Archive for May, 2011

By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) has found a replacement opponent for his July 9th fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Williams, 29, will be fighting in the main event on the card against unbeaten but recently exposed Erislandy Lara (15-0-1, 10 [...]

By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) is very interested in facing WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KO’s) after the fight that Judah was looking for against Manny Pacquiao failed to happen. Judah recently said his focus wasn’t Khan and that he wanted to fight Pacquiao. However, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The struggling Michael Katsidis (27-4, 22 KO’s) is reportedly interested in taking on IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (28-3, 12 KO’s) next in a fight that Katsidis is hoping will take place in his native Australia. It’s not exactly a good match-up for the pressure fighter Katsidis, as Vazquez is a pure [...]

CHICAGO, IL (May 19, 2011) Chicago’s 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, presents a stellar evening this Friday night, May 20th at the UIC Pavilion. The seven bout card, Windy City Fight Night 17, brings together a terrific blend of Chicagoland’s finest contenders, proven prospects and exciting newcomers. “Boxing fans come [...]

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) says he’s going to get rid of the Klitschko brothers by beating them in 2011. Haye faces IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd at the Imtech Stadium, in Hamburg, Germany. Once these two fights are taken care of, Haye [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Manny Pacquiao (53- 3-2, 38 KO’s ) is perhaps the greatest fighter of his generation. The only other fighter who could legitimately compete with Manny for that mythical title is undefeated defensive genius Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s). Manny’s style is unorthodox and to some extent awkward. Other fighters who [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: In an article published on Eurosport.com it is claimed that the Stand in opponent for Nathan Cleverly’s World title defence, Tony Bellew has been forced to pull out as he could not make the weight. He is the second fighter to pull out after Jurgen Brahmer the former WBO light heavyweight [...]

This week the Swami is getting a lot of people whom have some controversy and topics to get off their chest, literally and figuratively. And armed with a special guest co-host in COURTNEY PAGE (www.facebook.com/heyitscourtneypage) ready to help out, it’s a can’t miss two hours of While LAST CALL on www.cyberstationusa.com. This week’s guests include: [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) was stripped of his World Boxing Organization title on Thursday by the WBO for failing to fight WBO light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) on Saturday and for having only defended the title once in the past two years. Cleverly, [...]

By Gerardo Granados: The fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is almost a done deal. Marquez has already signed the contract and agreed to a 144 pound catchweight. A date has been set, November 12th, but Marquez will be facing Diaz first in July. If Diaz pulls off an upset or injures Marquez, [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 19 -For more than a decade the face of Mia St. John has adorned magazines, posters and television screens as she blazed a trail in the female boxing world.

Nathan Cleverly will now make the first defence of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight title against Aleksy Kuziemski from Poland this Saturday at the 02 Arena in London. Liverpool’s Tony Bellew, who had stepped in this morning to replace Juergen Braehmer, has been beaten by the scales to make the pre-fight weight check [...]

TORONTO, ON – (Thursday, May 19, 2011) With the Hershey Centre in Mississauga celebrating 10 years of boxing action, and hosting the crowning event of the Canadian junior hockey season, fight promoters United Boxing Promotions and Hennessy Sports Canada are relishing the idea of further marketing their sensational “Friday Night at the Fights” card, set [...]

Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo and Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez have rivals for their upcoming bouts next June 3 in the third edition of the show “A Puño Limpio” to be held at the Antonio R. Barcelo coliseum in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico in a PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) presentation to be televised live on WAPA América. [...]

Less than a month after winning his debut professional fight Plumstead’s Sam Standing is primed and ready for more action at Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 4th June 2011.

By Andy Byles: Oh absolutely! I keep reading all these articles where the writers are putting down this fight. Everyone is saying Juan Manuel Marquez has no chance at the proposed catch weight of 144. Lets face it. Marquez has no chance no matter what the agreed weight is. But this fight has something that [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Sparks flew today at the press conference for the upcoming Saturday night bill at the 02 arena in London billed as “This is it”. Reporters expected Groves and DeGale to come to blows, but in fact it was the stand in opponent for newly crowned WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly, [...]

HOLYOKE, Mass. (May 19, 2011) – Battle-tested boxer Derrick “Double Impact” Whitley (24-25-3, 11 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time in nearly four years to headline a pro boxing show in his hometown of Holyoke, “Homecoming,” June 25 at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke.

By Ben James: Let me start by saying I am a huge David Haye fan and will be supporting him in his fight against Wladimir Klitschko on the second of July. Something has just been bothering me about David Haye. Unlike some other writers I don’t believe he is starting to become intimidated by the [...]

Gavin Rees says his dream of becoming a two-weight World champion will begin with victory against Irishman Andy Murray in their June 4 fight for the vacant European Lightweight title in Cardiff.

Matthew Macklin raised eyebrows amongst the German media yesterday when he came face to face with Felix Sturm at their press conference in Cologne ahead of their World title fight in the city on June 25th. Two time European Middleweight Champ Macklin made a big impression by addressing the assembled media in perfect German but [...]

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: With seriously big names, such as former World Champs Junior Witter and Colin Lynes and former British Champion Kevin McIntyre, grabbing all the headlines in the build up to the highly anticipated Matchroom Sports promoted Prizefighter – Welterweights II, which takes place at York Hall on Tuesday 7th June, I [...]

Brick City Grill – Newark, NJ, May 18, 2011 -Kathy Duva, Main Events, CEO: “It occurred to me that you hear a lot of stories the night after a fight that the main event was great but the under card was awful. Well our story today is that not just the main event is going [...]

MORENO VALLEY, CA. – May 18, 2011, Considered by most boxing experts as one of the best female pound-for-pound fighters, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Bantamweight Champion, Kaliesha “Wild Wild” West (Moreno Valley, California, 13-1-2, 4 KOs), will defend her title on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, in Pico Rivera, California. [...]

By Chris Williams: In my view Juan Manuel Marquez already holds two wins over Manny Pacquiao from their past fights against each other. Marquez fought remarkably well in both fights and seemed to show that he had Pacquiao figured out as he won the majority of rounds in their two fights. But with that said, [...]

By Chris Williams: With little over two weeks to go before the June 4th match-up between World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) and unbeaten challenger Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, one can’t help but notice how much bigger the 25-year-old [...]

DiBella Entertainment and Warriors Boxing are proud to announce the signing of undefeated super middleweight Badou Jack “The Ripper” (5-0, 4 KOs).

By Scott Gilfoid: When I look at the July 2nd unification bout between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA heavyweight champ David Haye, I see this as basically a modern day repeat of the November 2000 fight between champion Lennox Lewis and his much shorter challenger David Tua. The fight is about the same [...]

Andy Lee, Irish Kronk middleweight fighter, currently ranked # 3 in the WBA , # 9 in the World Boxing Council (WBC) and # 13 in the WBO rankings won a 10 round unanimous decision against Alex ‘The Technician ‘ Bunema at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, United States tonight.