Archive for August, 2011

By Sean McDaniel: Matthew Hatton takes on Andrei Abramenka this Friday night for the IBF Intercontinental welterweight title. This belt isn’t what Hatton is trying to attain by beating Abramenka.

By William Mackay: Since losing his WBA title against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on July 2nd, David Haye has been a missing man. He initially gave interviews practically begging Wladimir to give him an immediate rematch.

By Dan Ambrose: Bad things can happen when you take a mediocre champion like WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) and put him in with a guy that can punch like Ronald Hearns on September 17th.

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire is reportedly likely to fight undefeated Argentinian Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KO’s) in his next fight in November.

By Sean McDaniel: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champion Andre Ward meet in the finals of the Super Six tournament on October 29th. Froch comes into the fight having beaten Andre Dirrell, Arthur Abraham and Glen Johnson.

By Jason Kim: James Toney believes WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz will quit next month against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their fight on September 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Three-City Tour Begins Next Monday, Aug. 22 *** London – New York – Oakland *** NEW YORK (Aug. 16, 2011) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch will embark on a three-city international press tour to formally announce the most important fight [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) as everyone knows will be facing former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) on September 10 in Wroclaw Poland. “Goral” as Adamek is known to his fans is given little chance to defeat the elder [...]

Undefeated Tacoma heavyweight Vincent Thompson steps back into the ring on August 27 when he faces Masataka Takehara in the main event of Battle at the Boat 83 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.

COME TO THE HORSESHOE CASINO (BALLROOM C ON THE 3RD FLOOR) ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 5 PM FOR THE OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN AND MEET ALL FIGHTERS AND ORGANIZERS FOR THE SEASON FINALE OF FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS BEING HELD THE FOLLOWING NIGHT! ALL ARE WELCOME!

By Chris Williams: Although Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum are talking about a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, Jeff Mayweather, the unclear for Mayweather, doesn’t see that happening in his crystal ball. The earliest that Jeff Mayweather can see a fight between Mayweather [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The management for WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) has really picked a soft one for his 2nd title defense of his World Boxing Council belt on September 17th against Alfonso Gomez (23-4, 12 KO’s). Sometimes the sanctioning bodies gets it right with their rankings of fighters, but most [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) is under the impression that he’s going to outbox Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) on September 10th and make him look bad in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator bout. Poor, poor McCloskey, I almost feel sorry for the deluded guy. He so badly wants to win [...]

August 16, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The following is one of the weekly “Hook to the Body” columns by World Boxing Council President Dr. José Sulaimán that are published in El Universal every Sunday. From August 14, translated from Spanish: HOOK TO THE BODY By José [...]

By William Mackay: If WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KO’s) wants to remain a viable fighter in the light welterweight division he’s going to have to beat challenger Robert Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) on August 27th in their fight at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Maidana also needs a win [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at some of the recent fights of light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (28-2, 26 KO’s) you’ll see that he really got took to the cleaners in getting beaten in controversial losses to Zab Judah and Devon Alexander. Many boxing fans feel that Matthysse should have won both of these [...]

Newly crowned NABA and NABF Middleweight Champion, Andy Lee (26-1, 19KOs) is confident of beating Brian Vera (19-5, 12KOs) in their rematch on October 1st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vera is the only boxer to have defeated the Kronk fighter in his 5 year professional career.

By Eric Thomas: IBF and WBC Silver bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) got some really news today from the International Boxing Federation, who is ordering the 25-year-old Mares to give an immediate rematch with former IBF champion Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) by December 14th, according to Boxing Talk. Mares and Agbeko aren’t [...]

BROOKLYN, NY (AUGUST 16, 2011)—On Saturday night, September 10th, undefeated Super Middleweight Joel Castillo will headline an big night of boxing that will be promoted by Rob Diaz’ Havoc Boxing Promotions that will take place at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn.

By Dan Ambrose: Having been rejected by Kelly Pavlik for a fight due to the money offer being too low, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will reportedly be fighting 42-year-old contender Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5th in Quebec, Canada.

MATTY ASKIN spends more than three hours a day stuck in his car, but reckons the boredom is worth it. He makes a 125 mile round trip every day from hometown Blackpool to Hyde, where he trains at Hatton Health and Fitness.

JUAN MANUEL GARAY will swap his horse stable for the boxing ring on Friday night (August 19). The Argentinian cruiserweight faces unbeaten Central Area cruiserweight Matty Askin at Blackpool’s Tower Circus.

By William Mackay: Amir Khan is targeting the winner of the Lucas Matthysse vs. Erik Morales fight next month as the guy he wants to fight next. However, he’s making it clear that he wants Morales. It’s up in the air whether Khan will fight the hard hitting Matthysse if he beats Morales. My guess [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) is opting to take an easy tune-up against 2nd tier featherweight Mike Oliver (25-2, 8 KO’s) on October 1st, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael on his social media site.

By William Mackay: Rather than go after the more credible super middleweight champions in the division former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) has picked out a soft target in World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KO’s) to fight on November 5th in Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Every time there is poor officiating in a major boxing match it drives another nail in the coffin of boxing in the United States. Boxing in the USA has had problems in the past with bad decisions and that trend continues to get in the way of a rebirth in [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: Come September 17, Victor Ortiz will take away the one thing Mayweather values the most and will crown himself in glory. There ought to be no shame in losing to Ortiz. Unless you’re Mayweather. In which case, it won’t only be a matter of losing face but the end of the world [...]

On fight night boxing changes from a team sport to an individual sport. There is not much left for the team to do, it is all up to the fighter at that point. Saturday night, super bantamweight Teon Kennedy lost his first fight, along with his NABA and USBA titles. Everyone watching was thinking the [...]

Chicago’s David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KOs) has his wife to Tonya to thank when he appears in the co-featured bout of the final episode of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” 2011 season, this Friday, August 19, at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) is fresh off of his impressive victory over Zab Judah (41-7-2 NC, 28 KO’s). Numerous possible future opponents have been mentioned for Khan.