Archive for April, 2011

Vanes Martirosyan (29-0 18 KOs) is working hard in training camp as he prepares for his June 4th fight against tough Mexican Saul Roman (34-8 29 KOs). The fight takes place on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr versus Sebastian Zbik middleweight championship bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The World [...]

Before the April 23 BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNAMENT FINAL LIVE at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME Revisit the Emotional Highs and Lows of the Semifinals

Main Events CEO, Kathy Duva, confirmed a May 20th junior middleweight bout featuring Joel Julio (36-4, 31KOs) vs. Antwone Smith (20-2-1, 12KOs). The fight will be the main event in the next installment of the Main Events Brick City Boxing Series, held in the intimate boxing club environment of Prudential Center’s AmeriHealth Pavilion, Newark, New [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) is ready to show the world that he’s the best super middleweight when he takes on Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) in the Super six tournament on May 14th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The way that the 27-year-old Ward [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Sometimes fighters do really well until they reach a certain level of competition where they ceiling out in their development. It doesn’t matter much you teach that fighter, he’s still limited to that level based on flaws in his chin, stamina or speed. It looks as if former WBO featherweight champion Juan [...]

By Saqib Khan: I know boxing fans say Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao is the biggest fight, which I agree, but in terms of building up to a fight this would be the mother of all fights. The press conferences the stare downs the tension would be crazy.

By Dan Ambrose: If unbeaten WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) gets by his first title defense against Britain’s Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) on June 18th in Guadalajara, Mexico, the 20-year-old Alvarez could be facing former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) later on in the year. This [...]

By William Mackay: The date and venue for the unification bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 Ko’s) and WBC heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has finally been set. The fight reportedly will be taking place at a large 57,000 seat soccer stadium in Hamburg, Germany. This is good news because [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten lightweight contender John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) will battle once beaten Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) this summer in a fight that is long overdue in the UK. There has been talk about Mitchell and Murray fighting it out for ages but for some reason the two fighters were never able [...]

By Jim Amato: One of best middleweights of the late 1970′s and early 1980′s was Kansas City,Missouri’s Tony Chiaverini. Over a fifty bout career this 5’8″ southpaw battled some of the best boxers of the era. Tony was born in 1953 and turned professional in 1975. He won seven of his first nine bouts.

By Richard Doyle: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) is a great fighter one in which I do admire with a fighting style much like that of the once great Prince Naseem and over the last few years I’ve been able to watch most of his big fights on sky sports and although I have much [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) has signed a new four-fight contract with Golden Boy Promotions that will carry Khan through some of the most critical fights of his career. Unless Khan is spoon fed opponents like his last one Paul McCloskey, Khan’s career may be in a tailspin [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten super featherweight contender Adrien Broner (20-0, 16 KO’s) will be facing contender Jason Litzau (28-2, 21 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout on the undercard of the clash between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez vs. Ryan Rhodes on June 18th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

By Jim Dower: Last Saturday’s exciting fight between WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) and Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) ended up drawing 1.5 million viewers on HBO, making it the biggest audience of 2011, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. The last time HBO did better numbers was last year in [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) believes that Shane Mosley could knock Manny Pacquiao out next month on May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pavlik thinks Mosley could get to Pacquiao in the first four rounds to score a knockout. However, if Mosley isn’t able [...]

By Jason Kim: Having wasted a perfect opportunity to get a big payday for his fighters Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa by failing to set up a fight between the two because their promoter Bob Arum wanted the fight marinate more to bring more of a bigger return for all those involved, Arum is [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 23 KOs) is looking to cash in on his recent 12 round unanimous decision win over Andre Berto by trying to get a big fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. Those are the two top names that the young 24-year-old Ortiz wants right now. [...]

Los Angeles, CA (April 19, 2011) – Reno, Nevada may be known as ‘The Biggest Little City in the World,” but on Friday night, May 27, that mini-metropolis will receive national exposure and then some when Goossen Tutor Promotions presents a televised doubleheader of championship boxing billed as “Blame It On Reno, ESPN Style.” The [...]

DOVER, Del. — Dover Downs Hotel & Casino will present two heavyweight championship bouts on Friday, May 27 in the Rollins Center arena. For the IBF Intercontinental World Heavyweight Title Franklin “Yah-Yah” Lawrence, 14(9)-2-2, of Indianapolis, Ind. vs. Jason “The Sensation” Gavern, 20(9)-7-4 of Kissimmee, Fla.

By Dan Ambrose: Jeff Mayweather, the uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., thinks WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) was lucky that the referee stepped in and stopped his fight with Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) last Saturday night. Lopez, 27, had been knocked down hard in the 5th and further hurt in [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (April 19, 2011) – On the eve of one of the most highly-anticipated horse races in the world, Classic Entertainment & Sports is unveiling its own breed of thoroughbreds. Red-hot super middleweight prospect Vladine Biosse (11-0, 6 KOs) of Providence, R.I., and middleweight Elvin Ayala (22-5, 10 KOs) of New Haven, Conn., will [...]

LOS ANGELES, April 19 – This past weekend was an unforgettable one for the Golden Boy Promotions team, as three of its world-class athletes competed in three world championship bouts on three continents, with Amir Khan, Victor Ortiz and Chris John all emerging victorious with world championship belts strapped around their waists.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) may choose to stick around the light welterweight division a little longer after his unification bout with WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley this summer. If Khan gets through that fight in one piece and picks up Bradley’s two straps, Khan may next [...]

BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO – World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. showed today his great condition less than three weeks before his third defense against former champion Jorge “Travieso” Arce next May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of the Manny Pacquiao versus Sugar Shane Mosley show, in [...]

By Darren Munsey: You hear most boxers say that the main goal in their boxing career is to leave a legacy for their fans to remember. They want to be remembered as a fighter who will fight anyone, anywhere, anytime at any cost. We as boxing fans know that words like that are mostly hollow [...]

Hot on the heels of DeGale V Groves, Promoter Frank Warren will follow it up with yet another mouth-watering domestic showdown that the whole country wants to see – John Murray versus Kevin Mitchell.

By Scott Gilfoid: Top super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) chimed in one his thoughts on the upcoming June 4th Super Six tournament fight between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) and 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s), saying on his twitter “All I know is Froch better fight young. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Having failed to capture Amir Khan’s WBA light welterweight title last Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England, the 31-year-old Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) and his promoter Eddie Hearn are now targeting International Boxing Federation (IBF) light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) another title shot. Judah, 33, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) is in a hurry to try and avenge his loss to Mexican Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) and plans on fighting him in August. The 27-year-old Lopez was over-powered by Salido last Saturday night in an 8th round TKO loss. The loss [...]

Former Army boxer Sam Standing is used to a good fight, but come the 7th of May this will take on a whole new meaning for the 25 year old year old, from Plumstead, South London, as he takes a big step up, from amateur to professional status, and makes his pro-debut at the Graham [...]