Former Lightweight Title Challenger on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights

ESPN2 to Show Feature on Kelly Pavlik Former Lightweight title challenger Ji-Hoon “Volcano” Kim (23-7, 18 KOs) will meet undefeated Lightweight Alisher “Ali” Rahimov (23-0, 12 KOs) in the 10-round main event May 25 on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra. Friday’s show will air at 9 p.m. …

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Media Interview w/ Manny Pacquiao & Bob Arum

BOB ARUM: We are coming into the home stretch of this promotion. The western conference finals in the NBA are now set and you will see a great presence of this fight during the TNT telecasts. TNT is a great partner of ours. They had billboards on the broadcast of …

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David Haye: “I will never turn down a fight with Vitali!”

By Johnny Walker Former WBA heavyweight champion David “Hayemaker” Haye and his manager Adam Booth have struck back hard against claims made yesterday by the Klitschko brothers and their manager Bernd Boente to the effect that the UK fighter ducked a September matchup with WBC champion Vitali. “I offered Haye …

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Jackie Kallen On Boxing: Leave Manny Pacquiao Alone!

By Jackie Kallen OK, enough already! Leave Manny alone. I happen to have no problem with gay marriage, and it seems most of you don’t either. But this is America. We have the right to voice our opinions. Manny simply expressed his views. I am tired of people attacking him …

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Boxinginsider Notebook: Sanchez, Solis, Tarver, and Winky Wright

By: William Holmes The following is the boxinginsider notebook for the week of May 14th to May 21st, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing. Juan Carlos Sanchez Retains Title On Saturday at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Juan Carlos Sanchez (14-1-1) defeated Juan Alberto Rosas (36-7) by unanimous …

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