Archive for November, 2011

MIAMI (Nov. 16, 2011) – The maturation process for undefeated 21-year-old middleweight Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (15-0, 12 KOs)spiked last Friday night after his impressive eighth-round win against veteran Xavier “The X-Man” Tolliver (23-7, 15 KOs) in the middleweight prospect’s first fight on American television. Oliveira won by disqualification on a World Championship edition [...]

“Comanche Boy” George Tahdooahnippah will be the featured speaker November 17 at the Diabetes Prevention/Tobacco Awareness & Prevention Dinner presented by the Upper Sioux Indian Community at the Prairie’s Edge Convention Center in Granite Falls, MN, from 5:30-9 PM. Tahdooahnippah is the Health and Fitness Promoter for the Comanche Nation Diabetes Program, and an enrolled [...]

BRONX, NEW YORK (November 15, 2011)-This Saturday night at The Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York, three undefeated fighters top the undercard on Boxeo Azteca that will be promoted by Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing.

NEW YORK (Nov. 16, 2011) – International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares, World Boxing Association (WBA), Bantamweight Super Champion Anselmo Moreno, Two-Division World Champion Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan and Hall of Fame Promoter Don King held a media conference call on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming [...]

When I was watching the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight Saturday night, I felt like I was watching my favorite hockey team blow a 5-3 lead in the third period by backing off and watching the clock after having played so well throughout the game.

Frank Warren’s show planned for the ExCeL London on Friday 9th December – joint-headlined by James DeGale and George Groves in separate championship fights – has been switched to the Liverpool Echo Arena on the same date.

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise heads to the Lone Star state for a middleweight title showdown when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. VS. PETER MANFREDO JR. is seen SATURDAY, NOV. 19 at 10:30 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Reliant Arena in Houston, exclusively on HBO.

By Chris Williams: You can make a good argument that the pound for pound rankings need to be adjusted after last Saturday night’s bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. Currently, Pacquiao is ranked #1, Mayweather #2 and Marquez at #5 in The Ring Pound for pound rankings. Marquez has now proven that he’s [...]

By Babatis Banda: When you are conditioned to hear and believe something over and over for a period of time, you are bound to believe and embrace it. This is also known as propaganda and it can also be referred to as hype, and the result is that it breeds fanaticism of the dumbest order.

Orange, CA (November 15) – Juan Carlos Burgos, who is co-promoted by Thompson Boxing Promotions and Banner Promotions, scored the biggest win of his career last Saturday night, a 10 round decision against previously undefeated prospect Luis Cruz.

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, D.C. Convention center continues to call out undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s).

CANASTOTA, NY – NOVEMBER 15, 2011 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced a news conference will be held at the Hall of Fame Events Pavilion on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. to announce the newest Hall of Fame Inductees.

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: World Boxing Association (WBA) Junior Middleweight Champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout, Middleweight contender Peter Manfredo Jr, Junior Middleweight prospect Kevin Rooney Jr, and Middleweight contender Alfonso Lopez.

Confident Campbell hoping to end layoff with win over sturdy veteran Anderson PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Nov. 15, 2011) – The path of destruction Mike Campbell leaves in his wake Friday night at the Twin River Event Center might be longer than the stretch of inactivity he had to endure in between fights.

NEW YORK (November 15, 2011)—Next Friday night, one of the most talented fighters in the world will return to his homeland as undefeated and former three-time world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman returns to the ring after an eleven month absence when he takes on the tough Florencio Castellano in a twelve round bout in [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan’s trainer Freddie Roach is eager to see his fighter face Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5th next year. However, Khan is dragging his feet, saying he wants another nine to twelve months before he faces Mayweather. It’s more than a little funny given that Khan has been calling Mayweather out [...]

The World Boxing Council has enjoyed great success with open scoring throughout the world. The announcement of the judges’ official scores after the end of the fourth and eighth rounds has been a great rule which has been used in many countries.

Capping off a great first year in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, the sixth and final Fight Club OC show of 2011 set for Thursday, December 1st is nearly a sell out two weeks early. As a result promoter Roy Englebrecht is adding 280 new seats so that as many fans [...]

By Chris Williams: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan feels that his good friend Manny Pacquiao was lucky to beat challenger Juan Manuel Marquez last weekend by a 12 round decision. However, Khan doesn’t think Pacquiao would beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. and believes he should think seriously about retiring from the sport before his legacy [...]

After his surgery due to an injury on his left elbow from his last fight on September 24th, heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko is on a good road of recovery.

By William Mackay: Kevin Mitchell (32-1, 24 KO’s) is hoping to get a shot against WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) in the early part of 2012 and thinks he can beat him. If this fight can be made it would be a huge one. Burns recently defeated Michael Katsidis by a [...]

By Chris Williams: It’s bad when judges get it wrong and pick and stand by the losing horse. This is exactly what happened last weekend when WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and two of HBO’s analyst Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman saw Pacquiao as the winner over Juan Manuel Marquez. Pacquiao didn’t look like a [...]

By Chris Williams: I figured it would be a hard pill for a lot of Manny Pacquiao’s loyal boxing fans to swallow in how poor Manny looked in getting what many boxing fans see as a gift decision over Juan Manuel Marquez last Saturday night in winning by a 12 round majority decision at the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It is not surprising that Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum thought that the judges who awarded WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) the decision over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night were correct.

By Daniel Echevarria: In a video/audio posted on worldstarhiphop.com, Floyd Mayweather stopped by Z104 (WNVZ) in Virginia Beach and talked to radio host Shaggy about Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 and his upcoming bout in February. That’s right; Mayweather says he’ll be back in the ring in February, not May 5th.

This coming Friday Romford’s hot Cruiserweight prospect Tony ‘Conqueror’ Conquest gets his first shot at a Championship title, when he faces Chalk Farm’s former World ranked star Toks Owoh for the vacant BBBofC Southern Area Cruiserweight title, at Francis and George Warren’s Queensberry Promotions event at York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday, 18th November [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 November 2011 – The much anticipated World Series of Boxing (WSB) second season began in style this weekend. Five matches over three days with fifteen high end bouts to savour. The two new teams made their mark in the competition, introducing some promising boxers to the ring. Some old scores were settled. [...]

Team Gunn announced today that bareknuckle heavyweight champion of the world Bobby “The Celtic Warrior” Gunn will fight Ernest Jackson on December 1 in Philadelphia. This will be Gunn’s first title defense since beating Richard Stewart in Arizona this summer. Jackson is a former bodyguard and a well-known bareknuckle fighter, but Gunn expects to make [...]

BoxNation (Sky Platform Ch. 456) will televise LIVE this Saturday’s big World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight title showdown between Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. against Peter Manfredo, Jr. They clash at the Reliant Arena in Houston, USA, with Chavez making the first defence of his title against top-five contender Manfredo.

By Babatis Banda: It is disheartening to see one of the biggest fights in boxing never take place due to a promoter. First, Bob Arum has been preoccupied in making Floyd Mayweather Jr. look bad, than a real effort towards making the biggest fight happen. Now, we are told that Arum says Manny Pacquiao will [...]