Archive for April, 2011

By Darren Munsey: The late great Arturo ‘’Thunder’’ Gatti (40-9-0) captured our hearts with his hell for leather fighting style. He was far from the most gifted boxer we have even seen but no one can deny he had the heart of a lion and was involved on several classic toe to toe brawls we [...]

By Elgato: The most insulting label that could be conferred on a boxer, in this most brutal of sports, is cowardice!

Atlantic City, New Jersey – Last Saturday, the Puerto Rican born Ronald Cruz ( 12-0,9 KO’s ) became the first boxer to defeated by TKO, the veteran Manuel Guzman ( 7-10-2,3 KO’s ), who has gone the distance with the top prospects in the United States, including former Olympic and rising prospect, Saddam Ali.

After witnessing Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan’s dominant performance against former champion Yonnhy Perez tonight at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, promoter Gary Shaw says the two-time world champion will have several options.

By Jim Dower: In something of an upset, previously unbeaten and highly hyped 21-year-old featherweight prospect Roberto Marroquin (19-1, 14 KOs) was beaten in a huge upset by journeyman Frankie Leal (16-5-3, 9 KOs) by a 10 round split decision loss at WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma. The final judges’ scores were 99-92, 96-94 for Leal, [...]

By Jim Dower: Former super middleweight contender Omar Sheika (30-11, 20 KO’s), now fighting as a cruiserweight, was shockingly beaten by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night against little known Garrett Wilson (9-5-1, 4 KO’s) at the Palladium Ballroom at Caesars Atlantic City. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 118-109, 119-108. Wilson, [...]

By Eric Thomas: Making only his third fight in the past nine years of action, 45-year-old journeyman heavyweight Burt Cooper (38-23, 31 KO’s) was stopped in the 2nd round on Saturday night by former Cuban amateur star Luis Ortiz (8-0, 6 KO’s) at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo, in Miami, Florida. The 5’11″ Ortiz [...]

In front of a huge group of their compatriots, an Armenian contingent brought the pain and provided much of the excitement tonight on the undercard of Vic Darchinyan’s sensational TD5 over Yonnhy Perez at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2011) – In one of the most powerful performances of his career, two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan dominated former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight titlist Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez en route to winning a fifth-round technical decision and the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) 118-pound title Saturday on SHOWTIME® [...]

By Jim Dower: In perhaps a fitting end to what has been a disappointing bantamweight tournament put on by Showtime, former two division world champion Vic Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KO’s) defeated Colombian Yonnhy Perez (20-2-1, 14 KO’s) by a 5th round technical decision after a hard head clash opened up a cut on the forehead [...]

By Saqib Khan: This is a question which I ask a lot of fans, the majority of the fans say yes. In order to obtain that legendary status he will have to fight the best junior welter in Tim Bradley.

By Glenn Findlay: Then we have the convenient “retirement” excuse as & when he feels it is necessary to avoid dangerous “in their prime” opponents. A clever strategy. By using the excuse of retiring, Floyd Mayweather manages to avoid all questions of fighting boxers currently in their prime.

By Glen Findlay: Legendary fights between legendary fighters can always be made…if both parties share a similar immense desire to consummate into stirring conflict. Both parties. If not, superfights will fall by the wayside, boxing once again suffers, the sport looks a mockery & legions of followers of both sides are left picking up the [...]

By Jason Kim: 42-year-old heavyweight DaVarryl Williamson (27-6, 22 KO’s) stopped once highly thought of heavyweight prospect Michael Marrone (19-3, 14 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night on the undercard of Showtime’s card between Vic Darchinyan vs. Yonnhy Perez at the Nokia Theater, in Los Angeles, California. Williamson knocked te 25-year-old Marrone down [...]

Shortly after tonight’s fights in Los Angeles, promoter Gary Shaw of Gary Shaw Productions will follow his fighter, ‘The Real Deal’ Daniel Geale, to Berlin in advance of Geale’s May 7 clash with IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester at the Jahnsport Stadium in Neubrandenburg, Germany.

LOS ANGELES (April 23, 2011) – Colombia’s Yonnhy Perez is a usually quiet and humble man but he always speaks the truth with brutal frankness. “I plan to knock out Vic Darchinyan early in the fight,” said the former IBF bantamweight titleholder Perez who is co-promoted by Thompson Boxing Promotions and Gary Shaw Productions. “I [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news coming down the pike, 34-year-old Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) and 37-year-old and Marco Antonio Barrera (67-7, 44 KO’s) could be squaring off for a 4th fight on July 30th. Morales recently showed interest in the fight and Barrera, who hasn’t done much in the past [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) would like nothing better than to get a third fight with Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) to prove once and for all that he’s the better fighter than the Filipino star. In the minds of many boxing fans, they feel that Marquez has [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Frank Warren, the former promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s), is concerned about Khan if he chooses to take on undefeated WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) in his next fight in July. Although Warren doesn’t say exactly what the problem is, he feels [...]

Regardless of who wins tonight’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING broadcast from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), between former International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight Champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez and two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan, promoter Gary Shaw says he’ll petition the IBF to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The comeback for super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be a little delayed, as Dirrell is saying on his twitter page that he has a stomach virus and it could be a possible problem with his appendix. Dirrell has been out of action since last year in March after [...]

After a trip of 27 hours, Daniel Geale today arrived in Berlin to continue his preparation for his May 7 clash with International Boxing Federation (IBF) Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester. “He is very experienced but I have come here to win the title,” Geale said.

By Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 Ko’s) will likely be facing his mandatory challenger, the number #2 ranked Selcuy Aydin (21-0, 16 KO’s) in the 24-year-old Ortiz’s first defense of his World Boxing Council title in the fall, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. There’s also a chance – [...]

By William Mackay: All I can say after watching light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) defeat an iron-chinned Bayan Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night is that Prescott looked a lot better in beating Jargal than Amir Khan did in winning a 6th round technical decision [...]

Ask any boxer and the standard line is they will fight anyone. But throughout the lead up to his clash tonight with former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez, in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING’s broadcast (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from the Nokia Theatre L.A. [...]

By William Mackay: Showing perhaps that he’s still badly in need of advice in how to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) for their July 2nd fight, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has turned to 89-year-old former Muhammad Ali trainer Angelo Dundee for help in trying to beat the [...]

In the main event of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, Colombian power puncher Breidis “The Khanqueror” Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) scored a dominating (99-91, 99-90, and 100-90) decision over Mongolian contender Bayan Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs) and furthered his case for a rematch against World Boxing Association (WBA) Light [...]

Former World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK, his trainer JACK LOEW and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM participated in an international media conference call on Friday to discuss Pavlik’s upcoming return to boxing on Saturday, May 7 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) is remaining surprisingly quiet, allowing David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) to dominate the headlines regarding their upcoming unification fight on July 2nd.

Two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez both made weight one day before their main-event meeting on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING this Saturday, April 23, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE.