SecondsOut’s content editor Paul Upham has written his third book, “UNDISPUTED: A Golden Era in Australian Boxing” published by ABC Books and HarperCollins and is now on sale.
Danny Green will make the fifth defense of his International IBO cruiserweight championship against Antonio Tarver on July 20 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Australian Daniel Geale pulled off a memorable victory in Neubrandenburg, Germany earlier tonight when he out-pointed German Sebastian Sylvester via split decision to claim the IBF middleweight crown.
Australian boxer Vic Darchinyan has promised to knock out Yonnhy Perez at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles in California this weekend and prove that he can be a force in the bantamweight division.
Australian lightweight boxer Michael Katsidis’s bout against Robert Guerrero in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 10 could be in doubt after the 30 year-old suffered a cut around the eye in sparring.
By Paul Upham: The SecondsOut website computer says this is my 1000th article. It must be right. We know CompuBox never gets it wrong. The column article counter has been ticking over since the year 2000, when I started with SecondsOut.com. It’s not hard to imagine that there was that much to say. Boxing always has a new twist and turn to report.
As part of the journey, there have been some terrific memories to recall.
In 2004, I went to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota
By Paul Upham: Former undisputed super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan will get the chance to move forward from his controversial points loss to Abner Mares, when he faces former world champion Yonnhy Perez in 2011 in stage 2 of Showtime’s bantamweight tournament.
Following his brave but painful ninth round tko defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez back in November, Australian Michael Katsidis is ready to return to he ring-and is targeting WBA junior-welterweight champion Amir Khan as a possible opponent.
By Paul Upham: One of the worlds’ leading boxing historians, Arnold Thomas is the curator of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame exhibition at the National Sports Museum in the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His second book “Where Warriors Rest” is evidence of the thousands of hours of research Thomas has spent locating the finer details about thousands of boxers worldwide.
SecondsOut’s Content Editor Paul Upham will be a live studio guest on Fox Sports News & Views program in Australia on Wednesday night 29 December 2010 at 9:00pm AEDT.
By Paul Upham: If you like some travelling adventure in your boxing books, then “The Bengu Years” written by British born Dave Wellings and published by Book Pal is certainly one for you.
By Paul Upham: Australian boxing lost one of its most loyal servants when Gus Mercurio passed away on 7 December 2010. The popular actor, boxing referee & ringside judge died in Epworth Hospital in Brighton, Victoria, during surgery for a heart aneurism, aged 82. He was laid to rest at Diamond Creek in Melbourne on 20 December 2010.
By Tri Nguyen: Abner Mares won a hard-fought battle against former multi-division champ Vic Darchinyan at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA to advance in the Showtime Bantamweight Tournament on Saturday night.
The four boxers who will compete in The bantamweight tournament ’Winner Takes All’ live on cable channel,Showtime, made weight on their first attempts Friday at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash.
The Vic Darchinyan vs. Abner Mares and Yonnhy Perez vs. Joseph Agbeko matches in the new Showtime bantamweight boxing tournament will be shown on delay in Australia on MAIN EVENT Television on Sunday 12 December 2010.
One is an undefeated rising star coming off a draw in his first world title fight, the other is a veteran world champion who held three world titles at super flyweight, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s IBO bantamweight world title match, as part of a new tournament, between Abner Mares and Vic Darchinyan at the at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, televised in the USA on Showtime Championship Boxing.
Date May 12
Location Newtown Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Welterweights-Ray Robinson w ko2 Terrance Cauthen
Lightweights-Tevin Farmer w pts6 Kareem Cooley
Location Woodland, California, USA
super featherweight Vicente Escobedo w pts 10 Juan Ruiz
light middleweight Oscar Godoy w rtd 2 Jaime Del Cid
Location Pomona, California, USA
welterweight Ricky Duenas w ko 1 Lawrence Hughes
Location Concho, Oklahoma, USA
heavyweight Kevin Ferguson W KO 1 Jesse Porter
light welterweight Shi-wone Gortman w
By Clive Bernath: It seems that I’m not the only one that believes Tim Bradley can shock the world and defeat Manny Pacquiao when the pair clash for ‘Pacman’s WBO welterweight title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 9. As soon as it was announced that the undefeated Bradley was next up for arguably the world’s No.1 boxer I envisaged a possible upset.
By Mikko Salo: Pure stroke of business genius. That is what promoter Frank Warren pulled off last week. David Haye vs Dereck Chisora has everything. It gives us the biggest moneymaker of a fight that doesn`t have the names Mayweather, Pacquiao or Klitschko attached to it.
By Matthew Hurley: For a man who defeated the great Sugar Ray Robinson twice for the middleweight crown, Paul Pender is sometimes forgotten in the pantheon of exceptional 160-pound fighters. A solid, rugged boxer who rose to the top near the end of his career, Pender sadly remains in a sort of fistic limbo outside of his hometown of Brookline, Massachusetts.
By: Mike Sloan: It’s been a few days since the events inside the MGM Grand unfolded. The world knows by now that Floyd Mayweather worked harder than he ever had in his life to secure a victory over Miguel Cotto and Shane Mosley was beaten up soundly by the young, undefeated Saul Alvarez.
By:Mike Sloan: Not many people are expecting “Sugar” Shane Mosley to walk out of the MGM Grand with his hand raised in victory on Saturday night. He’s 40 years old and has clearly seen better days.
By: Mike Sloan: Floyd Mayweather is a man of many hats and you’ll never know what to fully expect when you’re in his presence. He could be the loquacious, boastful, trash-talking champion that has gained the ire of thousands or he could be the reserved, charismatic figure with that million-dollar smile that has also gained the ire of thousands of skeptics.
By Mike Sloanin Las Vegas:: Undefeated welterweight contender Jesse Vargas expected that on the undercard of the biggest fight of 2012 thus far, he was going to electrify the world with a brilliant performance against a tough, pretty-well-known opponent. Vargas had been training incredibly hard for Alfonso Gomez, a popular but limited perennial contender who gained a modicum of fame thanks to his role on the reality TV series The Contender.
By: Mike Sloan: For DeAndre Latimore, he knows that a loss on May 5 is simply not an option. He’s one of the most promising young contenders on the circuit but he feels as though his road to where he is could have been easier.
By Derek Bonnett: It was bound to happen. I’ve been having a ball over the past year ripping the sanctioning bodies for handing seemingly unworthy boxers title fights. My Title Shots Here! Getcha’ Free Title Shot series has prompted numerous SecondsOut readers to reach out and voice their own disgust at some of the match-ups they feel are being peddled off as world championship caliber fights. But, alas, I got one wrong.
By: Alex Luces: In what may be his final performance before the curtains descend on a legendary career, Bernard Hopkins must once again motivate his mind and body for battle against a foe young enough to be his son. So is the burden carried by the oldest champion in the history of boxing.
Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. ...
QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. The three-times world and five-times European lightweight champion went through to the last four when her Romanian opponent Mihaela Lacatus withdrew with a neck injury. Due to regional quotas limiting Europeans to ... ...
