Archive for June, 2011

By William Mackay: IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) says he’s going to beat WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) so bad on July 23 that his trainer Freddie Roach will never even consider allowing Judah to fight his number #1 gravy train fighter Manny Pacquiao.

Morganville, NJ (June 24, 2011) – Junior middleweight rising star Denis “Da Momma’s Boy” Douglin will return to the squared circle Saturday, July 9 when he battles an opponent to be named at Atlantic City’s famed Boardwalk Hall.

By Eric Thomas: The September 17th title fight between WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) and unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) will be taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Dan Rafael on his twitter page. It’s not really surprising that the fight will be taking [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 24 – As a result of tonight’s original scheduled TeleFutura “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” co-featured bout pitting Florida’s Joseph Elegele against Dallas’ Noel Rodriguez being canceled when Rodriguez arrived to weigh-in overweight, James Kirkland and Dennis Sharpe’s eight round middleweight bout will now be tonight’s co-featured bout on the broadcast which will emanate [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 41-year-old heavyweight contender Kali Meehan (38-4, 31 KO’s) destroyed the inexperienced Michael Kirby (9-4-2, 5 KO’s) in a 1st round TKO on Friday night to capture the vacant World Boxing Foundation heavyweight title at the Southport Sharks, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

The media and public are welcome at a meet and greet and photo-opportunity faceoff to be held tomorrow (Saturday, June 25) at the newly opened IFC Gym in Van Nuys, California, at 8 pm PST, to formally announce the upcoming MMA showdown between multiple-time world boxing champion James “Lights Out” Toney and UFC Hall of [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) –Twelve consolation bouts were contested on Friday night at the Colorado Springs Christian School with bronze medalists being crowned in the final session at the current venue. All of the final round bouts will move to the historic City Auditorium with two sessions of boxing taking place on Saturday.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: When WBA heavyweight champion David Haye steps into the ring in Hamburg to face WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko he will be the most hated man in the arena. Not just because of His antics from two years ago when he wore a t-shirt depicting the decapitated [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Sky Sports News is reporting that Joe Calzaghe was “shocked” by David Haye’s performance when he went to watch him prepare for his July 2 unification fight with Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitshko. WBA champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has vowed to push himself to a new level when he [...]

By William Mackay: Former two division world champion Ricky Hatton thinks the July 2nd bout between WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) may end very quickly with Haye knocking Wladimir out in the early rounds. Hatton likes Haye’s power, speed and explosive offense in [...]

By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night Don King at the age of 79 is still doing business and has set up another great show. Unfortunately IBF Cruiserweight champ Guillermo Jones won’t be fighting on the card but that doesn’t mean we’re not in for a treat.

NEW YORK (June 24, 2011)—Starting this week on the world’s number-one website for streaming of Combat Sports, www.gfl.tv it will be the first of count ‘em SEVEN major boxing events that will feature, title bouts, contenders and the future stars of boxing.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS June 24, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Has Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) lost his killer instinct? It’s a question many boxing fans, including his legions of fans are beginning to ask. Pacquiao’s last three opponents went the distance. Joshua Clottey elected to fight a defensive fight and was never in any danger of going down, [...]

Unbeaten Mike “Machine Gun” Jones (24-0, 18 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA, who meets Raul Munoz (21-13-1, 16 KOs) from Leon, Mexico, on Saturday, June 25 at South Philly Arena (7 West Ritner St.), is primed to make a great showing for his hometown fans.

By Simon Hirst: Over the last few decades, boxers have started boxing less and less when they reach world level. As a guess, I would predict most titles are defended 2-3 times a year. As a boxing fan, I would like to see fighters fight more than this a year. I will admit that it [...]

By Peter Wells: On Saturday night a young lad from Sheffield, England will be fighting in front of his hometown fans for only the 4th time, but this time it is the most important. This is the perfect timing for Kell Brook 23-0(16KO’s) to dazzle his supporters, this is exactly where fighters start their huge [...]

WELSH WONDERS Andrew Selby and Fred Evans both won Gold in a historic day for GB Boxing at the European Championships in Ankara. Barry Flyweight, Selby took the 52Kg crown with a 13-10 victory over Russia’s Georgy Balakshin. Cardiff’s Evans was rarely troubled in the Welterweight final as he outpointed Mahamed Nurudzinau of Belarus, 15-9.

Jose Reynoso 144 LBS. Vs Esteban Almaraz 142.8 LBS. Artemio Reyes 151 LBS. Vs Chris Gray 149.6 LBS.

Kell Brook says he is desperate to impress as he faces Lovemore N’dou in his hometown show tomorrow night live on Sky Sports 2 and HD2.

Kevin Mitchell’s training team have warned opponent John Murray that their man is in the best shape of his life.

Temecula, CA (June 23, 2011) – Tomorrow evening Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA will host the ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” doubleheader presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions.

Juan Dominguez 117 ½ – Arturo Santiago 117 Eileen Olszewski 110 ½ – Melissa McMorrow 111

Atlantic City (June 23, 2011) – The newly crowned NABO middleweight champion Patrick “The Machine” Majewski received a special decree from the city of Atlantic City last week for his triumphant performance against Marcus Upshaw on June 11 at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi.

WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK (June 24, 2011)—TONIGHT!! a sensational eight bout card will emanate from Cordon Bleu in Woodhaven, New York will be promoted by New Legend Boxing in association with Old World Boxing Promotions.

Zab Judah: “When I went in against Matthysse, me and my team knew that I was going to beat him. Golden Boy thought I was going to be a stepping stone, so they sacrificed one of their pawns. Now they’re going to come back and sacrifice one of their queens. It’s check mate baby, you [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2011 USA Boxing Championships competition rolled into the semifinal round on Thursday with one session at the Colorado Springs Christian School. All of the competitors in 13 Olympic weight classes already had a weight lifted off their shoulders, having earned berths in the U.S. Olympic Trials but that didn’t deter them [...]

By Eric Thomas: Whatever former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) does on Saturday night he’s got to fight tooth and nail against knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (28-1, 26 KO’s) in their World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight eliminator bout at the Family Arena, in Saint Charles, Missouri. Alexander can’t afford to [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It was reported today in the Philippine Inquirer that HBO is in the running to show the November 12 fight between Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s). Showtime still has the inside track, but it is thought that HBO will put in a solid [...]

By Gerardo Granados: A lot of times we disagree with the decision of the fight judges, some times we get to see some absurd scoring. There have been times that the judges were looking at different fights at the same time, one can score 120-108 and the other judge score the same fight a draw, [...]