Archive for August, 2011

By William Mackay: Having been burned twice recently in controversial losses to Devon Alexander and Zab Judah, Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) will give it another try on September 17th against Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) for the vacant WBC light welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“In all due respect to the great folks at Top Rank, Golden Boy Promotions, and Gary Shaw Productions, the Fight Club OC show last Thursday night in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center might have been the best fight night in the USA in 2011″ claimed Fight Club OC promoter Roy Englebrecht, [...]

CHICAGO, IL (August 22, 2011) – Chicago boxing fans are anxiously counting down the days to the return of “SÓLO BOXEO TECATE”: WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 18 on Friday, August 26 at the UIC Pavilion and with good reason, as Golden Boy Promotions and 8 Count Productions are bringing a sensational undercard to Chicago.

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo: Casino/Showtime – WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) carried himself with class and dignity at the London press conference with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) to promote their Super Six finals fight on October 29th. While Froch was unleashing with both barrels on Ward [...]

LONDON (Aug. 22, 2011) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch kicked off a three-city international press tour today in the United Kingdom to formally announce The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic LIVE on SHOWTIME®, Saturday, Oct. 29 at [...]

By Eric Thomas: 39-year-old former three division world champion Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) could be soon facing Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) in the near future if Berto gets by IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KO’s) on September 3rd, according to the latest boxing news.

Philadelphia, PA—King Gabriel Rosado, of Philadelphia, who takes pride in being a Philly fighter, meets Keenan Collins, of Reading, PA, for the vacant Pennsylvania State Junior Middleweight Title in a scheduled 10-round contest Friday evening, Sept. 9, at the Asylum Arena, 7 West Ritner Street.

NEWARK, NJ (August 22, 2011)—On Wednesday night September 14th at the Beautiful Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, Gulfstream Boxing and Gabe LaConte will present a night of world class boxing that has just been enhanced by the announcement that “Irish” Micky Ward and former Heavyweight champion “Merciless” Ray Mercer will be special guests in attendance.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) is being mentioned for a possible fight on the undercard of the October 8th fight between welterweight contenders Kell Brook vs. Rafal Jackiewicz at the Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK. Groves, 23, is rumored to be leaving Hayemaker promotions [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) could be fighting in mid-September in his home country of Argentina in a stay busy fight, according to the latest boxing news. Maidana, 28, was supposed to be fighting Robert Guerrero on August 27th, but Guerrero tore a tendon in his rotator cuff [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Someone wake WBC super middleweight belt holder Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) because I think he’s dreaming again. Froch faces WBA super middleweight champion in a unification bout on October 29th in the Super Six finals.

By Chris Williams: A very open Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) openly admits that he suffered from some ring rustiness when he started training camp recently to get prepared for a September 17th fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s). Mayweather hasn’t fought since beating Shane Mosley by [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KO’s) who won the Gold Medal in the 2004 Olympic Games will be facing his toughest test Saturday night when he takes on Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) in Erfurt, Germany.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – All 10 winners from the recent U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s Boxing enjoyed nearly two weeks of celebratory events with the friends, family and fans for their tremendous accomplishment in Mobile. Yet the time for fun is over, the boxers will travel to Colorado Springs and the U.S. Olympic Training [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight talent James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s) is reportedly considering flying to Los Angeles, California to get in some sparring with middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs to help the 25-year-old DeGale get prepared for his upcoming September or October fight against European Boxing Union (EBU) super middleweight champion Piotr Wilczewski (29-1, 10 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The prestigious Ring title will be on the line for the October 29th Super Six tournament fight between WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) and WBC champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. it’s going to be good for the No.1 [...]

Fast rising British talent Liam Walsh will defend his Commonwealth Super-Featherweight title against Paul Appleby when he tops the York Hall, Bethnal Green on Friday 30th September. The show marks the promotional debut of Frank Warren’s sons Francis and George under their new banner Queensberry Promotions.

By Sean McDaniel: Sky Sports has four very interesting bouts that they plan on showing between September and October with perhaps the biggest fight being the October 29th Super Six final between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch vs. WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward. That’s going to be a real tasty fight with a [...]

Rudy Markussen (35-2, 22 KOs) will take on Michael Recloux (19-11-2, 8 KOs) at the next TV2 Fight Night in Herning on September 3. It will be the Hardhitter´s first fight since November 2010 when he destroyed Dejan Ribic in the first round. “We are glad that Rudy has overcome his neck problems,” promoter Nisse [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Once again Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) will be holding center stage in the lead up to his September 17 fight with World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor “Vicious” Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s).

By Ronnie Jordan: So the Super Six final is almost upon us. For those of you who were there at the birth of this showtime Super Middle weight tournament, the prospect of finally seeing the winner is probably a welcome relief. Its the final everyone wanted after the withdrawals of Mikkel Kessler and Andre Dirrell [...]

CARL FROCH is a 9/4 chance with William Hill to win his October showdown with unbeaten Andre Ward to win the Super Six tournament which got underway two years ago.

Undefeated 2004 Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) faces the biggest challenge of his life on Saturday night when he challenges Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Title in Erfurt, Germany. Boxing-online.com has caught up with the 31-year-old Russian.

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions is very excited about junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s), who De La Hoya and Golden Boy just signed. In his first fight for his new promoters, Angulo destroyed Joseph Gomez by a 1st round knockout last Saturday night in Mexico.

By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) thinks Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) isn’t the puncher that he once was when he fought at 135 pounds. McCloskey says that at 140, Prescott’s power isn’t as good. I think McCloskey has been watching some grainy youtube video of Prescott’s recent fights he looks just as [...]

By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Glen Johnson isn’t sure whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s has enough left in the tank at this point in his career to beat WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) on September 17th. Johnson points specifically to Mayweather’s recent fight against a shot Shane Mosley.

By Jason Kim: Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t think WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz’s size advantage helping him in their fight next month.

By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBC light welterweight champion Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) has been given a very generous #2 ranking by the World Boxing Council in the welterweight division after the 24-year-old Alexander recently moved up in weight to try and campaign at this weight level.

By Eric Thomas: 22-year-old middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) is back in training after suffering a humiliating 7th round TKO loss to top contender Marco Antonio Rubio last April.

By Dan Ambrose: Former light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (29-4, 6 KO’s) will be fighting for the third time as a welterweight on October 15th against Orlando Lora (29-1-1, 19 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California.