Archive for May, 2011

By Scott Gilfoid: I think I just saw the worst robbery of my life tonight with George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) beating British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-1, 8 KOs) by a controversial 12 round majority decision at the O2 Arena in London. There’s no way that Groves won that fight. We all know [...]

By Joe Gorman: James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) and George Groves (13- 0, 10KO’s) produced a British master class fight tonight at the O2 Arena in London, England with Groves winning by a 12 round majority decision. First of all, I would like to give respect to Groves for the boxing ability he showed through [...]

By William Mackay: Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) hammered out a narrow 12 round majority decision over previously unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK. The final judges’ scores were 115-115, 115-114 and 115-114.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) defeated challenger Aleksy Kuziemski (21-3, 5 KOs) by a quick stoppage in the 4th round on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. The stoppage came after Kuziemski was cut over the left eye in the 4th. The referee pulled the [...]

By Joe Gorman: In the biggest fight of the 25-year-old’s career, newly crowned WBO light heavyweight world champion Nathan cleverly (22-0, 11KO’s) stopped the light-hitting challenger Aleksy Kuziemski (21-3 5KO’s) in the 4th round due to a cut under the left eye of the polish contender.

By Scott Gilfoid: I just caught the Roy Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KO’s) and Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) cruiserweight fight that took place tonight at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia. Jones ended up taken out in the last seconds of the 10th when Lebedev tagged him with a series of hard shots [...]

By Joe Gorman: Tonight young southpaw prospect (Funtime) Frankie Gavin (10- 0, 8KO’s) took a step up and beat former British champion Young Mutley (29-6, 14KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision to take the WBO inter-continental welterweight title. In a 12 round bout at the 02 arena, Greenwich, London, the score cards were; 119-109, [...]

By Joe Gorman: A sad night for Roy Jones (54-8, 40KO’s) as he suffers another devastating 10 round TKO loss in Sport Complex Krylatskoe, Moscow, Russia against the up and coming curserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17KO’s).

Even though he won’t be appearing in the main event tonight, former WBC world champion “Bad” Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is eagerly awaiting his chance to remind the world he is the best fighter on the card.

By Dan Ambrose: 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KO’s) was once again knocked out, this time by number #1 ranked World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia.

HATTON Promotions light-middleweight sensation Sergey Rabchenko captured the vacant WBA intercontinental title with a unanimous points win over Bradley Pryce. The Belarussian is now unbeaten in 17 professional fights after taking the decision 117-112, 116-113 and 116-112 on the judges’ cards in Queensferry, Wales on Friday night.

BALTIMORE, MD (May 21, 2011) “Saturday Night Will Be All Right For Fighting” Tonight, Saturday, May 21th, as UNITED BOXERS presents a sensational evening of professional boxing at the Maryland Sportsplex in Millersville.

By William Mackay: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley officially declined to take the July 23 fight with WBA light welterweight champ Amir Khan, and thus leaving Khan to make a hard decision about who he will face next in place of Bradley. Khan and his promotional company made a last ditch effort to try [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) looked to be the much more relaxed fighter compared to his opponent George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) at Friday’s weigh-in. Groves had been getting the better of DeGale during some of their verbal exchanges leading up to the fight, especially in their meeting on Sky Sports Ringside. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you want to see something really interesting on Saturday night you need to watch the bout between light heavyweights Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) and Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) because the height differences alone is going to make for a compelling fight. At Friday’s weigh-in, the 5’9″ Diaconu looked like [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) weighed in at a fat-looking 198.5 lbs for his bout on Saturday night against top cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KO’s) for a fight that will be taking place at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe, in Moscow, Russia. Lebedev looked a lot better at a [...]

READING, PA (May 21, 2011) – Junior middleweight boxer Keenan Collins of Reading, PA has been waiting for this moment for a year and a half, his return to a boxing ring. Tonight Collins gets the chance to resume his career when he faces Allentown, PA’s Jorge Delgado in a six-round bout at the Sovereign [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: For the most part, tomorrow’s fights between James DeGale vs. George Groves and Nathan Cleverly vs. Aleksy Kuziemski will be mismatches. The DeGale-Groves fight will be decent early on, but once DeGale gets warmed up around the fourth or fifth round, Groves is going to be getting slaughtered. Groves is just too [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s really interesting to see WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) talk so boldly about what he’s going to do once he steps in the ring with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd in Germany. Haye is promising knockout and an impressive performance, yet history [...]

By Eric Thomas: Saturday’s rematch between WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) and challenger Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is expected to take place in front of a packed house of 16,000 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Most of those fans will be rooting for Pascal – the home [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight prospect Sadam Ali (13-0, KO’s) won a lopsided eight round unanimous decision on Friday night over John Revish (9-4-2, 8 KOs) at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. The final judge’s scores were 79-72, 79-72 and 79-72.

By William Mackay: According to Dan Rafael, WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) has formally rejected WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s latest offer for a fight on July 23rd.

By Sean McDaniel: For a lot of people, they see Saturday’s match-up between undefeated British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) and challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) as being a potentially close contest that can go either way.

By William Mackay: Heavyweight Tomas Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) has captured titles in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. Since moving up to the heavyweight division in 2009, Adamek has been very selective about the kinds of opponents he’s faced.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In an interview with ES News Top Rank promoter Bob Arum blasted Floyd “Money” Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’S) and accused him of being afraid to fight Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) is facing his worst nightmare in pressure fighter Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s) next month in their Super Six tournament semifinals bout at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For a fighter that struggled under the pressure from Mikkel Kessler in [...]

By Jim Dower: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins weighed in at 174.9 for Saturday’s fight against World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins came in overweight on the first weigh-in attempt, but after one hour he was able to shed the excess pounds and make the fight.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) is hoping to set himself up for a big money fight against the winner of Saturday’s bout between 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins and WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. To get the winner of that fight, [...]

By William Mackay: With no opponent yet signed for his upcoming July 23rd date slated to be shown on HBO, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan took the opportunity to sound off on David Haye and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a recent interview at the Daily Mirror. Khan thinks he has the skills to beat [...]

Former middleweight champion boxer Michael Olajide Jr. and business partner Leila Fazel hosted the fourth annual “Fight 4 Fitness” competition at their popular AEROSPACE fitness studio in New York City’s Meatpacking District. Fight 4 Fitness is an annual celebrity fundraiser that benefits the East Harlem School at Exodus House (“East Harlem”). East Harlem is an [...]