SecondsOut Team Pick Garay vs. Brahmer
The new world champion is attempting to make his first defence in a foreign land against a dangerous knockout puncher, but that hasn’t stopped SecondsOut’s team of fearless writers from making their confident picks for Saturday’s WBA light heavyweight boxing world title fight between title holder Hugo Garay and challenger Jurgen Brahmer at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany.
Team Sauerland offer Sturm 2.5 million euros to fight Arthur
Undefeated IBF middleweight champion King Arthur Abraham is hopeful that Felix Sturm will finally get in the ring with him after Team Sauerland earlier this week submitted a written offer of 2.5 million euros.
Molitor And Caballero Final Press Conference Quotes
In the first world title unification fight in the eight-year history of ShoBox: The New Generation and the first to take place in Canada, IBF champion Steve Molitor and WBA super bantamweight titleholder Celestino Caballero will collide this Friday at the Casino Rama in Ontario.
Australian TV Boxing Schedule : Week 21/11/2008
A full week of boxing action and information on television in Australia, as compiled by Paul Upham. All times Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (AEDT).
Soto-Lorenzo II, Dec. 20 for Vacant WBC 130 Title
Interim WBC 130 lbs. champion Humberto Soto and Francisco Lorenzo will fight a rematch on December 20 for the legitimate vacant WBC belt. The two fought almost four complete rounds this past June before a Soto foul ended the fight.
Exclusive Paulie Malignaggi Interview
Check out James ‘Smitty’ Smith’s exclusive one on one interview with Paulie Malignaggi ahead of his IBO junior-welterweight showdown with Britain’s Ricky Hatton.
Holyfield Determined to Make Boxing History
Evander Holyfield is convinced he will write boxing history on December 20 when he challenges WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in Zurich.
Darchinyan Is Ready To Kick Some Arce
Vic Darchinyan is ready to give Mexican loudmouth Jorge Arce, the big Olé-off! Darchinyan,from Sydney, Australia by way of his native Vanadzok, Armenia, responded to the challenge Arce made to him today.
Arce Targets Darchinyan
Jorge Arce, one of boxing’s most brash talkers, is no longer clamoring for a fight against Israel Vazquez. Arce has now set his sights on WBC/WBA/IBF super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan.
Hlatswaya-Rodriguez IBF 147 Eliminator Scored Majority Draw
Welterweights Delvin Rodriguez and Isaac Hlatswayo battled to a 12 round draw on Monday night (Nov. 17) at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. At stake in the bout was an IBF #1 ranking and future date with IBF welterweight champion Joshua Clottey. Scores were 117-110 Hlatswayo, 115-112 Rodriguez and 114-114.
Pacquiao Primed and Focused For Oscar
Pound For Pound King Manny Pacquiao is primed and ready for his David And Goliath battle with Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas on December 6.
Roach: Oscar is ‘Boxing’s Version Of Twiggy’
Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, has labelled Oscar De La Hoya boxing’s version of Twiggy after looking at the ‘Golden Boy’s’ latest media workout photos.
Barashyan & Uzelkov Set for World Title Fights
By Dmytro Mossienko: Ukrainian light heavyweight Yury Barashyan will square off with reigning WBO light heavy king Zsolt Erdei on January 10 in Germany, sources close to Universum Box Promotion told SecondsOut.
World-Rated Kuroki & Ohba Win in Japan
At International Conference Hall in Nagoya, Japan, WBC #3/WBA #5 strawweight Yasutaka Kuroki survived a first round knockdown to unanimously outpoint Toshikazu Waga on scores of 118-109 and 117-110 twice, and WBC #6/WBA #10 bantamweight Kohei Ohba got by Masaki Kawabata on majority scores of 96-93, 96-94 and 95-95.
European Amateur Champs: Campbell wins Gold in Liverpool
By Nick Kelly in Liverpool: Luke Campbell joins Kostya Tszyu, Sven Ottke and Alexander Povetkin in winning a gold medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships, after he was victorious against Detelin Dalakliev of Bulgaria at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
Nugaev Blitzes Juuko - Defends IBA 135 Belt
At Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, IBA lightweight champion Rustam Nugaev made a his first successful defense with a first round blowout over Justin Juuko. A left hook to the liver put the Ugandan on the deck and the referee waived quickly waved the fight over.
WBA No.3 Light Heavyweight Uzelkov Wins in Kiev
On a K2 East Promotion at the Sports Palace in Kiev, Ukraine, WBA No.3/WBO No.6/WBC No.13 light heavyweight Vyacheslav Uzelkov successfully defended his WBA Intercontinental title with a unanimous decision victory over Alejandro Lakatos. Scores were 118-112, 115-112 and 115-113.
David Haye vs. The Klitschko Brothers in 2009
There seems to be relatively few obstacles to David Haye challenging either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko for heavyweight world titles in 2009. WBC world champion Vitali Klitschko was interviewed alongside Haye on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK after the former cruiserweight world champion’s impressive 5th round knockout win over Monte Barrett.
Date November 20 Location San Jose, California, USA Robert Frankel wpts 10 Bobby Pacquiao heavyweight Yohan Banks w ko 2 Bernard Gray super middleweight Roberto Florentino w tko 3 Jason Peterson junior middleweight Karim Mayfield w pts 4 Trenton Titsworth junior welterweight Chika Nakamura w pts 6 Tiffany Junot light flyweight Melissa McCorrow w pts 4 Gloria Salas
With all the big boxing talk of the last couple of months being focused on Hopkins-Pavlik and Jones-Calzaghe, it appears as if the enthusiasts of the sport have completely forgotten about the super bantamweight unification bout between Celestino Caballero and Steve Molitor on November 21 at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.
The Critics Only Remembered 10 Seconds of Darchinyan’s Career
By Paul Upham: Going into last Saturday’s junior bantamweight world title unification match between Cristian Mijares and Vic Darchinyan in Carson, California on Showtime, many boxing writers had the Mexican a huge favourite to win.
Kessler Is Scandinavian No.1
By Teddy Stenmark: Well, I cant say I am surprised by the fact that Mikkel Kessler studied German, Danilo Haussler inside two rounds and then dropped him in the third securing his reign as WBA champion in Oldenburg, Germany this passed Saturday.
Being a referee is not easy. It is a job where people judge you by their inability to see you, yet there is nowhere to hide. To meet this criterion, you are largely dependent on the fighters and their corners voluntarily following the rules when it is not always in their best interest to do so.
Vic Darchinyan: “I Will Knock Cristian Mijares Out!”
By Paul Upham in Marrickville: Seven years ago at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Vic Darchinyan sat close to the corner of fellow Australian Kostya Tszyu as the junior welterweight great knocked out Zab Judah to become undisputed boxing champion of the world. Seeing Tszyu with the IBF, WBC and WBA world title belts draped over him, Darchinyan immediately knew what he wanted to achieve in his own career.
