A purse bid, ordered by the IBF for the vacant IBF jr. welterweight title between IBF #1 ranked, Kaizer Mabuza (23-6-3, 14 KOs) and #2 ranked Zab Judah (40-6, 27 KOs), has been won by Main Events, promoters of former 2-division champ, Judah. The winning purse bid was $50,000, which will be split evenly between Mabuza and Judah. The date and venue have yet to be set, but the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2010
Chad Dawson Brings in Emanuel Steward for Pascal Rematch
After a mostly lackluster, apathetic August performance against Jean Pascal which cost him his WBC light heavyweight title as well as a spot on the mythical pound-for-pound list, Chad Dawson has decided to bring in hired gun, Emanuel Steward, for his scheduled 2011 rematch with Pascal. Steward has trained 41 world champions, including Tommy Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Oscar De … [Read more...]
A look back at 2010 and what 2011 has in store for us
by Chris Milton Perhaps the single biggest lesson we were given in 2010 is that Bernard Hopkins will never age. He will never retire, in fact he will never die. But he will always be a Champion. The fact that Lucien Bute has signed to fight Brian Magee confirms Showtime were right to not invite him to the Super Six, even after three people dropped out. The competition is … [Read more...]
Who Can Defrost the Frozen Welterweight Division?
by Paul Magno The welterweight division still boasts boxing's two best fighters in Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather as well as a pretty serviceable, if slightly unproven, Andre Berto as a third wheel. But below them, other than a 39-year old Shane Mosley, already sporting a one-sided loss to Mayweather and scheduled to face Pacquiao on May 7th, the division is almost … [Read more...]
Chambers-Rossy in IBF Eliminator, 2/11
In a February 11th IBF eliminator at Bally's Atlantic City, heavyweights Eddie Chambers (35-2, 18 KOs) and Derrick Rossy (25-2, 14 KOs) will meet in a rematch of their 2007 encounter. In their first bout, Chambers stopped Rossy via TKO in the seventh round. Since that defeat, Rossy has gone 10-1, with his lone defeat coming via TKO 5 to Alexander Dimitrenko in 2008. In that … [Read more...]