Thursday, May 3rd

Tokoyo, Japan

Hozumi Hasegawa 22-2(7) retained his WBC bantam weight title with a boring decision over challenger Simphiwe Vetyeka 16-1(9). Neither fighter acted like they wanted to win, but South African  seemed to want it less.

Edwin Valero 22-0(22) retained his WBA Jr.Lightweight title by stopping Nobuhito Honmo 29-5-2 in the 8th round.

Venezeulan Alexander Munoz 30-2(27) regained the WBA Junior Bantamweight title by winning a twelve round unanimous decision over defending champion Nobou Nashiro 9-1(5).

Saturday, April, 28th

In Mashantucket, Ct. WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz 32-0(15) add the WBO belt to his collection by stopping Acelino Freitas 38-2(32) in eight. Diaz controlled the match with the jab and smart boxing, forcing Freitas to quit in his corner at the end of the eighth.

Diaz vs. Freitas

In Barranquilla, Colombia

WBO strawweight champion Ivan Calderon defended his title with a split decision over Ronald Barrera and on the undercard Ricardo Torres defended his WBO Jr. Welterweight belt with an unanimous decision over Arturo Morua.

In Germany Felix Sturm regained the WBA middleweight title with a unamimous decision over previous conquerer Javier Castillejo. Also in Germany, Stripe Drews won the WBA lightheavyweight title with an unanimous decision over Silvio Branco.

Friday April, 27th

In London Cruiserweight David Haye fought at heavyweight and stopped heavyweight Tomasz Bonin in the first round of a scheduled 12 rounder.

In Mexico Michael Lozada won the second fight in his return from being ko'd by Edwin Valero with a fourth round stoppage over Jose Montes.

In Houston, Tx. USA, Argentinian Sergio Gabriel Martinez earned a shot at the WBC Jr. Middleweight title by stopping Mexican Saul Roman.

Darling Jiminez upset lightweight Mike Anchondo with a third round KO. On the undercard from Wash. DC, USA. A non-televised bout featured William Joppy returning to the ring with a tko over Virgil McClendon. The Jiminez-Anchondo bout was televised by ESPN2.

April 21
Jorge Barrios KO 3 Decho Bankluaygym
Ruben Acosta W 12 Francisco Mora
Jorge Miranda TKO 5 Hector Saldivia
Jorge Dominguez W 12 Julio Cesar Vasquez
Derek Ennis TKO 3 Edgar Reyes
Miguel Espino W 10 Sergey Stepkin
Jose Celaya W 8 Juan Pablo Montes de Oca
George Arias TKO 5 Gilton Dos Santos
Donnie Nietes KO 2 Thongthailek Por Vorasing
Mark Melligen KO 7 Christopher Saluday
Eden Sonsona W Tech Dec 10 Marvin Tampos

April 20
Kendall Holt W 12 Mike Arnaoutis
Michael Marrone W 8 Malachy Farrell
Abner Mares TKO 6 Angel Priolo
Otis Griffin TKO 7 Mike Nevitt
Oscar Andrade W DQ 6 Jonathan Oquendo
Howard Eastman W 12 Evans Ashira
Gary Reid TKO 5 Dean Hickman
Andres Villafane W 12 Jose Luis Bravo
Ismael El Massoudi W 10 Christophe Carlier
Mzonke Fana W 12 Malcolm Klassen
Kompayak Porpramook KO 3 Little Roseman
Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym KO 8 Heri Amol
Nick Cook KO 9 Jeff Baker
Brooke Dierdorff W 6 Mia St.

Saturday, April 14th

The Alamodome, San Antonio, Tx. USA

Junior Lightweight Manny Pacquiao 44-3-2 (34) stopped unbeaten Jorge Solis 32-1-2(23) in the eighth round Saturday night. The fight was pretty competitive until the six when Pacquiao suffered a cut via an unintential headbutt in the sixth. From that point Pacman became agressive until he put Solis down for the count in the eighth at the 1:16 mark..

On the Pacquiao-Solis undercard WBC Junior Bantamweight champion  Christian Mijares won a one sided upset decision over top fighter Jorge Arce 46-3-1 (35).

The scorecards reflected the suprisingly one sided bout at 119-109, 118-110 & 117-111 all for Mijares who is now 30-3-2 (11).

Also on the undercard of this PPV show, Brian Viloria 19-2-1 (12) started his twelve rounder well against Edgar Sosa 27-5 (14) but slowed down enough in the later rounds to let Sosa back in it. Sosa ended up with a very tight majority decision.

Julio C. Chavez Jr. made a case on why he should be on a PPV card as he stopped Anthony Shuler 20-5-1 (14) in the second round. Chavez improved to 31-0 (24) with the win.

Ruslan Chagaev 23-0-1(17) outpoints defending WBA champion Nicholay Valuev 46-1(34) over 12 rounds. Chagaev used the ring well, moving and picking his shots and not allowing Valuev to set his feet. There were no knockdowns but Valuev did appear to have trouble with Chagaev's southpaw style. The final scores Chagaev by majority decision, 115-113, 117-111, and 114-114.

Wednesday, April 11

ESPN2's Wednesday Night Fights got to a good start as Raymond Joval improved to 36-4(19) with an unanimous decision over Willie Gibbs 20-3(16) in a ten round middleweight bout. The real fireworks happened on the undercard as Andrey Tsurkan 25-2(16) and Sammy Sparkman 19-16-1(8) did battle until Tsurkan laid Sparkman out for the count in the ninth round. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds and was in the Jr. Middleweight division.

Saturday, April 7th

Springfield, Missouri, USA

Joshua Clottey 31-2(19) beat former Lightweight and Junior Lightweight champion Diego Corrales 40-5(33) by ten round decision. Clottey floored Corrales in the ninth and tenth rounds of the scheduled ten rounder aired by Showtime.

At Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, WBO  supermiddleweight champion Joe Calzaghe 43-0(32) won the first two round against Peter Manfredo Jr. 26-4(12) before Referee Terry O'Connor questionably stopped the fight in the third round. It will probably go down in the books as the worst stoppage of the century.

Friday, April 6th

At the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville,CT. USA Matt Godfrey remained unbeaten with an impressive second round tko over Felix Cora Jr.18-2-2(9).

Godfrey 15-0(9) with the win claimed the NABF cruiserweight title.

On the Godfrey-Cora undercard welterweight Juan Buendia 14-1-1(8) won a unanimous decision over vet Israel Cardona 36-7(28) and heavyweight Jason Estrada 8-1(1) had a sucessful return by out pointing Zack Page 12-12. Estrada in his previous outing was out pointed by previous amateur victim Travis Walker.

At Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Heavyweight Travis Walker 23-0-1(17) avenged another amateur loss by outpointing Glendale Arizona's George Garcia 13-1(4) 

Saturday, March 31st.

Munich,Germany

Henry Maske 31-1(11) upset Virgil Hill 50-6(23) by unanimous decision today, avenging his previous loss to him over ten years ago. Maske won by scores of 117-110, 116-113 and 117-110 to suprise boxing odds makers. Maske had been retired since 1996 when he lost a title unification bout with Hill. Hill who's WBA cruiserweight title was not on the line also has been inactive of late, fighting only one fight in the last three years. I imagine the rubber match will be in 2017.

Friday, March 30th

At the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson Az. Jhonny Gonzalez made a successful return to the ring with a ninth round stoppage of former Flyweight champion Irene Pacheco 32-2(23). With the win Gonzalez 33-5(29) retained his WBO Bantamwt. title.(Telefutura)

On the Gonzalez/Pacheco undercard undefeated Welterweight Gabriel Martinez 14-0(7) won a hard fought and close decision over Arturo Branbelle 8-9(4)

In Sussex, England Ted Bami 22-2(11) retained his EBU Junior Welterweight belt with a unanimous decision over Guiseppe Lauri 42-5.

In Detroit, Mi, Joel Julio 152 lbs stopped Thomas Davis 11-4-2(7) in the seventh round to bring his record to 30-1(28). (ESPN2)

Saturday, March, 24th

In Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mikkel Kessler defended his WBA & WBC titles by beating Librado Andrade 24-1(18) over 12 onesided rounds. Kessler now 39-0(29) won by scores 120-108 |120-108 | 120-108.

Friday, March, 23rd

Mashantucket, Ct. (Espn2)

Jessie Feliciano 15-5-3(9) soaked up some punishment for seven rounds and came back to stop Delvin Rodriguez 20-2-1(12) in the eighth round of the scheduled twelve rounder. With the win he captured the USBA welterweight belt..

Welterweight Said Ouali 21-2(13) stopped Irving Garcia 14-3-1(7)  in the 2nd. round.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Daniel Reyes won a twelve round split decision over Nelson Dieppa 24-4-2(13) to capture the WBA Fededelatin Junior Flyweight belt. Reyes is now 37-4-1(30). The fight was televised by. Telefutura.

England, East Midlands, Nottingham, Ice Arena

Carl Froch stopped Sergey Tatevosyan 26-8(14) in the second round to bring his record to 21-0(17)

Floyd Mayweather 05-05-07 vs. Oscar De La Hoya

Manny Pacquiao    04-17-07 vs. Jorge Solis

Juan M. Marquez  09-15-07 vs. Marco A. Barrera

Bernard Hopkins  07-21-07 vs. Ronald "Winky" Wright

Jermain Taylor     05-19-07 vs. Cory Spinks

Joe Calzaghe       04-07-07 vs. Peter Manfredo Jr

Jorge Arce          04-14-07 vs. Christian Mijares

Ricky Hatten        06-23-07 vs. Jose L. Castillo

The order doesn't represent ranking.

A fighter is only listed once(examples; De La Hoya, Barrera & Wright)

From the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Juan M. Marquez bested Marco A. Barrera over 12rds. to win the WBC Junior Lightweight title. The fight was closely contested the entire way. The seventh, which was the best round of an exciting fight, offered both fighters hurt and Marquez down towards the end of the round. Referee Jay Nady overruled the knockdown and deducted a point from Barrera for clearly hitting Marquez while he was down. In the end the excitement in the seventh had no impact on the decision as Marquez 47-3-1(35) won by scores 118-109 and twice by 116-111. Neutral-Corner's scorecard read 116-113. Barrera, who had trouble with Marquez's speed and combination punching fell to 63-5(42).

Both fighters wanted a rematch.

On the Marquez-Barrera undercard WBO Junior Featherweight titlest Daniel Ponce DeLeon 31-1(28) won a unanimous decision over boxer Gerry Penalosa 51-6-2(35) to retain his WBO belt. Demetrius Hopkins 26-0-1(10) was lucky to get a decision over former Jr. Lightweight champion Steve Forbes 32-5(9) over twelve rounds.

Corpus Cristi , Tx.

Evander Holyfield 41-8-2(27) continued his comeback with a third round TKO over Vinny Maddalone 27-4(19). On the undercard Calvin Brock started his own comeback with a first round ko over Ralph West. West 17-11-1(14) was down for the count. Brock is now 30-1 with 23kos

Mormeck Regains Title

Paris, France

Jean M. Mormeck regained the WBA and WBC titles in a war with defending champion O'Neil Bell. In a candidate for FOTY, Mormeck battled his way to a early lead and held on to win a unanimous decision. With the win Mormeck is 32-2(22), while Bell fell to 26-1-1(24)

Stuttgart, Germany

Luan Krasniqi 30-2-1(14) won a unanimous decision over Brian Minto 27-2(16). The fight was close throughout but in the 12th and final round Krasniqi floored Minto and captured the decision.

In Hollywood, Fl., Celestino Caballero 25-2(18) stopped rugged Ricardo Castillo 27-3(17) to retain his WBA Junior featherweight title. The end came at 2:02 of the ninth when Castillo's corner had seen enough.(TV-Telefutura)

The undercard from Florida: Michael Moorer won a decision over late sub Sedrick Fields and Ramon Guevara 8-11 pulled the suprise and stopped heavily hyped prospect Jorge Paez Jr. 12-1(8) in the fourth found. Veteran Raul Marquez 39-3(28) destroyed Jonathan Corn in the first round.

On ESPN2,  former IBF featherweight champion Eric Aiken 16-5-1 survived a ten round draw with veteran Cruz Carbajal 28-13-2(24)

Also at Madison Square Garden, John Duddy 19-0(15) won a hard fought technical decision over Anthony Bonasante 29-9-3(17).

The undercard at MSG, which was aired on  PPV, Giovanni Lorenzo 23-0(15) stopped Robert Kamya 15-7 in the third round. Unbeaten Andy Lee 8-0(5) stopped Carl Daniels 49-11-1(31) with a knockout in the third round. Daniels once a top fighter should consider retirement, having lost seven straight.

Saturday, March, 10th

In Mannheim, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko destroyed Ray Austin 24-4-4(16) in the second round. IBF champ Klitschko 48-3(43) won the first round by boxing but finished his opponent with a double left hook in the second.

At Madison Square Garden in New York, Sultan Ibragimov 20-0-1(17) stopped Javier Mora 21-4-(17) in the first round.

Friday, March, 9th

Paul Spadafora won a split decision in Mount Pleasant, Mi. over Oisin Fagan 17-4(10).Spadafora is now 40-0-1(16)

In Hildago Tx, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. moved to 30-0-1(23) by stopping Raul Munoz 19-11-1(15) in the third round

In London, England, Souleymane M'Baye 35-1-1(20) retained his WBA Junior Welterweight title with a controversial draw with Andres Kotelnik 27-2-1(12)

In Australia, Robbie Peden 25-4(14) was upset by Ranee Ganoy 22-10-2(19) of the Philipines when he was stopped in the eighth round

Also Eric "Butterbean" Esch stopped fellow blob Joe Siciliano in the 2nd round. Also on the same card, Eric's son Brandon made his pro debut and was stopped in the first round.

Wednesday, March 7th,

Sydney, Australia,

Anthony Mundine had his way with Sam Soliman in their rematch today, dropping Soliman three times in the ninth as referee Stanley Christodou had seen enough. With the win Mundine improves to 28-3(23) and wins the WBA Supermiddleweight title. Not to confuse matters, but the WBA still considers Mikkel Kessler as the champion but the WBA in their infinite wisdom is ok with two champions. Soliman who was also down in round two falls to 33-9(13) and made no comment regarding continuing or retiring.

Three of the defectors from Cuba, Yan Barthelemy, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Odlanier Solis plan on turning pro April 13th in Miami,Fl. They train in Germany and plan on fighting there mainly.

Saturday, March 3rd

Carson, California

Rafael Marquez won his second title with a seventh round tko over WBC Jr.Featherweight champion Israel Vazquez. Vazquez 41-4(31) had Marquez down in the third round but retired in his corner at the end of the seventh round due to trouble breathing with a broken nose. Marquez 37-3(33) gave up his IBF bantamweight title last year to move up to 122 lbs.

On the Marquez-Vazquez undercard Vic Darchinyan 27-0(21) retained his IBF flyweight title with a 12th round stoppage over Victor Burgos 39-14-3(23). Both bouts were aired by Showtime.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto 29-0(24) retained his WBA welterweight title with an eleventh round stoppage of Oktay Urkel 38-4(11). On the undercard Edison Miranda kept his title hopes alive as he outpointed Allen Green 23-1(16)  in a heated ten. Miranda was floored in the eighth round and Green tasted the canvas twice in the tenth. Miranda is now 28-1(24). Both bouts were aired on HBO

Unbeaten WBA featherweight champion Chris John retained his title in Senyan, Central Jakarta with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jose Rojas 23-6-1. John is now 39-0-1(29) 

In Rostock, Germany, Alejandro Berro 26-4(25) won the vacant IBF supermiddleweight title by destoying Robert Stieglitz 29-1(19).

Friday, March 2nd

Off and on fighter Danny Williams wins the British heavyweight title by stopping the undefeated Scott Grammer in the ninth round.Williams who is having a up and down career brings his record to 37-6 while Grammer falls to 17-1-1.

Friday night in Tampa, Fl. Espn2

Nate Campbell 30-5-1(24) beat up Ricky Quiles 39-8-3 for 12 rds. To earn a shot at the IBF lightweight title. On the undercard unbeaten Shannon Miller 18-1 suffered his first loss as a pro when he dropped a eight round decision to the 39 year old Darrell Woods. Woods is now 26-10

Also: Elio Rojas went to 19-0(13) by outpointing Johnnie Edwards 11-1(7) on ShoBox

Thursday on VS

Thursday, Feburary, 22

Humberto Soto raised his record to 41-5-2(25) by destroying Humberto Toledo. Toledo who fell to 26-4-2(15) was down four times.

On the Humberto/Humberto undercard Joe Mesi went to 37-0(24) as he ko'd George Linberger and Tommy Morrison made a successful comeback attempt by stopping one John Castle 4-3 in the second round. Morrison was returning after a ten year retirement due to a positive HIV test. Morrison tested negative for the virus last year and was cleared to fight.

Also: David Tua outpointed Robert Hawkins over ten rounds in New York Thursday night.

Saturday, Feburary, 17th

Michael Sprott Takes Out Audley Harrison

Wembley Arena, London, Michael Sprott(now 30-10) rises from a first round knockdown to take out Audley Harrison 21-2 in the third round. Sprott seemed content on working the body and covering up when he exploded with a round house left that left Harrison out cold. Sprott scores his second straight victory and is now sceduled to face Matt Skelton in a rematch. Sprott lost to Skelton back in 04'.

On the Sprott-Harrison undercard lightweight sensation Amir Khan took out Mohammad Madjedji 17-3 in the first round. With the win Khan rasied his record to 11-0(8)

New York, NY

Paulie Malignaggi dominated Edner Cherry over Ten rounds. On the undercard Sechew Powell outpointed Ishe Smith over ten and Andre Berto KO'd Noberto Bravo in the first round.

Crazy Friday's action

Tony Thompson won an decision over Timor Ibragimov.

On the undercard Andre Dirrell beat Kenny Kost and Jorge Paez Jr. beat Jaime Alvarado, bout bouts went to the scorecards.

In a battle of unbeaten Jr.featherweights, Mike Oliver won a contraversial 12rd. decision over Gary Stark Jr.

And finally veteran Verno Phillips beat Eduardo Sanchez over ten rounds 

Feburary, 12th

For the tv viewer this Friday is crazy. Shows on Fox, ESPN2, Telefutura, Shobox, Telemundo, and for our friends across the big channel, Skysports. See our weekly TV listings.

http://www.freewebs.com/neutral-corner/onthetubetvguide.htm

Saturday, 10th of Feburary, 2007

Shane Mosley won a twelve round decision over former welterweight champion Luis Collazo. The bout was competitive in the early going, but Sugar Shane took over in the second half, putting Collazo down in the eleventh. The scorecards were unanimous in favor of Mosley who's record is now 44-4(37) while Collazo fell to 26-3(12)

On the undercard of Mosley-Collazo, Vivian Harris 27-2-1(18) won a spirited twelve round unanimous decision in a war with Juan Lazcano 37-3-1(27). Ther where no knockdowns but Lazcano did lose a point for low blows in the 12th.

Friday, Feburary 9th,

Rocky Juarez 26-3(19) destroyed Emanuel Lucero 23-4-1 in five rounds in his first fight since losing to Marco A. Barrera.

Lucero was down three times. The bout was aired on telefutura from the Desert Diamond Casino near Tucson, AZ.

Televised on ESPN2, Eddie Chambers 28-0(16) wore down and stopped previously unbeaten Derric Rossy 15-1(9)

News: Ricky Hatton decided to give up his IBF Jr.Welterweight title to pursue a money fight with Jose L. Castillo.

Saturday

Chad Dawson impressively Won the WBC Lightheavyweight title by outboxing defending champion Tomasz Adamek. Adamek floored Dawson in the tenth and mounted a strong finish but Dawson's early lead was too much to overcome. With the victory Dawson rose to 23-0(15) while Adamek's record fell to 31-1(20).

Julio Diaz is now the IBF lightweight champion as he was awarded a third round KO over Jesus Chavez. Chavez dropped to the canvas with a "Jameel McCline" type injury. Diaz is now 34-3(25) while Chavez fell to 43-4(30)

From the wake me when its over section:

Cory Spinks outboxed Rodney Jones over 12 slow and somewhat painfull rounds. Jones tried to make a fight of it but Spinks kept control of the tempo. Spinks 36-3(11) retained his IBF Jr.middleweight title. Jones record fell to 37-4-1(23).

 From Friday

Dominick Guinn had a impressive showing Friday on ESPN2 as he destroyed Zuri Lawrence 20-12-4 in the second round.

With the victory Guinn raised his numbers to 28-4-1 with 19kos.

News: Looks like Bernard Hopkins is close to finishing negotiations with Ronald "Winky " Wright for a matchup at 170lbs.

Only the signing of the contracts makes this pending.

Come backs

First Vitali Klitschko and now Kostya Tszyu is talking about coming back.

Speaking of comming back. FOX sports is returning to the airways Friday, Feb. 16th with heavyweight Tony Thompson vs. Timor Ibragimov. Also scheduled for the card are the Dirrell brothers, Andre and Anthony.

March 3rd will see the unification between Juan Diaz and Joel Casamayor for the WBA/WBC lightweight title. The undercard will feature DaVaryll Williamson against the world famous "TBA"

March 3rd will also see Rafael Marquez against Israel Vazquez for the WBC Jr.Featherweight title.(matchup requested by Neutral-Corner). The card will also feature Vic Darchinyan

Saturday 2007-01-28

Jorge Arce fought stong and won a unamimous decision over Julio Roque Ler. Ler spent much of the bout covering up on the ropes and then walking away. Ler did open from time to time but mainly fought to survive against his stronger opponent. Arce who record rose to 46-3-1 earned a shot at the WBC jr.bantamweight title with the victory. Ler fell to 23-2, the other loss came in another wbc title eliminator as well.

On the Arce-Ler under card Kelly Pavlik looked impressive as he brought his record to 30-0 (27) with an eighth round stoppage of  Jose Luis Zertuche. Zertuche who fell to 19-4-2 is usually a tough hombre traded early but Pavlik's power ran him over. The card was part of HBO's boxing after dark show.

In Germany Zsolt Erdei retained his wbo lightheavyweight title for the seventh time dropping Danny Santiago a couple times and finishing him in the eighth.

And finally Zahir Rahim 28-2 got back on the winning track himself with a one sided eight round decision win over Armando Cordova in Tulsa Ok.

Friday 07-01-26

Action ringside

In Montreal, Lucien Bute won a 12rd. decision over Sergey Tatevasyon. Bute is now 19-0(16) while Tatevasyon falls to 26-7

In Orlando, fl. Leo Nolan 26-1 suffered his first loss as a pro when he was outpointed by 12-5-1 Hector Ferreyro.

On the undercard of the Nolan fight Stevie Johnston got back on the winning track with a majority decision over Tyrone Harris and Willie Guthrie was outpointed by Marlon Harris.

In Uncasville, Ct. Richard Gutierrez upped his record to 20-1 destroying Teddy Reid, who falls to 23-9-2.

In Cicero, Il. Antonio Escalante got stopped by Mauricio Pastrana in  eight.

IBF

Wladimir Klitschko is fighting Ray Austin March, 10th. Right now the best fights in the heavyweight division will involve unification of two champions.

WBC

The WBC is hinting at Samuel Peter to step aside if Vitali Klitschko is serious with his comeback. To me this is a joke. Vitali hasn't fought in two years and Peter earned his mandatory title shot.

WBA

Speaking of manditories. Nicolay Valuev has been champion for over a year and hasn't had to face a mandatory contender yet. The WBA has rules about this but you know what they say about rules. Valuev also has not defended his title against a top ten contender yet.

We need one champion

Today,Saturday, January 20th

In Basel, Switzerland Nikolai Valuev and Jameel McCline boxed cautiously for two and a half rounds and in the third McCline dropped suddenly to the canvas pointing to his knee.Valuev was awarded a third round TKO as McCline who appeared to dislocate his knee, couldn't continue.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Ricky Hatten outboxed champion Juan Urango over twelve rounds to win back his IBF jr. Welterweight belt. Hatten gave up the belt previously to campain as a welterweight.

On the undercard Jose L. Castillo had his hands full with the unbeaten Herman Ngoudjo as Castillo barely won a 12 round split decision.

In London Junior Witter stopped Arturo Morua to retain his WBC version of the junior welterweight title.The stoppage took place in the ninth round.

Comments on todays action: Valuev-McCline: Can we see Valuev fight a serious contender? Will it ever happen?

Hatten-Urango:Weird to see Hatten the boxer, have you ever seen him hold so much. During the fight did you miss the exciting fighter he once was? Still I guess a win is a win.

Castillo-Ngoudjo: Is Ngoudjo really that good, or did weight loss effect Castillo's performance? Maybe both. Time will tell.

Also

Defectors-Three acomplished amateurs from the Cuban amateur program are defecting to fight in the pro ranks.Heavyweight Odlanier Solis, flyweight Yuriorkis Gamboa and jr. flyweight Yan Barthelemy have bolted from their team in Venezuela. The team was preparing for the Pan American Games 2007. Previous defectors in the past have been Joel Casamayor, Diobelys Hurtado and Juan Carlos Gomez.

Longtime fighter and three time champion Johnny Tapia is scheduled to fight in his "farewell fight" Feb. 23rd in Albuquerque.

The Valuev-McCline WBA heavyweight title fight is going to be televised in 63 countries. But not the U.S.(Somebody should be fired over this)

Happy birthday to Muhammad Ali, who turned 65. 

Klitschko; Wladamir Klitschko is scheduled to defend his title March, 10, 2007. They are working on a Ray Austin match but nothing is official yet.

If you read the missing in action section you might be pleased to know O'Neal Bell is scheduled to rematch with Jean Marc Mormeck March 17th. This ends rumors of Mormeck's rise to heavyweight for the time being.

Hasim Rahman is battling Ray Mercer Feb. 22nd. This will a watchable bout, but it would have much better four years ago.

March, 10th will give us Shannon Briggs vs. Sultan Ibragimov in what will probably be the most competitive heavyweight title matchup all year.

Shane Mosley, who was reportedly fighting Kermit Cintron for the IBF title is now scheduled to fight Luis Collazo Feb, 10th in a non title welterweight match.

Joel Casamayor is scheduled to rematch with the semi-retired Acelino Freitas March , 3rd.

That's just part of it.-Looks to be a great year 

As you probably heard Mike Tyson was arrested in Phoenix for DUI and cocaine possesion.The arresting officer said Tyson was a complete gentleman. The day Tyson and lawyer while leaving to courthouse were being hounded by reporters. Tyson uncharacteristicly was happy responding "Good Morning Arizona". Tyson did tell the judge that he is addicted to cocaine.

Top Rank/Pacquaio. Now Pacman is with Top Rank he has til this Monday to inform the WBC if he wants the mandatory title fight with Barrera. We will know then what is to be.

P4P schedule

1.Manny Pacquaio- scheduled to fight  April 28th against WBC featherweight In Jin Chi in a Jr. lightweight bout,

2.Floyd Mayweather- May 5th of 2007 against De La Hoya

3.Joe Calzaghe-April, 4th against Peter Manfredo Jr.

4.Ronald Wright-No fights scheduled

5.Jermain Taylor-No fights scheduled

6.Marco A. Barrera-Now at boxrec he's scheduled to fight March, 17th against Juan M. Marquez (Cool!)

7.Bernard Hopkins-scheduled to fight July 14th, but no opponent picked yet.

8.Jose Luis Castillo-Jan.,20th against Herman Ngoudjo in a WBC Jr. Welterweight eliminator

BOXING

Joan Guzman outpoints Antonio Davis. An easy win for Guzman inspite of a swollen eye. No knockdowns.

Edison Miranda scores first round knockout over Willie Gibbs. Miranda put Gibbs down at end of the first round. Gibbs appeared ready to get up but seemed to lose the count as it reached ten. Miranda looked impressive and powerful. It was Gibbs second loss in 18 fights. Gibbs was stopped by Daniel Edouard in 2004. Miranda said he wants a rematch with Abraham or a fight with Jermain Taylor.

Israel Vazquez wants Rafael Marquez. Will somebody make this happen.

Fighter of the year Manny Pacquiao runner up-Floyd Mayweather

KO of the year Manny Pacquaio runner-up Miguel Cotto

Upset of the year Carlos Baldomir runner up Javier Castillejo(both in a win and a loss)

In Moscow Oleg Maskaev(34-6, 26 KOs) outpointed Peter Okhello (18-5, 16 KOs) of Uganda by a one-sided twelve round decision

Well the proposed Jermaine Taylor/Joe Calzaghe bout is off for now. Taylor made the announcement that he plans to stay at 160 lbs.

Jermaine Taylor defeats Kassim Ouma. No suprises here. Perhaps it was a rougher fight than expected. Taylor had success with the right hand(as expected with southpaws). In the corner between rounds Emanuel Steward was telling him to through more uppercuts. This resulted in Taylor throwing uppercuts from the outside. I think if he tried that against Hopkins, Hopkins would have made him pay. Steward might want to be more specific in the future.Especially if Taylor fights Calzaghe as expected.

Moorer defeats Cliff Couser by ko in one. Is Moorer serious his comeback this time? Time will tell, just keep him away from Teddy Atlas. Atlas if you remember talked Moorer into retiring during a espn2 interview. He's unretired.