Archive for November, 2011

Retired WBIF/WIBA straw weight champion Terri Moss was awarded the Most Influential Person in Boxing Award, and the Critics Choice for the Georgia Boxing Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 5 by the Georgia Fighter’s Association. Terri also accepted an award for her former trainer Xavier Biggs, placing him in the Georgia Boxing Hall of [...]

Manchester (Nov 11, 2011) Tyson Fury and Neven Pajkic came head to head at the official weigh in today at the Trafford Centre for the final time before their Commonwealth Heavyweight showdown at EventCity in Manchester, UK, tomorrow (Sat 12 Nov).

On November 26th World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan“ Ion square off in Trabzon (Turkey) in a rematch of their 2010 title fight. The show is labeled as “Unfinished Business”. Aydin won the first bout by controversial split decision. Now Jo Jo Dan wants [...]

A punter has walked into a William Hill shop in central London and placed a bet of £30,000 on World Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao to win his title fight with Jorge Manuel Marquez this weekend at odds of 1/9, in a double with UFC fighter, Cain Velasquez at 4/6 to defeat Junior Dos Santos, in [...]

HBO transforms the HBO Zone channel into a fight-day boxing destination with a sensational six-hour block of Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez fight-related programming just hours before their electric pay-per-view showdown in Las Vegas. PACQUIAO/MARQUEZ HBO ZONE ROADBLOCK happens SATURDAY, NOV. 12 (noon-6:00 p.m. ET/PT).

Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli has stepped up to headline the bill at the Queensberry Promotions show on 18th November at York Hall following the unfortunate withdrawal of John Simpson due to a viral infection.

Today – on his 27th birthday – World Boxing Organization (WBO) Cruiserweight champion Marco Huck arrived in Munich where he will be part of a show event tomorrow night hosted by popular German show-master Stefan Raab. “Captain“ Huck biggest wish for his birthday: “I want the Klitschko brothers!“

British Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla says that he will scupper Willie Limond’s plans of a history-making all-Scottish world title showdown against Ricky Burns.

RICKY HATTON returns to the ring tomorrow (sat) night but instead of throwing the punches he’ll be telling his protégé how to win. The former two-weight world champion launches a new career as a trainer when his first fighter Adam Little boxes Billy Smith at Oldham Leisure Centre. Ricky admits he will “nervous” before the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) returns to the ring on December 10 to defend his titles against mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The fight against Peterson will be the 24 year old Khan’s last at 140 pounds [...]

By Dan Henderson: In the past few days a lot of people have been asking me about a potential showdown between boxings two biggest stars Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao. I’ve been asked all sorts of questions and the three that were asked the most was Is FMJ scared to fight Pacquiao?, Do think [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Predictions generate a buzz of varied reflections. But where are they not so important? Predictions are probabilities that can’t go beyond the conceivable. They are mere likelihoods of what might transpire in the future within the reach of what is humanly possible. While predictions matter to bettors who gamble in perpetuity [...]

By Jim Amato: The sport of boxing lost a true legend with the passing of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. So much of my early days following boxing had to do with Joe Frazier. I was only ten years old when he won the Olympic Gold Medal in 1964. I remember how impressed I was [...]

Former Featherweight Contender Drops 20 lbs, Ready to Make Run at World Title Fans of Chicago-based professional boxer Johnny Lewus (25-4-1, 21 KOs) better get used to seeing a lot less of him.

ITV GRANADA REPORTS FURY ON COURSE By Andrew Lindsay, ITV Granada COMMONWEALTH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TYSON FURY vs NEVEN PAJKIC, EVENTCITY, NOV 12 ITV Granada – Manchester’s Tyson Fury continues to cause shockwaves in the heavyweight division and many believe he’s on course for a shot at one of the Klitschko brothers.

LOS ANGELES (November 10, 2011 – Off his impressive performance last weekend in Cancun, dismantling Scottish southpaw Craig McEwan (19-2, 10 KOs) live on HBO en route to a sixth-round stoppage, unbeaten defeated middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin (26-0, 20 KOs) has arguably established himself as the No. 1 American middleweight.

Las Vegas, NV (November 10) – Battling it out for their native lands, Juan Carlos Burgos (27-1, 19 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and Puerto Rican Luis Cruz (19-0, 15 KOs) are set to trade leather this Saturday, November 12 in a ten-round super featherweight battle for the WBO/NABO title as the HBO Pay-Per-View televised opener [...]

Friday, Nov. 11, Cohen Stadium, El Paso, Texas Live at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME®

LONDON (November 10) – Amir “King” Khan will fight on Sky for the first time since he defeated Marcos “Chino” Maidana in his Las Vegas debut in December last year in a clash that many in boxing called the “Fight of the Year.”

CATSKILLS, NEW YORK (November 10, 2011)-With just under a month before the biggest fight in his career, Joe DeGuardia is happy to report that Star Boxing’s Delvin Rodriguez is right on schedule with his preparation for his much anticipated rematch with Pawel Wolak (29-1-1, 19 KO’s) which is part of the Miguel Cotto – Antonio [...]

Manchester (10th Nov 2011) Promoter Mick Hennessy is excited to announce that Hennessy Sports has signed the world’s hottest boxing prospect Chris Eubank Jnr on a long term agreement.

By William Mackay: In a sign that suggests that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s) isn’t too eager to fight unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (25-0, 17 KO’s), Khan is reportedly saying he’ll only fight Brook if he leaves his current promoters Matchroom Sport. It seems that Khan isn’t happy with them [...]

by Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Former British, European and IBO World Champ champ Colin Lynes added the second Lonsdale belt to his collection, after comprehensively beating defending champ Lee Purdy in a storming war at York Hall, last night.

By Dan Ambrose: The winner of the December 3rd fight between undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones (25-0, 19 KO’s) and Sebastian Lujan (38-5-2, 24 KO’s) will be facing No.2 ranked IBF contender Randall Bailey (42-7, 36 KO’s) for the vacant International Boxing Federation welterweight title in 2012. Jones, 28, is expected to beat Lujan in [...]

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan has signed a three fight deal with Sky Sports to have his fights shown starting with his December 10th fight against his International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson. Khan had been with Sky in the past but left them to fight on Primetime PPV after [...]

By Kasim Aslam: With ‘hype week’ already in progress for Juan Manuel Marquez’s bout with Manny Pacquiao, fans are enjoying the positivity that boxing has to offer. However sad news broke today as Coroner Jean Brochu has ruled that there is no hard proof to suggest that Arturo “Thunder” Gatti (1972 – 2009) had been [...]

WILLIAM HILL have taken two bets of £5000 each – one in a Manchester betting shop, the other placed in London – for unbeaten Neven Pajkic to become the first boxer to defeat unbeaten Tyson Fury when the pair meet for the Commonwealth Heavyweight title on C5 this weekend. As a result of the two [...]

Episode #4 (series finale) Debut: FRIDAY, NOV. 11 (8:30-9:00 p.m. ET/PT)

CHICAGO, IL (November 10, 2011) Popular Chicago based light heavyweight contender Andrzej ‘The Polish Prince” Fonfara is training with former two-time world champion and current world title challenger Danny ‘The Green Machine” Green in Perth, Australia.

Max Alexander understands his current place in the boxing world. Inactive for two years and without a win in his past six fights, few if any give him any chance at all of coming out on top in his December 10 showdown with the legendary Roy Jones Jr. at the Atlanta (GA) Civic Center.