Archive for April, 2011

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (April 18, 2011) – Knockout artists MIKE ALVARADO and “Sugar” RAY NARH will battle for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title on the pay-per-view undercard headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Sugar Shane Mosley World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship rumble, Saturday, May 7, at the soldout [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FL. (April 18, 2011) Former super middleweight world champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy read with interest last Friday’s edition of the USA Today newspaper in which Strikeforce Champions’ Nick Diaz challenged him to a boxing match.

HOUSTON, TX (April 18, 2011) Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee was welcomed this past Wednesday night along with numerous world class athletes from the Houston area at the sixth annual “Gathering of Champions”, benefiting Houston Children’s Charities.

After earning a majority decision over Alejandro Lopez (20-2, 7KOs) following a two year hiatus from the sport last February, San Marcos, CA featherweight Aaron Garcia (10-1-2, 2KOs) is in high demand to test up and coming southern California prospects like Abraham “Chamaco” Lopez (13-0, 10KOs) in an eight rounder on Friday, April 29th, in [...]

Newmarket’s Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese gets a ‘home’ fight on Saturday 30th April when he headlines the Graham Earl-TKO Boxing Gym co-promoted ‘Return Of The Mac’ event at Tattersalls Sales Rooms in Newmarket, Suffolk.

This Friday night, Star Boxing and ESPN “Friday Night Fights” return to the beautiful Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT with an action-packed six bout card. Opening up the ESPN telecast will be Providence, Rhode Island’s 2007 Amateur World Champion, and 2008 US Olympian, Demetrius Andrade (12-0, 8KO’s) as he looks to continue on his quest [...]

DAVID PRICE steps up in class to face Raphael Butler next week and insists the American is better than future rival John McDermott. The 6ft 8in man mountain has his first hometown fight in more than two years when he faces vastly experienced Butler (35-9) over eight rounds at Liverpool’s Olympia on Wednesday April 27.

By Lee Elford: Ricky Hatton has reportedly been offered the chance of making a sensational u-turn with his retirement plans by taking on Mexican tough guy Eric Morales. In an article by Ed Sheeran in Sunday’s ‘News of the World’ UK paper, it is claimed Oscar de la Hoya offered the popular Manchester fighter this [...]

(LOS ANGELES) After six months of intense hand-to-hand combat featuring the best amateur fighters in the world, the World Series of Boxing (WSB) team finals are set. A 3-2 win by the Astana Arlans on Sunday night over the Los Angeles Matadors assured them a spot in the final where they’ll face Paris United May [...]

Hensley “The Bruiser” Strachan (5-8-1, 1KO) of the Bahamas is back as the official opponent to face San Diego, CA’s own undefeated light welterweight Antonio Orozco (9-0, 6KOs) in a scheduled six rounder on Thursday, April 21st. The bout will be part of Roy Englebrecht Promotions’ next card at southern California’s newest fight venue, the [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. attended the Victor Ortiz vs. Andre Berto fight this past weekend at the Foxwoods Resort in Connecticut. He looked to be enjoying himself in the audience watching what could end up as the fight of the year with Ortiz and Berto knocking each other around the ring.

By Sean McDaniel: The July 23 unification bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) and WBC/WBO champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) will be shown on Primetime PPV rather than Sky. According to the telegragh.co.uk, Oscar De La Hoya is saying that Golden Boy Promotions is looking to put together a [...]

By Jim Dower: The April 29th IBF light welterweight eliminator bout between contenders Victor Cayo (26-1-1, 18 KOs) Lamont Peterson (24-1-1, 14 KOs) is reportedly off, according to fightnews.com. They’re saying that Cayo has pulled out of the fight with Peterson without giving a reason.

By Joe Ramos: Last Saturday night from the Foxwoods Resort and Casino boxing fans were treated to another possible Fight of Year Candidate. In consecutive weeks HBO Boxing was able to make everyone forget about the negatives that have surrounded the sport over the past few years and put together a fight that anyone with [...]

By William Mackay: Freddie Roach has big dreams for his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s). Roach’s grand vision is for Khan to beat WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) to unify the titles, and then move up in weight to the welterweight division and immediately go after [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten welterweight knockout artist Thomas Dulorme (11-0, 10 KO’s) scored a chilling 2nd round knockout of journeyman Harrison Cuello (20-16-3, 15 KO’s) last Saturday night on the undercard of the Andre Berto vs. Victor Ortiz fight at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

By William Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) has decided to leave his promoter Mick Hennessy or Hennessy Sports and go off on his own to promote his own fights. Froch, 32, has been with Hennessy for a number of years, yet Froch has failed to become a star despite some [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) wants a second crack at the newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) after losing to Ortiz last Saturday night by a closely contested 12 round unanimous decision at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Masintucket, Connecticut.

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum, the promoter for former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) must be kicking himself right about now after his fighter Lopez was stopped in the 8th round by the tough Mexican challenger Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 knockouts) last Saturday night in Puerto Rico.

By Sean McDaniel: The Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey fight last reportedly did well on Primetime PPV last weekend. Primetime isn’t saying how buys they got but they did say this as reported by livefight.com:

By William Mackay: Based on what I saw of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his win over Paul McCloskey last Saturday night and Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) with his 12 round unanimous decision victory over WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) on the same night, I think Ortiz is the [...]

Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback and Cecelia “First Lady” Braekhus (17-0, 4 KO) are the co main event May 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on the undercard of Evander Holyfield and Brian Nielsen. The two female world ranked fighters will be battling it out for three titles at 147 pounds- the WBC, WBA and WBO, which [...]

ST. LOUIS, MO (April 17, 2011) Coming home proved to be sensational for lightweight contender Dannie “The Chopper” Williams as he knocked out Mexican veteran Manuel Leyva in the first round on Friday night at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Missouri, just outside of St .Louis.

By Eric Thomas: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is looking to take on WBC/WBO Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) next on July 23 after beating Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) by a 6th round technical decision last Saturday night at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England. Khan may have won the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Previously unbeaten Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) wasn’t happy with his 6th round technical decision loss to WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) on Saturday night saying that he felt that the referee and ringside doctor were too quick to stop the fight due to a small cut that [...]

By Dennis McCarthy: Last Saturdays fight between WBA champ Amir Khan and Irish challenger Paul McCloskey was due to take place on Sky Sports Box Office for £15. After poor sales, Sky demoted the fight down to one of their free channels for Sky Sports subscribers. Khan, unhappy about the pay cut, ended up having [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBA featherweight champion Chris John (45-0, 22 KO’s) successfully defended his World Boxing Association title on Sunday night beating fellow Indonesian fighter Daud Cino Yordan (27-2, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Jakarta International Expo in Jakarta, Indonesia. Like a lot of the 31-year-old John’s fights, the bout [...]

By Leo Kapakos: It was another win last night for four-time golden gloves winner Sonya “The Scholar” Lamonakis on the Andre Berto vs. Victor Ortiz undercard at the MGM Grand, Foxwoods Casino. Lamonakis won by unanimous decision on scores of 39-37 (twice) and 40-36 and moves to 5-0, 1-KO. Her opponent Gigi Jackson from Columbus [...]

By Gari Jones: Amir Khan WBA Light Welterweight Champion took on the undefeated Irishman Paul McCloskey on the 16/4/2011. Khan won the fight in the sixth round he was good, but he wasn’t all that impressive. Here’s my round by round analysis of the encounter.

BAYAMON, P.R. (April 17, 2011) – After thirty fights of stunning crowds with his ability to neglect defense and always come back to score the victory, Juan Manuel Lopez’ streak ended. Orlando Salido captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight Championship via eighth-round technical knockout (referee stoppage) after connecting with countless right hands including one [...]