Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley showed no signs of jetlag in his upset, split-decision victory over defending world champion Junior Witter Saturday. Bradley, a four-fight veteran of the Showtime boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation, captured the WBC Super Lightweight Championship by scores of 115-113, 114-113 and 112-115 to become the 25th ShoBox fighter to win a world title.
The special Saturday night edition of the popular, prospect-oriented series was promoted by Hennessy Sports from the Trent FM Arena at Nottingham, England and aired on a same-day tape delay.
In the co-feature, No. 1-ranked WBC super middleweight contender Carl Froch of Nottingham dispatched late-replacement Albert Rybacki of Poland with a fourth-round stoppage. More…
Friday night, in a Matchroom Sports promoted fightnight at Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough, England, homeboy - Paul Truscott defeated Ghanaian - Osumanu Akaba to take the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight title.
This was Truscottʼs 11th professional win in less than two years as a professional and heʼd never previously fought past eight rounds!
Face bloodied as he finished the twelfth and final round, Truscott - stood with his glove raised aloft, as did Akaba, whilst he listened for the result. Ringside judges scored the contest 116-112, 115-113 and 116-112, all in favour of the local lad, who was clearly emotional on hearing the decision.
Punch stats revealed that although Truscott threw less punches - he had a better success rate than his opponent, landing 26% of punches as opposed to 21% for Akaba.
Also on the ʽfight cardʼ - heavyweight Chris Burton of County Durham, gained a points victory over Lee Swaby of Lincoln in an eight round contest. Burton has won all eleven of his professional fights. Swaby has lost his last six.
Yorkshireman, Gavin Reid, knocked out not-so-ʽDangerousʼ - John Donnelly of Liverpool in round four of their scheduled eight round super bantamweight contest. It was Donnellyʼs first loss in seven fights, while Reidʼs record moves to five wins and two losses.
Liverpudlian Nathan Brough kept his perfect pro-record, scoring a points win over Polish Boxer, Arek Malek, in a six round light welterweight contest. Broughʼs record now stands at five wins and no losses.
Craig Denton of Hartlepool knocked out ʽGypsy Boyʼ - Ernie Smith, in round two of their four round middleweight contest. Denton improves to six wins (1 by KO).
Bob Ajisafe of Darlington scored a points win over Yanko Pavlov in their four round light heavyweight contest. This was Pavlovʼs pro-debut. Ajisafe now has four professional wins.
We start off in sunny Spain where at Pabellon Central in Vigo, hometown hero Ivan Pozo, 28-5-1 (18), became the latest victim of WBO Flyweight Champion Omar Andres Narvaez, 27-0-2 (17), as the Spaniard could not come out for the eighth round.
Narvaez, known as “El Huracan” in his native Argentina, put on a masterful performance in front of the 5,000 fans that packed the arena and the southpaw put an end to former European champion Pozo’s four fight win streak.
The man from Cordoba has held the WBO belt for six years and has now retained his title successfully 13 times.
Also on the bill, Spain based Colombian slugger Franklin Teran, 26-1 (21), won his 17th bout in a row by stopping Paraguayan veteran Feliciano Dario Azuaga Ledezma, 72-12-2 (61), in the fourth.
At the Eston Sports Academy in Middlesbrough, England, featherweight Paul Truscott, 11-0 (1), posted a twelve round decision over Ghanaian southpaw Osumanu Akaba, 10-4 (8), to capture the vacant Commonwealth Featherweight title.
Heading way down to South Africa, super flyweight Simphiwe “Golden Master” Nongqayi, 14-0 (6), clambered off the floor in the third round to boss Argentina’s Julio David Roque Ler, 25-5 (14), the rest of the way and retain the WBF crown for the third time. More…
Apart from the European Super Bantamweight title main event between Rendall Munroe and Salem Bouaita - there was also an exciting undercard at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England on Friday night.
Top of the support bill saw Ian ʽthe Dappaʼ Napa face experienced banger - Colin Moffett - in a bid to win the Lonsdale Belt outright.
Cockney Lad Napa, looked cool as he entered the ring wearing sunglasses while tough Belfast boxer Moffett had former Commonwealth Light Welter Champion Eamonn McGee and trainer John Breen at his side. More…
Light middleweight Oscar De La Hoya returned to the ring for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr a year ago and posted a wide points decision over the much smaller Steve Forbes last night at the Home Depot Arena in Carson, CA.
Although he swept the scorecards by margins of 120-108 and 119-109 (twice), the multi-weight former world champion didn’t have things all his way against ex-IBF Super Featherweight Champion Forbes.
The underdog used his advantage in quickness to hit De La Hoya many times and had little trouble getting off quick combinations on the inside before darting back out, but the lack of punching power hindered the efforts of the Forbes. More…
Stuttgart’s Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle saw WBA Cruiserweight Champion Firat Arslan retain his title for the first time last night with a complete shut out of challenger Darnell Wilson.
Arslan, 29-3-1 (18), proved last November’s title winning effort against the evergreen Virgil Hill was no fluke as he took a few rounds to sort out Wilson, 23-7-3 (20), and then comfortably outboxed the American the rest of the way, 117-111 on all three scorecards.
A powerful puncher, Wilson had made something of a name for himself over the last year by vigorously calling out the cruiserweight world champions in the media but failed to deliver once in the ring with skilled southpaw Arslan, who hasn’t lost since January, 2004 over the course of 11 bouts. More…
It was shock-city last night for European Cruiserweight Champion Johny Jensen as the Dane was hammered in a single round by challenger Jean Marc Monrose at the Palais des Sports in Marseilles, France.
Monrose, 24-1 (15), got off to a fast start and reeled off a series of left hooks that shook Jensen badly before the Frenchman canvassed the champion with uppercuts. Jensen, 23-1-2 (10), made ot to his feet in time but was unable to defend himself from a barrage by Monrose and the bout was called off at 1:30 of the first.
The 26 year old Marseilles based Monrose wins his 24th fight in a row to become the new European Cruiserweight king while Jensen tastes the sting of defeat for the first time in his seven year professional career.
Another reigning European Champ bit the dust last night when Italy’s Andrea Sarritzu was stopped in a rematch with France’s Bernard Inom at Pala Santoru in Sassari on the Mediterranean island of Sardegna.
The flyweights went at it hot and heavy until Inom nailed Sarritzu to the floor in the fourth but the champion beat the count and the action resumed. It was a torrid affair until the eighth frame when Inom again hit paydirt and levelled Sarritzu before stopping the Italian shortly afterward. More…
Lots of action last night at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, Philippines where Bert Batawang, Rodel Mayol and Federico Catubay all rolled on to victory.
36 year old southpaw light flyweight Batawang, 52-7 (36), enjoyed his second win in a row following a failed bid to unseat IBF Champion Ulises Solis by stopping well-traveled Thai Samransak Singmanassak, 32-19-1 (36), in the fourth.
Singmanassak had a 12 year youth advantage on his side going into the bout and was giving Batawang a good fight before walking into the perfect right hand that knocked him out at 0:37 of the fourth round. With the win, Batawang secures the vacant WBO Oriental Light Fly title.
Mandaue City resident Rodel Mayol, 24-3 (19), returned to the win column with a fifth round stoppage of another Thai fighter, Wisan Sor Suchanya, 9-7-1 (2), at light flyweight. More…
GYM Promotions put on a good show last night at The Casino in Montreal and their prospects all walked away with victories in important bouts.
Welterweight Antonin Decarie, 19-0 (5), had a tough fight with previously unbeaten Ohio man Brian “The Golden Greek” Camechis, 17-1 (8), but moved forward steadily behind the jab to outwork the American.
Decarie had Camechis down in the fourth with a bodyshot but the visitor rebounded to canvas the local man in the fifth with a crisp counter left hook, although it was incorrectly ruled a slip.
After twelve rounds, Decarie won a unanimous decision 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 to annex the vacant WBO NABO Welterweight crown.
Light welter Dierry Jean, 13-0 (9), got the best win of his career by knocking out durable Mexican Henry Arjona, 17-11-1 (11), in the sixth. More…
On a card promoted by Timebomb Promotions, David Kiilu scored a decisive “comeback” victory after a nine-month lay-off, when he knocked out Mwangi Wacuka in the first round of a scheduled six on Saturday, April 3 at the Club Afrique in Nairobi, Kenya.
The former WBF Intercontinental, East and Central Africa and Kenyan Champion, did no messing about, and took care of business in quick style. With the victory, Kiilu improves his record to 28-8-2, with 15 wins inside the distance. More…
It was a lively crowd that attended the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England last night. A ‘sea’ of fluorescent green work-jackets awaited the arrival of “Boxing Bin-Man” Rendall Munroe in a Frank Maloney promoted ‘One Night Only’ fight-night.
This was to be ‘TwoTone’ Munroe’s first defence of his European Super Bantamweight title against Frenchman Salem Bouaita.
Bouaita - having gone the distance against Spanish boxer Kiko Martinez, the man Munroe beat for the European crown - was going to be no ‘walkover’ for Munroe.
The opening round saw a very ‘open’ Bouaita throwing long-reaching shots and ‘wild’ punches. Munroe kept concentrated and although he also takes some shots from the Frenchman - he looks the sharper, more polished of the two. More…
Undefeated Andre Dirrell answered his critics, made a statement and showed that he is a force to be reckoned with in the super middleweight division by stopping Anthony Hanshaw in the fifth round Friday on Showtime’s “ShoBox: The New Generation.” More…
Last night at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany, WBO Light Heavyweight Champion Zsolt Erdei put on a boxing clinic against challenger DeAndrey Abron, posting a wide points decision over the ambitious American and WBO Light Middle boss Sergiy Dzinziruk managed a hard fought majority decision over Lukas Konecny after twelve rounds.
Erdei, 29-0 (17), needed a rebuilding fight after almost losing his belt to Tito Mendoza last November and got exactly as he patiently dodged the big punching efforts of Abron and picked off his fellow competitor with stinging counters all night long.
It wasn’t until the twelfth and final frame that Erdei finally went after Abron, who showed a great deal of heart and toughness in weathering the heaviest shots that the champion could throw to finish the bout on his feet.
“The Firebird” of Budapest won all three scorecards by margins of 119-109, retaining his WBO belt for the tenth time and is looking for a unification bout with IBF/IBO titlist Antonio Tarver. More…
All in all, it was a pretty good Saturday night and we start off south of the border with a big card in Queretaro, Mexico where at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., 36-0-1 (29), continued his meteoric rise with a ninth round KO of Italy’s 154 lb titlist Tobia Guiseppe Loriga, 24-1-1 (6).
The Italian started aggressively but a patient Chavez scored with effective counters and floored the visitor in the second frame. The European fought his way out of trouble and resumed the pressure but didn’t have enough power to interrupt the flow of Chavez, who continued to reduce Loriga’s energy with carefully selected hurtful counters.
Once he had worn his rival down, Chavez began to go on the offensive and was extracting a heavy toll on Loriga before straining an ankle in the seventh. Despite the injury, Chavez nailed Loriga with a full-blooded right hand that had the Italian Champion taking a much needed knee as he was counted out at 1:47 of the ninth frame. More…
It wasn’t the busiest of Friday nights across the globe but there were a few good fights on tap and we begin in America where former IBF Lightweight Champion Paul Spadafora, 41-0-1 (16), started another comeback by winning every frame of an eight rounder against Shad Howard, 13-11-3 (6), at the Avalon Hotel in Erie, PA.
32 year old Spadafora was appearing in just his fifth contest since WBA titlist Leonard Dorin held him to a draw in their unification bout of 2003, which was coincidentally the last world title bout that “The Pittsburgh Kid” has taken part in.
At the Utopia Theatre in The Bronx, NY, light middle Andrey Tsurkan, 26-3 (17), bounced back from losing his NABF title via split decision to Yuri Foreman in December to stop ex-IBF welterweight title challenger Jessie Feliciano, 15-7-3 (9), in the eighth of a scheduled ten rounder.
The Bronx based 30 year old Russian fighter has now gone 7-1 over his last eight bouts and is steadily climbing the ladder towards a world title opportunity.
Also on the bill, well-traveled Polish heavyweight Albert Sosnowski, 43-1 (26), continued to build his resume with a fifth round finishing of Terrell Nelson, 8-5 (5). More…
It was ‘spot the celebrity’ on Saturday night as the stars came out for Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins as they battled for the Light Heavyweight Championship at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas.
Both men fly out of their corners for the first round but after only one minute - Hopkins lands a left followed by a right punch straight through the middle, landing hard on the nose of Calzaghe and the Welsh man goes down to the canvas - for only the third time in his career.
“Super, Super Joe…..Super Joe Calzaghe…” the British fans sing. There’s a cut on the bridge of Calzaghe’s nose as he returns to his corner at the end of the first frame.
Mid-way through round two and a swinging left from Calzaghe, its impact can be heard clearly, lands on the face of Hopkins but the veteran doesn’t flinch from it! Seconds later and another solid right hand from Hopkins lands on the face of Calzaghe. More…
On Friday night, in a Frank Maloney promoted fight night at the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, Gary Woolcombe made his first defence of the British Middlweight Title against Ryan Rhodes.
Taller, younger, ʽHot Stuffʼ Woolcombe of Kent faced the more experienced ʽSpice Boyʼ Rhodes of Sheffield. Ironically, Rhodes won this same title - eleven years ago.
Rhodes seems to be having trouble getting a grip on the canvas as he slips two or three times in the opening minute of the first round. But despite being the ʽolderʼ guy - Rhodes looks in fantastic physical shape.
Rhodes looks sharper, quicker and more stylish than the younger Woolcombe. More…
Like all fights of latter period Bernard Hopkins, last night’s greatly anticipated showdown with Joe Calzaghe at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas was an ugly, untoward bout that proved difficult to score and generated a great deal of controversy as to who actually won.
Hopkins jumped out to an early lead on the strength of his patented leaping right hand lead, which he throws with perfect timing particularly against southpaws, which had Calzaghe on the seat of his pants in round one.
Calzaghe wasn’t hurt and carried on but was clearly troubled by the type of spoiler tactics that have greatly lengthened the career of wily veteran Hopkins, who continued to slug and hold the visiting Welshman to build a commanding edge in the first half of the bout. More…
Big time Continental action this weekend and we start off with bouts that carried world title implications!
On a big card at Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania, Montreal based Romanian Adrian Diaconu, 25-0 (15), had his hands full with previously undefeated American slugger Chris Henry, 21-1 (17), but won the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title after 12 difficult rounds.
Despite his short, 5 foot 9 inch stature, “The Shark” Diaconu displayed the arguably sharper boxing skills but the 6 foot tall Houston native Henry just kept coming forward, throwing heavy punches.
Employing punishing counter combinations, Diaconu built an early lead but Henry began to connect with a useful uppercut and soon the adopted Montreal man was running out of gas, repeatedly grabbing the legs of Henry in a crouch to gain both a breather and a respite from his rival’s constant punches.
Diaconu rallied in the eighth and ninth frames but Henry regained his wind in the tenth and the two fought the last three frames in competitive fashion. More…
By Alejandro Tostado April 20th, 2008 All Boxing Results
On Saturday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina the place to be was the Ce De M Number One Club where local hero and South American/WBO Latino Bantamweight Champ Diego Oscar Silva, 22-1-3 (11), retained his WBO belt with a third round knockout of Cordoba’s Santagio Allione, 13-6-1 (4), in a rematch of their bout two years ago, won by Silva over six frames.
Heading over to Chile, Francisco Mascarena, 5-0 (1), finished off winless Guillermo Leyton, 0-3 (0), in four to capture the vacant Chilean Super Middle belt at Gimnasio Fiscal in Castro.
At Gimnasio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rico, the victory parade of heavyweight Carl Davis Drummond, 25-0 (19), continued as the 33 year old from Limon was taken the distance by WBA Fedelatin Cruiserweight champ Luis Andres Pineda, 21-7 (18), of Panama in a WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight title winning effort.
Featherweight Brian Vasquez, 14-0 (7), stopped Jose Guiterrez, 11-3-2 (9), in the sixth to cage the vacant WBA Fedelatin crown. Also enjoying wins were middleweight Julio Sanchez, lightweight Nelson Lara and super feather Berman Sanchez. More…
