This past Friday night, welterweight contender Demetrius “The Gladiator†Hopkins looked dominant defending his WBC USNBC title, winning a unanimous decision over former world title challenger “Mighty†Mike Arnaoutis. With the win, the Philadelphia native improved to 30-1-1, his second unanimous decision this year after moving up to the welterweight limit. Scores for Hopkins were…
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received WBC silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin at a special press conference in Ankara. On June 5th Aydin had won the first ever professional boxing world title fight on Turkish soil by outpointing Canada based Romanian “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion in front of 10,000 fans in Istanbul. “The Prime Minister…
Tomorrow, rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin has the chance to become the second world champion for Arena Sports-Promotion after Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa. Aydin faces unbeaten Romanian Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion at Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul, Turkey.
The BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL saw a good card of fights last night as Andre Berto continued to cement his hold on the WBC welter title while WBA/IBF super bantam champ Celestino Caballero successfully moved up to featherweight. Berto faced former WBO titlist Carlos Quintana and initially had difficulty with the experienced veteran, getting…
Tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, Andre Berto defends his WBC welterweight title against Carlos Quintana while WBA/IBF super bantam king Celestino Caballero moves up to featherweight to face Daud Cino Yordan for the Interim WBA crown. Berto, 25-0 (19), is making the fourth defense of the belt he won against Miguel Angel Rodriquez…
On Saturday, April 10th at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto will defend his title against former WBO champion Carlos Quintana. This is Berto’s first bout since last May when he successfully defended his title with a 12-round decision over Juan Urango. The card is being billed as “Fighting…
WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto stated in a personal press release earlier today that due to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti and deeply affected his family who resides there, he is physically and emotionally unable to prepare for his Saturday, Jan. 30 bout with WBA Welterweight Champion Sugar Shane Mosley and, as a result,…
Since negotiations fell through for a fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Manny Pacquiao has moved on to find another fight—and a good one. He will follow up his win over Miguel Cotto with a match against one of the six best welterweights in the world—Joshua Clottey. Now it’s Floyd Mayweather’s turn to choose an opponent….
Boxing fans are well aware that the first big fight of 2010 will be the welterweight championship showdown between Sugar Shane Mosley and Andre Berto at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Saturday, January 30, which will be televised live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing.
A few months ago I did a commentary on my boxing channel (also seen on this website) that lambasted the mainstream media for poor coverage of boxing. In that commentary I pointed out that boxing’s product was back to being as good as anytime in it’s history. What boxing really needs, I said, is to…
EA Sports had their “Fight Night Round 4” employee release party yesterday. President of EA Sports Peter Moore introduced former two-time world champion, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, former WBC light middleweight champion Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora and current WBC welterweight champion, Andre Berto as special guests, all of whom will be featured in the…
Last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL, Andre Berto retained his WBC welterweight title with a superb points win against challenger Juan Urango. Urango, the current IBF light welter titlist, employed his trademark pressure approach from the start but had difficulty in finding the target as Berto didn’t stick around to…