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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Bryan Armen Graham: Briggs has puncher's chance against Klitschko ... and not much else
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Shannon Briggs is the latest in a long line of recycled American challengers tabbed to fight one of the Klitschko brothers.
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Erik Morales talks how to defeat Manny Pacquiao
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Klitschko Stops Peter in 10
The impressively efficient but painfully dull reign of IBF/WBO heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko continued with a completely one-sided tenth round TKO of Samuel Peter in Frankfurt, Germany.
Klitschko won every round by throwing combinations of jabs and straight right hands for which Peter had no defense. Klitschko held to neutralize Peter's power whenever the two fighters were close and, as the rounds wore on, Peter was also looking to initiate clinches to avoid further punishment. In other words, a typical Wladimir Klitschko fight.
By round ten, Peter's right eye was badly swollen and he was floored by a series of unanswered punches. Referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight without a count at 1:22 of round ten.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Controversy fails to faze Ogogo
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. Find full coverage details here. And a full schedule of events here.
Ogogo beats favourite SinghLowestoft boxer Anthony Ogogo is remaining bullish after sealing a place in the middleweight gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games. Ogogo, 21, defeated Indian Vijender Singh in controversial fashion, scoring all his points through penalties.
He told BBC Sport: "I saw my back hand scored at least four or five times. They weren't registering obviously.
"But I'm through to the final, I couldn't care less if 3,000 Indians are calling me a cheat."
Pre-competition favourite Singh, 24, went into the final round of the semi-final bout leading 3-0, but surrendered four points when he was penalised for holding on two separate occasions.
The Englishman defended for the remainder of the round to seal a 4-3 victory, to the frustration of many in the Delhi crowd.
"If he wasn't holding and roughing me up inside then I would have won even more comfortably," he added.
"He tried to nullify my strengths and at the end of the day that's illegal. You can't put your head down, you can't hold.
"I wanted to box, he didn't want to box, I'm through to the final and I'm going to bring a gold medal back to England hopefully."
Ogogo, who trains at the Triple A Club in Lowestoft, will face Northern Ireland's Eamonn O'Kane in Wednesday's middleweight gold medal fight.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Boxer Khan guaranteed Delhi medal
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. Find full coverage details here. And a full schedule of events here. 
Khan beats Selby to reach semi-final
Flyweight Khan, younger brother of WBA champion Amir, beat Selby on countback after their bout in Delhi ended 3-3.
Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes is also guaranteed a medal, having beaten Australia's Andrew Moloney 4-2.
But India's Akhil Kumar, the defending Commonwealth bantamweight champion, disposed of England's Iain Weaver 11-6.
Weaver picked up the opening point, but Kumar, one of India's stars of the Games, soon established an insurmountable lead.
However, the Englishman expressed dismay at the result, insisting: "I thought I won the fight fair and square."
Weaver's team-mate, Obed Mbwakongo, later inflicted the first defeat on an Indian boxer in the entire tournament, landing a blow on the hosts' Dinesh Kumar with the last punch of his contest to win 9-8.
I don't have a problem with the British boxers, just the selectors English heavyweight Simon Vallily is through to the quarter-finals after stopping Isle of Man's Dominic Winrow in round one.
Northern Ireland's Steven Ward is also through to the heavyweight last eight after defeating Australia's Giancarlo Squillace 7-4, and Scottish heavyweight Stephen Simmons eased past South Africa's Masana Manganyi 10-2.
But Glasgow boxer Joe Ham collapsed following his bantamweight defeat to Namibia's Sakaria Lukas.
Ham's legs gave way after his 14-11 defeat - he was given oxygen by venue doctors and Team Scotland staff before being taken from the Talkatora stadium on a stretcher.
BBC Sport's Matthew Pinsent, at the arena, said Ham had been admitted to hospital but added: "It is entirely procedural according to a Team Scotland spokesperson, and they expect him back in the athletes' village later on Saturday night"
Welsh featherweight Sean McGoldrick brushed past Joseph Lartey from Ghana, winning 5-2, and Northern Ireland's Tyrone McCullagh progressed with a 7-2 win over over Australia's Ibrahim Balla.
Fellow Northern Irish boxer Tommy McCarthy hammered Tanzania's Leoanard Machichi 10-1 in his light-heavyweight contest, without being forced to work.
Rounding off Saturday's action for the home nations' fighters, Scotland's Callum Johnson easily won through 8-1 against the Isle of Man's Krystian Borucki, while Wales' Jermaine Asare hung on to beat Ghana's Ahmed Saraku.
Victory was bitter-sweet for Bolton-born Khan after the 19-year-old chose to fight for Pakistan having been overlooked for Great Britain's Olympic podium training squad and therefore England's Commonwealth Games team.
Selby is a member of the GB set-up and after every round ended level - the score was 1-1, 2-2 and finally 3-3 - the Pakistan fighter got the nod ahead of the Welshman, who was generally the more aggressive fighter throughout.
''I was concentrating on what was going on in the ring but yes, I came to prove myself," said Khan when asked if he felt his victory over Selby proved the selectors wrong.
"All I wanted was the medal and now I've got that so I'm delighted. I don't have a problem with the British boxers - one of the coaches came to me before the fight and wished me luck so I don't have a problem with the team, it's just the selectors."
To suggest our policy on selection is based on anything other than merit is not supported by the facts Rob McCracken, England head coach
Responding to comments made by Selby after the previous round in which the Welshman said Khan was not worthy of a podium squad place, Khan added: "Selby said he battered me in sparring - well look what happened then."
The Great Britain and England selectors responded to Khan's comments by pointing out that their original choice at flyweight - Khalid Yafai - had to withdraw through injury, with Tommy Stubbs moving up to flyweight as a result.
They added that their decision to select Yafai and Stubbs in the GB and England squads is justified by Khalid's silver medal at the European Championships in Moscow earlier this year and Stubbs's gold medal at the European Union Championships in 2009. Selby is also a European bronze medallist.
"Like many boxers outside of the Olympic squad, Haroon has been assessed by the GB Boxing coaches and his progress was being monitored," added Rob McCracken, performance director of GB Boxing and head coach of the England team at the Commonwealth Games.
"He boxes in a weight category (54Kg until recently and now 52Kg) where we have significant strength in depth.
"The record of these boxers in international competitions this year, which saw them win a silver medal and two bronze at the European Championships in Moscow, indicates that our judgement on this is correct.
"Khalid and Andrew's records are tried and tested. They've had outstanding results in the past that Haroon hasn't had yet. The door was wide open but he hasn't won anything of significance yet domestically.
"I don't see why it is an issue - they have to win things to get their chance. When you go into the national championships and you don't win them it impacts on your opportunities.
"Haroon was on our radar and if he performed well in competitions and showed significant progress he might have forced his way into contention for 2012. However, he has denied himself that opportunity by choosing to compete for Pakistan.
"Haroon has done well at the Commonwealth Games but to suggest our policy on selection is based on anything other than merit is not supported by the facts and ignores the fantastic performance of the Olympic boxing squad in international competitions in 2010."
In August 2010, Boxing News' amateur rankings placed Khan ninth in his weight category behind two members of the GB Boxing squad (ranked first and third) and three other English boxers.
The main talent identification opportunity for domestic boxers is the senior ABA Championships - in the 2010 ABAs, Khan lost before the quarter-finals.
Eloy Perez Vs. Dominic Salcido, A Cali Civil War
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Bute, Tarver and V. Klitschko in Action this Weekend
There are three interesting - if not exactly compelling - fights scheduled for this coming weekend. On Friday, Oct. 15, it's Lucian Bute defending his IBF super welterweight title against Jesse Brinkley, from The Contender: Season One, in Montreal. Bute is in the discussion with Andre Ward for best 168-pounder in the world today and Brinkley is rarely in a dull fight. Also on Friday, 41-year-old Antonio Tarver, moving up to heavyweight for the first time, takes on Nagy Aguilera (16-4) in Miami, Oklahoma. Tarver has been out of action for 17 months and is rarely in an exciting fight. Then on Saturday, heavyweight Vitali Klitschko defends his WBC title against Shannon Briggs in Hamburg, Germany. Briggs is an impressive physical specimen but throws fewer punches per round than almost anyone and will likely be easily outpointed.
Complete Boxing Schedule
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Amir Khan spotted training in the Philippines, Maidana to begin sparring soon
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Northern Irish trio box to glory
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. Find full coverage details here. And a full schedule of events here. 
Home nations triumph in first boxing finals
Compatriots Paddy Gallagher and Eamonn O'Kane also won titles, their country's first gold medals of the 2010 Games.
But two other team members, Thomas McCarthy and Steven Ward, lost title fights to Scotland's Callum Johnson and England's Simon Vallily respectively.
India's Manoj Kumar beat English light-welterweight Bradley Saunders to gold.
Fellow Englishman Tom Stalker beat Scot Josh Taylor 11-3 to win lightweight gold, while Welsh bantamweight Sean McGoldrick was narrowly beaten by Manju Wanniarachchi, 16-14 on count back, for Sri Lanka's first boxing gold medal at a Commonwealth Games for 72 years.
India's Suranjoy Mayengbam, who vanquished Pakistan's Haroon Khan in his semi-final, somersaulted into the ring to lift the flyweight title unopposed as opponent Benson Njangiru of Kenya, believed to be injured, did not show.
Paramjeet Samota added a third gold medal for India in the super-heavyweight category, comfortably defeating Tariq Abdul Haqq of Trinidad and Tobago 5-1.
Northern Ireland finish the 2010 Commonwealth contest at the top of the boxing medals table, with Barnes first to fight - and win - as Wednesday's 10 finals got under way.
"I've won the Olympic bronze medal and I'm the champion of Europe and the Commonwealth," said the victorious light-flyweight, who dispatched Jafet Uutoni of Namibia 8-4 to lift the title.
The win gave Barnes, who fought to bronze in Irish colours at Beijing 2008, Northern Ireland's first Commonwealth boxing gold medal for 16 years.
"I rank this equal to the others, and next year I'm going to be the champion of the world," he added.
Gallagher, who beat English welterweight Callum Smith, said: "I just went into my first fight thinking, 'I want to do the best I can'. When I got to the medal rounds I thought I had a chance.
"I had four tough fights to get here and to win gold is unbelievable."
O'Kane then added a third title with a comprehensive 16-4 victory over English former Big Brother contestant Anthony Ogogo, kissing a TV camera in jubilation as he celebrated beside the Delhi ring.
"Love to everybody is all I can say," said a delighted O'Kane.
"My wife and my child are my world - my wife said I was going to get gold from the start, and here I am.
"I gave up for six months, I planned to give up boxing, but we took it year by year, I won the European bronze and here I am now. It's an amazing year for me."
Light-heavyweight Johnson, brought up in Lincolnshire but fighting for Scotland through his grandparents' connection with the country, defeated McCarthy 8-1.
"I've been saying all week that I was going to do it. Commonwealth gold medallist - I've proved I'm the best in Britain," said Johnson.
"I've got to sit down and talk with my team about the Olympics. But I want to stand on that podium in London. You're going to see me in tears.
"I have made all the sacrifices. When my mates are out partying, I'm in bed at 10 o'clock because I'm up at seven running. You've got to sacrifice the party life and live the boxing life or you won't get anywhere."
Mixed home nations fortunes in final boutsEnglish heavyweight Vallily made short work of Ward, the referee stopping the fight in the opening round for the former's third stoppage of the Commonwealth tournament.
"The job's done now, all the training and hard work has paid off - I'm buzzing," said Vallily.
"I knew he had the speed on him, that was the main thing, to get on top of that. I caught him and followed up with another hit, and that was it."
Saunders, from Stockton-on-Tees, felt a one-sided score-line against home favourite Kumar did not reflect the reality of his light-welterweight fight.
"I hit the lad more than twice," he told reporters. "But it's all a learning curve. It's the first time I've had five fights in a week and that takes its toll. It's all in the bank."
Liverpool lightweight Stalker declared himself "over the moon" to win his gold, adding: "I thought they were scoring for him in the first round but it was just a case of me pulling away and getting into the groove.
"This medal is going to mean so much to the folks back home. It's a long way to 2012 and a lot can happen, but I've just got to keep working and keep focused and keep my feet on the ground."
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Eighteen Years And A Day On From His First Epic With Riddick Bowe, Evander Holyfield Will Rumble Again
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Margarito reacts to Roach's KO prediction in 8 rounds
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Boston's Best Boxers: Marciano, Hagler, Sullivan, Pender, Ruiz
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Medals in table tennis, boxing take India's Gold tally to 35
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Monday, October 18, 2010
(Photos) Wladimir Klitschko to defend heavyweight title
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'Tired' Ogogo settles for silver
Page last updated at 15:26 GMT, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 16:26 UK
Ogogo trains at the Triple A Club in LowestoftLowestoft's Anthony Ogogo says a series of tough fights cost him in his middleweight gold-medal bout with Northern Ireland's Eamonn O'Kane.
The 21-year-old overcame Youth Olympic winner Damien Hooper and world number one Vijender Singh before being outdone 16-4 by O'Kane to take silver.
He told BBC Sport: "I don't want to take anything away from my opponent but I felt tired in there.
"I've had four hard fights, I was by far on the hard side of the draw."
He added: "I haven't got to repeat who I beat to get here, but obviously some top kids.
"I think he'll [O'Kane] even admit he had an easier passageway here."
No disrespect to O'Kane but in two years time at the Olympics I'll be beating people like that, quite comfortably as well The Suffolk fighter has vowed to bounce back from the disappointment, insisting he will aspire to become 'unbeatable' in the future.
"I want to be an Olympic champion, I've still got two years to go, I'm only 21, I'm still quite a physically immature 21-year-old," he said.
"No disrespect to O'Kane but in two years time at the Olympics I'll be beating people like that, quite comfortably as well.
"I'm halfway through the learning curve at the minute, in two years time I hope I can be near unbeatable."
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Ogogo leads home nations charge
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. Find full coverage details here. And a full schedule of events here.
Ogogo beats favourite SinghAnthony Ogogo of England upset India's middleweight favourite Vijender Singh as the home nations dominated the boxing at the Commonwealth Games. Ogogo looked on his way to an defeat as he trailed 3-0, despite appearing to have landed several punches.
But the referee twice handed Ogogo two penalty points in the final round as Singh tried to hold on for victory.
Northern Ireland enjoyed an especially impressive day as all five fighters made it through.
England also have five men into finals, Scotland two and Wales one.
Suranjoy Mayengbam of India ended the hopes of Pakistan's Haroon Khan with a convincing win in the flyweight semis.
Home nations dominate boxing semisMayengbam raced into a 6-0 lead in the first round and, despite Khan coming back into the fight, came through 9-3.
Khan is the younger brother of WBA champion Amir, but fighting for Pakistan after being snubbed by the England selectors.
And the 19-year-old feels he has made his mark by taking the bronze medal.
"I think I've proved my point to the selectors," said Khan. "There wasn't a British boxer in my category (in the semi-finals). I would love to see (the selectors) now. I should have won that medal for England.
"My main aim was to come here and stand on that podium. I've got the bronze. I can put it next to my brother's Olympic silver."
In the middleweight final, Ogogo will take on Eamonn O'Kane of Northern Ireland, who beat Welshman Keiran Harding.
"I found his Achilles heel," said Ogogo after beating Indian favourite Singh. "I've beaten him, I can't believe it. I'm very happy."
The Indian Boxing Federation launched an immediate protest which was rejected by the Games jury.
And Englishman Ogogo insisted he had not meant to offend by blowing kisses to the crowd amid a cacophony of boos following his victory.
Hard work worth it - Tom Stalker"I thrive on the pressure - boxing is one of the most pressure sports, I thrive in that environment," he said. "No disrepect to the Indian crowd, they've shown nothing but hospitality to us. I wasn't taking the mickey, I blew a kiss because I wanted to thank them."
A host of gold medals are guaranteed for the home nations after more impressive performances on Monday.
The welterweight final will be contested by England's Callum Smith and Northern Ireland's Patrick Gallagher.
In the lightweight final Scotland's Josh Taylor will take on England's Tom Stalker as they won their semi-finals.
The light-heavyweight final pits Scotland's Callum Johnson against Northern Ireland's Thomas McCarthy.
And England's Simon Vallily benefited from a walkover to set up a heavyweight final against Northern Ireland's Steven Ward, who had a fine 6-1 win over Stephen Simmons of Scotland.
In addition, Paddy Barnes (Northern Ireland) is in the light-flyweight final, Sean McGoldrick (Wales) won at bantamweight and Bradley Saunders (England) will fight for light welterweight gold.
McGoldrick overjoyed to reach finalSaunders came through 9-7 against Louis Colin of Mauritius despite a nervous last round that saw the Englishman's healthy lead disappear alarmingly.
Barnes won his semi-final against India's Amandeep Singh with some sharp punching, easing to a 5-0 win.
He will fight Jafet Uutoni of Namibia in his Wednesday final, and said: "I'm over the moon. I could have thrown more punches but I didn't want to waste my energy for the final."
Newport 18-year-old McGoldrick pulled off a career-best victory over the bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics, Bruno Julie of Mauritius.
He edged into an early lead and showed plenty of maturity to repel Julie's advances, winning by a single point.
Stalker coasted into an early 4-1 lead against India's Jai Bhagwan before being docked two points for a low blow, but ultimately showed his class to win 10-5.
Stalker said: "It was a great atmosphere out there and he sucked me into a slug-fest. But I listened to my coaches and my tactics came good."
Taylor completely dominated Tonga's Lomalito Moala, before Smith and Gallagher did it the hard way, each winning by a single point.
Liverpudlian Smith was level with Carl Hield of the Bahamas before scoring with a right hand with just three seconds left on the clock.
Johnson was clinical in defeating Wales's Jermaine Asare, while McCarthy became the third finalist from Northern Ireland after seeing off Kenya's Joshua Makonjio.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Weight is over for Docherty
Docherty found it difficult making the weight at super-featherweight level 
Craig Docherty once famously fought for 11 rounds with his vision impaired and his breathing hampered by blood seeping into his eyes and mouth.
Docherty's first defence of the Commonwealth super-featherweight title against Abdul Malik Jabir at Glasgow's Bellahouston Sports Centre in November 2003 appeared doomed when the challenger opened up a nasty gash above his opponent's left eye in the opening seconds of the bout.
The fact that he survived and ultimately prevailed against the Ghanaian, by dint of a points win, said as much about 31-year-old Docherty's raw courage as it did about his "cuts man" Benny King's skills, which have earned him the sobriquet "Healing Hands."
It was the defining performance of Docherty's career. But his subsequent attempts to add the European and British titles to his CV ended in disappointment when he lost to the Russian, Boris Sinitsin, and Alex Arthur in turn.
Those defeats created an element of disillusionment, resulting in Docherty being inactive for three lengthy spells over the next four years.
Perhaps if his bout with Aberdonian Lee McAllister in October 2007 for the vacant WBU lightweight title had resulted in a different outcome, Docherty would have been encouraged to make a greater effort.
But, following that loss and another at the hands of Gary Buckland for the Celtic lightweight title in February last year, Docherty fell away from boxing to the extent that he spent 15 months mulling over his future before making a winning return to the ring in June.
"I took everything out of myself making the weight and felt completely spent," said Docherty. "I was still running 10 miles the night before the Buckland fight and I was still over the nine stone, nine pound limit next day at the weigh-in.
"I ended up having to sweat off the excess weight in a sauna, draining myself of what energy I had left.
"I decided there and then that I wasn't doing that to my body again, not because I felt I was too old but because of the potential long-term damage I might do to myself.
"A couple of weeks after the Buckland fight in Barnsley, I agreed to a welterweight contest with Ashley Theophane in London and lost that one as well, also on points.
"By that time, I was scunnered of boxing to the extent that I'd had enough."
But a chance meeting with Paul Weir rekindled Docherty's interest after the ex-dual world champion expressed an interest in working with him.
"I was half-hearted at first," Docherty admitted. "But, once we had tried a few things in the gym, I could feel a bond developing between Paul and I and the old moves started coming back.
I had lost my desire and let things that were happening in my private life get on top of me. "That gave me back my appetite for boxing and I realised that I had something left in me if I applied myself properly and got fit.
"After once being in the top-10 super-featherweights in the world, I had begun to feel that the big prizes had passed me by and that was heartbreaking because I was still only 30.
"I had lost my desire and let things that were happening in my private life get on top of me.
"A large part of the problem was that I had laboured under the misapprehension that I had to fight at lightweight to be a success and that was simply not true.
"Once you strip away all the fat from your body, that's the weight you should fight at. You cannot realistically campaign at nine stone if, once you remove all the fat, you weigh 11 stone.
"But I am more positive now that I have decided to fight at light-middleweight. I have been knocking guys out at the weight in sparring.
"They will testify that I am punching harder at the weight instead of trying to boil myself down to try and make an unrealistic weight.
"It is all very well weighing-in 24-hours before a fight, but you don't recover your snap and zip, and your punch resistance can also go, so if you take a blow to the head, it can result in problems."
Docherty, who is working as a personal trainer, realises that, had he not made the effort to resurrect his career, he would have been left with a sense of deep regret at not having given himself the chance to fulfil his potential.
"Now that I am applying myself to the task, if things don't work out as planned, at least I can walk away from the sport knowing that I tried," he added.
"I have never lacked courage and determination, but I am enjoying boxing again and I feel physically stronger and more muscular at 11 stone and also mentally fresher."
Having stopped Paddy Pollock in one round in his comeback bout to claim the vacant British light-middleweight title and following up by out-pointing Ryan Clark three weeks later, Docherty had been due to feature on the undercard of Ricky Burns' world title bill.
But he was denied the opportunity when his opponent called-off immediately prior to the Kelvin Hall show.
However, with Burns due to defend his WBO super-featherweight crown against Norwegian-based Colombian Andreas Evensen at Braehead Arena on 4 December, Docherty is hopeful of playing a supporting role.
Home nations secure medals
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Venue: Delhi, India Dates: 3-14 October 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage across BBC TV, radio, online, BBC Red Button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services. Find full coverage details here. And a full schedule of events here. 
Ward fights back to reach semis (UK only)
Wales and Scotland are guaranteed three medals each, meaning the home nations' final haul will be 16 medals.
English lightweight Tom Stalker was perhaps the standout performer, defeating Australia's Luke Jackson 7-2.
Welsh bantamweight Sean McGoldrick beat Northern Ireland's Tyrone McCullagh 4-3 in one of the closest bouts of the day.
"I came here not expecting to get a medal so now I'm just going to try to win every fight," said the 18-year-old McGoldrick, from Newport. "It was really hard for me in the end and I can't stop smiling."
McGoldrick faces another tough test in Monday's semi-finals against Olympic bronze medallist Bruno Julie from Mauritius. Julie was an impressive winner over Indian favourite Akhil Kumar.
Liverpool's Stalker, 26, refused to panic after going a point down early on and he will be confident of victory against home fighter Jai Bhagwan.
Stalker said: "I got silver in the European Championships so to come here and get at least bronze means it's been a good year for me. But I don't want to settle for silver or bronze, I want to go back home as a winner.
"I want to beat the Indian boxer. To beat an Indian in his backyard you have to do a lot more - one point is not enough. He is a good boxer, but I have got the tools to beat him."
Scotland lightweight Josh Taylor is also safely through to the semi-finals after his victory over Kautoa Roddy.
Prestonpans' Taylor barely had to break sweat in his one-sided 10-0 victory over Roddy of Kiribati.
Taylor said he hoped his success would rub off on the Scottish team, who currently do not boast a single member of the Great Britain Olympic podium squad.
"It's great for Scottish boxing and hopefully it will give us all a lift," said Taylor.
"We want people to start fearing us instead of seeing us as an easy draw. I'm more focused than ever and I'm going for gold now."
Sedgefield Olympian Bradley Saunders reached the last four of the light-welterweight competition with a rough-and-tumble 11-4 victory over Canada's Yves Ulysse.
At welterweight, England's Callum Smith made history by becoming the third member of his family to win a Commonwealth Games medal - following in the footsteps of brothers Paul and Stephen - in guaranteeing at least a bronze with a 4-0 victory over Scotland's Aston Brown.
Northern Ireland welterweight Paddy Gallagher also advanced with a come-from-behind 7-5 victory over Mujandjae Kasuto of Namibia.
English middleweight Anthony Ogogo trounced Nigerian Lawal Lukmon 10-0 to set up the semi-final he wanted against Indian superstar Vijender Singh, who knocked his Namibian opponent out.
Northern Ireland middleweight Eamonn O'Kane followed Ogogo into the ring and outpointed Samoa's Afaese Fata 7-2 to secure a semi-final against Wales' Keiran Harding, who put in a superb last round to defeat Pakistan's Nisar Khan 5-2.
Belfast light-heavyweight Thomas McCarthy showed composure beyond his years to overcome New Zealand's Reece Papuni 7-2 and, with light-flyweight Paddy Barnes already into the semis, assure Northern Ireland of a fourth medal.
Also at light-heavyweight, Scotland's Callum Johnson upset England's Obed Mbwakongo 6-2 to set up a semi-final against Welshman Jermaine Asare, who had a solid 10-4 victory over Samoa's Filimaua Hala.
And at heavyweight Stephen Simmons overcame a bloodied nose to see off Samir El-Mais of Canada 7-4 and clinch a semi-final bout with Northern Ireland's Steven Ward, who outpointed Manpreet Singh of India.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Sri Lankan boxer eyes 2012
Page last updated at 11:57 GMT, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 12:57 UKBy Saroj Pathirana
BBC Sinhala in Colombo 
Ms Jayasinghe (left) hopes to become the third Sri Lanka to win an Olympic medal
Nilmini Jayasinghe says she is determined to take part at the London Olympics despite her failure at the most recent world championships.
The first female boxer to win a world title for Sri Lanka, Nilmini did not qualify from the preliminary rounds in Barbados and told the BBC: "I am really disappointed. I won my first fight but it was very difficult against the Chinese woman boxer [Cancan Ren].
"I think I will have to train better and be focused on the next world championship in 2012. I am determined to qualify for the London Olympics."
Only two Sri Lankans have ever won an Olympic medal; Duncan White (400m hurdles) and Susanthika Jayasinghe, whose bronze in the women's 200m at the Sydney Games was upgraded to silver after Marian Jones was disqualified.
Nilmini, who won the under 51kg category at the world invitational women's boxing championship in St Petersburg last year, hopes to put Sri Lanka on the Olympic map again in London.
But she has identified the need to improve her form against fellow Asian competitors if she is to take the next step.
The sports ministry suddenly wake up when someone has an international achievement, but until then nobody bothers to help us at all She impressed by beating Russian and Ukrainian opponents in the invitational in St Petersburg.
"But in Barbados another Ukrainian boxer won the bronze medal, while I was out in the preliminary round because I found it very difficult to fight with Asians," she said.
A garment worker who started boxing at her factory's gym, Nilmini has already had a battle to get this far.
"I was barely 18 when my boyfriend committed suicide. My whole world collapsed. I was blamed for it. There was no-one to turn to and no way to come to terms with the pain," she writes in a short autobiography.
Nilimini was persuaded by a friend to join the MAS Holdings group and to start training at their gym. She progressed, with help from the Amateur Boxing Association and, in particular, former president Dian Gomes.
Though very appreciative of her mentor, Jayasinghe is critical of Sri Lanka's sports authorities, who she says favour cricket to the exclusion of other sports.
"The government never sponsored any of our tournaments," she said.
"It is not that Sri Lanka lacks talent. We do have talent but there are no facilities, talented players are not supported to help improve their talent.
"Even if we manage to compete in Olympics, I don't think our sports authorities will value us.
"The sports ministry and the authorities suddenly wake up when someone has an international achievement. But until then nobody bothers to help us at all."
Froch-Abraham bout for WBC title
Froch's defeat against Kessler in April was the first of his careerCarl Froch's Super Six fight against Arthur Abraham in November has been confirmed as a world title bout. The Nottingham fighter lost the WBC super-middleweight title to Mikkel Kessler in April but an injury to the Dane means the title is now vacant.
And Froch will get a chance to regain the belt in Helsinki on 27 November, with Kessler set to fight the winner.
Chris Meyer, who is part of Abraham's management company Team Sauerland, said: "We welcome the WBC's decision."
He added: "We are very happy for King Arthur. On 27 November, he will finally be world champion again."
Froch told BBC Radio Nottingham in September that the fight would be a chance for him to win back the title he lost on points to Kessler in April.
Kessler suffered an eye injury, forcing him to pull out of the Super Six tournament and also meaning the WBC title became vacant.
The WBC title had set to be contested by American duo Andre Ward - already the WBA champion - and Andre Dirrell when they meet on the same night as Froch and Abraham.
But after an appeal from Abraham's management company Team Sauerland, it will now be the European fighters who contest it.
The bouts between Froch and Abraham and Ward and Dirrell serve as the semi-finals of the Super Six.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
I will quit in five years - Khan
Khan is Britain's third-youngest ever world championAmir Khan says he will quit boxing in five years time, at the age of 28.
The Bolton native is the current WBA light-welterweight champion and will defend his crown against hard-hitting Argentine Marcos Maidana in December.
He told BBC Radio Manchester's In the Spotlight: "By the time I'm 28 that's the time for me to hang my gloves up and stay with my family.
"I'm going to walk out of this sport the way I walked in and that's what I want to tell other people who box."
He added: "You don't want to walk out of the sport brain dead."
Khan burst into the boxing world at the 2004 Athens Olympics where he won a silver medal and turned pro shortly after.
However, Khan's future in the sport was questioned when he was knocked out in 54 seconds by unheralded Colombian Breidis Prescott in September 2008.
But 10 months later Khan bounced back, outclassing and outpointing Andreas Kotelnik to claim the WBA light-welterweight crown at the MEN Arena in Manchester.
Since then he has made two defences against Dmitriy Salita and Paulie Malignaggi and his next defence against Maidana will take place on 11 December at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.
To hear the interview in full tune into BBC Radio Manchester on Thursday, 6 October at 1800-1900 BST on 95.1FM, DAB and online at bbc.co.uk/manchester. If you miss the show you can listen again via the BBC iPlayer.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Injured Dirrell out of Super Six
Dirrell was beaten by Carl Froch last OctoberAndre Dirrell has become the third boxer to withdraw from the Super Six super-middleweight tournament, after suffering neurological problems. The 27-year-old American was scheduled to fight Andre Ward on 27 November.
Jermain Taylor and Mikkel Kessler had already pulled out, replaced by Allan Green and Glen Johnson respectively.
Arthur Abraham is now almost certain of a place in the semi-finals, regardless of the result of his fight against Britain's Carl Froch next month.
Germany's Abraham beat Taylor and Dirrell in his first two Super Six encounters, while Nottingham's Froch beat Dirrell in his first bout before losing to Kessler last time out.
Abraham v Froch, which is set to take place in Helsinki on 27 November, is for the WBC super-middleweight crown Kessler took from Froch in April before succumbing to an eye injury and vacating the title.
Having won his two Super Six fights against Kessler and Green, Ward is already a confirmed semi-finalist.
The Super Six tournament was launched last year amid great fanfare but the various withdrawals and postponements have served to erode its credibility.
Monday, October 11, 2010
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