Archive for June, 2011

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Robert Helenius (15-0, 10 KO’s) will be fighting former WBO heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich (25-3, 16 KO’s) on August 27th. The two were supposed to have fought next month in July but Helenius injured his hand while training and will need extra time to get get ready. The 6’6″ [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye says he’s going to do what IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko least expects him to do when they fight on July 2nd. Haye says he wants to make Wladimir “Uncomfortable” the whole time. In an interview at Sky Sports, Haye describes Wladimir as a control freak who [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan reportedly wants to fight the winner of the September 17th fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz. What’s sad about this is Khan appears to be totally looking past his next opponent IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah, who is more than [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The Super Six tournament finals bout between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) and WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 Ko’s) is tentatively set for October 29th with the fight likely to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Froch wants in Vegas, as does Ward. However, it [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The bad thing about having a close relationship with your trainer is that they have a tendency of pulling you out of fights when you start to take shots. Now if we go back into the past when David Haye fought 30-year-old Carl Thompson in 2004, Haye fought well for about three [...]

Just as mixed martial arts has pulled some of the young fight fan demographic away from boxing in recent years, the sweet science lost out on a promising young fighter a couple years back when former amateur standout Mike Ortega decided to make the move to caged combat. However, throughout that time the Sacramento, California [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Two time world champion Robert Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) has reportedly signed the contract to face WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) on August 27th at the HP Pavilion, in San Jose, CA. Maidana has agreed to the contract and will be signing as well for the fight.

WEIGHTS FROM AUSTIN 4 ROUNDS – WELTERWEIGHT Zach Brinones 145 vs. Cory Yett 144

The International Boxing Organization has reached a verbal sanctioning agreement to fill its light heavyweight championship, which was declared vacant in May. IBO President Ed Levine said the organization “has been engaged in final negotiations with a qualified and highly-respected fighter” in the division and anticipates a deal being finalized soon.

NEW YORK, NY (June 16, 2011) – Gleason’s Gym owner Bruce Silverglade, NABF featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano and award-winning boxing artist Gabe Parillo, Jr. will be special guest speakers Tuesday night (June 21, starting at 7 PM/ET) at RING 8’s monthly meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s time at light welterweight is nearing it’s end, as he’s saying he plans on fighting only two more times and then move up to the welterweight division, likely to try and chase down a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. That’s really the only point in Khan [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Britain’s Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s) has little chance of winning this Saturday night against the WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) at the Arena VFG, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico. I’m giving Rhodes no chance of winning because he can’t win a decision because he’s not a real [...]

Unbeaten Heavyweight prospect Carlos Negron will get one of the co-star fights in the fourth edition of series “A Puño Limpio”, to be held Friday, July 1st, at the Tomas Dones coliseum in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, in place of former Olympian McJoe Arroyo, who is recovering of his injury in the mouth area.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist for Britain James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) says he’s going to stick it out with his trainer Jim McDonnell rather than sacking him and looking for someone else to train him after DeGale lost a controversial 12 round decision to Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves recently. [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 6’9″ Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) believes that his huge size will be a big help in him beating 6’1 1/2″ British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) on July 23 at Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, UK. Indeed, Fury has been getting away with his size alone to beat [...]

Atlantic City, NJ—Hard-hitting Allen Conyers, of the Bronx, NY, steps in for the injured Harry Joe Yorgey when he takes on Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, PA, in the scheduled 10-round junior middleweight main event Friday evening, July 15, at Bally’s Atlantic City.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Each of the 338 athletes slated to compete in the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships enjoyed their own unique journey to the premier Olympic-style boxing event. The tournament features numerous intriguing athlete storylines as well as a promising rebound for USA Boxing with the largest athlete participation in the event’s history.

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) thinks he’s going to be different from the other 55 fighters that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) has beaten during his career by keeping Wladimir from being able to jab and grab him. For some reason, Haye believes that he’ll be [...]

Junior middleweight contender Jimmy Lange (34-4-2, 24 KOs) of Great Falls, VA will return to the ring on Saturday, June 25 as part of Beach Brawl 1 being held at the Virginia Beach Field House in Virginia Beach, VA. His opponent is to be determined for the event being produced by Dee Lee Promotions in [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. (June 16, 2011) – Undefeated challenger Tyson Fury believes his July 23 showdown in “The Big Brawl” Pay-Per-View event against defending British & Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Dereck “Del Boy” Chisora, airing live from Wembley Arena in London, is merely the first step on his chosen journey.

by Byron Wallin: In what is set to be the showcase fight of the super middle weight division, WBC champion Carl Froch will be facing WBA champion Andre Ward in a mega unification match. The road to the final of the Super Six boxing tournament has been a long one with its fair share of [...]

Nick Blackwell’s secret weapon in his big fight on Saturday night could be his boyish looks. Blackwell will start the underdog to land the British, Commonwealth and World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental middleweight belts when he faces Martin Murray at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena.

Online gambling site 888poker.com are sponsoring Kell Brook’s Sheffield showdown with Lovemore N’dou on June 25 live on Sky Sports.

By Chris Williams: While some boxing fans are really looking forward to the July 9th bout between newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (27-0, 20 KO’s) against challenger Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KO’s), I’m not one of them.

By William Mackay: For WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) to beat IBF champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) on July 23, Khan will have to be nearly perfect to come out on top. The reason why is that Judah is so much more skilled than the guys that Khan has been [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) goes up against unbeaten Cuban Erislandy Lara (15-1, 10 KO’s) next month on July 9th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This is good fight but a very risky one for the 29-year-old Williams, as [...]

By William Mackay: Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KO’s) will be back in the ring on July 9th against a still to be determined opponent at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Arreola, 30, is coming off a 7th round TKO win over Kendrick Releford. Arreola is still looking to get another [...]

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. said in an interview at fighthype.com that he only fights “100% all pure and all natural fighters”. Mayweather will have random blood testing done for his next bout against Victor Ortiz on September 17th. Ortiz is on board for the testing and won’t fight Mayweather over the testing. [...]

By Eric Thomas: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 Ko’s) has another easy mismatch ahead of him on July 9th against number #1 ranked International Boxing Federation contender Jean Paul Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KO’s) at the Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania. This is possibly the softest opponent that Bute has fought since he beat [...]

By Dan Ambrose: A November rematch between WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) and World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 44 KO’s) and Wildredo Vazquez (20-1, 17 KO’s) are a possibility, according to Dan Rafael. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is looking to [...]