froch4635 WBC super-middleweight champion Carl Froch is convinced he will crack America if he beats Jermain Taylor when the pair clash on Saturday 25 April at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket in Connecticut. Froch told the Steve Bunce Boxing Hour on Setanta Sports News that a win over mandatory contender Jermain Taylor would make him a household name stateside. He said:

“I’m travelling over to America, I feel I’m giving away home advantage as champion, but it’s great for me to go over to the States and be catapulted to superstardom, which is what a win against Taylor will do for me.

“The fans are going to take to my style of fighting and what I bring to the ring.

“It’s going to be a tough task, but it’s something I’m looking forward to doing. Flying out to America, getting my face and my name out there, and showing off my skills.

Nottingham-born Froch dismissed claims that Taylor was past his prime, declaring that “the fight will be massive”. He added:

“He’s still a big name. He’s a marquee fighter. The fact remains that Jermain Taylor is a quality opponent for me. He’s a big name and will to the masses.”

Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto to Make Humanitarian Visit to Haiti

Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto (Winter Haven, Fla.) will travel to Haiti, his family’s homeland, March 16-18, to provide humanitarian assistance on behalf of the Carma Foundation. While in Haiti, the 25-year-old boxer will visit schools and a church as well as the Croix des Bouquets City Hall to provide much needed inspiration and supplies. In addition, Everlast has donated items for the delegation to distribute during their visit.

“For one of Haiti’s own to make a journey back home to inspire the youth and bring aid is a historical day for an island whose people have suffered a great deal,” Carma Foundation Founder Melky Jean said. “Those who have had the opportunity to meet Andre quickly learn that he is wise beyond his years, and he exemplifies that in his commitment to helping others. He is a young man with a dream that has inspired a nation, and his colleagues at the Carma Foundation are proud of him and his dedication to making a difference in the world.”

While the trip is the first to Haiti for Berto, he hopes to travel there often in the future to help those suffering in the island nation. “I am happy that I finally have the opportunity to go to Haiti and make an impact on the lives of the people there,” Berto said. “I’ve been very blessed and I’m now able to share my success with others. I look forward to making many future trips to Haiti, and hope to touch the lives of as many people as possible.”

Berto represented Haiti as a one-man boxing team in the 2004 Olympic Games before turning professional. The 25-year-old boxer hopes to help to build boxing gyms in Haiti and give young people there an opportunity to participate in the sport. His representing the nation in the 2004 Olympics has already made an impact with Haiti entering boxers in every major international tournament since 2004, including the 2008 Olympics. Everlast has supported Haiti in the past as well, outfitting the 2008 Olympic boxing team in Beijing, China, and hopes to assist Berto in future outreach to the nation.

Berto joined the board of the Carma Foundation in October of 2008 to support the organization in its mission of improving the health and lives of the poor women and children in Haiti. Since its inception in 2007, Carma has already impacted the lives of tens of thousands of Haitian women and children and plans to extend its reach to the millions of Haitian citizens.

Andre Berto is the World Boxing Council Welterweight World Champion and maintains a perfect 24-0 record as a professional. An accomplished amateur with numerous national titles, Berto represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympic Games. A Haitian-American, Berto comes from a fighting family. His father, Dieusuel competed as an Ultimate Fighter before a devastating car crash ended his career and brother Edson and sister Revelina are professional MMA fighters.

European Boxing Rankings

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 Lbs / 69.85 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: DANIEL SANTOS (P.R.)
WBA International: ANTHONY SMALL (GB)
WBO SERGEI DZINDZIRUK (UKR)

1. CHRISTOPHE CANCLAUX (F)
2. LUCAS KONECNY (CZ)
3. ALEXANDER ABRAHAM (D)
4. JAMIE MOORE (GB)
5. MICHELE PICCIRILLO (I)
6. ZAURBEK BAYSANGUROV (RUS)
7. HUSSEIN BAYRAM (F)
8. RYAN RHODES (GB)
9. SIMONE ROTOLO (I)
10. BRADLEY PRYCE (GB)
11. JIMMY COLAS (F)
12. ALISULTAN NADIRBEKOV (RUS)
13. LUCA MESSI (I)
14. SEBASTIAN MADANI (F)
15. STEFANO CASTELLUCCI (IT)
16. ROMAN DZUMAN (UKR)
17. THOMAS McDONAGH (GB)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 Lbs / 79.38 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: ALEKSY KUZIEMSKI (POL)
WBA World Champion: HUGO H. GARAY (ARG)
WBA Intercontinental: VYACHESLAV UZELKOV (UKR)
WBO ZSOLT ERDEI (D)

1. JUERGEN BRAHMER (D)
2. DAWID KOSTECKI (POL)
3. CLINTON WOODS (GB)
4. NATHAN CLEVERLY (GB)
5. ANTONIO BRANCALION (I)
6. RACHID KANFOUAH (F)
7. ALEJANDRO LAKATOS (SP)
8. ARMIN DOLLINGER (D)
9. NADJIB MOHAMMEDI (F)
10. DEAN FRANCIS (GB)
11. TONY OAKEY (GB)
12. DARIO CICHELLO (I)
13. FRANCESCO VERSACI (I)
14. DENIS LEBEDEV (RUS)
15. VASYL KONDOR (UKR)
16. COURTNEY FRY (GB)
17. SERGEI DEMCHENKO (UKR)
18. DANNY McINTOCH (GB)

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 Lbs / 72.58 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: AVTANDIL KHURTSIDZE(UKR)
WBA World Champion: FELIX STURM (D)
WBA Intercontinental: AVTANDIL KHURTSIDZE (UKR)
IBF – ARTUR ABRAHAM (D)

1. SEBASTIAN ZBIK (D)
2. KHOREN GEVOR (D)
3. SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER (D)
4. MAHIR ORAL (D)
5. AMIN ASIKAINEN (FIN)
6. DMITRY PIROG (RUS)
7. DOMENICO SPADA (I)
8. WAYNE ELCOCK (GB)
9. DARREN BARKER (GB)
10. RUBEN DIAZ (SPA)
11. MATTHEW MACKLIN (GB)
12. ANDY LEE (IRE)
13. DARREN McDERMOTT (GB)
14. STEVEN BENDALL (GB)
15. ALPASLAN AGUZUM (D)
16. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (D)
17. FRANCOIS BASTIENT (F)
18. VEDRAN AKRAP (HR)

CRUISERWEIGHT (200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: GUILLERMO JONES (PAN)
IBF – TOMASZ ADAMEK (POL)
WBC – GIACOBBE FRAGOMENI (ITA)

1. VALERY BRUDOV (RUS)
2. GRIGORSZ DROZD (RUS)
3. FIRAT ARSLAN (D)
4. ALEXANDER ALEXEEV (RUS)
5. MARCO HUCK (D)
6. STEVEN HERELIUS (F)
7. PAWEL KOLODZIEJ (POL)
8. JEAN MARC MONROSE (F)
9. VADIM TOKAREV (RUS)
10. KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK (POL)
11. SERDAR SAHIN (D)
12. HERBIE HIDE (GB)
13. RUDOLF KRAJ (CZ)
14. ENAD LICINA (MONT.)
15. VITALY RUSAL (UKR)
16. VINCENZO ROSSITTO (I)
17. ALEXANDER FRENKEL (D)
18. ANDERS HUGGER (DK)
19. VADIM SAFONOV (UKR)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 Lbs / 76.20 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA Champion: MIKKEL KESSLER (DK)
WBA Intercontinental: STJEPAN BOZIC (CRO)
WBO – KAROLY BALZSAY (HU)
WBC – CARL FROCH (GB)

1. DENIS INKIN (RUS)
2. DIMITRI SARTISON (D)
3. ROBERT STIEGLITZ (D)
4. KARO MURAT (D)
5. MADS LARSEN (DK)
6. LUKAS WILASCHEK (D)
7. JEAN PAUL MENDY (F)
8. DANILO HAUSSLER (D)
9. VITALY TSYPKO (UKR)
10. GABRIEL CAMPILLO (SPA)
11. BRIAN MAGEE (GB)
12. CRISTIAN SANAVIA (I)
13. DMITRI SUKHOTSKIY (RUS)
14. PAUL SMITH (UK)
15. STAS KASHTANOV (UKR)
16. LOLENGA MOCK (DK)
17. LORENZO DI GIACOMO (I)

HEAVYWEIGHT (Over 200 Lbs / Over 90.71 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: ALEXANDER USTINOV (RUS)
WBA World Champion: RUSLAN CHAGAEV (UZ) in recess
WBA World Champion: NIKOLAY VALUEV (RUS)
WBA Intercontinental: DENIS BOYTSOV (RUS)
IBF-WBO – WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO (UKR)
WBC – VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKR)

1. TARAS BIDENKO (UKR)
2. ALEXANDER DIMITRENKO (UKR)
3. DAVID HAYE (GB)
4. DENNIS BAKHTOV (RUS)
5. ALEXANDER POVETKIN (RUS)
6. MARTIN ROGAN (GB)
7. VLADIMIR VIRCHIS (UKR)
8. MATT SKELTON (GB)
9. MICHAEL SPROTT (GB)
10. PAOLO VIDOZ (I)
11. ALBERT SOSNOWSKI (POL)
12. DANNY WILLIAMS (GB)
13. FRANCESCO PIANETA (I)
14. CARLOS TAKAM (F)
15. GREGORY TONY (F)
16. OLEG PLATOV (UKR)
17. JOHANN DUHAUPAS (F)

FEATHERWEIGHT (126 Lbs / 57.15 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: CHRIS JOHN (IND)

1. OLEG YEFIMOVICH (UKR)
2. STANISLAV MERDOV (UKR)
3. ALBERTO SERVIDEI (I)
4. PAUL APPLEBY (GB)
5. ANDREY ISAEV (RUS)
6. MARTIN LINDSAY (GB)
7. SOFIANE TAKOUCHT (F)
8. MICHAEL HUNTER (GB)
9. SERGIO BLANCO (SPA)
10. VYACHESLAV GUSEV (RUS)
11. DERRY MATTHEWS (GB)
12. YURI VORONIN (UKR)
13. ESHAM PICKERING (GB)
14. JOHN SIMPSON (GB)
15. PAUL TRUSCOTT (GB)
16. GUILLAUME FRENOIS (F)
17. OSMAN AKTAS (F)
18. IVAN RUIZ MOROTE (SPA)
19. VIOREL SIMION (ROM)

FLYWEIGHT (112 Lbs / 50.80 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: DENKAOSEN KAOWICHIT (THA)

1. BERNARD INOM (F)
2. IVAN POZO (SPA)
3. ANDREA SARRITZU (I)
4. CHRIS RODRIGUES (F)
5. GIUSEPPE LAGANA (I)
6. LEE HASKINS (GB)
7. SILVIO OLTEANU (SPA)
8. CHRIS EDWARDS (GB)
9. KARIM GUERFI (F)

BANTAMWEIGHT (118 Lbs / 53.52 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: ANSELMO MORENO (PAN)

1. WLADIMIR SIDORENKO (UKR)
2. JEROME ARNOULD (F)
3. SASHA BAKHTIN (RUS)
4. MAHYAR MONSHIPOUR (F)
5. IAN NAPA (GB)
6. JASON BOOTH (GB)
7. DON BROADHURST (GB)
8. MOHAMED BOULEGHCHA (F)
9. MALIK BOUZIANE (F)
10. VALERY YANCHY (SPA)
11. FREDERIC PATRAC (F)
12. SEAN HUGHES (GB)
13. JAMIE McDONNELL (GB)

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122 Lbs / 55.34 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA Undisputed Champion: CELESTINO CABALLERO (PAN)
WBA World Champion: RICARDO CORDOBA (PAN)

1. RENDALL MUNROE (GB)
2. BERNARD DUNNE (GB)
3. KIKO MARTINEZ (SP)
4. ZSOLT BEDAK (HU)
5. SIMONE MALUDROTTU (I)
6. MATTHEW MARSH (GB)
7. REIDAR WALSTAD (NOR)
8. JEREMY PARODI (F)
9. ARSEN MARTIROSYAN (F)
10. SALEM BOUAITA (F)

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130 Lbs / 58.97 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: JORGE LINARES (VEN)
WBO – NICKY COOK (GB)

1. ALEX ARTHUR (GB)
2. SERGEY GULYAKEVICH (BLR)
3. VITALY TAJBERT (D)
4. KEVIN MITCHELL (GB)
5. RICKY BURNS (GB)
6. PETER PETROV (SPA)
7. LEVA KIRAKOSYAN (RUS)
8. JESUS GARCIA ESCALONA (SPA)
9. DEVIS BOSCHIERO (I)
10. FRANCISCO NOHALES (SPA)
11. STEVE FOSTER (GB)
12. OSCAR SANCHEZ (SP)
13. ANTONIO DE VITIS (I)
14. ANTONIO BENTO (P)
15. KARIM CHAKIM (F)
LIGHTWEIGHT (135 Lbs / 61.24 Kgs)

European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: PAULUS MOSES (NAB)
WBA International: AMIR KHAN (GB)

1. ANDREY KUDRYAVTSEV (UKR)
2. JOHN MURRAY (GB)
3. ANTHONY MEZAACHE (F)
4. JOHN THAXTON (GB)
5. WILLIE LIMOND (GB)
6. JUAN CARLOS DIAZ (SPA)
7. MARTIN KRISTJANSEN (DK)
8. HENRY CASTLE (GB)
9. SCOTT LAWTON (GB)
10. HOANG SANG NGUYEN (SPA)
11. LEE McALLISTER (GB)
12. AFIF HAMDANI (F)
13. MARTIN GETHIN (GB)
14. DANIEL RASILLA (SP)
15. JOHN FEWKES (GB)
16. GUILLAUME SALINGUE (F)

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 Lbs / 63.50 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA World Champion: ANDREAS KOTELNIK (UKR)
WBA Intercontinental: BRUNET ZAMORA (I)

1. GAVIN REES (GB)
2. JUNIOR WITTER (GB)
3. PAUL McCLOSKEY (GB)
4. SOULEYMANE MBAYE (FRA)
5. GIANLUCA BRANCO (I)
6. GIUSEPPE LAURI (I)
7. COLIN LYNES (GB)
8. WILLY BLAIN (F)
9. SERGEY FEDCHENKO (UKR)
10. DAVID BARNES (GB)
11. JUHO TOLPPOLA (FIN)
12. SERGEY SOROKIN (RUS)
13. VLADIMIR KRAVETS (UKR)
14. GIORGIO MARINELLI (I)
15. BARRY MORRISON (GB)
16. LENNY DAWS (GB)
17. JEAN NICOLAS WIEGEL (F)
18. ISMAEL EL MASSOUDI (F)
19. ALI OUBAALI (F)

WELTERWEIGHT (147 Lbs / 66.68 Kgs)
European EBA Champion: VACANT
WBA Undisputed Champion: SHANE MOSLEY (USA)
WBA World Champion: YURIY NUZHNENKO (RUS)
WBA Intercontinental: VYACHESLAV SENCHENKO (UKR)

1. RAFAL JACKIEWICZ (POL)
2. JAN ZAVECK (SLO)
3. JACKSON BONSU (BE)
4. DANIELE PETRUCCI (I)
5. FREDERIC KLOSE (F)
6. KELL BROOK (GB)
7. SELCUK AYDIN (TUR)
8. VIKTOR PLOTNIKOV (UKR)
9. LEONARD BUNDU (I)
10. OLIVER GUETTEL (D)
11. BRICE FARADJI (F)
12. MICHAEL LOMAX (GB)
13. KEVIN McINTYRE (GB)
14. VALERY BRAZHNIK (UKR)
15. TED BAMI (GB)
16. LUCIANO ABIS (I)
17. KRZYSZTOF BIENIAS (POL)
18. FRANCK SHABANI (D)
19. VITALY DAMYANENKO (KAZ)
20. MATHEW HATTON (GB)