Archive for June, 2011

By Scott Gilfoid: 25-year-old #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Kell Brook (23-0, 16 KO’s) is hoping that a victory over 39-year-old Lovemore N’dou (48-12-2, 31 KO’s) on Saturday night will lead to Brook getting a title shot against one of the welterweight champions. Brook and N’dou will be fighting for the vacant World Boxing Association [...]

Knockout Promotions present “BAD BLOOD” at Emiliano’s Sports Bar this Saturday June 25th 2011. Bad Blood is a Vegas-style professional boxing series that features the best up & coming pro boxers from the Houston and surrounding areas.

By Alex Piner: It’s puzzling how many can simply conclude that Floyd shall win solely on the basis of his 0-loss card. Undeniably it is an important element, but certainly not the only factor to consider. When we look into the annals of great fighter like Ali, Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Holyfield, Hagler, etc…..

By Ian Aldous: Jon Thaxton (34-11) retired from boxing in October 2009 after a very successful career that saw him win British, European and WBF titles in the lightweight division. He’s widely known as one the nicest guys in the sport. Jon gave me a few minutes of his time this week go over a [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is promising that his July 23rd fight against IBF light welterweight champ Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) is going to be a war from the 1st round until the 12th and that he’s not going to back off from him. Khan-Judah are fighting [...]

THREE members of the GB Boxing squad have made the finals of the European Amateur Boxing Championship in Ankara and will go for Gold in tomorrow’s finals. Liverpool’s Tom Stalker and Andrew Selby and Fred Evans from Wales all came though today’s semi-finals to secure silver medals and an opportunity to compete for Gold.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0, 30 KO’s) says he’ll be defending his title against number #6 ranked World Boxing Council contender Peter Manfredo Jr. (37-6, 20 KO’s) next, which is slated for November 19th, according to Fight News. Following that fight, if Chavez Jr. wins, he’ll be required to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) has decided to take an easy stay busy tune-up fight against non-top 15 ranked Mike Oliver (24-2, 8 KO’s) on July 23 at the Centro de Usos Multiples, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. Salido, 30, wanted to be able to defend his [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): For months now there have been reports circulating in the media that David “The Hayemaker” Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has a secret strategy to defeat Wladimir “Dr. Steelhammer” Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) in their title unification fight on July 2. The claims of a secret strategy in upcoming media hyped [...]

Kirk Goodings, winner of boxing’s version of the X-Factor, will make his debut for top promoter Frank Warren on his big Excel show on Saturday 9th July.

Top trainer Joe Gallagher’s winning streak can continue for years according to John Murray.

Wayne Reed faces former World Boxing Council (WBC) World Champion Robin Reid at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre on Saturday – and says he’ll end the 40 year-old’s career at the sell-out show live on Sky Sports.

Patrick “The Punisher” Hyland will look to stretch his unbeaten run to 23 straight wins and capture the World Boxing Federation (WBF) world featherweight title in the process when he takes on France’s Philippe Frenois at the National Stadium in Dublin this Saturday. The bout headlines an action packed night at the home of Irish [...]

It’s now just six weeks away from the massive Amir ‘King’ Khan vs Zab ‘Super’ Judah fight to unify the World Boxing Association (WBA)/International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight championship. It’s the latest stage in Amir Khan’s takeover of America, as he looks to dazzle boxing fans in glittering Las Vegas.

By Scott Gilfoid: I don’t know what the big fuss is all about with the Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye bout. I see Haye as the UK’s version of the smallish Eddie Chambers, only without Chamber’s excellent boxing skills.

LOS ANGELES, June 22 – Top middleweight contender James Kirkland will return to the ring in his home state of Texas on Friday, June 24 and is determined to make a statement against Dennis Sharpe Jr. in their eight-round middleweight in-arena featured bout on a hard-hitting card taking place at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark in [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Quarterfinal action concluded with 35 bouts of Olympic-style boxing action on Thursday evening at the Colorado Springs Christian School in Colorado Springs, Colo. Twenty-eight of the 35 victors were competitors in the 13 Olympic-style weight and therefore earned U.S. Olympic Team Trials spots with their wins in Wednesday’s action.

By Gerardo Granados: Fernando “Ko-chulito” Montiel (T49-W44(34)-L3(1)-D2) gets back in action next Saturday 25th against Nehomar Cermeño (T23-W20(12)-L3(0)-D0) at the Banorte Stadium in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is picking World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye to beat IBf/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on July 2nd.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez is quickly proving to be Mexico’s biggest boxing star after reportedly drawing 36 million television viewers for his recent 12th round knockout win over British challenger Ryan Rhodes last Saturday night.

By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) is going to try and take a page out of the playbook that South African slugger Corrie Sanders played in his 2nd round knockout win over a younger Wladimir Klitschko in 2003.

By Eric Thomas: The September 17th fight between WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be taking place on HBO pay per view (HBO) with the 24/7 episodes that are made to hype the fight being shown on TNT or TBS.

By Sean McDaniel: Sometimes a fighter can win a fight based on size alone. This may be the case for the July 23rd bout between 6’9″ unbeaten Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) and 6’1″ British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, London, England. If both fighters [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Although Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) will be fighting Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) in November, he still thinks that there is a chance that he will eventually fight Floyd “Money” Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) sometime in the near future.

TORONTO (June 22, 2011) – North American Boxing Association(“NABA”) Lightweight Champion Logan Cotton McGuinness makes his second title defense this weekend at home in the 10-round main event against veteran Daniel “Canerito” Ruiz on the “Friday Night At The Fights” card at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. thinks that soon to be 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) is too old now and has been through too many wars to beat WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) in their scheduled November 12th fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout [...]

LAS VEGAS / SPRINGFIELD, MO—World ranked Cruiserweight contender, B.J. Flores is proud to announce the formation of his own promotional company, Danger Boy Events with the first fight card being tabbed for July 23rd at the O’Riley Center in Springfield, Missouri that will feature Flores take on Nick Iannuzzi in a ten round bout that [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Today’s quarterfinal bouts at the 2011 USA Boxing National Championships held a critical new importance, and the intensity of the boxers’ performance echoed the large stakes. All of today’s victors in the 13 Olympic weight classes earn berths in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with this week’s event being the first-ever [...]

By William Mackay: For super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is very impressed with how good WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) after Calzaghe took the time to visit the 30-year-old Haye at his training camp to watch him go through his paces while he gets ready for his July 2nd bout against IBF/WBO [...]

Mazatlan, MX.- The middle weight prospect Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez (17-0,15 knockouts) will return to the ring next July 16th at the Lobodome from this city to confront his first international contender against the Colombian Oney Valdez (22-10-1,16 knockouts), an ex contender to the world title which means the most challenged rival so far.