World Boxing News 2010-2013

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Unbeaten 28 year-old want to stay busy next year American Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell has been speaking to World Boxing News about his vision for 2011, after a successful 2010, when the Maryland boxer fought five times, winning all five by stoppage. 6’ 2” Mitchell, has always kept busy in his three-year career, cramming twenty one fights in since turning professional in January 2008 and believes 2011 will entail more of the same as he aims to climb the heavyweight rankings in the next 12 months. “2011 is a very big year for me and I expect big things to happen for me this year,” Mitchell told World Boxing News. “I would like to fight 5 to 6 times this year if possible and I am very happy with the way my career has gone thus far, 21 fights in a little less than 3 years is a great achievement for me. I believe that my team and promotional company, Golden Boy Promotions, have done a great job in getting me the right fights at the right time and hopefully, ...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor European champion ready for acid test A March 19th date has been pencilled in for 35 year-old Brian Magee’s toughest test to date against Canada’s unbeaten IBF super-middleweight champion Lucien Bute at the Bell Centre in Monteal. Magee (34-3-1) is the current European champion, a title which he is likely to vacate as he steps up in class to face one of the top boxers in the division and the Irishman is confident he can handle the pressure as he takes on the champion on his home patch. “I am really looking forward to the fight,” Magee told WBN. “I have been to Canada many times as an amateur and I love the place, especially Montreal. The people are great and it’s a great city.” The challenger held the IBO title from 2001 to 2004 and has travelled abroad before when controversially unsuccessful in a European title challenge in Germany in 2005, but he believes the experience he has gained since then will help him in his quest for recognised world title. ...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor After a long drawn out process of negotiations, Manny Pacquiao decided on fighting Shane Mosley rather than Andre Berto or Juan Manuel Marquez after giving his first choice opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr every chance to agree to a welterweight super-fight. Money and contracts did not seem to be an issue with the unbeaten four-weight world champion as his outside troubles have kept him out of the ring since he out-pointed Mosley himself, in a one-sided bout in May of 2010. Bob Arum had given a deadline, announced alternative opponents and even expressed his personal desire to get the fight made, but all appeared to be in vain as Mayweather never really got deep enough into any sort of talks to make a concrete case to challenge Pacquaio. That task now falls to “Sugar”, who gets his chance after indifferent form over the last three years. Wins over Miguel Cotto challenger Ricardo Mayorga and Pacquiao’s last opponent Antonio Margarito in late 2008 and early 20...

SUNDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2010 Koki Kameda bt Alexander Munoz  ( UD ) ( 117-109, 116-109, 115-111 ) ( WBA bantamweight title ) Daiki Kameda bt Silvio Olteanu  ( SD ) ( 116-112, 115-113 , 110-118) ( WBA flyweight title ) THURSDAY 23RD DECEMBER 2010 Hugo Fidel Cazares bt Hiroyuki Hisataka  ( UD ) ( 117-111, 117-111, 116-112 ) ( WBA super-flyweight title ) SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2010 Jean Pascal (D) Bernard Hopkins  (112-114, 113-113, 114-114 ) ( WBC light-heavyweight title ) Paulie Malignaggi bt Michael Lozada  ( TKO ) ( 6th Round ) (welterweight) Tyson Fury bt Zack Page  ( UD ) ( 80-72, 80-72, 80-72 ) (heavyweight) Luis Alberto Lazarte ( D ) Ulises Solis  (117-109, 113-113, 113-113 ) ( IBF light-flyweight title ) Marco Huck bt Denis Lebedev  ( SD ) ( 115-113, 115-113 , 112-116) ( WBO cruiserweight title ) Yoan Pablo Hernandez bt Ali Ismailov  ( KO ) ( 1st ro...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Light-middleweight champion to choose opponent soon WBA 154lb champion Miguel Cotto will return to action at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on March 12th and will decide his opponent in the near future, with three possible candidates on his shortlist to choose from. Cotto, 30, could face unbeaten Armenian Vanes “Nightmare” Martirosyan, Poland’s Pawel Wolak or three-time world champion Ricardo Mayorga of Nicaragua on the same night Sergio Martinez defends his WBC middleweight title at Madison Square Garden. The three men face an anxious wait to find out their fate as Cotto makes his first appearance since his proposed bout with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr collapsed last month, leading to the Puerto Rican putting his fight date back to March next year. 24 year-old Vanes Martirosyan is the hot favourite to face Cotto and holds an outstanding record of 28 fights 17 knockouts and no defeats. He trains at the Wildcard Gym with Freddie Roach and would not be an easy nights...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan is a much sought after fighter since his excellent bout with Marcos Maidana earlier this month, but it now looks likely that he will defend his title against American challenger Lamont Peterson in the UK next April. Khan, 24, has been linked with various opponents since his Las Vegas debut victory, with Floyd Mayweather, Victor Ortiz and a move up to welterweight to take on fellow Brit Kell Brook all being supposed options for Khan (24-1). Its now almost certain that he next fight will be on his home soil in Britain, with the MEN Arena in Manchester the likely venue as “King Khan” builds up to a unification fight back in Las Vegas in the late summer against Timothy Bradley or Devon Alexander. Probable opponent Lamont Peterson drew with another of Khan’s possible future opponents Victor Ortiz on the undercard of his Vegas bout with Maidana and brings an impressive 28-1-1 record with 14 KO’s, his only defeat agai...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Is it just me, but since when does a two round blow-out against a cold Paul Williams and unanimous points win over a man with many problems in his life (Kelly Pavlik), make you one of the best fighters on the planet? People seem to forget that Martinez had never ventured into world class until he was 34 years old and to be a pound for pound fighter, you have to take on the best around and prove it with longevity or at least keep your unified titles by making mandatory defences. In 2008, Martinez was still fighting four-rounders and in 2007, fought a man with 34 losses on his record. The year previously, Martinez fought Oliver Tchinda, who had one win in ten fights and certainly wasn’t a worthy opponent. All this, for me, doesn’t help him in his quest to be recognised as a pound for pound best fighter in the world. I struggled to even rank him in the top 20 until earlier this year and some people in the boxing game had him ranked as one of the best in the...