Archive for July, 2011

By William Mackay: WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley would likely nothing better than to take on and expose IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan as hype by spanking him in front of the entire civilized world. However, Bradley just doesn’t see the money and the boxing fan interest being there for it to be [...]

By Sean McDaniel: 40-year-old Martin Rogan (14-2, 7 KO’s) has accepted the challenge by British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) to fight him next. Rogan, who lost two out of his last four fights and looked horrible even in his victories, wants to fight Fury in Ireland, which would make it [...]

LOS ANGELES, July 26 – “STAR POWER: Mayweather vs. Ortiz” just got propelled into another galaxy, as it was announced today that rising Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will defend his WBC super welterweight championship against Alfonso Gomez on the televised undercard of the September 17 pay-per-view extravaganza featuring the WBC welterweight world championship mega-fight between [...]

By Eric Thomas: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) had picked WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) to pull off an upset of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) in their fight on July 2nd. Indeed, Hopkins had this to the BBC: “Haye will knockout both [Klitschko] brothers. I’m not impressed [...]

By William Mackay: Unlike most people who feel that IBF/WBO light welterweight champion Amir Khan would be in way over his head in a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr if they make this fight next year, Larry Merchant sees it as a potentially competitive fight.

Boxing becomes a lifestyle. Once someone gets the bug, it takes over their life. Nothing else seems to matter. The passion behind the sport is more important than anything else. Fighters, managers, promoters, cut-men, trainers and even boxing writers develop a connection. People involved with boxing tend to start in one place and move to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) gets by Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) in their September 10th fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic city, New Jersey, Gamboa will possibly be fighting on the undercard of the December 3rd rematch between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito [...]

DENVER (July 26, 2011) — Denver’s MIKE ALVARADO will risk his World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super lightweight title, his undefeated record and his Top-10 world rating when he takes on GABRIEL MARTINEZ in a homecoming rumble — his first in over two years — This Saturday! July 30, at Softball Country (2101 West [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former 2000 Olympic super heavyweight Gold Medalist Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) wants to take on British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) for his next fight.

By Dan Ambrose: The rematch between WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KO’s) and former World Boxing Organization champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) on October 15th, according to Steve Kim.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It was reported in the Daily Telegraph that WBA, IBF Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) has no intention of rushing into a match with Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s).

By Byron Wallin: Firstly, let me make the point clearly that I do not for one second believe that either newly crowned British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KOs) or former champion Derek Chisora (14-1, 9 KOs) will ever set the world heavyweight scene alight.

By William Mackay: Despite receiving a massive amount of criticism for not facing IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in a unification bout, WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is unconcerned about the heat he’s taking from both Khan and fans.

By Jason Kim: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) reportedly has a legion of critics on his twitter page who go there daily to insult Khan. He takes a positive approach to it and doesn’t let it get to him, but it goes with the territory.

July 26th, Fallon, NV — The City of Fallon, NV and Let’s Get It On Promotions are pleased to announce the fourth annual “Rural Rumble” Fallon Fights 2011, Saturday August 27th at the Churchill County Fairgrounds. “Rural Rumble 2011” will feature world class professional boxing.

Former Cuban amateur star Yordanis Despaigne (8-1, 4 KOs) is ready for battle in the televised supporting bout of this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights against heavy-handed Colombian Edison “Pantera” Miranda (34-5, 29 KOs).

By Dan Ambrose: A bout between American Chris Arreola and IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight Wladimir KLitschko is possible for November. Wladimir’s trainer Emanuel Steward would like for Wladimir to face Arreola next. Wladimir had been hoping to take on the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Dereck Chisora fight this past weekend.

By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Emanuel Steward was very impressed with heavyweight Tyson Fury’s 12 round decision win last Saturday night against Dereck Chisora. Steward, who recently started training the 23-year-old Fury, plans on working Fury’s next fight. Steward couldn’t work the Fury-Chisora fight because he had a television commitment for HBO.

PHILADELPHIA (July 25, 2011)—Boxing’s latest innovation, Cov Glove has signed International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight champion, Steve “USS” Cunningham and number-one ranked Welterweight Mike Jones to endorse the product.

LAS VEGAS, NEV (July 25, 2011) – World Bantamweight Champion and consensus Top-Three pound-for-pound fighter, NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE, and TODD DUBOEF, President of Top Rank, Inc., announced today that they will move forward together in promoting Donaire’s stellar professional boxing career.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – While the top male open division boxers compete in the Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing, the future stars of the sport will be on display at the Junior Olympic National Championships, August 2-5 at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Ala. With the Olympic Trials taking place in the same [...]

Tampa, FL (September 9, 2011) Fight Night Productions is proud to present Kers Winghouse Fight Night 7! This event will be loaded with some of the futures brightest stars looking to make a name for themselves. The main event will feature U.S. amateur sensation Daniel Lozano (9-0-0) taking on the always tough Ernie Marquez (9-8-2) [...]

By John F. McKenna (McKenna): There have been numerous media reports which state that HBO is the clear front runner to host the November 12 Pacquiao – Marquez trilogy. Showtime hosted Pacquiao’s last fight with Shane Mosley on May 7 and a bidding war has erupted between Showtime and HBO to host the lucrative Pacquiao [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: After his stunning display against Zab Judah at the Mandalay Bay on Saturday, Amir Khan has a decision to make on his next opponent, and according to his legendary trainer Freddie Roach, Khan should fight unbeaten WBC/WBO light-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley rather than taking on the great but aging Erik Morales.

New York, NY – July 25, 2011 – MSG Network announced today that it will re-telecast the contentious boxing match between Felix Sturm and Matthew Macklin as part of its “Boxing Wednesdays” weekly summer programming schedule. The fight, which originally aired on EPIX, will debut on MSG Network on Wednesday, July 27 at 9:00 p.m.

LAS VEGAS (July 25, 2011) – Professional boxing’s most driven world champion 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 Friday night (July 29), headlining “Fire & Fury” against two-time world title challenger Danny “The Bronx [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) might want to think long and hard about facing WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KO’s) in a rematch because Salido is looking mighty formidable right now after easily beating challenger Kenchi Yamaguchi last Saturday night by an 11th round TKO in Mexico. With a [...]

Watsonville, Ca – August 25, 2011- Former four-time world champion, Carina “La Reina” Moreno (21-3, 6 KO’s) returns to the ring when she faces Chantel “Georgous Babe” Cordova (8-2-1, 3 KO’s) August 27, 2011. The bout will go off on the Robert Guerrero vs. Marcos Maidana card, set to take place at the HP Pavilion [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): With Amir Khan’s impressive win over Zab Judah last Saturday night now behind him, it is becoming more likely that Floyd Mayweather will be facing Khan than his Wild Card Gym training partner Manny Pacquiao.

By William Mackay: Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s), ranked No.2 by the WBA, will be fighting Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) in a World Boxing Association light welterweight title eliminator bout on September 10th at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Prescott, 28, is well known in the United States for his fights on [...]