Archive for July, 2011

Uncasville, Conn., (July 28, 2011) – Undefeated heavyweight boxer Mariusz Wach registered the lowest weight of his professional boxing career when he stepped on the scale today at 245.5 pounds for his highly-anticipated, sold out clash with “The Clones Collosus” Kevin McBride tomorrow at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., McBride weighed in at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) is in an excellent position to get a title shot against one of the world champions in 2012 if DeGale can get by European Boxing Union (EBU) super middleweight champion Piotr Wilczewski (29-1, 10 KO’s) on September 17th.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) is vowing to win convincingly when he faces off against WBO, WBA and The Ring Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO’s). The pair will have their Trilogy on November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

By Chris Williams: Overmatched No.6 ranked WBC contender Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) says he’s ready to go out and die trying to beat World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.

Center that highlighted the first ever Danger Boy Promotions card in Springfield, Missouri. The show was a hybrid event that featured four boxing and six MMA bouts which had a capacity crowd entertained throughout the evening.

By Chris Williams: For what it’s worth, the October 15th bout between WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson will be taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California instead of the previous location of New Jersey. I won’t go into the boring and drawn out pablum of why the fight [...]

By William Mackay: Former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (14-1, 9 KO’s) thinks that Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) will be facing him again in the near future to give him a chance to redeem himself. Chisora lost his two domestic level titles when he came into the Fury fight last weekend weighing [...]

Former world champion Alcine, local favorites to see action on the undercard NEW YORK, NY (July 28, 2011) – DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series travels to Worcester, MA, for the third time in as many years on Saturday, August 20, 2011, with a spectacular night of fights to be held at the beautiful converted opera [...]

LAS VEGAS (July 28, 2011) – One of professional boxing’s most driven world champions is World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight king, Beibut Shumenov, who takes the next step on his mercurial rise in the sweet science on July 29, headlining “Fire & Fury” against two-time world title challenger Danny [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The old fire appears to be back for former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) as he prepares for his August 6 showdown against Daryl Cunningham (23-2, 10 KO’s).

By William Mackay: In what will soon be a classic case of a paper champion, the faded Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s), coming off of a loss to Marcos Maidana, will be taking on 34-year-old Jorge Barrios (50-4-1, 35 KO’s) on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Victor Ortiz card on September 17th, and [...]

By Gerardo Granados: The current World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Emmanuel Dapidran [Manny] Pacquiao aka “Pacman” is the eight belt wonder, he is the mexicutioner, he has not faced top opposition lately because he has rather engaged against the most profitable opponents and it is a shame because he might have been able to [...]

Silveira Earns 52% of Votes from “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Viewers New York (July 28, 2011) – Christopher Martin scored a unanimous decision victory over Jose Silveira on the July 22 broadcast of “Sólo Boxeo Tecate,” however the judges at home chose his opponent as the fighter with the most carácter on the ring. By one [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s reported that Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) will be the next opponent for World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez undercard on November 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although it’s not a done deal yet, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) defends his title against challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4, 12 KO’s) on September 17th in a fight that will be taking place during the Mexican Independence Day weekend, and the venue for the fight will be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr is facing one of his toughest tests in many years against WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz on September 17th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Eric Thomas: With Juan Manuel Lopez’s defeats removing any chances of a fight between Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) for the time being, Gamboa will instead turn his attention to former World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) for a fight on September 10th at [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) will reportedly be facing the IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KO’s) on September 3rd in Biloxi, Mississippi.

James DeGale is desperate to get back into the ring and claim the European Boxing Union (EBU) Super-Middleweight title in his comeback fight in September.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) is vowing to win convincingly when he faces off against WBO, WBA and The Ring Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO’s). The pair will have their Trilogy on November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Boxing-Ireland.com today became the first team to provisionally name their squad for this year’s TRAD TKO Boxing Gym promoted Boxers and Celebrity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, which provide support to children recovering from brain and spinal tumors., that takes place at the Concord Rangers FC, in Thames Road, Canvey Island, [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) holds both the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight titles and although he is undefeated and ranked #7 Pound for Pound fighter in the Yahoo Sports poll, he is still a relative unknown. Only hardcore boxing fans know who Timothy [...]

Elio Cotena Italy’s boxers are promising double disappointment for the Irish when Elio Cotena and Fabrizio Trotta take on Henry Coyle and Patrick Hyland respectively on a big night of boxing at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar on Friday, August 12th. Cotena will take on Coyle for the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Light Middleweight title while [...]

Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) and Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KOs) today participated in an international press conference in Erfurt, Germany, one month ahead of their World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Title fight. After Wladimir Klitschko added the WBA belt to his International Boxing Federation (IBF) & WBO titles, the WBA made him super champion [...]

Hatfield Heavyweight Tom Little is set to debut, against Lithuanian Rolandas Cesna, at the Graham Earl Promotions ‘Renaissance’ event at the Liquid Nightclub in Luton on Sunday, 31st July.

by Robert Elmore: With the announcement of Floyd Mayweather’s come back against Victor Ortiz, many interesting things have happen. The most interesting thing is that Freddie Roach is eager to put the WBA/IBF champ in the ring with Mayweather.

World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referee and judges who will work on Junior Middleweight Interim Title bout between Russian Zauerbek Baysangurov and Brazilian Mike Miranda this Saturday, July 30, at the Sportpalace in Odessa, Ukraine.

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LOS ANGELES, July 27 – When fans tune in to this Saturday’s exciting “Sabados De Corona”/Golden Boy Presents doubleheader via AT&T Uverse in the United States, not only will they be getting some heated action from bantamweights Leo Santa Cruz and Everth Briceño and minimumweights Manuel Jimenez and Mario Rodriguez, but they could also win [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (Left) and super welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (Right) pose on July 26, 2011 in Los Angeles, California at the press conference to officially announce their September 17, 2011 world title fight.