By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it’s academic at this point. IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) won’t be facing a super middleweight contender for his next fight on November 17th in Nottingham, England. Instead, Froch will fight a light heavyweight contender in Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s). Having seen Mack fight and get knocked out on a number of occasions, I see this as a terrible choice of opponent for Froch.
Yusaf Mack
Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack in mismatch on November 17th
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Eddie Hearn has selected light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) for his fighter IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) to make his first title defense of his International Boxing Federation belt against on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. There’s not much reason to like this unless you’re into watching Froch beat up on guys that are out of their class like 32-year-old Mack.
Carl Froch vs. Yusaf Mack on November 17th?
By Scott Gilfoid: RingTV is reporting that 35-year-old IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) will be fighting recent Tavoris Cloud knockout victim light heavyweight contender Yusaf Mack (31-4-2, 17 KO’s) on November 17th at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, UK.
Don King is back: Alexander-Matthysse, Bundrage-Powell and Cloud-Mack previews
By Peter Wells: Tomorrow night Don King at the age of 79 is still doing business and has set up another great show. Unfortunately IBF Cruiserweight champ Guillermo Jones won’t be fighting on the card but that doesn’t mean we’re not in for a treat.
Cloud likely to fight Mack or Griffin on December 17th
By Eric Thomas: Rather than take on two-time light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in his next fight on December 17th, IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud (21-0, 18 KO’s) is likely going to be facing either Otis Griffin (23-6-2, 4 KO’s) or Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO’s) next in a bout that will be taking place at the American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael.
Glen Johnson stops Mack in 6th round
By Jim Dower: 41-year-old former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (50-13-2, 34 KO’s) turned back the clocks tonight in taking out 30-year-old Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO’s) in the 6th round in an IBF light heavyweight title eliminator bout at the NSU Arena, Don Taft University Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Mack Defeats Henry
By Jason Kim: Light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (27-2-2, 16 KOs) pulled off a huge upset on Friday night, defeating top rated Chris Henry (23-2, 18 KOs) by a 12-round split decision at the Wicomico Civic Center, in Salisbury, Maryland. The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 115-112 and 113-115. Mack, 29, making only his 4th fight since moving up from the super middleweight division in April 2008, hurt Henry with big right hands in both the 6th, and again in the 12th rounds to squeak out a decision over Henry.
DeGale, Mack-Henry, Brook – News
Boxing sensation James DeGale has been backed as one to watch in 2009 – alongside US President elect Barack Obama. The Olympic middleweight gold medallist has been picked by Britain’s longest running Afro-Caribbean newspaper The Voice as one of the faces of the New Year.
Mack Decisions Judah
By William MacKay: The hard-punching light heavyweight Yusaf Mack (25-2-2, 15 KOs) defeated Daniel Judah (22-3-3, 10 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Wednesday night at the Aviator Sports Arena, in Brooklyn, New York. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 97-92 and 97-92, all for Mack. Judah, 30, the brother of former welterweight champion Zab Judah, was knocked down once in the 2nd round, and out-slugged and out-boxed for most of the remainder of the 10-round bout. Mack, 28, looked especially good in the early rounds, in which he was able to use his power shots to control the fight and punish the much weaker-punching Judah.
In the later rounds, however, Mach faded somewhat, fighting with his mouth wide open and taking an occasional left hand from Judah. Luckily for Mack, Judah had little in the way of offensive tools and barely pressed Mack in the latter half of the fight. Going into the bout, both fighters were badly flawed, with Mack having lost two out of his last four fights both by knockouts. His loss to Alejandro Berrio, a 6th round TKO in May 2006, was especially embarrassing because Berrio kissed him on the forehead moments before knocking him out. In Judah’s case, he also entered the bout having lost two out of his last four fights, and had been brutally stopped by Darnell Wilson in the 4th round in September 2006.
Boxing News: Larry Holmes, Mack-Judah, Hatton-Lazcano
Former Heavyweight Champion of the World Larry Holmes has dismissed the current crop of heavyweight boxers as nothing more than ‘big and strong guys who don’t know how to fight.’
Speaking to Setanta Sports News Holmes said:
“If you want to prove yourself as a champion, you have to fight everybody and anybody who comes up and gives you that challenge. You have to prove yourself worthy of being Heavyweight Champion of the World.