Nov 30, 2007 | CBS SportsLine
The son also boxes: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. ready to make his own name
“People expect me to be great every time out. I just expect to do my best.”
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has a request for boxing fans who revere his famous father: Take a closer look at the son. via CBS SportsLine
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Boxing Forum & PollsNov 30, 2007 | BBC Sports
Maccarinelli celebrates his landmark win over Wayne Braithwaite BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2007 contender Enzo Maccarinelli has established himself as one of the most dangerous cruiserweight ... via BBC Sports
Nov 30, 2007 | Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Boxing Beat: Hatton says he'll beat long odds in Las Vegas
“It worked for Roberto Duran , and it works for me. Every fighter is different. That's what makes it a unique sport.”
Last Updated 1:26 am PST Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C2 Ricky Hatton seems to relish his huge underdog role against World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd ... via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
Nov 29, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
Cintron backs out of fight against Williams
“We will not run the risk of him entering the ring and injuring his hand further.”
Welterweight champion Kermit Cintron has backed out of negotiations to defend his International Boxing Federation belt against unbeaten Paul Williams on Feb. via Los Angeles Times
Nov 29, 2007 | Post-Standard
A critical care nurse who moonlights as a boxing contender, Elizabeth Mooney is scheduled to fight Saturday night against Bonnie Mann at the State University at Albany. via Post-Standard
Nov 29, 2007 | Arizona Daily Star
“Ugallery is a good place to get your name out”
At his town home on the North Side, Brayden Harp was waiting for his digital photo prints to dry. via Arizona Daily Star
Nov 28, 2007 | News Chief
Hall stops ex super middleweight champion Mitchell in four rounds
“I knew he was going to fight back. Boxing is a hit game. If you want to be good, you know you are going to get hit.”
Richard Hall dampened Byron Mitchell's comeback with a fourth-round technical knockout victory Wednesday night. via News Chief
Nov 28, 2007 | SecondsOut.com
Hatton's Confidence Sky High Ahead Of Mayweather Battle
“A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money in Vegas”
By Michael Norby: With just over a week remaining before he faces pound-for-pound kingpin Floyd Mayweather, undefeated junior welterweight world champion Ricky - Hitman' Hatton is brimming with confidence ahead ... via SecondsOut.com
Nov 28, 2007 | SecondsOut.com
Baldomir and Pacquiao victorious
Baldomir still a force at 147 Argentinian strong man and former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir edged a close majority decision over the hard hitting Luciano Perez at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, ... via SecondsOut.com
Nov 28, 2007 | NEWS.com.au
Katsidis closer to title fight
“He's going about his business at the moment, he's just concentrating on himself and what he has to do and Michael doesn't get caught up in the rest of it”
A PURSE bid has moved WBO interim lightweight boxing champion Michael Katsidis a step closer to a potential Australia Day world title fight, but doubts still remain over whether WBO world champion Juan Diaz ... via NEWS.com.au
Nov 27, 2007 | Times Union
Delmar's Elizabeth Mooney, ranked sixth in the world, will face 14th-ranked Bonnie Mann in a women's WBE world welterweight title fight Friday at the University at Albany's SEFCU Arena. via Times Union
Nov 27, 2007 | AndhraNews
Mike Tyson happy to be back in rehab
“He's in great shape. He's become a kind of inspirational star on the AA circuit. But he wants to continue the program”
Mike Tyson has gone back to rehab after a stint in an Arizona prison camp - and hes feeling rather comfortable in his new confinement. via AndhraNews
Nov 26, 2007 | Arizona Republic
“I went to DMACC (Des Moines Area Community College). I was in business administration when everything started to get crazy for me”
Emily Miller is a ring girl - a cheery official title for a 21-year-old woman. Her job description is fairly basic. via Arizona Republic
Nov 26, 2007 | Boston Globe
Wendy Sprowl still has spar power
“I couldn't put out to women what I want if I used models”
It's five years since Wendy Sprowl, a.k.a. "The Queen of Thunder," retired from professional boxing, but her chiseled arms and washboard abs are reminders of her reign as flyweight champion of the Americas and ... via Boston Globe
Nov 26, 2007 | A liberal dose | Posted by A liberal dose
Too many upsets to rank them in order
Buster Douglas punching out Mike Tyson is the best sports analogy for this loopy college football season.
Unranked teams have pulled rank on top-10 teams a mind-boggling 20 times.
In the last two weeks, No. 1 has gone down to an unranked team twice.
What that means is that the Big Games have been big surprises, happening with no hype. There has been little chance to build anticipation for a heavyweight fight.
Saturday night's clash in Kansas City between No. 2 Kansas and No. 3 Missouri was just the fifth game this season matching two top-10 teams. Read more
Nov 26, 2007 | Earth Times
Klitschko to fight Ibragimov in unification bout
“After all these intensive negotiations, I really look forward to this unification bout”
Washington, Nov 21 IBF world heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko will fight WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov in a unification bout at Madison Square Garden in New York on Feb 23 next year. via Earth Times
Nov 25, 2007 | SecondsOut.com
On This Day - Tyson Destroys Berbick To Take WBC Crown
By James Slater: Twenty-one years ago today saw Mike Tyson successfully challenge for the WBC heavyweight championship. via SecondsOut.com
Nov 25, 2007 | Times-Standard
Wildcats come back strong after taking Salesian's best shot
I'm not much of a boxing fan, but I recently found myself enjoying the world middleweight championship bout between Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor. via Times-Standard
Nov 25, 2007 | Los Angeles Times
'The Last Great Fight' by Joe Layden
“By the time the Holyfield fight came around, it was total chaos in our camp.”
IF you want to know what has happened to the sport that produced such boxing legends as John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali, Joe Layden's exhilarating and hard-hitting ... via Los Angeles Times
Nov 24, 2007 | International Herald Tribune
Arslan ends Hill's two decades of champion with unanimous decision
“I waited 20 years for my chance - sometimes it didn't go so well, but you have to be patient”
DRESDEN, Germany : Firat Arslan took away Virgil Hill's WBA cruiserweight title Saturday, battering the American with lefts to gain a unanimous decision. via International Herald Tribune
Nov 24, 2007 | This is Gwent
Joe Calzaghe: I want to fight a big name in States
STILL MY TOP TARGET: Bernard Hopkins, on the left The most relevant news item for me this week is Bernard Hopkins' trainer Nazim Richardson telling his man that he should retire or fight Roy Jones again rather ... via This is Gwent
Nov 24, 2007 | Pasadena Star-News
The last thing anyone expected was for a fight between two hard-hitting, weak- chinned fighters to go the 12-round distance. via Pasadena Star-News
Nov 24, 2007 | Raw Story
Cintron keeps boxing crown but suffers broken hand
“I knew I had to get inside, outwork him, outhustle him.”
Puerto Rico's Kermit Cintron kept his International Boxing Federation welterweight crown here Friday by stopping US fighter Jesse Feliciano in the 10th round but broke his right hand in doing so. via Raw Story
Nov 23, 2007 | VietNamNet
Tyson chows down, reads novel in 24-hour jail stay
Mike Tyson gulped down sloppy Joe sandwiches and read the mobster epic "American Gangster" during his latest stint in jail -- 24 hours for a DUI conviction. via VietNamNet
Nov 23, 2007 | Reading Eagle/Reading Times
“Number one, you keep your focus in training, and secondly, you never get out of shape. I think that's the biggest thing. "Back in the (old) days a lot of fighters fought maybe four times a month. It should be that way, now. "But I like to stay busy”
IBF welterweight titlist Kermit Cintron is scheduled to face WBO belt-holder Paul Williams on Feb. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times
Nov 22, 2007 | The Herald
Arthur may fight Foster as champion
“I have boxed away from home enough times to cope with a hostile atmosphere. "I have the utmost respect for Alex but I feel I can beat him knowing that there will be huge opportunities ahead for the winner.”
Alex Arthur, the Edinburgh super-featherweight, may find himself defending a world title when he steps into the ring against Steve Foster at Meadowbank next month. via The Herald
Nov 22, 2007 | PR-inside.com
Fernando Vargas fights Ricardo Mayorga in final trip to the ring
Finally, Fernando Vargas can forget about watching his waistline, if he so desires. via PR-inside.com
Nov 22, 2007 | Bangkok Post
Wandee Singwangcha is likely to move up to the super-flyweight division and challenge WBC champion Cristian Mijares of Mexico next year, his manager Narit Singwangcha said yesterday. via Bangkok Post
Nov 21, 2007 | Gulf Times
Mike Tyson checks in for overnight prison stay
“That's what people all over the world want to see.”
In trouble: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson exits a sheriff's van at Maricopa County Jail's tent city for prisoners in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday. via Gulf Times
Nov 21, 2007 | BBC Sports
“I don't like anything about Mayorga”
Vargas and Mayorga were kept apart earlier this week Former world champions Ricardo Mayorga and Fernando Vargas meet in a grudge bout in Los Angeles on Friday. via BBC Sports
Nov 21, 2007 | Pine Bluff Commercial
Taylor blames training for loss to Pavlik
“All Jermain had to do was turn around and see me there”
Jermain Taylor blames a weak training routine for his loss of the middleweight championship to Kelly Pavlik. via Pine Bluff Commercial
Nov 21, 2007 | Reuters | Posted by Reuters
Holmes still haunted by Marciano remark
“I didn't mean for it to be derogatory. What I meant was that he couldn't walk on the same sidewalk that I was on. And that's probably the way I should have said it.”
By Steve Ginsburg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Larry Holmes has clashed with Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Ken Norton yet admits his own verbal jab at an American icon was ultimately more painful than anything he endured inside the ring.
It has been 22 years since Holmes lost to Michael Spinks in a controversial decision and afterward uttered the words he would live to regret.
"If you want to get technical about it, Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap," bellowed Holmes, who was frustrated at losing to Spinks and being unable to match Marciano's record of winning 49 professional fights without a defeat. Read more
Nov 20, 2007 | SecondsOut.com
“We have some big announcements to make on Kelly's behalf in the near future, but none bigger than this. Thanksgiving came early for us this year!”
Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik was given permission to resume full training today, clearing the way for his first title defense - a rematch against former world champion Jermain Taylor. via SecondsOut.com
Nov 20, 2007 | TheSweetScience.com
Arum, King, Goldie: Watch, Learn From UFC
“I don't need to fight/To prove I'm right”
So I covered the UFC event in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday. And while the card was sort of ho-hum, filled with a few too many journeymen, and disappointing showings for my liking, the production of the event ... via TheSweetScience.com
Nov 20, 2007 | CBS SportsLine.com
Klitschko to fight Ibragimov on Feb. 23
IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO titleholder Sultan Ibragimov will fight Feb. via CBS SportsLine.com
Nov 19, 2007 | Chicago Tribune
Combat debate: Can females fight?
Author Kingsley Browne has launched a new salvo against using women in combat with his book 'Co-ed Combat' , a debate to which I guess I had been oblivious, especially because I know a young woman already in ... via Chicago Tribune
Nov 19, 2007 | Telegraph.co.uk
“Most of my friends thought I was mad to spend six years wandering around the plains of Kansas.”
Many years ago, I attended a reading at the Festival Hall on the South Bank in London, during which a young woman novelist came on stage in a full-length leather coat, clutching a framed photograph of Hitler. via Telegraph.co.uk
Nov 19, 2007 | MyATLtv.com
Tyson Gets Jail, Probation for DUI
“You worked to address your addiction and self-destructive behavior”
Mike Tyson was sentenced Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years' probation for drug possession and driving under the influence. via MyATLtv.com
Nov 19, 2007 | BBC News
Calzaghe laughs off Froch fight
“Coming off the biggest fight of my life and with my stock as high as it's ever been, it's a joke to think I'd fight Froch”
Joe Calzaghe says he is not interested in fighting Carl Froch Undisputed world super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has laughed off talk of a fight with Carl Froch. via BBC News
Nov 18, 2007 | BBC News
Alex Arthur was inspired by Joe Calzaghe's unification fight
“Winning the interim WBO title is just the start of things for me”
Inside Sport Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 17:53 GMT Arthur fighting to unify titles Interim WBO super-featherweight champion Alex Arthur says he wants to follow Joe Calzaghe's lead and unify his division as ... via BBC News
Nov 18, 2007 | St. Paul Pioneer Press
Ultimate Fight Championship brings mixed martial arts from bloody barnyard brawls to the big time
“As far as (television) ratings go, the only thing bigger than us is the NFL”
Estranged boxing fans, wrestling aficionados and the morbidly curious are swarming to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. via St. Paul Pioneer Press
Nov 18, 2007 | Sky Sports
Carl Froch looks to have been thwarted in his bid to fight undisputed super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe after the Welshman classed any talk of the bout as "a joke". British title holder Froch is set to ... via Sky Sports
Nov 17, 2007 | Edmonton Sun
Kim's death signalled end of 15-round title fights
Every time a fighter climbs through the ropes for a 12-round championship bout, he should say a silent prayer for Duk Koo Kim. via Edmonton Sun
Nov 17, 2007 | Baxter Bulletin
“I watch a little bit of TV, work on cars and do auto detailing on the side. And I do autograph shows, meet and greets and boxing.”
Tonya Harding smiled, laughed and genuinely appeared to have fun while greeting fans Thursday night at the Royal 66 Theater in Mountain Home. via Baxter Bulletin
Nov 17, 2007 | The Sydney Morning Herald
“I don't miss putting on a suit every day”
Go girl ... Laura Saperstein makes her professional boxing debut tonight in London. via The Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 17, 2007 | Middletown Times Herald Record
Zuri Lawrence shows grit in loss to Rahman
There have been times when boxer Zuri Lawrence has considered hanging up the gloves for good, and then there are matches like last night when Lawrence shows just enough skills - but perhaps not the punching ... via Middletown Times Herald Record
Nov 16, 2007 | CourierPostOnline
Alexander to fight as light heavyweight
“I had a lot going against me in that fight”
A quick look at the Boxing Records Web site reveals that Camden's Max Alexander is listed as a super middleweight. via CourierPostOnline
Nov 16, 2007 | Baxter Bulletin
Tonya Harding to box in Ozarks
The most controversial woman in sports is coming to the Ozarks. Former Olympic figure skater turned boxer Tonya Harding will be in Harrison on Saturday at Mid-States Promotion's Boxing Fight Night, which will ... via Baxter Bulletin
Nov 16, 2007 | Middletown Times Herald Record
Lawrence to fight Hasim Rahman
Sometimes a fight is just a phone call away. Heavyweight boxer Zuri Lawrence, who lives in Wappingers Falls and trains out of Newburgh, will serve as the late replacement for Thursday night's televised fight ... via Middletown Times Herald Record
Nov 15, 2007 | Mirror.co.uk
Hopkins: Calzaghe Fight Will Be 'Easy'
“Calzaghe is cute, but he ain't going to be cute after this facelift”
Bernard Hopkins last night taunted Joe Calzaghe by claiming he would beat the super-middleweight king "easily". The American great, who turns 43 in January, reiterated that for a super-fight between the pair to ... via Mirror.co.uk
Nov 14, 2007 | www.bangkokpost.com | Posted by juice_terry
Hayemaker could rescue heavyweights
If you are wondering where the next heavyweight star is coming from then knockout artist, David Haye looks a fair bet for the future.
Nov 14, 2007 | blog.thesweetscience.com | Posted by juice_terry
Former world heavyweight contender Lou Savarese has become a partner in New York City-based Ring Promotions, joining former New York boxing commissioners, Bob Duffy and Tony Mazzarella.
Nov 14, 2007 | WFAA-TV Dallas
Shane Mosley's boxing skills remain sharp
“Sure, it will say I'm the best and I want to beat the best. So I'll start off with Cotto and then we'll end up with Mayweather if he wins.”
By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News cwatkins@dallasnews.com Shane Mosley is still hanging around. via WFAA-TV Dallas
Nov 14, 2007 | Log Cabin Democrat
Steward out as trainer for Jermain Taylor
“I feel like things were going real good in training camp, but when we got to the fight, there was a communication problem. I don't know why there were the breakdowns (during the fights). Sometimes fighters and trainers just don't click.”
Emanuel Steward is out as trainer for middleweight Jermain Taylor, who lost his titles on Sept. via Log Cabin Democrat
Nov 13, 2007 | Bangkok Post
Poonsawat v Somsak a possibility
Sports >> Wednesday November 14, 2007 THAILAND Poonsawat v Somsak a possibility KITTIPONG THONGSOMBAT Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym is setting his sights on a WBA super bantamweight final eliminator with Somsak ... via Bangkok Post
Nov 13, 2007 | SI.com
Jeff Lacy, Daniel Ponce De Leon on Mayweather-Hatton undercard
Jeff Lacy and Daniel Ponce De Leon will get their next fights on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s welterweight title bout with Ricky Hatton on Dec. via SI.com
Nov 13, 2007 | Herald-Leader