Archive for April, 2011

In the main event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights from the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KOs) won a near shutout unanimous decision over a game Bayan Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs). Prescott worked his jab and landed the better power punches throughout the fight. Jargal had no answer to Prescott’s movement [...]

By Jim Dower: Former Amir Khan destroyer light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) easily beat Mongolian Bayan Jargal (15-2-3, 9 KOs) in an impressive one-sided 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. The final judges’ scores were 99-91, 99-90, and 100-90. Prescott landed a lot [...]

The main event features the much anticipated 10 round junior middleweight bout between Joel Julio of Monteria, Columbia (36-4, 31KOs) and Antwone Smith, of Miami Fl, (20-2-1, 12KOs). The Main Events Brick City Boxing Series card will take place in the intimate boxing club environment of Prudential Center’s AmeriHealth Pavilion, in Newark, New Jersey.

Caesars Atlantic City Saturday, April 23, 2011

By Jason Kim: International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KO’s) will be facing 42-year-old former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver on July 20th at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This is a bout where the two fighters will have a combined age of 80, and is looking like [...]

The ultimate setting for boxing fans is indisputably the “Rubber Match”. Legendary fighters such as, “Robinson” vs. “LaMotta”, “Ali” vs. “Frazier”, “Duran” vs. “Leonard”, and “Tarver” vs. “Jones” have carried the tie-breaking burden into the ring while fans sense personal bragging rights are all on the line.

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) may have missed out on his best chance of beating World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) last December in his 12 round draw. That was a fight that Hopkins could have won had he not been knocked down two times [...]

By Chris Williams: With all the other potential opponents out there for Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) to fight his promoter Bob Arum chose 39-year-old Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) for May 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whether this fight does turn out to be exciting or not, it’s going to [...]

By Jim Amato: One of the top fighters in the light heavyweight division during the 60’s was Roger Rouse.He twice failed in gallant attempts at winning the world championship. He also represented the Untied States as a middleweight in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. He was eliminated in the quarter final round. Roger turned [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I’ve seen heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) fight for a number of years and I haven’t been too impressed with what I’ve seen of him since he moved up in weight to the heavyweight division. Adamek was a good light heavyweight, but never the best one. Chad Dawson proved that [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (21-0-1, 12 Ko’s) wants a shot against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s). Mares’ bantamweight finals tournament fight with Joseph Agbeko went down the tubes yesterday after Agbeko collapsed after a flight due to back ailment. With Agbeko now out of the tournament [...]

By Dan Ambrose: A slightly interesting fight between junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (29-1, 19 KO’s) and a struggling Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-2, 14 KOs) is being discussed for a July fight on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN. For Wolak, this is a big step down after having [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A squad of eight U.S. boxers will compete for a berth in the 2011 Pan American Games at the second Pan American Games qualifying tournament, May 1-6, in Quito, Ecuador. The team of five male and three female athletes will face off with nations from north, central and south America at [...]

By William Mackay: It’s pretty much academic now that WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) looked horrible in winning a 6th round technical decision victory over his hand-picked opponent Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 Ko’s) last weekend. The fight, which showed Khan throwing a lot of weak flurries and missing a lot of [...]

USA Oklahoma State Lightweight Champion Noah Zuhdi (14-1, 12 KOs) will be fighting tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 23, 2011, for boxing Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, Top Rank Boxing, at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

CANASTOTA, NY – APRIL 22, 2011 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today Hall of Fame trainers Angelo Dundee and Lou Duva will attend festivities planned for the 22nd Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 9-12th.

By Dan Ambrose: Having waited too long to match-up Juan Manuel Lopez with Yuriorkis Gamboa because he wanted to let their fight marinate, Bob Arum, their promoter, hasn’t given up entirely on the Gamboa-Lopez fight after Lopez was destroyed by the tough Mexican Orlando Saldido (35-11. 23 KO’s) last weekend in an 8th round TKO [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at some of the comments that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s fans are making recently about his chances to win the Super Six tournament it appears that many of them are resigned to him losing in the tournament to WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has changed his mind about retiring at 31 on his birthday in October if he’s able to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 Ko’s) on July 2nd in Hamburg, Germany. With WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 Ko’s) busy fighting Tomasz [...]

By Eric Thomas: Light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott (23-2, 19 KO’s) takes on Mongolian Bayan Jargal (15-1-3, 10 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout that will be shown on ESPN2 at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Prescott, 27, easily destroyed Amir Khan in a 1st round knockout three years ago in 2008. [...]

April 22nd, 2011 — Reno — Jesse Brinkley will once again be the underdog fighting in his hometown. He faces Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin for the USBO super-middlweight title on April 29th at the Reno Events Center. The Cal Neva sports book has set the following betting line for the fight:

HOUSTON, TX (April 22, 2011) Amid the summer like heat and humidity deep in the heart of Texas, Notre Dame Boxing Champion Mike Lee prepares with world renowned trainer Ronnie Shields for his ESPN2 Friday Night Fights debut on Friday, May 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

IT has been brought to the attention of Hatton Promotions that false and inaccurate comments have been attributed to Ricky Hatton on a social networking site. The Facebook page in question has absolutely no links with Hatton Promotions or Ricky.

By Gerardo Granados: Once, I asked who the welterweight Champion is. Now I am asking the reader a question that is related. An interim champion was supposed to be crowned when the champion was ill or injured been unable to defend his title, but as soon as the champion came back both were matched so [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) will be giving up a lot of size in his fight against 6’6″ 247 pound IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd at the Imtech Stadium in Hamburg, Germany. In Haye’s last fight against 39-year-old Audley Harrison, Haye weighed only [...]

By William Mackay: #2 WBO welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16 KO’s) will be making his first fight with his new promoter Matchroom Sport’s against a still to be determined opponent. Although it’s high time that the 24-year-old Brook finally face a top tier opponent for the first time in his seven-year pro career, you [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) is reportedly thinking about defending his lightweight titles in June or July of this year, and then going after a possible third right with Manny Pacquiao in November. Marquez was thought to be stepping up in weight to take on IBF light welterweight [...]

By Chris Williams: As is his custom trainer Freddie Roach is predicting another knockout win for his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao as he heads into his May 7th fight against an aging and badly struggling 39-year-old Shane Mosley next month at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mosley hasn’t won a fight in [...]

By Chris Williams: After signing former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KO’s) to a contract with Top Rank, Bob Arum is now thinking about matching the 31-year-old Cintron with his two biggest stars in his Top Rank stable Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.

LOS ANGELES (April 22, 2011) – Prior to leaving for his Big Bear training camp in final preparation for his April 29th showdown against Jesse Brinkley, undefeated prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin used a Vortex machine at his strength-and-conditioning coach Brad Bose’s Anatomy gym in Santa Monica in order to increase his arm strength and [...]