Archive for November, 2011

November 23, 2011 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: WBC STATISTICS World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight World Championship

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO) by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referees and judges who will work on the two world title bouts, Jorge “Travieso” Arce vs Angky Angkotta and Adrien Broner vs Vicente Martin Rodriguez, this Saturday, November 26 in Mexico and Ohio, United States.

By Chris Williams: Loyal boxing fans of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao have been upset recently about the five times that Juan Manuel Marquez accidentally stepped on the feet of Pacquiao during their recent fight on November 12th.

Moreno To Make United States Debut Against Vic ‘The Raging Bull’ Darchinyan In Co-Feature To Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko II IBF & WBC Silver Bantamweight Championship Saturday, Dec. 3 At Honda Center In Anaheim, Calif., Live on SHOWTIME® ____________________________________________________________________________________ NEW YORK (Nov. 23, 2011) – Just one month out from the biggest fight of [...]

To everyone traveling today, drive safe and may you all enjoy a special time with family and friends. Be thankful for everything and everyone in life. Be thankful to God, who created them. God Bless and have a cheerful Thanksgiving! ~ Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero ~

World Boxing Association (WBA) Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin, 21-0 with 18 KOs, will defend his world title against Lajuan Simon, 23-3, 12 KOs from Philadelphia, PA.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The manager for the Klitschko brothers, Bernd Boente has confirmed from Vitali’s training camp in the Austrian Alps that talks are ongoing for a showdown between former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) and WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s).

Comeback Kid The Philadelphia Eagles were 3-6 going into Sunday night’s game against the New York Giants. Eagles fans had just about had it with the team, but seeing them win Sunday brought back their spirits and they fell in love with the Eagles all over again. That’s exactly how boxing fans felt Saturday night [...]

HBO’s hit late-night boxing franchise presents a split-site doubleheader featuring some of the sport’s hottest young stars when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: CANELO ALVAREZ VS. KERMIT CINTRON AND ADRIEN BRONER VS. VICENTE RODRIGUEZ is seen SATURDAY, NOV. 26 at 10:30 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT), from U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati and Plaza Mexico in Mexico [...]

By William Mackay: 40-year-old Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) says he really wants a piece of British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (17-0, 12 KO’s) right now.

By Scott Gilfoid: A unification bout between WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) and WBA World light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (12-1, 8 KO’s) is reportedly in the early stages of negotiations for a fight that could possible take place in early 2012 if the two sides can agree on it. Cleverly, [...]

Virgin Media is bringing the best of the boxing world to its customers’ homes as it confirms a new deal to add premium sports channel BoxNation to its TV line-up. BoxNation is the first dedicated subscription boxing channel to bring together the biggest names in amateur, domestic and international boxing with an unbeatable schedule of [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) is being matched softly for his December 9th fight against little known 34-year-old Spanish fighter Jose Maria Guerrero (29-2-1, 11 KO’s) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) wants the best opponent possible for his next fight under Top Rank Promotions. Bradley defeated 40-year-old Joel Casamayor by an 8th round TKO on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight earlier this month on November 12th in Bradley’s [...]

By William Mackay: Ricky Hatton is sticking by former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s side despite his humiliating one-sided 12 round decision loss against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last July.

By Scott Gilfoid: The worst thing a fighter can do is stubbornly refuse to admit when they’ve been beaten badly. We’ve already seen a good example of that with Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s) in his loss to Mikkel Kessler in 2010. Despite boxing fans unanimously seeing Froch having lost that fight, Froch still thinks [...]

By Chris Williams: After originally saying he saw Juan Manuel Marquez beating his buddy WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao by a 12 round decision on November 12th, Amir Khan is now saying he thinks Pacquiao won the fight by at least two rounds.

By William Mackay: Trainer Emanuel Steward feels that former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) doesn’t deserve a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko after the poor performance that Haye put in last time he fought against IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last July.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao reportedly now wants to fight WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. according to fighthype.com. Michael Koncz, the adviser to Pacquiao, says Pacquiao told him he wants the Mayweather fight now.

By Dan Ambrose: I just got a laugh watching an interview of promoter Bob Arum talking about the surgically repaired right eye of his fighter Antonio Margarito. Arum claims that Margarito’s right eye is stronger now because of the recent surgery than it was before Margarito injured his eye.

By Allen Fox: The previously scheduled November 5th fight between WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KO’s) and Mikkel Kessler (44-2, 33 KO’s) has a new date of April 14th at the Parken, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KO’s) was given his boxing license by the New York Athletic Commission today after the commission met for an hour and forty-five minutes to make a determination on whether Margarito was medically fit to fight WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) [...]

By James Hardiman: For the last seven years the Heavyweight Division has been completely dominated by the WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2-40 ko’s) and his younger brother, the WBA, WBO, IBF & IBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3-49 Ko’s).

By John F. McKenna (McJack): According to FIGHTHYPE.com multiple sources are reporting that World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) is pushing adviser Michael Koncz to initiate negotiations for the “Dream Fight” with WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s).

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Title Challenger Cedric “The Boz” Boswell, IBF Junior Middleweight Champion Cornelius “K-9” Bundrage, Lightweight Contender Mickey Bey Jr, and IBF Heavyweight Title Challenger Tony “The Tiger” Thompson.

CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO- As part of the successful “Kids Drug Free”, World Boxing Organization (WBO) and former world champions Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. visit today the Casa Laura Vicuña, a nonprofit institution that work with kids’ education, for their Thanksgiving dinner at the Barriada Morales in Caguas.

The Melbourne suburb might be known as Sunshine, but come December 2nd, it’s thunderstorms predicted when Ranee ‘KO Kid’ hits town for Western Showcase III!

Dec. 2 at Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, NM (November 22, 2011) – “World Dominance” features the top two women’s boxers in the world, American favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) and French knockout specialist Anne Sophie Mathis (25-1, 21 KOs), in arguably the No. female fight of all-time.

GARY RUSSELL JR. VS. HERIBERTO RUIZ TO HEAD UP “HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS” UNDERCARD LOCAL CINCY FIGHTERS ALSO WELL REPRESENTED AT U.S. BANK ARENA ON NOV. 26 CINCINNATI, OHIO, November 22 – With wins in four of his last five fights, all by knockout, Mexico’s Heriberto Ruiz is in top-notch form in his mission to [...]

By Dan Henderson: The 5th of November saw Scotland’s Ricky Burns beat the hard hitting Australian Michael Katsidis via a unanimous decision to become the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Interim Lightweight champion in what was a good performance.