Archive for June, 2011

By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) can put to rest the hype machine of WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) if he taps his chin hard with one of his blazing fast and powerful upper cuts to send Khan down to his second knockout loss. A [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko nailed WBA heavyweight champion David Haye to the tee with an excellent description of what Haye’s was doing with all of his blabbering during the HBO Face Off between Haye and Klitschko. Wladimir seemed to realize that Haye was talking not so much to Max Kellerman, the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Hatton found out the hard way how good Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) is when Hatton took a savage beating from the 20-year-old Alvarez last March in a one-sided 12 round beating in Anaheim, California. Instead of viewing it as a case of Hatton facing a better man, Hatton said this [...]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (June 17, 2011) – Summertime boxing is about to hit record-setting temperatures as Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports unleashes its latest major-league fight card in the state of Connecticut.

By Sean McDaniel: Amir Khan is picking British/Commonwealth super featherweight champion Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) to knockout unbeaten John Murray (31-0, 18 KO’s) in their fight on July 9th at the ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England. Speaking on his twitter account, Khan said “John Murray can’t even sell out his back garden, let alone [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan was totally blown out by Breidis Prescott three years ago in a 1st round knockout in 2008. Khan says he’s a much better fighter since then and would beat Prescott in a rematch, but that’s hard for boxing fans to buy when Khan won’t even attempt [...]

MARTIN MURRAY will weigh 3lb more than British middleweight title rival Nick Blackwell at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena tomorrow night (SAT).

By William Mackay: If you watched last night’s HBO face off between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye and IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko you’ll notice that Haye seemed to be in a celebratory mood during the entire interview, acting as if a win over Wladimir was already a forgone conclusion. Haye’s confidence seemed to be [...]

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (June 17, 2011) – This morning, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. refused to appear for a court-ordered deposition in the defamation lawsuit filed by pound-for-pound champion and Congressman Manny Pacquiao in a Las Vegas federal court. Mayweather tried to postpone the deposition last minute, but Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Johnston denied his request and [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – A unique mix of athletes convened yesterday afternoon at the historic City Auditorium to showcase their skills at an public workout ahead of next week’s 2011 USA Boxing National Championships. The full U.S. Army team joined returning Olympians Rau’shee Warren (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Raynell Williams (Cleveland, Ohio) as well as former [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The boxing ring is not the only place that Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) is ducking the reigning Pound for Pound superstar Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s). “Money” is ducking the “Pacman” in court as well. Earlier this week Floyd’s attorney asked Federal magistrate Judge Robert Johnson to postpone the [...]

By Mark Young: One could think that this site is an Andre Dirrell online fan club with the amount of pro Dirrell articles that are produced, however it seems from the responses any Dirrell based article receives the man is not that popular, in fact it could be quite easily be conceded that he’s become [...]

Bethlehem, PA—When intra-state welterweight rivals Ronald Cruz, of Bethlehem, PA, and Doel Carrasquillo, of Lancaster, PA, square off July 1 at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, they will be helping other local fighters display their skills as well.

TORONTO (June 17, 2011) – World cruiserweight contender Troy Ross is experiencing abdominal pains and has been hospitalized in Toronto, where he is undergoing precautionary tests. He has been forced to withdraw from fighting June 24 on the “Friday Night At The Fights” show at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2011)—Next Saturday night in St. Charles, Missouri, Yusaf Mack of Philadelphia will attempt to follow in the legendary shoes of Bernard Hopkins and capture a slice of the Light Heavyweight championship as he takes on Tavoris Cloud for Cloud’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) title.

New York, N.Y. (June 17, 2011) – Not only did Elco “El Animal” García win his June 10 “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” fight against Joaquin Zamora by unanimous decision, but the judges at home also decided that he displayed the most character in the ring. García earned 51 percent of votes received from across the nation, [...]

By Jordan Stoddart: The much anticipated ‘Face Off’ feature for the huge Klitschko v Haye bout was aired last night on HBO in the US, and across Europe via the Internet early this morning. The excellent format of this mini-programme has proved a great success for recent Pay Per View fights of late, and is [...]

London – Friday, 17th June 2011. The weigh in for former WBU/WBF Featherweight World Champion Choi Tseveenpürev versus former International Boxing Organization (IBO) Featherweight World Champion ‘Action’ Jackson Asiku and Southern Area Light Welterweight Champion Darren ‘Mr R&B’ Hamilton versus Midlands Area Light Welterweight Champion Dave Ryan, for the British Masters Light Welterweight title, took [...]

LAS VEGAS (June 16, 2011) – On July 29, “Fight Nights at The Cosmopolitan” returns to The Chelsea Ballroom featuring matchups between four of professional boxing’s toughest and hardest hitting warriors and airing live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.”

Kevin Mitchell will live like a monk for the final two weeks of his training camp ahead of his massive clash with John Murray. The Dagenham Destroyer takes on his Mancunian rival on July 9 at London’s ExCeL Arena, live on Sky Sports 1HD.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (32-1, 23 KOs) has promised his fans another exciting victory on July 16 when he faces Argentinian ex-champion Hugo Hernan Garay (34-5, 18 KOs) at Munich´s Olympic Park. Boxing-online.com has caught up with the 26-year-old German ahead of what will already be his seventh title defence.

Brit basher Michael Katsidis could return to Britain and take on the winner of John Murray and Kevin Mitchell.

By Dave Lahr: I just finished watching the HBO face to face with Wladimir Klitschko, David Haye and Max Kellerman, and I got to say that Haye really clowned Wladimir bad in the the special. Haye made Wladimir look almost silly and tongue tied. It’s good thing that Wladimir isn’t forced to do a lot [...]

MARTIN MURRAY says friends telling him he’s in a no-win situation when he boxes Nick Blackwell is all the motivation needed. The big St Helens ticket seller challenges Blackwell for the vacant British middleweight title at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena on Saturday night (18th June).

NORTH BERGEN (June 17, 2011) – Undefeated lightweight prospect Reynaldo Ojeda of North Bergen, NJ by way of Canovana, Puerto Rico is set to make his American debut next Wednesday, June 22 at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ when he faces Edgardo Torres of Vineland, NJ.

SECAUCAS, NEW JERSEY (June 16, 2011)—Wednesday night at the 3 East Bar and Grill, Vincent Ponte along with Gabe LaConte hosted a press conference in advance of a championship night of boxing that will be headlined by Ossie Duran taking on Latif Mundy for the USBA Regional Middleweight title that will take place at the [...]

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (June 16, 2011) – Today, Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Johnston denied an Emergency Motion filed by Floyd Maywather Jr. and ordered Mayweather to give sworn testimony under oath, beginning tomorrow, June 17.

He’s young, he’s talented, he’s world ranked and undefeated. Ismayl “The Black Russian” Sillakh (16-0, 13 KOs) says now is the time for the top light heavyweights to take notice of him.

On Friday, June 10, former world champion DeMarcus Corley took on Puerto Rican welterweight super prospect Thomas Dulorme (12-0, 10 KOs) at the Boricua Invasion 1, boxing event at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and televised live on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Over the past couple of days two legendary fighters have come out publicly in support of pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (53-3-3, 38 KO’s) in the ongoing dispute with Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) regarding random drug testing as being the reason that the match up between the two [...]