Boxing News
Kelly injured, fight against Sutcliffe Jr. is off
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 23:13
Philip Sutcliffe Jnr's dream of winning the Irish light-welterweight title on just his fifth professional outing was ended yesterday following the withdrawal of Michael Kelly from their planned November 2nd clash at the ...
Weights: Deontay 224, Firtha 252.5; Hopkins 172.5, Murat 174
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 22:33
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) weighed in at a slim and muscular looking 224 lbs. on Friday’s weigh-in. Deontay, 28, is looking to score his 30th consecutive knockout and he’...
Weights: Brook 146.1, Senchenko 146.8
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 22:07
By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Kell Brook (30-0, 20 KO’s) made weight today at Friday’s weigh-in for his fight on Saturday night against Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko (34-1, 23 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena. Brook wei...
Hopkins: I need a knockout
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 21:41
(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Dan Ambrose: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) badly wants to score a knockout this Saturday night against Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s). It’s as if the...
Ruslan Provodnikov: Now is the time for the Siberian Rocky to Shine
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 19:18
By Robbie Bannatyne: Ever since Ruslan Provodnikov exploded onto the scene in his 'Fight of the Year' with Timothy Bradley he has been a name that has never far from fight fans lips. The man dubbed the 'Siberian Rocky' w...
Andre Ward: Edwin Rodriguez thinks he's catching me at the right time
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 19:08
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KO’s) has his mind made up that #1 WBC, #3 WBA, Edwin Rodriguez (24-0, 16 KO’s) thinks that he’s getting Ward at a weak point in his career whe...
Why aren´t boxing prizefighters allowed to quit?
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 18:44
By Gerardo Granados: A friend of mine believes that Mike Alvarado should have kept fighting until the end and not have quit on his stool because he was still throwing punches in the end of round ten. The strange thing is...
Fans want Mayweather to fight Golovkin
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 17:16
By Allan Fox: In a poll at RingtTV, Boxing fans were asked who they wanted Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight next if they were to exclude Manny Pacquiao, and surprisingly most of the fans picked WBA middleweight champion Gen...
Brook must impress
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 16:31
By Rachel Aylett: The big show of the weekend in the UK is Eddie Hearn’s Sheffield marathon, which is headed by local boy Kell Brook, 30-0 (20), who takes on his toughest opponent to date in Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senche...
Burns vs. Beltran II deal almost done for February rematch
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 15:54
By Scott Gilfoid: Negotiations for a rematch between WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (36-2-1, 11 KO’s) and #3 WBO Raymundo Beltran (28-6-1, 17 KO’s) is almost done for a February rematch, according to the BBC Sp...
Adam Etches vs. Alexandre Mendez on Brook-Senchenko undercard this Saturday
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 15:19
Adam Etches will now face Alexandre Mendez for the vacant IBF super-middleweight youth title at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena tomorrow night (October 26). Originally the Yorkshireman was to defend his middleweight crown...
Deontay Wilder expects world title shot in early 2014
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 13:04
LONDON (25 Oct) - Knockout heavyweight sensation Deontay Wilder has earmarked a world title clash with one of the Klitschko brothers early next year before crossing the Atlantic to take care of brash-talking Tyson Fury. ...
Pacquiao talks Rios
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 12:59
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PHILIPPINES (October 25, 2013) — Fighter of the Decade, Congressman MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (54-5-2, 38 KOs), the lone congressional representative from the Sarangani Province of the Philippine...
Mayweather and Hopkins: Do boxing divisions matter anymore?
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 12:28
By Babatis Banda: Broadly, there are the light weights, the middle weights and the heavy weights. These are further broken down by weight categories into smaller divisions. For example, the flyweights, welter-weights, li...
Emanuel Steward's family wants to bring back gym
Miami Herald - 25 Oct 2013 12:10
Family of the late Hall of Fame boxing trainer Emanuel Steward wants to bring back his former Detroit boxing gym and establish a scholarship fund.
Ruiz, Verdejo added to Pacquiao-Rios card
ESPN - 25 Oct 2013 04:41
Promising heavyweight Andy Ruiz Jr. and blue chip junior lightweight prospect Felix Verdejo have both been added to the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios card in Macau, China.
Will Hopkins take Khan's dream fight against Mayweather?
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 03:10
(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: Amir Khan has been sitting idle since April of this year with the hopes of getting a dream bout against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. next May on Cinco de Mayo. Khan is...
Roach plans on reducing Pacquiao's training
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 02:43
By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Freddie Roach wants to back Manny Pacquiao’s training time off in the last part of his training camp in order to keep him from overdoing it for his fight next month against Brandon Rios in Macao...
Rosado expects to take advantage of Quillin's mistakes
Boxing News 24 - 25 Oct 2013 00:33
Atlantic City, NJ (Oct. 24, 2013) – The six fighters that will be featured on the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast this Saturday night gathered with media members at Caesars Atlantic City to discuss their respec...