No testing drug testing for Chavez Jr-Rubio, Donaire-Vazquez Jr. fights due to the Texas Department failing to book a drug testing lab

By Dan Ambrose: According to RingTV, the reason why there wasn’t any drug testing for WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. last Saturday night was because the Texas State Athletic Commission failed to book a drug testing laboratory. Read the rest of this entry »



Price-Fury bout a possibility after all

By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between David Price and British heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is a possibility, as purse the purse bids were expected to be lodged today. Price is the mandatory challenger after beating John McDermott by a 1st round TKO last month. Fury was thought to be vacating his British title in order to avoid having to take the risky fight against Price. Fury also had the Commonwealth heavyweight title and is expected to get a world title shot in 2012 or early 2013 against one of the Klitschko brothers. Read the rest of this entry »



Cleverly not overlooking Karpency

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) says he’s not overlooking his scheduled opponent Tommy Karpency (21-2-1, 14 KO’s) whom he’ll be meeting on February 25th at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales. Read the rest of this entry »



Would Pavlik be allowed to fight Chavez Jr. if he moved back down to 160?

By Allen Fox: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) has an advantage that WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez doesn’t have in trying to land a fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) in that Pavlik fights for Top Rank Promotions, the same promoter as Chavez Jr. Read the rest of this entry »



No fractures found with Donaire’s left hand

By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire didn’t break his left hand in his win over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. last Saturday night, according to Steve Kim of maxboxing.com. Kim is reporting that Donaire’s wife, Rachel Donaire, says there were no fractures round during the medical check on Donaire’s left hand. Read the rest of this entry »



Munroe ready to prove he’s not the 3rd best super bantamweight in the UK by whipping Quigg and Frampton

By Scott Gilfoid: Former European Boxing Union (EBU) super bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe (24-2, 10 KO’s) is ready to beat a couple of young upstarts Commonwealth super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton 12-0, 8 KO’s) and British super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (24-0, 17 KO’s) to prove who the best fighter really is at super bantamweight in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »



David Haye between a rock and a hard place

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When former World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) retired last October he left the door ajar as to whether he would come back to fight again. Read the rest of this entry »



Cotto a stronger opponent for Mayweather than Pacquiao

By Chris Williams: There are certain fighters that theoretically would give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a lot of trouble, and Miguel Cotto is one of them. And as much as the boxing public is high on Manny Pacquiao right now, I don’t think he would give Mayweather even slight problems compared to Cotto. Read the rest of this entry »



Donaire to fight Jorge Arce next

By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) will be fighting Jorge Arce (59-6-2, 45 KO’s) next provided that the 32-year-old Arce gets past his next opponent Lorenzo Parra on February 18th. Read the rest of this entry »



Maidana-Alexander: Will Marcos be the next fighter to be robbed in Saint Louis?

By Jason Kim: The last two times that Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) fought at home in Saint Louis, Missouri, his opponents went home losers by very, very questionable decisions. Read the rest of this entry »



Berto vs. Ortiz II rescheduled for June 30th at Mandalay Bay

By Dan Ambrose: The Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KO’s) vs. Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s), which was supposed to be taking place on February 11th, has been rescheduled for June 30th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada according to Dan Rafael at ESPN. Read the rest of this entry »



Chavez Jr. likely to face Antonio Margarito next

By Chris Williams: Whether the WBC blesses the fight or not, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) will likely be facing junior middleweight Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) rather than WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or the other name that’s been mentioned recently Andy Lee. Read the rest of this entry »



Bradley may give Pacquiao problems

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12 KO’s) who takes on WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9 is primed to give the Filipino icon a stiff test. Read the rest of this entry »



Froch looking to fight Librado Andrade or Noe Gonzalez Alcoba next in Nottingham

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks for former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is done licking his bruised ego from his loss to American WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward last December in the Super Six tournament is now ready to get back in the ring on May 5th but not against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, who Froch and his promoter had been in negotiations with for the past month. Read the rest of this entry »



Lewis gives Chisora good chance to beat Vitali

By Scott Gilfoid: Lennox Lewis sees little Derek Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) as having a chance at beating WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) on February 18th in Munich, Germany. Read the rest of this entry »



Lennox Lewis: Haye needs some tune-ups to get a better deal with the Klitschkos

By William Mackay: Former heavyweight world champion Lennox Lewis thinks former two division world champion David Haye is going about it the wrong way by trying to negotiate with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko from a position of weakness coming off of Haye’s loss to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko last July. Read the rest of this entry »



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