Archive for July, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: Bantamweight Vic Darchinyan (36-3-1, 27 KO’s) will be taking a break from taking on world class opposition to fight little known Evans Mbamba (18-1, 9 KO’s) in a 12 round bout on September 3rd at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. This is going to be a nice [...]

By Chris Williams: If Sergio Martinez is interested in getting his feet wet in the super middleweight division he needs to look no further than to consider facing unbeaten super middleweight fringe contender Peter Quillin (25-0, 19 KO’s), who has been calling Martinez in recent weeks.

By Gerardo Granados: The World Boxing Council (WBC) has been criticized for sanctioning the Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrios fight with the light welterweight title. Some believe that the WBC is deliberately favoring Erik Morales for allowing him to dispute the organization title by stripping the current champion Tim Bradley, who has not defended the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The debate as to whether or not Pound for Pound Champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) is, or ever has used Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDS) is endless.

Live on ESPN “Friday Night Fights” Tonight Featuring 12-round International Boxing Federation (IBF) elimination bout between Victor Cayo and Lamont Peterson and Edison “Pantera” Miranda vs. Yordanis Despaigne. Tonight’s the night! The 12-round IBF Super Lightweight elimination bout between the Dominican Republic’s once-beaten IBF #3-rated Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (20-1, 18 KOs) and Washington DC’s IBF [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) Emeritus and Diamond middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, who was unanimously elected as “Champion of the Year 2010,” and also awarded the “KO of the Year 2010,” visited Mexico to appear on a great reality show.

By Dan Ambrose: Hoganphotos/ Golden Boy Promotions – At the recent Los Angeles press conference between contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) to publicize their September 17th fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Gomez. 30, had a fun time singing a rap [...]

By William Mackay: Middleweight contender Darren Barker (23-0, 13 KO’s) is taking a huge step up in class on October 1st against World Boxing Council Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Chris Williams: In a sign that World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) is fighting in the wrong division, his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza is saying that Pacquiao needs to eat an incredible seven times a day just to maintain enough weight to fight at welterweight.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) is interested in fighting a rematch against Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) after watching the 42-year-old Tarver easily dismantle the International Boxing Organization (IBO) cruiserweight champion Danny Green on July 20th earlier this month.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is blowing his chance for a rematch against World Boxing Association (WBA) Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) by reportedly missing two contract deadlines during the recent negotiations with Sturm’s management according to fightnews.

DENVER (July 29, 2011) – Undefeated Top-10 junior welterweight contender MIKE ALVARADO has stripped off the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title he was scheduled to defend on Saturday night in his north Denver homecoming fight against former Méxican welterweight champion Gabriel Martinez. Alvarado had captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas title [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The World Boxing Council had reportedly stripped Timothy Bradley of his WBC light welterweight title for not having defended it in the past six months. Bradley will be champion in recess, meaning that he’ll likely get a shot at recapturing the belt at some point in the future if he’s interested.

By Dan Ambrose: One of the hardest hitters in the light welterweight division will be back in action on Saturday night in unbeaten Mike Alvarado (30-0, 22 KO’s) in a fight against Gabriel Martinez (27-2-1, 14 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Softball Country Arena in Denver, Colorado.

NEW YORK, NY (July 29, 2011) – This Sunday night’s episode of Broadway Boxing will pay tribute to one of the pioneers of sports television and one of boxing’s greatest advocates, the late Nick Charles. The program will feature a roundtable discussion featuring those who knew Charles the best, never before seen footage of Charles [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KO’s) won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Heavyweight title in just his tenth professional fight, quite a remarkable feat. He may have won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title also if titleholder Juergen Braehmer had not pulled out of their scheduled fight in January.

Fairfax, VA (July 29, 2011) – Hometown favorite and former Contender reality TV show star Jimmy Lange (36-4-2, 24 KOs) will headline his 13th show at the Patriot Center with a 10-round contest (opponent TBD) on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Presented by Valcourt Building Services, Jimmy Lange Boxing is the mid-Atlantic region’s top professional boxing [...]

Seven names announced for York Hall showdown on September 15 Former two-weight World champ Takaloo tops the bill for the Prizefighter Light-Middleweights II at York Hall, Bethnal Green on Thursday 15 September – leading a classic mix of fighters aiming to triumph live on Sky Sports.

By William Mackay: If IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) doesn’t fight the winner of the August 27th fight between Robert Guerrero and Marcos Maidana, Khan will reportedly be stripped of his World Boxing Association title according to Bolton News. Khan hasn’t defended the WBA title since taking an optional defense against [...]

July 28, 2011 – The temperature rose immensely Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, as fighters took the scales to weigh in for Friday night’s scheduled fights. Jimmy Burchfield, Classic Entertainment and Sports, in association with Global Boxing, have put together an extravagant ten bout card featuring top global and domestic championship [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) has the perfect opponent to fight the tune-up fight that the Klitschkos would like for him to fight before one of them will agree to fight him again. Bernard Hopkins, 46, who was totally disgusted with Haye’s pathetic effort in losing to IBF/WBO [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (27-1, 21 KO’s) is about to run out of luck in the Super Six tournament and end up getting drummed out after WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) dominates Froch and clowns him in the process of whipping him on October 29th in the finals of the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be resuming his promising career next month on August 19th against 31-year-old Canadian Sebastian Demers (31-4, 11 KO’s) in an 10 round bout in Oakland, California. Showing how serious he is about his career, Dirrell has chosen not to take a soft opponent in [...]

By Chris Williams: Tank Rank promoter Bob Arum is hoping that the September 17th fight between WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be an exciting fight that does well. This isn’t what you normally expect from a rival promoter, because the Mayweather-Ortiz fight is a Golden Boy Promoted fight.

By William Mackay: For boxing fans hoping that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) will stick around the division after he faces the winner of the Erik Morales vs. Jorge Barrio for Timothy Bradley’s stripped title to then fight the winner of the Robert Guerrero vs. Marcos Maidana fight you can forget [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight challenger Tomasz Admaek (44-1, 28 KO’s) is looking really bulky from his training pictures and it looks like Adamek is weighing over 220 lbs for his upcoming September 10th fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland. Adamek has been weighing in around [...]

Weights from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for tomorrow night’s “FIGHT NIGHTS” card televised on ESPN Friday Night Fights and promoted by Warriors Boxing and Blue Wave Group.

By Chris Williams: If there was a winner and loser of the HBO Face to Face special hosted by Max Kellerman between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Victor Ortiz, it was Mayweather who got the better of the action. Ortiz didn’t seem confident and looked to be in the need of guidance.

12 Rounds – World Boxing Association (WBA)/IBA World Light Heavyweight Championship Beibut Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs), Champion, Las Vegas, NV175 LBS. Danny Santiago (31-4, 19 KOs), Challenger, Ocala, FL173 LBS.

By Scott Gilfoid: Supposedly the winner of the August 27th fight between Robert Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) has a shot at facing IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan but they need forget about that. It’s not going to happen. You can tell it’s not because of a couple of [...]