Marquez and Diaz meet tonight for lightweight supremacy!

Lightweight "Supremacy" will be on the line tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, when world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez defends his title against former lightweight titlist and top contender Juan Diaz. Originally, the The Ring Magazine lightweight championship was the only title on the line in this fight, but after Nate Campbell was stripped of his WBA and WBO belts, both of the organizations agreed to sanction this fight. Belts or no belts, what fans can anticipate this evening is a stylistically brilliant match up between...

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Nate Campbell and Zab Judah: Make this fight happen!

The non-title fight that needs to happen at 140lbs, while the champions are mixing it up!On a variety of different boxing websites, former lightweight titlist Nate Campbell and former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah have been taking stabs at one another. Campbell, coming off a majority decision win over Ali Funeka a couple weeks ago, have already moved up to the 140lb weight class. Judah, who came back down to 140lbs, won a 10 round decision over Ernest Johnson on the under card of Calzaghe vs Jones back in November at Madison Square...

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What will be Miguel Cotto's next move?

Miguel Cotto was a substantial betting favorite to up end challenger Michael Jennings last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. To that extent, Cotto did not fail to deliver. In dominating fashion, the Puerto Rican sensation stopped Jennings in five one sided rounds to claim the vacant WBO welterweight title. That is the initial step to the Cotto comeback trail. Fans and experts want to know what is next.Cotto's promoter Bob Arum has hinted at scheduling Cotto's next appearance for June 13 at Madison Square Garden on the weekend of the Puerto...

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Pavlik, Cotto victorious in Top Rank promoted showcases!

On Saturday night, I went to Miami Mike's, which is where I usually go to watch PPV boxing. They just happened to be showing the Kelly Pavlik and Miguel Cotto Top Rank PPV doubleheader, so I figured why not go and check it out? After all, I was not having to pay the $44.95 that folks watching the telecast from home were required to shell out.Both Pavlik and Cotto did exactly what they were supposed to do in their returns to the ring following the first defeats of their respective careers. They both dominated and stopped the opposition, albeit...

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Pavlik/Cotto twinbill on PPV this weekend!

WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik and former WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will return to the ring for the first time since they both suffered the first losses of their respective careers in 2008.Pavlik, who was soundly beaten by Bernard Hopkins at a catch weight of 170lbs last October, will return to 160lbs to defend his middleweight championship in his home town of Youngstown, OH against number one contender Marco Antonio Rubio. Also live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ, Cotto will attempt to rebound from his TKO loss...

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Dawson vs Tarver II postponed!

Due to a fractured right hand sustained by IBF/IBO light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in training, his scheduled March 14 title rematch with former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. Dawson is a technically sound fighter with fast hands and nicely exhibited ring generalship. Not only has he remained undefeated, but he's done so while quietly establishing a nice little resume for himself, with wins over Eric Harding, Tomaz Adamek [a win that looks even sweeter now, following...

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Nate Campbell moving up to 140lbs; says farewell to lightweights!

Following his majority decision win over Ali Funeka on Saturday night, former lightweight titlist Nate Campbell made it clear that he will no longer campaign at lightweight after losing his titles on the scales for coming into the Funeka fight over weight. Campbell is migrating North with plans to enter the junior welterweight sweepstakes, in what should be a compelling addition to a division that was once viewed as waste station South of the glamorous and talent laden welterweight division.Pound for Pound king Manny Pacquiao and champion Ricky...

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Wladimir Klitschko ends talks of fight with David Haye!

WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has withdrawn from negotiations for a title defense against former cruiserweight champion David Haye later this year. Supposedly Klitschko does not believe that Haye is worthy of a shot at his titles due to the verbal attacks that Haye has consistently launched at him as well as unreasonable demands being made on Haye's behalf.Yesterday on Fightnews, I read the following article.According to the Ukrainian language section of klitschko.com, Wladimir Klitschko has decided to stop negotiations with David...

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Campbell, Angulo win; Martinez vs Cintron ends in controversial draw!

Over the weekend on Saturday night, at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, Nate Campbell won a hard-earned majority decision over Ali Funeka. Sergio Martinez appeared to be the victor against Kermit Cintron, but two of three official judges as well as referee Frank Santore saw otherwise. Alfredo Angulo raised his undefeated record to 15-0 with 12 KOs, stopping battle tested late replacement Cosme Rivera in five one-sided rounds.Nate Campbell W12 Ali Funeka... Campbell got off to a fast start in the first couple of rounds, viciously bullying...

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Campbell loses titles on the scales!

WBO and IBF titles, only on the line for Funeka!Nate Campbell lost his WBO and IBF titles on Friday afternoon, when he failed to make the 135lb limit at the weigh-in. On his first attempt, Campbell weighed 138lbs. He was given two more hours to shed the additional weight. On his second and final attempt, Campbell weighed 137.5 - still two and a half pounds over the contracted weight.As a result, the WBO and IBF rightfully stripped Campbell of his titles. The fight will still happen tonight and it is still a title fight, but only for challenger...

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Campbell vs Funeka on HBO Saturday, February 14!

Press Release: HBO serves up a triple helping of Valentine’s Day excitement when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: NATE CAMPBELL VS. ALI FUNEKA AND ALFREDO ANGULO VS. COSME RIVERA AND SERGIO MARTINEZ VS. KERMIT CINTRON is seen SATURDAY, FEB. 14 (10:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise , Fla. , exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of blow-by-blow announcer Bob Papa, commentator Max Kellerman and expert analyst Lennox Lewis will be ringside for the event, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired...

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Vitali Klitschko defends WBC title against Juan Carlos Gomez - on ESPN!

The WBC heavyweight title fight between champion Vitali Klitschko and former cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez, scheduled to take place on March 21 in Stuttgart, Germany, could either be a better scrap than anyone expects, or it could be a blow out. Given the fact that Gomez is already a one-time first round KO victim, I think most observers could very possibly be expecting the latter. Yes indeed, the heavyweight division is still dominated by Eastern Europeans. Muhammad Ali, the greatest of all time, emerged in the mid 1960s as a dominant...

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From welterweight January to lightweight February!

Last month was the month of the welterweights, as we witnessed Andre Berto's too close for comfort title defense against Luis Collazo and Shane Mosley's title winning upset of Antonio Margarito.This month, however, we will be seeing three of the best lightweights in the world in action on HBO. This Satuday night, IBF/IBO lightweight champion Nate Campbell will put his titles on the line against Ali Funeka in a stylistically appealing match up. Campbell hasn't seen any action since winning the belts in a crowd pleasing split decision defeat of Juan...

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Paul Williams -vs- Winky Wright set for April 11th

Paul Williams and former undisputed jr middleweight champion Winky Wright will meet each other at the Mandalay Bay on April 11 in a middleweight fight scheduled for twelve rounds.This should be a relatively decent middleweight scrap, as Williams showed that he could carry the weight well, based on his two round destruction of Andy Kolle in a middleweight fight in September of 2008. With the opportunity to face off against a top ten pound for pounder, Wright has a chance to put his name back on boxing's main radar where it once was a few years ago...

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Joe Calzaghe announces retirement!

Yesterday, undefeated light heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe of Wales announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. Currently ranked #2 pound for pound at Boxing Chronicles, Calzaghe finishes his career with a record of 46-0 that includes recent wins over Mikkell Kessler, Bernard Hopkins, and Roy Jones Jr. Perhaps the most impressive and career defining win was against Kessler to become the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world. In...

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HBO off to a nice start in 2009!

Once upon a time, HBO Sports was the premiere network for elite level, world champion boxing television. Remember the heavyweight tournament that took place in the mid 80s that resulted Mike Tyson not only becoming the youngest heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 20, but also the undisputed heavyweight champion? Do you recall the chilling and memorable outcome of the showdown between undefeated jr welterweight champions Julio Cesar Chavez...

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Boxing Chronicles: Updated Pound 4 Pound List!

New pound for pound rankings are in for Boxing Chonicles. It's been long enough! Last update took place on November 9, 2007. Given the changes in the sport since that time, it took me a while to redo the rankings. Who's in? Who's out? Who is at the top? Feel free to check it out he...

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Urango regains IBF jr welterweight title!

Tenth round was five minutes and ten seconds long!On Friday night at Bell Centre in Montreal, Juan Urango won the vacant IBF jr welterweight title, which he had lost to Ricky Hatton two years ago, by winning a unanimous decision over Herman Ngoudjo. Urango dropped Ngoudjo twice in the third round with left hands, but Ngoudjo was able to survive and box his way back into the fight. Ngoudjo won some of the middle rounds, but it was Urango who closed the show stronger, won the final round, and sealed the deal with the official judges by scores...

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