Archive for July 2009

Mexican junior welterweight Marco Antonio Nazareth has died at a hospital in Puerto Vallarta, four days after sustaining a brain hemorrhage in a loss to Omar Chavez. The 23-year-old Nazareth was hospitalized after the fight, in which Nazareth was knocked down in the first round and knocked out in the fourth. News Source: Yahoo Sports. [...]

Michael DiSanto, UFC – The UFC middleweight division is a bit of an enigma.Its long-time ruler, Anderson Silva, is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. His record-breaking nine-fight winning streak to start his UFC career has cemented that claim, and to even further establish his dominance, Silva will venture 20 lbs to the north [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Action. Drama. High Stakes. All key elements of a great fight, and we’ve had more than a few memorable battles to choose from thus far in 2009. But in the interest of space, we’ve had to narrow them down to just five, and here they are… News Source: UFC.com. Read full [...]

Talking Pacquiao-Cotto, top decades, and more News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Miguel Cotto is next on Manny Pacquiao's hit list for what's likely to be the biggest fight of the fall. Pacquiao and Cotto will meet Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Monday after finalizing the match between his company's two most prominent boxers. News Source: [...]

Arturo Gatti was remembered as a big-hearted, star fighter at his funeral Monday, drawing a standing ovation from mourners when his mother received a championship belt from the World Boxing Council. More than 1,000 mourners packed Notre Dame de la Defense church in the heart of Montreal's Italian community to pay respects to the 37-year-old [...]

Arturo Gatti's wife will remain in jail pending a judicial decision despite the release of an autopsy report casting doubt on whether the former champion boxer was killed. Police, meanwhile, are backing off strong statements that Gatti's wife was unquestionably responsible for his death. Earlier they said she undoubtedly strangled him with her purse strap [...]

Boxing’s final superfight of 2009 is in place, as Manny Pacquiao will meet Miguel Cotto in November. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Their first bout split the mixed martial arts community, making it obvious that they needed more than 15 minutes to settle their score. On Saturday, September 19th, UFC superstars Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin will meet again in the main event of UFC 103 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – It was a competitive rivalry that began in the WEC, with each man owning a knockout win over the other. On Wednesday, September 16th, former WEC light heavyweight champions Steve Cantwell and Brian Stann will break their tie in the UFC Octagon as part of the stacked UFC Fight Night card [...]

Arturo Gatti's closed coffin rested Sunday under one of his championship belts, a pair of white boxing gloves and a massive wreath spelling out his nickname — 'Thunder' — in red flowers. Every wall in the funeral home was covered in elaborate flower arrangements. Bouquets surrounded a photograph of the former welterweight champion, flashing a [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Despite the countless number of people around the world that idolize Bruce Lee, it goes without saying that his biggest fan is still his daughter, Shannon. You can hear it in her voice the second she begins talking about the legendary martial artist and film star. News Source: UFC.com. Read full [...]

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – Tamdan McCrory has the slow-striding limbs of a mantis, but the power of Thor—and that’s sort of the alarming impression he left with everybody when he met Pete Spratt in his UFC debut back in June of 2007. He was 20 years old at the time, a gangly 6-foot-4 welterweight with [...]

With Amir Khan now a world champion, many English boxing fans will be hoping to see him in the ring with Ricky Hatton. Though the 22-year-old Khan's trainer is enthusiastic about a Battle of Britain bout, promoter Frank Warren has strong reservations. Hatton's future in the sport has been in doubt since he was knocked [...]

Enzo Maccarinelli is considering retirement after being stopped in the third round by Denis Lebedev on Saturday, a third defeat in four fights for the former WBO cruiserweight champion. Maccarinelli was outclassed by Lebedev (18-0, 13 KOs), whose series of unanswered left hooks made referee Terry O'Connor stop the contest at M.E.N. News Source: Yahoo [...]