Archive for November, 2011

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS November 21, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Ever since the November 12 fight between World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) boxing fans have been asking the question what’s next for Manny Pacquiao?

David Price intends to start 2012 with a world class performance against John McDermott. The big Liverpudlian had to pull out of his November 19th clash with Big Bad McDermott due to an injury sustained during training.

Washington, DC (November 21)…Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell will take the biggest step of his thus far unconventional professional boxing career on Saturday, Dec. 10 against Timur Ibragimov in the co-featured bout to the “Capital Showdown: Khan vs. Peterson” championship fight taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC which will be televised [...]

LONDON, England (November 21, 2011) – Unified World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welterweight world champion Amir ‘King’ Khan has scooped the 2011 British Boxer of the Year gong at the annual awards ceremony held by the British Boxing Board of Control on Sunday.

NEW YORK (Nov. 21, 2011) — Beginning with the return of FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME® will air a bevy of programming in support of The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic between Andre Ward and Carl Froch. The [...]

LOS ANGELES, November 21 – On Friday, November 25, the night before World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez defends his crown against former World Champion Kermit “The Killer” Cintron in a fight that will be televised live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark from Mexico City, AT&T U-Verse®viewers will get the opportunity [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) who faces mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) on December 10 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. is already eyeing up his next opponent. Khan’s fight with Peterson will be his last fight at light welterweight, after which [...]

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The journey that the sport’s pioneers started decades ago will culminate next summer with the Olympic debut of women’s boxing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. The 24 American women vying to compete in the sport’s inaugural Olympic Games will start their own run toward the history books at [...]

CHICAGO, IL (November 21, 2011) Fast rising welterweight prospect Jaime Herrera will make his return to battle on Friday, December 16th at the UIC Pavilion as part of the stacked Windy City Fight Night 20 professional boxing event.

New York, NY – (11/21/2011) – On Friday, January 6th, DiBella Entertainment will kick off the 2012 season of ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights” with what promises to be an action-packed night of boxing, outdoors at Mallory Square, in beautiful Key West, Florida. Headlining the card will be WBC and WBA #9 rated Super Middleweight, Dyah [...]

NEW YORK (November 21, 2011) – Live world championship boxing returns to EPIX (follow @EPIXsports on Twitter for the latest updates on EPIX boxing) when newly-minted undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion ALEXANDER POVETKIN makes his first world title defense, against CEDRIC “The Boz” BOSWELL, Saturday, December 3. Presented by Sauerland Event, the live [...]

World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champ Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs), trainer Virgil Hunter, and promoter Dan Goossen hosted members of the media at King’s Gym in Oakland, CA on Friday to discuss how his training camp has been going in preparation for his upcoming SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic Final and world [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 21 November 2011 – Showboating, KOs, devastating blows, solid defences and all round top quality entertainment would summarise the second week of WSB action. Baku Fires won in Istanbul to make it two wins in two. Dynamo Moscow announced their arrival in devastating fashion and the match-up of the week between Milan and [...]

Top amateur talent Damon Jones has turned professional with promoter Frank Warren.

By Chris Williams:: Oscar De La Hoya is open to putting together a fight between his guy WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at a catch weight of 156 pounds instead of at 154, Alvarez’s weight, or 160, the weight class that Chavez Jr. fights ago.

By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions believes that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is getting in the way of some important fights that could and should be made, such as Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez and Brandon Rios vs. Marcos Maidana.

By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) has an upward climb ahead of him if he’s serious about wanting to take on the best heavyweight in the world in WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) in 2012. Adam Booth, the trainer/manager for Haye, spilled the beans about how Haye [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. doesn’t step up to the plate to fight former World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th, Martinez will be forced to fight a stay busy fight against #4 WBA, #4 WBO ranked Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) while [...]

By William Mackay: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) is reportedly back in training for a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) in March 2012. According to new from the telegraph.co.uk, the Haye-Klitschko fight could officially be announced next month in December in a fight that possibly will [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a card loaded with talent from top to bottom this coming Saturday night, unbeaten super featherweight contender Adrien Broner 21-0, 17 KO’s) will be fighting Vincente Martin Rodriguez (34-2-1, 19 KO’s) in a fight for the vacant WBO super feather weight title at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Melbourne suburb known as Sunshine might be aptly named, but come December 2nd, it’s thunderstorms predicted when Western Showcase III brings professional boxing to town and the world class boxers engaged are set to storm!

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been 8 days since the tactically brilliant but extremely controversial fight between WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-1, 38 KO’s).

By Chris Williams: Roger Mayweather, the trainer and uncle of unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., sees Floyd getting back in the ring in February in February next year. Roger wants Mayweather Jr. to face Pacquiao at that time, but only if Pacquiao takes the test for performance enhancing drugs [PEDS].

By William Mackay: If Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is unable to set up a fight between his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, Chavez Jr. could wind up facing British middleweight Darren Barker (23-1, 14 KO’s) next rather than some of the dangerous contenders.

HUNTINGTON NY: NOVEMBER 19, 2011 – Undefeated Jr. Welterweight Chris Algieri (12-0 6KO Huntington, NY) kept his perfect record intact with a hard fought 10 round unanimous decision over Bayan Jargal (15-3-1 10KO Arlington, VA) last night at The Paramount in Huntington, NY as Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented the 3rd installment of their new [...]

By Chris Williams: Yet another world class fighter has come out with his feelings on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez III fight. Sergio Martinez thinks Marquez should have won the fight. Speaking with examiner.com, Martinez said “Yeah, I saw it. I thought the same way that everyone worldwide thinks, that Marquez won the [...]

By William Mackay: Number #1 ranked International Boxing Federation contender Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) thinks IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) has been selectively matched in his previous fights by being put in with shorter and older fighters rather than taller, younger fighters.

By Allen Fox: Former two time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO’s) will likely face former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal next with the winner possibly facing WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins after that, as long as Hopkin’s injured left shoulder heels up. Hopkins suffered a shoulder injury after falling off [...]

By Ian Aldous: Jamie Moore (32-5) retired from boxing last year after a very successful career that saw him claim British, Commonwealth and European championships in the light-middleweight division. This week Jamie took the time to talk with me about his career and life after boxing.