Archive for October, 2011

It was very sad for me the last week as among other matters, a page – of the many that I have in my life – was touched by the passing away of a close friend and one of the best Latin-American boxing mentors and trainers, Amilcar Brusa from Argentina, with whom I spent many [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Once beaten junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) puts his #2 ranking by the World Boxing Council on the line this Saturday night against the formerly highly hyped slugger James Kirkland (29-1, 26 KO’s) at the Centro de Cancun in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

By Glen Anglin: I can’t stop thinking about the upcoming Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao match. We boxing fans are lucky to see such a show: Two similar sized, well matched, top-shelf fighters pitted against one another. One way to attempt to see into the future and predict the possible outcome of the match is to [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In an ongoing war of words between “regular” World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (16-0, 11 KO’s) Fury today fired back at Alexander’s assertion that he is ducking Povetkin.

LOS ANGELES (October 31, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (25-0, 19 KOs) breaks his Los Angeles training camp Wednesday to depart for Cancun, not for a vacation but to fight live on HBO for the first time, Saturday night against Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan (19-1, 10 KOs) in Cancun, Mexico.

PATERSON, NJ (October 31, 2011)—This past Friday night, Middleweight Ossie Duran took on undefeated Brandon Gonzales in the nationally televised main event on Sho Box: The New Generation. The fight, which took place in Duran’s home state of New Jersey, was a good fight with both combatants fighting hard.

Orange, CA (October 31, 2011) – Thompson Boxing Promotions returns for the final “New Blood” edition of 2011 this Friday, November 4th at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California. Super Bantamweight Efrain Esquivias (14-0, 9 KOs) returns to the ring to face what promises to be his toughest fight to date.

By Gerardo Granados: There have been many great boxing trainers such as Ray Arcel, Emmanuel Steward, Lou Duva, Cus D´Amato and Eddie Futch, just to mention a few of the most recognized. But who would you pick to be your trainer between Ignacio Beristain and Freddie Roach? I believe it would not be a hard [...]

By Chris Williams: Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s), wonders how the 38-year-old Marquez has suddenly put on a great deal of muscle. If you look at how big Marquez is has gotten in the first two episodes of the Pacquiao-Marquez 24/7 series, he does [...]

By Kasim Aslam: The world of boxing is at an exciting stage. Talented fighters and fierce encounters run through every division today (Apart from the heavyweight division) which entertain millions of fans across the world. Out of the hundreds of fighters that are trying to make a name for themselves three stand out as clear [...]

Live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (Oct. 31, 2011) – Rising Canadian junior welterweight star Pier-Olivier Côté will take on Jorge Luis Teron in a 12-round co-featured bout on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Nov. 5, from the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, live on SHOWTIME® [...]

MEDFORD, Mass. (October 31, 2011) – Two-time World Boxing Association (“WBA”) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz is the subject of a bi-lingual, children’s book, Hooks & Jabs, which was written by Jose-Gabriel Almeida and illustrated by Jan Michaelsy.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) has had to wait a little while longer for his Super Six tournament finals bout against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) after Ward suffered a cut during sparring.

By Scott Gilfoid: Michael Katsidis (28-4 23 KO’s) will be facing one of the lightest hitting fighters that he’s been up against in years when he takes on former WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KOs) this Saturday night at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, London. On the line for the fight will [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) is leaving the door cracked open just a bit, when it comes to a possible return to the ring. “The Hayemaker” announced to the world on his 31st birthday on October 13 that he was hanging up his [...]

By Babatis Banda: It is common knowledge and a fact that Floyd is one of the great cash cows of boxing ever. We also know that he is central to the success of ‘HBO 24/7 hype series’ since its invention. Floyd has taken the business side of boxing to a whole new level and the [...]

DENTON VASSELL’S camp insist they will give Lee Purdy a rematch and beat him for the second time. Vassell was named as mandatory contender for Purdy’s British title, but the Manchester banker decided to make a Commonwealth title defence instead of facing his old rival. The 27-year-old will make the second defence of his crown [...]

London (31, October, 2011) After reading yesterday’s reports from Sauerland Events regarding comments made about World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury would like to set the record straight.

Lee Selby is confident he can come through his impending British and Commonwealth Featherweight title defence with John Simpson and start to look forward to challenging for European honours.

Steve Bunce’s has lined up another top show with guests for his Boxing Hour on BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456) tonight:

Brit Basher Michael Katsidis has teamed up with former victim Graham Earl ahead of his Interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Lightweight title clash with Ricky Burns at the Wembley Arena this Saturday night.

Atlanta Corporate Fight Night (ACFN3) is this Thursday November 3, 2011 and in addition to the corporate fighters who participate to raise money for the Atlanta based national charity “Stand Up For Kids,” this black tie evening plays host to the first-ever reunion of the legendary 1984 Olympic boxing team, regarded as the strongest Olympic [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) remains the heavy favorite to defeat WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO’s) with just two weeks to go before their much anticipated Trilogy. “Pacman” and “El Dinamita” will settle the score once and for all on [...]

By Chris Williams: After seeing both of the first two episodes of Pacquiao-Marquez 24/7 on HBO, I have to say that Marquez is clearly looking like the bigger and stronger fighter compared to the smallish Pacquiao.

CHESTER, PA (October 30, 2011)—This past Friday night, World Boxing Council (WBC) #14 ranked Heavyweight in the world Franklin “Yah Yah” Lawrence dropped Raymond Ocheing three times in just over one round to score a second round stoppage in the main event of a card promoted by Joey Eye Boxing Promotions.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: November 12 in Las Vegas MGM will be a nervous day for both fighters despite the show of force and muscles during open-media workouts and notwithstanding the “bravado” pronouncements coming from their respective trainers.

CORK, Ireland (October 30, 20011) – One of the hottest prospects in boxing, light welterweight phenom Levan ‘The Wolf’ Ghvamichava, tore apart former European and Italian champion Giuseppe “The End” Lauri (52-9, 31 KOs) en route to a second-round victory by technical knockout last Friday night in front of an excited, packed crowd at Wishaw, [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (31-0, 19 KO’s) pounded out a dull 10 round unanimous decision over former welterweight contender Richard Gutierrez (26-8-1, 16 KO’s) on Saturday night at the WinStar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.

By Scott Gilfoid: As it turns out Frankie Gavin (11-0, 8 KO’s) may have done the wise thing by pulling out of his fight with Frank Horta (27-8-5, 10 KO’s) last Friday night because I think Horta would have beaten him. Horta, 31, looked great in defeating his Irish replacement opponent Dean Byrne (15-1, 6 [...]

London, England (October 30, 2011) – Pound-for-pound King Manny Pacquiao has vowed to make his Nov 12 clash with Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez an enthralling toe-to-toe scrap, when they clash live on Primetime (Channel 480 on Sky).