Archive for September, 2011

Baku, Azerbaijan, 29 September 2011 – A little more than a month before the beginning of the 2011-2012 WSB season, some of the best World Series of Boxing athletes will showcase their talent at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships taking place at the moment in Baku, Azerbaijan, until the 8th of October.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) has made his final statement on the Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Ortiz episode, saying that he still wants a rematch with Mayweather, but if he doesn’t give him one then Ortiz will be moving on shortly. Ortiz says he doesn’t want the rematch [...]

By Chris Williams: Promoter Lou Dibella doesn’t think Manny Pacquiao will ever face WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez even if Martinez melts down to a strength-weakening 150 pound catchweight to fight the Filipino star.

Two time International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight Champion of The World Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham and TRAD Group Chairman Hayden Smith jointly announced today that the London headquartered TRAD Group are sponsoring Steve’s title defense at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany on Saturday 1st October, which will be broadcast live in the UK on BoxNation (Sky [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) faces his second consecutive British opponent on December 2nd when he defends his World Boxing Association title against the unbeaten but terribly inexperienced number #3 ranked WBA contender Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany.

By Dan Ambrose: Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson both think that former IBF/WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) can beat WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on October 15th at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) defends his title for the first titles for the first time on October 22nd against the short 5’3″, 36-year-old WBO super flyweight champion Omar Andres Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KO’s) at the MSG-Wamu Theater in New York.

By Scott Gilfoid: If No.2 ranked WBO welterweight contender Kell Brook (24-0, 16 KO’s) is all what he’s cracked up to be then his fight against No.5 ranked IBF contender Rafal Jackiewicz (38-9-1, 19 KO’s) should be a relatively easy one for the 25-year-old Brook on October 8th at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, [...]

Junior middleweight contender “Mean” Joe Greene (22-1, 14 KOs) will make his long-awaited return to the ring this Saturday, October 1, inside the Grand Ballroom at Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, in six-round bout against local journeyman William “Pete” Johnson.

By Jason Kim: WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) got his wish to fight on the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito undercard on December 3rd at Madison Square Garden in New York. However, Rios still doesn’t have an opponent picked out for the fight. As of now, the opponents under consideration are down [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 42-year-old IBO cruiserweight champion Antonio Tarver (29-6, 20 KO’s) says he’s ready to move up to the heavyweight division again if IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is interested in defending his titles against him.

By Allen Fox: All former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) has to do is get by WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KO’s) on November 5th and it opens up a number of big fights for the 32-year-old Kessler against the likes of WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward, WBC [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) figures to be ready to take on and beat undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) next year in 2012 after Khan defends his International Boxing Federation strap against the light hitting Lamont Peterson on December 10th.

By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28 KO’s) was badly beaten in a one-sided 10th round TKO defeat to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko earlier this month on September 10th in a loss that pretty much showed that Adamek didn’t have the size or the ability to compete against the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Recently defeated middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) is getting in shape in the gym to make corrections on the mistakes he made in his 7th round TKO loss to Marco Antonio Rubio in his last fight last April.

As September comes to a close, the Sport Swami and Brad Johnson celebrated the end of the month with UFC Fighters, Boxing heavyweights, and more football than you can shake a stick at. And with Co-host AMILE WATERS (www.twitter.com/amilewaters) & Angelina Valentine (www.twitter.com/angelinavalen) returning along with some great guests, it’s another can’t miss show only [...]

By Allen Fox: 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) will be challenging for the title on November 5th against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 23 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

By Chris Williams: I guess I’m not the only one who can see major slippages in Manny Pacquiao’s physical skills since 2009. Jeff Mayweather, the uncle of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., sees some deterioration in Pacquiao’s game as well.

Missouri natives BJ Flores and Ryan Coyne return to action on October 15 at the O’Reilly Family Events Center on the campus of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. In the evening’s main event, Willard native BJ ‘El Peligroso’ Flores looks to climb the cruiserweight rankings as he takes on Paul Jennette. Flores defeated highly regarded [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Chad Dawson put to quash to the rumor that he discontinued working with trainer Emanuel Steward because he wanted to train close to his family in Connecticut rather than train with Steward in Detroit, Michigan.

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo credit: Ed Diller/DiBella Entertainment – The sad thing about Saturday’s fight between WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Darren Barker is that it’s not even the best fight on the card. The undercard fight between middleweight contender Andy Lee and Brian Vera is far better, and I’d pick either one [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his European Boxing Union (EBU) lightweight title on Saturday night against Derry Matthews (29-5, 15 KO’s) at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales.

By Jason Kim: Lou Dibella, the promoter for IBF welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KO’s), wants to match him up with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, and he feels like it’s a doable fight, according to an interview at fighthype. Dibella thinks Pacquiao doesn’t have too many more options for big fights available to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 kO’s) plans on throwing a massive amount of shots against the 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) in their HBO pay per view bout on October 15th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dawson will be [...]

New York, NY – (9/28/2011) – Earlier this afternoon, Lou DiBella, of DiBella Entertainment, hosted the final press conference for “Noche De ‘Maravilla’” featuring WBC Diamond belt Middleweight Champion, and top three pound-for-pound fighter, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (47-2-2, 26KO’s), who will be taking on undefeated European Champion “Dazzling” Darren Barker (23-0, 14 KOs), this Saturday, [...]

North Bergen, N.J. (September 28, 2011) – Undefeated featherweight prospect Kamil Laszczyk (3-0, 3 KO) of North Bergen, N.J. will make his first ring appearance since April when he faces Terrance Roy (10-32, 2 KO) in a four-round bout this Saturday, October 1 at the Grand Ballroom at Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino in Tunica, Miss.

By Gerardo Granados:Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not getting any younger and the Congressman Manny Pacquiao wants to follow a political career as a full time job in the near future. Unarguably this is the most anticipated fight in many years.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The chances of getting new World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) into the ring with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) seems to be as remote as ever.

NEW YORK (September 28, 2011) – Buffalo welterweight Nick “Hands of Gold” Casal continues his journey back to boxing prominence October 15 against undefeated prospect Michael “Slick” Anderson on the non-televised portion of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson pay-per-view event at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO- Former world champions Juan Manuel “Juanma” López and Román “Rocky” Martínez, and superbantamweight contender Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo will face tough foes this Saturday, October 1 in the card Triple Crown III, to be held at the coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón, in a PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) and Top Rank presentation, [...]