Andre Ward hoping to be back in the ring in 2015

09/26/2014 by Cameron

ward765 By Cameron Gillon: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward is hoping to be back in the ring early 2015, the unbeaten american super middleweight is still involved in a long battle lawsuit with promoter Dan Goosen and it doesn’t look like that’s going to end anytime soon.

It’s a big shame that Ward has this problem, the guy has a lot of talent and would be one of the hot runners to take over Floyd Mayweather Jr’s spot as the pound for pound king when he retires, he could still do that but needs to get active, Ward won the super six tournament in 2011 and held the WBC, WBA and Ring and Lineal super middleweight titles and hasn’t lost any of them but due to being inactive he was stripped off the WBC title and refused to have the champion emeritus status.

Canelo orders De La Hoya to book Cinco de Mayo date for next fight

09/17/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: Golden Boy promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya has said if the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto mega fight doesn’t happen in May 2015, he hopes he can match the red haired Mexican against fellow Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr at a catch weight of 159, according to The Record.

He went on to say the fight would sell big with the Mexican audience and would be a big pay per view fight with the correct backing. Oscar did say the fight between Alvarez and Cotto will likely happen, but he wants to make sure he has a backup fight if it falls through.

Mayweather hopeful of Pacquiao showdown in May 2015

09/14/2014 by Cameron

(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Cameron Gillon: WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (47-0, 26 KOs) defeated Marcos Maidana (35-5, 31 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision victory last Saturday night at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.

It was a rematch from there May fight earlier this year. The rematch came about after feeling in some fans eyes and certainly Maidana and his camp that they done enough to get the victory. What was very unlike Mayweather, he granted Maidana a rematch despite clearly winning the fight this time round last May. I thought he did this first time but this one was certainly a lot clearer than the first bout.

Keith Thurman wants WBA title shot in 2015, wants a big fight after his next one

09/11/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: WBA interim welterweight champion Keith Thurman was at the final press conference for the Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Marcos Maidana rematch this Saturday. Thurman always shows up to these type of fights to scout and look at future opponents. He plans on being at the fight on Saturday.

Thurman is currently the mandatory challenger to be the next fighter in line to get a shot at the welterweight WBA title shot. This belt is currently held by Mayweather himself so you can understand why he is at the fight. He could potentially be the next guy Mayweather decides to fight.

Demetrius Andrade puts in petition for shot at the WBO vacant middleweight title

09/10/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: WBO Middleweight world champion Demetrius Andrade has put in a petition on behalf of himself to get a shot at the vacant WBO middleweight title that was recently vacated by Peter Quillin.

Andrade is one of many big up and coming prospects in the boxing world and has recently been calling out all the top 154 light middleweight fighters like Saul Canelo Alvarez and Erislandy Lara but it seems to be that neither are going to take the fight against Andrade.

Sergio Martinez to meet doctor next Tuesday for tests on his injuries

09/08/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: Former WBC, WBO and Ring middleweight champion Sergio Martinez career will be decided next week when he meets with a doctor to run tests on the injuries he has occurred over recent years.

Martinez is coming off a heavy loss to the new WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto where Martinez lost that title to Cotto, Martinez to me was a favorite and I gave Cotto no chance of winning this fight due to Cotto not ever fighting at 160 and Martinez still being good enough to beat Cotto.

That wasn’t the case as Cotto put Martinez down three times in the 1st round and then again in the 9th. The fight was stopped by Martinez’s trainer who could clearly see Martinez was not going to win on the scorecards and had nothing left to go for the knockout. Martinez’s legs couldn’t handle Cotto’s power shots and the only thing that kept Martinez was going was the heart he has.

Is Mayweather wrongly blamed for the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight never happening?

09/06/2014 by Cameron

(Photo credit: Idris Erba/Mayweather Promotions) By Cameron Gillon: I’m a young boxing fan, but I study the sport every day with great detail. Lately I’ve seen a lot of articles on here being based around the long awaited mega fight of this generation between the two best welterweight fighters in the world right now in Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao.

Now this fight was really bought up when Mayweather came back from retirement in 2009, he had his first fight back against a fighter Pacquiao knows better than anyone in Juan Manual Marquez. Marquez was moving up two divisions to get this fight but was arguably in the peek of his career when they fought and Mayweather defeated Marquez in a 12 round unanimous decision. After that fight everyone in the boxing world firmly believed we was finally going to see the fight the world awaited and still does in 2010.

Carl Froch vs. James Degale for the IBF world title likely in February/March at the City Ground

09/03/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: According to Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn, Carl Froch has been mentioning about fighting again soon and is getting that hunger back to box after nearly four months post to his big Wembley world title showdown with George Groves in May this year.

Carl Froch has recently been taking a break from boxing by doing Tumble, a acrobatic dancing programme on TV. Eddie Hearn met with Froch a few times recently to plan out his next move.

Andre Berto making a comeback this Saturday against Steve Upsher Chambers

09/02/2014 by Cameron

berto44 By Cameron Gillon: This Saturday on the Adrien Broner vs. Emmanuel Taylor card, former IBF/WBC welterweight world champion Andre Berto is making his return to the ring in a fight that will be televised by Showtime from the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

It’s been 14 months since Berto last fought in the ring, he faced Jesus Soto Karass for the NABF welterweight title, in a fight Berto was supposed to come out as the victor he was caught in the 12th round and lost the fight.

Canelo doesn’t think about fighting Mayweather again in his career

09/01/2014 by Cameron

By Cameron Gillon: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 KOs) has said that when he lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr in September 2013 for a while he thought about having a rematch potentially one day to try and right the wrong, but nowadays is more focused on building his own status as a pay-per-view fighter.

Canelo faced Mayweather last September at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada and got beat decisively in a 12 round unanimous loss and you can argue he didn’t win one round. Canelo looked very bad in the fight. Weight drained or not he had completely the wrong game plan and looked lost from the 3rd round. As soon as Floyd got the feel of Canelo, Floyd didn’t lose a step.