Archive for May, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois Promoter: Hitz Boxing

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) is dreaming of fighting rematches against Mikkel Kessler and Jean Pascal. It burns Froch that Kessler was able to beat him last year in the Super Six tournament and Froch wants to try and avenge that defeat.

Greg Cohen, Founder and CEO of Greg Cohen Promotions, is proud to announce the signing of junior welterweight prospect Hastings Bwalya (7-0, 5 KOs) to a promotional agreement.

By Chris Williams: According to boxing news from Steve Kim, the November 12th match-up between 37-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao will now go ahead, as Golden Boy Promotions won’t be matching the offer made to Marquez by Top Rank.

CHICAGO, IL (May 17, 2011) Puerto Rican welterweight Luis “SITO” Santiago burst onto the Chicago boxing scene on April 1st with a thunderous pro debut, dropping William Bokhart three times in the first round on his way to a stoppage stunning the huge crowd at the UIC Pavilion.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It appears that Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (31-2, 27 KO’s) is finally taking his craft seriously. Chris came in at a slimmed down 234 lbs last Saturday night for his fight with Nagy Aguilera (16-6, 11 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center in LA. Arreola has a huge fan base [...]

By Ibrar Arshad: Boxing history teaches us many things, constantly creating unique stories and producing everlasting memories. The medium through which the sport is able to create these everlasting magical moments is through the Men who lace the gloves and enter the place they call home.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced today the officials who will work this Saturday, May 21, in the Light Heavyweight Title bout between champion Juergen Braehmer and interim titlist Nathan Cleverly, to be held at O2 Arena in London, England, in a Frank Warren presentation.

By Scott Gilfoid: With WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) finishing up his boxing career at the end of the year and heavyweights like Tomasz Adamek getting up there in age, 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist Deontay Wilder (16-0, 16 KO’s) is poised to move in and make a name for himself as one [...]

(EAST HANOVER, NJ)—Welterweight prospect Vinny “The Lion” O’Brien has recently announced his involvement with the charity JustADollarPlease.org and that he will be donating 10 percent of his purse from his May 20 fight to the organization.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) wants to get his fight with George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) out of the way and then move on to bigger and better things. This is a fight that has kind of been pushed on DeGale by the British boxing public. He [...]

Shane Mosley retiring?? Tune in tonight to watch Shane Mosley’s first tv interview since his loss to Manny Pacquiao, tonight, May 17th on “Lopez Tonight” at midnight on TBS

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KO’s) goes up against Romanian contender Adrian Diaconu (27-2, 15 KO’s) this Saturday night on the undercard of the Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Dawson, 28, has a lot riding on this fight, as if [...]

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (May 17, 2011) – Officially, the ring record of eight-division world champion Congressman MANNY PACQUIAO is 53-3-2, 38 KOs. However, after watching Manny’s knockout performance on the season premiere of Comedy Central’s immensely popular tosh.0, Tonight! Tuesday, May 17, at 10 p.m. ET, there may be a few adjustments made to Manny’s official [...]

After a memorable year for Coatbridge boxer Ricky Burns ,he is to be honoured on the next Prospect Boxing show at Ravenscraig Sports Facility on Friday May 20th. The world champion is to be honoured with the inaugural “North Lanarkshire’s European sports personality of the year”. The award is part of North Lanarkshire’s current status [...]

May 17, 2011 – Mexico City. From World Boxing Council (WBC) President Dr. José Sulaimán: The following is one of the weekly “Hook to the Body” columns by WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán that are published in El Universal every Sunday. From May 15, translated from Spanish:

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has a tall order to fill on July 2nd in his fight with the towering 6’6″ IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s). Haye isn’t being given much of a chance by a lot of fans because of his limited height, experience and [...]

By Mark Young: Carl Froch has publicly said that Glen Johnson will provide him with the biggest test of his career to date, Carl heaped praise on Johnson’s warrior-like ability in the UK tabloids where he acknowledged the road warriors attributes and paid respect to his longevity and the experience he will carry into the [...]

Does size really matter? By Van Dunn: On March 1, 2003 the boxing world watch with anticipation as history was about to be made. The match dubbed as “David vs. Goliath” set the boxing world afire as Light Heavyweight challenger Roy Jones Jr. attempted to become the first former Middleweight champion to win a Heavyweight [...]

CHESTER, PA (MAY 17, 2011)—On Friday night June 3rd at Harrah’s in Chester, Pa, it will be an All Philly Battle as popular Victor Vasquez battles Gustavo Dailey in a six round Lightweight bout that is a rematch of a bout that took place on January 15th, 2010.

Nathan Cleverly has welcomed Carl Froch’s admission that he’s well and truly on his radar, but is focusing first on his world title fight this Saturday night. Cleverly has vowed to impress in his World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight title challenge against the Champion Juergen Braehmer at The O2 in London, live in the [...]

SCOTT QUIGG is preparing for his final contest in hometown Bury until he becomes a world champion. The fastest rising star in British boxing will defend his WBA intercontinental super-bantamweight title in his hometown at Castle Leisure Centre on Saturday July 23.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – May 17th– Yesterday Antonio Tarver and Danny Green had their first press conference at the site of the fight “Judgment Day”, the Sydney Entertainment Center. Both fighters were very respectful to each other, but also very confident about victory.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Recently I undertook an interview with former IBO Light welterweight World Champion Colin Lynes on his career to date. With the news that Colin is to take part in the Matchroom Sports excellent Prizefighter – Welterweights II on June 7th I took the opportunity to catch up with Colin again, [...]

Chloe Sims, star of The Only Way is Essex, is predicting a James DeGale victory on Saturday night. Although strictly a Londoner, DeGale’s an adopted Essex man with his training camp in the county.

By Chris Williams: There is little question that lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez is one of the best fighters on earth in his weight class. He may not have the following that Manny Pacquiao has, but he basically beat Pacquiao in their two fights despite not getting the wins in either of those bouts. Marquez is [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham wasn’t ready to pour praise over the head of American talent WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward after he whipped Abraham last week in one of the most one-sided slaughters of the Super Six tournament. Abraham lost by a one-sided 12 round decision and was only [...]

Irish middleweight contender Andy Lee (25-1, 19 KO’s) will meet the quality veteran Alex Bunema (31-7, 17 KO’s) Wednesday on a special www.NESportsTV.com online pay per view webcast that is available worldwide. The fight will air at midnight ET / 9PM PT and 4AM Ireland time for just $12.99 USD. The Lee vs. Bunema bout [...]

Commonwealth Cruiserweight champion Dominic Vea (AUS) will defend his belt against former heavyweight Shane Cameron (NZ) in the headline bout on the Danny Green vs Antonio Tarver undercard on 20 July in Sydney.

Los Angeles (May 16, 2011) – Last Saturday, May 14, a slimmed-down and determined Arreola fought against Nagy Aguilera at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on the undercard of the Andre Ward-Arthur Abraham Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal. Witness the third round knockout action by clicking on the image below.