Archive for March, 2011

By Daniel Echevarria: Hey Fight Fans news is circulating like wild fire about a possible fight between “The Scientist” Floyd “Money” Mayweather and unbeaten “The Pittsburgh Kid” Paul Spadafora. The history of these two fighters dates back ten years ago when they clashed in a Las Vegas Gym in which video was captured that can [...]

With health problems behind him and his first comeback win now in the books (a TKO 2 over Mexico’s Joel Juarez), welterweight contender Orlando “Olímpico” Lora (27-1-1, 19 KOs) can resume his promising career.

Tim “Pitbull” Coleman was about to do what he’s not supposed to do. At a conference to announce his upcoming elimination bout against once-beaten Victor Cayo on April 29 at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Coleman (18-1-1, 5 KOs) made his intentions clear: when handed the mic, he was going to openly look past Cayo [...]

CHICAGO / NEW YORK (March 25, 2011)—On Friday night in Chicago a terrific night of boxing that will feature two title bouts will take place but on Thursday night the fireworks started early as Angel Hernandez and Joey Hernandez engaged in a brawl just after they weighed in for their USBO Jr. Middleweight.

Fight fans attending tonight’s nationally televised event at the Fairfield Sports Center in Fairfield, California will get a glimpse at two of the most promising young fighters in the country, let alone the state. Both Guy Robb of Sacramento and Roman Morales of San Ardo continue their blossoming careers on the non-televised undercard of tonight’s [...]

Coverage continues on Premier Sports this weekend as part of our 4 World Title Fights in 4 weeks as we travel to Russia for Dmitry Pirog’s WBO middleweight defence against Argentinean Javier Maciel on Saturday at the time of 16:00 GMT

James DeGale is aiming to chop bitter rival George Groves down to size – with a punishing lumberjack training routine. DeGale has been chopping dozens of logs under the watchful eye of top trainer Jimmy McDonnell at their Essex base.

DENTON VASSELL believes the secret to becoming one of the world’s best welterweights is yoga. Manchester’s Commonwealth champion is stretched and bent daily by mum, Janet DaSilva who teaches the traditional girls exercise. He will even been doing yoga routine hours before Saturday’s (March 26) title defence against Namibian Bethuel Ushona at Wigan’s Robin Park [...]

CBN: John, your fighter Marcus Upshaw is facing former Ghanaian Olympian Osumanu Adama tonight for CFC Promotions “Chicago Fight Night”, on the line are two belts one being the vacant USBA Middleweight Title the other being the vacant IBO Intercontinental Middleweight Title, what also makes this bout special is the winner will go on and [...]

Venue: Hanging Garden Banquets, River Grove, Illinois Promoter: CFC Promotions LLC TV: GoFightLive, Syria Tv, Comcast

By Tom David Druary: Its a sorry state of affairs when the most powerful men in boxing cant make the one fight the world wants to see. While the sporting world is confounded by the unsolvable problems that are preventing the fistic equivalent to the football world cup from happening.

CHICAGO, IL (March 24, 2011) Chicagoland fan favorites Donovan “Da Bomb” George and Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados opened their training camps to the Chicago media on Thursday afternoon. Working the mitts and shadowboxing, both looked in great shape and very sharp as they wound down preparations for their upcoming bouts at WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT [...]

LAS VEGAS (March 25, 2011) – On Friday, April 29, 2011 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will present the second installment of “Fight Night at The Cosmopolitan,” to be televised live on ESPN2′s “Friday Night Fights.” In conjunction with Warriors Boxing Promotions and Blue Wave Group, The Cosmopolitan proudly presents another uniquely glamorous evening of [...]

3/24/11 Fernwood Resort, Bushkill, PA – “Fighting Kevin McBride is a good test for me. We had a good camp. I am in the ring with Roger every day. I am six, seven weeks training very hard. As you know, Roger changed me a lot. I have more movement. When I punch somebody I hit [...]

Twin Cities, MN- Former amateur national champion, and Minneapolis based boxing prospect Javontae Starks has signed on with promotional company Prize Fight Promotions.

“PATH TO GLORY” MARCH 25, 2011 OFFICIAL WEIGHTS!

Part 3 – Daily Diets Las Vegas, NV (March 24) – With less than two weeks until the fight week festivities begin in advance of the April 9 “Action Heroes” pay-per-view event, four of the fighters on the stacked fight card are sticking to their workout and diet routines as their respective camps start to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender James Kirkland (27-0, 24 KO’s) will be taking a measured step up in class on April 9th when he faces 35-year-old Nobuhiro Ishida (22-6-1, 7 KO’s) in an 8-round bout on the undercard of Erik Morales – Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dennis McCarthy: During promotions for this fight, we will see James DeGale try his very best to unsettle George Groves, to take him out of his comfort zone and pressure Groves into fighting with his heart, not his head.

Marco “Captain” Huck will defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Title against Ran Nakash on April 2. After Giacobbe Fragomeni pulled out due to a cut injury from sparring, Huck (31-1, 23 KOs) will now make his sixth defence against the unbeaten challenger from Israel (25-0, 18 KOs). “I don´t care about the late [...]

By William Mackay: WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) says he will be sparring with Manny Pacquiao to help get ready for Khan’s bout against unbeaten southpaw Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena next month on April 16th in Manchester, England.

SAO PAULO, Brazil (March 24, 2011) – The final press conference and official weigh-in for tomorrow night’s “International Boxing Challenge pro-am boxing show, featuring the Interim WBC Latino Super Middleweight title fight between unbeaten Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (13-0, 11 KOs) and undefeated Argentinean prospect Abel Nicolas “El Princdipito” Andriel (10-0, 2 KOs), was [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The rematch between Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) will reportedly be taking place on July 16th at a still to be determined venue. The date is still tentative and hasn’t been conclusively nailed down as of yet, but this is when the two fighters will likely [...]

By Jason Kim: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still feels it’s too soon to match-up his two prized unbeaten featherweight champions Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) and Yuriorkis Gamboa. Arum wants to let the two fighters continue to win fight, build more fans before eventually matching them up at some point in the future. [...]

By Tom David Druary: This issue arose quite a while ago now, it is in regards of the Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley match up. My question is do today’s boxers lack the core toughness of previous generations?

By Jim Dower: Much to everyone’s relief, the mouthwatering fight between former two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) and Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) will go ahead for May 21st on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal bout at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. The fight negotiations [...]

AN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – The 24th World Boxing Organization (WBO) Annual Convention, to be held in Puerto Rico in 2011, is dated to October 24th to 29th, as announced today WBO President, Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel.

Former heavyweight knockout artist and current coach/trainer Lou Esa has been sharing the basic components of boxing. In previous weeks he discussed the jab and the stance, and now he shares the importance of the right cross.

On Wednesday afternoon, 2008 Puerto Rican Olympian Jose Pedraza arrived in New York City. And while he prepares to fight as a professional for just the second time, Pedraza is well on his way to arriving at boxing superstardom. Pedraza (1-0, 1 KO) headlines Broadway Boxing presented by Coors Light from the BB King Blues [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (28-4, 6 KO’s) will making his second fight at welterweight on April 9th against former lightweight Jose Miguel Cotto (32-2-1, 24 KO’s) on the undercard of the Marcos Maidana vs. Erik Morales fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Malignaggi, 30, is hoping [...]