Archive for October, 2011

ATLANTIC CITY (October 18, 2011) – Undefeated NABO middleweight champion Patrick Majewski is ready to take his next step towards a world title on November 5, when he faces hard-hitting Dionisio Miranda at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., with the vacant NABF middleweight title at stake.

GARY BUCKLAND will make the first defence of his British super-featherweight title against Paul Truscott at Newport Centre on Saturday November 26. It has meant an immediate return to the gym for Hatton Promotions’ Cardiff sensation who took the title from Gary Sykes in a Fight of the Year candidate last month.

Wildwood, NJ—Fighting in a 20-foot boxing ring may seem a rough way to make a living, but after what Chuck Mussachio has been through this year, it may seem like a piece of cake. It’s been a rough 2011 for the 32-year-old college grad-turned teacher-turned bartender, who challenges Garrett Wilson, of Philadelphia, PA, for Wilson’s [...]

Fighting for the first time under the Main Events banner, Joselito Collado (12-0, 3 KO’s) of Jamaica, Queens, NY, will take on undefeated Casey Ramos, (14-0, 4 KO’s) of Austin, TX, on October 29th in an 8 round Super Featherweight bout at Win Star World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The fight will open the live [...]

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS October 18, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (Oct. 18, 2011) – Undefeated welterweight Thomas Dulorme (12-0, 10 KOs) and hard-hitting super lightweight Kenny Galarza (15-1, 14KO’s) departed yesterday for Panama and their respective fights there this Saturday night (Oct. 22) at the World Boxing Association (“WBA”) KO to Drugs card.

By Jason Kim: Bernard Hopkins says he plans on continuing his boxing career despite his poor showing in his 2nd round TKO loss to Chad Dawson last Saturday night. Although the fight ended prematurely when the 46-year-old Hopkins jumped on Dawson’s back and injured himself after Dawson shucked him off, Hopkins still looked old in [...]

NEW YORK (Oct. 17, 2011) – It’s not difficult to root for a guy like world-ranked super middleweight Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (19-0, 14 KOs), of Worchester, Mass., who faces fellow unbeaten Will “Power” Rosinsky (14-0, 8 KOs) of Ozone Park, N.Y., in the 10-round main event of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, Oct. [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): HBO’s Sports new executive Ken Hershman has his work cut out for him when he assumes control of the cable giants Boxing program early next year. Hershman succeeds Ross Greenburg who resigned earlier in the year. HBO’s Boxing division has seen an ongoing decline during Greenburg’s time at the helm.

Witness all the drama surrounding WBA Super Middleweight champion Andre Ward and his sparring injury that forced the postponement of the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final. Click below to view this exclusive FIGHT CAMP 360° Bonus Feature which captures Ward in his gym in Oakland and joins the champ on his urgent trip to [...]

Tickets Are On Sale NOW at all Ticketmaster Locations Dec. 3, 2011, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., LIVE on SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 17, 2011) – IBF and WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and former two-time IBF Bantamweight World Champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko were the principals at a widely attended press [...]

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Katie Taylor and Sinead Kavanagh opened their European Championships accounts with impressive wins in Rotterdam, Holland today.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS October 17, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

Mashantucket, CT/New York, NY – (10/17/2011) – Friday October 21st, DiBella Entertainment will present “Octoberfist: Fight Night Done Right”, an exciting doubleheader on ShoBox:The New Generation, from the beautiful MGM Grand at Foxwoods. The event will be co-headlined by a sizzling super middleweight showdown between Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (19-0, 14KO’s) and Will “Power” Rosinsky [...]

ATLANTIC CITY (October 17, 2011)-This Saturday night two members of the Star Boxing stable will be on display as Welterweight Shamone Alvarez & Super Middleweight Jason Escalera will be featured as part of a big night of boxing at the Tropicana Casino & Resort.

By Byron Wallin: I have been reading articles from this very site in sheer disbelief since the early hours of Sunday morning here in the UK.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The 2011 Pan American Games are have opened competition in Guadalajara, Mexico and boxing action will kick off on just a few days. Team USA is traveling south to Mexico today to undergo final preparations on site and will open the action on Friday at the Expo Guadalajara Arena.

By Scott Gilfoid: In his first defense of his newly won EBU super middleweight title James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) will reportedly be facing former WBC super middleweight champion Cristian Sanavia (36-5-1, 13 KO’s) in a mandatory title defense.

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Commonwealth champion Tyson Fury (16-0, 11 KO’s) will be taking on another second tier heavyweight when he faces Canadian champion Neven Pajkic (16-0, 5 KO’s) on November 12th at the Event City, Trafford Park, Manchester, Lancashire.

By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew (16-1, 10 KO’s) believes he should have been given the decision in his fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

Matchroom Sport’s hugely popular Prizefighter series returns to the Capital’s home of boxing, the famous York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Saturday 29th October. This time it’s the Featherweights that will get to compete for the coveted Prizefighter trophy and the £32,000 top prize.

Promoter Lou DiBella recently told that Ring Magazine middleweight champion Sergio Martinez will come to Moscow to fight with World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight titleholder Dmitry Pirog only for $5-6 millions. DiBella believes that Pirog doesn’t have a big name and this fight isn’t marketable.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya has been tinkering with the idea of making a return to the ring. And while Oscar making a comeback may seem irrational at the age of 38 and having been out of boxing since 2008, what is there about boxing these days that is [...]

NEW YORK, (October 17, 2011) – The Pride of the Philippines, World Bantamweight Champion and Top-Five pound for pound fighter NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE (26-1, 18 KO’s) will be honored by the Filipino School of New York and New Jersey as part of Filipino American History Month TODAY! October 17, at 4 p.m. ET, [...]

London (17 October) Tyson Fury, the current unbeaten British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion is thrilled to be fighting in his native home town of Manchester on November 12 for the first time in his glittering career.

TORONTO (Oct. 17, 2011) – The co-feature between unbeaten Colombian welterweight Samuel Vargas (7-0-1, 1 KO) and outspoken Ahmad Cheikho (6-3-2, 5 KOs), despite neither being natives of Canada, perhaps, best illustrates the provincial rivalry theme between Toronto and Quebec for the October 22 show, headlined by the NABA super featherweight title fight pitting Logan [...]

On Friday October 21 at the Brandenburg Halle in Frankfurt, Germany, undefeated World Boxing Federation (WBF) Women’s World Middleweight Champion Christina Hammer (10-0, 7 KOs) will defend her title against American Vashon Living (5-1, 1 KO).

By Jason Kim: Starting on Monday, Golden Boy Promotions will start the wheel churning to try and get Bernard Hopkins’ WBC light heavyweight title back Chad Dawson by appealing to the WBC and the California Athletic Commission.

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) is reportedly in negotiations to defend his title against 42-year-old number #14 ranked WBA contender Cedric Boswell (35-1, 26 KO’s) on December 3rd in Germany.

One of the UK’s most popular Cruiserweight Champions of the recent past, Bruce ‘Lionheart’ Scott, becomes the latest big name to pledge support for Steatham’s Leon ‘Solid’ Williams, ahead of his British Cruiserweight title battle against reigning Champ Rob Norton at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, this coming Friday.