The Theory of the Sweet Science
The Theory of the Sweet Science
By Harlan Davies: On March 6th the second round of the Super-Six tournament will commence with Andre “The Matrix” Ward locking horns with “King” Arthur. From an initial glance, this bout seems to be an inevitable clash of styles that will produce solely two definitive outcomes. Andre Dirrell (18 wins 1oss 15 kos) is a [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 3:06 pm
February 13, 2010, the Las Vegas Hilton will be the site of a great night of boxing as Top Rank, Inc.promotes a great Pay Per View fight card featuring “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire defending his Super-Flyweight title against Mexican banger, Gerson Guerrero. The under card bouts feature many proven veterans and up-and-coming prospects. [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:50 pm
By Jim Dower: Count me in as one of the few people who thought that former IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) looked pretty damn good in beating former 2004 U.S. Olympian Jason Estrada last Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 33, defeated Estrada by a 12 round [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:46 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 8, 2010) – Jimmy Burchfield, president of Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), announced today that CES will promote three professional boxing cards at Foxwoods Resort Casino in 2010. The first show is scheduled for March 12 with the rematch between heavyweights Tony “TNT” Grano (16-1-1, 13 KOs) and Mark “Oak Tree” [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:30 pm
By Chris Williams: Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) could be facing former IBF light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, 5 KO’s) on April 10th, possibly at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Berto, 26, was supposed to have fought WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 2:01 pm
By William Mackay: In an interview at Sportsradiointerviews, undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. commented on why he thinks his March 13th mega fight with Manny Pacquiao went down the drains. Mayweather says “Manny Pacquiao didn’t want to take a 25 million dollar drug test. I had a clause that I wanted and he [Pacquiao] had a [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 1:09 pm
By Chris Williams: With little more than a month to go for the March 13th clash between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Joshua Clottey, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is saying “we’ve sold well over 30,000” tickets to the fight, according to Boxing Talk. That’s a phenomenal number for a bout [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 12:20 pm
On The Ropes Boxing Radio recaps this past weekends big fights. OTR Boxing Radio will also feature 3 exclusive interviews with Jason Estrada, Kermit Cintron & Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin LIVE at 6 PM ET. Click Play to listen to the show.
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 11:45 am
By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s fitness trainer Alex Ariza is impressed with Pacquiao’s power, saying in an article at the Manilastandardtoday that Pacquiao’s power is “unreal” after watching Pacquiao beat up on sparring partners Mike Dallas Jr. and Raymond Beltran last Saturday. Pacquiao reportedly stunned Dallas in the 2nd round [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 11:04 am
HOLLYWOOD, FL, February 8 – It’s one of modern boxing’s most coveted milestones, and on Friday, February 5th, former world light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson his 50 wins in spectacular fashion, stopping fellow contender Yusaf Mack in six rounds at the NSU Arena in Fort Lauderdale to improve to 50-13-2 with 34 knockouts as a [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 10:37 am
By Kwame Cinquez: Manny Pacquiao is a great fighter, of that there is simply no disputing. His exciting style, willingness to to take a shot, speed, alongside his accuracy and brutal power have set him aside as one of the marquee names in our beautiful sport. However, i fail to accept i can be the [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 9:33 am
Miami, FL: The popular series of “Boxeo TELEMUNDO” will return to the Miccosukee Resort and Gaming in Miami, Florida on Friday, February 19, 2010. In the main event former world title challenger William “Chirizo” Gonzalez of Managua, Nicaragua will face Jesus “Taquero” Vazquez of El Dorado,Sonora, Mexico in a bout schedule for 12 rounds with the [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 9:23 am
Although he has previously kept a lower public profile, Greg Cohen, Founder and CEO of The Empire Sports and Entertainment Inc., has long been a major player in boxing. The former majority owner of Cedric Kushner Promotions (CKP) and partner in Duva Boxing has been promotionally involved with a number of heavyweight champions and top [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 8:33 am
Reprise is a musical term, meaning “a repeated passage of music, or a return to an earlier musical theme.” Reprise also holds another definition as a transitive verb, meaning “take back or recover by force”. On March 26, Chevelle Hallback will return to Albuquerque, New Mexico to rematch Holly Holm, on the “Warrior Vengeance“ card, [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 7:35 am
ournament point leader King Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KOs) is on his way to America. The undefeated 29-year-old has boarded a plane to Los Angeles this morning. Coach Ulli Wegner is moving training camp to Palm Springs where Abraham will clash with Andre Dirrell in the second round of the Super Six World Boxing Classic [...]
Posted on 8 February 2010 | 4:53 am
"I couldn't believe that I managed the heavyweight champion," said Finkel. "It was a great feeling."
Posted on 7 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Japanese challenger Daiki Kameda has defeated Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand by unanimous decision to win the WBA flyweight title.
Posted on 7 February 2010 | 10:10 am
Tomasz Adamek beat Jason Estrada by unanimous decision in a heavyweight fight in his return to the Prudential Center in Newark.
Posted on 7 February 2010 | 1:01 am
Edwin Valero of Venezuela has defeated challenger Antonio DeMarco of Mexico in their WBC lightweight title fight.
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 11:17 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO
Polish-born, former light heavyweight (175 pounds) and cruiserweight (200 pounds) champion, Tomasz Adamek, earned Saturday night's 12-round, unanimous decision over former U.S. Olympian, Jason Estrada, for his ninth straight win, and his second victory as a heavyweight before a partisan crowd in at the Prudential Center in Neward, N.J.
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Posted on 6 February 2010 | 6:27 pm
F-LO: It turned out that Valero did beat DeMarco. It also turned out that not one camp was wrong, but both.
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
TSS U--Who Would You LIke To See Valero Face Next?
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Kaliesha West Heading To Denmark For World Title. Can she bring it back?
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Should Adamek Drop Back Down To Cruiser? Weigh In!
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
Venezuelan-born, WBC lightweight (135 pounds) king, Edwin Valero entered Saturday night's second defense of his crown against WBC interim titlist Antonio DeMarco of Mexico hoping not only to earn his 27th career knockout in as many victories without a loss, but to also do so impressively.
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Posted on 6 February 2010 | 5:00 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
FanHouse has a live, round-by-round update of Edwin Valero scoring his 27th knockout in as man victories without a loss over Antonio DeMarco when DeMarco failed to come out for the 10th round, resulting in Valero's second defense of his WBC lightweight (135 pounds) title on Saturday night in a bout televised on Showtime from Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mex..
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Posted on 6 February 2010 | 3:57 pm
MIAMI -- The 1990's "Fighter of the Decade" Roy Jones joins Nancy Gay in Miami for his thoughts on his great career, his upcoming fight with Bernard Hopkins, and his Super Bowl prediction.
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Posted on 6 February 2010 | 9:13 am
Former IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson stopped Yusaf Mack at 2:21 of the sixth round Friday night.
Posted on 6 February 2010 | 12:51 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
Once-beaten, Freddy Hernandez used a short, over hand right to the jaw that stiffened the legs and body of southpaw rival, DeMarcus Corley, who fell to his back and briefly lay motionless as referee Pat Russell got down on one knee and waved an end to a fifth-round, Showtime-televised knockout win at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, Calif.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 5:54 pm
The oldest man ever to hold the middleweight title Bernard Hopkins drops by to talk about his upcoming fight vs Roy Jones Jr. "The Executioner" also discusses the Super Bowl with Nancy Gay and gives his surprising pick.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 5:20 pm
Could Estrada Spring The Upset On The Pole?
Posted on 5 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
TSS U, Is Hernandez A Top 20, Top 15, Top 10 Welter? Is He Ready For A Top 5 Test?
Posted on 5 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO
Glen Johnson defied his age, yet again.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 4:28 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, HBO, Showtime, IBO
Cuban-born, two-time former Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux needed just 28 seconds to floor rival Adolfo Landeros to earn his fourth knockout in five straight wins Friday at NSU Arena at Fort Lauderdale's Don Taft University Center.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 3:12 pm
Promoter Joe DeGuardia and the Tropicana Casino and Resort announced Friday they were postponing the boxing card scheduled for Saturday night because of a snow storm.
Posted on 5 February 2010 | 1:59 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, HBO, Showtime, Victor Ortiz, IBO
Hard-hitting, Argentinian, Marcos Rene Maidana, will defend his interim WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) crown against Victor Cayo of the Domincan Republic, and Austrailia's Michael Katsidis will do the same with his interim WBO lightweight (135 pounds) belt against California southpaw, Robert Guerrero, at a site to be determined on March 27, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker, Robert Diaz, told FanHouse on Friday.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 1:20 pm
The USA Boxing national championships are returning to Colorado Springs this summer after a one-year stay in Denver.
Posted on 5 February 2010 | 11:05 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, IBO
NEW YORK -- Top Rank Promoter, Bob Arum, said that he is close to completing matchups between WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion, Yuri Foreman and Puerto Rico's former two-time welterweight king,Miguel Cotto, and WBC and WBO middleweight (160 pounds) titlist, Kelly Pavlik, and, WBC junior middleweight king, Sergio Martinez.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 9:26 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
If Antonio DeMarco is going to dethrone WBC lightweight (135 pounds) champion, Edwin Valero, in Saturday night's Showtime-televised, title bout at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mex., he will have to use his height, reach and general boxing skills to hold off the hard-punching titlist throughout most of their clash of southpaws.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 8:41 am
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The USA Boxing national championships are returning to Colorado Springs this summer after a one-year stay in Denver, according to The Associated Press.
The nation's premier amateur boxing tournament is scheduled for July 12-17 and will feature more than 200 of the nation's top Olympic-style boxers in both male and female divisions.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 5:45 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Golden Boy Promotions, Boxing Video, HBO, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO
Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.
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Posted on 5 February 2010 | 4:10 am
PACMAN: "We had a great time together. The time flew by and we share a bond in Asian philosophy and philanthropy."
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Hey, I Own A Suit Ya Know--Don't Worry Rafael, I Won't Wally PIp Ya!
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, HBO, Showtime, IBO
Tomasz Adamek will pursue his ninth straight win, his seventh knockout during that stretch, and his second consecutive stoppage against a heavyweight when the Polish-born fighter takes on former U.S. Olympian, Jason Estrada on Saturday night at The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 2:27 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Boxing Video, HBO, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO
Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 1:00 pm
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
On Saturday night from Arena Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico, 135-pound champion Edwin Valero, goes after his 27th knockout in as many victories without a loss when he makes the second defense of his WBC crown against Antonio DeMarco.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 11:37 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Showtime, IBO
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 9:42 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Boxing Video, HBO, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO
Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 9:30 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Boxing Video, HBO, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO
Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 9:20 am
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Boxing Video, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO
Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.
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Posted on 4 February 2010 | 9:05 am
Junior middleweight titleholder Sergei Dzinziruk signed a co-promotional agreement with American promoters Artie Pelullo and Gary Shaw.
Posted on 3 February 2010 | 8:57 pm
ROLL CALL: Will You Buy This Fight On Pay Per View? AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT----Suggest A Name For This Promotion!
Posted on 3 February 2010 | 5:02 pm
After several days of concern over whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. would sign the contract for an agreed-upon showdown with welterweight titleholder Shane Mosley, he put pen to paper on Wednesday and signed the contract.
Posted on 3 February 2010 | 3:42 pm
Super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute's next defense will come against power puncher Edison Miranda of Colombia on April 17 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, InterBox, Bute's promoter, announced Wednesday.
Posted on 3 February 2010 | 1:05 pm
Two weeks after the Roy Jones-Bernard Hopkins rematch was resurrected, it was formally announced Monday.
Posted on 1 February 2010 | 5:40 pm
Manny Pacquiao, who stormed to a pair of decisive knockout victories to win world titles in a record-tying sixth weight class and a record-breaking seventh one, has been named the 2009 fighter of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Posted on 31 January 2010 | 9:49 pm
Sebastian Sylvester of Germany stopped Billy Lyell in the 10th round Saturday to retain his middleweight title.
Posted on 30 January 2010 | 5:30 pm
Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have agreed to terms for a welterweight super fight, Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe said Friday.
Posted on 30 January 2010 | 6:30 am
Beibut Shumenov won the WBA light heavyweight title by outpointing Gabriel Campillo in a split-decision Friday night.
Posted on 30 January 2010 | 12:22 am
Evander Holyfield's Feb. 20 fight against Francois Botha in Kampala, Uganda, is off, the former heavyweight champion told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
Posted on 27 January 2010 | 1:38 pm
The Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. camps are heading to mediation on Tuesday in an effort to work out their differences.
Posted on 5 January 2010 | 3:39 am
Another new year is upon us, so here are some of the things I'd like to see in boxing in 2010:
• For everybody involved to come their senses and get the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight done already. Enough with the drug testing nonsense. Mayweather shouldn't be making accusations without a shred of proof as he tries to discredit all of Pacquiao's great accomplishments, nor should he try to circumvent the Nevada rules by asking for blood tests when the commission has never asked...
Posted on 2 January 2010 | 11:56 am
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