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: June 29, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has not fought in the ring for more than a year now. Despite the inactivity in the boxing ring, Mayweather remains in the news.
For the last several months, his fights were outside the ring for felony charges that started with domestic violence towards the mother of his children and separate charges [...]
Published: June 9, 2011
The announcement made via Twitter by Floyd Mayweather on Tuesday that he is returning to the boxing ring after a 16-month hiatus has opened up speculations that he is preparing for what boxing fans have wanted for so long. By agreeing to fight current WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz in September, one cannot help but [...]
Published: June 8, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced on Twitter that he is going back to boxing after 16 months. Mayweather stated that he is challenging WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz for the title on September 17. Venue for this event will be the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
It comes as a surprise given the fact that Mayweather has personal [...]
Published: May 23, 2011
Bernard Hopkins became the world’s oldest boxer to win a world title at the age of 46 years, four months and six days when he scored a unanimous decision victory over Jean Pascal for the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and the Ring Light Heavyweight title on Saturday at the Bell Centre [...]
Published: May 22, 2011
The match for the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight division happened Saturday wherein Bernard Hopkins faced Jean Pascal. Hopkins claimed the title via unanimous decision and just became the oldest boxer to win a boxing world title. He is already 46 years old and has been in the professional boxing since 1988 with the record of [...]
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: May 4, 2011
Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has signed a five-fight promotional deal.
The WBC Super-Middleweight champion spoke with both Barry and Eddie Hearn earlier this month and the work starts straight away with Froch heading to the States to fight Glen Johnson on June 4 in the semi-final of the Super [...]
Published: April 17, 2011
Andre Berto just lost his undefeated record when Victor Ortiz get passed through him. Fighting with Manny Pacquiao’s advise, Ortiz was able to grab the welterweight division win. Ortiz (29-2-2) won a unanimous decision despite the deduction on hitting Bert’s head. The judges scored it 114-112, 114-111 and 115-110. Pacquiao’s advise to Ortiz was to [...]
Published: March 16, 2011
The middleweight bout on Saturday between Sergio Martinez of Argentina and Sergiy Dzinziruk of Ukraine may have lacked the hype of a Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather fight. Instead of the usual trash talk outside the ring, Martinez let his fists do the talking by stopping Dzinziruk in the eighth round to win the WBC [...]