Archive for May, 2011

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: On paper the upcoming Prizefighter – Welterweights II looks set to propel either former WBC World Light Welterweight Champion Junior Witter or former IBO World Light Welterweight Champion Colin Lynes back onto the World stage – although saying that with eleven out of his twelve previous outings being championship bouts, [...]

By William Mackay: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) had some reassuring words for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) in a recent interview telling him that they will be fighting in the future but just not now.

By William Mackay: Both James DeGale and George Groves looked lost out there last Saturday night. Two fighters with domestic level skills trying to find their way around the ring and looking pretty amateurish for the most part. With that said, Groves at least looked like he had a plan and stuck with it. His [...]

By Jim Dower: Fighting for the first time in over a year, 30-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) stopped 33-year-old Calvin Green (21-6-1, 13 KO’s) in the 2nd round of a scheduled 10 round bout last Saturday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California. Gomez hurt Green with a hard [...]

The promoters behind Team Puerto Rico, the eight-man collective of the island’s best young boxing talent, say that on the nights of June 10 and 11 they’ll be actively scouting for new members of the team.

By Scott Gilfoid: After struggling and getting stunned in his 4th round cut stoppage win over the little known fringe contender Aleksy Kuziemski (21-3, 5 KO’s) last Saturday, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (22-0, 11 KO’s) is now targeting 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) for a unification bout. That, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Realizing that it’s probably fruitless to pursue a rematch with George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) after being on the receiving end up a controversial 12 round majority decision loss last Saturday night, DeGale has wisely recognized that he doesn’t need Groves in order to find success. DeGale will find it anyway whether [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After losing to 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) last Saturday night, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) wasn’t giving up in wanting to still fight Hopkins in what would be a third fight between two.

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0, 30 KO’s) has to make a lot of progress if he wants to beat WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO’s) next month on June 4th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Chavez Jr. didn’t look at all good in getting pummeled recently [...]

By William Mackay: Promoter David Haye feels that his fighter George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) is good enough to get an eventual world title shot. This after Groves beat James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s), the British super middleweight champion, last Saturday night by a close 12 round majority decision. Haye feels that Groves is on [...]

By Jason Kim: Light heavyweight Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) looked outstanding on Saturday night in beating the tough but limited Adrian Diaconu (27-3, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Although it’s been reported that both fighters were hurt in the bout, that’s not true. The [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Bernard Hopkins AKA “The Executioner” (52-5-2-1, 34 KO’s) defeated Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) Saturday night at the Bell Center in Montreal. Thus Hopkins became the oldest man at forty six years old to ever win a boxing world championship. George Foreman was forty five years old when he knocked [...]

By Sean McDaniel: George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) is now eying a fight with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (27-1, 20 KO’s) in 2012 after beating British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) by a close 12 round decision last Saturday night.

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s ) is taking great pride at seeing his fighter George Groves follow a planned strategy last Saturday night in beating British super middleweight champion James DeGale by a close 12 round majority decision.

By Scott Gilfoid: With his razor thin close 12 round decision over James DeGale last Saturday night in London, British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) doesn’t appear to be at all interested in trying his luck again in a fight with ultra talented DeGale.

By Dan Ambrose: For boxing fans thinking that Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) sealed the deal for a fight with 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins by beating Adrian Diaconu last Saturday, think again.

Frank Warren has called on the BBBofC to grant James DeGale an immediate rematch against George Groves. DeGale lost his British super-middleweight title to Commonwealth champion Groves on Saturday night.

By Dennis McCarthy: Last night saw what promises to be the first of many fights, between great young guns James DeGale and his conqueror George ‘the Saint’ Groves. First of all, we hear a lot of bias towards fighters, especially on this site from certain writers, who, no matter how well a fighter (mostly British) [...]

By Ben James: Firstly I would like to congratulate both fighters for putting on one hell of an entertaining fight both in and out of the ring. The fight was close and the judges score cards reflected that, personally I would not have been surprised if it ended in a draw, but from what I [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It was sad to see how badly George Groves was in denial about how marked up and battered he was in his fight with the talented James DeGale last night. Groves looked like he dragged himself out of a massive train wreck to give his post fight interview. Groves’ face was covered [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren feels that there should be a rematch between his fighter James DeGale and George Groves after DeGale was narrowly beaten by a close 12 round decision on Saturday night. DeGale looked like the stronger fighter and took the second half of the fight with a dominating performance. Groves did [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) needs to savor his 12 round decision win over Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) last night because his job is now getting much more difficult in the near future, as the 46-year-old Hopkins now faces former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, [...]

By Richard Hall: In what was a highly anticipated rematch with the new WBC light heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 38KO’s) and the former World Boxing Council champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16KO’s) turned out to be a entertaining close decision victory for the oldest world champion in the sport Hopkins, who passed George Foreman [...]

By Mark Young: Bernard Hopkins is not my favourite fighter by a country mile, I don’t like his persona and on many occasions I have found his fights boring and ugly to watch, but at 46 years old, he schooled Jean Pascal tonight. Pascal entered the ring with exactly the same plan he brought to [...]

READING, PA – Junior middleweight boxer Keenan Collins of Reading made a successful return to the ring with a convincing first round knockout of Allentown’s Jorge Delgado Saturday night at the Sovereign Center’s Reading Eagle Theater in Reading, PA. The six-round scheduled bout headlined King’s Promotions “Fight For Hope”.

By Jim Dower: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5, 32 KO’s) became the oldest man to ever capture a world title tonight when he defeated World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 18 KO’s) won an easy if not impressive 12 round unanimous decision over Romanian Adrian Diaconu (27-3, 15 KO’s) on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Jean Pascal bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

By Dan Ambrose: The 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. really looked his age tonight in getting stopped by Russian Denis Lebedev in a brutal 10th round knockout in a fight that took place in Russia.

Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nicholson Poulard UD 10 Frankie Santos Kevin Bizier KO 5 Mauro Lucero

By Scott Gilfoid: For most boxing fans that saw tonight’s fight between James DeGale and George Groves, they thought DeGale should have nicked it by a couple of rounds. Unfortunately, the judges saw different, scoring it for Groves by the scores of 115-115, 115-114 and 115-114 to give him a controversial 12 round majority decision [...]