Archive for November, 2011

By Eric Thomas: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao revealed to the media in the Philippines earlier today that he’s in negotiations for a fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. However, Mayweather said nothing about this in an interview yesterday and said he would be the one making an offer to Pacquiao when the [...]

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Forty five quarter-finals will be decided at the National Intermediate Championships at Dublin’s National Stadium this Friday and Saturday. The Championships resume at 6.30 pm on Friday with a last-eight curtain raiser between Stephen Carroll and Jamie Kennedy in the only light-welterweight contest of the session.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In a withering verbal attack on the opponent he vanquished last July WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) said that former Wprld Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) has no option but to return to the ring to fight his brother World Boxing Council [...]

British Lightweight Champion Anthony Crolla and challenger Willie Limond weighed in today for their big fight tomorrow night at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Centre in Motherwell.

By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is looking to get a fight against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the near future, the 36-year-old Martinez wants a career defining fight before he gets out of the sport.

By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: New kids on the block, Francis and George Warren, have pulled out all the stops to ensure that their 14th December Queensberry promotions event, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London – and broadcast live on BoxNation (Sky platform ch. 456) – is a fitting finale to a rather excellent [...]

Former Undefeated British Masters Champion Gary “The Clydebank Blitz” McArthur accepted a late call to box former top Professional Footballer Curtis Woodhouse in Rotherham on Saturday night. McArthur comes in as a late substitute for Welshman Jason Cook.

Philadelphia, PA—Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, who faces two-time world title challenger Sebastian Lujan, of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) world title eliminator on the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito card Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden, has added another strength and conditioning coach to his team.

British and Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Champion George Groves has had to withdraw from the Friday 9th December show at the Liverpool Echo Arena because of a hand injury. The injury occurred during a training session this week at Groves’ gym in Vauxhall, South London, and after seeking expert medical guidance, he was advised not to fight.

FRANK WARREN (In Association with Alex Morrison) Presents CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING RAVENSCRAIG REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, MOTHERWELL FRIDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2011 ***LIVE ON BOXNATION (SKY PLATFORM CH. 456)***

By William Mackay: Number #1 ranked IBF light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson isn’t going to try and match the hand speed of IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan in their fight on December 10th.

By Eric Thomas: If you look at some of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s recent interviews, he’s literally seething with anger towards his opponent Antonio Margarito, believing that he fought with loaded hand wraps in their fight three years ago.

By Chris Williams: Just as I thought a long time ago, one of the problems getting in the way of a potential mega fight between WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao is the lawsuit that Pacquiao has out for defamation against Mayweather.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) faces #3 ranked World Boxing Association challenger Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) on December 2nd at the SAP=Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: In a fight that’s slipped off the radar screen of boxing fans, unbeaten super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell (23-0, 20 KO’s) faces the powerful contender Renan St Juste (23-2-1, 15 KO’s) in a 12 round bout on Showtime on December 2nd at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: The December 3rd card headlined by a mega fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito has a few decent fights on the card. Unfortunately, the fight between WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios (28-0-1, 21 KO’s) vs. John Murray (31-1, 18 KO’s) isn’t one of them.

By Dan Ambrose: I’m really looking for a good fight between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) on December 3rd, but I’m thinking this fight will be marred by Cotto taking the easy way out when his thin skin starts to break up around his face [...]

By William Mackay: Wladimir Klitschko was badly disappointed in former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s lack of nerve when they fought last July in a fight that Haye seemingly refused to mix it for 12 round full rounds and was satisfied with just losing by a lopsided decision.

2012 is going to be a phenomenal year for me. I realize that I am 42 years old now and a lot of people think I am ” crazy ” -they thought that of George Foreman and Evander Holyfield too!

IRISH AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION Ken Egan will get Ireland’s campaign at the Olympic Test Event underway with a quarter-final meeting against China in London this evening.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. got a chance to see the incredibly controversial third fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez recently and Mayweather Sr. says Marquez should have been given the win in that fight.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): 36-year-old Argentinean The Ring middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is turning towards World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) after repeatedly failing in his efforts to lure WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) into the ring.

By Scott Brown: Save the fights for professionals this Wednesday. That is exactly what Hitz boxing intends to while by providing boxing entertainment.

“La Sombra” unable to leave Miami because of legal issues A couple of weeks ago promoter Ahmet Oner announced that Cuban Olympic gold medalist and multiple world amateur champion Odlanier Solis would give his comeback from an eight months injury lay-off this Saturday (Nov. 26) as co-feature of the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver welterweight [...]

New York, NY – (11/23/2011) – Super Middleweight contender Thomas “Tommy Gun” Oosthuizen, rated #7 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and #12 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), defended his IBO Super Middleweight Title moments ago, completely outclassing the dangerous and tough-as-nails Mexican knockout artist Francisco Sierra over 11 one-sided rounds before the referee [...]

Negron Earns 69% of Votes from “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Viewers, Despite Losing Fight New York (November 23, 2011) – After six action-packed rounds from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the judges named Roberto Acevedo the winner of his November 18 “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” fight against O’Neil Negron. However, the fans at home disagreed with this decision [...]

By Jason Kim: If WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KO’s) can get by his opponent Kermit Cintron (33-4-1, 28 KO’s) this Saturday night in Mexico, Alvarez has several interesting fights he can choose from starting with a mega fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) sees his December 10th opponent Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) as a very serious threat to his title reign and doesn’t want to mess things up by overlooking the hard hitting Frenchman in their fight at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. Wladimir [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Making his long awaited comeback after a little more than a year out of action, Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing tough 37-year-old veteran Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KOs) in a scheduled 10 round bout on December 30th on the same card as former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor’s comeback bout [...]

By Eric Thomas: If 34-year-old former IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey (36-4, 21 KO’s) can catch a lucky break, he’ll be fighting the winner of the December 3rd fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.