but Avalos was forced to [...]

By Gari Jones: Its not long now before Odlandier Solis W17 (KO12) L0, D0 gets his chance at world championship gold, but first he must get past the man mountain Vitali Klitschko W41 (KO38) L2, D0. Solis in terms of reach and weight is pretty similar to Viatli but in terms of height (Solis 6’1.5” [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s weigh-in, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko came in at an in shape 249 lbs for his fight against unbeaten Odlanier Solis for Saturday’s bout in Cologne, Germany. For his part, Solis came in at a fat 246, which is 16 pounds lighter than his last fight in December when he [...]

London (18th March 2011) Boxing heavyweight sensation proved he was a good sport when he stripped-off to be sprayed-tanned all in the name of Comic Relief The man dubbed in the media of late as ‘The Real Big Gypsy Hard Man’ the undefeated, 6 foot 9” current English Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury took time out [...]

March, 18, 2011 – Leading up to the junior welterweight showdown between Erik Morales and Marcos Maidana – set for Saturday, April 9 and broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View® – HBO Sports will present exclusive replays of two riveting showdowns that highlights the remarkable skill and will of these competitors.

VITALI KLITSCHKO’S unspectacular reign as WBC heavyweight champion looks set to continue after the lumbering Ukrainian was installed as the 2-11 favourite on Betfair to beat Odlanier Solis on Saturday. Klitschko defends his 200lb crown for the seventh time against largely unfancied opposition in Cologne.

Undefeated junior middleweight Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan (28-0 17KOs) is getting an unexpected taste of the full middleweight limit for tomorrow’s fight versus Mexico’s Bladimir Hernandez (18-4 16KOs).

Framingham, Massachusetts, native Danny O’Connor will have more than just his undefeated record on the line next time he enters the ring — His brand-new family is counting on him. “This fight is basically life or death. I have a child I need to support now and he has to eat and that’s the way [...]

Tickets are on sale now for Frank Warren’s blockbuster show set for The O2 on Saturday 21st May. A massive fight card includes Nathan Cleverly’s challenge for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Light-Heavyweight title against Juergen Braehmer and the long awaited showdown between British Super-Middleweight Champion James DeGale and Commonwealth Champion George Groves.

By William Mackay: It looks like Ahmet Oener, the promoter for Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s), is on the verge of retiring from the heavyweight promoting business with Solis taking on WBC heavyweight champion Vitali KLitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. Solis, who looks as fat as he usually does despite [...]

By Dave Lahr: Well, I hate to break this to Manny Pacquiao’s fans but WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best fighter in boxing right now, not Pacquiao. I got to say I totally agree with Martinez 100%. Mayweather is on another planet in terms of ability to compared [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) will be taking on 32-year-old WBO full champion Jurgen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) on May 21st at the O2 Arena, in Greenwich, London, England. Cleverly, 24, has been waiting for this fight for a long time and has wanted to prove himself.

By William Mackay: Sky Sports analyst Glen McCrory is picking undefeated Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 Ko’s) to beat WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on Saturday night. McCrory is obviously going against the grain because few people are giving the chunky looking Solis much of a chance to pull off the upset [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In a battle of unbeaten super middleweights, George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) and British champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) will go at it on May 21st at the O2 Arena, in Greenwich, London. There is no love lost between these two fighters, as they both genuinely despise each other. Groves likes [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) wants to knock out challenger Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. Klitschko, 39, realizes he has a tough opponent in front of him with the 30-year-old former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Solis. However, Vitali plans on going for the [...]

Earlier tonight, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, presented an exciting five bout card before a packed house at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, NY (Long Island). Star Boxing’s hometown favorite and undefeated jr. welterweight prospect Chris Algieri, headlined the card, as he took on Philadelphia’s Julias Edmonds.

By William Mackay: In hindsight, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions may have made a big mistake by deciding to fight the obscure little known Irish Paul McCloskey on April 16th rather than a better known fighter like Breidis Prescott, Michael Katsidis or a well known local fighter [...]

By William Mackay: With few boxing fans giving unbeaten challenger Paul McClosley (22-0, 12 KO’s) much if any chance at beating WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) on April 16th at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England. You can’t say what Khan has left at this point from the huge beating he [...]

By Jim Dower: Junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (29-1, 19 KO’s) is hoping to take on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. if he beats WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik on June 4th in their title fight. Wolak is coming off a 6th round stoppage win over former WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman on March 12th, [...]

By Michael Lieberman: If HBO is willing to purchase this fight, we could be seeing an in house fight between two Lou Dibella fighters in July between WBC middleweight Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) and Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KO’s), a former contestant from the reality television series “The Contender.” It’s kind [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Lennox Lewis has some important tactical advice to give to undefeated Cuban Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) for his bout on Saturday against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany. Rather than going for head shots straight away like most fighters tend to do when trying to solve [...]

Sometimes life throws you for a loop. Sometimes it judo throws you for a loop. Popular Tokyo, Japan, native Hiromitsu Miura was a world-class judo specialist and 9-6 as an MMA fighter, he even challenged for the WEC World welterweight championship, when he realized his true calling was as a professional boxer.

MIAMI – The Miami Gallos were in action on this St. Patrick’s Day evening against the Los Angeles Matadors to close out the regular season of the World Series of Boxing. While Los Angeles came into the match having just clinched the Americas conference championship, Miami wanted nothing more than to stop their losing streak [...]

By Jason Kim: The April 9th match-up between Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) and 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-5, 35 KO’s) will be a great example of what happens when you take a guy that’s been out of the ring for too long, make him up move up in weight several divisions, and then put him [...]

By Jason Kim: 24-year-old southpaw challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KO’s) plans on taking away WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto’s (27-0, 21 KO’s) title away from him on April 16th in their important fight at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut. For Berto, this is an important fight because it will be by far his [...]

By Jim Amato: The 1970′s and 1980′s (the post Bob Foster era) produced an array of talented light heavyweights. No longer ruled by the iron fist of Foster, the division became alive and competitive. Boxers like Victor Galindez,John Conteh,Mate Parlov,Marvin Johnson,Miguel Cuello,Mike Rossman,Saad Muhammad,Eddie Mustapha Muhammad,Michael Spinks and Dwight Muhammad Quai emerged as champions. There [...]

By Jim Dower: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) isn’t concerned with trying to knock out challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, says he wants to focus on just winning every round rather than trying to tying to take out [...]

By William Mackay: IBf/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko is picking his brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) to beat challenger Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) on Saturday night in Cologne, Germany. Wladimir, however, doesn’t see it as an easy fight for Vitali because of the youth and prior Olympic credentials that the [...]