Archive for August, 2011

Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany Marcos Nader RTD 7 Gianmario Grassellini David Graf TKO 1 Viktor Szalai Christian Schwaeblein TKO 4 Armen Azizian Dominik Britsch UD 8 Steven Bendall

By Jason Kim: Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 Ko’s) is back in training in Thailand for a fight in October or November against one of the following opponents: Kevin Mitchell, Lovemore N’dou or Joel Casamayor. Mitchell, a fighter that Katsidis destroyed in three rounds last year in May, is leading the pack for a fight that [...]

Michael O’Reilly and Gary Sweeney had to settle for silver at the European Youth Championships which concluded at the Citywest Hotel Convention Centre in Dublin today.

By Dan Ambrose: Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) thinks he’s picked the right moment to fight for a title against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s). Adamek faces the 40-year-old Vitali on September 10th at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland.

By Chris Williams: For those who care about Oscar De La Hoya news, the 38-year-old former Olympic Gold Medalist and six-time world champion says he won’t be staging a comeback. There had been rumors that De La Hoya was looking to make a comeback but it looks like it’s just another one of those false [...]

Chicago, IL (August 27, 2011) – Windy City fight fans were treated to an explosive six-fight card Friday night which was presented by Golden Boy Promotions and 8 Count Productions. If you missed the live action or the TeleFutura “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast, below is a summary of the results:

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 27, 2011) – One week after a shoulder injury forced Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero’s to withdraw from his August 27 world title challenge against World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Lightweight World Champion Marcos “El Chino” Maidana, it was recommended by Dr. Michael Dillingham that Guerrero have arthroscopic surgery to repair a [...]

TORONTO (August 27, 2011) – Hot, unbeaten featherweight prospect Tyler Asselstine returns to the ring September 9 in a six-round bout against an opponent to be determined at The Chapiteau CCSE Maisonneuve in Montreal.

http://www.epixhd.com/helenius-vs-liakhovich/ 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, today, (Saturday, Aug. 27) in a 12-round bout airing live in the United States from Efurt, Germany on the [...]

By Eric Thomas: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. must feel like a tremendous weight has lifted from him after he injured his right hand to the point where he had to cancel his scheduled September 17th against Ronald Hearns in order for the hand to heal. Chavez Jr. reportedly looked to be near cruiserweight-size and had [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The last thing that Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) wants is to have to chase Irish light welterweight all around the ring trying to get him to actually fight on September 10th in their WBA light welterweight title eliminator at the Odyssey Arena, in Belfast, Northern, Ireland.

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has been rumored to be attending tomorrow’s heavyweight title fight between Alexander Povetkin and Ruslan Chagaev at the Massehalle, Erfurt, in Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) is promising to turn his October 29th fight against Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) into total chaos if he gets accidentally butted by Ward. Froch says he’ll butt Ward back and make a mess of the fight. That’s really smart, isn’t it? Froch gets head butted accidentally [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Photo: Casino/Showtime – So the new season is about to begin and what a great line up we have in store. With four world champions in Carl Froch, Amir Khan, Nathan Cleverly and Ricky Burns, a hand full of European champions, world contenders and some domestic scraps this could be the best [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Frankie Gomez (11-0, 8 KO’s) struggled on Friday night, winning by an eight round majority decision over Adrian Granados (8-2-1, 5 KO’s) at the UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

By Jason Kim: In recent photos of WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz he’s looking in superb condition, and looks ready to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. right now instead of three weeks from now on September 17th.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former cruiserweight and light heavyweight champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) will be facing long odds when he squares off against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali “Dr. Ironfist” Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in just two weeks.

Friday, August 26, 2011 SOLO BOXEO TECATE Golden Boy Promotions/8 Count Productions UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

By Sean McDaniel: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly is slated to fight Tony Bellew on October 15th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. That could be Cleverly’s last easy fight for a while now because he’s got a lot of tough contenders that are breathing down his neck and he can’t avoid them [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: To listen to WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch talk in the recent press conferences with WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward you would think that Froch totally dominated both Andre Dirrell and Mikkel Kessler in his past fights with them. Froch still thinks he got a bad decision in his 12 [...]

By Chris Williams: There are some people who feel that Manny Pacquiao has it tough compared to Floyd Mayweather Jr. because Pacquiao is facing legendary Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12th, whereas Mayweather is facing the younger 24-year-old Victor Ortiz on September 17th.

Chicago, August 4, 2011—Beyond Sport, the London-based global organization that promotes, develops and supports the use of sport to drive positive social change across the world, has announced that Chicago Youth Boxing Club (CYBC) has been included on the prestigious Shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2011. By reaching this stage of the judging process, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two-time world champion Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) is putting the finishing touches for his training camp to get ready for his September 10th fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in Poland.

By Dan Ambrose: Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) plans on making the most of his big opportunity against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) on September 17th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

By Bradley Pearson: It’s been 17 long months since former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KO’s) was last in the ring, and with that, questions have arisen as to why the Ghanaian boxer has been ‘MIA’ for so long- in what would seem his prime years.

Unbeatens Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez, McJoe Arroyo and Carlos Negron show today in great shape for their bouts next Friday, September 2 in the 6th edition of the series “A Puño Limpio”, to be held at the coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, in a PR Best Boxing Promtions (PRBBP) in association with Top Rank Inc., to [...]

KANSAS CITY (August 26, 2011) – Ringside, Inc. has announced the signing of undefeated super middleweight prospect Edwin“La Bomba” Rodriguez (19-0, 14 KOs) to a sponsorship deal.

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Michael O’Reilly and Gary Sweeney will represent Ireland in Saturday’s European Youth Championships finals following thrilling wins at the Citywest Hotel Convention Centre in Dublin tonight.

August 26, 2011, Atlantic City, NJ. Star Boxing’s Saturday night (August 27th) show at the Tropicanca Casino and Resort in Atlantic City (NJ) has been postponed due to an intense and massive hurricane. The new date will be October 22, 2011, also at the beautiful Tropicana Showroom in the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic [...]

By Eric Thomas: Making his third defense of his WBA World welterweight title champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0, 21 KO’s) scored a 6th round TKO victory against 38-year-old Marco Antonio Avendano (30-8-1, 22 KO’s) on Friday night at the Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine.