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By Hermann Helmut December 21st, 2008 All Boxing Results, Round by Round
WBA Heavyweight Champion Nicolai Valuev retained his belt last night at Zurich, Switzerland's Hallenstadion Arena by posting a close majority decision over former champion Evander Holyfield.
Holyfield started off on his toes, staying away from the massive Russian's long jab with circular motion. When the American veteran did come in, he managed a few right hands but was also caught with a few hard shots from the champion. During a brief exchange near the end of the first, Holyfield got in a good left hook to the head of Valuev.
Holyfield managed another whipping left hook at the start of the second after slipping a big Valuev right and then resumed his circular dance on the outside. Valuev continued to try and engage with the jab but the challenger remained cautious until the midway point of the frame when Holyfield leaped in and banged Valuev with a nice left, right combination and continued with hard punches from either hand during a clinch.
It was Valuev who then was a bit more reserved, wary of the still quick hands of Holyfield, coming forward slowly behind a double jab that failed to hit the target. Holyfield then came in fast with thirty seconds left in the frame, digging in a right to the body before crashing a big left hook to the head of Valuev.
Holyfield repeated the combination, driving Valuev into the ropes and roughing up the champion in a clinch.
The challenger stepped it up in the third session, pressuring Valuev with more feints and movement but was nailed with a good left hook from the champion on the next trip inside and that bought the Russian giant a bit of breathing room. But on Holyfield's next attack, it was a big right hand that found the target after he slipped a Valuev jab.
Holyfield stayed on the outside for the next minute before trying to repeat his last success but Valuev was waiting for it, slipping the right and ripping Holyfield to the body with a right uppercut. After three rounds, it's a close contest with Holyfield likely ahead two rounds to one. More...
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By Rhun Leeding December 1st, 2007 All Boxing Results, Round by Round
| Last night, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, Ian Napa outboxed and outfoxed a hardworking Martin Power to retain his British Bantamweight title. Despite being six inches shorter than his opponent, and having a four inch reach deficit, "Dappa" Napa used a style practiced to negate Power's advantage, forcing Power to lunge in rather than being able to box as he would have liked. |
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For Napa, his sights will be set on a third title defence to claim the Lonsdale belt outright, and maybe even European honours. For Power, his third consecutive defeat has left him with a lot of thinking to do about where he can go from here.
Round by Round: Power seems to have the edge in the support terms here tonight, but Napa looks pretty confident too, as always coming in pretty loose and with his trademark shades on. Power's four inch reach could be a big advantage to him tonight, as he looks to repeat his first victory over Napa last week.
Round one:
Both guys with cagey openings, plenty of head movement from both, and Power claiming the centre ring. They trade jabs early on, and Napa ducks under a right hook from Power. Napa's jabs fall short. Power with a jab and two straight shots landing. Power with another jab and straight shot. More...
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By Rhun Leeding November 10th, 2007 All Boxing Results, Round by Round
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Froch Scythes Down "Reaper Man" Reid
British Champion Carl Froch has often been the man calling out Joe Calzaghe and other world champions at super middleweight, but against former WBC titlist Robin Reid last night at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, Froch showed that he has the power and accuracy to mix it with the best.
In five exciting rounds, Froch took a lot of solid body shots from Reid, but when he opened up, he had Reid in trouble, time and again, eventually putting Reid down twice, and a third time which was generously deemed a trip by the referee.
When opening up, Froch, 22-0 (18), looked impressive with some huge straight rights and left uppercuts which really dug in into Reid, 39-6-1 (27), and was also resilient in taking some good body shots and overhand rights from Reid.
At times Reid looked to have the upper hand, but the power of Froch stole his momentum each time, before Reid was forced to retire from the fight whilst on his stool at the end of the fifth round. More...
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By Rhun Leeding October 27th, 2007 All Boxing Results, Round by Round
Last night British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore went up against awkward challenger, English Champion Andrew Facey in a rematch at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England.
In the build-up to this fight, Moore's good friend and world's top light welterweight Ricky Hatton spoke about and indicated what I believed is the case that this will be Moore's last domestic fight as long as he wins.
Local hero Moore gets a rapturous welcome, while Facey's is a little more subdued. The Sheffield based Facey doesn't look to worried, and one of the most obvious thing to see is that Facey's four inch height and reach difference is quite large.
Backing up the unfancied Facey and holding his belt is the WBC Light Welter Champion, Junior Witter.
Next up, it's fight time, and Moore is looking focussed and strong.
Round one: Facey with the opening blows, as southpaw Moore keeping his gloves high, and not shipping any of the punches. Moore with a long jab to the body, then does well to get inside and throw a couple of punches. Facey's punches don't seem to have much zip on them, although they are plentiful.
Moore with a nice left hook as Facey backs out of the clinch. Facey plants a long jab, and a body shot as Moore closes the distance. Moore with a pair of body shots, and another good left hook up top. Moore falls short with a punch, and takes a left hook himself. Facey with a couple of pawing punches as Moore comes in. More...
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By Adam Matson March 25th, 2007 All Round by Round
This past Friday night at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT, welterweight Jessie Feliciano challenged reigning USBA titlist Delvin Rodriguez and stopped the heavily favored Dominican in the eighth round. Also on the bill, southpaw welter Said Ouali stopped rival Irving Garcia in the second round.
Round one: The highly anticipated bout between Feliciano and Rodriguez starts with Rodriguez coming out throwing a stiff jab and stalking the circling Feliciano. Feliciano is the much shorter fighter and is pawing with the jab early, trying to get inside. Rodriguez has his right hand cocked back and unleashes a quick one for the first time, a minute in, but fails to catch Feliciano as he moved inside.
Feliciano is circling to the right a lot early and two minutes through the round, hasn't thrown anything other than a soft jab. Rodriguez has fast hands and catches Feliciano for the first time with a right uppercut as Feliciano charged inside with his head down. Feliciano seems very tentative in this opening round while Rodriguez is just looking for a place to fire. The whole round was spent as a feeling out session for both fighters.
Round two: Rodriguez has his hands way out in front of his face and is keeping Feliciano at bay just by putting his hands to the top of Feliciano's head. Feliciano however, is more aggressive this round, coming in with his head down but Rodriguez is prepared and lands two very quick right uppercuts. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 14th, 2007 All Round by Round
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This past Saturday night at the Olympia in Liverpool, England, hometown hero Derry Matthews defended his WBU Featherweight title for the first time, staving off challenger John Simpson of Scotland.
Simpson entered the ring first to the instrumental sounds of "The Firestarter", while ironically, Derry Matthews entered the ring to the Johnny Cash classic, "Ring of Fire". More...
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By Jane Warburton March 10th, 2007 All Boxing Results, Round by Round
Last night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England, Simone Maludrottu defended his European Bantamweight title against Ian Napa in a Frank Maloney promoted fightnight shown on Sky Sports and billed as “When Opportunity Knocks”.
Ian "The Dappa" Napa, from Zimbabwe and now based in Hackney, London, entered the ring wearing dark shades, looking confident and relaxed as he bounced around the canvas awaiting the Champion.
From Italy, Simone Maludrottu made his entrance to the cheers of the Italian fans who’d come to support him. Wearing a dark gown that bore a gold embroidered crown on its hood, he looked like King Maludrottu!
This was to be Maludrottu’s seventh defence of the European Bantamweight title and he is already ranked as the number one challenger by the WBC. More...
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By Sean A. Malone February 26th, 2007 All Round by Round
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was live form Scranton, PA this past Friday and the newly renovated Scranton CYC Center was filled to the rafters with fight fans eager for the promised action that the fight card offered.
The featured bout of the evening was between two hard-hitting cruiserweights as journeyman Darnell "Ding-A-Ling Man" Wilson took on former IBF Champion Kelvin "Koncrete" Davis. This was a crossroads fight for both men as the cruiserweight division is wide open and hungry for stars to bring it’s participants to the consciousness of fight fans.
Wilson entered the bout riding a two fight KO win streak and a minuscule buzz that goes along with such victories. Davis, on the other hand, entered the bout after campaigning in the heavyweight division in his last two outings. The fight was advertised as a sure fire, all action affair and the buzz inside the Scranton CYC Center fed off of it.
In the opening stanza, both fighters took the time honored tradition of feeling each other out. Davis came out firing stiff jabs in order to befuddle the stalking Wilson. Wilson’s jab was used solely for the purpose of setting up his devastating right. Opting to "paw" with his jab, rather than use it for any actual offensive weapon, Wilson was yearning to punish Davis with his much ballyhooed right hand power. More...
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By Jane Warburton February 17th, 2007 All Round by Round
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It may have been a cold night but there was warm support at the Kirkcaldy Ice Arena, Fife, Scotland for British and Commonwealth Welterweight Champion Kevin Anderson as he faced challenger Ali Nuumbembe last night on a Barry Hearn Promotion televised by Sky Sports.
This marked the third occasion that local hero Anderson was putting the Commonwealth belt at risk since defeating Ghana's Joshua Okine by split decision for the title at this same venue a year and a half ago.
Originally from Namibia, Ali "Silent Assassin" Nuumbembe has been living in a caravan behind a pub in Glossop and training out of Shannon’s Gym. Nuumbembe's promoter Frank Maloney had said that this was Ali's last chance, that he could do no more for him if he lost and expected that Nuumbembe would go back to Africa if he didn’t get the win against Anderson. More...
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By Jane Warburton February 10th, 2007 All Round by Round
Photos © Jane Warburton/SaddoBoxing
Last night at the beautiful Grade One listed Town Hall in Leeds, England, local hero Carl Johanneson faced Scottish challenger Ricky "Rickster" Burns for the British Super Featherweight Championship.
Blonde and tattooed, Burns entered the ring alongside longtime British boxing fixture Dean Powell while Johanneson came in wearing black shorts, flanked by cornermen Dominic and Brendan Ingle.
Burns had been sparring with fellow Scot, former European Super Feather Champion Alex Arthur while British Champion Johanneson sparred with WBC Light Welter Champion Junior Witter and English Light Middle titlist Andrew Facey in preparation to this massive Frank Maloney Promotions showdown. More...
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By Robin York January 28th, 2007 All Round by Round
This past Friday, Tshifhiwa Munyai confirmed his status as world class prospect, successfully defending his Commonwealth Bantamweight crown with a vicious four
round pounding of former victim Martin Power on a Frank Maloney Promotion at Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England.
Power lost his undefeated record to Munyai last year in a back and forth thriller, but was way out of his depth this time.
Round one: Power, from Camden Town, entered the ring smiling confidently and made a decent start, nipping in and out with some decent right hands to head and body. Halfway through the first round, the champion hailing from South Africa began to find his timing and when he did, he looked blistering, throwing every punch in the book at Power. A sickening right hand to the body caused the challenger to grimace at the end of the first. More...
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By Adam Matson July 3rd, 2006 All Round by Round
There were a raft of hot prospects in action on Saturday night's Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan, in particular Ronald "Hitman" Hearns who took on Hector Hernandez.
Round 1
The first of eight scheduled rounds between these middleweight prospects starts out with Hearns firing two quick jabs in the center of the ring. Hearns is very lengthy, Hernandez comes inside swinging very wildly, landing a couple shots. He just wants to brawl. Hearns is being backed up by Hernandez and both are swinging wildly. Hernandez is swinging wildly side to side, while Hearns is very loopy over the top. Hearns is fighting on the inside, and it is an absolute free swinging brawl. Hearns knocks Hernandez down on a punch that appeared to be on the break. Hernandez is upset and unfazed and comes back in only to get clocked with a left hand that buckles Hernandez, Hernandez clinches and the two go to the ground. Very exciting round.
Round 2
Hearns comes out jabbing, and lands a pair of very big straight right hands that rock Hernandez. Hearns is very off balance. Hernandez is a little more timid now that he has tasted the power of Hearns and Hearns is fighting at a distance behind the jab. Hernandez has no jab, he just fires with a straight right to get inside and ends up missing and getting hit some more. Hearns abandons his jab once again and this inside fighting is allowing Hernandez to land with very wide and loopy hooks. Hearns is winning the fight almost undoubtedly, but he is brawling and that is giving Hernandez a glimmer of hope. There is no reason to fight on the inside. More...
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By Adam Matson July 3rd, 2006 All Round by Round
Heavyweights headlined the Showtime telecast from the Little River Casino in Michigan on Saturday, with fellow undefeated prospects Chazz Witherspoon and Mike Alexander squaring off.
Round 1
The fight starts off with both fighters meeting in the center and Witherspoon immediately popping off with a straight right hand. The much taller Witherspoon is the more busy of the two in the early going, jabbing to the body and throwing straight rights upstairs. Alexander is on the inside jabbing to the head. Both fighters are avoiding each other's punches, and both are very busy. Witherspoon lands a booming straight right hand to the body two minutes through the round. Alexander is beginning to flurry and move, and having success doing so. He is ! making Witherspoon follow him around the ring and then sticking and moving. Witherspoon isn't doing so bad himself, working well with the jab. Alexander got the better of Witherspoon that round, staying very busy and putting together combinations.
Round 2
After an action packed first round, Witherspoon starts this round by jabbing Alexander from the outside. Alexander is fighting very smart, staying out of Witherspoon's wheelhouse, staying inside or outside. Witherspoon hasn't been able to put together much of anything after the jab, as Alexander is doing a tremendous job of moving laterally. With thirty seconds left in the round, Alexander lands a big straight right hand that gets Witherspoon's attention. Witherspoon is very hesitant, as the smaller, faster Alexander is doing numbers behind a jab and good movement. More...
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