Archive for December, 2011

By William Mackay: Unbeaten former Cuban amateur star Mike Perez (18-0, 12 KO’s) made it look easy in beating 40-year-old journeyman Friday Ahunanya ( 24-9-3, 13 KO’s) by a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

By Dan Ambrose: Fighting for the third time as a professional boxer, former web brawler and MMA fighter 37-year-old Kevin “Kimbo” Slice (3-0, 2 KO’s) defeated Charles Hackmann (0-1) by a four round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The final judges’ scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 39-37.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) is still looking for an opponent for his first fight defending his interim strap on March 10th at the Braehead Arena in Glascow, Scotland. Burns, 28, was supposed to be facing the unranked Anthony Crolla next instead of an actual top 15 contender [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) has been blessed with being the son of a boxing legend in father Julio Cesar Chavez. Instead of having to toil away in near obscurity and claw his way to the top like Sergio Martinez, Chavez Jr. has been helped along his [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) is taking his title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) very seriously. Chisora will be fighter Vitali on February 18, 2012 in Munich, Germany in a fight which most boxing fans give him little chance at emerging victorious. [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan is frustrated that he can’t get a rematch with IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and is under the impression that Peterson is afraid of him because of his reluctance to sign on for an immediate rematch.

By Chris Williams: If WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez can’t get a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Marquez says he plans on moving up to the light welterweight division where he might take on World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) for his title.

By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is reportedly saying that promoter Bob Arum has given him four names – Timothy Bradley, Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez – as the fighters that are in the running to be selected from for Pacquiao’s next fight in early 2012. Of the four, two [...]

By William Mackay: 33-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KO’s) returned to the ring last night and showed little signs of rust in stopping Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KO’s) in the 8th round of a scheduled 10 round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (36-4, 23 KO’s) successfully defended his title on Saturday night defeating the much shorter challenger Satoshi Hosono (21-2, 15 KO’s) from Japan by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision in Yokohama, Japan.

By Paul Jones: In this review, I highlight seven of the most anticipated and discussed bouts of 2011. For the sake of brevity, I focus on matches with title and Pound-4-Pound (P-4-P) implications, paying special attention to fights that produced sustained action.

Warriors Boxing is proud to announce that two of its young fighters, junior middleweight Jonathan “Mantequilla” Gonzalez and super middleweight Badou Jack “The Ripper”, have been named to ESPN Columnist Dan Rafael’s Super 25 list of the best prospects of 2011.

By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) has passed his first test in making a comeback last night in his outstanding 2nd round TKO win over Darryl Cunningham, Dirrell needs a middle of the road contender before he steps it up a couple of notches to challenge for the world title against [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to promoter Frank Warren, a rematch between Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) and Tony Bellew (16-1, 11 KO’s) is possible for 2012. It won’t be happening in his next fight on February 25th, though. Cleverly will be defending his belt in Wales and it’s not likely he’s going to get much [...]

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) looked as if he had never been away from boxing tonight in stopping Darryl Cunningham (24-3, 10 KO’s) in the 2nd round and showing power that had SHOWTIME analyst and former world champion Antonio Tarver very impressed.

CABAZON, Calif. (Dec. 31, 2011) – Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell made triumphant returns to the ring Friday, both winning by knockout during a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME®.

By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) sent a strong message to some of the top super middleweights – Lucian Bute, Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler – with his incredible 2nd round TKO win over Darryl Cunningham (24-3, 10 KO’s) on Friday night at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California. Dirrell’s [...]

The dangerous filipino fighter, Roilo “The Phoenix” Golez (13-7-0, 5 Ko´s), who is a former contender of the WBC silver flyweight crown, and current ABC (Asian Boxing Council) champion, will be the rival of Edgar Sosa (43-7-0, 26 Ko´s), next January 7 at the Polanco Forum of Mexico city, for the WBC flyweight international title.

By Jim Dower: In a rather listless sloppily fought bout, unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Luis Garcia (12-0, 9 Ko’s) did what he had to do in winning an eight round unanimous decision over Alexander Johnson (12-1, 5 KO’s) on Friday night on the undercard of the Jermain Taylor vs. Jessie Nicklow fight card in Cabazon, [...]

By William Mackay: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) has improved a lot in the past year and isn’t nearly as hittable as he once was. He’s using his jab more and even showing good footwork in some of his fights. However, Chavez Jr. was still getting hit cleanly in his [...]

By Eric Thomas: Former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) could be in hot water over some comments he made in a recent video interview where Ortiz said he had intentionally tried to break Mayweather’s nose in his last fight by head-butting Mayweather in the fourth round.

By William Mackay: Former WBA World heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO’s) has been elected to Russian parliament for a five year term and Valuev, 38, reportedly won’t be continuing his boxing career until his commitment to Russian politics have completed. By that point, the 7’2” Valuev will be 43-years-old and very likely too [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In an effort to put his legal problems behind him WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge Friday. It was the 2nd part of a plea deal Floyd’s attorneys worked out with prosecutors.

By Eric Thomas: No.2 ranked World Boxing Organization cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (23-1, 17 KO’s) could possibly be fighting for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title if the current champion Marco Huck gets stripped by the WBO after he faces WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povtkin in February. Lebdedev would be facing #1 ranked WBO contender Ola [...]

Morganville, NJ (December 30, 2011) – Although he’s won 13 of his 14 professional bouts and Ring Magazine featured him as a prospect on the rise, some still knock junior middleweight Denis “Da Mommas Boy” Douglin for his lone defeat.

Great Britain’s status as an emerging power in amateur boxing has been confirmed in the newly published world rankings from the international governing body, AIBA, which put seven members of the GB Boxing squad in the top five in the world in their respective weight categories.

Photo credit: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: With Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 Ko’s) ranked #1 WBC, #2 WBC in the super middleweight division and his talented brother Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) resuming his career tonight in a fight against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in Cabazon, California, the Dirrell brothers are on the cusp [...]

New York, NY (December 30, 2011) – MSG Network will ring in the New Year with a special re-telecast of the World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight world title bout between Alexander Povetkin versus Cedric Boswell. The fight, which originally aired on EPIX, will debut on MSG Network on Tuesday, January 3 at 8:00 p.m.

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association (WBA) World featherweight champion Celestino Caballero (35-4, 23 KO’s) makes his first defense of his title tomorrow night against Japan’s Satoshi Hosono (21-1, 15 KO’s) in what will likely be a huge mismatch at the Bunka Gym n Yokohama, Japan. Caballero, 5’11″, will have a four inch height advantage [...]

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) will be giving boxing a huge shot of excitement when he makes his comeback tonight in a packed card against a quality fighter in Jessie Nicklow (22-2-3, 8 KO’s) at the Morongo Casino Resort & Speak in Cabazon, California. Taylor, [...]