Archive for April, 2011

PHILADELPHIA (April 18, 2011)—On Saturday night April 30th at The James Shuler Memorial Gym in West Philadelphia, some of the top amateur fighters in Philadelphia will be on display as well as an exhibition featuring number-one ranked Light Heavyweight in the world Yusaf Mack will take place at the “Philadelphia Golden Gloves Remix.”

He was born into it. Grew up around and was engulfed in it. His job now has him working full-time in it, but this Friday night, Kevin Rooney Jr will experience a whole new side of professional boxing that he hasn’t before. He will make his pro-debut on the undercard of Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing [...]

By Saqib Khan: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan last Saturday fight with Paul McCloskey might have been a farce, but there was no denying one thing Khan is a Pay-per-view fighter, from such short notice khan vs McCloskey were able to generate 50,000 PPV on Primetime channel. Primetime submitted a statement that Amir Khan [...]

By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr., was his blunt self in dissecting Manny Pacquiao’s ability and chances in a fight with Floyd Jr. Roger doesn’t see any real skills there with Pacquiao, seeing him as a fighter with crude amateurish skills.

By Sean McDaniel: The talk is that Ricky Hatton discussing with his rather Ray Hatton the possibility of making a comeback to fight 34-year-old Erik Morales in a fight that could bring Hatton a huge payday of as much as $4 million. Not bad for a fight against someone that no longer has much pop [...]

By Chris Williams: Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) possibly weeded out another potential opponent for Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night in beating WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) by an impressive 12 round unanimous decision victory. Now normally a loss like this would eliminate Berto from the running for a bout with Pacquiao, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) failed miserably in his big test against the tough Mexican Orlando Solido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) last Saturday night in an 8th round TKO loss in front of Lopez’s shocking fans in Peurto Rico. The loss showed loud and clear that the 27-year-old Lopez isn’t in the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 Ko’s) gave it his best shot in his fight with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) last Saturday night, making Khan hit air for most of the fight and tiring him out by the 6th. Had the fight continued into the second half, I have [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: We’re less than a month away from the Super Six semifinal tournament fight between the talented WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) and his struggling opponent Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) as they fighting it out at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The loser of this fight [...]

By Gerardo Granados: After watching Victor Ortiz upset Andre Berto to gain the WBC welterweight title, and Orlando Salido upset Juan Manuel Lopez to gain the WBO featherweight title, some friends asked me if Jorge Arce (T64-W56(43)-L6(3)-D2) will be able to defeat the younger champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. ( T21-W30(17)-L0-D1). Erik Morales put up a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO interim light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) has been acting pretty confident lately about his chances to unseat WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) next month on May 21st at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London, England. Cleverly, 24, has been boasting about finding new power [...]

By Jim Dower: Showtime’s bantamweight continues this Saturday night with Vic Darchiyan 35-3-1, 27 KO’s) facing Yonnhy Perez (20-1-1, 14 KOs) for the vacant IBO bantamweight title in one fight, and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (21-0-1, 13 KO’s) fighting IBF champion Joseph Agbeko (28-2, 22 KO’s) at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions acknowledges that Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) deserves to get a rematch with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) after their fight last weekend was stopped prematurely in the 6th round after McCloskey, 31, was cut from a head clash [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) wants a rematch with Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) he has the perfect opportunity now. Maidana is saying that’s interested in fighting Ortiz again as long as the money is right. Speaking with the examiner.com, Maidana said “I will face him again, provided [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) liked what he saw from WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) from his 6th round technical decision victory over a badly over-matched Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) last weekend at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Haye seems to be going [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) will be looking to get a rematch with Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) later in the year and then moving up to super featherweight to try and capture a title at that weight. Lopez, 27, was stopped by the 30-year-old Salido in [...]

by Boxing-Boy: Thai world champion Kwanthai Sithmorseng and his Indonesian challenger Muhammad “The rock Breaker” Rachman both made weight Monday before their bout for the WBA world minimumweight title that would be held at Krungthep Thonburi University in Bangkok, Thailand on April 19, 2011.

On Wednesday, May 18, Hitz Boxing and its founder, Bobby Hitz, will return to where it all began, Rosemont, Illinois, for another night of world-class boxing entitled the “Rosemont Rumble” at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) squared off against Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night many people, including this author, had a lot of pre conceived notions about him. I must admit that I gave Ortiz very little chance to defeat Berto, who had been very impressive in [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) WBC Silver welterweight champion and mandatory challenger Selcuk Aydin wants to fight the new WBC world champion Victor Ortiz immediately. “I congratulate Victor Ortiz to his victory and I hope that he is man enough to fight me”, says Aydin. “Ortiz should not forget that he only got his shot at [...]

From WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: “This past Saturday night saw the two best fights of recent years: the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight championship between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz, and the fight for supremacy between WBC super bantamweight female champion Jackie Nava and WBC super flyweight champion Ana Maria Torres.

MIAMI (April 18, 2011) – Unbeaten Interim World Boxing Council (WBC) Latino super middleweight and UNBC middleweight champion, Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (14-0, 11 KOs), received his the Brazilian International Press Award’s 2010 Athlete of the Year Award last Saturday night in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Fort [...]

Hammer-fisted super lightweight contender Breidis “The Khanqueror” Prescott (23-2, 19 KOs) says he enjoyed watching HBO’s broadcast of World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan’s dominant TD6 over little-known Paul McCloskey at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester last Saturday night.

GREENSBORO / NEW YORK (April 18, 2011)—This past Saturday night, it was a night of knockouts as popular Scott Sigmon scored a fifth round stoppage over Tiwon Taylor that highlighted a night of boxing that highlighted a “Night of Future World Champions” that was streamed LIVE all over the world on www.gfl.tv.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA returned to international action on Friday with a two dual showdown with neighboring Mexico, April 13 and 15 in Harvey, Ill. The United States won close victories in both contests, pulling out one-bout victories over their neighbors to the south in both events.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach seems to be in a big hurry to put Khan in with boxing’s #1 cash cow Manny Pacquiao. This is a match-up that previously seemed impossible because of the close friendship between Pacquiao and Khan. Both fighters ruled out any possibility of a future fight more than [...]

By Darren Munsey: Boxing is one for the few sports that has several governing bodies. So that got me thinking, are us boxing fans worse of better off for this? Sports as far apart as UFC to soccer all have 1 governing body. We all know who the best is in the respective divisions. Boxing [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: As first reported in the ‘News of the world’ a British newspaper, Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton has been offered a shock final chance to return to the ring by Golden boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya. Hatton has not fought since his 2nd round Knockout defeat by Manny Pacquaio and is [...]

BALTIMORE, MD (April 18, 2011) Friday night in Millersville, Maryland, Chris Middendorf and UNITED BOXERS thrilled a crowd of over 1,000 Maryland fight fans with a sensational eight bout event at the Maryland Sportsplex.

King Arthur Abraham is convinced that the huge Armenian community in California will lift him to victory in his Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final bout on May 14. The 31-year-old (32-2, 26 KOs), who takes on undefeated WBA Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KOs) at The Home Depot Center, is currently shaping up [...]