Archive for October, 2011

Mashantucket, CT/New York, NY – (10/19/2011) – This Friday, October 21st, Queens, New York-native Will “Power” Rosinsky (14-0, 8KO’s) will step into the national spotlight and look to put his name amongst boxing’s most promising up-and-coming prospects when he takes on highly regarded and top-rated Super Middleweight contender Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (19-0, 14KO’s). Rodriguez-Rosinsky [...]

Manchester prospect hopes York Hall show will put him on the map Rhys Roberts says that beating Choi in the final of the Prizefighter Featherweights tournament live on Sky Sports 1 and HD1 on Saturday 29 October will put him on the boxing map in Britain.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS October 19, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By Jason Kim: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins is no longer satisfied with trying to have his fight from last weekend against Chad Dawson changed from a 2nd round TKO loss to a no contest.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – (October 19, 2011) Grind 2 Def Entertainment proudly announces the signing of an exclusive worldwide boxing advisor agreement with Cincinnati, Ohio based super middleweight boxer Stephan “The Annointed One” Pryor, 10-3 (7 KOs).

Bizarre Endings The recent light-heavyweight championship fight in Los Angeles, CA, between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson had a bizarre ending, to say the least. The TK0 victory awarded Dawson left a bad taste. To replay the second round: Hopkins leaned on Dawson’s back; Dawson lifted Hopkins and tossed him to the canvas; Hopkins suffered [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) is on the east coast to help promote his Saturday night encounter with Argentina’s Omar “EL Huracan” Narvaez (35-0-2, 23 KO’s). The fight will take place at Madison Square Garden and will be Donaire’s debut fight in New York [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Few boxing fans are giving 39-year-old Jean-Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) much of a chance to beat IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) on December 10th at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

By Allen Fox: 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-8, 40 KO’s) will be facing Max Alexander (14-5-2, 2 KO’s) on December 10th in a comeback fight for Jones at the AmericasMart Bldg 3, Atlanta, Georgia. Jones has lost his last three fight with two of them by knockout.

By Jason Kim: 43-year-old James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) will be departing for Moscow, Russia on Wednesday to get their early to get ready for his November 4th fight against cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) in their fight at the Khodynka Ice Palace, Moscow, Russia.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is convinced that there will never be another fighter as great as WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. Roach talks of Pacquiao’s accomplishments of winning eight world titles as part of the reasons why he sees the Filipino guy never being matched by fighter in the this lifetime.

James “Lights Out” Toney will depart for Moscow, Russia, this Wednesday, October 19, in advance of his meeting with World Boxing Association (WBA) #1 cruiserweight contender Denis Ledbedev at the Khodynka Ice Palace on November 4.

The First-Ever U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing Participants are Announced (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The sport of women’s boxing will make its Olympic debut at the 2012 Olympic Games and the 24 American women who will vie for a spot in London have been determined after six months of qualifying tournaments. Eight women [...]

Mashantucket, CT/New York, NY – (10/18/2011) – This Friday, October 21, Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (19-0, 14KO’s) headlines the DiBella Entertainment “Octoberfist: Fight Night Done Right” cardfrom the beautiful MGM Grand at Foxwoods against fellow undefeated super middleweight prospect, Will “Power” Rosinsky (14-0, 8KO’s). The bout will be televised on ShoBox: The New Generation, live [...]

By Chris Williams: This Saturday night HBO will air the first Pacquiao/Marquez 24/7 episode #1 on October 22nd at 10:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT. This is part of a four episode series to hype the fight so that it can bring in big pay per view number.

UNBEATEN FIDEL MALDONADO SET TO HEADLINE AGAINST ERICK CRUZ AT THE PHARR EVENTS CENTER IN PHARR, TEXAS THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” To Televise LOS ANGELES(October 18) – This Friday, Oct 21, Golden Boy Promotions and Cavazos Boxing return to the Rio Grande Valley with an event featuring one of the top [...]

By Eric Thomas: A fight between EBU heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (32-1, 21 KO’s) and unbeaten heavyweight contender Robert Helenius (16-0, 11 KO’s) is rumored to be in the works for the December 3rd undercard of the title fight between WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin and 42-year-old challenger Cedric Boswell in Helsinki, Finland.

Tuesday, October 18th (Los Angeles)-Back by popular demand and fresh off a monster 2nd round KO victory over Daniel Jimenez, undefeated 22-0, 6KO’s NABO Super Featherweight Champ Eloy “The Prince” Perez, steps into the ring once again to defend his title against Ira Terry 24-6, 14KO’s of Memphis, TN, on October 28th at Sherwood Hall, [...]

Rogelio Rossi slept through today´s press training after his arrival in Germany was delayed for more than 24 hours. A volcanic ash cloud had grounded his original flight out of Buenos Aires, and it was not before Tuesday morning that Rossi (17-2-1, 11 KOs) eventually made it to Stuttgart airport. Instead of participating in the [...]

HBO SPORTS’ 24/7 PACQUIAO/MARQUEZ, A FOUR-EPISODE, ALL-ACCESS SERIES LEADING UP TO THE PAY-PER-VIEW SHOWDOWN AT THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS, DEBUTS OCT. 22, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins may get his WBC title back after the World Boxing Council finishes their review of Hopkins’ 2nd round TKO loss to Chad Dawson last Saturday night. The outcome of that fight will probably be overturned and changed to a no contest; in which case Hopkins will keep his WBC [...]

After last Friday’s controversial heavyweight night in Obertraubling (Germany) the protagonists – just like most mans – look back on the fights with mixed feelings. While Alexander Petkovic cannot be happy with his lousy performance and bad acting which brought him an undeserved DQ win over Cisse Salif, the new IBF intercontinental champion Konstantin Airich [...]

Former world champion Carlos “El Indio” Quintana will face hard puncher prospect Jorge “Destroyer” Melendez next October 29 at the Coliseo Mario “Quijote” Morales in Guaynabo, where former two time champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon will fight Raul “Rayito” Garcia for the interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimum title in a PR Best Boxing Promotions [...]

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) says he still intends on fighting IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in the future but that he’s going to have to wait for Bradley to face bigger tests. Right now, Khan is small time stuff compared to the money fight that Bradley [...]

October 18th IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Katie Taylor and Ceire Smith advanced to the quarter-finals of the 8th Women’s European Championships following comprehensive – and dramatic – wins in Rotterdam today.

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: The new World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight Champion “Bad” Chad Dawson, former Light Heavyweight lineal Champ Glencoffe Johnson, and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Heavyweight Contender Fast Eddie Chambers.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) thinks that WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will continue to make excuses to avoid fighting WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO’s).

TOTOWA, NJ/ORANGE, CA (October 18, 2011) — Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions have teamed-up again, forming Team Colombia, which includes the recent signings of world-rated featherweight Daulis Prescott and 2008 Colombian Olympian Jhonatan “Momo” Romero.

By Gerardo Granados: One of the greatest fighters of all times, one who was feared, one of the meanest and bravest who ever laced a pair of gloves turns fifty three years old today.

By Byron Wallin: Having fallen in love with boxing at a young age, it is with great regret and sadness that this writer finds himself composing this article.