Archive for April, 2011

On Thursday May 5th, Popular welterweight prospect, Edgar Santana (24-3, 15KO’s), returns to the ring, and will do it in front of his hometown fans in the Bronx, when he fights in the main event of the first of Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing’s, five scheduled shows in 2011, at the beautiful and historic Paradise Theater [...]

TORONTO, ON – (Wednesday, April 27, 2011) In the world of professional boxing, prospects come along on a daily basis. Most merely have youth and the veneer of potential on their side. Rarely, however, does a fighter emerge from a successful amateur career seemingly hardwired for professional superstardom.

Andy Lee, Irish Kronk middleweight fighter, currently ranked # 3 in the World Boxing Association (WBA) and # 10 in the WBC rankings will be in action against Alex ‘The Technician ‘ Bunema on Wednesday, May 18 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, United States.

CHESTER, PA (April 27, 2011)—On Friday night, June 3rd it will be ROUND 3 at Harrah’s in Chester, Pa as Joey Eye Boxing & David Feldman presents a night action packed boxing that will feature some of the most exciting fighters in the Philadelphia area.

By Dan Ambrose: Shane Mosley sees himself controlling the May 7th fight against Manny Pacquiao by taking the fight to the Filipino star and making him fight his fight. Just how Mosley can accomplish that is the real question. He no longer seems capable of fighting hard for even one minute of every round and [...]

The British Boxing Board of Control have passed a proposed rule change for reserves in Prizefighter ahead of the International Heavyweights night at Alexandra Palace on May 7, live on Sky Sports.

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will originate from Las Vegas, Nev. featuring junior middleweights “King” Carlos Molina (17-4-2, 5 KO’s, International Boxing Federation (IBF) #15, World Boxing Council (WBC) #16) pitted against former New York State welterweight champion, Allen “The Dream Shatterer” Conyers (12-4, 9 KO’s) in the 10-round main event live April 29, at 8 [...]

NORTH BERGEN (April 27, 2011) – Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Baltic Heavyweight champ Mariusz Wach of North Bergen, NJ by way of Krakow, Poland has teamed up with top-notch trainer Juan De Leon in his quest to become the heavyweight champ of the world.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: I’m sure that the majority of those reading this will already be well aware of the talented young Light Middleweight prospect Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng from Stoke Newington in London. It’s hard not to be as Erick receives a lot more column inches in the boxing press than most seven [...]

Unbeaten Dublin Featherweight Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland heads to London this weekend as he bids to extend his perfect record to 22 and 0 when he takes on Daniel Kodjo Sassou on the undercard to the Darren Barker – Domenico Spada European Middleweight title fight in the Olympia on Saturday night.

The Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final clash between World Boxing Association (WBA) Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and former tournament point leader King Arthur Abraham will be called off – if the Californian Boxing Commission refuses to honour an existing agreement over neutral officials. “Contrary to what has been previously agreed on, the Californian Commission [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: You almost have to feel sorry for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) in his upcoming July 2nd fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladiimr Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s). He reminds me of a kid that has made the mistake of kicking a giant beehive and not really aware of what [...]

Former British super-middleweight champion Paul Smith is relishing his return to action on May 21. Smith will form part of the undercard to Frank Warren’s “This is It” show at the O2 Arena.

Commonwealth featherweight champion Stephen Smith has promised a “comprehensive win” over John Simpson on Wednesday night. The pair meet in Liverpool with Simpson’s British title also on the line.

By Sean McDaniel: If you were hoping that a win for WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) over IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd would mean that Haye would then be taking on Wladimir’s brother WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 Ko’s) in a “revenge of the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) would like to face WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) on July 23rd to try and unify the titles before making a big decision about possibly moving up in weight to chase after big fights against the likes of Floyd [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko intends on making WBA heavyweight champion suffer slowly in their upcoming fight in July in Hamburg, Germany. Instead of doing away with Haye relatively quickly and mercifully like Wladimir has done with most of his opponents during his long career, he’s going to make Haye eat jabs [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: To listen to WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) trash talk IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 Ko’s), you would think that Haye is the next Muhammad Ali and ready to make Wladimir look silly when they do eventually fight on July 2nd. But look at how timid Haye [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (April 27, 2011) – In a battle of pound for pound box office attractions, eight-division world champion CONGRESSMAN MANNY PACQUIAO and television’s late-night comedy king JIMMY KIMMEL will go mano a mallo for the fourth time in their series of entertaining appearances dating back to 2009. Pacquiao will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live [...]

By Eric Thomas: The much talked about July 23rd unification bout between WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) and unbeaten WBC/WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 Ko’s) appears to be in jeopardy before the fight has even been signed, as Dan Rafael is reporting that Bradley prefers to take lesser [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions stated after his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s recent win over Paul McCloskey that they have signed a multi-year deal between Khan and HBO. This is a risky deal for HBO because Khan hasn’t shown that he can dominate at light welterweight [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Heavyweight prospect and former 2008 Olympic bronze medalist for England David Price (9-0, 7 KO’s) takes a big step up against the hard hitting Rafael Butler (35-9, 28 KO’s) on Wednesday night in a scheduled eight round bout at the Olympia in Liverpool, England. Also on the card will be a rematch [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) seems happy with himself after meeting with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in a face off during an HBO organized meeting between the two fighters to promote their July 2nd fight at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany.

LOS ANGELES, April 267th– The Super Fight of the summer of 2011 is set, and former World Champion Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver is more amped up than ever to spoil three-division champ Danny Green’s homecoming bout at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia on Wednesday, July 20th. Tickets for Green vs. Tarver, a 12 round [...]

Aptly named “The Dream Shatterer”, 34-year-old Bronx, New York, native Allen Conyers (12-4, 9 KOs) has made a career of spoiling other people’s plans. Time after time, junior middleweight Conyers is brought into an opponent’s backyard, expected to lose and time after time, he shatters the favored fighter’s dreams by scoring the upset.

On Saturday, April 30th, SNY (SportsNet NY) will broadcast a Tomasz Adamek Fight Marathon. Beginning at 3 PM ET with Adamek vs. Golota and continuing through 10 PM, with 3 more Adamek fights. There will be a half hour break after the Mets game for the Mets Post Game Live show, tentatively slotted for 4 [...]

his Past Saturday night at The Caesars Palladium Ballroom, Garrett Wilson won the USBA Cruiserweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Omar Sheika. That result alone doesn’t tell the story as the two waged a back and forth war that had the capacity crowd at Caesars on their feet for the better part [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) isn’t quite sure whether WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) will be showing up for their fight on July 2nd after bailing on Wladimir in their scheduled fight two years ago in June 2009. Haye then bailed on Wladimir’s brother Vitali Klitschko [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 National Golden Gloves competition moved into day two on Tuesday evening as the remaining five weight divisions took part in preliminary round action at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Promoters Javier Bustillo, Gary Shaw and Lou DiBella are pleased to announce the signing of the Puerto Rican 140-pound super prospect Hector “El Flaco” Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs).