On Saturday night at El Paso, TX’s Don Haskins Center, Abner Mares punched his way into the super bantam ranks with a strong performance against veteran Eric Morel, capturing the vacant WBC belt. Having left the bantamweight ranks, where he had held the IBF, IBO and WBC Silver crowns, Mares …
Read More »Mares, Moreno In Title Fights Tonight In Texas
Tonight, the Don Haskins Convention Center in El Paso, TX will host a double world title fight bill featuring Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno. Mares, 23-0-1 (13), heads up to super bantam following his two-bout reign as IBF bantam champ and will be facing seasoned campaigner Eric Morel, 46-2 (23), …
Read More »Garcia Enters World Class With Morales WBC Title Victory
Last night at Reliant Arena in Houston, TX, light welterweight Danny Garcia graduated from contender status to world class by prevailing in a tough fight with Mexican legend Erik Morales to capture the WBC title. Morales had given up the title on the scales the day before when he was …
Read More »WBO Super Feather King Broner KO’s Perez In St Louis
One of Boxing’s best lighter weight fighters was in action last night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO, as Adrien Broner retained his WBO super feather crown in a show of force against challenger Eloy Perez. After an uneventful first round, Broner stepped it up in the second …
Read More »Cloud Retains IBF Title With Controversy Over Campillo
Last night at American Bank Center Arena in Corpus Christi, TX, light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud retained his IBF crown with a highly controversial split decision victory over challenger Gabriel Campillo. Former WBA light heavyweight and European super middle champion Campillo was coming off a split draw in a rematch with …
Read More »Peterson Upsets Khan In Controversial Welter Title Fight
The WBA and IBF welter titles changed hands last night during a thrilling and controversial battle between reigning champion Amir Khan and challenger Lamont Peterson at Washington DC’s Convention Center. The first round saw Britain’s Khan establish his skill advantage, outboxing Washington resident Peterson, who was down in the first …
Read More »Mares, Moreno Win Bantam Title Fights In California
The much anticipated Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko IBF bantam title rematch took place Saturday night at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA along with a contest for the WBA 118 pound crown between Anselmo Moreno and Vic Darchinyan. After Mares barely outpointed Agbeko with the help of numerous and un-penalized …
Read More »Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko Rematch Tonight In Anaheim
One of the most anticipated rematches of the year takes place tonight at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA as IBF bantam king Abner Mares defends against Joseph Agbeko four months after their initial and highly controversial clash. This past August, Mares, 22-0-1 (22), won the IBF belt by majority decision …
Read More »Broner Cages Vacant WBO Belt With Rodriguez KO
Last night at US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, OH, local man Adrien Broner vaulted into the top class at super featherweight with a third round KO of Vicente Martin Rodriguez to annex the vacant WBO title. Argentine native Rodriguez wasted no time in displaying his intention to bring the fight …
Read More »WBC Champ Chavez Jr Stops Manfredo In Houston
Middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr retained his belt for the first time by halting challenger Peter Manfredo Jr last night at Reliant Center in Houston, TX. Manfredo was aggressive from the start, throwing punches but the quicker Chavez nullified most of those efforts by either backing away or picking off …
Read More »Pacquiao Controversially Defeats Marquez In Third Clash
Last night saw the third installment of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, this time at welterweight as the arch-rivals fought over Pacquiao’s WBO crown. From the first bell, it was clear that Marquez had learned much from his previous 24 rounds with Pacquiao, as the 38 year old Mexican …
Read More »Can Marquez Finally Upset The Pacquiao Express?
For the third time since 2004, Juan Manuel Marquez will clash with Manny Pacquiao in a bid to put an end to the Filipino’s 14 bout, five weight division win streak when the pair meet tonight at MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Since their initial contest over seven …
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