Archive for March, 2011

By Jim Dower: In an all around disappointing fight, unbeaten junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (15-0-1, 10 KO’s) struggled to a 10 round majority draw with Mexican Carlos Molina (17-4-2, 5 KO’s) on Friday night at the Cosmopolitan Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 97-93 for Molina, 95-95 and 95-95.

By Jim Dower: The once promising featherweight contender Antonio Escalante (24-4, 15 KO’s) suffered his second consecutive early knockout loss on Friday night losing by a 1st round knockout to Alejandro Perez (15-2-1, 10 KO’s) at the Sports Center, in Fairfield, California. Escalante, 27, was doing alright in the opening round until he ran into [...]

By John F McKenna (McJack): On June 18, 1941 one of the greatest Heavyweight Championship fights of all time was held in New York City at the Polo Grounds. Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis AKA the “Brown Bomber” took on challenger Billy Conn AKA the “Pittsburgh Kid”.

SAO PAULO, Brazil (March 25, 2011) – Somebody’s “O” had to go in tonight’s Brazilian-Argentinean showdown between unbeaten prospects, as Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira’s rising popularity in his native country continued to grow with his 10-round unanimous decision victory against a game Abel Nicolas “El Principito” Adriel, headlining the “International Boxing Challenge” pro-am event [...]

By Thomas David Drury: It is 35 years since the thriller in Manila and the misconception lingers that Muhammad Ali wanted to quit on his stool before the start of the 15th and final round against smokin Joe Frazier, only for Frazier’s trainer, Eddie Futch, to pull his battered warrior out of the fight.

Hackensack, NJ (March 25, 2011) – When two-time world title challenger Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn heard future foe Ran Nakash agreed to face Marco Huck next Saturday in Germany, he understood the unbeaten Israeli’s motive.

ATLANTIC CITY (March 25, 2011) – Undefeated super bantamweight contender Jorge “King” Diaz of New Brunswick, NJ and USBA champ Teon “The Technician” Kennedy of Philadelphia, PA both checked in at 122 pounds for their 12-round untelevised bout at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City tomorrow night.

By Dan Ambrose: Former three time world champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) has picked the wrong fighter to try and resurrect his career against with the hard hitting light welterweight contender Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s). On April 9th, Morales will come into the ring a heavy underdog in his fight at the MGM [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) isn’t all that impressed with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s), and notes the 31-year-old Bute still hasn’t fought anyone yet that you would consider impressive in his 8-year pro career. I’m in agreement with Froch on that.

By Tom David Drury: Every now and again a boxer is described as a throwback to a bygone era. Brandon Rios is one of those fighters, it is obvious Brandon Rios loves to fight, and to watch him in the ring confirms that assumption. Boxing’s great all time sluggers would no doubt have loved Rios’s [...]

GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO – Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon is in weight for his upcoming bout against World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior flyweight champion Giovani Segura in the card “The Revenge” to be held at the Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, Baja California, México, next April 2nd in a PR Best Boxing Promotions and Promociones Zanfer, [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 25, 2011) – The future of the heavyweight division in professional boxing has moved one step closer toward worldwide dominance. Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, in conjunction with Global Boxing Promotions, has reached a multi-year promotional agreement with undefeated prospect Mariusz “The Polish Giant” Wach. A native of Krakow, Poland, the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The talented Andre Dirrell (19-0, 13 KO’s) is very impressed with unbeaten super middleweight Commonwealth champion George Groves, who battles British super middleweight champion James DeGale on May 21st at the O2 Arena, in London. Dirrell, who may have the best set of skills in the entire super middleweight division, recently helped [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) says he plans on returning to the ring after a years’ absence in May or June in a tune-up fight. Dirrell, 27, hasn’t fought since last March when he was injured after being fouled by Arthur Abraham in the Super Six tournament. Dirrell has taken a year [...]

Votes from “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Viewers Place Him Closer to Receiving “Cinturón Tecate” Award NEW YORK (March 25, 2011) – Although Jose Hernández could not tarnish Luis Ramos Jr.’s undefeated record during last week’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast, the judges at home still believed that he displayed the most character on the ring. With 61 [...]

By Tom David Drury: Floyd Mayweather has never endeared himself to the wider public, despite what he thinks, sure millions of people like to watch him because he is the best at what he does but as incredibly gifted he is as a boxer he has revealed himself many times as a charmless, arrogant, stereotyping [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) has yet another light tune-up coming up in his next fight on April 9th at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. The 34-year-old Adamek will be fighting the 37-year-old 6’6″ Kevin McBride (35-8-1, 29 KO’s), a fighter who has lost five out of his [...]

Pugilistic Promotions presents “Badia Spices Friday Night Fights” once again on Friday April 8th with an exciting welterweight match-up that pits Cuba versus the Dominican Republic. Damian Frias, born in Placeta, Sancti Spiritus, squares off against Yoryi Estrella, a native of Santiago de los Caballeros, at the Magic City Casino in the card’s main event.

CORK, Ireland (March 25, 2011) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Super Bantamweight champion Guillermo ‘El Chacal’ Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs), arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all time, retained his world title last Saturday night by beating previously undefeated hometown favorite and former European champion, Willie ‘Big Bang” Casey (11-1, 7 KOs), in impressive [...]

By William Mackay: WBA World Super light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) was recently really getting batted around by a Marcos Maidana lookalike sparring partner that’s helping Khan get ready for his upcoming fight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) on April 16th. In the latest Sky Ringside episode, Khan remarked on how [...]

International Agent & Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz, representing Golden Boy Promotions is diligently working on signing the World Boxing Association (WBA) Bantamweight Super Champ, Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (30-1-1, 10 K.O.‘s) to the existing talented stable of Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.

By Craig Joseph Daly: June 4th (Saturday), 2011 At Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA (TBC) Sebastian Zbik (30-0-0) 10KO’s vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (42-0-1) 30KO’s)

By Craig Joseph Daly: May 7th (Saturday), 2011 At The MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV Kelly Pavlik (36-2-0) 32KO’s vs. Alfonso Lopez (21-0-0) 16KO’s)

By Craig Joseph Daly: April 17th (Sunday), 2011 At The Jakarta International Expo, Jakarta, Indonesia Chris John (44-0-2) 22KO’s vs. Daud Yordan (27-1-0) 21KO’s)

By Craig Joseph Daly: April 16th (Saturday), 2011 At Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0-0) 27KO’s vs. Orlando Salido (34-11-2) 22KO’s

By Craig Joseph Daly: March 26th (Saturday), 2011 At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ Yuriorkis Gamboa (19-0-0) 15KO’s vs. Jorge Solis (40-2-2) 29KO’s

By Craig Joseph Daly: We are already closing in on three months of boxing action banked in the calendar year. Like years past, the commencement of 2011 began as one of hope for the boxing fan as we salivated at the prospect of a Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye showdown finally materializing just as we [...]

By Tom David Drury: It is widely known that Cubans are obsessed with amateur boxing, and for many years wiped the floor with all-comers (and especially the U.S) at successive Olympic games. But apart from the great Teofilo Stevenson (probably the best boxer to never turn Professional ) and Felix Savon, both of whom won [...]

By Tom David Drury: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao AKA Manny Pacquiao is an eight division world champion, the first boxer in history to win 10 world titles in eight different weight divisions. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named fighter of the [...]

By Rahil Sheikh: Veteran Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) has signed to fight tough cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev on May 22nd in Moscow, Russia. Despite coming off back to back defeats and only two wins in his last five bouts, Jones Jr. will make a return to the ring over a year after a [...]