Joe Mesi Scores First Round KO On Undercard Tonight at the Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester, West Virginia, ex- WBO Heavyweight Champion Tommy “The Duke” Morrison threw off over ten years of inactivity to knock out opponent John Castle in two rounds. 38 year old Morrison, 47-3-1 (41), was recently released …
Read More »HBO Boxing: Malignaggi Outpoints Cherry In New York
Last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom In New York, Paulie Malignaggi made a successful return to boxing after suffering a physically damaging loss to Miguel Cotto last summer by soundly outpointing Edner Cherry over ten rounds at light welter. On the undercard, light middleweight Sechew Powell made his own comeback …
Read More »Boxing Result: Clampitt, Duran Victorious On Hearts Of Fire Bill
Jamie Clampitt won the vacant IFBA Lightweight Title last night in Providence, RI, handing out a painful lesson to Women’s boxing icon Mia St. John. Despite a significant advantage in experience, St. John was never able to keep the stronger Clampitt at bay or mount a significant offense of her …
Read More »Boxing Result: Chad Dawson – Tomasz Adamek
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, FL, “Bad” Chad Dawson outboxed Tomasz Adamek but had to climb off the canvas to take the Polish fighter’s WBC Light Heavyweight title on a packed Don King card. Also on …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Tomasz Adamek – Chad Dawson
Tonight’s big Don King/Gary Shaw card from Florida is headlined by a WBC Light Heavyweight title fight between reigning champion Tomasz Adamek and challenger “Bad” Chad Dawson. There’s been a lot of speculation about this contest with even the trainers, particularly Dawson’s chief second Floyd Mayweather Sr., of both men …
Read More »Boxing Result: Ulises Solis – Will Grigsby 2
Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, Top Rank put on a show that saw headliners Ulises Solis and Will Grigsby reprise their IBF Light Flyweight title contest from just over a year ago. Try as he might, …
Read More »Boxing Result: Ricky Hatton – Juan Urango
Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton reclaimed the IBF Light Welterweight crown last night at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and added the IBO belt in the process by outboxing reigning titlist Juan Urango over twelve bruising rounds. Also, ex-world lightweight champion Jose …
Read More »Friday Night Boxing Roundup
There were three fight cards of note last night in America, so let’s get to it. The top fight taking place was the final bout of the Showtime super middle tournament between prospects Anthony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS. At stake was …
Read More »Boxing Result: Edwin Valero – Michael Lozada
WBA Super Feather King Smokes Another Pug, Calls Out Pacquiao Heavy handed WBA 130 lb Champion Edwin Valero added another notch to his belt last night as the Venezuelan crushed challenger Michael Lozado in just a single round at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. The buzz around Valero, 21-0 (21), …
Read More »Boxing Legend Mike Tyson Slips Further Into “Bolivian”
Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was reportedly collared by authorities early yesterday morning after allegedly nearly driving into a police cruiser in Arizona. When pulled over and questioned, “Iron Mike” was found by police to be in possession of three bags of what he has, according to official documents, admitted …
Read More »Boxing Result: Joan Guzman – Antonio Davis
In front of 12,000 screaming fans in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, WBO Super Feather Champion Joan Guzman retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision win over challenger Antonio Davis on Monday night. The result was never in doubt as Davis was clearly out of his depth, having never …
Read More »Boxing Result: Edison Miranda Annihilates Willie Gibbs On HBO Showcase
If his jaw breaking performance against IBF Champion Arthur Abraham didn’t convince everyone that Edison Miranda is clearly among the world’s best middleweights, then surely his one round vaporization of solid veteran Willie Gibbs last night has sealed the deal. Headlining his first HBO televised card at the Miccosukee Resort …
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