Published: July 25, 2011
Amir Khan dominated Zab Judah to win the WBA and IBF Light Welterweight titles by fifth-round knockout. The 24-year old former Olympian came in prepared with a good game plan, utilizing the jab well and pounding on the 33-year old Judah with vicious flurries through five rounds that ended with a punch to the solar [...]
Published: July 23, 2011
WBA Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan (25-1) is ready to take on one of his toughest fights in his young career. The British boxing star is set to face IBF Light Welterweight Champion Zab Judah (41-6-2NC) at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This could be career-defining for both fighters. The 24-year [...]
Published: July 11, 2011
WBA World Lightweight Champion Brandon Rios put on a good show on Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson City, California when he successfully defended his title against an equally game Urbano Antillon. Rios knocked the challenger twice in the third round with crushing head shots. After the second knockdown, Antillon seemed no longer [...]
Published: July 5, 2011
It was supposed to be the most relevant heavyweight bout in boxing in recent years but turned out to be another disappointing 12 rounds. Wladimir Klitschko completely dominated David Haye to win by unanimous decision and add the WBA title to his IBF, WBO and IBO belts.
The fight did not live up to expectations [...]
Published: July 2, 2011
Wladimir Klitschko (55-3-0) and David Haye (25-1-0) face off on Saturday at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg, Germany in what could be the most significant boxing heavyweight event since then champion Lennox Lewis beat Evander Holyfield in 1999 and Mike Tyson in 2002.
The flamboyant Englishman Haye has been doing all the trash talking leading [...]
Published: May 20, 2011
The proposed third boxing match between world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12, 2011 should never happen. Boxing fans have had enough of the mismatches for the Filipino boxing superstar. Since beating Marquez via split decision in March 2008, Pacquiao has easily disposed of David Diaz, Oscar dela Hoya, Ricky [...]
Published: April 20, 2011
The WBA champion finally agreed terms to meet the younger Klitschko, who holds the IBF and WBO titles, last month on either 25 June or 2 July, with several venues in contention.
But Boente confirmed the 57,000-capacity Imtech Arena in Germany would stage the unification contest.
“The fight will be 2 July in Hamburg. It is confirmed [...]
Published: April 13, 2011
The bout for the interim WBA Super Lightweight championship yielded the expected result on Saturday. However, critics and boxing fans did not expect an old boxer to show up with his old self. Marcos Maidana scored a majority decision over Erik Morales but the legendary Mexican fighter showed that he still had the heart of [...]
Published: December 9, 2010
Former Heavyweight champion ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, three-division champ Julio Cesar Chavez and Sylvester Stallone of the ‘Rocky’ fame led twelve class 2011 inductees named to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday.
Michael Gerard Tyson, who was popularly known as Iron Mike, became the youngest heavyweight champion at age 20 when he knocked [...]
Published: September 17, 2010
Shane Mosley has won world boxing titles in three weight divisions earning him recognition as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters. His record of 46 wins, 6 losses and one no contest with 39 knockouts indicate that he packs some power in his punches. After two knockout wins in 2009 against heralded boxers Ricardo Mayorga [...]