By William Mackay: It goes from bad to worse for IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) in 2012. Not only does he have to waste the first quarter of 2012 getting ready to destroy 39-year-old smallish ex-cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck (36-4, 22 KO’s) on March 3rd in Germany, but Wladimir then has to fight 40-year-old Tony Thompson (36-2, 24 KO’s), his International Boxing Federation mandatory challenger, in his next bout in 2012.
Year: 2011
Jermain Taylor: I’m returning to boxing to capture the belts and be #1
By Allen Fox: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (28-4-1, 17 KO’s) is making a comeback on Friday night and looking to make a new run at becoming the No.1 fighter in the middleweight division. Taylor faces Jessie Nicklow (22-2-3, 8 KO’s) in a fight that should give fans a good indication of whether Taylor will be successful in his comeback or not.
Are Khan’s fouling tactics common in British boxing?
By Scott Gilfoid: In watching Amir Khan’s fights in the past year or so, I’ve not been blind to his bad habit of fouling his opponents repeatedly in his fights. The fouls that I’ve seen from Khan are as follows: Holding & hitting, pulling down on his opponents’ heads, shoving them, rabbit punching, headbutting, and shouldering.
Deontay Wilder = The best prospect in the heavyweight division
By Scott Gilfoid: 6’7” former 2008 Olympic heavyweight bronze medalist Deontay Wilder (20-0, 20 KO’s) is the textbook version of a one-punch knockout artist and he’s arguably the best heavyweight prospect in boxing in my opinion. Wilder has knocked out all 20 of his opponents with most of the knockouts coming in the first here rounds.
Mayweather Sr.: Andre Dirrell and Ward will be the future stars in boxing after Floyd retires
By Scott Gilfoid: Floyd Mayweather Sr. says he sees Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward as becoming the big stars in the boxing world after his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. retires from the sport.
Adamek reloading for another title run at heavyweight
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s still difficult to erase the image of small overmatched Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28 KO’s) looking like a helpless schoolboy in getting whipped by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) last September in a 10th round TKO loss in Poland.
Haye: I put backsides in seats; I bring value to a Vitali fight
By William Mackay: It’s no secret that David Haye has been involved with two of the worst fights in recent years with his Audley Harrison and Wladimir Klitschko fights, which were expensive pay per view bouts where the boxing public got very little value for the money they dished out to watch Haye fight. We all know that Haye destroyed a timid Harrison after throwing precious few punches in the first two rounds of the fight.
Does Cotto deserve a rematch with Pacquiao?
By Dan Ambrose: It’s been two years now since Miguel Cotto was battered and bruised in losing to Manny Pacquiao by a 12th round TKO in November 2009. Cotto looked awful in that fight after the first couple of rounds and seemed to be in the survival mode until being blasted out in the 12th round under a stiff bombardment from Pacquiao With help from his promoter Bob Arum, who has set him up with three winnable fights, Cotto has won his last three rounds and now feels he deserves a big money rematch with Pacquiao next.
Dirrell: I’m looking to collect all the belts in one year
By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) is looking to make up for lost time when he comes back this Friday night against Darryl Cunningham (24-2, 10 KO’s) in their televised fight on SHOWTIME. Dirrell, 28, wants to beat the 37-year-old Cunningham in impressive fashion and then use the momentum from this victory get him moving to capture all of the super middleweight titles in the next year.
Mayweather Sr.: Pacquiao doesn’t want to fight little Floyd
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. has serious doubts that WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao ever really wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Sr. thinks Pacquiao is avoiding the fight to save himself from getting a beating from his son.