Archive for April, 2011

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (April 19, 2011) – Eight-division world champion Congressman Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao hosted what many in attendance described as boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound media day workout. A standing room only crowd of national and international media packed the Wild Card Boxing Club on Wednesday to interview Pacquiao, five-time Trainer of the Year [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Of course no fighter ever wants to lose a fight, especially a fighter who is on the way up and appears to have the boxing world at his feet. Many times in boxing history fighters have lost when victory seemed certain.

By Adam Fillingham: Last weekend After many problems with money and TV rights the controversial Hatton promotions card, tipped by Amir Khan Vs Paul McCloskey finally got underway.

ORANGE, CA (April 20, 2011) – After suffering a cut on his right eye while sparring against Ignacio Garcia, Jose Reynoso was forced to pull out of his scheduled WBC Cabofe title defense against Junior Welterweight Esteban Almaraz. The original injury seems to have never healed properly and occurred when Reynoso squared off against Santos [...]

On the surface, the accusations leveled against prominent boxing representative Sampson Lewkowicz seem substantive, but as the true story is told, as set forth below, it is nothing more than the story of a powerless third-world boxing commission being corrupted and influenced by a greedy television executive. Earlier this week, the Panamanian Boxing Commission publicly [...]

LOS ANGELES, April 20 – In 1995, Gabriel Ruelas was on top of the world. A respected champion, the Mexican warrior was one of boxing’s rising stars, but then a tragic bout against Jimmy Garcia in May of that year changed everything when Garcia died from injuries sustained in the fight. Less than seven months [...]

By Sean McDaniel: IBf/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has a lot to worry about in his July 2nd bout according to his opponent WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s). To most boxing fans, Wladimir is the best heavyweight in the world, but to Haye, he’s just another one of his [...]

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2011) –Undefeated WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and two-division titleholder Vic Darchinyan participated in an open media workout Tuesday at Westside Boxing Gym with Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions/ Mares’ promoter in attendance.

Due to an unexpected food poisoning episode, undefeated jr. welterweight Antonio Orozco (9-0, 6KOs) had to pull out of his scheduled six round bout versus Hensley Strachan on Thursday, April 21st, at the Fight Club OC in Costa Mesa, CA. According to his manager Frank Espinoza, Orozco had a bad batch of tuna which led [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) just finished sparring 30 tough rounds with WBO light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) last week in preparation for the 25-year-old DeGale’s May 21st bout against unbeaten Commonwealth super middleweight title holder George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) at the [...]

By Jason Kim: The rumors of Ricky Hatton coming back to face the 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 36 KO’s) have proved to be premature. According to the mirror, Hatton has no immediate plans of making a comeback right now. He’s currently working as a promoter and seems to be quite happy working in that capacity. [...]

By William Mackay: David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) is promising a knockout in his July 2nd mega fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany. Haye. Yesterday, it was finally learned where and when the Klitschko-Haye unification bout will take place. Haye sees himself destroying Wladimir [...]

By Eric Thomas: The September 10th fight between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) and number #1 ranked WBC contender Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) will be taking place at the 44,000 seat Wroclaw stadium in Poland. This is a big stadium and it’s almost guaranteed to be filled to capacity with mostly [...]

By William Mackay: If WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) can get through his next fight against Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) on July 23rd, and perhaps beat IBF light welterweight champ Zab Judah in one more unification bout in 2011, if Khan’s promoters from Golden Boy Promotions decides to keep Khan [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) will be giving up the home country advantage when he faces IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd at the large 57,000 seat Imtech Stadium in Hamburg, Germany. Haye had to give the 34-year-old Klitschko the choice of venue to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight title, champion Gennady Golovkin (20-0, 17 KO’s) will be facing #10 ranked WBA contender Kassim Ouma (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) on June 2nd at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama. This isn’t the fight that boxing fans wanted to see [...]

By Chris Kelly: Mixed Martial Arts megastar and current Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz has this week revealed his intentions to step into the world of Boxing. The 170 lb Brazilian Jiu Jistsu Black Belt has previously expressed a desire to begin competing seriously as a boxer however this has previously never materialized. This week [...]

4.20.2011: Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) Female World Lightweight Champion Cecilia ”La Reina” Comunales successfully retained her title on Tuesday night (April 19) at the Rio Uruguay Amphitheatre in Paysandu, Uruguay.

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2011) – As eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao prepares for his May 7 World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title defense against Shane Mosley at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas (Live on SHOWTIME PPV®), he’s also looking forward to a career move of a different kind: the release [...]

Slough’s Ian Bailey is set to face Mansfield based Latvian Pavels Senkovs at the Graham Earl, in association with TKO Boxing Gym, promoted ‘Return of the Mac’ event at Tattersalls Sales Rooms in Newmarket on Saturday 30th April 2011.

ST. LOUIS (April 20, 2011) – Fresh off of his dominant victory by eight-round decision against veteran Dennis Sharpe last Saturday night on the Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto card at MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, International Boxing Federation #6-rated junior middleweight Deandre “The Bull” Latimore (22-3, 17 KOs) has targeted Paul “The Punisher” Williams for a [...]

By Eric Thomas: After years of talking, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has finally achieved a part of his dream by getting a fight against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany. The stadium seats a maximum capacity of 57,000, which [...]

BETFAIR customers doubt whether WBA heavyweight champ David Haye has what it takes to strip arch rival Wladimir Klitschko of his WBO and IBF crowns. The Hayemaker is currently the 7-4 underdog to win the much hyped world title unification bout at Hamburg’s Imtech Arena on Saturday 2 July.

NEW YORK (April 20, 2011) – Light welterweight Nick “Hands of Gold” Casal and unbeaten lightweight Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano make their Boxing 360 debuts Friday night in Hamburg, New York.

By Sean McDaniel: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) had a lot to say in a recent interview at radio.thescore.com, taking about his next Super Six opponent Glen Johnson, who Froch faces on June 4th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Froch also spoke on his former promoter Mick [...]

By Jim Dower: For those who are fans of former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s), the big Russian ex-heavyweight champion is still recovering from multiple surgeries to repair old ring injuries. The 38-year-old Valuev incredibly hasn’t fought since losing by a narrow 12 round majority decision to British challenger David Haye in [...]

NEW YORK / ATLANTIC CITY (April 20, 2011)—This Saturday night from Caesars in Atlantic City, former four time world title challenger Omar Sheika will take on Garrett “The Ultimate Warrior” Wilson for the USBA Cruiserweight championship that will headline a seven bout that will be streamed live all over the world on www.gfl.tv

-Middleweight contender SHAWN ESTRADA returns to the show as he prepares for his big fight in and out of the ring with Angelina and the Swami. The East LA native will talk about his decision to run for City Council, his May 14th fight, plans on challenging for the title, and how much his life [...]

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will originate from Uncasville Conn. where junior welterweight Breidis “Khanqueror” Prescott (23-2, 19 KO’s WBA #11, WBC #32) and 2008 U.S. Olympian junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (12-0, 8 KO’s) are featured in co-main events at 8 p.m. ET live on ESPN3.com and ESPN Deportes. Friday’s show will be aired on ESPN2 [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Bantamweight Champion Wilfredo Vázquez Jr., recently, helped a homeless man in his town of Bayamon to get a house and give him furniture for the home. Vázquez Jr. (20-0-1, 17 KOs), who will defend his crown next May 7th in Las Vegas against dangerous former three time champion Jorge “Travieso” [...]