WBC Junior Bantamweight champion Cristian Mijares 35-3-2(14) won a split decision over WBA champion Alexander "El Explosivio" Munoz 32-3(27) to unify the titles in Durango Mexico. Mijares played the boxer and Munoz played the role as puncher but when all was said and done Mijares was the victor by the scores of 116-111, 115-112 while the third judge had it 115-113 for Munoz.
Meanwhile in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Jorge Arce 49-4-1(37) pounded out a twelve round majority decision over previously unbeaten Devid Lookmahanak 18-1(9) of Thailand. The bout was a WBC title elimination bout between the #1 and #2 contenders.
HBO's prospect night was interesting! First junior middleweight prospect James Kirkland 22-0(19) destroyed Eromosele Albert 21-2(10) in just 66 seconds of the first round the claim the nabo belt. The second of the three bouts featured hard punching Alfredo Angulo 13-0(10) as he stopped the much more experianced Richard Gutierrez 24-2(14) in the fifth round. The third bout which was part of the Boxing after Dark series featured the red hot 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriokis Gamboa 10-0(8) who was not as impressive as the two opening acts but still won an unanimous over the tough Darling Jimenez 23-3-2(14) over ten. Gamboa had to rise from a fourth round knockdown but still won by the scores of 97-92, 97-92 and 98-91.
HBO's Night of boxing-Kirkland/Albert-Angulo/Gutierrez-Gamboa/Jimenez
Bradley Suprises Witter
Timothy Bradley 22-0 (11) scored a big upset Saturday night in Nottingham, England as he beat defending WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter by split decision. Witter now 36-2-1(21) was down in the sixth round.
Oscar De La Hoya tops Forbes!
May 3rd,
Oscar De Le Hoya 39-5(25) scored an unanimous decison Saturday to set up his rematch with Floyd Mayweather in September. Steve Forbes 33-5 fought as a survivor bout and tested Oscar at times but when it was over De La Hoya won by the scores of 119-109 twice and 120-108.
Calzaghe Tops Hopkins
Joe Calzaghe 45-0(32) sucessfully moved to lightheavyweight with a twelve round split decision over Bernard Hopkins Saturday night. Hopkins did have Calzaghe down in the first but was out worked the rest of the way and lost by the scores of 115-112, 116-111 and a confusing score of 114-113 for Hopkins. Hopkins 48-5-1(32) who is at the advanced age of 43 made no commitment towards retirement after the bout. With the win Calzaghe gains the Ring lightheavyweight belt. There are rumors that the shop worn Roy Jones Jr is next, say it isn't so!
Saturday April 12th
Cotto Wins-Margarito Repeats Victory
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
A lot had changed since three years ago in April 2005 when Antonio Margarito knocked out the undefeated Kermit Cintron to defend his WBO welterweight title. Margarito lost his WBO belt to Paul Williams and Cintron impressed in winning the IBF title. It was to the point that when the two were to meet in a rematch tonight, picking a winner with any conviction was challenging.
Or so it seemed!
Antonio Margarito 36-5(26) tonight impressed again by winning the IBF title by stopping defending champion Kermit Cintron in the sixth round. Margarito pressed Cintron and was leading on the cards when he finished Kermit with a devastating bodyshot at 1:57 of the round. Cintron fell to 29-2(27) with both of his loses by stoppage at the hands of Margarito. Not there is one more welterweight for Mayweather to avoid!
Miguel Angel Cotto 32-0(26) stopped Alfonso Gomez 18-4-2(8) in the sixth round of a one sided fight in the HBO main event Saturday night. Gomez was down in rounds 2, 3 & 5.
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida, United States
Antonio Tarver 27-4(19) handedly outboxed defending IBF light heavyweight Clinton Woods 41-4-1(24) to win the IBF version of the belt by unanimous decision over 12.
Chad Dawson somehow barely got by veteran and long time spoiler/contender Glenn Johnson 42-12-2(32) with a contraversial unanimous decision Saturday night. Dawson 26-0(17) was hurt several times but the judges still let him keep his WBC light heavyweight title by the scores of 116-112 three times.
April 4th-Weekend Action
In Dusseldorf, Germany Felix Sturm 29-2-1(13) defended his WBA middleweight title with a sixth round stoppage over "lucky to be here" Jamie Pittman 16-1(7). Sturm pretty much controlled matters as expected. Pittman had no right being near a title!
In Lancashire, United Kingdom, Lightweight prospect Amir Khan 17-0(13) stopped Martin Kristjansen 19-2-3(5) in the seventh round as expected and featherweight Derry Matthews 20-1(11) was stopped by Choi Tseveenpurev 27-4(19) in five(not expected). The featherweight bout was scheduled for 12 rounds.
Ontario, Canada, IBF Junior Feather champion Steve Molitor 27-0(10) defeated Fernando Beltran Jr 30-3-1(18) over twelve rounds to retain his title by the scores of 120-107 twice and 119-108.
In Manila, Philippines WBO Jr. bantamweight titlist Gerry Penalosa 53-6(36) stopped Ratanachai Sor Vorapin 74-10(48) in the sixth round to retain his belt. On the undercard of Penalosa-Vorapin, Rey Bautista 25-1(18) destroyed Genaro Camargo 16-4(10) in the second round and Junior Bantamweight AJ Banal 17-0(14) stopped previously unbeaten Caril Herrera 21-1 in four rounds.
Friday seen the return of former champ Jesus Chavez 43-4(29) as he outpointed Daniel Jiminez 17-3-1(10) over ten and Jhonny Gonzalez 37-6(31) stopped Edel Ruiz 29-20-4(20) in the fourth of a featherweight bout.
Also Friday, Jason Estrada 12-1 showed potential as he outpointed former heavyweight contender Lance Whitaker 37-5-1(27) over ten.
WEEK END ACTION
Saturday, March 29th
Kiel, Germany.
IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham 26-0(21) successfully defended his title with a twelveth round knockout over Elvin Ayala 18-3-1(8). Ayala had won only two of his previous five bouts(the two victories were over two fighters with a combined 29-32-7) so how he got a title shot is puzzling! On the Abraham/Ayala undercard former cruiserweight champion Wayne Braithwaite 23-2(19) suprised the unbeaten Yoan Pablo Hernandez now 14-1(8) with a third round knockout.
WBA flyweight champ Takefumi Sakata 32-4-2(15) retained his title in Chiba Japan Saturday with a close but unanimous decision over Shingo Yamaguchi 22-5-2(8).
Raul Marquez 41-3(29) won a split decision in Mt.Pleasant, Michigan over fellow veteran Bronco McKart 51-9(31) and Stevie Johnston 42-5(15) beat Dario Esalas 30-12(24) by unanimous decision.
Friday, March 28th
In a bout that could challenge for entertaining bout of the year, Jose Reyes 21-4(17) and Ivan Valle 26-6(22) both were knocked down three times before Soto put Valle down for good in the fourth round of their lightweight encounter. On the undercard from Kissimme Fl., Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. 10-0-1(9) stopped Corey Goodwin 7-5(4) in the third round and heavyweight Attila Levin returned with a first round stoppage over Willie Perryman 10-15(7).
A few upsets Friay night as Cornelius Bundrage 28-3(16) outpointed former title holder Kassim Ouma 25-5-1(15) in Salamanca New York and in Industry Hills California, Cornelius Lock 17-2-1(9) stopped previously unbeaten Juan Garcia 14-1(5) in the fifth round. And on undercard in California Friday night one bout didn't end in an upset as prospect Alejandro Perez 11-0-1(6) destroyed Omar Adorno 16-10-1(6) in the first round of a junior lightweight bout.
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Veteran Verno Phillips beats Cory Spinks
In a big upset Verno Phillips 42-10-1(21) won the IBF Junior middleweight title Thursday night in Saint Louis, Missouri Thursday night. Defending champion Cory Spinks now 36-5(11) fought well and mixed it up more than usual and even seemed to have an edge on the final scorecards but when the final tally was added up the decision went to the 38 year old veteran. The scores were 116-112, 115-113 for Phillips and one vote for Spinks by 115-113.
Saturday March 22nd,
Cabazon, California, United States
In an exciting lightweight bout, Ring Magazine champion Joel Casamayor 36-3-1(26) stopped the previously unbeaten Michael Katsidis 23-1(20) in the tenth round. On the Casamayor-Katsidis undercard Librado Andrade 27-1(21) stopped fellow supermiddleweight Robert Stieglitz 31-2(19) in the eigth round.
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Andreas Kotelnik 29-2-1 won the WBA Jr. welterweight belt with a twelveth round stoppage of defending champion Gavin Rees 27-1(13).
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Friday March 21st.
Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut,
Prospect Andy Lee 15-1 was derailed on his way to the title by suffering his first loss as Brian Vera 16-1(10) came on in the seventh round and forced Referee Tony Chiarantano to prematurely end the fight. There are so many premature stoppages these days!
Pictures, 1.Casamayor-Katsidis 2. Kotelnik-Rees 3.We ask are all the bad stoppages ruining the sport and fighters careers? Referee Tony Chiarantano after Vera-Lee after another premature stoppage this year.
Saturday, March 15th,
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Manny Pacquiao 46-3-2(34) wins a close and debated split decision Saturday night over Juan M. Marquez 48-4-1(35) to take Marquez's WBC junior lightweight title. Marquez was down in the third but fought back well winning many of the later rounds. The final score was 115-112 and 114-113 for Pacquiao and one vote for Marquez by 115-112. Neutral-Corner scored the fight 114-113 for Marquez.
On the undercard at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano 35-1(15) rose from a fourth round knockdown to outpoint and defend his belt against challengerTerdsak Jandaeng 29-3(19) with an unanimous decision. Unbeaten bantamweight prospect Abner Mares 16-0(10) stopped Diosdado Gabi 30-4-1(21) in the second round and David Diaz 34-1(17) struggled to win a majority decision over Ramon Montano 15-5-2(1).
Saturday, March 8th,
Campbell upsets Diaz----------------------------------Peter takes out Maskaev
Cancun, Mexico
Nate Campbell 32-5-1(25) has been paying his dues and was ready to collect his interest. Saturday night he did this against defending IBF, WBA and WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz. Diaz 33-1(17) who was previously undefeated again chose to punch with his opponent but this time it backfired as Campbell was too strong, too determined and too hungry to give in. After a strong finish by Campbell the final scores were 114-113 Diaz and 115-112 and 116-111 for the new champion Nate Campbell!
Samuel Peter 30-1(23) finally has a title! He started his run by beating James Toney in a WBC title elimination. The WBC then ordered him to fight Toney in another elimination in which he beat Toney more decisively. Then the WBC ordered him to back down for the retired Vitali Klitschko could come out of retirement for a title shot. His people took the WBC to court and he finally was to get his shot. Then Maskaev suffered an injury and Peter patiently waited. Finally getting his shot Peter was again disappointed as Maskaev again pulled out with another injury. Peter's camp put the pressure on the WBC and they finally agreed to let Peter fight Jameel McCline for the interum title. Saturday night in Mexico Peter finally got his shot as Oleg Maskaev 34-6(26) finally got in the ring with him. The fight which wasn't pretty finally was underway. Maskaev showed the ringrust 15 months of inactivity can cause, but still landed his shots as both fighters labored through the early rounds. Finally Peter hurt Maskaev in the six and a barrage of punches prompted referee Guadelupe Garcia to end matters in that frame.
Haye Wins, Next are the heavyweights!
London, United Kingdom,
WBC and WBA Cruiserweight champion David Haye 21-1(20) won the WBO version of the belt by crushing Wales Enzo Maccarinelli now 28-2(21). The fighters seemed evenly matched in the first round, but in the second Haye started scoring with his dangerous right and hurt Maccarinelli dropping him in the corner. Maccarinelli rose apparently hurt finding it hard to remain stable on his feet leaving the referee John Keane no choice but to halt matters. The time was 2:04 of the second.
Saturday, March 1st.
Vazquez Wins Rubbermatch!
Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez engage in another thrilling war! This time the bout goes the distance as Vazquez 43-4(32) scored a 12th round knockdown to pull out the decision. The bout which was for the WBC junior featherweight title was the third time the two met for the title. Rafael Marquez 37-5(33) won the early rounds and had Vazquez down and hurt in the fourth and had a lead on two of the judges scorecards going into the twelveth round. In the 12th, Vazquez went for the knockout and scored a knockdown to close the show. The final scorecard was 113-112, 114-111 Vazquez and 114-111 Marquez.
Friday Feburary 29th,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lucian Bute 22-0(18) retained his IBF supermiddleweight title with a onesided drubbing of veteran and former middleweight champ William Joppy now 39-5-1(30). Bute finished the former champion with a barrage in the 10th. Joppy announced his retirement after the bout.
Lemoore, California, United States
IBF featherweight champion Robert Guerrero 22-1(15) retained his title with a 7th round stoppage over Jason Litzau 23-2(19).
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Saturday, Feburary 23rd
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York,
IBF Champion Wladimir Klitschko 50-3(44) won the WBO version of the heavyweight title by outboxing and outpointing Sultan Ibragimov 22-1-1(17) over twelve rounds. Klitschko controled the entire bout with the jab an after 12 safety first rounds took it by the scores of 117-111, 118-110 & 119-110.
On the undercard of the heavyweight unification bout, Middleweight John Duddy 24-0(17) survived a scare of bad cuts and battled his way to a 10 round majority decision over Walid Smichet 17-4-3(13). Also; Joe Greene 18-0(13) took apart Francisco Antonio Mora 53-13(35) stopping him in the tenth. Mora was down four times. Unbeaten Cruiserweight Johnathon Banks 19-0(14) stopped Imamu Mayfield 25-9-2(18) in one round and middleweight Peter Quillin 17-0(14) also stopped Thomas Brown 11-4-1(7) in two.
Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany,
In an upset Yuri Barashian 25-2(17) won the European light heavyweight title with a eighth round stoppage of Thomas Ulrich 31-4(21). A powerful body attack was the key to victory in the bout. Also from the card in Germany, cruiserweight Alexander Alexeev 14-0(13) beat Talmadge Griffis 24-8-3(16) for a couple rounds before it was stopped at the begining of the third round.
Pavlik tops Taylor again
Saturday, Feburary 16, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik 33-0(29) again defeated Jermain Taylor 27-2-1(17). This time by unanimous decision in a non title super middleweight match. This time it was close but Pavlik came on down the stretch to to win by scores of 117-111, 115-113 and 116-112.
On the Pavlik-Taylor undercard, WBO junior bantam champ Fernando Montiel 36-2-1(27) scored an impressive fourth round stoppage over former WBA champion Martin Castillo 33-3(17). Montiel making the sixth defence of this reign, floored Castillo in the first round and then dominated til the forth when he ended matters with a fight ending body punch.
Also on the undercard WBC junior bantamweight champ Cristian Mijares 34-3-2(14) defeated Jose Navarro 26-4(12) by a onesided but somehow 'split' decision to retain his title.
Valuev Wins
At Nuernberg Arena in Nuernberg, Bayern, Germany, Heavyweight Nikolay Valuev 48-1(34) won a onesided unanimous decision over former WBO champion Serguei Lyakhovich 23-3(14) in a WBA elimination bout. Lyakhovich had been inactive for over a year and lost his last fight in 2006 by ko to Shannon Briggs. What he was doing in a title elimination baffels me, but Valuev is a deserving #1 contender never the less.
Saturday Feburary 9th
WBO titlest Paul "The Punisher" Williams got Punished!
In the first defence of the WBO welterweight title Paul Williams 33-1(24) got outworked over twelve rounds and lost the belt to Carlos Quintana 25-1(19) via twelve round unanimous decision. Williams had no clue how to handle a fellow southpaw but held in strong. Quintana kept the pressure on and had Williams cut over both eyes. The final score was 116-114 twice and 115-113 all for the new WBO champion Quintana.
$On the undercard which was on HBO's Boxing After Dark, Andre Berto 21-(18) beat up the inactive Michael Trabant 43-3-1(19) for six rounds stopping Trabant in the six.
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Looks like the end for heavyweight Corrie Sanders 42-4(31) as he was stopped by Osborne Machimana 15-5(11) in the first round. Also on the card in Gauteng, South Africa, bantamweight Silence Mabuza 21-2(17) stopped Eden Sonsona 14-3(3) to retain the wbu belt.
Lightweight prospect/contender Amir Khan 16-0(12) outpointed Gairy St. Clair 39-6-2(17) by unanimous decision in London. On the undercard
Michael Jennings 32-1(15) stopped Ross Minter in the ninth and Nicky Cook 28-1(16) returned to the winners circle with a second round stoppage over Kirkor Kirkorov 28-15(6).
In Limerick, Ireland, Andy Lee 15-0(12) contined his rise to the top with a fifth round stoppage of Alejandro Gustavo Falliga 14-4(4).
In junior bantamweight action from Cebu, Phillipines, Vic Darchinyan 29-1-1(23) and Z Gorres 27-2-2(15) battled to a 12 round draw.
In Scottsdale Arizona, Monte Barrett 33-6(19) contined his comeback with a second round knockout over Damon Reed 43-13(30) and Fernando Zuniga 27-9 beat Carlos De Leon Jr 21-1 over eight rounds.
Friday's action;
Alfredo Angulo 12-0(9) stopped Ricardo Cortes now 22-2-1 in the first, junior middleweights.
Monty Meza-Clay 27-1(18) stopped former champion Eric Aiken 16-7 in the seventh of a junior lightweight encounter.
Light heavyweight Tony Oakey 25-2(7) stopped Peter Haymer 17-5-1(5) in the ninth for the British tittle.
In Puerto Rico, Henry Bruseles 26-3-1 stopped Robert Frankel 21-8(4) in the 4th of a welterweight bout.
Saturday, January 19th,
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States
Roy Jones wins unanimous Decision
Roy Jones Jr. 52-4(38) showed he still had more left than Felix Trinidad 42-3(35) as he won an unanimous decision Saturday night. Jones had the semi-retired Trinidad down in the seventh and tenth rounds.
Andrew Golota showed us hw still has some fight left in us as he overcame a closing left eye to outpoint Mike Mollo 19-1(12) over 12 rounds. Golota is now 40-6-1(33).
Alex Bunema 29-5-2(15) suprised Roman Karmazin and suprised the boxing world with a tenth round stoppage. Bunema dropped Karmazin 36-3-1(26) with a left hook and finished him with a barage, dropping him again to end matters.
Chagaev still Champion!
Ruslan Chagaev 24-0(17) retained his WBA heavyweight title with an very close but unanimous decision over Matt Skelton 21-2(18) Saturday night in Dusseldorf, Germany. Though the fight was quite close, the judges somehow had Chagaev winning by the scores of 117-110 and twice by 117-111. Neutral-Corner had Chagaev ahead by two points.
Jones/Trinidad, Golota/Mollo and Chagaev/Skelton
Saturday, January 5th,
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Paul Malignaggi IBF junior welterweight champion made the first defence of his title Saturday night with an unanimous but contraversial decision over top IBF contender Herman Ngoudjo 16-1(9). Malignaggi now 24-1(5), seemed to have the edge going into the tenth, but lost the last two rounds and any lead. The judges were generous with the hometown fighter however and gave him the win by the scores of 115-113, 116-113, and a very questionable 117-111.
Other Results from Atlantic City
Glen Johnson Wko8 Hugo Pineda Lightheavyweights
Lovemore N'dou Wko7 Rafael Ortiz Junior Welterweights
Michel Rosales Wko2 Dairo Esalas Junior Welterweights
Brian Viloria Wunan. Dec. Jose Garcia Bernal Bantamweights
Anthony Peterson Wtko8 Jose Antonio Izquierdo Junior Welterweights
Lamont Peterson Wunan. Dec. Antonio Mesquita Super Middleweights
Allan Green Wunan. Dec. Rubin Williams Super Middleweights
Zahir Raheem Wko1 Ricardo Dominguez Lightweights
Saturday, December 29th
Bielefeld, Germany
Steve Cunningham 21-1(11) sucessfully defended his IBF cruiserweight title with a twelveth round stoppage of the previously undefeated Marco Huck 19-1(14). It was a give and take affair but Cunningham, who has yet to get a defence on his home soil came on in the later rounds. The last round seen the champion stagger Huck and forced Huck's corner to throw in the towel.
Other weekend results.
Saturday
Yoan Pablo Hernandez KO1 Mohamed Azzaoui Cruiserweights
Tomasz Adamek W8 Josip Jalusic Cruiserweights
Friday
John Molina KO2 Eddie Brooks Lightweights
Robert Hawkins W10 Dominick Guinn Heavyweights
Louis Sargeant WTKO4 Darrell Woods Supermiddleweights
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Saturday, December 15th
Cancun, Mexico
Jorge Linares 25-0(16) sucessfully defends his WBC featherweight title with a eighth round stoppage of Gamaliel Diaz 22-7-2(9). Also on the PPV from Cancun, Edwin Valero 23-0(23) dismantled Zaid Zavaleta 15-3-3(11) in three to retain his WBA Junior Lightweight title.
Antonio Fitch Wtko4 Pipino Cuevas Jr.------Junior welterweights
Andy Lee Wtko6 Jason McKay-------------Supermiddleweights
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk Wtko5 Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah---Cruiserweights
Alex Arthur W/UD Stephen Foster----------Junior Lightweights
Saturday, December 8th
WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. 39-0(25) retains his belt by stopping Junior Welterweight Ricky Hatton 43-1(31) in the tenth round. Mayweather landed right hands through out and kept his elbow in Hatton's face all night. Mayweather dropped Hatten in the tenth with a left hook and again with a follow up barrage to end matters.
On the PPV undercard of Mayweather/Hatton, Jeff Lacy 23-1(17) outpointed Peter Manfredo Jr 28-5(13) in a ten round supermiddleweight bout and WBO junior featherweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon 34-1(30) defeated Eduardo Escobedo 20-3(14) by unanimous decision to retain his belt.
Basel, Switzerland
Arthur Abraham 25-0(20) retained his IBF middleweight title with a fifth round stoppage of Wayne Elcock 18-3(8).
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Alpes-Maritimes, France
WBA #1 welterweight Frederic Klose 41-6(8) was stopped by #2 Yuriy Nuzhnenko 27-0(13) for the WBA Interim title in the fifth round.
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Lightweight hot prospect Amir Khan 15-0(12) won the British Empire Commonwealth lightweight crown with a first round stoppage of Graham Earl 25-3(12).
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Middleweight John Duddy 23-0(17) remained undefeated with a decision over Howard Eastman 43-6(35).
Saturday, December 1st.
Mashantucket, Connecticut
WBC Junior Middleweight champion Vernon Forrest 40-2(29) had his way in his defence against Italian Michele Piccirillo 48-4(30). Forrest built a huge lead droping Piccirillo in the sixth, ninth and tenth rounds. Finally referee Arthur Mercante Jr called it in the eleventh as Piccirillo had enough. Piccirillo appeared to injure his ankle in the eighth round knockdown.
Former Lightheavyweight champion Antonio Tarver 26-4(19) was way too much for Danny Santiago 29-4-1(19). Santiago didn't make it out of the fourth round after being down twice in that frame.
IBF Flyweight champion Nonito Donaire 18-1(11) sucessfully defended his title with an eighth round stoppage of Luis Maldonado 37-1-1(28).
Albuquerque, New Mexico
WBO junior flyweight champion Ivan Calderon 30-0(6) outpointed Juan Esquer 20-2-1(15) to retain his title. Calderon displayed his skills and lack of power as he won by the scores of 118-110, 115-113 & 116-112.
Julio C. Chavez and Ray Sanchez 20-2(15) engaged in a junior middleweight war til the six as Chavez 34-0-1(27) dropped Sanchez for the count.
Super Bantamweight Jorge Arce 48-4-1 moved closer too another title opportunity as he destroyed Medgoen Singsurat 53-5(39) with a body shot in the first round. Singsurat had once won the WBC flyweight title by stopping Manny Pacquaio in three, but that was eight years ago.
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Friday, November 23rd
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Mayorga Wins
Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga 28-6-1(22) beats Fernando Vargas 26-5(22) by majority decision to win "The Brawl". Mayorga who won by the scores of 114-112, 115-111 & 113-113 was the agressor early and Vargas fought his way back into it later in the 12 rounder. Vargas who will supposedly retire now, was knocked down in the first and later in the eleventh.
On the Mayorga/Vargas undercard which was shown on Showtime PPV, IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron was given a tough go by the game Jesse Feliciano 15-6-3(9). Feliciano took everything Cintron 29-1(27) threw early and as the bout got going smothered the champion's power by fighting inside. Then in the tenth Cintron landed a few punches and referee Jon Schorle decided it was time for a premature stoppage so he called it.
Also on the PPV undercard two ex-champions squared off as Roman Karmazin 36-2-1(23) stopped Alejandro Garcia 25-3(24) in the third round of a Junior middleweight battle. Karmazin dropped Garcia in the first with a body shot and stopped him in the third with the same blow.
Saturday, November 17th
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Unbeaten WBO Junior Lightweight champion Joan Guzman successfully defended his belt against the tough Humberto Soto 42-6-2(27) with an unanimous decision by the scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 115-113. With the win Guzman 28-0(17) hopes to get bouts with Juan M. Marquez or Manny Pacquiao for bigger money.
On the Guzman-Soto undercard on HBO's Boxing After Dark, Unbeaten bantamweight Abner Mares 15-0(9) impressed with an unanimous decision over Argentina's Damian Marchiano.
Magdeburg, Germany,
Unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko 27-0(17) had to rise from the canvas twice in the fifth round to stop Timo Hoffmann in the 12th round. Hoffman 36-6-1(20) was down himself twice in the fourth, once in the tenth and twice in the 12th.
Other results:
Saturday, November 17th
Zab Judah outpointed Ryan Davis over 12 rounds(Junior Middleweights)
Anthony Peterson stopped Oscar Leon in the fifth round(Junior Welterweights)
Lamont Peterson stopped Humberto Toledo in the 2nd(Welterweights)
Friday, November 16th
Joey Abell outpointed Teke Oruh over 10(Heavyweights)
Andre Ward stopped Roger Cantrell in the fifth(Supermiddleweights)
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Jhonny Gonzalez outpointed Jose Angel Beranza over ten(Featherweights)
Cotto is Victorious
November 10th,
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Miguel Angel Cotto 31-0(25) sucessfully defended his WBA welterweight title with a twelve round decision over Shane Mosley 44-5(37). Cotto was the aggressor early and boxed well enough down the stretch as the roles reversed and Mosley became more aggressive. Cotto brought it home by the scores of 116-113, and 115-113 twice.
On the Cotto-Mosley undercard:
Former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito 35-5(25) sucessfully returned to the ring with a first round destruction of veteran Golden Johnson 25-8-3(18).
Somehow Joel Casamayor 35-3(21) retained his WBC lightweight title with a questionable split decision over Jose Armando Santa Cruz 25-3(14). Casamayor appeared to be awarded points for holding.
Hot welterweight Victor Ortiz 20-1-1(15) impressed with a first round knockout himself over former Jr. welterweight champion Carlos Maussa 20-5(18)
In Hauts-de-Seine, France,
David Haye 20-1(19) rose from a fourth round knockdown and took out defending WBA and WBC cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck 33-4(22) in the seventh round to win the titles. Haye expressed interest in challenging for a heavyweight title next.
Calzaghe Is The Man
November 3rd,
Cardiff, Wales
Joe Calzaghe 44-0(32) proved he is the best Supermiddleweight in the world by outpointing WBC and WBC champion and previously undefeated Mikkel Kessler 39-1(29) over twelve rounds.The match was tightly contested the first half but Calzaghe pulled away the second half winning the unanimous decision by the scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 117-111.
On the Calzaghe/Kessler undercard, Enzo Maccarinelli 28-2(21) retained his WBO cruiserweight title by stopping one Mohamed Azzaoui 18-1(8) in the fourth round.(HBO)
Desert Diamond Casino, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Junior Lightweight WBC champ Juan Manuel Marquez 48-3-1(35) retained his title with a dominant unanimous decision over Raul "Rocky" Juarez 27-4(19). The final scores were 120-108, 117-111 and 118-110.
On the undercard, Robert Guerrero 21-1-1(14) destroyed challenger Martin Honorio 24-4-1(12) in the first round to retain his IBF Featherweight title.(Showtime)
Friday, November 2nd
Shobox featured a heavybout between Eddie Chambers 30-0(16) and Calvin Brock 31-2(23) in which Chambers squeaked out a split decision.
The bout was supposed to be a heavyweight title elimination bout but don't let their records fool you. Neither of these heavyweights are worthy of a title shot, Brock somehow got his top ten rating back by being dropped by a journeyman cruiserweight in his last bout and Chambers was not ranked in the top twelve! Oh that IBF!
October 27th 2007
Erfurt, Germany
Alexander Povetkin 14-0(11) stops Chris Byrd 40-4-1(21) in the eleventh round. Povetkin had his way pounding the 37 year old rusty exchampion til Byrds corner had enough and threw in the towel.
Wait A Minute. Before you read on, I've got to say!
Two fights I watched tonight were Carl Johanneson vs. Michael Gomez which was a very good fight and T.J. Wilson vs. Travis Walker which wasn't. When I watched the Johanneson/Gomez ending I thought though debatable, the stoppage might have been a bit early. I thought to myself a few years ago this would have been an early stoppage. I thought to myself all the early stoppages we have seen this year. It is getting worse. Now you can cliche me with 'better too early than too late'. At least thats what every referee says when they pull the plug prematurely. They stop fights now when a fighter gets hit. Come on, thats the business. Boxers train and make sacrifices with the hope the referee gives them a chance. Just think Archie Moore/Yvonne Durelle. Todays refs. wouldn't have allowed Moore to get out of the first round. Could you imagine the ref. stopping Ali/Foreman during the Rope-a-Dope. Foreman/Lyle no way, too violent. Heck Mike Weaver would have never come back to stop Tate, the ref. would have stopped it already. As I'm thinking this I turn on the T.J. Wilson vs. Travis Walker bout on Showtime. Wilson hit Walker a few times and the ref. stopped it 15 seconds of the first round. No Knockdowns, and getting hit with three straight unanswered punches is enough to stop a fight? It's crazy, and I fear it's not going to get any better soon. Thats what I think!
Saturday October 20th
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Felix Sturm 28-2-1(12) held on to WBA middleweight title Saturday with a 12 round draw with American Randy Griffin 24-1-3(12). The scores were as follows, Stanley Christodoulou 115-114 Sturm| judge: Antonio Requena 117-114 Griffin | judge: Nelson Vazquez 114-114. I haven't seen the bout yet, but to get a draw in Strum's country is something to be proud of.
Friday October 19th
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Supermiddleweight Lucien Bute impressively captured the IBF title with a eleventh round stoppage over defending champion Alejandro Berrio 26-5(25). On the Bute/Berrio undercard Jo Jo Dan 19-0(10) KO) scored a 12th round knockout over Paul Delgado 19-8-1(4) in a scheduled 12.
Berlin, Germany
Juan Carlos Gomez 42-1(35) won a repeat twelve round unanimous decision over #2 rated Oliver McCall 51-8(36) to claim the WBC International Heavyweight title. On the undercard in Berlin, Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis Fonte stopped Jeremy Bates in two, fellow Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa stopped lightweight Samuel Kebede, also in two and Sinan Samil Sam won a unanimous decision over Ivica Perkovic in a heavyweight twelve rounder.
Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Carl Johanneson 27-3(19) engaged in a ferocious battle with Michael Gomez 34-8(24) for the British Junior Lightweight belt before stopping him in the sixth round.
West Sacramento, California, United States
Shobox featured bad refereeing as TJ. Wilson got a bad stoppage win over Travis Walker at :15 of the first round. Raul Caiz referee
Also:
Thursday in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Hasim Rahman stopped helpless Cerrone Fox in the first round.
October, 13th
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
Juan Diaz 33-0(17) sucessfully unified the lightweight title with a one sided pounding of Julio Diaz 34-4(25). Julio's corner had seen enough and pulled the plug between rounds eight and ninth. It will go in the record books as a ninth round TKO. Juan Diaz now adds the IBF belt to the WBA and WBO belts he already had.
Diaz vs. Diaz
On the "battle of the Diaz's" undercard, Mike Mollo 19-1(12) stopped Art Binkowski 16-2-3(11) in two and former champ John Ruiz 41-7-1(28) stopped Otis Tisdale 26-18-1(15) also in the second.
Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia
WBO heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov 22-0-1(17) won a unanimous decision over veteran and former champion Evander Holyfield 42-9-2(27) over twelve rounds. The scoring was 118-110, 117-111 & 117-111. With the defeat Holyfield still made no hint at the idea of retirement.
On the undercard of the Ibragimov/Holyfield bout, Dmitry Kirillov 29-3(12) fought a tough fight to win a close but unanimous decision over Jose Navarro 26-3(12) to win the vacant IBF Junior Bantamweight title.
October 7th
Peter Survives Scare-Saturday October 7th
Madison Square Garden in New York City
WBC interim heavyweight champion Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter 28-1(22) defended against Jameel McCline with a 12 round unanimous decision. But it wasn't easy. McCline now 38-7-3(23) dropped Peter in the third with a shoulder-uppercut combination. Then in the fourth again dropped Peter twice and had him on serious queer street. Peter weathered the storm and fought hard down the stretch to win by scores of 113-112, 115-111, 115-110. Now we have to ask, what if it was Maskaev was landing the punches instead of McCline.
On the Peter-McCline undercard, Andrew Golota 40-6-1(33) destroyed Kevin McBride 34-6-1(29) in the sixth round and late replacement Kali Meehan 33-3(27) stopped DaVarryl Williamson 24-5(20) also in the sixth(corner retirement). Junior middleweight Daniel Santos 30-3-1(21) beat the popular Jose Rivera 38-5-1(24) by eighth round TKO.
I think they put the wrong card on PPV
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Manny Pacquiao 44-3-2(35) won the rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera 63-5(42) by a onesided unanimous decision Saturday. Barrera tried to box the aggresive Pacquaio but lost by 9 points(twice) and 3 on the scorecards.
On the PPV undercard WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano 34-1(15) easily outpointed Antonio 'T-Rex' Davis 24-4(12) over twelve to retain his WBO belt.
Also: Steve Forbes 33-5(9) outpointed Francisco "Panchito" Bojado 17-3(11) over the ten round distance with a close split decision. Finally, super middleweight Librado Andrade 26-1(20) rose from a first round knockdown and survived a few rough moments to drop Yusaf Mack 23-2(14) three times in round seven to end matters.
Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England
Lightweight prospect and Commonwealth champion Amir Khan 14-0(11) scored a fourth round stoppage of Scott Lawton 20-4-1(4).
Also: In Canada, Jean Pascal 19-0(14) overcame a shoulder injury and stopped Esteban Camou 22-4(19) in the thrid round of a supermiddleweight bout.
Saturday, September 29th
Pavlik is new Middleweight Champion!
Kelly Pavlik 32-0(29) amazingly stops Jermain Taylor in the seventh round. Defending champion Taylor 27-1-1(17) had Pavlik down and almost out in the second but Pavlik weathered the storm and held his own til the historic seventh. In the seventh Pavlik hurt Taylor with a right and finished him right after. The time was 2:14 of the seventh round.
On the Pavlik/Taylor undercard Andre Berto 20-0(17) stopped David Estrada 21-3(12) in the eleventh round to win the NABF welterweight title.
Arco Arena, Sacramento, California
WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson 25-0(17) retained his title as he took out Epifanio Mendoza 28-5-1(24). Mendoza was a replacement for Adrian Diaconu who pulled out due to an injury.
The undercard of the Dawson/Mendoza bout produced a suprise as Joseph Agbeko 25-1(22) captured the IBF bantamweight title with a seventh round stoppage of defending champion Luis A. Perez 25-2(16)
Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods 41-3-1(24) sucessfully defended his title with a repeat win over challenger Julio Gonzalez 41-4(25). The scores were 117-111, 115-113 and 116-112.
On the undercard of the Woods/Gonzalez bout heavyweight John McDermott upset Scott Grammer by ten round decision.
Oldenburg, Germany
Nikolay Valuev 47-1(34) returned to the ring and his winning ways with a 12 round decision over undefeated and untested Jean-Francois Bergeron 27-1(19).
See the TV guide for whats on
Friday September 28th,
United Kingdom Unheralded Wayne Elcock 18-2(8kos) upset Howard Eastman 42-5 via 12 round unanimous decision.
California, United States WBO junior featherweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon 33-1 fought as a featherweight and scored an impressive ko over Jose Francisco Mendoza 21-2 in the sixth round. On the undercard olympian Eduardo Escobedo 20-2 also was impresssive with a fifth round ko over previously undefeated Jose Francisco Mendoza 21-1. (featherweights)
Also
Thursday in Lemoore, California, Tony Thompson 31-1(19) stopped Cliff Couser in the 2nd round of a scheduled ten rounder(heavyweights). Couser was himself coming off that ko win in July over Monte Barrett.
Friday September, 21st.
Chris Arreola 22-0(20) made his showing on Telefutura an impressive one as he destroyed Thomas Hayes 26-2(18) with a beautiful uppercut in the third round.
Impressive uppercut
Special
Fighters that didn't or won't show up for Work:
Fernando Vargas Ruslan Chagaev
Juan Manuel Marquez O'Neil Bell
Vitali Klitschko
Adrian Diaconu
Oleg Maskaev
Riddick Bowe
Friday, September, 7th
Doncaster Dome, Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Junior Witter 36-1(21) impressively retained his WBC Junior Welterweight title Friday night with a seventh round over manditory challenger Vivian Harris 28-3(18).
Witter/Harris
Biloxi, Mississippi
Zab Judah returned to the ring with a ten round decision over Edwin Vazquez 22-10(8). Judah improves to 34-5(25).
Also, Lamont Peterson 22-0(10) was too much for Frankie Santos 15-5(7) in a 10 round Junior Welterweight bout, stopping him at the end of six.
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Hasim Rahman 43-6-2(34) returned to action stopping veteran Dicky Ryan 55-10(44) in two and Puncher David Tua 49-3(42) stayed busy with a second round stoppage of Cerrone Fox 8-5.
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Around the Ring (Saturday, September 1st.)
Tacoma, Washington
Fulgencio Zuniga 20-2-1(17) exposed unbeaten destroyer Victor Oganov 26-1(26) Saturday night with a ninth round knockout. The super middleweight bout was aired by Showtime. On the undercard James Kirkland 20-0(17) destroyed Mohammad Said 22-6-1(14) in the second round.
Tokyo, Japan
Yutaka Niida 22-1-3(8) retained his WBA strawweight belt with an unanimous decision over Filipino Eriberto Gejon 23-2-1(14). This was A rematch of a tenth round split technical decision win by Niida two years ago. Niida has now made six sucessful defences of his title.
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Around the Ring (Saturday, August, 25th)
Light punching Ivan Calderon 29-0(6) rose from an eigth round knockdown to win a close split decision over Hugo Cazares 25-4-1(19). With the win Calderon won the WBO junior flyweight belt. On the undercard of the Calderon-Cazares bout in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Rocky Martínez 17-0-1(11) impressively wore down Daniel Jiménez 17-2-1(10) and stopped him in the twelfth round of their junior lightweight bout. Also on the card featherweight Edel Ruiz 29-17-4(20) himself rose from a second round knockdown to suprise Marcos Jiménez 10-1(6) with a fifth round ko. Finally on the PPV card from Puerto Rico, Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. 7-0(6) had an easy fight when he destroyed Anthony Chacón 2-4-1(2) in the first.
Dublin, Ireland
Spaniard Kiko Martinez 17-0(14) stopped fellow unbeaten prospect Bernard Dunne 24-1(14) by a suprising first round stoppage. Dunn entered the ring stone cold and paid the price.
Friday in Miami, Fl., Joaquin "Killer" Gallardo 18-6-1(5) pulled the upset by beating Lenin "El Volcano" Arroyo 17-7-1(3) via twelve round decision. (junior welterweights.)
The Fernando Vargas/Ricardo Mayoraga bout has been postponed and no future date has been set.
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Sunday, August, 19th
Chris John 40-0-1(21) retained his WBA featherweight title with a ninth round stoppage over Zaiki Takemoto 21-7(12).
Saturday, August 18th
Berlin, Germany
Arthur Abraham 24-0(19) defended his IBF middleweight title with a eleventh round stoppage of the agressive Khoren Gevor 27-3 (15). Abraham ended the suprising competitive bout with one big left hook.
Abraham vs. Grevor in Berlin
Sandy, Utah
David Tua 48-3-1(41) inched his way closer to a title shot with a 1st round stoppage of Saul Montana 48-15. Montana was finished by(suprise) a Tua left hook.
On the Tua-Montana undercard Roman Greenberg 26-0(18) stopped Damon Reed 43-12(30) in the ninth round and Former heavyweight contender Jeremy Williams 42-5-1(35) returned after a two year retirement as a cruiserweight and outpointed Gary Gomez 18-9-1(7) over eight rounds.
Tuaman gets the job done fast
P4P schedule
1.Floyd Mayweather: December, 8th, 2007 VS. Ricky Hatton WBC Welterweight title
2.Manny Pacquaio: October 6th, 2007 VS. Marco A. Barrera
3.Juan M. Marquez: September, 15th, 2007 VS. Rocky Juarez WBC Junior Lightweight title
4.Bernard Hopkins: No fights scheduled
5.Joe Calzaghe: November, 3rd, 2007 VS. Mikkel Kessler Unified Super Middleweight title
6.Ricky Hatton: See Mayweather
7.Miguel Cotto:November 10th, 2007 VS. Shane Mosley WBA Welterweight title
8.Israel Vazquez: No bouts scheduled
9.Winky Wright: No bouts scheduled
10.Jermain Taylor: August 29th, 2007 VS. Kelly Pavlik WBC/WBO Middleweight title
11.Mikkel Kessler: See Joe Calzaghe
12.Juan Diaz: October 13th, 2007 VS. Julio Diaz WBA/IBF/WBO Lightweight titles
Saturday, August 11,
ARCO Arena, Sacramento, Ca
WBO junior featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon 32-1(29) impressively stopped previously unbeaten Rey Bautista 23-1(17) in the first round.
Batista gets the count
Gerry Penalosa (52-6-2(35) upset WBO bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez 34-6(29) with a knockout in the seventh round. Gonzalez seemed to be having his way til Penalosa put him down for the count with a good bodyshot.
Also: Z Gorres 27-2-1(15) scored an eighth round TKO over Eric Ortiz 26-7-1(17)
August 4th
Hidlago, Texas
This one was better than the first for Israel Vazquez 42-3(32) as he got his revenge and the WBC Junior featherweight title back with a bloody stoppage over Rafael Marquez 37-4(33). Both fighters traded bombs til Vazquez dropped Marquez in the six and pounded him until the end in the same round. On the undercard Celestino Caballero 27-2(18) outpointed the tough Jorge Lacierva 32-7-6(22) over 12 rounds to retain his WBA Junior featherweight title. The Caballero-Lacierva bout was very close but many rounds were hard to score due to the excessive holding and wrestling.
Chicago, Illinois
David Diaz 33-1-1(17) won the vacant WBC lightweight title with a close but unanimous decision over Erik Morales 48-6(38). Morales boxed well early and had Diaz down in the first with a right hand. Diaz put pressure on down the stretch and escaped with scores of 114-113,115-113 and 115-112.
Saturday July 28th.
Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington.
Vernon Forrest 39-2(28) impressively won the WBC Junior Middleweight title with an unanimous decision over fellow former welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir 43-11-6(13). There were no knockdowns in spite of the bombs Forrest landed.
Friday July 27th
Saratoga Springs, New York
Andre Berto 18-0(16) outpointed veteran Cosme Rivera 30-10(12) over ten rounds. Rivera put Berto down at the end of the sixth, but the bell and a between rounds glove replacement gave Berto plenty of recovery time. On the undercard Chazz Witherspoon 19-0(12) and Talmadge Griffis 30-10(21) boxed nine rounds before referee Ken Zimmer suddenly called a halt and gave Witherspoon the tko. Not the worst stoppage of the year, but bad just the same.
Saturday July 21st.
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.
Bernard Hopkins showed he still has something left as he wins a 12 round decision over Ronald Winky Wright 51-4-1(25). It wasn't pretty, or easy to watch as it seemed to be a display of clinching and running. Hopkins in now 48-4-1(32). On the undercard Jorge Linares 23-0(14) pounded former Jr. featherweight champion Oscar Larrios 59-5-1(37) into submission stopping him in the tenth. Also Michael Katsidis 23-0(20) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Czar Amonsot 18-3-1(10)
Cardiff, Wales
Enzo Maccarinelli 27-1(20) defended his WBO cruiserweight title with an unanimous decision over Wayne Braithwaite 22-3(18). Braithwaite was down in the fifth round. Gavin Rees 27-0(13) fought his first ranked opponent and made the best of it by upsetting Souleymane M'Baye 35-2-1(21) to win the WBA Jr. welterweight title. And finally, Alex Athur 25-1(19) beat Koba Gogoladze 20-2(8) by tenth round knock out.
Saturday, July 14th
Carson, California
Paul Williams 34-0(24) won a twelve round unanimous decision to dethrone longtime WBO welterweight titleholder Antonio Margarito 34-5(24).
Atlantic City, NJ,
IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron 28-1(26) impressively destroyed Walter Matthysse 26-2(25) in the second round and Alfonso Gomez 17-3-2(8) ended the career of Arturo Gatti 40-9(31) after outboxing and stopping the crowd favorite in the seventh round.
Ontario, Canada.
IBF Junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor 24-0(10) scored three knockdowns and TKO'd Takalani Ndlovu 27-4(17) all in the ninth round.
Hamburg, Altona, Germany,
Heavyweight Tony "The Tiger" Thompson 30-1(18) scored an impressive fifth round stoppage over Luan "The Lion" Krasniqi 30-3-1(14) in a eliminator for the WBO title. On the undercard Alexander "Sascha" Dimitrenko 26-0(16) stopped Malcom Tann 23-4(12) also in the fifth.
Greenwich, London, England,
Steve Luevano 33-1(15) floored undefeated unbeaten Nicky Cook 27-0(15) five times in route to winning the vacant WBO featherweight title with an eleventh round TKO. On the full undercard, Amir Khan 13-0 (10) rose from the canvas in sixth round to stop Willie Limond 28-2(8) who retired in his corner after round eight. Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton (21-1(18) won a twelve round majority decision over Michael Sprott 30-10(15).
Dublin, Ireland,
John Duddy 20-0(15) scored a tenth round TKO over Alessio Furlan 19-9(5) in a 10 round middleweight bout.
And Finally:
Roy Jones Jr. proved he still has fight as he outpointed the undefeated Anthony Hanshaw 21-1-1(14) by twelve round unanimous decision. Jones raised his record to 51-4(38). Jones cemented the win with a eleventh round knockdown.
Friday July 13th Action
Cristian Mijares 31-3-2(12) defended his WBC Junior Bantamweight title with a one sided tenth round TKO over Teppei Kikui 21-6(4) in Durango, Mexico.
Allan Green 24-1(17) stopped Darrell Woods 26-11(18) in the first round at Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa,Oklahoma.
Weekend Highlites
Saturday July, 7th
Cologne, Germany
Wladimir Klitschko 48-3(43) did the expected and dominated Lamon Brewster 33-3(29) for six rounds til Brewster's corner called it quits after the sixth round. Klitschko avenged an earlier Ko by Brewster three years ago. Brewster showed rust as he had not fought in a year and had not won a fight in almost two years. Once upon a time title challengers needed to win their last fight in order to get a title shot, this marks the second challenger in the last few years to get a shot at a heavyweight title in the last couple years off a loss and a years layoff.(the other was Monte Barrett vs. Valuev)
One Word: -Unification-
Bridgeport, Connecticut
ShowTime Gave night of boxing with a few upsets. First Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire 18-1(11) won the IBF flyweight title by upsetting defending champion Vic Darchinyan 28-1(22) by fifth round stoppage. Then the main event had Joachim Alcine 29-0(18) win the WBA junior middleweight title by outpointing defending champion Travis Simms 25-1(19) over twelve rounds. Simms did well early but was outworked down the stretch. Simms spent many of the later rounds clinching. The new champion, Alcine was given credit for a knockdown in the ninth for what appeared here to be a slip. In a off tv upset, former title challenger Monte Barrett 31-6(17) was crushed by journeyman Cliff Couser 26-12-2(14) in two rounds.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Florante "The Little Pacquiao" Condes 23-3-1(20) upset Muhammad Rachman 61-6-5(31) via split decision to win the IBF strawweight title.
Also:
Friday night Nate Campbell 31-5-1(25) stopped Wilson Alcorro 35-8-3(23) in the sixth round on espn2. Campbell is staying busy while waiting for his mandatory for the IBF lightweight title.
Holyfield Victorious
Evander Holyfield pounded out a thrilling ten round decision over fellow veteran Lou Savarese 46-7(38). Holyfield 42-8-2(27) had Savarese down a couple times but Savarese fought back hard and lasted the distance.
Stuttgart, Germany
Felix Sturm 28-2(12) made the first defence of his second reign as WBA middleweight champion by winning an unanimous decision over Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba 14-1(7)
Povetkin passes biggest test
Alexander Povetkin moves to 13-0(11) with a ten round shutout over fringe contender Larry Donald 42-5-3(24).
Friday's KO
Darnell Wilson delivered what many are calling "KO of the year" as he destroyed Emmanuel "Chukwu" Nwodo 20-3 (16) on Friday night in Staten Island, NY. Wilson 21-5-3(18) finished the battle of hard punchers in the eleventh round with a dramatic KO.(espn2)
Hatten destroys Castillo
Ricky Hatten controlled and stopped Jose L. Casillo with a body shot in the fourth round. Hatten 43-0(31) fought as the aggressor at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas and retained his Linear Jr.Welterweight title when Castillo 55-8-1(47) went down from a body shot in the fourth and made no attempt to get up. Castillo who's problem making weight is no secret, looked weak but made no excuses after. Hatten deserves credit for a fine preformance.
Around The World
Cotto stops Judah
WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto 30-0(25) defended his title and stopped Zab Judah in an wild war in New York Saturday night. Both fighters took turns hurting each other til the eleventh when Cotto put Judah 34-5(25) down and referee Arthur Mercante rescued him at the :49 second mark. Judah was also down in the ninth.
On the Cotto/Judah undercard: Hugo Soto 42-5-2(26) stopped Bobby Pacquiao 27-13-3(12) in the seventh round when a body shot put Pacquiao down for the count.
Julio C Chavez 32-0-1(25) stopped the often beat Grover Wiley 30-10-1(14) by third round knockout. Wiley toughest opponent to date for Junior had beat Junior's Dad, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., but that was the only fight in the last six Wiley had won. Wiley had now lost five straight and he has lost 6 of his last 8. Chavez Jr. needs to step up in class soon.
Also Yuri Foreman won a lackluster decision over Anthony Thompson 23-2(17). Foreman improves to 23-0(8)
(HBO PPV)
In Hartford, Connecticut,
Antonio Tarver failed to impress as he won a twelve round majority decision over Elvir Muriqi 34-4(21). Tarver 25-4(18) looked a 25-4 fighter rather than a P4P candidate he tried to convince he was a couple of years ago. On the undercard WBC Lightheavyweight champion Chad Dawson 24-0(16) looked a main event fighter(unlike Tarver) as he stopped (lucky to be here) challenger Jesus Ruiz 19-5(17) to retain the title.
(Showtime)
In Slaskie Poland.
Tomasz Adamek 32-1(22) moved up sucessfully to cruiserweight as he stopped Luis Pineda 21-6(18) in the seventh round. On the undercard Andrew Golota sucessfully returned to boxing with a second round KO of opponent Jeremy Bates.
Saturday, June, 2nd
Saturday, June 2nd
Atlantic City, NJ
Sultan Ibragimov new WBO champion
Sultan Ibragimov 21-0-1(17) won a unanimous decision over Shannon Briggs 48-5-1(42) Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night. Ibragimov outworked Briggs early and did enough in the late rounds to win the WBO heavyweight title by the scores of 119-109, 115-113 and 117-111.
On the Ibragimov/Briggs undercard Shamone Alvarez 18-0(11) outpointed Jose Luis Cruz 32-3-2(26) in a 12 round welterweight battle.
Both bouts were part of a PPV event
Results
Saturday, May 26th
Slaskie, Poland
Steve Cunningham 20-1(10) regained the IBF cruiserweight title with a twelve round split decision over Krzysztof Wlodarczyk 37-2(27).
Wlodarczyk of Poland, defeated Steve Cunningham in November of 06' by split decision to win the title.
Bamberg, Germany
Arthur Abraham 23-0(18) stopped Sebastien Demers 20-1(9) in the third round to retain his IBF middleweight title.
On the Abraham/Demers undercard Marco Huck 19-0(14) earned a shot at the IBF cruiserweight title with a twelve round majority decision over
Vadim Tokarev 23-1-1(16) and undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander Povetkin moved to 12-0(10) with a second round stoppage of Canadian heavyweight Patrice L'Heureux 20-3-1(12). Povetkin is now scheduled to face spoiler Monte Barrett June 30th of this year.
Other Results from the weekend
Saturday, May 26 Damian Jonak W 10 Michael Schubov Art Binkowski TKO 7 Toto Mubenga
Friday, May 25 Anthony Peterson TKO 9 Luis Jose Lamont Peterson TKO 8 John Brown Jesus Soto Karass D 12 Gilbert Venegas Ray Sanchez W 8 Chris Overbey Yonnhy Perez KO 1 Samuel Lopez Adam Carrera W 10 Juan Ruiz Sebastian Zbik W 12 Alejandro Falliga Susianna Kentikian W 10 Nadia Hockmi Natascha Ragosina W 10 Dakota Stone Alberto Servidei W 12 Yuri Voronin Goran Delic W 12 Ivica Cukusic Panomroonglek Kratingdaenggym W 10 Hiroyuki Hisataka
Saturday, May 19th.
Whats with Jermaine Taylor?
Isn't he a special fighter. One thats up to the task of holding his own with Hopkins, Wright and the top fighters of the game.
Then why can't he win impressively. Where is the expected dominance?
Jermaine unimpressively and barely retained his WBC and WBO middleweight weight title with a boring uneventful split decision over former welterweight and current IBF Jr.middleweight champion Cory Spinks 36-2(11) Saturday night in Memphis Tn. Just when we where sure ESPN2 had the boring fight of the year in Zahir Raheem/Cristobal Cruz the night before.
