WBA jr. welterweight champ, Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KOs) and IBF champ, Zab Judah (41-6, 28KOs) have agreed to terms and will meet in an HBO feature, July 23 in Las Vegas, likely at the Mandalay Bay. After WBC/WBO champ, Timothy Bradley refused to come to terms with the UK champ for a Summer unification bout, Khan's promotional team, Golden Boy, went looking for a suitable … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
Mikkel Kessler returns to the ring against Mehdi Bouadla this Saturday
Four-time super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO) returns to action against Mehdi Bouadla (23-3, 11 KO) on Saturday June 4. The scheduled 12-rounder will be shown via tape delay on Showtime’s World Championship Boxing, prior to the live airing of the Super Six Semifinal bout between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson, and will be held at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, … [Read more...]
Chavez Jr. challenges Zbik for WBC middleweight crown, Saturday June 4
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO) and newly-promoted WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-0, 10 KO) will square off Saturday June 4, 2010, in the main event of HBO’s World Championship Boxing. Zbik’s WBC middleweight crown will be on the line when the two undefeated pugilists meet in the ring at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Zbik lacks notable … [Read more...]
Boy, was I wrong! Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to another edition of the Monday Rant, the boxing column that knows champions are lineal (pertaining to lineage) and not linear (pertaining to geometry). When you write about boxing on any level, you're forced into making tons of predictions and judgment calls. It's part of the game and there's no way around it. For someone called upon to make hundreds of … [Read more...]
Edison Miranda, Allan Green Return on Froch-Johnson Undercard
Two former super middleweight world title challengers, Edison Miranda (33-5, 29 KOs) and Allan Green (29-3, 20 KOs) return as light heavyweights Saturday, June 4 in separate bouts on the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson undercard at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miranda, who has come up short in title shots against middleweight, Arthur Abraham and Lucian Bute at … [Read more...]