- kessler vs abraham
- How to transfer money online Australia with Fundfone?
- It's really a shame Froch doesn't have a bigger UK fanbase
- Can't wait to see what happens when Calzaghe and Ward meet at Froch vs Kessler
- Should Froch be favourite?
- if froch beats kessler it won't be that much of a big win
- Big Cruiserweight fight coming up...
- Larry Olibamiwo ban suspended
Connect
Latif Mundy vs. Vladine Biosse this Friday, May 17th in Lincoln, Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 14th, 2013) — These last few weeks have been like a midterm cram-session for Vladine Biosse, except this fighter is no wide-eyed freshman.
The popular super middleweight, dubbed “Mr. Providence” by his hometown fans, is working with new trainer Paul Andrade for the first time as he prepares for Friday’s showdown against Latif Mundy (10-5, 4 KOs) at Twin River Casino. Like any new relationship between a fighter and his trainer, this one is a work in progress, so Biosse (14-2-1, 7 KOs) will lean heavily on his own experience in Friday’s eight-round co-feature while implementing as much of Andrade’s game plan as possible. Continue reading
John Thompson and Antoine Douglas remain undefeated with wins in the sooner state
NUTLEY, NJ (May 14, 2013)—This past Friday night, John “Apollo Kid” Thompson and Antoine “Action” Douglas remained perfect with bog victories at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. Continue reading
World-famous Michael Buffer to announce Monte Carlo super show
Rodney Berman of South Africa’s Golden Gloves has confirmed that Hall of Famer, Michael Buffer will be doing ring-announcing duties for the final of the “Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four” tournament in Monaco on July 13. Continue reading
Maidana vs. Lopez quotes for June 8th fight At Home Depot Center
(Photo credit: Carlos Baeza/Thompson Boxing Promotions) LOS ANGELES (May 13, 2013) – A fan-friendly, action-packed fight card highlighted by three important 12-round bouts which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions on Saturday, June 8, live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., was formally announced by Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya today at La Fonda Restaurant in Los Angeles.
In what should be a slugfest in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, hard-hitting, former WBA Super Lightweight World Champion and current No. 2 rated WBA welterweight contender Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s), of Santa Fe, Argentina will defend his WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Championship against tough-as-nails upset-minded Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s) of Riverside, Calif. Continue reading
Day One Results From the 2013 National Golden Gloves in Salt Lake City, Utah
(SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH) – Preliminary round action began this evening in four weight divisions at the 2013 National Golden Gloves Championships at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. First round competition was contested in the bantamweight, light welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight classes in day one action.
Five more weight classes will kick off competition tomorrow night. Full results from Monday’s action can be found below. Continue reading
Broner’s trainer: Adrien will be a lot stronger at 147 for Malignaggi fight
Mike Stafford, the trainer for Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s), sees Broner as being a lot stronger in moving up to 147 to face WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) next month on June 22nd in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Stafford sees this as a good move for Broner, saying to Sports Illustrated “Adrien will be much stronger. Paulie is not a full-fledged 147-pounder, anyway. It would be different if we were fighting a 147-pounder who has been at that weight for years.” Continue reading
Peterson totally unafraid of Matthysse
If you ask IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (31-1-1, 15 KO’s) if he’s worried about what he’s going to be facing this Saturday night when he steps inside the ring to mix it up against the power punching Lucas Matthysse (33-2, 31 KO’s), he’d probably laugh because he has absolutely no fear of Mattysse at all.
Indeed, Peterson is so confident in his ability to take Matthysse’s shots and beat him that it’s hard to believe in him. Peterson looks, talks and acts like a winner. Continue reading
Is Mayweather ducking Canelo by asking him to come down to 147?
Floyd Mayweather Jr’s team reportedly gave WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez the option to fight him at 147 lbs. on September 14th if he wants to get the biggest payday of his career. Canelo is only 22-year-old and has no pay per view history behind him to show that he’s a proven money maker.
Canelo’s not shown yet that he’s someone that can make money, and therefore he’s not position to dictate what weight the fight will take place on. Some of Canelo’s fans think Mayweather is ducking the fight with him by asking him to come down to 147 instead of accommodating the 22-year-old by moving up to 154, so that Canelo can make weight and rehydrate to 170+ the night of the fight and enjoy a 20-25 pound weight advantage over Mayweather. When it gets down to it, Canelo’s only chance of beating Mayweather is to use his light heavyweight-sized weight to crush him. Continue reading
Hearn interested in matching Burns against Gavin Rees in September
Promoter Eddie Hearn is interested in matching his very lucky fighter WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2, 11 KO’s) against former lightweight contender Gavin Rees (37-2-1, 18 KO’s) this coming September. Rees is coming off of a 5th round knockout loss to WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner last February in a fight where Rees looked terrible in before getting knocked out.
Burns got lucky last Saturday night in beating Jose Gonzalez (22-1, 17 KO’s) in a 9th round stoppage when Gonzalez quit on his stool after the 9th round. Gonzalez said after the fight he didn’t know that he had such a wide lead and that if he knew that he wouldn’t have quit. Continue reading
Charr: If I knockout Haye, I’ll get a rematch with Vitali
#8 WBC Manuel Charr (23-1, 13 KO’s) has a near hopeless dream of getting a rematch against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who made short work of Charr in stopping him in the 4th round last year in September. Charr has it in his head that all he has to do to get another nice paying bout against Vitali is for him to beat David Haye (26-2, 24 KO’s) next month in their fight on June 29th in the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.
Charr said to Sky Sports “He’s [Vitali] never fought David Haye and Haye has called him out for three years now. Vitali said he wanted to knock him out, shut him up and all this other rubbish, but he never did anything about it. The fight has never happened. I won’t let Vitali do the same to me. I want my rematch and to get it I have to knockout David Haye on June 29th.” Continue reading
Hearn: Froch doesn’t need a catchweight fight against Hopkins
Eddie Hearn has ruled out what would be a lucrative fight between his fighter IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch and 48-year-old IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins this year in September. Hearn doesn’t want Froch to be fighting guys that are slightly bigger than him like Hopkins because he sees it as putting Froch in a difficult position.
Hearn said this to Sky Sports News “It’s flattering [that Hopkins wants to fight Froch]. Hopkins understands the value of a fight with Froch, but I don’t think Carl needs a fight at a catchweight…he’d be at a big disadvantage.” Continue reading
Pacquiao vs. Rios: Brandon could give Manny more than he bargained for
Manny Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 KO’s) hasn’t had an easy fight since his one-sided 12 round unanimous decision win over a completely shot Shane Mosley two years ago in May, 2011. Since that fight, Pacquiao has gone downhill himself and looked bad in his two fights against Juan Manuel Marquez and his fight with Tim Bradley.
Pacquiao lost two of those fights, but you can make strong argument that he deserved to lose three of them because his win over Marquez in November 2011 was a controversial one. Pacquiao now will be fighting Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) on November 24th in Macau, China. Continue reading
Guy Robb makes 2013 debut this Friday in Phoenix Arizona
May 13, 2013 – Featherweight Guy Robb (10-1, 4 KOs) will return to the ring this Friday May 15, 2013 at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. This will be Robb’s first bout under the Boxing 360 Promotional banner. Robb is scheduled to face John Herrera (4-6-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round bout. Continue reading
Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios” Edition of The Pugilist KOrner’s: Weekend Wrap
The Law Offices of Mario Davila is proud to present a special “Pac Man vs. Bam-Bam” edition of “The Pugilist KOrner’s: Weekend Wrap” tonight at 9:00 PM EST.
Pugilist KOrner link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wcsteelerfan/2013/05/14/monday-night-edition
Pugilist KOrner listener line: 718-506-1506
www.InCaseOfAnaccident.com
During tonight’s broadcast, James and Joseph will review the big November 24th showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, which is slated to place in Macau, China. We will break down the looming style match-up and discuss the various issues surrounding the decision the scheduled bout. Continue reading
Bradley vs. Marquez on September 14th unless Mayweather fights on that date, says Arum
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is holding September 14th for an HBO pay per view fight between WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO’s) unless Floyd Mayweather Jr. decides to fight on that date, in which case Arum will move the Bradley-Marquez fight to another day, according to Steve Kim.
The Bradley-Marquez fight will take place at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the fight isn’t nearly big enough to compete against a Mayweather fight. Arum has no other choice but to move off the September 14th date if Mayweather fights unless he wants to have low numbers for the Bradley-Marquez fight in terms of buys. Continue reading
Canelo needs Mayweather more than the other way around
WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez hasn’t fought at 147 in the 11 fights dating back to his win over a tiny Jose Miguel Cotto back in May of 2010, but if Canelo wants a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. then he’s going to have to find a way back down to that weight because that’s what he’s going to have to do in order to get the big payday fight he’s been harping about for ages.
Let’s be honest about this; Canelo needs Mayweather much more than Mayweather needs Canelo. Mayweather is going to get his $30 million each fight no matter who faces him in his next five fights. Mayweather’s got that guaranteed cash, and besides that he’s already a huge, huge draw. He’s the #1 money fighter in all of sports. Continue reading
Bute vs. Pascal bout postponed to December 7th or January 25th
Montreal, Monday, May 13th 2013 – InterBox and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) have reserved the dates of Saturday, December 7th and Saturday, January 25th at the Montreal Bell Centre for the postponed Bute vs. Pascal bout.
Both promoters reserved two dates in order to afford HBO some options. Both promoters plan to discuss the two options with HBO Executives in a few weeks time before announcing the exact rescheduled date. Continue reading
Team Mayweather: 147 for Canelo or no fight
According to Steve Kim, Team Mayweather is saying that WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will have to come down to 147 if he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 14th. There won’t be a catchweight of 150 and Mayweather won’t move up in weight to fight Canelo at his weight of 147.
This now puts it on Canelo and his team whether they want the fight enough for Canelo to melt down 7 pounds from 154 to 147. It’s certainly possible for Canelo to do this because if someone like Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is able to melt down from 190 to 160 and make weight for his middleweight fights, then Canelo should be able to come down from 172 to 147 to make weight. Continue reading
Elite Heat’s Amateurs Dominate At Adidas Cup
Elite Heat Boxing of Newark, NJ continued its dominating ways this past weekend as 12 of the top amateur boxers in the country traveled to Quebec to participate in the Adidas Cup. Under the tutelage of renowned trainer and former boxing champion Buddy McGirt and coaches Charles Johnson, Bernard Hackett, Robinson Velez and Muhammad Salaam Elite Heat’s boxers won 27 out of 31bouts they participated in. Continue reading
Gennady “GGG” Golovkin: The best middleweight standing
(Photo: Team Golovkin) BIG BEAR, CA (May 13, 2013) Having started training in the mountains of Big Bear, California for his eighth world title defense, WBA and IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has become the best man standing in the division.
Golovkin will defend his titles against Ireland’s Matthew Macklin on Saturday, JUNE 29 at the MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut in a bout that will be broadcast as the main event on HBO, beginning at 9:45 PM ET/PT. Continue reading
The Wizard Is Gone (BAM on Boxing column)
Long-time boxing matchmaker, promoter, booking agent Johnny Bos passed away last weekend in Florida at the age of 61. J Russell Peltz, member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, recalls his association with the man known as The Wizard of Bos.Johnny Bos forgot more about boxing than most of today’s so-called experts ever knew, but his career in the sport he loved had been a Shakespearean tragedy for years. He could predict the outcome of most fights so long as one of his own guys was not involved. We called him Wizard—the Wizard of Bos. Continue reading
Once again Elite Heat / Mcgirt Boxing team take home hardware at Adidas cup in Quebec
NEWARK, NJ (May 13, 2013)—This past weekend, New Jersey’s number one amateur boxing team, The Elite Heat / McGirt Boxing Team traveled to Quebec, Canada and were dominant at the esteemed Adidas Cup.
The team which consists of 12 boxers that range in ages 9-18 competed in 31 bouts against some of the best in Canada and came away with an astonishing 27-4 record in those bouts. Continue reading
Darley Perez to face Yuriorkis Gamboa in Montreal June 8 on HBO
May 13, 2013 – Undefeated lightweight contender Darley Perez (28-0, 19 KOs) has signed on to fight explosive Cuban superstar Yuriorkis Gamboa (22-0, 16 KOs) in the co-feature of an HBO telecast taking place on June 8th, live from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The main event that evening will be a light heavyweight title tilt between Chad Dawson and Adonis Stevenson. Perez vs. Gamboa is a strong addition to an already stellar night of boxing. Continue reading
Maddalone stops Carmack
Huntington, NY (May 12, 2013) Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing returned to professional boxing’s Long Island home, The Paramount in Huntington, New York on Saturday night with another installment of their sold-out Rockin Fights series. Continue reading
Cunningham Faces Lithuanian Test
By Daniel Mole: Stafford super-middleweight, Grant Cunningham, faces his toughest test to date when he boxes on the undercard of Martin Gethin’s IBF Final Eliminator with Ammeth Diaz at Walsall Town Hall on Friday, 31st May. The 29 year-old (7-0) puts his unblemished record to the test against Lithuanian Kirill Psonko (10-24-2). Continue reading