Archive for December, 2011

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Saturday night will see the culmination of the much heralded Super Six Tournament at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City when undefeated American World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KO’s) faces off against the tough Brit WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KO’s).

Carl Froch 167.5 – Andre Ward 168 lbs Kell Brook 148 – Luis Galarza 147.5

By Robert Elmore: Bob Arum and Michael Koncz sit before a bunch of reporters as they eagerly wait to here from Arum. He slightly opens his mouth. Their pens rise up. “Manny Pacquiao, currently number one pound for pound will be fighting Floyd Mayweather on June 9th 2012 in Las Vegas”, Arum says slyly.

Oklahoma City, OK (December 16, 2011) – Top-flight welterweight Carson Jones retained his USBA championship with a sensational fourth round stoppage of 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Williams Thursday evening at Oklahoma City’s Remington Park.

Stand: 16.12.11 Red Corner: Blue Corner: 1st bout Aleksei Tsatiasvili (Estonia) Torben Keller (Denmark)

California’s Central Valley is becoming one of the hotbeds of young boxing talent in the country, and the latest promising fighter to emerge from the amateurs turn professional does so tonight. Clovis’ Paul Cano, who recently signed on with noted manager and boxing hype man Repo Ric, makes his debut in a four-round welterweight bout [...]

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (December 16, 2011) — Two-time world super bantamweight champion Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor has picked out the perfect Christmas present for provincial rival Sebastian Gauthier, wrapped with a bow on top and even delivered it to Quebec City. Unfortunately, at least for now, the gift remains unopened.

German boxing fans are looking forward to an all-German middleweight affair after the International Boxing Federation (IBF) officially named Benjamin Simon mandatory challenger for IBF intercontinental champion Dominik Britsch. Simon had won the i/c title in May 2010 and successfully defended it in November 2010 before being forced out of the ring to a 10 [...]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 16, 2011)—Danny “Little Mac” McDermott put to rest his two-fight losing streak with a thrilling fourth round technical knockout win Thursday night over Bryan Abraham in front of his adoring hometown crowd at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, N.J., in the six-round main event of the inaugural show of the Rich [...]

By Liam Brindle: This Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, the stage is set for The Super Six Boxing Classic final.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): After his controversial victory over WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KO’s) on November 12 the perception of many boxing fans changed about the possible outcome of a showdown between World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao [...]

By Marcus Sales: Carl Froch’s future will be very different depending on victory or defeat in the super six final early Sunday morning. Enough has been written and said about Andre Ward’s talents in the ring, which are undoubted. I personally think that his ability to fight on the inside may surprise everyone come fight [...]

Men’s magazine gets rare access to The Cobra Carl Froch is on the precipice of his greatest hour and premier men’s magazine GQ has released an exclusive video with The Cobra ahead of fight night.

It’s a holiday treat for HBO® Boxing fans. Over four consecutive nights in late December, HBO Sports® will present seven of the year’s standout fights, showcasing the biggest names in the sport.

International Boxing Federation (IBF) Cruiserweight Champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1, 13 KOs) and Steve Cunningham (24-3, 12 KOs) will meet again in Frankfurt on February 4. Hernandez had dethroned his American opponent on October 1, winning a technical decision in Neubrandenburg. The fight was stopped on cuts, with Hernandez ahead on the scorecards after scoring [...]

NORTH BERGEN, NJ (December 16, 2011)—Danny “Little Mac” McDermott thrilled an enthusiastic crowd at Schuetzen Park by scoring a fourth round stoppage over Bryan Abraham in a scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout that highlighted a five bout card promoted by Rich Komissar Promotions as part of the new series : Tommy Gallagher Winners Have [...]

TORONTO (December 16, 2011) – Popular Romanian boxer Victor Lupo has fully prepared for the toughest fight of his pro career, tomorrow (Saturday) night in the 12-round main event against former world title challenger Antonin Decarie for the vacant World Boxing Council (“WBC”) International Welterweight Championship, at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City.

Promoter Joseph Donofrio of Donofrio Entertainment (in association with Palace Sports and Jackie Kallen), who has found fame as the premier promoter of mixed martial arts in Michigan, will return to his roots and put on a boxing show entitled “Winter Warfare” at the fabulous Palace of Auburn Hills on January 6. In the welterweight [...]

By Alan Francis: Now that the dust has settled a bit on Amir Khan’s close points defeat to Lamont Peterson last weekend, it seems the British press reaction in the immediate aftermath of the fight was somewhat biased towards the Briton. The bout itself, already a fight of the year candidate, has been described in [...]

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: The winner of Saturday’s bout between WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champion Andre Ward must face unbeaten #1 ranked World Boxing Council contender Anthony Dirrell (24-0, 21 KO’s) next, according to Dan Rafael.

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: I can’t remember the last time I saw so many top British fighters get their backsides handed to them in a row. One second the Brits were bragging that they were taking over boxing and the next thing you know every last one of their big stars had been [...]

By Chris Williams: Ricky Hatton came out this week and said that Floyd Mayweather Jr. would wipe the deck with Manny Pacquiao if they were to ever get around to fighting. This is yet another fighter that sees clearly that Mayweather is simply too god for the smaller Filipino fighter and would make mincemeat of [...]

By William Mackay: If you watched Amir Khan fall apart in his fight against Lamont Peterson last Saturday night the last thing you would think about is Khan deserving a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. next year. But that’s what Khan still has for one of his goals for 2012. He sees the Peterson loss [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In what may be one of the best Showtime televised cards in years, Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be making a comeback after a year out of the ring to face the hard hitting Darryl Cunningham ( 24-2, 10 KO’s) on December 30th in a scheduled 10 round at the Morongo [...]

By William Mackay: If you watched the fight last Saturday night you’ll have noticed that Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) spent the better part of the fight grabbing Lamont Peterson by the back of his neck and pulling his head forward in what appeared to be a method of shutting down Peterson’s offense.

Photo Credit: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch limps into the Super Six finals licking his wounds from tough fights against Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler, Glen Johnson and Arthur Abraham in the Super Six tournament. And before the tourney, Froch was within seconds of losing to Jermain Taylor when Froch was able to score [...]

By Gerardo Granados: It is official, it has been announced that the veteran lion king Erik Morales will defend his WBC light welterweight belt against the young lion but inexperienced Danny Garcia next January 28 at the Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

By Eric Thomas: The last two fighters that have chosen to fight Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) in his native Saint Louis, Missouri has lived to regret, with both Lucas Matthysse and Andriy Kotelnik losing by controversial 12 round decisions.

By Allen Fox: Golden Boy Promotions has reportedly offered IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) $1 million to fight their fighter Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KO’s) next on May 19th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, according to RingTV. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy, says the fight could [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan still sounds as if he hasn’t yet come to terms with the fact that he lost to Lamont Peterson, and is still grasping at straws to try and comprehend how he lost his two titles. Khan’s management at Golden Boy Promotions has already appealed the decision to the IBF, WBA [...]