Archive for May, 2011

Former Olympian McJoe Arroyo will return to the ring next July 1st in the fourth edition of the series “A Puño Limpio”, to be held at the Tomas Dones coliseum in Fajardo, where he will headlines with his brother McWilliams and Camilo Perez in a PR Best Boxing Presentation (PRBBP) to be televised live on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is poised to make history on Saturday night when he takes on and beats WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In beating the 28-year-old Pascal, Hopkins will erase George Foreman’s record from 1994 of being [...]

By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: Floyd Maweather stepped away from the ring after his unanimous decision over Shane Mosley last year. In a recent interview, Floyd stated that he’s not young any more and that fighting three or four times a year is not healthy at this point in his career. He has a good [...]

Friday, May 20, 2011 WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 17 8 Count Productions UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL Doors 7pm, First Bell 8pm

‘THIS IS IT’ THE WBO LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD NATHAN CLEVERLY vs. ALEKSY KUZIEMSKI THE BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP JAMES DeGALE vs. GEORGE GROVES SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011 THE O2, LONDON ***LIVE ON SKY BOX OFFICE***

Newark, NJ (May 20, 2011)–On Wednesday night, June 22nd, Vincent M. Ponte’s Gulfstream Group in association with Gabe LaConte will present a Middleweight Championship bout at The Robert Treat Hotel main ballroom.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) will be looking to settle an old score with George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night when they go at it in a 12 round bout for the British title at the O2 Arena in London. DeGale was beaten by Groves [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS May 20, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Michael Brady: The vast majority of the boxing world had written off Shane Mosley and every chance he had at overthrowing Manny Pacquiao two weeks ago, what the public took for granted however; was the fact that Shane hadn’t done this himself.

“Dynasty II: Pascal vs. Hopkins” is presented by Groupe Yvon Michel and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Casino de Montreal, Videotron and Coors Light. The 12-round WBC, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Championship fight will take place Saturday, May 21 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and will be televised [...]

NEW YORK (May 19, 2011) – Undefeated lightweight Mike “The Artist” Perez overcame the challenge of Ira Terry during the May 13 edition of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” making it look easy with a third round knockout, and demonstrating his carácter in earning a resounding 87 percent of fans’ votes cast via text message and on [...]

THE betting on Betfair suggests that James ‘Chunky’ DeGale will avenge his 2006 amateurs defeat to George Groves when the pair come to blows at the O2 Arena on Saturday. Olympic gold medallist DeGale is the 1-3 favourite to come out on top in this ill-tempered ‘Battle of Britain’.

By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is counting on soon to be 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) will come to brawl with his fighter Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) on November 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao has a string of seven consecutive mismatch fights in which [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The June 4th card at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calfornia has two good fights on the card between unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) facing WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) and undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (29-0, 18 KO’s0 going up against the tough [...]

Canadian light heavyweight Anthony “The Rowdy One” Russell (16-2-1, 5 KOs) isn’t expecting a warm welcome when he steps into the ring this Friday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago to face Poland’s Andrzej Fonfara for the NABO title.

By Scott Gilfoid: There are some fighters that believes in facing the best guys every time out and wouldn’t think of taking a soft opponent or an old guy. Then there are guys like number #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16 KO’s) who takes the slow road to the top and has [...]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Welterweight super prospect, Thomas Dulorme (11-0, 10 KO’s), and hard-hitting 140-pound knockout artist Kenny “Battlestar” Galarza (14-1, 14 KO’s) are sparring and training together in preparation for their respective ESPN-televised Boricua Invasion I fights at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Friday, June 10.

By Dan Ambrose: It’s unknown what 42-year-old Roy Jones (54-7, 40 KO’s) was thinking when he signed up to fight southpaw cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KO’s) on May 21st at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe, in Moscow, Russia. Jones doesn’t have the power, the chin or the ability to defend against the hard shots [...]

By Chris Williams: In a recent article at The Ring, one particularly brilliant writer was quick enough to observe that Manny Pacquiao’s fights are becoming ever more dull each time out in the past four fights and he feels that this could hurt Pacquiao. I think I have to agree with that. Pacquiao’s last four [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) clearly has the better boxing skills compared to the green 20-year-old WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) as they head into their June 18th fight at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico. It’s too bad Rhodes is still going to be destroyed by Alvarez. [...]

By Chris Williams: Although the November fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is slated to take place at a 144 pound catchweight, my advice would be for Marquez to completely ignore the upper limit of the catchweight and focus instead as if this were one of his typical lightweight bouts where he comes [...]

By Dee Patel: I am not a regular writer, but a genuine boxing fan, and have had enough of the many the articles written here on this subject. Every article has either stated that Klitschko is a fraud, or that Haye will not stand a chance. Some even predict PRECISELY what will happen, and how!

By Mark Young: So Zab Judah has said it, he’s very interested in making a unification fight with Amir Khan happen, but it wont. Khan quickly seized the moment and called Judah a runner when Judah expressed an interest in fighting Manny Pacquiao after the Shane Molsey farce, another mismatch that boxing fans were subjected [...]

By Sean McDaniel: In a sign of how badly WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KO’s) and his promoters Golden Boy Promotions want a fight with WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, they are bumping up his original offer to $1.4 million plus 50% of the UK pay per view money, according to [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Bernard Hopkins is forty six years old and nobody seems to howl. Because of his advanced age and “fading” career as an ex- top boxer and a former super bantamweight and super featherweight champion, a lot of people “cried wolf” out of their sincere concern for his safety and welfare when [...]

By Trevor Solway: One of boxing`s biggest problems is excessive holding; this makes fights boring and is illegal under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. Clinching to negate another fighter’s offense is not often called by referees but is one of the poisons hindering boxing.

Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Ryan Coyne (16-0 6KOs) is working hard in training camp as he prepares to show the world what he can do when he faces World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (37-3 29KOs) of Panama. The 28-year-old has been patiently waiting for this opportunity and knows that Jones is a very [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 Ko’s) has made a little wager with challenger George Groves for Saturday’s fight at the O2 Arena in London, England. DeGale, 25, bet to match the earnings that Groves is making tomorrow night if Groves wins the fight. This is a pretty risky [...]

By Chris Williams: Former IBF/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) won’t be retiring due to eye problems he sustained in his last fight against Manny Pacquiao last November. In an interview at ESPN Desportes Radio, the 33-year-old Margarito said that he plans on continuing his boxing career but will be taking a year [...]

Montreal, Canada (May 19)…With American and Canadian media in attendance, Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins hosted a media workout today at a local boxing gym in Montreal, Canada where the 46-year-old Two-Division World Champion and Future Hall of Famer discussed his championship rematch against World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Jean [...]