Archive for August, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) is without an opponent for his previously scheduled fight date on August 27th. Maidana was supposed to be fighting Robert Guerrero, but he injured his left shoulder during a sparring session this week and won’t be able to make the fight.

By Scott Brown: Friday Night Fights turns to the Venue in Hammond, In at the Horseshoe Casino for the finale. Credit goes to Hitz Boxing and Banner Promotions for putting together a rather entertaining night Covering fights and being close to the action has restored my love for the sport..

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) carried himself like a seasoned analyst last night in working the Demetrius Andrade vs. Grady Brewer fight on ESPN2′s Friday Night Fights as an analyst. If didn’t know it was the talented Ward, the best fighter in the super middleweight division, I could [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s former promoter Frank Warren says he doesn’t blame Khan for not opting to take a fan-friendly rematch with Marcos Maidana. Khan instead is eyeing the winner of the Lucas Matthysse vs. Erik Morales fight on September 17th for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In looking at the recent training camp photos of WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) as he prepares for his September 10th fight against Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) in Poland, it’s pretty clear that Adamek doesn’t have a ghost of a chance of winning this fight. Vitali, [...]

By William Mackay: American promoter Don King was less than impressed with the performance from former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye in his embarrassing one-sided 12 round decision loss to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last July. King, who just turned 80, didn’t like the way that Haye fought so passively against [...]

Rayne, Louisiana’s Mason Menard won the biggest victory of his career Friday night (8.19) at the Cypress Bayou Casino in Charenton, as he scored a fourth round technical knockout victory over battle tested Ghanaian Joseph Laryea to win the vacant Universal Boxing Organization™ World Lightweight title.

By Eric Thomas: Number #2 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KO’s) sees action tonight against Joseph Gomez (17-4-1, 8 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant World Boxing Council Continental Americas light middleweight title at the Nido Sport Center, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Angulo, 29, is fighting for [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In a set of mismatches on ESPN2 on Friday night, undefeated junior middleweight contender Demetrius Andrade (14-0, 9 KO’s) had an easy time out-pointing 40-year-old Grady Brewer (28-13, 16 KO’s) by a dull 10 round unanimous decision at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

Robert Helenius (15-0, 10 KOs) has wrapped up the sparring ahead of next Saturday´s World Boxing Association (WBA)/World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental Heavyweight Title fight against Siarhei Liakhovich (25-3, 16 KOs) in Erfurt, Germany. After dusting Lamon Brewster and Sam Peter, the Nordic Nightmare is eager to clinch the next prominent scalp. “The sparring has [...]

Following a meeting at the National Stadium in Dublin today the Boxing Council of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association named their Elite squad for the upcoming AIBA World Senior Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan.

By Jason Kim: The rematch between IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares and former IBF belt holder Joseph Agbeko looks as it’s going to be taking place on December 3rd on Showtime. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is on board with his fighter Mares fighting Agbeko in a rematch on that date.

RESULTS FROM FRIDAY’S “SÓLO BOXEO TECATE” FROM PARADISE THEATRE IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK Bronx, NY. (August 19, 2011) – New York-area fight fans enjoyed a night of explosive boxing action with a five-fight card of professional fights presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing from the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: An early diagnosis of light welterweight Roberto Guerrero’s left shoulder has revealed that he has a partial tendon tear of his rotator cuff, according to his manager Bob Santos in speaking to ringtv. The tendon tear was revealed during an MRI exam. Guerrero will be seeing Michael Dillingham, the San Francisco 49er’s [...]

Earlier tonight on the 2011 Season Finale of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”, 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius Andrade took a step way up in class and won a dominate ten round unanimous decision over tough veteran, and winner of Season 2 of “The Contender”, Grady Brewer.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is pretty clear to boxing fans in Germany and the Ukraine that WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 39 KO’s) does not get the recognition he truly deserves in the west. Vitali will face former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) in Wroclaw, Poland at [...]

Lundy bounces back to knock out Diaz in NABF title defense HAMMOND, Ind. (Aug. 19, 2011) – The most feared fighter in boxing’s 135-pound division closed out another stellar season of “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN and, quite possibly, wrote the final chapter of David Diaz’s outstanding career.

‘Broadway Boxing’ Official Weights from Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA Edwin Rodriguez 173 lbs., Chris Traietti 173 lbs.

By Dan Ambrose: In what will likely be a terrible mismatch, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) defends his title against No.7 ranked World Boxing Council challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: To no great surprise, Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KO’s) defeated little known fighter Andrei Abramenka (15-1-2, 3 KO’s) by a 12 round decision on Friday night to capture the vacant IBF International welterweight title at the Tower circus in Blackpool, England. I’ve never heard of Abrahmenka before this fight, and not sure [...]

By William Mackay: The winner of the September 17th fight for the vacant WBC light welterweight crown between Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) and Argentinian Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) is in a win-win situation where they not only will be capturing the vacant World Boxing Council title in the process of winning the fight, [...]

By Jason Kim: WBO junior middleweight champion Serhiy Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 KO’s) will be making his 7th world title defense of his World Boxing Organization title on September 30th against number #1 WBO ranked challenger Lukas Konecny (47-3, 22 KO’s) at the Hala Rondo, Brno, Czech Republic. Dzinziruk, 35, and Konecny have previously fought before [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: A proposed fight between WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KO’s) and No.1 ranked World Boxing Organization challenger American Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KO’s) could happen on November 5th in the United States, according to a news piece from Dan Rafael. Frank Warren, the promoter for Burns, is reportedly open [...]

With 69% of Votes from “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Viewers, Diaz is in Second Place of Cinturón Tecate Competition New York (August 19, 2011) – California native Antonio “Toño” Diaz put on an impressive performance in scoring an eighth round stoppage of Mexico’s Ernesto “Baby Face” Zepeda during the “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” main event on August [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) is now in the twilight of his magnificent career. Thus far “Pacman” has not given any indication that his amazing skills have declined.

By Chris Williams: If Manny Pacquiao really wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. all he has to do is go along with Mayweather’s drug testing program wishes and Mayweather says he’ll fight the Filipino star next. But the big question is whether Pacquiao will follow the drug testing that Mayweather wants.

By Dan Ambrose: I’ll be the first one to admit that the December 3rd rematch between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (38-7, 27 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (36-2, 29 KO’s) seems to be a fight that’s two years too late and feels more like an old timers fight than one with any real relevance.

By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Robert Guerrero is safely out of the picture due to his left shoulder injury he sustained on Thursday, WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is sitting and waiting on the winner of the September 10th fight between Breidis Prescott and Paul McCloskey in the WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) continues to say that he will never fight his stable mate and sparring partner World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s). Both Khan and Pacquiao are trained by Freddie Roach and frequently spar together at [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: “There are 4… 5 ways to beat Pacquiao,” Floyd had said so many times. None of them, it seems, involves him getting in the same ring with the little man. Of course we want Mayweather to show us how. But with such reluctance, he appears every inch afraid to try. And nothing [...]