Archive for May, 2011

By Gerardo Granados: Fernando Montiel was considered to be the best bantamweight fighter until he was defeated by Nonito Donaire (losing the WBC – WBO belts) who now is considered as the best bantamweight.

By Jim Amato: He may have been the second best middleweight in the world in the late 1970’s through the mid 80’s. The ” Hagler Era “. he was twice defeated by the Marvelous one in title fights but no one other then Hagler could seem handle him.

CHESTER, PA (May 25, 2011)—On Friday night June 3rd at Harrah’s in Chester, Joey Eye Boxing along with David Feldman will present ROUND 3 that will be headlined by a six round Lightweight scrap between Philadelphian’s Victor Vasquez and Gutavo Daily.

May 25, 2011 – Mexico City. From WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The Federation of Boxing Commissions (FECOMBOX), through its President Carlos Gonzalez Hinojosa, based on the unquestionable unity and reciprocity that there is between all the boxing commissions of the Mexican Republic, notified the President of the Boxing Commission of Tijuana, as well as [...]

Undefeated Filipino sensation Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (21-0-1, 11KOs) has signed a multi-year contract with premier boxing promoter Bob Arum and his company Top Rank Promotions. Gesta, who is ranked by the WBO at #2, has not fought since late February but now is tentatively slated for July 9th at the Home Depot Center in [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight Champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch, Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson and promoter Lou DiBella held an international media conference call on Wednesday to discuss their upcoming Semifinal bout in the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, June 4, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the [...]

By William Mackay: 20-year-old WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) makes his first title defense on June 18th against challenger Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. This fight isn’t the big one that Alvarez wants. He’s eying a good fight against former two division world champion [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British/Commonwealth champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) seems dead set against giving James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) a rematch despite their fight ending end in a close 12 round majority decision win for Groves. I had Groves losing the fight, as did many other boxing fans. However, Groves is getting confidence from [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In making an in-depth study of WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) and past fights, I’ve noticed that Froch shows his vulnerability when he’s hit hard by fighters loading up with their shots. We saw Froch staggered twice by Andre Dirrell in the past, dropped by Jermain Taylor, hurt [...]

By Ryan Lynch: UK boxing, as much as people like to doubt it, is on the up. There is no doubt about it, people like Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacqiuao, the forever going Bernard Hopkins plus a few others are still streets ahead of our home based fighters, but are we close?

Silicon Valley, Calif. – May 25, 2011 – Santa Clara County Supervisor Mike Wasserman and the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors presented Five-Time World Champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero with a Proclamation on May 24, 2011 in recognition of his commitment to giving back to the community by raising money for the Leukemia and [...]

By Chris Williams: Sergio Martinez had some searing comments about the type of opponents that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has been facing. While many boxing fans see Pacquiao as one of the greatest fighters that ever breathed due to the many titles he’s won in different weight divisions, Martinez, who is arguably the best [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 25 – The Classics are back on “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” this Friday, May 27, as Golden Boy Promotions has teamed up with TeleFutura to kick off the 2011 Memorial Day weekend with two memorable battles Golden Boy’s boxing archives.

By William Mackay: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) isn’t one of the admirers of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s). In a recent press conference to promote his September 10th fight against challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland, Vitali pointed out that he thinks [...]

By Jack Dutton: Who would’ve guessed, that on a May Saturday night, 2002, at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Ct, in which no championship belt was up for grabs, we would observe a display of heart, courage and shear tenacity not seen in a handful of title fights which have occurred in the past decade. [...]

BACK TO THE FUTURE People often ask: “Why is the Philly fight game not what it used to be?” Fighters like Joey Giardello, Gypsy Joe Harris, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Eugene Cyclone Hart, Stanley Kitten Hayward, Bennie Briscoe, Willie The Worm Monroe, Bobby Boogaloo Watts, Charlie Choo Choo Brown and Richie Kates helped to build their [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) believes that boxing fans as a whole prefer to see him and WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) in the finals of the Super Six tournament. Ward has already booked his ticket for the finals with a lopsided 12 round [...]

By Jay Ross: I have never written an article before or even really considered it too be honest, but after reading a few articles recently it seems that I share a different opinion on British fighters than some people. Obviously its very hard for a person to write from a neutral perspective as everyone has [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The second and hopefully the final fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal brought in a huge rating of 1.8 million viewers for HBO Sports last Saturday night. The ratings were the highest for HBO since 2009 when WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko wiped out challenger Chris Arreola in a one-sided 10th [...]

Exciting super featherweight prospect Guy Robb returns to the ring this Friday on the undercard of the ESPN2 Friday Night Fights main event Chris Arreola-Kendrick Releford at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

By Eric Thomas: WBC Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) is aiming to fight the winner of next month’s clash between WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Martinez sees Zbik winning that fight and is looking to face him on October 1st. If, however, Chavez Jr. wins the Zbik fight, [...]

New boxing star Nathan Cleverly says he would love a fight against legend Bernard Hopkins. The Welshman successfully defended his WBO World Light-Heavyweight title for the first time at the weekend, while Hopkins took the World Boxing Council (WBC) crown from Jean Pascal in their rematch to become the oldest champion in history.

Bethlehem, PA—Undefeated welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz (left), of Bethlehem, PA, faces hard-hitting Doel Carrasquillo (right), of Lancaster, PA, in the scheduled 10-round main event of the first-ever boxing card at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem on Friday evening, July 1.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Now that the venue for the September 10 showdown between 6’7 Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 39 KO’s) and Tomasz Adamek ( 44-1, 28 KO’s) has been determined, Adamek says that he will rely on his speed to defeat Dr. Ironfist. The fight will take place in Adamek’s homeland in the football [...]

Luton Lightweight Michael ‘Chunky’ Devine will be back in action, against Trowbridge’s ‘Dirty’ Dan Carr, at the Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ event at York Hall in London on Saturday 4th June 2011.

Scottish star Ricky Burns will make the third defence of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super-Featherweight title against the former champion Nicky Cook. The pair will clash on Saturday 16th July at the Liverpool Echo Arena in a classic Battle of Britain.

By William Mackay: On July 23, two unbeaten heavyweights go it with British heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) defending his title against 6’9″ challenger Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England.

By Sean McDaniel: It looks like Marcos Maidana, the WBA light welterweight interim champion, isn’t being strongly considered as WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s next fight on July 23rd. Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that Dan Rafael is reporting in the news today that he’s looking to wrap up Khan’s next fight this [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s no secret that unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) has been carefully groomed to get to the point where he is today in facing undefeated WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) was excited with the success that Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) had in beating British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) last Saturday night. Groves followed a simple plan where he move constantly against DeGale and only fought [...]