Joel Casamayor Boxing News

By Sam Geraci: On the undercard of Saturday’s mega fight, World Boxing Council (WBC) champion in recess and apparent future superstar in recess Timothy Bradley defends his WBO championship against Olympic gold medalist and former super featherweight and lightweight champion Joel Casamayor.

World Boxing Organization (WBO), by president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel, announced today the referees and judges who will work on the two world title bouts, Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley vs Joel Casamayor this Saturday, November 12, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada in a Top Rank Inc. presentation.

By William Mackay: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) will be fighting in front of a nationwide audience on November 12th against 40-year-old Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s) on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BOB ARUM: I would like to welcome everyone to the conference call and I would like to particularly welcome Timothy Bradley to the promotional ranks of Top Rank. We also have Timothy’s manager. who has more world class fighters under his management than anyone else in the world, Cameron Dunkin. This starts what I’m sure [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum recently signed WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) to his Top Rank stable in hopes of turning him into a pay per view star, and possibly to match him up against his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao in 2012.

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum recently signed WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) to a contract with his company Top Rank Promotions with the idea of turning Bradley into a pay per view attraction and one of his biggest stars.

By Dan Ambrose: Since it was announced the scheduled November 12th fight between WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) and 40-year-old former two division world champion Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s) has been criticized by many boxing fans who are badly disappointed that such an old and struggling fighter like Casamayor would [...]

By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley has officially signed with Top Rank Promotions as of Wednesday. Bradley now hopes that the signing will lead to him getting some big fights. However, there’s one fighter in particular that Bradley has his eyes on and that’s Top Rank’s biggest star WBO welterweight champion Manny [...]

LAS VEGAS, NEV (October 5, 2011) – Top Rank announced today it has signed undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY “The Desert Storm” BRADLEY, Jr. to an exclusive long-term promotional contract. The Top-10 pound-for-pound fighter will be making his Top Rank debut in the feature bout under the Manny Pacquiao – Juan [...]

By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: I know that this has been reported on another boxing sight that the newly signed Top Rank fighter WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley is the front runner to fight Manny Pacquiao next, but I would like to take a look at this from a different angle.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan is hoping that former two time world champion Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s) beats WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s) in their fight on November 12th at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.

By William Mackay: IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan isn’t pleased with WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley’s choice of opponent for his fight on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao – Juan Manuel Marquez fight on November 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jason Kim: Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 Ko’s) is back in training in Thailand for a fight in October or November against one of the following opponents: Kevin Mitchell, Lovemore N’dou or Joel Casamayor. Mitchell, a fighter that Katsidis destroyed in three rounds last year in May, is leading the pack for a fight that [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Michael Katsidis (28-4, 23 KO’s) is targeting 40-year-old former World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s) for a rematch to avenge Katsidis’ 10th round knockout loss to him in March 2008. Katsidis was ahead of the fight at the time but was taken out [...]

LAS VEGAS (June 16, 2011) – On July 29, “Fight Nights at The Cosmopolitan” returns to The Chelsea Ballroom featuring matchups between four of professional boxing’s toughest and hardest hitting warriors and airing live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights.”

March 14, 2011 – With his recent victory over once beaten Manuel Leyva (18-2, 10 KO’s), former three time World Champion and Olympic Gold medal winner, Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s) is seeking fights against anyone in the top ten at Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight.

By Jim Dower: In a make or break fight for former two-division world champion Joel Casamayor (38-5-1, 22 KO’s), he defeated little known Mexican Manuel Leyva (18-2, 10 KO’s) by a 10 round split decision on Friday night at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Having suffered two losses in his last three fights, albeit to top-flight opposition, 39-year-old former two-time world champion Joel Casamayor (37-5-1, 22 KOs) admits that every fight from here out is potentially career ending.

A clash of heavyweight titans, matching 6-foot-9-inch Tye Fields and 6-foot-7-inch Michael Grant, plus a battle between two former world champions, Joel Casamayor and Michael Anchondo, highlight a nationally and internationally televised pay-per-view card Friday, March 11, at the Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nev.

By Kirk Jackson: Joel Casamayor certainly looked his age tonight against the younger fighter Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero. The fight in itself was boring, but there was one last flash of greatness from the all time Cuban great in the final round, when he sent ‘The Ghost‘ to the canvas off a counter right jab. [...]

By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night (Saturday 31st July) there will be one of boxing’s PPV worthy shows, with not only a great main event but a cracking undercard to go with it. The Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas super show we see two world title fights and also two make or break fights. One of them [...]

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, July 31, 2010 WHERE: Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: RING MAGAZINE, WBA & WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ vs. JUAN “BABY BULL” DIAZ

K. Swanson: Thank you, everybody, for calling in. We did have a conference call last week with Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya to talk about our exciting card on July 31st, particularly the undercard fights, which round out the card so nicely. Richard is claiming it is one of the greatest cards that [...]

By William Mackay: Freddie Roach said that Amir Khan is ready to take on the best fighters in the light welterweight division in an article at the Telegraph today. Well, on July 31st, it’s looking like Khan will be fighting 38-year-old two-time champion Joel Casamayor. Khan fans are mostly excited about this fight, even if [...]

By William Mackay: Two time world champion Joel Casamayor (37-4-1, 22 KO’s) is predicting dire circumstances for his July 31st opponent WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s), saying in an article at The Sun, “I am going to knock out Amir Khan, dead. I am a four-time world champion in two different [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Why is WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) facing 38-year-old Joel Casamayor (37-4-1, 22 KO’s) rather than the much younger 29-year-old Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s)? I mean I don’t understand that move at all unless Khan and Golden Boy Promotions, Khan’s promoters, are getting Casamayor on the cheap. [...]

By William Mackay: The manager of WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s), Brendon Smith, thinks that World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) doesn’t want to fight Katsidis, according to the BBC. Katsidis, 29, was interested in fighting Khan next after destroying Kevin Mitchell in the 3rd round [...]

By William Mackay: According to news from The Sun, World Boxing Association Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) and his promotional team have offered former WBC lightweight champion Joel Casamayor £400,000 to fight Khan on July 31st. The fight, if Casamayor agrees to take it, would take place at the O2 Arena in London. It will [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 22 KO’s) has been saying that he wants to fight Michael Katsidis, Marcos Maidana or Joel Casamayor next. However, it’s starting to look like Khan may end up with only one choice of those three for his next fight on July 31st. Khan [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is continuing to say that he wants either WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (28-1, 27 KO’s) or WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) next. On his Twitter page, Khan said that he has told his promoters to get [...]