Archive for October, 2011

By Jason Kim: You couldn’t find a more perfect opponent for junior middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (20-1, 17 KO’s) than the rusty shaky-chinned all out brawler James Kirkland (29-1, 26 KO’s), who Angulo will be fighting on November 5th in his home country of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

By Chris Williams: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – In a sign that he may have a tin ear for what boxing fans want to see, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to move his fighter Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) up to the super bantamweight division where Arum wants Donaire to spend the better part [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – Although WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) weighed in at 116 lbs for his fight against super flyweight Omar Narvaez (35-1-2, 19 KO’s) last Saturday night at the MSG – WaMu Theater, New York, New York, Donaire may have weighed in as much as 130 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The understanding is that 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s) injured his left shoulder when he slid off the back of Chad Dawson in the 2nd round of their fight last week on October 15th. When Hopkins injured his shoulder the referee ruled the fight a 2nd round [...]

By Dave Lahr: Well, I just finished watching Pacquiao-Marquez 24/7 episode one and must say it’s one of the most wasteful episodes I’ve ever seen before. It reminded me of a student paper thrown together with a lot of filler to get to a certain word length.

By Dan Ambrose: In yet another mismatch involving WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KO’s) picking from the very bottom of the World Boxing Organization rankings to defend his title against instead of going after his number #1 contender, Huck stopped a completely out-gunned Rogelio Omar Rossi (17-3-1, 11 KO’s) in the 6th round [...]

The GB Boxing women’s squad is celebrating its best ever medal haul at the European Championships after a spectacular final day of competition in Rotterdam. At one of three Olympic weight categories, Nicola Adams became the first British woman to win a major boxing title, taking gold at the championships with a 15:8 victory over [...]

PANAMA CITY, Panama (Oct. 23, 2011) -Undefeated Puerto Rican boxer Thomas Dulorme improved his record to (13-0, 10 KO’s) with a dominating, nine-round unanimous decision last night against world title contender Charlie Jose Navarro (20-5, 15 KO’s), at Roberto Duran Arena in Panama. The judges scored the bout 89-81, 89-81 and 90-80, all in favor [...]

Report by Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: On Friday night, at the excellent Francis and George Warren’s Queensberry Promotions event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, the pack house were treated to a great night of pugilistic action. The slickly produced show had it all, world class boxing, a knockout, oodles of drama and the dethroning [...]

Baltimore, MD (October 23, 2011) – Jake Smith’s Baltimore Boxing Promotions will host a special charity card “Boxing For Boobs” Friday, November 11 at the Du Burns Arena in Baltimore. Tickets to “Boxing for Boobs” are available on Baltimoreboxing.com or by calling 410-375-9175 or 443-848-6059.

World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (34-1, 25 KOs) made a successful eighth defence of his title in Ludwigsburg, Germany on Saturday night, knocking out Rogelio Rossi (17-3-1, 11 KOs) with a big right to the head in the sixth round. The brave Argentinian challenger was down and out but regained consciousness [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (OCTOBER 22, 2011)-Raymond Serrano remained perfect as he scored an exciting ten round unanimous decision over Angel Rios at the Tropicana Casino & Resort.

By Chris Williams: Featherweights Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez have nothing to worry about in facing WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) some day when Donaire eventually moves up in weight to the featherweight division, if his promoter will let him that is. Donaire looked completely slow, lethargic and sloppy in defeating [...]

By William Mackay: Light welterweight contender Breidis Prescott (24-3, 19 KO’s) is in a crucial fight for him on November 12th against unbeaten IBF light welterweight Latino champion Mike Alvarado (31-0, 22 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Team USA’s Queen Underwood Loses Tiebreaker at the 2011 Pan American Games (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) hoped to turn the tide for her U.S. team on Saturday night at the Pan American Games, but lost her opening bout on a tiebreaker decision in Guadalajara. The 2010 World Championships bronze medalist [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Ricky Hatton said on Sky Sports Ringside that a possible announcement could be made in the next week for a world title fight for his brother welterweight contender Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KO’s). Ricky won’t say who exactly the champion will be but it doesn’t take a genius to surmise that it [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a battle of decent but badly flawed domestic level fighters Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KO’s) and British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) on November 5th, the 29-year-old Smith is single-mindedly determined to beat Groves and revive his sagging career while at the same time capturing a [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for welterweight contender Kell Brook (25-0, 17 KO’s), sees him fighting for a world title at the end of March 2012 next year. Hearn isn’t saying who the champion will be other than saying it’s going to be a popular fighter.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has reportedly purchased an expensive $225,000 458 Italia, 570 horsepower 4.5 liter V8 in the United States while getting ready for his November 12th fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, according to the Manila Bulletin.

By Dan Ambrose: 29-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) is talking about wanting to take two tune-up fights against what will likely be very soft opposition before facing either the winner of Carl Froch vs. Andre Ward or Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson in 2012.

Unbeaten World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KOs) will make a first defence of his title on December 3 when he takes on Cedric “The Boz” Boswell (35-1, 26 KOs) at Helsinki´s renowned Hartwall Areena. In the co-featured main event, WBA/WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius (16-0, 11 [...]

By Chris Williams: If I was Bob Arum I’d start with the tough love for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire already. Despite the money that Arum has put into trying to make Donaire a PPV star, Donaire still remains pretty much an unknown fighter in the eyes of many casual boxing fans.

By Scott Gilfoid: British super bantamweight champion Jason Booth’s problems continued tonight in losing his British title to undefeated Scott Quigg (23-0, 16 KO’s) by a 7th round retirement at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England.

October 22nd IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION *The Irish squad are due to arrive home via Dublin Airport (Terminal 2) at 9.20pm tomorrow (Sunday October 23rd). All media are invited to attend Sunday’s homecoming.* Visit www.iaba.ie

By Jim Dower: WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KO’s stopped a badly overmatched #15 ranked WBO contender Rogelio Rossi (17-3-1, 11 KO’s) by a 6th round TKO on Saturday night at the Arena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: The old WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns has decided to move up in weight rather than face the talented Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KO’s) on November 26th and likely take a royal beating.

By Chris Williams: Photo: Sumio Yamada – WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) will dip into the super flyweight division to defend his title against 36-year-old Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KO’s) at the MSG-WaMu theater in New York, New York.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is targeting 46-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KO’s) for 2012 rather than the guy that was handling Hopkins recently, Chad Dawson.

By Allen Fox: Formerly unbeaten middleweight contender David Lemieux (25-1, 24 KO’s) will be taking on 35-year-old former WBA junior middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-2-1, 19 KO’s) on December 10th at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

ATLANTIC CITY (October 22, 2011)-He has always been known as one of the most exciting Heavyweights in the world due to his never say die attitude but now Vinny Maddalone wants his shot. Maddalone (33-7, 24 KO’s), who fights Mike Sheppard (20-12-1, 9 KO’s) tonight at the Tropicana Casino & Resort knows that he could [...]