Archive for December, 2011

Leon Margules, President of Warriors Boxing and co-promoter of super middleweight contender Donovan “Da Bomb” George (22-1-1, 19 KO’s), says pulling George out of his fight against Librado Andrade was the hardest decision he’s had to make during his career as a promoter… but it was definitely the right one.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The Ring middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) has become increasingly frustrated in his inability to land a big money fight against World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) who has been calling out for quite some time. Recently in his frustration he referred to [...]

REMATCH OF ONE OF 2011′S FIGHT OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES SET AS “VICIOUS” VICTOR ORTIZ AND ANDRE BERTO PREPARE TO FACE OFF ON FEBRUARY 11 AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS SHOWTIME® & CBS Join Forces with Golden Boy Promotions & DiBella Entertainment to Promote Event SHOWTIME to Televise Live on Saturday, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In what will likely be his last successful title defense before he loses his belt against Mikkel Kessler on April 14th next year, WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2, 23 KO’s) has a title milking fight against number #15 ranked World Boxing Organization contender Henry Weber (15-0, 3 KO’s) next month [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan advised former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch that if he wanted to have any luck against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward in their Super Six tournament final bout, Froch would have to get off to a really quick start by taking it to [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s), perhaps sensing a wounded animal ready for the kill in former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s), now badly wants a fight against Froch in 2012. Froch was easily beat by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward last weekend [...]

By Daniel Echevarria: According to ESPN.UK Lou Dibella of “Dibella Entertainment” has gone on record saying there was a brief conversation with reps for Floyd Mayweather that if a fight cannot be done with Manny Pacquiao, then they would consider a showdown with Sergio “Maravilla”Martinez.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBA/WBC/The Ring Super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13) demonstrated on Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City why he is considered one of the elite fighters in boxing. His victory against former World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) proved to the [...]

Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 December 2011 – Thrilling weekend of boxing with six matches played out over three action-packed days. With it being the last round of fixtures before the winter break, all teams were fired up wanting to end the year on a high. Astana Arlans put in a masterclass as they completely dominated the [...]

Rudy Markussen and Patrick Nielsen set a new TV2 Fight Night viewing record last Saturday when they clinched spectacular victories in front of a boisterous crowd in Herning. The viewing figures peaked at 772,000 during Patrick Nielsen´s win over Michael Schubov, notching a peak commercial market share of 31 percent. On average, 643,000 viewers watched [...]

NEW YORK (December 19, 2011) – In only its third year of operations, Boxing 360 experienced a banner 2011, highlighted by Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano capturing the New York City-based promotional company’s first world title.

Promoter Frank Warren confirmed today that Dereck Chisora’s title challenge against World Boxing Council (WBC) World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will be televised live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456, Virgin Ch. 546).

By William Mackay While most boxing fans are assuming that WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) will be fighting his next fight against one of the top super middleweights in the division and or one of the champions like IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, Ward said after his win over Carl [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s been a terrible year for British fighters in 2011. They’ve either been losing or in some cases being held to draws but still going home with no title belt. It all started so well for them at the beginning of the year with David Haye, Amir Khan, Darren Barker, John Murray, [...]

By William Mackay: After Kell Brook (26-0, 18 KO’s) stopped Luis Galarza last Saturday night on the undercard of the Carl Froch vs. Andre Ward bout, Brook’s promoter Eddie Hearn said that Brook will likely be challenging for a title against one of the welterweight champions in 2012.

By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) says he’s hoping to get a big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in late 2012.

By Richard Doyle: Looking at the last year in boxing we have witnessed some great fights that have created questions on where our great sport is going. With Manny Pacquiao looking like he is coming to the end of his illustrious career with a very questionable win over Juan Manuel Marquez.

By Tommy Graves: Taking the main sanctioning bodes into consideration ; WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF. Dismissing Diamond, interims and any other imitation title the main four sanctioning bodies come up with, I have tallied up which country hosts the most world titles.

Grady Brewer (28-13, 16 KOs), reining champion of the North American Boxing Federation super middleweight belt, is hard at work preparing for his upcoming Title fight this Thursday night at the Cox Center in Oklahoma City. Brewer, age 40 (turning 41 on Thursday), from Lawton, Oklahoma, is defending his title against the younger knockout artist [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like Carl Froch is going to have a soft landing from his one-sided 12 round decision loss to Andre Ward last Saturday night in the United States.

By Lavon E. Shepard: Should the Mayweather- Pacquiao negotiations fail yet again, 2012 may see Pacquiao taking on a young, hungry fighter in Timothy Bradley. The chances that Bradley, king of the 140lb division gets the nod are increasing, as both camps seem to be on different pages.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s), by his agreement to take a smaller percentage in a huge mega fight with undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has successfully put the ball in “Money” Mayweather’s court. As if playing in a high [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Now that Carl Froch has been relegated to the slag heap, WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) is ready to get down to serious competition in the super middleweight division. IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 Ko’s) would seem like the ideal next fight for Ward, but [...]

BROOKLYN, NY (December 18, 2011)—It took nearly two years but undefeated Cruiserweight Santander Silgado was unleashed for the first time on American soil as he scored an impressive second round knockout over Glenn Williams that past Thursday night in North Bergen, New Jersey

By Sean McDaniel: While Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) may have lost his WBC super middleweight title last night in New Jersey in his 12 round decision loss to the speedy WBA super middleweight champ Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s), Froch hasn’t really changed his plans for 2012. Froch wants to face IBF super middleweight [...]

By Alan Fraser: The year 2011 has seen a number of the UK`s top talent being defeated. Heavyweight Derek Chisora (15-2) was “defeated” by Finland’s Robert Helenius. (17-0) Former WBC Super Middle Weight belt holder Carl “The Cobra” Froch (28-2) lost a unanimous decision to the American sensation Andre Ward. (25-0) Fellow Brit Amir Khan [...]

By William Mackay: If former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan wants an immediate rematch with Lamont Peterson then he’s going to have to hope that Peterson agrees to make the fight rather than face WBO light welterweight champion. The International Boxing Federation decided not to force an immediate rematch between Khan and Peterson after [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan watched WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward’s fight this past weekend against Carl Froch and noted that Ward was moving around and fighting defensively, as he had done a week before in a losing effort against Lamont Peterson. Khan obviously isn’t happy with the stick he received for fighting defensively [...]

By William Mackay: Trainer Rob McCracken sees his fighter Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) bouncing bag from his disappointing 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) and coming back to recapture his world title next year.

By Dominic Sauboorah: Former IBF and WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan (26-2-0) stated how he wasn’t overly impressed with the win over Luis Galarza by undefeated British welterweight boxer Kell Brook (26-0-0).