Archive for August, 2011

By Jason Kim: Photo: Wende – Trainer Emanuel Steward is disgusted with this Saturday’s fight between Russian heavyweights Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KO’s) and Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) for the vacant WBA heavyweight title at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. Steward sees that fight as a joke when a world title is attached to [...]

NEW YORK (August 25, 2011) – The biggest boxing event of the year is coming up on September 17, when Tecate, cerveza con carácter, celebrates its heritage and boxing as the sponsor of the history-making double-lineup of Saúl “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gómez at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and the anticipated Floyd Mayweather [...]

By Chris Williams: With both Nonito Donaire and Yuriorkis Gamboa fighting for the same promotional company under Bob Arum at Top Rank, you would think a fight between Donaire and Gamboa would be one that should be fairly easy to put together. Unfortunately, I can’t see it happening anytime soon, as Arum likes to let [...]

By Jason Kim: Trainer Emanuel Steward voiced some concerns he has with his fighter Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) as he heads into his October 15th fight against WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Steward is worried about the 29-year-old Dawson losing mental focus during [...]

Here are the weights from Erfurt, Germany: Vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Title:

NEW YORK (August 26, 2011)—On Thursday afternoon at Club 1849 in New York City, Rob Diaz Havoc Boxing Promotions hosted the kick off Press Conference in advance of a special night of professional boxing that will take place on Saturday night September 10th at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn.

LAS VEGAS, NEV (August 26, 2011) – Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ will embark on a 25,000-mile four-city international media tour, beginning in Manila, Next Friday! September 2 (Saturday, September 3 in Manila), to announce and celebrate Pacquiao-Marquez III — Act Three of their exciting world championship trilogy. Pacquiao and Marquez, who [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Despite his recent impressive 1st round stoppage of Joseph Gomez last week, junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) isn’t being matched against unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s).

By Sean McDaniel: Former British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (30-2. 16 KO’s) is moving down in weight to the middleweight division where he hopes to take on British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) in the near future once the 28-year-old Smith gets ranked in the division.

By William Mackay: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) will have to set his goals a little lower than fighting a rematch against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimr Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s), as he reportedly has no interest in fighting Haye again.

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo: Casino/Showtime – WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) is making a cardinal sin in looking past his next opponent WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s), who Froch faces on October 29th in the Super Six finals, to a fight that Froch wants after the tourney [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It was reported in USA Today that Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) and World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) will be spotlighted on HBO’s 24/7 series to help promote their upcoming fight at the MGM Grand on September 17.

EL PASO, TX (August 27th, 2011) – On Friday, September 2nd, undefeated Heavyweight Contender David “El Nino” Rodriguez (35-0, 33 KOs) will officially announce that his third fight this year will take place in his home town of El Paso, TX.

Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KOs) is ready for the biggest fight of his career. The 2004 Olympic gold medal winner takes on Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant WBA Heavyweight Title in Erfurt, Germany on Saturday night. In the co-featured main event, WBA/WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Robert Helenius (15-0, 10 KOs) will be [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: After toiling away in near obscurity for the past seven years the 29-year-old Darren Barker 23-0, 14 KO’s) has been picked out by the best fighter in the middleweight division, Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s), to fight on October 1st. It’s going to be bad for Darren.

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been a little over a month since lightweight John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) was humiliated and badly exposed in an 8th round knockout loss to Kevin Mitchell on July 16th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Murray, 26, still doesn’t have any fights planned and it makes you wonder how [...]

August 24th, 2011, Fallon, NV — The “Rural Rumble 2011” fight card is shaping up to be one of the best yet. This will be the fourth installment of the annual series presented by the City of Fallon and Let’s Get It On Promotions. “Rural Rumble” 2011 is this Saturday at the Churchill County Fairgrounds [...]

By Dan Ambrose: I’ve seen WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) dominate his last two hapless opponents Matthew Hatton and Ryan Rhodes, making them look really bad in the process of giving them long and methodical beatings.

By Jason Kim: Former WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) may not want to acknowledge it but he has to beat International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KO’s) in their fight on September 3rd at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi.

By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweights Eddie Chambers (36-2, 18 KO’s) and Tony Thompson (36-2, 24 KO’s) could see their October 28th fight televised on Showtime. Chambers-Thompson will be fighting in an IBF heavyweight title eliminator bout at the Bally’s Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Sam Langford was unquestionably one of the greatest fighters who ever lived. Sam was quite possible the best Pound for Pound fighter in the era he fought in, fifty years before that term was used.

By William Mackay: Colombian knockout artist Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19 KO’s) had some choice words to say about WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan, who Prescott destroyed in one round three years ago. Prescott has zero respect for Khan because he never attempted to avenge his knockout loss. Prescott sees Khan as a [...]

By Eric Thomas: The previously scheduled September 17th bout between WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Ronald Hearns has been cancelled due to Chavez Jr injuring his hand on a ceiling fan.

By Allen Fox: No.1 ranked WBC middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1, 44 KO’s) has a stay busy fight against Ghanian Mohammed Akrong (13-3, 10 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the interim World Boxing Council Latino middleweight title on September 3rd at the Centro de Convenciones, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

By Sean McDaniel: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and his promoter Mick Hennessy have rejected a fight against former Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Audley Harrison for September 17th, saying this to ESPN: “I’ve just brought Channel 5 into boxing — I don’t want to chase them away!”

By Eric Thomas: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) has reportedly injured one of his hands and the injury is bad enough to where he may be forced to pull out of his scheduled September 17th fight against fringe contender Ronald Hearns (26-2, 20 KO’s).

By Jason Kim: According to German news, 48-year-old Evander Holyfield (44-1-=2, 29 KO’s) has meet with German promoter Kalle Sauerland and spoke to him about getting a crack at the winner of this Saturday’s fight between Alexander Povetkin (21-0, 15 KO’s) and Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Association heavyweight title [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves may have signed with Frank Warren, the same promoter for former British super middleweight champion James DeGale, but Groves doesn’t appear to be anymore interested in facing DeGale again than he was before signing with Warren.

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo: Casino/Showtime – WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) is saying he wants a winner take all fight with WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) on October 29th in their Super Six tournament finals bout.

By Dan Ambrose: After junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) defeated little known Joseph Gomez last week, Angulo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions crowed long and hard, saying that Angulo would be fighting undefeated number #1 ranked WBC junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (30-0, 19 KO’s) next.