I am not sure who is the most personable promoter in boxing, Bob Arum or Lou DiBella.
Since Lou is a fan of Boxing Confidential Radio, I give a nod to Mount St. DiBella.
On Monday night Lou DiBella will kick-off Boxing Confidential Radio at 8 P.M. Pacific Standard Time. The man who called myself and co-host John Chavez "boxing nerds" will be on the air to peddle a Saturday, May 17th Pay Per View featuring brilliant boxer-puncher Cristian Mijares and Alexander Muñoz and field calls from BC's faithful.
Do not miss the fun on Monday night!
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Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME
Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to the United Kingdom on May 10, 2008, with an outstanding world title showdown and a promising undercard bout featuring two undefeated prospects.
On a special Saturday night edition of the popular, prospect-oriented SHOWTIME boxing series, World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Lightweight Champion Junior Witter will defend his crown for the third time when he takes on WBC N.......Read Whole Article!
Shannon Briggs To Sub For Teddy Atlas On ESPN: I'm Colored Commentator, Black Cosell!
Author: Michael Marley 5/9/2008
Shannon Briggs is going to get paid for doing what he does best, flapping his jaw.
Boxingconfidential.com has learned that the two time world heavyweight champion has been retained by ESPN to become a regular substitute announcer on the cable network’s boxing shows whenever his former trainer Teddy Atlas is not available.
Briggs will be behind the mike on May 16 in Las Vegas when his former amateur ranks buddy, Chris Byrd, relaunches himself as a light heavyweight on an Art Pelullo Banner Promotions card. Had Briggs n.......Read Whole Article!
Mogens Palle Testifies For Ex-Boxer Fredrik Alvarez In Medmal Lawsuit!
Author: Per Ake Persson EURO NEWS 5/9/2008
Retired supermiddle Fredrik Alvarez´s courtcase against the Swedish healthcare system continued in Falun, Sweden, with a testimony from his former promoter and matchmaker Mogens Palle. Palle - in the midst of the turmoil around Mikkel Kessler vs Dmitri Sartison - appeared in the court to give an estimate on how much money Fredrik could have earned had he not suffered from malpractice after his hand injury (following a slip in a stair where he cut himself on a broken bottle) back in 99. As it was a piece of glass were le.......Read Whole Article!
Wie immer, wenn auch etwas spät, gibt’s auch diese Woche die Gedankengänge von Rich und Jörg zum aktuellen Geschehen in der Welt des Boxsports zu hören.
Beide blicken unterem anderem auf die Cruisergewichts-WM zwischen Firat Arslan und Darnell Wilson zurück. In der Vorschau bespricht man dazu den Kampf zwischen Jr. Weltergewichtsweltmeister Junior Witter und seinem Herausforderer Timothy Bradley.
Gegen Ende diskutieren „Doktor“ Limmer und Dubiel dann noch die Absage des Rückkampfes von Ruslan Chagaev und Nikolay Valuev und noch ein wenig mehr.
Möchtet Ihr Kritik oder einfach einen Kommentar zur aktuellen Sendung beziehungsweise zum Boxsport im Allgemeinen loswerden, dann schreibt einfach eine Mail an richardlimmer@gmail.com.
Engulf & Devour, Golden Boy Step Closer To Total World Domination!
Author: Michael Marley 5/9/2008
Total world domination. That appears to be the goal of Golden Boy Promotions and they are getting closer every day.
They own Ring magazine, a tool by which they plan to completely eradicate the world sanctioning bodies and their odious sanctioning fees. They can also use The Ring as a publicity/promotion vehicle for their rising stars and their established stars.
(For example, using the back cover of the book to peddle Oscar de la Hoya’s biography. The book is written, by the way, by Steve Springer of the LA Times. I.......Read Whole Article!
AEG Buy Into Golden Boy Could Be Seen Coming A Mile Away
Author: Ricardo Lois 5/9/2008
Those with the ability to connect the dots could have seen it coming.
Today it was announced that Anschutz Entertainment Group (owner of several entertainment and sports facilities across the globe) bought into Golden Boy Promotions. Months back Oscar De La Hoya (President of Golden Boy Promotions) became a partner in Major League Soccer team The Houston Dynamo, which is majority owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).
Then last week we learned during a build up for De La Hoya's return bout against Steve Forbes.......Read Whole Article!
Clueless Cat Takes Misogynyistic Shot At Jin And Sugar Shane Mosley!
Author: Michael Marley 5/8/2008
Let me get this straight. Some guy named Dave Richardson, who may be a household name in his own garage, is jabbing Sugar Shane Mosley because his de facto manager and wife, Jin Mosley, turned thumbs down on rescheduling the Mosley-Zab Judah PPV TV bout.
Considering the public apathy toward that misplaced PPV bout this may be a public service.
I’ve no problem with Richardson, who works for Zab, or anyone else taking free shots at either Mosley but what is disturbing is that Richardson took a misogynist.......Read Whole Article!
Iran 'Blade' Barkley, Kimbo Slice Loom Large As Suspects In Stab Judah Case!
Author: Michael Marley CUTTING NEWS 5/8/2008
Top Suspects In Stab Judah Being Stopped On Cuts BEFORE Sugar Shane Mosley Bout:
1. That crazy lady Zab charged with cheating him in that South Beach Miami street craps game. No wonder her nickname in South Florida is “The Blade.” Heck, throw Iran Barkley on the list as well.
2. Ashy Larry, the project-dwelling, unlucky craps player from the Chappelle Show.
3. Yoel Judah who mistakenly cut his son while.......Read Whole Article!
Golden Boy Promotions Enters Into Partnership With Massive AEG!
Author: Press Release 5/8/2008
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2008) – AEG, considered one of the world’s leading live sports and entertainment presenters, has entered into an agreement with boxing’s leading promoter, Golden Boy Promotions to acquire ownership shares of the Los Angeles-based organization it was announced today by Oscar De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions and Tim Leiweke, President & CEO, AEG. The acquisition will make AEG the company’s second largest shareholder behind De La Hoya.
“Having fought and promot.......Read Whole Article!
' Stab 'Judah Takes A Dive Before Fight, Judah-Sugar Shane Mosley Bout Canceled!
Author: Press Release 5/8/2008
LOS ANGELES (May 8) – The scheduled May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled to take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Judah suffered multiple severe lacerations on his right forearm and received 50 stitches to close the wounds suffered in an accidental fall. As a result, Judah will be unable to train for four w.......Read Whole Article!
Boxing Fans Getting a Long Break From Pay-Per-View
Author: John Chavez 5/8/2008
Apparently Zab “Super” Judah has suffered a nasty wound due to slipping in the shower which required over 50 stitches. (That damn Irish Spring is more slippery than those damn logos on the ring mat.)
While May 31st was the date for Judah-Mosley to take place, it’s been postponed due to the injury suffered by the Brooklyn bad boy. It’s been two months since boxing fans have had to endure any Pay-Per-View cards of any significance and it seems as though Pacquiao-Diaz will be the next that boxing fans will or wo.......Read Whole Article!
I’m not sure what to make of the figure.
I am aware that television viewership has tended to curtail due to innovations such as the internet as well as ON Demand/DVR-types of technology. With the newfound ease of recording programs for later viewing, the days of “must see” television is a thing of the past.
Well except for maybe… the Superbowl.
Being that this past Saturday was Oscar De la Hoya’s return to regular HBO rather than HBO Pay-Per-View, expectations where extremely high based on .......Read Whole Article!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Former super flyweight world champion Martin "EL GALLO" Castillo has retired from boxing, it was announced today by his longtime manager Frank Espinoza. "We've talked numerous times over the last couple of weeks and Martin has concluded that this is the end of the line for him. He didn't feel like himself during the Montiel fight and is happy with what he has accomplished in the sport. As he put it 'I owe everything to boxing and I don't want to fight anymore if I can't go at a worl.......Read Whole Article!
Rumors of De la Hoya-Cotto/Mayweather-Pavlik Fall Double-Header
Not Really But Wouldn’t it Be Interesting?
Author: John Chavez 5/7/2008
Relax… relax. There have been absolutely no rumors of Oscar De la Hoya fighting the winner of Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
There’s been not even a hint of “Pretty Boy” aka “Money” aka “The 35,081th Richest Man Alive” Floyd Mayweather Jr. stepping up to 160 pounds to lock horns with the undefeated, undisputed middleweight champion of the world in Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik.
These are all a bunch of strange scenarios and unfathomable situations conjured by yours truly.
I just wanted to make i.......Read Whole Article!
BC Fan's Fantasy: Could I Withstand Manny Pacquiao's Ferocious Attack?
Author: Michael Marley FAN ROMAN MALENDEVICH WONDERS 5/7/2008
Can I win a boxing fight against Manny Pacquiao?
I'm 6'3 and 250 lbs. I'm a body builder and can bench almost 500 lbs and I hit a 140lb heavy bag everyday and I can dent it with a single punch. Also, it swings close to the ceiling if no one is standing there to hold it, and even with someone holding it, said person is thrown backwards because of the impact. Now I know I'm no boxer, the only boxing exercises I do are heavy bag, skipping rope and shadow boxing. But I know Pacquiao is just a featherweight and I hi.......Read Whole Article!
Ex-Manager Claims Ruslan Chagaev Nearly Blind In Left Eye, Promoter Denies It!
Author: Per Ake Persson 5/7/2008
Ruslan Chagaev´s postponed defence of the WBA heavyweight title against Nikolai Valuev will according to German newsagency DPA go ahead July 5. Site is not determined. Meanwhile Universum strongly dismiss a story in Bild Zeitung as to why the fight was postponed. According to the tabloid, basing its story on Chagaev´s former manager Taymas Niyazov, the champ suffers from a detached retina that he had surgery on already back in 2001 - but now the injury is even worse. According to Niyazov / B Z Chagaev is almost blind in.......Read Whole Article!
Marco Huck Fights Kasanic For IBF Intercon Title May 17!
Author: Press Release 5/7/2008
***Huck to fight Kasanic for IBF Intercontinental Title on May 17***Marco "Captain" Huck (20-1, 15 KOs) will fight Frantisek Kasanic for the vacant IBF intercontinental cruiserweight title in Bayreuth on May 17. "That is great news," the 23-year-old said. "I have been working very hard in practice and the title fight is the reward. I will make the most out of this opportunity. Kasanic will be in for a hot battle."After losing to IBF champion Steve Cunningham, Huck returned with a fifth-round TKO victory Leon Nzama on .......Read Whole Article!
Female mixed martial artist Gina Carano will participate in the debut of CBS
and EliteXC's Saturday Night Fights on May 31. Check out the video where
fans of mixed martial arts can a closer look at Carano.
.......Read Whole Article!
Home Depot Center - There were 27,000 people packed inside the Home Depot Center on Saturday for Oscar De La Hoya’s fight against Steve Forbes that was appropriately titled “Homecoming.”
Yet unlike your high school homecoming game there was no chance for an upset loss.
However, just like your high school homecoming game this event was about the fans. De La Hoya elected to have the fight in Los Angeles as a farewell to his fans, which are far and away the most loyal in the sport. De La Hoya stands as a.......Read Whole Article!
(4) Votes. 
Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME
Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to the United Kingdom on May 10, 2008, with an outstanding world title showdown and a promising undercard bout featuring two undefeated prospects.
On a special Saturday night edition of the popular, prospect-oriented SHOWTIME boxing series, World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Lightweight Champion Junior Witter will defend his crown for the third time when he takes on WBC N.......
Shannon Briggs is going to get paid for doing what he does best, flapping his jaw.
Boxingconfidential.com has learned that the two time world heavyweight champion has been retained by ESPN to become a regular substitute announcer on the cable network’s boxing shows whenever his former trainer Teddy Atlas is not available.
Briggs will be behind the mike on May 16 in Las Vegas when his former amateur ranks buddy, Chris Byrd, relaunches himself as a light heavyweight on an Art Pelullo Banner Promotions card. Had Briggs n.......
Retired supermiddle Fredrik Alvarez´s courtcase against the Swedish healthcare system continued in Falun, Sweden, with a testimony from his former promoter and matchmaker Mogens Palle. Palle - in the midst of the turmoil around Mikkel Kessler vs Dmitri Sartison - appeared in the court to give an estimate on how much money Fredrik could have earned had he not suffered from malpractice after his hand injury (following a slip in a stair where he cut himself on a broken bottle) back in 99. As it was a piece of glass were le.......
Wie immer, wenn auch etwas spät, gibt’s auch diese Woche die Gedankengänge von Rich und Jörg zum aktuellen Geschehen in der Welt des Boxsports zu hören.
Total world domination. That appears to be the goal of Golden Boy Promotions and they are getting closer every day.
They own Ring magazine, a tool by which they plan to completely eradicate the world sanctioning bodies and their odious sanctioning fees. They can also use The Ring as a publicity/promotion vehicle for their rising stars and their established stars.
(For example, using the back cover of the book to peddle Oscar de la Hoya’s biography. The book is written, by the way, by Steve Springer of the LA Times. I.......
(4) Votes. 
Those with the ability to connect the dots could have seen it coming.
Today it was announced that Anschutz Entertainment Group (owner of several entertainment and sports facilities across the globe) bought into Golden Boy Promotions. Months back Oscar De La Hoya (President of Golden Boy Promotions) became a partner in Major League Soccer team The Houston Dynamo, which is majority owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).
Then last week we learned during a build up for De La Hoya's return bout against Steve Forbes.......
Let me get this straight. Some guy named Dave Richardson, who may be a household name in his own garage, is jabbing Sugar Shane Mosley because his de facto manager and wife, Jin Mosley, turned thumbs down on rescheduling the Mosley-Zab Judah PPV TV bout.
Considering the public apathy toward that misplaced PPV bout this may be a public service.
I’ve no problem with Richardson, who works for Zab, or anyone else taking free shots at either Mosley but what is disturbing is that Richardson took a misogynist.......
Top Suspects In Stab Judah Being Stopped On Cuts BEFORE Sugar Shane Mosley Bout:
1. That crazy lady Zab charged with cheating him in that South Beach Miami street craps game. No wonder her nickname in South Florida is “The Blade.” Heck, throw Iran Barkley on the list as well.
2. Ashy Larry, the project-dwelling, unlucky craps player from the Chappelle Show.
3. Yoel Judah who mistakenly cut his son while.......
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2008) – AEG, considered one of the world’s leading live sports and entertainment presenters, has entered into an agreement with boxing’s leading promoter, Golden Boy Promotions to acquire ownership shares of the Los Angeles-based organization it was announced today by Oscar De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions and Tim Leiweke, President & CEO, AEG. The acquisition will make AEG the company’s second largest shareholder behind De La Hoya.
“Having fought and promot.......
LOS ANGELES (May 8) – The scheduled May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled to take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Judah suffered multiple severe lacerations on his right forearm and received 50 stitches to close the wounds suffered in an accidental fall. As a result, Judah will be unable to train for four w.......
I’m not sure what to make of the figure.
I am aware that television viewership has tended to curtail due to innovations such as the internet as well as ON Demand/DVR-types of technology. With the newfound ease of recording programs for later viewing, the days of “must see” television is a thing of the past.
Well except for maybe… the Superbowl.
Being that this past Saturday was Oscar De la Hoya’s return to regular HBO rather than HBO Pay-Per-View, expectations where extremely high based on .......
Relax… relax. There have been absolutely no rumors of Oscar De la Hoya fighting the winner of Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
There’s been not even a hint of “Pretty Boy” aka “Money” aka “The 35,081th Richest Man Alive” Floyd Mayweather Jr. stepping up to 160 pounds to lock horns with the undefeated, undisputed middleweight champion of the world in Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik.
These are all a bunch of strange scenarios and unfathomable situations conjured by yours truly.
I just wanted to make i.......
Can I win a boxing fight against Manny Pacquiao?
I'm 6'3 and 250 lbs. I'm a body builder and can bench almost 500 lbs and I hit a 140lb heavy bag everyday and I can dent it with a single punch. Also, it swings close to the ceiling if no one is standing there to hold it, and even with someone holding it, said person is thrown backwards because of the impact. Now I know I'm no boxer, the only boxing exercises I do are heavy bag, skipping rope and shadow boxing. But I know Pacquiao is just a featherweight and I hi.......
Ruslan Chagaev´s postponed defence of the WBA heavyweight title against Nikolai Valuev will according to German newsagency DPA go ahead July 5. Site is not determined. Meanwhile Universum strongly dismiss a story in Bild Zeitung as to why the fight was postponed. According to the tabloid, basing its story on Chagaev´s former manager Taymas Niyazov, the champ suffers from a detached retina that he had surgery on already back in 2001 - but now the injury is even worse. According to Niyazov / B Z Chagaev is almost blind in.......
***Huck to fight Kasanic for IBF Intercontinental Title on May 17***Marco "Captain" Huck (20-1, 15 KOs) will fight Frantisek Kasanic for the vacant IBF intercontinental cruiserweight title in Bayreuth on May 17. "That is great news," the 23-year-old said. "I have been working very hard in practice and the title fight is the reward. I will make the most out of this opportunity. Kasanic will be in for a hot battle."After losing to IBF champion Steve Cunningham, Huck returned with a fifth-round TKO victory Leon Nzama on .......
(6) Votes. 
