Archive for December, 2011

By John F. McKenna (McJack): WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) who faces Britain’s Derek Chisora (15-2, 10 KO’s) on February 18, 2012, says that Chisora may be the toughest fight of his career. He followed up those comments by saying that he rates Chisora’s chances of beating him at “50/50”.

Weights from Mandalay Bay World Boxing Council (WBC) Latino Middleweight Championship Marco Antonio Rubio 161.5 (Rubio overweight, cannot win title)

By Julian Valenzuela: How is it that a boxer can have the career, be in the type of fights that Juan Manuel Marquez has had and yet never really get the respect he deserves? He has fought the best, he has beat the best, and yet in every major fight he is considered an underdog.

By Dan Ambrose: At the WBC’s 49th annual convention the WBC determined that World Boxing Council middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) must face former WBC middleweight champ Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) unless Chavez Jr. and Martinez can agree to fight other opponents rather than each other.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS December 15, 2011 – Las Vegas Thursday was the last working day of the WBC’s 49th annual convention, led by WBC President Jose Sulaiman at Mandalay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Delegates can enjoy a free day on Friday and the fight card here on Friday night.

LAS VEGAS (December 15)…Since the final bell of rang on April 16, 2011, boxing fans and the media have been clamoring for a rematch between Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto. Golden Boy Promotions and DiBella Entertainment are proud to announce that it’s now official and tickets for “Ortiz vs. Berto II” will go on sale [...]

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Referee Steve Smoger will be working this Saturday’s fight between Andre Ward and Carl Froch at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Smoger is known for his hands off approach to working fights and rarely does he step in to penalize or halt fights until it’s clear [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (25-0, 17 KO’s) faces Luis Galarza (17-2, 13 KO’s) in what Brook and his promoter hopes to be an easy fight on the undercard of the Andre Ward vs. Carl Froch Super Six tournament bout at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

LAS VEGAS (December 15, 2011) – World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov returned home this week to receive one of the highest awards presented by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the “Barys (Snow Leopard) Award III.”

LOS ANGELES, December 15 – TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” will head to the Woodland Community Center in Woodland, California tomorrow night, Friday, December 16 for a pre-holiday event featuring California prospects Alan Sanchez of Fairfield and Alberto Herrera of Riverside battling it out in an eight round welterweight main event that will pack some heavyweight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: You can pretty much put WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch into the same bed as Amir Khan in terms of a complete lack of an inside game. Froch is about as weak a fighter as I can think of in the super middleweight division when it comes to trying to find [...]

With just two days to go before the Super Six World Boxing Classic crowns an undisputed Super Middleweight champ, SHOWTIME Extreme will replay the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament TONIGHT/Thursday beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (Delayed on the West Coast).

Photo: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks as if it’s academic at this point; Carl Froch is going to lose to Andre Ward on Saturday night in the Super Six tournament in the United States. The top super middleweights in the division – Arthur Abraham, Andre Dirrell, Glen Johnson and Lucian Bute are [...]

Fairfax, Va. (December 15, 2011) – Jimmy Lange Boxing officials today announced a third world title fight on the February 11, 2012 card at the Patriot Center, a showdown between ring veterans Michael “No Joke” Stewart and Joe Wyatt. The ten-round co-main event will be for the vacant World Boxing Union (WBU) welterweight championship.

TOP SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS DELIVER SUPER SIX PREDICTIONS; FOUR OF FIVE FAVOR ANDRE WARD TO DEFEAT CARL FROCH IN THE FINAL ON SHOWTIME® Telecast Airs LIVE this Saturday, Dec. 17 at 9 p.m. ET / PT (delayed on the West Coast) NEW YORK (Dec. 15, 2011) – Saturday’s blockbuster super middleweight showdown between Super Six World [...]

Rising super featherweight prospect Guy Robb plans to cap his successful 2011 campaign with a knockout as he takes on durable Hugo Ramos this Friday night at the Woodland Community & Senior Center in Woodland, California. The six-round encounter is the televised co-feature of Telefutura’s Solo Boxeo broadcast.

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (December 15, 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.

By Allen Fox: Amir Khan is hoping to get a ruling from the IBF, WBA and Washington State Athletic Commission about his appeal to have his 12 round decision loss overturned and switched to a victory for him over challenger Lamont Peterson.

HOUSTON, TEX. (December 15) – To kick off the 2012 boxing year, Golden Boy Promotions and Box Latino Promotions will deliver a night of boxing that no fight fan will want to miss when future Hall of Famer Erik “El Terrible” Morales defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Lightweight title against unbeaten Philadelphian Danny [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) got some good news and some really bad news this week. Things started off well for him on Tuesday when the California State Athletic Commission overturned his 2nd round TKO loss to Chad Dawson (30-1, 17 KO’s) and ruled the fight a “No [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: While former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and his promoters from Golden Boy Promotions are livid about the job that Washington, DC based referee Joe Cooper did in taking two points away from Khan in his loss to Lamont Peterson last Saturday night, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch reportedly thinks [...]

MAYAGÜEZ, PUERTO RICO- World Boxing Organization (WBO), former WBO Welterweight Champion Carlos “El Indio” Quintana and some Puerto Rican prospects give today toys and bicycles to the kids at the Yagüez Public Residential Comlex in Mayagüez as part of their program “Kids Drug Free”.

Lausanne, Switzerland, 15 December 2011 – With it being the last round of fixtures before the World Series of Boxing (WSB) winter break, all teams will be eager to end the year on a high. And with six matches scheduled over the weekend, there are some mouth-watering ties to look forward to.

By Jim Dower: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) was pleasantly amused with the bravado coming from challenger Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) in their press conference today in Munich, Germany to promote their February 18th clash at the Olympihalle, in Munich, Germany.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (Dec. 15, 2011) – The SHOWTIME Super Six World Boxing Classic Final contestants, WBA world champion Andre Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) and World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KOs) will hit the scales live from Caesars Atlantic City tomorrow, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. ET.

By Dominic Sauboorah: It really is a pick ‘em fight. Andre Ward (24-0-0). The flashy, handsome and charismatic fighter showed to many that he’s one for the future when he managed to win a Gold Medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

by Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro: Frank Warren knows a thing or two about putting on a top class fight night and boy has he put some great shows on over the years. Usually his real all action extravaganzas are reserved for the bigger venues around the country, places like the O2, Excel, M.E.N., Echo Arena [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Referee Steve Smoger wished that Antonio Margarito had been allowed to come out for the 10th round in his recent loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Smoger said he wanted to let him, but the ringside doctor stepped in and halted the fight due to Margarito’s rapidly closing right eye.

By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy Promotions are working to cut off any avenue of retreat for Lamont Peterson after he beat their fighter Amir Khan last Saturday night to win his IBF and WBA light welterweight titles. Golden Boy, who promotes Khan, are appealing the decision loss to try and get it overturned with the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former boxing star from the 80s/90s Nigel Benn is picking American WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward to do a number on WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and walk off with the Super Six tournament trophy. This has got to hurt Froch, because Benn is British like him and it doesn’t [...]