Archive for October, 2011

Following the incredible response to his latest event, held at the Coronet Theatre in London’s Elephant and Castle, promoter Mickey Helliet has inked a deal which will mean the next installment of his ‘Hellraiser Fight Night’ series will be screened live across Europe. European TV giants Eurosport are the latest to join Helliet’s growing army [...]

MEXICO CITY, October 26 – Just one day after formally announcing Adrien Broner’s first world title fight against Vicente Rodriguez for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight title on November 26 from the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, Golden Boy Promotions and Canelo Promotions are pleased to add another treat for fight fans [...]

LOS ANGELES, October 26 – Halloween will be celebrated early this year when Los Angeles’ top boxing prospects do battle at “Fright Night Club,” tomorrow night at L.A. LIVE’s Club Nokia. Fans will be treated to a five-fight event that features the area’s top undefeated talent along with tomorrow’s rising stars making professional debuts during [...]

On NOVEMBER 26th, WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin will defend his title against Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion in Trabzon, Turkey. Today Aydin weighed in at 157.6 lbs. / 71.5 kg easily making the required limit of no more than 10 percent over the official limit (147 lbs.)

Hall of Fame coach and living legend Emanuel Steward is the new head coach of fast rising Cuban superstar Yuriorkis „El Ciclon“ Gamboa. Promoter Ahmet Oner sealed the deal with Steward at the WBO convention in Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

Don’t Miss Big-Time Boxing’s Return To Washington, DC When Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Amir Khan Meets DC’s Own Lamont Peterson At The Walter E. Washington Convention Center On December 10 Washington, DC (October 26)…Tickets for “Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson” go on sale Friday, Oct. 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Big-time boxing’s return to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) is reportedly back with his old trainer Joe Gallagher after a brief bit of time away from him. However, it likely won’t matter for Murray’s next fight who’s working as his trainer because Murray is really up against it in his December 3rd fight against WBA World [...]

Neighborhood rivalries once made Philadelphia a great fight town. Why can’t we return to those days? When junior middleweights Derek Ennis and Gabriel Rosado met July 30, 2010, at the Asylum Arena, it marked the last all-Philadelphia showdown in a major fight. Each fighter brought a strong fan base which added to the intensity of [...]

By Chris Williams: Through his two fights with Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez has noticed that Pacquiao does well as long as you don’t put pressure on him and attack him. But when you throw a lot of punches and are constantly coming forward, Pacquiao struggles.

Li Wen Yang made Chinese Boxing History on Tuesday (October 25) when he became the countries first ever male professional world champion. Yang won the vacant Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) World Light Welterweight title with a hard fought, but clear, unanimous decision over Thailand’s Rachamongkol Kokietgym.

By Allen Fox: Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) reportedly underwent successful finger surgery on his right hand and will now begin his rehabilitation period. Kessler will be facing WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz in March or April depending on how well Kessler’s finger responds during the rehab period.

By Dan Ambrose: The November 4th fight between 43-year-old James Toney (73-6-3, 44 KO’s) and Russian Denis Lebedev (22-1, 17 KO’s) will have the interim WBA cruiserweight title on the line in their fight at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight champion Lucian “Mister KO” Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will continue to work on building his legacy when he takes on the ageless 42 year old former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: I’m sure promoter Frank Warren must have been chanting ‘Remember, Remember the Fifth of November’ as he was planning his upcoming triple Championship headed ‘Gladiators’ show, which will take place at Wembley Arena on Guy Fawkes Night and shown live on BoxNation (Sky platform 456).

Choi Tseveenpurev is one of the favourites for Saturday night’s Prizefighter Featherweight tournament live on Sky Sports – but two of his rivals believe he is too old to lift the trophy.

TORONTO (Oct. 26, 2011) – Hometown hero Logan Cotton McGuinness knocked out former world title challenger Benoit Gaudet in the 11th round last Saturday night in the main event on a provincial rivalry card, pitting Ontario and Quebec fighters against each other in a statement showdown, to capture the vacant North American Boxing Association (“NABA”) [...]

HATTON Promotions have showed their ambition again by signing unbeaten prospects Craig Bunn and Kallum De’ath to promotional agreements. The Manchester pair have decided to return to the professional ranks and will be trained by Joe Pennington.

By Eric Thomas: After Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) could fight the winner of the Super Six finals bout between Carl Froch and Andre Ward next year in Denmark if Kessler’s promotional company Sauerland gets their way. They want Kessler to fight the Ward-Froch winner in Parken, Denmark in 2012.

Former three-time world champion in two different divisions and Worcester, MA’s own “El Gallo” Jose Antonio Rivera (41-6-1, 24 KOs) is ready to step up into some big fights in 2012. This announced in a press release on Wednesday by Ten Count Media, Rivera’s publicist.

By Chris Williams: Trainer Freddie Roach is really excited about his fighter Manny Pacquiao’s footwork in the gym and thinks that he’ll easily beat Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12th. For some odd reason, Roach actually thinks Pacquiao’s ring movements have gotten better rather than worse.

By Scott Gilfoid: Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KO’s) takes a step down in competition on November 5th in his fight against Scotland’s Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KO’s) in a fight for the interim WBO lightweight title at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England.

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: Heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell, World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Champ Rico Ramos, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion Austin Trout, and IBF Heavyweight contender Tony Thompson.

NEW YORK (Oct. 25, 2011) – With a shot at the biggest fight in Super Middleweight history on the line, undefeated superstar and International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute will make the ninth defense of his 168-pound title against ageless former light heavyweight champion Glen “The Road Warrior’’ Johnson on Saturday, Nov. [...]

NEW YORK (October 25, 2011) – Undefeated middleweight prospect DonYil Livingston, whose cousin is world super middleweight champion Andre Ward, is making up for lost time.

Baltic Boxing Union (BBU), a regional sanctioning body for 12 Baltic area countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) and their boxers, has been more than active at the change of September and October. Three BBU title fights took place in three different countries within just three weeks.

Los Angeles (Tuesday, Oct 25th) Newly crowned NABO Super Featherweight ‘Fighter Of The Year” and undefeated NABO champ Eloy ‘The Prince’ Perez, is dedicating his Friday, Oct 28th clash against Ira Terry live on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” to all the women and their families who have had to battle breast cancer, and to honor [...]

CHICAGO, IL (October 25, 2011) Former Notre Dame Boxing Champion and current undefeated professional Mike Lee will return to battle on Saturday, December 3rd at Madison Square Garden, “The Mecca of Boxing” in New York City.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 22, 2011) — Santa Anita Park and Top Rank Boxing have announced that Juan Manuel Marquez, who is readying for a title fight with world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will stage a sparring exhibition at Santa Anita Park on Breeders’ Cup Classic [...]

North Bergen, NJ (October 25, 2011) -Tickets for “November Reign” at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., which is headlined by the WBC International heavyweight title match between undefeated champion Mariusz Wach against former world champ Oliver McCall, are nearly sold out. Previously closed sections are being opened up to accomodate more fans to [...]

By Dan Henderson: David Haye has always claimed he would retire on his 31st birthday and he kept his word and retired but the question on a lot of peoples lips is will David Haye’s ego allow him to stay retired?