Archive for June, 2011

By Scott Gilfoid: In looking at WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s fights at heavyweight, I’ve noticed that Haye is really only capable of punching really hard for about one round before tiring out and becoming a very average puncher. Haye has still been able to score knockouts but that’s basically because Haye has been facing [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Gary Shaw, the promoter for super middleweight contender Andre Dirrrell (19-1, 13 KO’s), is hoping to match the 27-year-old Dirrell against the winner of the Super Six finals bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) and WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s), according to fighthype.com.

ATLANTA (June 15, 2011) — Former CNN sports anchor Nick Charles says he was the happiest he’s ever been, building a new life, with his wife and a new daughter, when he learned he had advanced bladder cancer. Doctors tell him he’s on borrowed time, but Nick is determined to live fully in every remaining [...]

By Dan Ambrose: On June 25th, once beaten light welterweight contender Lucas Martin Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) fights former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) at the Family Arena, in Saint Charles, Missouri. This fight is a weeding out fight to find a future opponent for one of the current champions. Alexander [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Reports are circulating in the media that Floyd “Money” Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) through his lawyers has asked the US Circuit Court Judge in Nevada to postpone the deposition he is expected to give on Friday related to the lawsuit that Manny Pacquiao and his lawyers have filed against him. [...]

WHO: Jesse Ventura, former Independent Governor of Minnesota. He is also a former U.S. Navy SEAL, professional wrestler, movie actor, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

By Eric Thomas: Number #2 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s) is interested in facing WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) in the near future if Alvarez can get by this Saturday’s opponent Ryan Rhodes. Angulo is training for a fight on August 20th against a still to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If by chance that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye beats IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next month there will be a huge amount of interest in a revenge of the brother fight between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko against Haye. Normally, a fighter like Haye would jump at the chance of facing [...]

R&R Promotions’ and Cincinnati native Adrien “The Problem” Broner LIVE ON HBO Boxing After Dark, Saturday June 18, 2011 at 8 pm. Watch it at Aqua Night Life Swagg. Televised at AQUA NIGHT LIFE SWAGG, 1752 Seymour Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio. Americans at war at aqua. AMERICANS AT WAR. Cincinnati’s own Adrien “the Problem” Broner has [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) has battled weight problems for most of his still young three year pro career and it’s clearly been a problem for him where he’s looked sluggish in many of his fights that have gone past four rounds. However, Fury, 23, finally has taken things seriously and [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Sometimes it doesn’t matter if a fighter has the better boxing skills, because the younger and stronger can overcome skill with power and youth. This was never more apparent in this Saturday’s fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KO’s) and challenger Ryan Rhodes (45-4, 31 KO’s).

Austin, TX- Fans across the nation may get their first look at Minneapolis native Javontae Starks (4-0, 4 ko’s)when he does battle with Antonio Gamez (6-3)at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin Texas.

OXNARD, CALIF. (June 15, 2011) – Undefeated World Lightweight Champion BRANDON RIOS and stablemate, undefeated Top-Five featherweight contender contender MIKEY GARCIA, are holding a charity boxing function in Oxnard, Calif. This Saturday! June 18, at Noon PT, at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy (1601 Pacific Ave., #201, Oxnard, Calif. 93033), with all proceeds to be [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) sees his July 23rd unification bout against IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) bringing in big pay per view numbers on Primetime PPV. Khan thinks the fight will bring in as many as 150,000 buys, according to boxingfutures.com.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In a ABS-CBN telephone interview, WBC, WBO Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) has promised to go toe to toe with the current pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s). The eagerly awaited trilogy will be held on November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden in [...]

By Peter Wells: In the final months of this year there are two fights that promise fireworks and both have chapters not quite finished. After an uneventful fight in May Manny Pacquiao started to understand that fans will still boo a fighter no matter how popular they are. But his next assignment rarely has a [...]

Pico Rivera–It is only fitting that one of the great Los Angeles boxing champions will receive the very first Salute To Great Champions award, and that champion will be Genaro “Chicanito” Hernandez. On Saturday, June 25th in the boxing ring at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena as part of Opening Night of the Inaugural Boxeo [...]

HOLYOKE, Mass. (June 15, 2011) – The June 25th pro boxing show in Holyoke, only the second there in the last 50 years, is a true “Homecoming” for seven boxers scheduled to fight on the card, presented by American Fighting Organization, at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke.

On Thursday, July 7th, Star Boxing returns to the Paradise Theater in the Bronx, with the latest installment of its “Punchin at the Paradise” fight series. The upcoming show on July 7th, will feature popular Yonkers middleweight/policeman/all-around good guy, Bryant Pappas (12-0, 12KO’s) and exciting Bronx super featherweight prospect Danny Valle (4-0, 3KO’s). The entire [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s trainer/manager Adam Booth mentioned yesterday that he has a secret strategy that he’s devised for Haye to beat IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next month on July 2nd. There really isn’t much Haye can do to beat Wladimir that would deviate a whole heck of a lot [...]

By Dan Ambrose: With Darren Barker deciding to take on an arguably much better fighter in Sergio Martinez, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s options have narrowed to that of Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 Ko’s) for a bout that will be taking place on September 24th. The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas is [...]

By William Mackay: The last thing that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) wants is to be eating jabs all night long in his July 2nd battle against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany. So instead of running around the ring trying to avoid the big shots [...]

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will originate from Austin, Texas June 17 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Fernando Guerrero (21-0, 16 KOs) and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior lightweight champion Steve “2 Pound” Forbes (35-9, 11 KOs) are featured in co-main events. [...]

Mark Young: What can you say?, the same writers who were explaining in great detail exactly how the carved road warrior Glen Johnson was going to demolish Carl Froch are already detailing just how washed up and shot Glen Johnson was during the fight he subsequently lost.

WHAT: “The New Generation Boxing Series” professional show BOUTS: MAIN EVENT – 8 ROUNDS – CRUISERWEIGHTS JOSHUA “Juice” HARRIS HARVEY “Candy Man” JOLLY

World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Super-Featherweight champion Ricky Burns wants to beat Scott Harrison’s Scottish record of seven successful world title defences.

Top prospect Ronnie Heffron is looking forward to a busy week in July when he boxes twice on two Frank Warren shows.

John Murray says that Kevin Mitchell doesn’t have the firepower to stop him in their big Battle of Britain clash.

This coming weekend Dagenham’s Joe Catchpole will be looking for retribution against Scunthorpe’s Steve Spence, the man who put the only blemish on his otherwise perfect record when they last met.

Purchase your tickets here for next month’s hotly anticipated ‘Big Brawl’; a night of incredible British boxing on July 23rd at Wembley Arena.