Archive for March, 2011

By William Mackay: EBU lightweight champion John Murray (30-0, 18 KO’s) wants to go after the big names in the lightweight division if he can get past Spaniard Karim El Ouazghari (11-1-2, 4 KO’s) on Saturday night in his 2nd defense of his European Boxing Union belt at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins is livid with his treatment by WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at their recent press conference this week to announce their rematch on May 21st in Montreal, Canada.

SKY SPORTS tip for the top Karl Place will step up to eight round level next month. The unbeaten Manchester light-welterweight faces a selected opponent on Frank Maloney’s card at Houghton-le-Spring’s Rainton Meadows Arena on Saturday April 9.

Cincinnati, OH – 3/30/2011 – Since stepping back into the boxing ring in 2008, Ricardo Williams has gone undefeated in his last seven fights. He has been training with Shane Mosley’s camp, improving his conditioning. Recently he expressed the same drive as he did when he first returned to boxing in 2008.

Former WBU Lightweight World Champion, turned promoter, Graham Earl announced earlier today that this Saturday’s ‘Fists of Fury’ event, at the King’s Hall in Belfast, has been postponed.

NEW YORK, NY (Mar. 30, 2011) – Popular female heavyweight Sonya “The Scholar” Lamonakis has been added to the April 16 “East-West Showdown” card, featuring World Boxing Council (“WBC”) Welterweight World Champion and undefeated star Andre Berto against WBC # 5 rated challenger “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, [...]

Irish” Micky Ward, known for his trilogy of brutal fights with Arturo Gatti and his brother Dicky Eklund will join studio host Brian Kenny throughout ESPN’s Friday Night Fights telecast April 1, from 9-11 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The brothers were portrayed in the 2010 Academy Award winning film The Fighter, which centered on the [...]

By Jason Kim: Former two-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) and Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch in the summer months in fight that will take place in either New York or possibly in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Scott Gilfoid: Without his WBC super middleweight title, Carl Froch is of no interest to the incredibly gifted top contender Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s), who says he’s only interested in going after champions and not contenders.

10 Rounds – Heavyweights Sergei Liakhovich vs. Johnnie White Vitebsk, Belarus Martinville, LA 25-3, 16 KO’s 22-4, 18 KO’s

By Jim Dower: Former two division world champion Ivan Calderon (34-1-1, 6 KO’s) faces knockout artist WBO light flyweight champion Giovanni Segura (26-1-1, 22 KO’s) in a rematch this Saturday at the Auditorio del Estado, in Mexicali, Mexico.

By Dan Rafael: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is declining a fight against Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) for the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal card on May 21st.

Two world champions known for never backing down will meet at the crossroads in the main event of promoter Gary Shaw in association with Thompson Boxing’s outstanding Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on Friday May 13.

NEW YORK, NY (Mar 29, 2011) – Under the bright lights of Times Square, 2008 Puerto Rican Olympian Jose Pedraza won for the second time in as many pro bouts. Pedraza dismantled Corben Page in just one round on Tuesday night in the main event of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing presented by Coors Light, from [...]

By Jason Kim: The huge 6’6” 287 pound Kevin McBride (35-8-1, 29 KO’s) believes his huge size and power will be too much for the shorter 6’1 ½” Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) on April 9th at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey.

LOS ANGELES (March 29, 2011) — Today, the Honorable Daniel Weinstein (ret.) enjoined Golden Boy Promotions from promoting Top Rank boxer Nonito Donaire for the duration of Top Rank’s exclusive promotional agreement with Donaire. Golden Boy wrongfully signed Donaire to a four-year promotional agreement in the face of Top Rank’s agreement with the up-and-coming star. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) will be using light heavyweight Nathan Cleverly as one of his sparring partners to help get ready for his May 21st bout against challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) at the 02 Arena, in Greenwich, London.

By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Craig Bennett/Goossen Tutor Promotions – Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) has lost back to back fights in the Super Six tourney as he limps into his semifinals bout against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.

LOS ANGELES (March 29, 2011) – Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinalists Andre Ward and Arthur Abraham participated in a press conference on Tuesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks, Calif., to formally announce their May 14 showdown at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., live on SHOWTIME®.

By Sean McDaniel: Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) says he has a lot of respect for his April 9th opponent 34-year-old Erik Morales, whom he fights on April 9th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Maidana is unashamedly looking past Morales and is hoping to get a big fight against Timothy Bradley, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 Kos) thinks that 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is a big baby because of all the complaining that the soon to be 47-year-old Hopkins did last year when he fought to a 12 round majority draw with Pascal in December.

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten but still untested middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-0, 24 KO’s) will be getting his first real challenge of his young four-year pro career against contender Marco Antonio Rubio (49-5-1, 42 KO’s) in a WBC middleweight title eliminator bout on April 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

By Eric Thomas: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire could end up back at his old promotional company Top Rank after the company reportedly won the first part of the legal hurdle with Golden Boy Promotions on Monday in their fight over which promotional company gets Donaire.

This boxing event hosts three female championship bouts and is scheduled for Thursday, March, 31 2011 at the inaugural week of the Costa Rica National Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica. The main event will consist of undefeated, defending World Boxing Organization (WBO) Jr. Middleweight Champion from Costa Rica, Hanna Gabriel vs. (Mexican) fighter Melisenda [...]

CHICAGO, IL (March 29, 2011) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee will make his network debut on Friday, May 6th on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

By William Mackay: #6 ranked WBC middleweight contender Darren Barker (22-0, 14 KO’s) has a fight coming up on April 30th against the hard-hitting Italian Domenico Spada (32-3, 16 KO’s) at the Olympia, Kensington, London, England.

JEAN PASCAL, WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion “I am so sad the WBC had to give you the gift of the belt today [in Montreal] because you couldn’t win mine, and it’s sad because on May 21 you aren’t going to win them either.

By Scott Gilfoid: With the news that Ruslan Chagaev’s promotional company Universum possibly suing the WBA because they’re allowing WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to fight a unification bout against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in the summer, we may see a fight between Chagaev and Haye if Universum wins their possible lawsuit against the [...]

CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO – The new series A Puño Limpio, presented by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) will start this Fraiday, April 1st, when prospect David Quijano face Juan Mercedes in a WBO Latino Flyweight Championship bout at 10 rounds, to be televised on WAPA America live from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Coliseo [...]

ATLANTIC CITY (March 29, 2011)— Undefeated NABF super middleweight champ Farah Ennis (17-0, 11 KO) of Philadelphia, PA is ready for the biggest test of his career this Saturday night when he faces fellow unbeaten challenger Alexander Johnson (10-0, 4 KO) of Oxon Hill, MD in a ten-round non-title matchup at Bally’s Atlantic City.