Archive for August, 2011

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury (15—0, 10 KO’s) is really starting to make a name for himself after defeating British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora by a lopsided 12 round decision recently.

By Jason Kim: Former WBO heavyweight champion Sergei Liakhovich hopes to resurrect his sagging career on August 27th against unbeaten heavyweight contender Robert Helenius in Efurt, Germany.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Great fights happen when styles meet their match. The unforgettable Ali-Frazier, Barrera-Morales, Gatti-Ward, Zale-Graciano, Holyfield-|Bowe and Leonard-Duran were exceptional trilogies that were made under appropriate times and conditions, and with no ifs and buts. They were among the historic bouts that showed the world how boxing matchups can be classic and [...]

Bill Calogero has built a successful boxing radio show, “Talkin’ Boxing with Billy C” as well as the BillyCBoxing.com Network into heavy hitters in the word of boxing media outlets. Now “Billy C” is poised to take his boxing industry a step further.

Watsonville California (August 17, 2011) – Entering the final week of training camp, Carina “La Reina” Moreno is eager to showcase her skills when she steps in the ring against Chantel Cordova on August 27th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.

WARK, NEW JERSEY (August 17, 2011)—On Wednesday night September 14th, Gulfstream Boxing Promotions and Gabe LaConte will present the second installment of the Wednesday Night Fights Series at the Robert Treat Hotel in downtown Newark.

By Dan Ambrose: Knockout artist Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) is looking in excellent shape for his August 27th bout against challenger Robert Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) for a fight that will be taking place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The Maidana-Guerrero fight is likely going to be a war, as Maidana [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In one of Freddie Roach’s more laughable comments he’s made in quite some time he’s saying that former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez is being protected from his fighter Peter Quillin (25-0, 19 KO’s). That’s pretty funny because the 28-year-old Quillin is no threat to Martinez and would be nothing more than [...]

NEW YORK (August 17, 2011) – On Friday August 19, Golden Boy Promotions and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing are teaming up to present the latest installment of the “Punchin at the Paradise” fight series. The card, which will be broadcast live on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” will be headlined by Newark’s undefeated prospect Michael “The [...]

By William Mackay: On September 17th, Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) squares off against boxing veteran Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) to scrap it out for the vacant WBC light welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the fight will likely be a short term champion because both are [...]

Team Sauerland and SES Boxing are delighted to announce that World Boxing Organization (WBO) Super Middleweight Champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KOs) will make his mandatory defence against Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KOs) at Copenhagen´s PARKEN Stadium on November 5. The two champions faced the media today during a media tour with press conferences in [...]

CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2011) – Whether or not his swing bout airs on this week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights (FNF) card, welterweight prospect “Bazooka” Joe Linenfelser (9-1-1, 6 KOs), a 23-year-old boxer from Rockford, Illinois, plans to steal the show.

By William Mackay: Trainer Freddie Roach is looking to pump up his fighter Amir Khan for a bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2012. Pretty much nobody sees Khan as having a chance in a million in winning that fight, but that’s not keeping Roach from telling the world that he does.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) has a tough fight ahead of him against Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5th in Canada. However, that’s not keeping the 31-year-old Bute from looking past that fight to the winner of the October 29th Super Six finals bout between Carl [...]

NEW YORK (August 17, 2011) – Live world championship boxing returns to EPIX when undefeated 2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist ALEXANDER POVETKIN and former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion RUSLAN CHAGAEV square-off for the vacant WBA heavyweight title, Saturday, August 27th. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live broadcast will emanate from Erfurt, Germany.

FAIRFAX, VA – In what should be his toughest fight to date, undefeated welterweight Todd “White Lightning” Wilson (10-0, 3 KOs) will face former world champion Eric “Mighty Mouse” Aiken (16-7-1, 12 KOs) in a six-round contest on the September 10 Jimmy Lange Boxing card at the Patriot Center.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) is saying the boxing world will be seeing a better version of himself against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) on October 29th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is eying a March 2012 against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) after Macklin received a low rematch offer from World Boxing Association (WBA) Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm. Supposedly Sturm asked for options on Macklin’s future fights, as much as [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Undefeated boxing superstar Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) has been named in another lawsuit brought against him by a private citizen. Mayweather will be making his return to the ring after a sixteen month hiatus when he meets World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor “Vicious” Ortiz (29-2-2, [...]

London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker is back in action this coming Friday, when he faces tough Blackpool based Slovakian Richard Turba at the Robert Waterman Promotions event at the Tower Circus in Blackpool.

The problem with former world champion Anthony Mundine’s claims that he is being ducked by World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Middleweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout is that when Mundine’s people backed out of the fight, they did it in writing.

Matthew Macklin emerged on the wrong side of a highly controversial split decision when he challenged for Felix Sturm’s World Boxing Association (WBA) world middleweight title in Cologne on June 25. Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, who was covering the fight for EPIX, a U.S. television channel, said that the decision was a “highway [...]

Philadelphia, PA—Undefeated welterweight prospect Ronald Cruz, of Bethlehem, PA, takes the biggest step of his young professional career when he takes on steel-chinned Anges Adjaho, of Buffalo, NY, in a scheduled eight-round contest Friday evening, Sept. 9, at the Asylum Arena, 7 West Ritner Street.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (August 17, 2011) – Former World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) Heavyweight Champion Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich is primed and set to challenge defending champion Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius for the WBO and World Boxing Association (“WBA”) Inter-Continental titles, next Saturday (Aug. 27) in a 12-round bout airing live in the United States [...]

MATTHEW HATTON believes he is bang on course to face Amir Khan in a blockbuster Battle of Britain. International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) light-welterweight champion Khan wants to launch his welterweight career next year and Hatton is a possible opponent.

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra, will close out the 2011 season from Hammond, Ind. on August 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN3.com when undefeated junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs) and Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (28-12, 16 KOs) meet in the 10-round main event. The card [...]

By William Mackay: It was laughable hearing WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan saying that Floyd Mayweather Jr will probably duck him the way that he’s ducking his close friend Manny Pacquiao.

By Chris Williams: The November 12th fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is still three months away and Marquez, 38, already looks to be in fighting shape judging from the photo he took posing with Brandon Rios and Mikey Garcia in Los Angele, California on Tuesday.

By Dan Ambrose: If I was to make a criticism of heavyweight challenger Tomasz Adamek I think the biggest mistake he’s making is his lack of trash talking towards his September 10th opponent WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

By Eric Thomas: The International Boxing Federation ruled on Tuesday that newly crowned IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares has by December 14th to give a rematch to Joseph Agbeko, who Mares defeated by a controversial 12 round majority decision last Saturday night in Showtime’s bantamweight tourney.