Archive for March, 2011

By Scott Gilfoid: Yuriorkis Gamboa made a strong case for himself that he deserves to be considered the best fighter in the featherweight division with his 4th round knockout win over Jorge Solis at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gamboa started off the fight on the outside but quickly had Solis on [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has a crucial fight coming up in the summer against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in what could be Haye’s last fight of his career. Haye has set a deadline of the end of the year for his retirement, but you [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (34-4, 27 KO’s) has a make or break fight on Saturday against unbeaten 6’6″ German based contender Robert Helenius (14-0, 9 KO’s) at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Helenius, ranked #7 IBF, #7 WBO and #11 WBA, is fighter with the same height and [...]

Former two time champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon arrived to Mexicalim Baja California, Mexico, where this Saturday, April 2, is going to face WBO Junior Flyweight king Giovani Segura at tha Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali in a presentation of PR Best Boxing Promotions and Promociones Zanfer to be televised by Pay Per View.

By Jason Kim: The April 9th fight between Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 Ko’s) will have referee Tony Weeks working the fight. Usually fighters aren’t all that concerned about who the referee will be for the fight.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF / WBA Super World featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) made it look easy on Saturday in defeating one of the best fighters in the super featherweight division in Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s).

By Dallan o’ Donnell: Reports have suggested that Floyd Mayweather may end his self imposed exile from the sport in July and return to the ring. However there is lack of hard evidence from Mayweather that he will return. There has been no mention of an opponent or date set for his long awaited come [...]

By Chris Young: I just finished listening to Floyd Mayweather’s recent interview on ESPN 1000 in which Mayweather said that Manny Pacquiao is fighting his scraps.

By Tom David Drury: I follow the international boxing scene closely and yet again a Mexican fighter has seemingly come from nowhere to establish himself on the world stage, Cristian Esquivel was not known to me, although showing he could fight when defeating South Africa’s towering Tshifhiwa Munyai on 7/8/2010 to win the WBC’s silver [...]

By Tom David Drury: One thing about boxing, it will continue to surprise you after years of watching the sport. I’m talking about a fight that looks competitive on paper turning out to be a mis-match, Carl Froch-Arthur Abraham was the most recent one and we’ve seen it many times in the past. The first [...]

by Stephen Tannock: So the fight every fan wants to see is Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather at the MGM at some point in the next 10 months. But if we are all brutally honest with ourselves we aren’t really going to see that in the next 10 months. So if there is one man [...]

By Chris Williams: Hard-hitting Mexican Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s) described the experience of fighting WBA World featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) as “Terrible” after getting knocked down five times on Saturday night and stopped in the 4th round at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Solis, 31, never had a [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Commonwealth welterweight champion Denton Vassell (17-0, 9 KO’s) successfully defended his title for the first time on Saturday night beating 29-year-old challenger Bethuel Ushona (23-1, 8 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Robin Park Centre, in Wigan, Lancashire. The final judges’ scores were 118-111, 117-113, and 117-112. Many [...]

Yuriorkis Gamboa annihilates Jorge Solis WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa added another spectacular chapter to his sensational pro career in front of a sold-out crowd at “Boardwalk Hall” in Atlantic City on Saturday night. “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” literally blew away Jorge Solis, dropping the experienced Mexican five times in only four rounds [...]

By William Mackay: British promoter Frank Warren thinks that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 Ko’s) stands a chance at beating one of the Klitschko brothers. Haye is scheduled to fight IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in June or July. However, that could change very soon if Wladimir’s injured abdominal muscle [...]

By William Mackay: It’s looking like the WBA will be moving WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to a new position in their ranking system by taking away his WBA title and elevating him to the WBA Super World heavyweight title in the very near future, according to the latest boxing news. By doing this the [...]

DENTON VASSELL will not be hurried towards bigger honours despite making a successful first defence of his Commonwealth welterweight title against Bethuel Ushona. The Mancunian scored his 17th straight professional win, outpointing the tricky Namibian at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday.

By Jim Dower: To no great surprise, World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) destroyed Mexican Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KO’s) in a 4th round TKO win on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gamboa, a former 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba, treated Solis like [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten cruiserweight contender Tommy Zbikowski (2-0, 1 KO’s) won an unimpressive four round unanimous decision over Caleb Grummet (0-1-1). The final judges’ scores were 39-36, 39-36 and 38-37. Gummet lost a point for a low blow in the 3rd round. Zbikowski failed to show much much promise in terms of a future [...]

By Jason Kim: It looks like Floyd Mayweather Jr. is ready to take on Manny Pacquiao as long as Pacquiao is willing to take the random blood tests for performance enhancing drugs that Mayweather wants him to. In an interview at ESPN 1000, Mayweather said “All I ask is for him [Pacquiao] to take the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that the Super Six semifinal bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27, 20 KO’s) and 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s) will be taking place on June 4th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight was previously scheduled for May [...]

By Jim Dower EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (31-1, 21 KOs) successfully defended his European Boxing Union heavyweight title with a 12th round TKO of Polish challenger Albert Sosnowski (46-4-1, 28 KOs) on Saturday night at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany.

By Jason Kim: In something of an upset, South African Takalani Ndlovu (32-6, 18 KOs) defeated IBF super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor (33-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night, beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa.

By Jim Dower: Making his first defence of his World Boxing Organization middleweight title after sitting idle since July of last year, WBO champ Dmitry Pirog (18-0, 14 KOs) won an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision over Argentinean challenger Francisco Maciel (18-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in a fight at the DIVS Sports Palace [...]

By Thomas David Drury: At just 20, Saul Alvarez is not only being tipped for the top. People in the no are predicting greatness, Alvarez looks Irish, acts American and fights Mexican, his appearance has always meant he stands out from the crowd.

By Edgar Solorzano: On March 12, two distinct warriors with different styles fought an exciting battle at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29KO’s) defeated Ricardo “El Matador” Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) by TKO in the final round; a round that raised the energy in the [...]

By Thomas David Drury: February 9 2008 was the first time that boxers from Puerto Rico had held three of the four major welter-weight titles, WBA, IBF, WBO, when Carlos Quintana defeated Paul Williams to join Miguel Cotto and Kermit Cintron as champions in the division. Puerto Rican fighter’s have achieved numerous feats which include [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) just wrapped up the sparring ahead of his sixth title defence on April 2. Next Saturday, the 26-year-old will take on Ran Nakash (25-0, 18 KOs) at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany. Boxing-online.com caught up with him before fight week.

FAIRFIELD, CA (March 25, 2011) – Northern California fight fans were thrilled by another night of action-packed bouts as Golden Boy Promotions and Don Chargin Productions presented an explosive six-fight card at the Sports Center in Fairfield. Tonight’s fights were televised on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” but if you missed the broadcast or the live [...]

Middleweight Osumanu Adama (19-2, 14 KOs) defeats Marcus Upshaw (13-5-1, 6 KOs) via KO in 0:42 of round #4 to capture the vacant USBA and IBO I/C belts Jr. Middleweight Joey Hernandez (18-1-1, 10 KOs) defeats Angel Hernandez (30-10, 17 KOs) via DQ of round #8 to claim the USBO light middleweight Championship.