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David Haye vs. Manuel Charr confirmed for June 29th at the Manchester Arena in UK

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charr2By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) has decided to take a soft opponent after all for his next fight. Haye, 32, is reportedly facing #8 WBC, Manuel Charr 23-1, 13 KO’s) for his next fight on June 29th at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

Charr may be ranked by the World Boxing Council in the top 10, but that’s the only sanctioning body that has him ranked in the top 15, and he’s clearly a 2nd tier/3rd tier fighter. I see him as just a tad bit above 3rd tier in terms of talent, and I’m so not surprised that Haye is fighting him.

This is a classic, record-padding fight for Haye and so, so typical of him.

Why Deontay Wilder is a long way from the top

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wilder#1By Sean David: Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) has an impressive record. However, it only looks impressive on paper. At the moment the record is only as strong as that paper. He may be capable of contending for titles at the top level, but he is a long way from hanging and banging with the big boys.

Deontay’s record is high in numbers but low in quality. After watching his interviews, he is quite a likeable character and the boxing always has room for characters. If all it took to be in the elite was some microphone skills then yes he would be in the top ten, but talk is cheap.

Tyson Fury talks Wilder and Khan-Diaz

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deontay11By Scott Gilfoid Heavyweight Tyson Fury says if the unbeaten American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) wants to fight him then he’s going to have go get in line behind the other heavyweight fights he’s got planned.

Fury saw Amir Khan’s fight with Julio Diaz last night, and he came away thinking that Diaz should have been given the decision. I agree with Fury in that. Diaz did more than enough to win a close decision given the knockdown and the fact that he won three out of the last four rounds.

Khan might as well be back with Freddie Roach

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khan111By Scott Gilfoid: After seeing how badly Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) struggled to defeat the non-top 15 ranked Julio Diaz (40-8, 29 KO’s) last night in his controversial 12 round unanimous decision win in Sheffield, Khan might as well be back with his old trainer Freddie Roach because his new trainer Virgil Hunter doesn’t seem to be bringing any positive changes in Khan’s game as far as I can tell.

Khan was hurt at least five times in the fight last night and dropped in the 4th. The fact that Khan was getting hurt over and over again by a fighter like Diaz tells me that Khan might as well go back to Freddie Roach at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles because I think he was a better fighter for Roach than he is with Hunter.

Canelo: Hoping Guerrero will beat Mayweather on Saturday

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Floyd Mayweather gets gloves onBy Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thinks Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) will defeat unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Canelo is really hoping that takes place because his chances of getting a fight with Guerrero are quite high, even though Canelo would likely out-weigh Guerrero by 25 pounds by the time they stepped foot in the ring.

Canelo said to Showtime: “All the work we put in the strategy we had for this fight went very well, and most importantly we won. It was a fight where we couldn’t throw a lot of punches because he’s a southpaw because of the style. I came to fight my fight and win the way I thought I would win and I’m very pleased with the victory and I’m going to repeat:

Schaefer: We want Deontay to fight David Price or Tyson Fury

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wilder7By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’d like to set up a fight between his fighter unbeaten heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (28-0, 28 KO’s) and the top British heavyweights David Price or Tyson Fury if they’re willing to fight him.

Schaefer doesn’t think they are, but he’s very, very interested in making that fight if either of them gets the courage to accept the fight with the 6’7” knockout artist Wilder.

Deontay stopped one of Britain’s best heavyweights in Audley Harrison in the 1st round last night in Sheffield. It’s too bad Britain’s two biggest heavyweights won’t step up to the plate to fight Deontay because it kind of looks bad that they don’t want to test themselves against him.

Khan beats Diaz & Martinez decisions Murray in unpopular decisions

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martinez66A lot has been said over the years about home decisions and that was yet again the case tonight, one in Sheffield, England and the other in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both of the fights were competitive and top class boxing was on display but surely it’s time that these dodgy decisions have to be cut from the sport before they kill it.

First up in the evening was what was meant to be a routine tune-up fight for Amir “King” Khan against the well respected but perhaps getting on a bit in his career, Julio Diaz. Khan came out and for the first couple of rounds demonstrated his blistering hand-speed and solid footwork but as the fight went on much like the Khan v Garcia fight of last year Diaz found his range and began to tag Khan.

Garcia defeats Judah in a war

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05(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jim Dower: In an exciting fight, WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) defeated former two division world champion Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The final judges’ scores were 115-112, 114-112, 116-111.

Garcia knocked Judah down with a big right hand in the 8th round. Just when it looked like Garcia was going to score a stoppage, Judah came back in the last three rounds, hurting Garcia with big left hands in the 10th and 11th rounds. Garcia appeared to gas out in the last part of the fight, and he looked uncomfortable in taking Judah’s big left hand power shots.

Stiverne decisions Arreola in bloodbath

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arreola33By Jim Dower: In a surprise upset, #2 WBC heavyweight contender Bermane Stiverne (23-1-1, 20 KO’s) defeated #1 WBC Chris Arreola (35-3, 30 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision to become the WBC mandatory challenger on Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, USA. The judges scored the fight 117-110, 117-110 and 118-109.

The fight looked like it was going to go Arreola’s way in the first two rounds, as he landed a lot of hard shots in trying to score a quick knockout. However, in the 3rd round, Stiverne changed things around by knocking Arreola down late in the round with a big right hand to the head.

Sergio Martinez defeats Martin Murray in an impressive performance

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO’s) put in an impressive performance tonight in defeating previously unbeaten challenger Martin Murray (25-1-1, 11 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina. The final judges’ scores were 115-112, 115-112 and 115-112.

Murray knocked Martinez down with a right hand in the 8th round. Martinez wasn’t hurt by the shot. It was more of a case of Martinez moving away at the time that he was hit.