Archive for May, 2011

Liverpool’s dynamite punching Tony Bellew has stepped in to face big rival Nathan Cleverly this Saturday (21st May) at The O2 in London. Bellew, 28, will challenge for Cleverly’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) Light-Heavyweight title after Braehmer was stripped of the title and the Welshman installed as champion.

By Eric Thomas: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (51-5-2, 32 KO’s) is hoping to become the oldest fighter to ever win a world title when he takes on World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KO’s) in a rematch on Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. Hopkins wants to beat [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: To listen to WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) tell you, he’s got it all planned out with him beating Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s) in their Super Six tournament semifinals bout on June 4th and then meeting WBA champion Andre Ward in the finals of the Super Six [...]

By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing news, Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that HBO has had second thoughts about the scheduled July 9th 10 round bout between Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida and are withdrawing approval for the fight. Williams, 29, will now have to look for another opponent to fight. Williams [...]

By Jim Dower: Middleweight contender Andy Lee (25-1, 19 KO’s) looked good tonight in defeating the hard-hitting Alex Bunema (31-8=2, 17 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision at the Donald Stephens Center, in Rosemont, Illinois. The final judges’ scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 100-90.

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KO’s) will finally be getting back in the ring after a year’s absence to fight fringe junior middleweight contender Carlos Molina (18-4-2, 6 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. This is a pretty tough bout [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 37-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez has officially signed to face WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on November 12th in a 144 pound catchweight fight that will likely be taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The only thing that will prevent the Marquez-Pacquiao III fight from going ahead now is [...]

By Gerardo Granados: WBA World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KO’s) is being avoided by the IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah and WBC – WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, and even Erik Morales is avoiding him. Bradley got off the hook by declining the offer made to him for the fight. [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has appeared agitated at the recent press conferences during the promotional tour to hype his fight with Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany on July 2nd.. “Dr. Steelhammer” has been calm and confident during his public appearances. The title [...]

Reporters and TV cameras packed el Zipperle restaurant in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, for yesterday’s press conference to promote Team Puerto Rico’s blockbuster June 10 and 11 back-to-back “Boricua Invasion I & II” boxing events at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

By Joe Ramos: The one common thing about the other major sports today is that at the end of each season we get to see the “Best vs Best”. In Football we get the Super Bowl. Baseball has the World Series. Hockey has the Stanley Cup and College Football has, well not everything is perfect, [...]

Inaccurate articles are circulating on certain boxing websites stating that Tony Bellew has been confirmed as Nathan Cleverly’s opponent for this Saturday (21 May) at the O2 Arena. Promoter Frank Warren would like to make it clear that no opponent has been confirmed yet for Cleverly and an official announcement will be made through his [...]

2004 U.S. Olympian Vanes Martirosyan (29-0 18KOs) is deep into his training camp for his upcoming fight versus Saul Roman (34-8 29 KOs). The fight takes place June 4th at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, CA on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr versus Sebastian Zbik under card.

- Friday, May 20, 2011 8:00pm ET featuring Cage Fury Fighting Championships – CFFC: 8 ‘Seek and Destroy’ at the Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Main Event will feature veteran welterweight Doug ‘Flash’ Gordon taking on rising star Joey ‘Boom Boom’ Rivera. With a record of 11-9, Gordon has fought [...]

ST. CHARLES, Mo.-Promoter Don King will bring Devon Alexander “The Great” (21-1, 13 KOs) back to the St. Louis area on June 25 to face a significant test in his hometown from noted Argentine knockout artist and World Boxing Organization No.-3 ranked contender Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KOs) at The Family Arena in St. Charles, [...]

MIAMI, FL (May 18, 2011) – To show his love for NBA team the Miami Heat and their ongoing effort to win the NBA Championship, Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) will be wearing one of their official home uniforms when he enters the ring for his Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal [...]

Montreal, Canada (May 18)…Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Jean Pascal made it clear at today’s final press conference in Montreal, Canada that they both want to let their fists do the talking when they meet this Saturday, May 21 at the Bell Center in Montreal in a bout that will be televised live on HBO’s [...]

CHICAGO, IL (May 18, 2011) Popular undefeated middleweight prospect Ninos Abraham makes his UIC Pavilion debut this Friday night, May 20th in one of the featured undercard bouts at Windy City Fight Night 17.

By Ben James: This article is purely my own personal opinion based on what I know about Jurgen Braehmer and his record as the WBO light heavyweight champion of the world. The man has now pulled out of 3 title defences and has only defended his title once in the past two years, yet the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) isn’t a cruiserweight and has looked horrible in his last two fights, losing to light heavyweights Bernard Hopkins and Danny Green. On Saturday night, Jones will be moving up to the cruiserweight division to take on one of the best fighters in the division in [...]

By William Mackay: Rather than take on a dangerous and well known fighter like IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) in a unification bout that boxing cans would almost surely want to see, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 18 KO’s) is angling to fight lightweight Roberto Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) [...]

HBO Sports serves up a double dose of hard-hitting action when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: JEAN PASCAL VS. BERNARD HOPKINS II AND CHAD DAWSON VS. ADRIAN DIACONU is presented live SATURDAY, MAY 21 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from the Bell Centre in Montreal, exclusively on HBO. The WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING team will be ringside for [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Braehmer (36-2, 29 KO’s) has pulled out of Saturday’s bout against World Boxing Organization light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) due to a cut he sustained in training on Tuesday. As such, Cleverly’s promoter Frank Warren is looking to have the WBO strip Braehmer [...]

By Jim Amato: In the time that I have followed boxing there are many matches that could have happened and should have happened. Some like Archie Moore-Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta-Rocky Graziano were before my era. They might have been thrilling matches but for one reason or another they just never came off. One [...]

By Wayne Lloyd: Mayweather v Pacquiao is on…. This is the headline that every boxing fan in the world is waiting for and if Pacquiao v Mosley is the fastest selling match up in history with some 16,000 tickets being sold in 3 hours then hold onto your hats if this fight is realized. As [...]

On Sunday evening Carshalton Welterweight Danny ‘Cassius’ Connor scored his first professional win, over Luton’s Duane Grimes, which sets him up nicely for his upcoming showdown with former WBF Intercontinental Welterweight title challenger James Todd, at Olivia Goodwin’s Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ double title headlined event at York Hall on Saturday 4th June [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (May 18, 2011) – Eight-division world champion and BWAA Fighter of the Decade Congressman MANNY PACQUIAO played a little chin music at the expense of comedian DANIEL TOSH during Tuesday night’s season premiere of Comedy Central’s immensely popular tosh.0, the latest in a string of comedy shows Pacquiao has been featured on, including [...]

Karachi: Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) has announced on Wednesday All Pakistan PSB Youth and junior ranking boxing tournament would be held from 8 to 10th June at Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Karachi Center.

Twin Cities, MN- Middleweight Cerresso Fort (10-0, 8 ko’s) is poised to make his return to the ring this Friday against Tim Taggart (5-2) following a busy training camp in Florida and Minnesota.

New York, NY (May 18, 2011) – Junior middleweight contender DeAndre Latimore and prospects Sid El Harrak, Denis Douglin, Vinny O’Brien, and Delen Parsley have all joined Team Fight to Walk.