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Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward Prediction
By JE GrantThe Super-Six tournament has already proven a stunning, innovative success. By taking in six top fighters in one division working toward a common goal has not really been seen since the alphabet organizations began proliferating in the 1970s.Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward...
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto: Fight Prediction
By JE GrantManny Pacquiao has emerged as boxing's most popular international figure. As the only fighter to win lineal titles in four weight classes, his popularity is more than matched by solid achievement. In destroying Oscar de la Hoya (even a diminished version), and spectacularly...
Valuez-Haye Prediction
Heavyweight belt-holder Nikolai Valuev will go into his defense against former undisputed cruiserweight champion, David Haye, with his usual 80-plus pound weight advantage as well as his towering height differential. He will see something in Haye that he has not seen in quite sometime...
Valuev-Ruiz II Prediction
By JE Grant Nikolay Valuev, the hulking Russian heavyweight meets American John Ruiz in Berlin Saturday night in a bout that has had as little fan interest as any rematch for a heavyweight title perhaps ever. It’s not as though Valuev, 48-1 (34 KOs), 318, or Ruiz, 43-7-1 (29 KOs...
Klitschko - Thompson Prediction
By JE GrantWladimir Klitschko is boxing’s closest thing to a real heavyweight champion. Entering the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany Saturday he will face the top American heavyweight fighter. While boxing history suggests that means he’s fighting the best of the best, all...
Diaz - Pacquiao Prediction
By JE GrantSaturday in Las Vegas boxing megastar Manny Pacquiao attempts to gain a belt in a fourth weight division when he meets David Diaz at lightweight. Pacquiao’s most recent outing, a tough split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez. The bout gained revenge for a previous draw...
Abraham - Miranda Prediction
By JE Grant Highly ranked middleweight Arthur Abraham revisits his toughest challenge to date in an over-the-limit bout with power-punching Edison Miranda June 21st in Florida. In amassing a 26-0 (21 KOs) record, Abraham proved his worth in the middleweight division in his 2006 meeting...
Pavlik - Lockett Prediction
By JE GrantBudding superstar, Ohio’s Kelly Pavlik, is putting more than his Ring Magazine World Middleweight Championship on the line when he faces number one alphabet contender "Rocket" Gary Lockett Saturday in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. He knows that ultra-lucrative...
Hatton - Lazcano Prediction
By JE Grant Juan Lazcano knows his part of the script calls for his early departure Saturday night in Manchester against the monster hometown hero Ricky Hatton. Of course there is no script and Lazcano would just as soon change the ending considerably. Hatton, coming off his resounding...
'Young Guns' Sling It
By JE GrantOlympic Gold Medal winner, Yuriorkis Gamboa headlined a sneak-peak HBO card showcasing potential stars in Primm, Nev. Saturday night. Gamboa, 10-0 (9 KOs), Miami (via Cuba), 128 1/2, used obvious raw professional talent to score a one-sided 10-round unanimous decision over...
Requiem for a Light-Heavyweight
By JE GrantFormer heavyweight belt-wearer Chris Byrd found that at 37-years of age he couldn’t go home again --- home that is to the light-heavyweight division were he began his career in 1993. Shaun George, 17-2-2 (8 KOs), Brooklyn, 175, found an early home for his right hand to...
De La Hoya - Forbes Prediction
By JE GrantWhen former multiple division champion Oscar De La Hoya steps into the ring Saturday night, his legion of fans will briefly suspend their knowledge that their 35 year-old hero is far on the downside of a career that has at times flickered with greatness.They will be able...
Calzaghe reigns supreme over Hopkins
By JE GrantJoe Calzaghe made his way to America for the first time in his 45-fight career and made the most of it by capturing the World Light-Heavyweight Championship from the wily Bernard Hopkins April 20 in Las Vegas.Calzaghe, 45-0 (32 KOs), Wales, United Kingdom, 173, threw more...
Calzaghe: The man at the top
By JE GrantIf a boxing scribe has been harder on Joe Calzaghe than me, I'm not sure who it is. I've criticized his opponent selection and the fact that he never leaves home, blah, blah, blah.But, whatever happens in his career from now on, it is clear that he is and likely...
Klitschko - Ibragimov Prediction
Both heavyweights are part of a club of fighters from former eastern bloc countries who remain overlooked and underrated because of the ongoing bias against their non-American origin. Make no mistake, both can fight and have amateur and professional credentials that rival their American...
Mayweather vs. Hatton -- "Undefeated" Prediction
On its face this matchup should thrill boxing fans everywhere. Two talented, undefeated fighters who've won real world championships (as well as a few bogus belts) and two men who have convincingly defeated top fighters in doing so.The central difference is that one of the men...
WBO vaults heavyweight Ibragimov to number one
Recently held to a draw with Ray Austin, Sultan Ibragimov moves to the WBO's top spot while Austin falls in the ratingsBy JE GrantIn the inexplicable world of the world sanctioning bodies, the World Boxing Organization, already seen by many as a fringe organization, has won the...
Dimitrenko blasts Basile, earns world ranking
STUTTGART, Germany --- Heavyweight phenom Alexander Dimitrenko, 23-0 (14 KOs), Ukraine, 249, scored the biggest win of his budding career with a first-round knockout of surging Argentine Gonzalo Omar Basile, 25-2 (12 KOs), 242, according to the German website Hamburg 1, Saturday.Basile...
Toney to get rematch with Peter
By JE GrantDespite a pre-fight notice that the winner of the Samuel Peter
Barrera masterful, decisions Juarez
By JE GrantLAS VEGAS â€" Legendary Mexican champion Marco Antonio Barrera, 63-4, 1 NC (42 KOs), Mexico, 130, won a clear unanimous 12-round decision over rugged former Olympic medallist Rocky Juarez, 25-3 (18 KOs), Houston, 129, to retain his 130 title Saturday night.Barrera...
Briggs gets one more chance to shoot his big guns
By JE GrantWhen Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs enters the ring November 4th to vie for a version of the heavyweight title against Serguei Liakhovich, he will carry with him the baggage not only of his 34 years or his 52 fights, but just as importantly lots of thoughts of what...
Holyfield set to take on Oquendo
By JE GrantThe AP reports today that Evander Holyfield will face Fres Oquendo in November.Though ranked by only one of the alphabet sanctioning bodies, Oquendo, 33, represents a major step up for Holyfield, 43, who faced hapless Jeremy Bates in August (KO 2). He is ranked number 16...
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