Archive for July, 2011

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) steps into the ring on September 10 to face former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) he will be facing a major dilemma.

By Chris Williams: It’s too bad that WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) is being rushed into a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) on September 17th, because if Ortiz were given more time to develop as a fighter he could really be something in the sport. But throwing him in [...]

By Eric Thomas: A sacrificial lamb has been found in the form of Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) to face WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The World Boxing Council has even given Gomez a number #6 ranking for this fight, [...]

By Jason Kim: No.2 ranked WBC contender Rafael Marquez (40-6, 36 KO’s) will be taking on World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (38-4-3, 24 KO’s) on October 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The undercard of the fight has yet to take shape, but this is an interesting fight to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Big 6’7″ heavyweight fringe contender hopeful Mariusz Wach (25-0, 13 KO’s) says that it was a sparring session that he had with heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin that makes him believe that he can become a heavyweight champion of the world.

(MOBILE, ALA.) –The second half of opening day bouts were contested on Sunday night with 20 action packed match-ups at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing in Mobile, Ala. Two returning Olympians earned their first victories of the event, joining 18 winners from Sunday evening in the winners bracket semifinals.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) takes a skills sharpening fight against Darryl Cunningham (23-2, 10 KO’s) this Saturday night in a 10 round bout that Pavlik hopes will knock off enough rust for him to challenge IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in November.

By William Mackay: Lightweight Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) wants to beat Colombian Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) on September 10th to try and get a rematch against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who beat McCloskey by a 6th round technical decision on April 16th.

By Scott Gilfoid: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins thinks that he’s what drove former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe to retirement in 2008 after giving Calzaghe all he could handle in a 12 round split decision loss for Hopkins in April 2008. A lot of boxing fans, including myself, saw Hopkins winning the fight based on his [...]

By Jason Kim: It’s been 16 months since former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) got a career payday in losing by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao last year in March, and there’s no telling when or if Clottey will ever return to the ring. Supposedly, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) wants three important fights against Antonio Margarito, Manny Pacquiao and Saul Alavez, says Cotto’s trainer Emanuel Steward to Ringtv. Cotto, 30, is scheduled to fight the badly depleted Margarito on December 3rd at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.

By William Mackay: It’s pretty clear that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be looking to add the WBC title to his collection by beating the winner of the September 17th bout between Erik Morales and Jorge Barrios, who will be fighting for the World Boxing Council belt that is being stripped from Timothy [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council recently ordered for junior middleweight contenders Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) and Alfredo Angulo 19-1, 15 KO’s) to fight in an eliminator bout to fight a mandatory challenger for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez.

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight fringe contender Mariusz Wach (25-0, 13 KO’s) will reportedly be back in action in October and possibly against a contender. Wach, 31, stopped an out of shape looking Kevin McBride in the 4th round last Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Wach landed a right hand against [...]

By Jason Kim: Former WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) will be getting a shot at capturing another title on September 3rd against one of the lesser known champions in the welterweight division Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KO’s) in a fight at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.

(MOBILE, ALA.) – The day that 80 boxers have been waiting and training for finally arrived on Sunday as the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing opened competition at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Ala. The first session of action showcased 20 quarterfinal bouts in the light flyweight, bantamweight, light welterweight, middleweight and [...]

July 31st, 2011, Las Vegas — Super-featherweight “El Negro Mexicano”, “Lightning” Lonnie Smith improves to 14-2-2, 10 KOs via a 3rd round TKO victory over the game Eduardo Arcos (16-4-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the South Point Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas.

By Chris Williams: Somethings never change like unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) beating up on top notch sparring partners in getting ready for his fights. Mayweather faces World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) on September 17th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Mayweather Jr. is [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With Andre Dirrell still temporarily on the shelf until September, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) is the best fighter in the super middleweight division right now at this time. On October 29th, Ward is going to knock off the current WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Arguably the biggest puncher in light welterweight division Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) will be looking to add another scalp to his resume on September 10th against Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) in a WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern, Ireland. I personally see [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) makes it past Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) on October 15th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, the 46-year-old Hopkins will be targeting 42-year-old International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) in a rematch.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Famed trainer Manny Steward was quoted in an interview with Ring TV.com as saying that World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Middleweight Champion Miguel Cotto “Will fight only two more big super fights and that’s about it.”

By Jason Kim: Barry Hunter, the manager for light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) is reportedly unhappy that there is rumors of IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) facing the winner of the September 17th bout between Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s), who is ranked No.3 by the WBC, and [...]

By William Mackay: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) says he’ll be retiring in October of this year on his 31st birthday. Haye is waiting for IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) to say whether he’ll fight him again without Haye having to fight anyone in between.

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is interested in match his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr up against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez in 2012. Arum reportedly has spoken to Alvarez’s promoter Richard Schaefer from Golden Boy Promotions about a potential Alvarez-Chavez fight for 2012, and Schaefer is open [...]

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach says he’s impressed with the sparring sessions between Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, and feels that Khan is showing a lot of improvement. However, Pacquiao is still getting the better of Khan after the initial stages of the sparring. Khan starts off well, but Pacquiao solves him and then [...]

BROOKLYN, NY (July 30, 2011) – It wasn’t until junior welterweight Gabriel “Tito” Bracero’s eleventh pro fight that he finally stopped an opponent inside the distance. Now, he looks like he’s making up for lost time. Bracero (17-0, 3 KOs) assaulted Floridian Danie van Staden (8-7, 4 KOs) for much of three rounds until a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye hasn’t given up his predicting the future for fellow Brits, even through his own fortunes have taken a death spiral recently with his humiliating one-sided 12 round flop-filled decision loss to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko earlier this month on July 2nd.

By Eric Thomas: Brian Magee (35-4-1, 24 KO’s) defeated 33-year-old Jaime Barboza (17-5, 8 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to capture the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) World super middleweight title at the Gimnasio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) would like nothing better than to take on former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye before the end of the year after Vitali dispatches Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) on September 10th in Poland.