Archive for September, 2011

By Dennis McCarthy: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Early this morning, Floyd won a very easy, but in some people’s mind, a very questionable 4th round stoppage over younger challenger Victor Ortiz.

By Allen Fox: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Two wrongs don’t make a right, in particularly when one of the fighters gets away with fouling while the other is penalized. This is the situation for last nights’ fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) and WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s).

Alvarez: “I’m very happy. We worked hard, we knew it would work out. He hit me but I worked at my own pace and I made the adjustments. “I was more confident and I smiled for my fans – the people really motivated me. I really appreciate all the fans.

Erik Morales: “He’s a young fighter and he throws really hard punches. It took me some time to get my rhythm, but when I did I was clearly the better fighter. I could tell the blood affected him and made him nervous and once he started breathing profusely I could tell he was scared.

By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda – Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) should consider himself very lucky tonight that he wasn’t disqualified for tagging WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) with what appeared to be a cheap shot left hook-right hand combination a fraction of a second after Ortiz apologized to [...]

Saturday 17 September 2011 Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States Saul Alvarez KO 6 Alfonso Gomez

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, Saturday 17 September 2011 Adonis Stevenson TKO 1 Dion Savage Marco Antonio Periban UD 8 Dhafir Smith Anthony Crolla SD 8 Juan Montiel Carson Jones RTD 7 Said Ouali Jessie Vargas SD 10 Josesito Lopez Erik Morales TKO 10 Pablo Cesar Cano

Paul Smith TKO 1 Paul Samuels

LOS ANGELES, September 17 – A gifted boxer whose talent and compelling story has captivated fans around the world, former Junior Welterweight World Champion Devon Alexander “The Great” is on track to regain his title after his June win over Lucas Matthysse, and to help him get there, he has enlisted Golden Boy Promotions to [...]

By William Mackay: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (16-0, 11 KO’s) stopped journeyman Nicolai Firtha (20-9-1, 8 KO’s) in the 5th round on Saturday night at the King’s Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This was a fight that Fury promised would be an exciting one, but apart from a big right hand that [...]

By William Mackay: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) may have bitten off more than he can chew by deciding to fight the young and powerful WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) at this stage in Ortiz’s career rather than Mayweather continuing with his trend of facing mostly older, smaller fighters not big [...]

By Jim Amato: If I was to tell you there was once a heavyweight who lost his first professional fight by knockout. Also this heavyweight would actually lose half of his first dozen fights. If I told you he would go on to win a piece of the heavyweight crown and be a major player [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) plans on whipping undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) tonight, removing his unbeaten record and ending his career all on the same night in their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten lightweight contender Mercito Gesta (22-0-1, 12 KO’s) faces Manuel Perez (16-6-1, 4 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Bluewater Resort & Casino in Parker, Arizona. This should be another easy fight for the the 23-year-old Gesta, because Perez has lost two out of his last four fights.

By Jason Kim: WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (33-1, 24 KO’s) will be defending his World Boxing Organization against number #15 ranked WBO contender Rogelio Omar Rossi (17-2-1, 11 KO’s) next month on October 22nd, at the Arena Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) wants to go after Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) after he beats the WBC picked out fringe contender Pablo Cesar Cano (22-0-1, 17 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Council light welterweight title at the MGM Grand in [...]

By Wayne Lloyd: Tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, we welcome back boxing’s biggest star – the great Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather (41-0); in a match up against boxing’s rising star and current WBC Welterweight Champion – Victor ‘Vicious’ Ortiz (29-2-2).

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – World Boxing Council (WBC) Light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) should easily dispatch experienced challenger Alfonso Gomez (23-4-2, 12 KO’s) tonight in a televised fight on HBO PPV as he looks to cement his place amongst the boxing Elite at the Staples Center in [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – Despite not being in the greatest condition for a world title fight, Former three time world champion Eric Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) will still prove he has plenty to offer the boxing world by taking on unbeaten contender Pablo Cesar Cano (22-0-1, 17 KO’s).

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Upcoming heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (15-0, 10 KO’s) from Manchester, England faces American Nicolai Firtha (20-8, 8 KO’s) tonight in Belfast, Ireland. Fury, who turned 23 in August, is hoping the fight with Firtha will take him another step closer to a championship fight with one of the Klitschko’s.

By Danny Burns: Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KO’s) has the chance to become a two weight world champion when he steps into the ring against hard hitting Australian Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KO’s), for the vacant W.B.O lightweight championship of the world, on the 12th November at the Kelvin hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

By Peter Wells: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – 16 months ago the world was watching the return of the most talked about fighter of this modern era. The result though was not the talking point; instead it was the question that still has no answer – When will Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao happen.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck (33-1, 24 KOs) will face the “biggest challenge” of his career on October 22 when he takes on Argentinian giant Rogelio Rossi (17-2-1, 11 KOs) in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Two metres tall and unbeaten in his last 17 fights, Rossi is between Huck and a successful eighth defence [...]

BELFAST (September 17, 2011) — In what is expected to be an old-fashioned brawl for the Irish Heavyweight Championship, prodigal son Tyson Fury returns to his roots to battle American challenger Nicolai “Stone Man” Firtha headlining this afternoon’s (Sat., Sept. 16) “The Only Show In Town,” presented by Hennessy Sports, at historic King’s Hall in [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – Former three time world champion Erik Morales (51-7, 35 KO’s) looks to be in worse shape than he was in his last fight against Marcos Maidana last April. That fat midsection Morales is sporting is just begging to be punched. If I’m Cano, I’m going right after [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to make far more than his opponent WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz on Saturday night in their showdown in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather is getting a guaranteed minimum of $25 million, which can go as high as $40 million depending on the [...]

Las Vegas, NV (September 16, 2011) – Kicking off the biggest weekend in boxing of 2011, Las Vegas fight fans were entertained by “STAR POWER FRIDAY,” an explosive five-fight card at Texas Station Casino presented by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and AT&T. If you missed the live action [...]

Weights for Saturday’s fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Floyd Mayweather Jr 146.5 – Victor Ortiz 147 Erik Morales 140 – Pablo Cesar Cano 140

By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell (23-0-1, 17 KO’s) kept his perfect record intact on Friday night, stopping journeyman Hector Ferreyo (21-11-2, 12 KO’s) in the third round of a scheduled 10 round bout at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

LAS VEGAS, NV (Sept. 16)… With just one day to go until the mega-fight between Six-Time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and WBC Welterweight World Champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz, top athletes, boxers and media members have weighed in on who they think will be victorious on Saturday night.