Forrest dominates Baldomir for WBC 154lb Championship!

On Saturday night, in a battle between two former Welterweight Champions, Vernon Forrest won an entertaining unanimous decision over Carlos Baldomir to win the vacant WBC Super Welterweight Championship. The belt was vacated by Floyd Mayweather, Jr, who is moving back down to welterweight to maintain his status as Welterweight Champion.In the first couple rounds, I wasn't particularly impressed with Forrest. He seemed to be holding back a little with his punches and doing more measuring than anything else. I thought he was being gun shy. But he...

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Berto gets by Rivera

On Friday night, at the Saratoga Springs City Center, young undefeated welterweight contender Andre Berto came back from a sixth round knockdown to beat up and outpoint gatekeeper and former title challenger Cosme Rivera over ten rounds. For the first five rounds, Berto pursued Rivera in an attempt to knock him out and won those rounds easily, but got careless in the sixth round when Rivera caught Berto with an uppercut that dropped and stunned the young undefeated contender. Berto rose to his feet and continued. The knockdown was towards the end...

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Big fights upcoming this fall and winter!

The Super Middleweight Championship Unification between WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe and WBC/WBA Titlist Mikkell Kessler is a done deal for November 3. The fight will take place in Denmark, which is Kessler's home turf. Congratulations to both of those undefeated champions for finally agreeing to face each other. The only question is, will the fight be televised in the states? Hopefully HBO gets this fight, considering that the network has been showing...

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Updated Pound for Pound list!

Following this weekend's Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famers and Top five pound for pounders Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright, there has been a slight change in the Pound for Pound Rankings at Boxing Chronicles. On Saturday night, Hopkins retained his World Light Heavyweight Championship with a unanimous decision over Wright. Click here to see the updated rankin...

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Boxing Chronicles Scorecard: Katsidis -vs- Amonsot

Here is my scorecard, round by round, of Katsidis vs AmonsotRound 1: 10-9 KatsidisRound 2: 10-8 Katsidis Total: 20-17Round 3: 10-9 Amonsot Total: 29-27 KatsidisRound 4: 10-9 Amonsot Total: 38-37 KatsidisRound 5: 10-9 Katsidis Total: 48-46 KatsidisRound 6: 10-9 Katsidis Total: 58-55 KatsidisRound 7: 10-9 Katsidis Total: 68-64 HopkinsRound 8: 10-9 Amonsot Total: 77-74 KatsidisRound 9: 10-9 Katsidis Total: 87-83 KatsidisRound 10: 10-9 Katsidis Total: 97-91 KatsidisRound 11: 10-9 Amonsot Total: 106-101 KatsidisRound 12: 10-9 KatsidisTotal: 116-110...

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Boxing Chronicles Scorecard: Hopkins -vs- Wright

Here is my scorecard, round by round, of Hopkins vs Wright:Round 1: 10-9 HopkinsRound 2: 10-9 Wright Total: 19-19Round 3: 10-9 Wright Total: 29-28 WrightRound 4: 10-9 Wright Total: 39-37 WrightRound 5: 10-9 Hopkins Total: 48-47 WrightRound 6: 10-9 Hopkins Total: 57-57Round 7: 10-9 Hopkins Total: 67-66 HopkinsRound 8: 10-9 Hopkins Total: 77-75 HopkinsRound 9: 10-9 Wright Total: 86-85 HopkinsRound 10: 10-9 Wright Total: 95-95Round 11: 10-9 Hopkins Total: 105-104 HopkinsRound 12: 10-9 HopkinsTotal: 115-113 Bernard Hopkins. 7-5.Official Scores: 116-112,...

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Hopkins upsets Wright; retains Light Heavyweight Championship

Last night, I made my way over to the Bistro Sports Bar in East Hanover on Rt 10. In my humble opinion, that is the number one sports bar in NJ for sporting events like big boxing matches. Back on May 5, I made my debut visit to the Bistro for the De la hoya vs Mayweather fight, and the bar was pretty much packed to maximum capacity. One must take into account that that was also on Cinco De Mayo weekend.Anyway, I went there again last night for Hopkins vs Wright fight, which was the second biggest fight of the year from a promotional standpoint...

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Hopkins -vs- Wright Preview and Prediction

Tomorrow night, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV, two of the best pound for pound fighters in the world will be squaring off in one of the biggest fights of the year thus far. Perhaps, the second biggest fight of the year behind De la hoya vs Mayweather. Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins will meet Former Undisputed Super Welterweight Champion Ronald Winky Wright at a catchweight of 170lbs. Though the light heavyweight limit is 175lbs, the agreed upon weight is 170lbs and Ring Magazine has allowed these fighters to fight for championship...

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Results from Saturday, July 14

Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJKermit Cintron KO2 Walter MattheyseRetains IBF Welterweight TitleAlfonso Gomez TKO 7 Arturo GattiHome Depot CenterCarson, CAPaul Williams UD 12 Antonio MargaritoWins WBO Welterweight TitleMississippi Coast ColiseumBiloxi, MississippiRoy Jones Jr UD 12 Anthony Hans...

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Welterweight Trippleheader predictions!

Tomorrow night, live on HBO World Championship Boxing, three welterweight fights will take place, two of them being title matches. Live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Kermit Cintron will defend his belt against Walter Mattheyse. Mattheyse fought Paul Williams last summer and was stopped in 10 rounds. Cintron fought Antonio Margarito back in April of 2005 for Margarito's WBO belt and was broken down and stopped in five rounds. Since then, Cintron has rebounded with wins over David Estrada and Mike Suarez to win the vacant IBF belt.Human...

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Taylor -vs- Pavlik Official for September 29!

Taylor's last fight at middleweight will come against his great challenge, the legitimate number one middleweight contender!Good news, found at Boxingtalk courtesy of Greg Leon! The World Middleweight Championship between defending Champion Jermain Taylor and Mandatory Challenger Kelly Pavlik was finalized today for September 29 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. This will be Taylor's last fight at the weight limit of 160lbs. It is understood that there is a rematch clause in the contract, but it stipulates that a rematch must happen at...

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Mid summer boxing buzz!

Taylor, Pavlik, Calzaghe, Kessler, Marquez, Pacquiao, and more!World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor appeared to be scheduled for September 29th title defense against the consensus number one contender Kelly Pavlik. However, that fight has NOT been finalized, due to the question of whether Taylor can still make 160lbs. In his last fight, Taylor defeated Current IBF Jr Middleweight Champion Cory Spinks via split decision in a performance that gave skeptics an additional reason to criticize the champion from Little Rock Arkansas. On the under...

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Post fight reaction: Lamon Brewster!

By Knockout Publicity - "Relentless" Lamon Brewster, 33-4 (29 KO), is currently at home in Indiana resting up following his unsuccessful attempt to repeat his knockout ways over IBF Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. For the first time, he speaks on trainer Buddy McGirt's decision to stop the fight in the sixth round and his future plans."I didn't think that being off for 15 months would affect me," says Brewster. "The first time I fought him,...

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Bernard Hopkins Conference Call Transcript

BERNARD HOPKINS, WORLD LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Firstly, I’m glad to be here on this conference call that everybody’s listening. Training’s going great. We’re winding down our fifth week in L.A. at the “The Blood”, that’s the name of the gym that they named it. Freddie Roach is really the throwback for a lushier type of gym. But I’m ready to answer any questions, so let’s go.DARREN MOPHANI (ph), REUTERS: Thanks very much. Quick question for you,...

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Winky Wright Conference Call Transcript

OSCAR DE LA HOYA, PRESIDENT, GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: Thank you. Thank you, Kelly. Thank you very much all the media for participating on this call with Winky Wright. As you know, he will be facing Bernard Hopkins July 21 at the Mandalay Bay, which will be – which will be a very, very intriguing card (ph), not just the main event that we all know will be exciting, but the three televised fights will give you lots of entertainment starting with a 12-round...

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