Archive for October, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: Now that the smoke has cleared in the fight between Antonio DeMarco (26-2-1, 19 KO’s) and Jorge Linares after DeMarco came from behind to stop Linares in the 11th round, Erik Morales (52-7, 36 KO’s) now knows who his target will be for 2012.

By Scott Gilfoid: After struggling badly to beat his number #13 ranked contender Tony Bellew last Saturday night by a 12 round majority decision, WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is now targeting the WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) for his next fight.

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) makes what will likely be his first and last title defense of his WBC/WBO belts this Saturday night against the 5’3″ Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KO’s) at the WaMu Theatwer in New York, New York.

Perhaps the next boxing sensation to emerge from St. Louis, light welterweight Keandre Gibson has signed on with manager Repo Ric and world renowned promotional company Top Rank. Gibson, fresh off an impressive nationally televised victory in August, will make his Top Rank debut on October 29th at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is unfortunate that the only perception and memory most boxing fans have of Jess Willard was that the massively huge heavyweight champion was the victim of the most savage beating ever endured by a prize fighter in the ring.

By Dan Ambrose: There’s been a lot of fallout from Saturday’s fight between WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson and a lot of boxing fans still think Hopkins opted to quit in the 2nd round after he slid off the back of Dawson. Winky Wright, who helped train Dawson, thinks Hopkins quit.

By Eric Thomas: In hindsight, it might have been a big mistake for the promoters to make the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson fight a pay per view bout instead of waiting until HBO had an open schedule to put the fight on regular cable.

By William Mackay: If Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) wants to increase his chances of beating IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) on December 10th, he needs to study hard to blueprints that Breidis Prescott and Marcos Maidana used in their fights with Khan in the past.

By Dan Ambrose: A lot of boxing fans have forgotten about the beatings that Miguel Cotto took in fights against Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley, Joshua Clottey and Manny Pacquiao. That’s partly because Cotto’s promoter Bob Arum has kept Cotto protected as of late, putting him Miguel with the weak punching Yuri Foreman so that Cotto [...]

By William Mackay: Having no luck in getting Ricky Burns, the former WBO super featherweight champion, to fight him on November 26th, undefeated American Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KO’s) will now be fighting number #6 ranked WBO contender Vicente Martin Rodriguez (34-2-1, 19 KO’s) on 10/26 on the undercard of the Kermit Cintron vs. WBC [...]

By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions, the promoters for 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins, are fighting to get 46-year-old Hopkins’ WBC light heavyweight title back outside of the ring by appealing his loss to Chad Dawson to the World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman. If Golden Boy succeeds, Hopkins will get his title back without having to [...]

By Jim Dower: Former Youtube star Kimbo Slice (2-0, 2 KO’s) picked up his second win of his career on Saturday night in stopping Tay Bledsoe (2-4) in the 1st round at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. Slice, 37, landed a huge sweeping right hand that connected to a trapped Bledsoe, sending [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: When you say red when it is blue, that’s miserable. But when you answer three when one is added to one, that’s hopeless. The former is caused by poor sight or blindness, while the latter’s problem is in the brain.

By Allen Fox: It’s been three years since Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) last fought and he looked terrible in getting taken out in the 8th round by Manny Pacquiao in 2008. De La Hoya retired after that one-sided loss. However, after three years of retirement, De La Hoya is saying he wants [...]

NEW YORK, NY (October 16, 2011) – Screenwriter Will Evan will be the special guest speaker Tuesday evening (Oct. 18) for RING 8’s monthly meeting (7 PM/ET start) at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.

By Scott Gilfoid: Despite Bernard Hopkin’s 2nd round loss to Chad Dawson last weekend, the management for WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) still want to go ahead with the Cleverly vs. Hopkins fight in 2012.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (October 16, 2011) – The captain of the 1996 U.S. Boxing Team, Lawrence Clay-Bey, will be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) with six others at the seventh annual CBHOF gala induction dinner Saturday, October 29 in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville.

By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) will be facing former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO’s) next, but not in Pascal’s adopted home country of Canada.

By Dan Ambrose: Some of Bernard Hopkins’ fans are unhappy how Hopkins was thrown down and injured by Chad Dawson last night in Hopkins’ second round TKO loss at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dawson had enough of Hopkins and put him down when Hopkins jumped his back.

By Scott Gilfoid: James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) picked up the EBU super middleweight crown last Saturday night with a 12 round majority decision win over champion Piotr Wilczewski (29-2, 10 KO’s) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. I’m mighty disappointed in his performance. I don’t think he deserved the win.

By Dan Henderson: Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham born in Nottingham England is truly regarded as the greatest ever British boxer to never have won a world title he was avoided by many including the likes of Marvin Hagler, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn.

CHICAGO, IL (October 16, 2011) Tickets are now on sale as ‘The Polish Prince” Andrzej Fonfara returns to the boxing ring on Friday, December 16th headlining Windy City Fight Night 20 at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.

By Jason Kim: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins wants his 2nd round TKO loss to Chad Dawson to be changed to a no contest and he may very well get his wish once the fight is reviewed by the World Boxing Council and the California Athletic Commission. The whole picture looked bad. You’ve got an old fighter [...]

By Andrew Bloxham: Turn back the clock six months and fight fans across Britain are talking up the young undefeated duo of Nathan Cleverly and Olympic gold medallist James ‘Chunky’ Degale as the next great hopes from these shores, destined to make a splash on the world stage in the not too distant future.

By William Mackay: James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) defeated European Boxing Union super middleweight champion Piotr Wilczewski (29-2, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night to captured the EBU title at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, England. The judges scored the fight 115-113, 114-114 and 115-113.

By Dan Ambrose: 46-year-old Bernard Hopkins is going to live with his 2nd round knockout loss to Chad Dawson, the new WBC light heavyweight champion because Hopkins won’t be getting a rematch. Hopkins had his chance and looked horrible until falling down after climbing over the back of Dawson and injuring his shoulder.

Tony DeMarco wins WBC lightweight title, dramatic 11th round TKO of Linares LOS ANGELES (Oct. 15, 2011) – Challenger “Bad” Chad” Dawson defeated defending World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring Magazine light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Dawson in Saturday night’s main event on the “Believe It Or Not!: Hopkins vs. Dawson” card, presented by [...]

BJ Flores scored a one sided beatdown over tough as nails Paul Jeanette (11-3) tonight at the Orielly center in Springfield Missourri. Scores were 100-90 by all three judges. Flores was in control from the beginning with a combination of hard body shots and a commanding jab that seemed to hurt Jeanette every time it [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unless the California Athletic Commission or the World Boxing Council opt to overturn the results of Saturday’s victory for Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) over WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s), we will likely be seeing Dawson, the new WBC champion, defend his title against former WBC light heavyweight [...]

Bernard Hopkins has been released from the California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles after being x-rayed and examined by Dr. Sam Thurber, MD who diagnosed Hopkins with a separation of the acromioclavicular (A-C) joint which connects the collar bone and shoulder blade.