Archive for July, 2011

Earlier today, Star Boxing held the final press conference for their upcoming “Knock Out Cancer” boxing benefit at the Hunts Point Produce Market Saturday July 23rd to benefit the American Cancer Society. In attendance at the presser, which was held at the Produce Market itself, were members of both the American Cancer Society and the [...]

Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Paul McCloskey will face Breidis Prescott in an official eliminator for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Light-Welterweight title at the Odyssey Arena on Saturday 10 September, live on Sky Sports.

World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referee and judges who will work on the Orlando Salido’s first Featherweight title defense this Saturday, July 23, at the Centro de Usos Multiples at Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.

NORTH BERGEN (July 18, 2011) – Undefeated Polish bad boy Artur Szpilka and trainer Fiodor Lapin arrived Monday afternoon from Poland at JFK International Airport to finish up training for his July 29 match on the Mariusz Wach-Kevin McBride undercard at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) and Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KOs) will clash for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Title in Erfurt on August 27. In the co-featured main event, WBA & WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Robert Helenius will collide with Siarhei Liakhovich. “It is going to be a fantastic night of heavyweight [...]

NEW YORK / ATLANTIC CITY (July 18, 2011)—This past Friday night at Ballys in Atlantic City, Jr. Middleweight Gabriel Rosado scored a fifth round stoppage over late replacement Ayi Bruce in a scheduled eight round that headlined a action filled six bout card that was streamed LIVE all over the world.

Kevin “Mighty” Mitchell has gate-crashed the Ring Magazine top 10 lightweight rankings after his sensational stoppage win over John Murray.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA Super World Lightweight Champion Amir “King” Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) will be facing five time world champion and current International Boxing Federation (IBF) Light Welterweight Champion “Super” Zab Judah this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay & Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. HBO will be showing the bout [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In an interview with the Las Vegas Boxing Examiner, boxing trainer and uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr, Roger Mayweather has claimed that WBA World Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) is on steroids. Roger also thinks that International Boxing Federation (IBF) Junior Welterweight Champion Zab Judah (41-6-0 -2NC, [...]

What does an unblemished record mean for a young fighter? Is he a terrific prospect or has he boxed inferior opposition? How can you tell the difference?

The undercard has been announced for the Warriors Boxing blockbuster FIGHT NIGHTS at The Cosmopolitan III at The Chelsea Friday, July 29 and televised live on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

Chicagoland promoter Bobby Hitz is proud to announce he has signed a quartet of talented fighters to promotional agreements including the Brothers Amidu, Yakubu and Abdullai, talented lightweight Chris Singleton, and a co-promotional deal (along with Square Ring Promotions) with Chicago’s own former world heavyweight title challenger “Fast” Fres Oquendo.

By Gerardo Granados: It is not exclusive but the macho way of life and the aggressive boxing style of the Latin fighters is quite particular, some times they have the courage and a heart so big that it is necessary to save these warriors from their self because it is on his nature to fight [...]

Atlantic City, NJ—Super bantamweight Teon Kennedy will defend his North American Boxing Association (NABA) title in a scheduled 12-round contest against Alejandro Lopez, of Tijuana, Mexico, on Saturday evening, Aug. 13, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s Atlantic City. First of seven fights will be 7 p.m.

LAS VEGAS (July 18, 2011) – Undefeated, world-rated KZ Event Productions fighters Ravshan Hudaynazarov and Gayrat Ahmedov have become as difficult to fight as it is for boxing fans to correctly pronounce and spell their last names.

By David Kassel: According to sources late Monday afternoon, Saul Alvarez’s trainer confirmed that “Canelo” would be defending his junior-middleweight title against Alfonso Gomez on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the Mayweather-Ortiz PPV in a split venue telecast. If these reports are accurate one has to beg the question, what [...]

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: This Saturday Newmarket Light Middleweight prospect ‘Phat’ Pat McAleese gets a much deserved shot at the BBBofC Southern Area title, on the undercard of the highly anticipated British and Commonwealth Heavyweight title clash between Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury, at the Wembley Arena in London.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan got some really bad news today when it was learned that his former conqueror Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s), who is ranked #6 by the World Boxing Association, will be fighting the lighting hitting, slow-handed Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) on September 10th in a WBA [...]

By Sean Mcdaniel: Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) equates IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah’s trash talking as a sign that he doesn’t think he can beat Khan. It’s kind of like the way that World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye talked endless trash about IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko before their recent fight [...]

SCOTT QUIGG will find Saturday night’s World Boxing Association WBA) world super-bantamweight title eliminator against Franklin Varela a stroll.

By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Frank Warren thinks his fighter lightweight contender John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) can bounce back from his one-sided 8th round knockout loss to Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) and still find success during his career. Warren doesn’t say what kind of success he thinks Murray can still accomplish, but hopefully [...]

By William Mackay: Roger Mayweather is picking IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah to beat WBA light welterweight champ Amir Khan this Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather sees it as a case of Judah having the greater experience and Khan not really having fought any one [...]

By Dan Ambrose: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora is giving heavyweight challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) absolutely no chance of beating WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) on September 10th in their fight in Poland. Chisora sees Adamek as being too small for towering 6’7″ and sees Klitschko’s size and [...]

By Babatis Banda: It seems with each passing day things are becoming more and more interesting, if not comical, about the hottest issue that has plagued boxing in recent years, RBT. We all agree, court or no court, this issue will continue to grow stronger and stronger, louder and louder.

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) plans on not only beating IBF light welterweight champion Zab Judah (41-6, 28 KO’s) this Saturday night but also sending him into a permanent retirement along the way.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) has been letting challenger Tyson Fury (14-0, 10 KO’s) do all the heavy lifting to generate excitement for this Saturday’s fight between them in Liverpool.

By Chris Williams: The rumors floating around about Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz having been fired has turned out to be false, as news reports just released are saying that Koncz is still very much a part of Pacquiao’s team.

On Friday, August 19, at the Juan “Pachin” Vicens Auditorium in Ponce, Puerto Rico, former world title challenger and member of Team Puerto Rico, Cesar Seda, Jr. (20-1, 15 KO’s) will face Olympic gold medalist Yan Barthelemy (12-2, 4 KO’s) in the main event of the Universal Promotions boxing event entitled “Under Fire”.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Juan Manuel Marquez’ (53-5-1, 39 KO’s) forty five second demolition of Likar Ramos (24-4, 18 KO’s) last Saturday night fooled absolutely no one. It was thought going into his fight with Ramos that an impressive victory by Marquez would give him a psychological edge going into his November 12 showdown [...]

By Dan Henderson: I feel like I’m one of a few people who didn’t seem to be surprised that Kevin Mitchell beat John Murray on Saturday night at the Echo arena in Liverpool. What appeared to be a good British card I involving Scotland’s Nicky Cook and Tony Bellew but back to the matter at [...]