Archive for May, 2011

By Gerardo Granados: On June 4th, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) will face interim WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s). Chavez Jr. has a formidable chance to become champion for one reason – it is [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Roberto Duran AKA “Hands of Stone” was born on January 16, 1951 and he grew up on the tough streets in Panama. He was as tough as any fighter who ever lived and had a mean streak in him that was comparable to the legendary Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey. He [...]

HBO Sports will air a replay of the May 21 World Championship Boxing telecast: Tonight, Monday, May 23 (11:15 p.m.) on HBO. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 24 (11:00 p.m.) on HBO2. (Times are ET/PT)

Tampa, FL: One Punch Productions and Pete Fernandez Promotions have announced that their next event, Rumble at the Ritz, will take place Saturday June 18, at the Ritz Theater in Tampa. The main event features Ft. Myers native “Magic” Marcus Willis (8-1), as he continues his climb up the jr. middleweight division. Marcus is coming [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS May 23, 2011 – Mexico City. From WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

Bayamon, Puerto Rico’s undefeated featherweight Luis “Orlandito” del Valle (12-0, 10 KOs) left today for his training base in Newburgh, New York, to prepare for the biggest fight of his career against Vietnamese fighter Dat Nguyen (17-1, 6 KOs).

CRAIG WATSON has landed an immediate British welterweight title rematch against Lee Purdy. And he will have hometown advantage at Oldham Sports Centre for his return against the Essex man on Saturday July 16.

By William Mackay: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Council junior middleweight crown, champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) will be taking on his second consecutive opponent from the UK when he battles number #3 ranked WBC contender Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) at the Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico. Alvarez, 20, is [...]

TACOMA, Wash. – Heavyweights “Vicious’ Vincent Thompson and Jonte Willis will both look to remain unbeaten when they step into the ring at Brian Halquist Production’s Battle at the Boat 82: Fight Night to the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, June 4 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.

LOS ANGELES, May 23 – Televisa’s “Sabados De Corona” is back on Saturday, May 28, as unbeaten Pedro Guevara takes to the ring in his hometown of Mazatlan to battle Guasave’s Mario Rodriguez in a 12-round bout for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver light flyweight championship.

Hinckley, MN- Cerresso Fort (11-0 9 ko’s) put forth an exceptional performance on a high profile stage this past Saturday when he stopped Tim Taggart (5-3) in the 2nd round.

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 Ko’s) has a lot riding on his June 4th bout against WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The World Boxing Council title that will be on the line for the fight is one thing, but [...]

By Jason Kim: Newly crowned WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) says he doesn’t care who he faces next – Lucian Bute or Chad Dawson. This comes after beating Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Other than [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (32-5, 25 KO’s) is looking to get a fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) next. Maccarinelli, 6’4″, might be a little too big and too powerful for Cleverly to risk fighting.

Former No. 1 World Heavyweight Contender, Michael Grant, who is not tied to any promoter and is a “free agent,” is seeking a high level heavyweight opponent for his next fight. Grant reports: “Since my knockout of Tye Fields in March, we are having difficulty finding a high-ranking heavyweight willing to fight me. I am [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The trainer for Glen Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KO’s), Orlando Cuellar, sees WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) as a step down from Chad Dawson, the guy that Johnson fought twice and lost to in close 12 round decisions in 2008 and 2009. Johnson is now facing a much slower [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: George Groves says he wants to move on to “Bigger and better things” after winning a close but controversial 12 round majority decision over James DeGale last weekend, but unfortunately the fight was so close – according to the judges – that the two really need to fight again to have a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight David Haye doesn’t want his fighter British/Commonwealth champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) to take on the talented and heavy handed James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) again after winning a close, controversial 12 round decision over DeGale last Saturday night. Haye sees the rematch as not being worth the risk involved [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 38-year-old IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green (31-3, 27 KO’s) is targeting 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins for a fight in the near future if Green can get by 42-year-old Antonio Tarver (28-6, 19 KO’s) on July 20th in their bout at Entertainment Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Green wants the opportunity to [...]

ATLANTIC CITY – Undefeated middleweight Patrick “The Machine” Majewski will face his first major test on Saturday, June 11 when he faces former world title challenger Alex Bunema at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS for the vacant NABO and IBF International middleweight titles.

By Simon Hirst: After what was a good domestic clash between DeGale and Groves, a close majority decision was awarded to ‘Saint’ George Groves. DeGale felt he was robbed, but most experts at ringside felt it was close and accepted the fact that Groves won the fight. Unfortunately, with DeGale expected to triumph and gain [...]

Britain’s best lightweights Kevin Mitchell and John Murray have both promised war when they meet at the ExCeL Arena on Saturday 9th July with a world title shot on the line for the winner. The pair came head-to-head today at a press conference in London to confirm their Battle of Britain showdown for the World [...]

By William Mackay: Undefeated Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) will be defending his title against unbeaten 6’9″ Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) on July 23rd at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England. This is a fight that the 27-year-old Chisora should win unless his long layoff causes him problems in the stamina department. Fury doesn’t [...]

“Training went very well and we’re putting on the finishing touches. The hard work is done.” Orlando Cuellar Orlando Cuellar, trainer of Glen “Road Warrior” Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) says he’s expecting an easy night when his fighter takes on World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl “Cobra” Froch.

Exciting Finchley based Polish Lightweight Marcin Marczak is set to professionally debut, at the Olivia Goodwin Main Events promoted ‘Search & Destroy’ double title headed event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Saturday, 4th June 2011, against Earl’s Court battler Bheki ‘Becks-Tiger’ Moyo.

The Brawl to Settle it ALL! Wembley Arena, Saturday July 23rd. London (23rd May 2011) Hennessy Sports are delighted to announce that Wembley Arena will be the hosts for the eagerly awaited domestic super fight between Heavyweight Sensation Tyson Fury and current champion Dereck Chisora for the British Heavyweight Championship on Saturday 23rd July.

New York, NY –May 23, 2011 – Everlast Worldwide Inc., the global leader in fight sports and fitness, today announced the signing of an exclusive, multi-year equipment and apparel contract with current World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion, Andre Ward. Under the agreement, Ward will exclusively train with Everlast equipment and apparel, as well [...]

ANTHONY CROLLA will continue his climb up world lightweight rankings next month. British champion Crolla will challenge for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) intercontinental crown on Hatton Promotions bill at Wigan’s Robin Arena on Saturday June 18.

TONY JEFFRIES has thrown down a challenge to new British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion George Groves. The Olympic bronze medallist’s promoter Frank Maloney now plans to contact Groves’ manager and trainer Adam Booth in a bid to make the match.

NEW YORK (May 23, 2011) – Guyanese prodigal son, unbeaten super middleweight Lennox “2 Sharpe” Allen, returns home to Georgetown, Guyana for an Independence Day showdown Saturday night (May 28) versus Kwesi Jones (7-1, 4 KOs) in a 12-round match for the vacant WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation title, at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.