Wladimir Klitschko to Fight Eddie Chambers on March 20 in Germany

(ASSOCIATED PRESS) BERLIN – Wladimir Klitschko will defend his heavyweight title against American Eddie Chambers in March. Klitschko’s management said Monday that the fight will take place March 20 at the Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf. Klitschko holds the IBF, WBO and IBO titles. The 33-year-old Ukrainian says he’s looking forward to the fight in the “gigantic stadium,”... [Read more]

Gamboa, Lopez Both Win Via Knockout on Saturday at Madison Square Garden

(Northjersey.Com) NEW YORK — A sellout crowd of 5,142 predominantly Puerto Rican fight fans came to The WaMU Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night to cheer the island’s fastest-rising boxing star, Juan Manuel Lopez. They had to have left more impressed with the fellow undefeated featherweight champion Lopez is expected to fight sometime later this year. Yuriorkis Gamboa gave Lopez... [Read more]

Viloria Loses Title to Tamara Via 12th-Round TKO

Waipahu boxer Brian Viloria relinquished his International Boxing Federation light flyweight world championship in an upset loss to Colombia’s Carlos Tamara last night in the Philippines. Tamara defeated Viloria via 12th round TKO. Media outlets in the Philippines reported that Viloria collapsed in his locker room after the bout, and was rushed to a hospital. GMA News in the Philippines was reporting... [Read more]

Mexico Begins Search for Future Olympic Athletes in the United States

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican sports officials are searching for potential Olympic athletes in the United States with family links to Mexico who might eventually compete for the Latin American country. Mexico’s sports minister Bernardo De la Garza said Wednesday that the first step in the identification process would be the so-called Mexican Games being held in Los Angeles in March. Competitions... [Read more]

Klitschko Keeps Heavyweight Title

(CNN International) - Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title against American Kevin Johnson in Bern and then looked ahead to a super-bout next year against new WBA champion David Haye. Ukrainian Klitschko produced a workmanlike, but hardly inspired performance, to outpoint Johnson in 12 rounds on Saturday night. It was his third defense of the WBC version of the crown since... [Read more]

Malignaggi Avenges Previous Loss to Diaz

(By Bob Hurst, Chronicle) – CHICAGO — Paulie Malignaggi finally got his revenge, and let the world know that he still has a lot left. Malignaggi, from Brooklyn, avenged his controversial Aug. 22 loss to Houston’s Juan Diaz at the Toyota Center with a unanimous decision in front of a crowd of 4,906 fans at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday night. He claimed the NABO junior welterweight crown with... [Read more]

Aguilera Destroys Maskaev!

(Erik Killin @ Ringside) - Former heavyweight champion, Oleg Maskaev (36-7, 27 KOs), returned to the ring Friday night in his adopted hometown at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, California. In front of a good Russian crowd, the former champ took on Nagy Aguilera (15-2, 10 KOs) of Newburgh NY. With a victory, Maskaev was set to face Ray Austin for a WBC Heavyweight Elimination bout sometime... [Read more]

Williams Trades Knockdowns With Martinez, Takes Decision

(By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY) - ATLANTIC CITY — No longer can Paul Williams call himself the sport’s most avoided fighter. Sergio Martinez met him head-on Saturday night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. “They called him the most feared man in the world, but I didn’t have any fear at all in this bout,” said Martinez, who overcame a first-round knockdown to drop... [Read more]

Kahn Destroys Salita In 76 Seconds

Amir Kahn once again showed why a lot of boxing insiders believe he has the talent and power to become a future star.  Kahn (22-1, 16 KOs) needed but 76 seconds to destroy Dmitiry Salita (30-1-1, 16 KOs). Kahn quickly dropped Salita with a quick right hand to open up the bout.  Moments later, Kahn dropped his opponent again with a barrage of punches. The end came after Kahn dropped Salita for a... [Read more]

Hopkins Delights Hometown Fans With Decision Over Ornelas, Jones Jr. Upset By Green

(By Bryan Graham, SI.Com) PHILADELPHIA - Bernard Hopkins went home Wednesday and didn’t let down the fans who’d waited years for his return. Hopkins won a lopsided unanimous-decision over Mexico’s Enrique Ornelas at the Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University — less than one mile from the Raymond Rosen projects where the former middleweight and light heavyweight... [Read more]

Bute KOs Andrade in Rematch, Funeka Robbed

(SkySports.Com) - The win was the Montreal-based Romanian’s second against his Mexican-born opponent in a little over a year – the first seeing Bute score a unanimous points win in controversial circumstances. On that occasion, in Bute’s adopted home city, he survived a final round knockdown with a count that was timed independently at 21 seconds before gaining the verdict. However,... [Read more]

Ward Proves He’s the Real Deal By Winning the WBA Championship

(By Erik Killin @ Ringside) – In front of an international crowd of 10,277 fans at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, Andre “S.O.G.” Ward (21-1, 13 KOs) dismantled Mikkel “The Viking Warrior” Kessler (42-2, 31 KOs) Saturday night. The hometown hero became the only American to win in the opening stage of Showtime’s Super Six Super Middleweight Tournament. Ward used combinations... [Read more]

Super Six Round One Concludes in Oakland this Saturday! Ward vs. Kessler

(By Erik Killin) - Andre ward takes on Mikkel Kessler this Saturday in Oakland at the Oracle arena. The hometown hero takes on his biggest test to date when he faces the WBA Super Middleweight Champion. The two combatants have a combined record of 62-1 with 45 KOs. Come out and support the only American fighter left in the tourney without a loss. Unbeaten local prospects Karim Mayfield and Stan Martyniouk... [Read more]

Tale of the Tape: Kessler vs. Ward

MIKKEL KESSLER vs. ANDRE WARD SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 ORCALE ARENA, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Live on SHOWTIME(r) 10 p.m. (ET/PT) NEW YORK (November 17, 2009) – The Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward fight will be televised live on SHOWTIME from Oracle Arena, in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 21, beginning at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) (delayed on the West Coast). The Kessler-Ward fight is part of the historic... [Read more]

Newly Crowned Yuri Foreman May Have Several Challengers Now

(By Ryan Greene, Las Vegas Sun) - His unique story of being both an up-and-comer in both the fight world and the spiritual world helped put Yuri Foreman on the national radar. That legend only grew on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, as the 29-year-old Israeli claimed the WBA super welterweight belt from Daniel Santos with a unanimous decision victory. “By the 11th or 12th round,... [Read more]