Archive for September, 2011

Sept. 28, 2011 – Leading up to the intriguing light heavyweight title showdown between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson set for Saturday, Oct. 15 and presented live by HBO Pay-Per-View® — HBO Sports will present the exclusive replay of one of the sport’s signature moments: the night Bernard Hopkins amazed the sporting world and became [...]

TOTOWA, NJ (September 28, 2011) — Former world champion Kendall “Rated R” Holt is on a mission to recapture a world title belt, but first he must score a win over unbeaten prospect Danny “Swift” Garcia when they meet Oct. 15 on the “Believe It Or Not: Hopkins vs. Dawson” pay-per-view undercard at STAPLES Center [...]

International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight Champion Steve Cunningham (24-2, 12 KOs) is “ready to go to war on Saturday night” when he clashes with Yoan Pablo Hernandez (24-1, 13 KOs) in Neubrandenburg, Germany. The 35-year-old American voiced his confidence today during the final press conference in a redesigned church. “I have followed his career for [...]

By Chris Williams: Freddie Roach feels that Manny Pacquiao has become too compassionate lately in fights against Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley. Roach doesn’t want Pacquiao to fight that way against Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12th, because Pacquiao struggled the last two times he faced the tough Mexican warrior and appeared to lose both [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The United States rolled on to a 4-0 start with two stoppage victories on Wednesday at the 2011 AIBA Men’s World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Light heavyweight Marcus Browne (Staten Island, N.Y.) and bantamweight Joseph Diaz, Jr. (S. El Monte, Calif.) both put an early end to their first round contests [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) sees this as the retirement fight for WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) on October 15th, as Dawson intends on beating the 46-year-old Hopkins so badly that they’ll realize that it’s the end of the road for him.

HBO Sports unleashes an explosive middleweight twin bill when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: SERGIO MARTINEZ VS. DARREN BARKER AND ANDY LEE VS. BRIAN VERA is seen live SATURDAY, OCT. 1 (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team will be ringside for all the action, [...]

With all the controversy surrounding the recent Victor Ortiz – Floyd Mayweather jnr. fight many London fans may be a little confused to why Ortiz only received the penalty of a single point deduction – and a dubious sucker punch KO for his efforts – whilst back at York Hall in June Darren Hamilton was [...]

TORONTO (September 28, 2011) – Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Lionell “Lonnie B” Thompson has been added to the Logan Cotton McGuinness vs. Benoit Gaudetundercard, presented by Hennessy Sports in association with Interbox and United Promotions, on Saturday night, October 22 at The Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.

Gavin Rees says he is hungrier than ever as he faces Derry Mathews in his first defence of the European Lightweight title on Saturday night at the Newport Centre, live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 from 8pm – knowing a win can bring him one step closer to his two-weight World champion dream.

By Chris Williams: It’s too bad Manny Pacquiao didn’t agree to the random blood testing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted last year because Pacquiao would have faced Mayweather instead of the like of Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Over the last several years newly crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has made numerous insinuations that his arch rival World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) has cheated to achieve his success in the ring.

By Chris Williams: “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya is talking about coming out of retirement to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. again if Mayweather will agree to give a rematch to De La Hoya’s fighter Victor Ortiz.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When former World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) was KO’d in four rounds against new champion Floyd Mayweather (42-0, 26 KO’s) on September 17 there is no question that the ending was controversial. However a controversial ending does not constitute the need for a rematch, [...]

New York, NY – September 27, 2011 – MSG Network, which continues its commitment to the sport of boxing, announced today that it will re-telecast the heavyweight doubleheader of Alexander Povetkin versus Ruslan Chagaev and Robert Helenius versus Sergei Liakhovich. The fights, which originally aired on EPIX, will debut on MSG Network on Wednesday, September [...]

New York, NY – (9/27/2011) – Earlier today, World Boxing Council (WBC) Diamond belt and The Ring Middleweight Champion, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez (47-2-2, 26KO’s), held an open media workout DBEat the Modell’s Sporting Goods store in Times Square, New York City. The Champion, Martinez, who will be defending against England’s undefeated European Champion, “Dazzling” Darren [...]

Sebastian Sylvester, Steve Cunningham and Yoan Pablo Hernandez today gave the fans in Neubrandenburg, Germany a first-hand look at their skills during the public work-out ahead of Team Sauerland´s big show on Saturday night. Hometown hero Sylvester (34-4-1, 16 KOs) will make his first fight since losing the IBF Middleweight Title against Daniel Geale on [...]

CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO- Former two time world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez showed today in great shape for his bout versus Mike Oliver this Saturday, October 1 in the show Triple Crown III at the coliseo Rubén Rodríguez de Bayamón, in a PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) and Top Rank presentation to be televised on [...]

LOS ANGELES (Sept., 27) – Eddie Chambers, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) #1 Heavyweight World Contender and Tony Thompson, the IBF #2 Heavyweight World Contender, will fight in an IBF Heavyweight Title Elimination bout on Friday, October 28 at Bally’s Atlantic City with the winner placing himself in a mandatory bout against the reigning IBF, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The only thing I can see that is any good about the October 15th fight card headed by the Nathan Cleverly vs. Tony Bellew bout is the undercard fight between James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s and EBU super middleweight champion Piotr Wilczewski (29-1, 10 KO’s) at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, England.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (31-2, 17 Ko’s) wants to get revenge against the talented James DeGale (10-1, 8 KO’s), who soundly beat him by a 9th round TKO last year in December 2010.

By Scott Gilfoid: Photo credit: Fight Camp 360/Showtime – Former doubters of WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward about the cut that he suffered in sparring last week while getting ready for his Super Six tournament finals bout against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, you can now see for yourself Ward’s cut. Just look [...]

NEW YORK (Sept. 27, 2011) – The Super Six World Boxing Classic Final between super middleweight world champions Andre Ward and Carl Froch has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The SHOWTIME® telecast will air LIVE at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The announcement was [...]

Boxing makes long-awaited return to Rhode Island with stacked lineup PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Sept. 27, 2011) – For the first time in almost a year, Rhode Island’s hub for combat sports, the famed Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, will host live professional boxing as Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, Inc., presents “Rhode Warriors” on [...]

By Eric Thomas: A fight between WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez is under discussion. However, the fighters and their promoters are at a sticking point over what weight that the mega fight will take place.

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 Ko’s) says he’s since forgotten about his 4th round knockout win over Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s), but Ortiz and his promoter Oscar De La Hoya won’t let it go and keep talking.

By William Mackay: Responding to a twitter post from IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan where Khan pointed out that Maidana has rarely been fighting top 10 guys for the past couple of years, Marcos Maidana responded back with his views on the guys that Khan has been fighting as of late, saying “See some [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Not surprisingly, tickets are reportedly not selling for this Saturday’s match-up between World Boxing Council (WBC) Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) vs. British fighter Darren Barker (23-0, 14 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

World Boxing Council (WBC) Super-Middleweight Champion Emeritus Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KOs) opened his gym for the media on Tuesday afternoon in Copenhagen. On November 5, the Viking Warrior will challenge WBO Super-Middleweight Champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KOs) at renowned PARKEN Stadium in Denmark´s capital. Kessler worked the pads with trainer Jimmy Montoya and [...]

To assist with the training for his upcoming World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight championship of the world against reigning champ Andre Ward, Carl Froch has brought in top middleweight prospect Richard Pierson as a sparring partner.