World Boxing News 2010-2013

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Fight stopped after ten rounds as Alexander suffers cut Devon Alexander surrendered his WBC light-welterweight title to WBO champion Timothy Bradley in a scrappy affair at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan after constant head clashes caused the bout to end before the completion of the tenth round. 27 year-old Bradley started the brighter of the two, catching Alexander with solid looking shots, before Alexander, 23, came into the bout in the middle rounds as both boxers butted heads on more than one occasion and Alexander seemed to be the more affected of the two. “Desert Storm” then took control into the seventh, eighth and ninth rounds, with Alexander complaining about the cut on several instances before the doctor checked out the St Louis fighter midway through the ninth round. He then called the bout off with Alexander complaining of a burning sensation in his eye and it was declared that the tenth round would be included in the scoring. On...

WBC and WBO light-welterweight titles ------------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDER                                             BRADLEY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   9                         (Round 1)                        10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10                       ...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Forbes returns against Romanian Ion in Canada Former super-featherweight world champion Steve “2pound” Forbes climbs back between the ropes next month as he takes on Romanian southpaw Ionut 'Jo Jo' Dan at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Forbes, 33, is on the back of a two round blow-out win against 55-loss Roberto Valenzuela in December and steps up in class against Ion, who was on the verge on a world title shot, when suffered his only career loss in 28 against Selcuk Aydin last June. The 29 year-old has since returned with a four-round KO win over Argentine Andres Pablo Villafane in October and returns to the same venue to take on former US Contender series finalist Forbes (35-8-0). Oregon-born Forbes has been in indifferent form in the past four years, since losing that Contender final via split decision against an aging Grady Brewer, which many people believe should have gone Steve's way. Forbes has lost five of his last eight, but ...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor “Lights Out” could return against Reed According to fighthype.com , three-weight world champion James “ Lights Out” Toney is planning a return to the boxing ring in February after being out of the sport since September 2009, when he stopped Matthew Greer in two rounds. Toney, 42, tried his hand in MMA last year, signing a multi-fight deal in January, only to lose to two-weight UFC champion Randy Couture by submission, whilst only throwing one punch and was immediately released from his contract. It looks like the Michigan-born puncher is now ready for a return to the squared-circle after his octogon experience and has been linked to a fight with “Dangerous” Damon Reed next month, which would be his 84th career-fight as he aims for a four world title.

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor  European champion faces 'Canelo' test “Magic” Matthew Hatton may have to live up to his name on March 5th as the Englishman steps up two or three gears in class to face undefeated WBN Young Boxer of the Year Saul Alvarez (35-0-1) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Hatton, 29, is the younger brother of two-time world champion Ricky, who impressed American audiences in the late 2000’s until being wiped out by pound for pound world champions Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao in bad knockout defeats. The Manchester fighter (41-4-2) now attempts to grab the US markets attention in a tough looking test against one of the hottest prospects in the boxing world at the moment. Hatton has largely stayed out of world-class in his 46 fight career and now dips his toes into the lion’s den. Distinctive looking Alvarez, who’s nickname translates as “Cinnamon” currently holds the WBC silver title at 147lbs and has already c...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor Light-heavyweight McIntosh fights for vacant title English light-heavyweight champion Danny McIntosh gets the chance to propel himself to European title glory this Saturday, when he takes on home fighter Thierry Karl at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Hauts-de-Seine, France. The 30 year-old, who’s only defeat was a commonwealth title challenge against former champion Nathan Cleverly in July 2009, when “Big Mac” was stopped in the seventh round against the WBO 175lb title contender and he now faces Karl for the title vacated by Cleverly. The Norwich man has since recorded two knockout victories in the last year, one of which was an impressive second round count-out of former WBU, Commonwealth and British champion Tony Oakey, who had won four of the trot up to that point. McIntosh’s opponent is Aisne-born Thierry Karl, who is unbeaten in almost three years and has won his last eight. Karl, 26, has four defeats on his 32 fight record, but has an imp...

Phil D. Jay WBN Editor The Great” eyes super-fights after unification WBC light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander (21-0) hopes to unify the 140lb division for the second time on January 29th when he faces WBO belt holder Timothy Bradley (26-0) in an all-American clash at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. The 23 year-old was speaking at the pre-fight press conference as the two champions came face to face two weeks before they meet in the ring and Alexander believes he has the tools to take Bradley’s WBO title, but dismissed a possible unification with WBA champion Amir Khan. “It is my time now and I'm going to seize the moment,” Alexander stated. “Khan is an OK fighter. He's no big deal. People are really making big hype about Amir Khan. I don't know what all the hype is about but he has a little power behind him. People think he is more than what I think he is. “The winner of this fight doesn't have to go after Amir Khan. The winner of this fight ...