Archive for March, 2011

By Tom David Drury: If you are to interpret this fight as two men with fragile chins then anything can happen. In reality though we are looking at a valid, proven heavyweight champion of the world against a invalid, unproven heavyweight contender. WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has not been proven at [...]

Just one week ago Darren Hamilton was a virtually unknown fighter. However since his total dominating performance over Peter McDonagh, to lift the BBBofC Southern Area Light Welterweight title at Spencer Fearon’s Hard Knocks Boxing Promotions excellent ‘Shamrock Showdown’ event, Hamilton has been receiving glowing plaudits from the media and boxing circles, with many comparing [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) doesn’t see himself having any problems beating IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in their fight this summer. Haye believes Wladimir will crumble and fall apart once he gets hit on the chin hard by Haye. The fight that Haye is really [...]

To look at Chicago light welterweight Russell Fiore (4-0-1, 4 KOs), you’d think he belongs on Jersey Shore and not in some sweaty boxing gym five nights a week. But the proud Italian/Jewish American found a passion for boxing, even if it wasn’t until the age of 25, and now eats and breathes the sport, [...]

By Sean McDaniel: British lightweight champion Anthony Crolla (20-2, 8 KO’s) is now in search of a replacement opponent after his scheduled opponent for April 16th, former WBA World light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (34-1, 16 KO’s) injured his nose while training and won’t be able to make the 4/16 date to take on Crolla [...]

While his compatriot, Erislandy Lara, may be getting the lion’s share of the limelight this Friday night in the main event at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, he may not even be the best Cuban light middleweight on the card.

By Luis Berrios: Miguel Cotto the proud fighter from Puerto Rico, now a junior middleweight, people are asking “why Cotto hasn’t fight any of the best from the middleweight division?” the reason is simple, he is adapting to this weight class. Cotto moved last year to the junior middleweight division, after the Manny Pacquiao fight. [...]

Hometown underdog Rocky Fielding broke Prizefighter records as he stormed to victory in the Super-Middleweights II at Liverpool Olympia. Roared on by an army of fans, Fielding destroyed his three opponents in brutal fashion, becoming the first winner to win all three of his fights inside the distance on the way to collecting the £32,000 [...]

FRANK MALONEY is planning a clash between close pals Rendall Munroe and Jason Booth this summer. The mouth-watering clash will take place providing Booth is successful in his European super-bantamweight against Kiko Martinez in Madrid on April 15.

DENTON VASSELL has revealed that he been preparing for his first Commonwealth welterweight title defence despite his dad’s death. The unbeaten Mancunian’s dad Mansell died earlier this year, but Denton bravely decided to push ahead with Saturday’s (March 26) clash against Namibian Bethuel Ushona.

Monica Sears I just want to, first of all, thank all of the media for calling in to today’s call and as well as our participants we have Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions on the call, as well as Robert Guerrero calling in from Las Vegas and Michael Katsidis, all of the [...]

Tickets are selling fast for Frank Warren’s blockbuster show at the O2 Arena on Saturday 21st May with £40 tickets now sold out. Welsh star Nathan Cleverly headlines with his challenge against WBO World Light-Heavyweight Champion Juergen Braehmer, and chief support is the grudge fight between British Super-Middleweight Champion James DeGale and Commonwealth Champion George [...]

HOT Hatton promotions light-middleweight hopeful Tom Doran reckons sparring with Denton Vassell has got him spot on for his first overseas test. Doran, 23, steps up in class when he meets Ukrainian Ihor Fanian at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday night (March 26).

Manchester ace John Murray is hoping a solid win on April 2 propels him towards a shot at long-term World Boxing Council (WBC) Lightweight champion Humberto Soto – and the chance to finally get his hands on a world title.

By FIGHT PICK EXPERTS – Rising junior middleweight star Erislandy Lara will look to continue his push towards a world title shot when he faces renowned spoiler “King” Carlos Molina at Las Vegas, NV’s The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in the main event of this week’s ESPN 2′s Friday Night Fights.

By Tom David Druary: As 2011 is underway with some good (if not great yet) fights being made these fights need to be marketed in the right way in order to maximize there impact to the general public and potential future fight fans at the same time hardcore fight fans must be catered for and [...]

Three titlCHICAGO / NEW YORK (March 23, 2011)—This Friday night from Hanging Gardens in River Grove, Illinois just outside Chicago, Cynthia Tolaymat’s CFC Promotions presents a boxing card that will feature three title fights and all the action can be seen LIVE on GFL.tv Friday, March 25 at 5:30PM EST.

Kissimmee, FL: It all started October 19, 2001 when Former World Champion Oscar Larios defeated Angel “Avispa” Chacon in a Mexico Vs. Puerto Rico battle when Tuto Zabala Jr., All Star Boxing, Inc and the TELEMUNDO Network landed for the first time at the Kissimmee Civic Center.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Saturday night’s disappointing performance by Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) has stirred up quite a bit of controversy. The punch that Vitali Klistchko (44-2, 39 KO’s) hit Odlanier with is very reminiscent of the “Phantom Punch” that Muhammad Ali KO’d Sonny Liston with in their second fight in 1965.

By Gerardo Granados: Floyd Mayweather is great boxer, he is the master of defensive style…. but is he worth 100 million dollars for the Manny Pacquiao fight? As a human been has a lot of failures and has made a lot of mistakes. He should have keep quiet instead of making those arrogant statements he [...]

By Alan Vincent: Michael ‘Rocky’ Fielding won the latest Prizefighter trophy and £32,000 cheque on a thrilling night of boxing at the Olympia in Liverpool tonight.

By Adam Fillingham: Last Weekend Last weekend saw the unfortunate defeat of Ireland’s IBF Super middleweight title challenger Brian Magee, at the hands of the champion Lucian Bute. The fight seemed (in my eyes) a relatively close one up until the sixth where Magee was dropped by a solid body shot.

By Dan Risk: Much has been made about the hugely hyped heavyweight unification bout between WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) and WBA champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s).

LOS ANGELES, March 23 – Former Junior Welterweight World Champion Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi will step back onto the big stage against Puerto Rico’s Jose Miguel Cotto in a 10-round welterweight fight on Saturday, April 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., on the “Action Heroes” HBO Pay-Per-View event.

By Jason Kim: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) have reportedly signed the contract for a unification bout that will either take place on June 25th or July 2nd at a still to be determined venue. The fight will likely end up in Germany [...]

By Dave Lahr: For the boxing fans who are still in the dark about whether former 2004 Olympic Gold medalist Odlanier Solis (17-1, 12 KO’s) had a pre-existing injury to his right knee before his fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) last Saturday night in Cologne, Germany, Solis’ promoter Ahmet Oner [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Since Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) moved up to the junior middleweight division last year in June, Cotto has faced two less than dangerous fighters in WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman and 38-year-old Ricardo Mayorga. Cotto won those fights and some boxing fans are under the impression that Cotto is back, [...]

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will originate from Las Vegas, Nev. on March 25 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 where undefeated, junior middleweights Erislandy “El Oro del Guantanamo” Lara (15-0, 10 KO’s WBA #5, WBC #11) and Yudel Jhonson (9-0, 6 KO’s) are featured in 10-round co-main events. Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a compelling doubleheader, headlined by one of the sport’s elite fighters in a world featherweight title defense, when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. JORGE SOLIS AND MATT REMILLARD VS. MIKEY GARCIA is seen SATURDAY, MARCH 26 at 9:45 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Boardwalk Hall in [...]

By Dave Lahr: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says he’s ready to resume training in a couple of weeks and is still in the process of recovering from a bad abdominal muscle tear. Wladimir has a fight coming up against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye in July. Wladimir says he’s going to punish Haye for [...]