Year: 2010

WORCESTER, Mass. (Nov. 2, 2010) – When unbeaten prospect Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez steps into the ring Friday night to fight James McGirt for the vacant WBC USNBC super middleweight … Read more

By James Slater – Spare a thought for gutsy warrior Bryan Vera right about now. All set to get the biggest chance of his pro career by way of a … Read more

By James Slater – While fight fans still hope for a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Junior clash, Pac-Man’s trainer Freddie Roach says he has all but given up on the idea … Read more

Nathan Cleverly has welcomed the attention from IBF light-heavyweight kind Tavoris Cloud – but says he would love to shut the American up. Last week, Cloud called out the unbeaten … Read more

By Vitali Shaposhnikov: Recently the master trainer of Manny Pacquiao, Freddie Roach, stated that thus far this has been the worst training camp ever. Freddie talked about the fact that … Read more

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 1, 2010) – Puerto Rican superstar and WBO featherweight world champ Juan Manuel Lopez and Mexican legend and future Hall of Famer Rafael Marquez participated in an … Read more

The World Boxing Council’s 48th annual convention opened this morning at the Royal Hotel in Cancun. A huge standing-room-only crowd, estimated at around 800, filled the hotel ballroom at this … Read more

By James Slater – Though his fighter Derek Chisora will, like most other men who climb into the ring with Wladimir Klitschko, have distinct disadvantages in both height and reach, … Read more

On Saturday Yassine El Maachi left his London home to travel to the Scottish Highlands, for a four week training camp to prepare for his upcoming first defense of the … Read more

By James Slater – During a recent media interview with reporters direct from his famous Wild Card gym in L.A, ace trainer Freddie Roach cast yet more doubt on the … Read more