Archive for November, 2011

By John F. McKenna (McJack): “Regular” World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (22-0, 15 KO’s) wants to take on WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s). The WBA title was declared vacant when Wladimir was elevated to the super WBA title last summer after his victory over David Haye.

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Michael Nevin edged out Joel Scullion out on a countback in a cracking National Intermediate Championships bantamweight quarter-final at the National Stadium in Dublin tonight.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (November 25, 2011) – Mixed-martial-arts superstar Jon “Bones” Jones has been helping his friend, nine-time world boxing champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs), prepare for her December 2nd “World Dominance” showdown against French knockout artist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs), to determine the mythical No. 1 pound-for-pound world champion [...]

LAS VEGAS (November 25, 2011) – World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov is encouraged by media reports and quotes from World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) titlist Nathan Cleverly claiming he is agreeable to a unification fight in Las Vegas versus Shumenov.

By Chip Mitchell: The court summons reads as follows: Mr. Khan/Con, you are hereby summoned to appear at the courthouse, Washington, DC Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, NW, District of Columbia 20001. Judgment may or may not be taken against you on the tenth day of December 2011 at 11:00pm. The judge presiding on [...]

By Kasim Aslam: Victor Ortiz (29-3-23KO’s) and Andre Berto (28-1-22KO’s) are set to to slug it out once again as their proposed second fight has been cemented with a venue which is to be announced.

By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand that Britain’s Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) is out of his depth in his December 2nd world title fight against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) when they go at it at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

By Dan Ambrose: It was sad to see Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) choosing to take a couple of knees during the final bitter moments in his fight against Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) three years ago in a bloody 11th round TKO loss to the Mexican Tornado.

By Dan Ambrose: Despite having failed badly in his previous attempt at fighting WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, former IBF welterweight champ Joshua Clottey (36-4, 21 KO’s) feels he’s ready to face Pacquiao in a rematch and thinks he can capture the title this time.

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On the 13th January 2012, recently crowned British Cruiserweight champion Leon ’Solid’ Williams will return to York Hall to defend his Lonsdale belt against Southern Area Champion Tony ‘The Conqueror’ Conquest. The fight will headline another action packed card from George and Francis Warren’s Queensberry Promotions and will be live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky [...]

DOVER, Del. — A big night of boxing is set with ten bouts on the card in the Rollins Center arena at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Friday, Dec. 2. Amir “Hard Core” Mansour, ranked the No. 8 heavyweight in the world will defend his 15(11)-0 record and prestigious World Boxing Organization (WBO) Championship Title [...]

Carl Froch has signed a sponsorship deal with West Yorkshire fire and rescue supply company North Fire ahead of his Super-Middleweight unification showdown with Andre Ward on December 17 in Atlantic City.

TORONTO (November 25, 2011) – Undefeated Canadian super featherweight Logan Cotton McGuinness has been named the North American Boxing Association (“NABA”) 2011 Fighter of the Year.

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Two USA Boxing squads missed out on the joys of the Thanksgiving holiday yesterday, choosing to represent the United States in the ring at the Olympic Test Event and World Cup of Petroleum Countries instead of digging into turkey and all the fixings.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward knows that he not only has to beat WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on December 18th in their Super Six finals bout in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but he has to dominate Froch as well by beating him so bad that boxing fans will have [...]

By Jim Dower: 22-year-old Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KO’s) is poised to win his first world title on Saturday night when he faces off with the tough Vicente Martin Rodriguez (34-2-1, 19 KO’s) for the vacant WBO super featherweight title at the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnatti, Ohio.

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum wants to match up his fighters WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and WBO junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. I think that’s a really bad idea if you’re a Cotto fan. Whether he defeats Antonio Margarito or loses to him again when they meet up for their rematch on [...]

By Gerardo Granados: I believe retirement is not an option for the authentic World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion; Marquez may have two more fights inside him so he better gave to the boxing fans the chance to see him fight at least one more time before retiring. But against whom should Marquez fight next? [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: A fight that will very likely in a brutal fashion on December 3rd is the bout between WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) and John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) from England. I still can’t believe this awful mismatch has been made. I don’t know who dreamed this god awful [...]

By Chris Williams: An angry Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for WBO Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, says he feels that promoter Bob Arum is getting in the way of a mega fight getting made between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Speaking with Fighthype.com, Ariza said “Michael Koncz says he’s meeting with Bob [Arum] [...]

By Allen Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KO’s) has largely been coddled by his Golden Boy promoters his entire six year pro career, matched against guys that he could blow away, a lot of small and older fighters. He’s faced old warriors like Lovemore N’dou, 40, Carlos Baldomir, 40, and a [...]

By Eric Thomas: If WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) can get by Antonio Margarito in their grudge match on December 3rd, Bob Arum reportedly will be allowing Cotto to finally face WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 Ko’s) in a Top Rank in house fight. Arum had been [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch could be facing a potential nightmarish opponent in unbeaten number #1 ranked WBC contender Anthony Dirrell (23-0, 20 KO’s) in the near future if the 27-year-old Dirrell beats his next opponent Renan St Juste (23-2-1, 15 KO’s) on December 2nd in a WBC final title eliminator [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto (56-7-2, 33 KO’s) will be fighting for the second time at light welterweight on Saturday night against lightweight Adailton De Jesus (29-6, 23 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Campo Futbol Colosio, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Despite this being the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves won’t be able to fight on the December 9th card due to a bad knuckle bruise. But the card still has one potential promising fight on it with EBU super middleweight champion James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) facing Spain’s Jose Maria Guerrero (29-2-1, 11 [...]

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Ken Egan got Ireland off to a winning start at the Olympic Test Event in London. The Dublin southpaw, who has dropped back down to light-heavyweight from heavyweight, forced China’s Xuan Bao into a standing count with a right hook in the second round of tonight’s quarter-final clash en route to [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In a move of pure genius, former WBO lightweight champion Michael Katsidis (28-5, 23 KO’s) will be moving to the United States to fight there and could end up signing with Golden Boy Promotions to fight for them. In a less important move, Katsidis, 31, has left his trainer Brendon Smith, who [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is really counting the days to when Bob Arum of Top Rank eventually steps down and is replaced by Duboef, the current president of Top Rank. Mayweather Jr. feels he can deal with Duboef. However, there’s no telling how long Arum will last. He could hold onto his reigns [...]

Marco “Captain” Huck is back in training! The World Boxing Organization (WBO) world cruiserweight champion is keen to already lay the foundation for a successful 2012. “I have big goals for the next year,” said the 27-year-old fighter. Although the WBO supremo has defended his belt eight times, he feels he can still get better.