Archive for November, 2011

By Jason Kim: This Saturday night IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch against Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) in a rematch of their controversial fight last August, which ended with Mares winning by a 12 round decision despite nailing Agbeko with low blows all through the fight without [...]

By William Mackay: Lamont Peterson (29-1-1, 15 KO’s) is the underdog going into his December 10th fight against IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-1, 18 KO’s), but that doesn’t really mean much because Peterson has been proving people wrong for a long time.

By William Mackay: Instead of Manny Pacquiao or Amir Khan getting the next fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, it could end up being WBA light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s), says Mayweather’s trainer Roger Mayweather.

By William Mackay: Roger Mayweather, the trainer for Floyd Mayweather Jr., chimed in on his thoughts about a fight between WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By Dan Ambrose: 22-year-old WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KO’s) captured the World Boxing Organization title last Saturday night with an impressive 3rd round TKO of Vincente Rodriguez (34-3-1, 19 KO’s) at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) is amused about his 39-year-old challenger Jean Marco Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) saying he’s going to break Wladiimir’s glass jaw on December 17th at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.

By Allen Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez added another scalp to his flimsy resume with a win over a shot looking Kermit Cintron last night in Mexico. A lot of boxing fans are excited about Alvarez all of a sudden and see him a star in the making.

By William Mackay: In a fight that promises fireworks this Saturday night on December 3rd, unbeaten heavyweight contender Robert Helenius (16-0, 11 KO’s) faces a stiff test against former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora (15-1, 9 KO’s) in a bout for the vacant European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title at the Hartwall Arena [...]

London, United Kingdom, 27 November 2011 – Bringing to a close a sensational 2011, the end of the Olympic Boxing Test Event at the ExCeL in London made way for the 2011 AIBA Annual Awards Ceremony.

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) wants revenge so bad he can taste it for what he perceived was Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) coming into the ring with plaster in his hand wraps and “Messing with” his health in their fight in July 2008.

By Scott Gilfoid: Boxing fans got to see one of the newest heavyweight stars last Saturday night on the undercard of the Adrien Broner vs. Vincente Rodriguez fight when former 2008 Olympic Bronze medalist for the U.S Deontay Wilder (20-0, 20 KO’s) added his 20th straight knockout with a one-punch KO of the usually durable [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Saturday night in Mexico City World Boxing Council (WBC) light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) performed as expected in stopping former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KO’s) in the 5th round.

By Dan Ambrose: Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) is sick and tired of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s constant remarks about how he thinks that Margarito beat him with plaster in his hand wraps the last time they fought back in 2008.

CANASTOTA, NY – NOVEMBER 27, 2011 – The International Boxing Hall of Fame joins the worldwide boxing community in mourning the loss of 1970s heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who passed away yesterday in Denver, CO at age 70 from complications from a sudden stomach ailment.

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Ken Egan and Con Sheehan claimed light-heavyweight and super-heavyweight gold following wins in the finals of the Olympic Test Event at the ExCel in London today.

By Liam Brindle & Lee Demain: With the fight only 6 days away and having watched Cotto v Margarito 1 several times over the past 3 years there remains several questions marks beside both. The first point we would like to make is the start Miguel Cotto (36-0-2) made in the fight. He was able [...]

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION The 2011 National Intermediate Championships are now at the semi-final stages after three sessions of quarter-finals were decided at the National Stadium over the last 24-hours.

By Dan Ambrose: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) picked up another win at light welterweight tonight in stopping Adailton De Jesus (29-7, 23 KO’s) in the 4th round in a noncompetitive fight in Mexico.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez got by Kermit Cintron tonight by a 5th round TKO. This was Alvarez’s third title defense and he’s still get to face a live body.

By Allen Fox: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (57-7-2, 34 KO’s) picked up his second consecutive win at light welterweight in stopping lightweight Adailton De Jesus by a 4th round TKO in Saturday night at the Playa del Carmen, in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

By Scott Gilfoid: If you were to pick a middleweight contender that you felt was good enough to unseat WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s), few boxing fans would likely choose underdog Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) as the guy that could get the job done.

By Dan Ambrose: If you look at how former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KO’s) performed tonight in getting stopped by World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) by a 5th round TKO, it’s difficult to make a case for Cintron continuing his career.

By Allen Fox: 32-year-old Jorge Arce (59-6-2, 45 KO’s) defeated Angky Angkotta (25-6, 14 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to win the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title at the PPlaza de Toros Rea in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

By Jason Kim: Moments after destroying Kermit Cintron tonight in an easy 5th round TKO, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KOs) called out WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. for May 5th of 2012. You can’t blame Alvarez for name dropping Mayweather’s name. He was probably told to do this by his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Kermit Cintron (33-5-1, 28 KO’s) fell apart just as many boxing fans suspected he would tonight in losing by a 5th round TKO to WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) at the Plaza Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

By Jim Dower: Showing flashes of Floyd Mayweather Jr tonight, unbeaten super featherweight contender Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KO’s) stopped Vincente Martin Rodriguez (34-3-1, 18 KO’s) in a 3rd round TKO on Saturday night to capture the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight title at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Broner landed [...]

By Dan Ambrose: We already know what WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s excuse was for getting destroyed last time he fought Antonio Margarito three years ago. Cotto has made sure to let everyone know that he strongly suspects that Margarito fought him with plaster in his hand wraps in order to beat him in [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Junior middleweight contender Ryan Rhodes (46-5, 31 KO’s) rebounded from a defeat in his last bout against WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez by defeating little known 37-year-old Siarhei Khomitski (23-9-2, 9 KO’s) by an 8 round decision on Saturday night in a confidence building bout at the Magna Centre in Rotherham, [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten heavyweight knockout artist Deontay Wilder (20-0, 20 KO’s) continued his perfect knockout streak with a 1st round knockout against the tough David Long (11-2-2, 7 KO’s) in a previously scheduled 10 round bout at the U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Despite coming off of left shoulder surgery to repair a torn left rotator cuff, lightweight contender Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO’s) reportedly wants to fight unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. next.