Archive for December, 2011

By Eric Thomas: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is hoping to get a fight against WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) next. That’s Bute’s main priority to get the fight with Ward, the Super Six tournament winner.

By Chris Williams: Promoter Bob Arum got some bad news today with the news that World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was given a six month sentence today in Clark County for domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend in addition to threatening his children.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Top Rank CEO Bob Arum will be meeting with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion and Ring Magazine pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) in Los Angeles in early January to discuss Manny’s plans for 2012. Obviously one of the chief topics will be a possible match [...]

Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing wishes to congratulate his up-and-coming featherweight sensation Javier “El Abejon ” Fortuna (18-0, 13 KOs) for taking the biggest step of his young career in beating Juarez, Mexico’s former world title challenger Miguel Roman (38-8, 28 KOs).

“Cleverly will feel stupid when I’m done with him.” One of boxing’s hardest punchers and most exciting warriors, Edison “Pantera” Miranda (35-6, 30 KOs), fresh off a sensational TKO win over World Boxing Organization (WBO) #7 light heavyweight Kariz Kariuki on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, is already back in the gym looking [...]

By Chris Williams: With WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather potentially facing some jail time for his plea bargain to escape a felony conviction for domestic violence involving his the mother of his three children, Mayweather could find himself receiving a jail sentence of between several days to as long as year and half in a [...]

By Sott Gilfoid: WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) could be fighting for the full World Boxing Organization lightweight title when he steps foot in the ring on March 10th at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. The opponent that is being mentioned for the 28-year-old Burns is British lightweight champion Anthony [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) is doing the right thing in letting Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) fight it out in a proposed two-fight tournament next year, as the winner of this fight can then meet up with [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: You can always smell fear coming from a fighter based on the excuse they make not to take on certain fighters. Perhaps we’re seeing a good example of that in WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) in his reluctance to take on the hard hitting 6’4” Enzo Maccarinelli (33-5, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: With all the other British world champions having been mowed down with the recent losses of David Haye and Amir Khan, only WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) remains as the last Brit world champion, and he’s not likely to stay champion for long unless he keeps getting matched [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan and his promoter Richard Schaefer have reportedly been ignored by IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in trying to get in contact with him to get badly needed rematch. According to news sources, Peterson is looking to meet with Washington City leaders in DC to see about having his first [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Lou Dibella obviously has no love lost with Saul Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., both of which he’s not too impressed with in terms of talent despite their unbeaten records and title belts.

By Dan Ambrose: In an interview at Ringtv, former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz confessed to the real reason he head-butted Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their fight last September. Ortiz was knocked out in the 4th round shortly after losing a point for head-butting Mayweather. For some reason Ortiz felt necessary to continue to apologize [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you’re excited about seeing Erislandy Lara take on fringe middleweight contender Ronald Hearns then you might like the news that the fight has moved from its previous spot on the January 21st undercard of the Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida card to the February 11th undercard of the Andre Berto vs. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If there’s anything that Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) is good for its hyping fight and giving good quotes. Other than that, Chisora is way, way over his head in his February 18th fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) and it’s completely laughable to see Chisora talking boldly [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) has failed in trying to line up a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao for his next fight in 2012. Instead Martinez has to settle for middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KOs) for his next fight on March 17th in [...]

By Tommy Graves: When considering Saúl Álvarez, the phrase ‘don’t believe the hype’ comes into mind but as I am an open minded person and would like to think I could neutrally and fairly analyze a boxer.

By Sean McDaniel: Having lost his WBC super middleweight title last weekend to Andre Ward in the Super Six tournament, Carl Froch is interested in fighting at home in Nottingham, England for his next fight. Froch hasn’t fought at home in Nottingham since winning a controversial 12 round decision over Andre Dirrell in 2009. He [...]

LOS ANGELES, December 20 – They announced their arrival to the boxing world in 2011, but before each of these fighters embarks on the next steps in their respective careers in 2012, four of boxing’s top prospects – Frankie Gomez, Luis Ramos Jr., Eloy Perez and Omar Figueroa Jr. – will headline the year-end edition [...]

By William Mackay: I find it hilarious that Amir Khan’s promoter Richard Schaefer thinks he’s got a good case to have Khan’s loss to Lamont Peterson overturned. The argument that Schaefer and Khan have for the fight being overturned is that Khan shouldn’t have been docked points for pushing off on Peterson, and that Peterson [...]

Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing wishes to congratulate his two Virgin Islands-based junior middleweights for their impressive victories on Friday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

By Jim Dower: Former two time WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (43-4, 25 KO’s) is hoping to get picked out as the neck challenger for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to fight on February 4th. Mundine, 36, then wants to move up three divisions and face WBC cruiserweight champion Krzystof Wladarczyk for [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer believes he’s got enough information to get his fighter former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan’s loss to Lamont Peterson overturned so that Khan will not only get his titles back but will be given a win. Khan lost a 12 round split decision to Lamont Peterson [...]

Blog Talk Radio’s “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present: Former Two-Division World Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams, Former WBO Heavyweight Champion Sergei Liakhovich, Cruiserweight prospect Felix Cora Jr, and current Super Middleweight Contender Alfonso “El Tigre” Lopez.

MILLVILLE, NJ (December 20, 2011)—This past Friday night in Batesville, Arkansas, Jr. Middleweight prospect Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna scored his sixth consecutive victory with a second round stoppage over Ivory Joyner to keep his perfect mark intact.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is not only still angry at what he describes as “home cooking” in the loss of former WBA/IBF light welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) to the new WBA/IBF champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) he will attempt to have the loss overturned.

By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO’s) will reportedly be back in action on April 21st next year and is said to be looking to defend his title against either 40-year-old Shane Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KO’s) and/or #15 ranked World Boxing Council contender James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (46-0, 32 KO’s) said he got the chance to take on Andre Ward’s latest fight against Carl Froch in the Super Six tournament this past weekend. Calzaghe, 38, said the 27-year-old Ward looked impressive but he thinks he can still be beat.

German singer Frank Zander invited more than 2.500 homeless people to his 17th annual Christmas dinner on Monday at Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany. World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck and former International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight champ Arthur Abraham were among the 150 celebrities who helped Zander to feed the poor as [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): With his two impressive wins in 2011 in the Super Six Tournament over Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26 KO’s) last May and former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) last Saturday night WBA/WBC/The Ring super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) has been awarded [...]