Last night at the Istora Bung Karno Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia, WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John kept his title when Panama's Roinet Caballero could not answer the bell for the eighth round. Afterward, John resumed his campaign to lure Manny Pacquiao into the ring.
Round one: John coming forward behind the jab, but Caballero moving well and is successful with left hands to the body and counter rights to the head. Near the end of the frame, Caballero lands a stiff right hand and John tries to step up the pace, cornering Caballero but unable to do much before the bell sounds.
Round two: John very active behind the jab but Caballero fighting him back with aggressive counters and body shots. John finally strikes the target with a sharp jab, right hand combination. Caballero tries to hold John back with counters but the champion starts to time his shots well, winning a quick exchange on the inside and causing the Panamanian to fall back.
The skirmishes continue to mount as John times a right over a missed Caballero jab. Caballero looks to maintain distance as the pair trade left hooks. John keeps pressing the action and lunges inside with a body, head, body combination. Caballero lands a right hand over top a John jab and the challenger begins to come forward, enjoying some success to the body but eating some leather in the process. The end of the second devolves into a brawl with many missed wild punches until John nails Caballero with a stiff jab at the bell.
Round three: Caballero holds the center of the ring by circling the champion but is slowly forced back and after missing a big shot is countered with three quick left hands to the body and head. Caballero fights back with a two handed flurry to the body but is soon forced back again when John finds range with the jab. More...
Eastern European domination of boxing's glamor division continued last night as Russia's Alexander Povetkin officially became the top up and coming heavyweight in the world with a twelve round handling of America's best hope, "Fast" Eddie Chambers.
In front of 3,500 fans in the packed state of the art Tempodrom Arena in downtown Berlin, the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal winner Povetkin proved his recent victory over former IBF Champion Chris Byrd was no fluke with an impressive performance against Chambers.
It wasn't easy as the 25 year old Chambers early on displayed the superb speed that beat contenders Calvin Brock and Dominic Guinn last year by punishing the oncoming Russian through the first four rounds with bracing combinations.
Heeding the advice of his corner to work harder and faster, Povetkin stepped it up. Having proved that he could take the best shots Chambers had to offer, he simply kept coming, pushing the American visitor back behind an efficient jab and hard body shots that had "Fast" Eddie more concerned about defense than his own offense in the middle rounds. More...
Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions mark their ten year anniversary with an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing as they present "Celebration" on Friday, February 15th at Cicero Stadium.
Said Pesoli, “I’m honored to enter my second decade promoting professional boxing. It’s been an incredibly rewarding experience presenting monthly and sometimes twice monthly events in Chicago. More...
Colin Lynes of Hornchurch made the first defence of his European Light Welterweight title against Finnish boxer Juho Tolppola at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex, England last night. It was a packed venue for the Barry Hearn (Matchroom Sports) promoted fight night.
Family man Colin Lynes came out to huge support from the home-crowd as he entered the ring to Queen’s “One man - One Mission.”
Round one and Lynes looks the sharper of the two men as he works from the centre of the ring. Lynes continues to look impressive in round two as he keeps busy with the jab. More...
"Fast" Eddie Chambers doesn’t just carry his own hopes of world glory in to ring tonight, Saturday, January 26, he carries on his broad shoulders the expectancy of an entire nation.
As we all know, the American’s once dominated a division that was seen as the glamour weight class and it’s top prize, the undisputed heavyweight title, was the most sought after and lucrative accolade in the whole of sport. Needless to say, as the interest in the sweet science has waned in recent years, the waters in the US heavyweight talent pool has become extremely shallow.
25 year old Chambers, 30-0 (16), aims to take a step closer to putting his nation back on the heavyweight boxing map when he takes on Russia’s Germany based Alexander Povetkin in an IBF final eliminator at the Tempodrom Arena in Kreuzberg, Berlin this evening. He is confident he is up to the task and is not fazed by travelling to the proverbial lion’s den- or in this case the "White Lion’s" den. More...
On the the best kept secrets of the boxing world gets back in the ring tonight as WBA 126 lb Champion Chris John puts his belt at risk at the Istora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Challenging the lightning quick champion will be slugger Roinet Caballero, 22-7-1 (16), the reigning WBA Fedelatin titlist, who is riding an impressive 13 bout win streak and has not lost since 2004.
But the 24 year old Panamanian puncher will be hard pressed to get his 14th consecutive win against John, 40-0-1 (21), who in addition to holding the WBA belt for the last four years is a medal winning member of the Indonesian national Wushu martial arts team. More...
GBU World Middleweight Champion "Lady Ram" Laura Ramsey is calling out to IBF Ladies Middleweight Champion Mary Jo Sanders to a unification title fight between the top two currently active women boxers in the world. More...
HBO's late-night boxing series kicks off the new year with a high-powered heavyweight showdown when HBO Boxing After Dark: Alexander Povetkin vs. Eddie Chambers is seen Saturday, Jan. 26 at 10:00 PM. (ET/PT), from the Tempodrome in Berlin, exclusively on HBO. More...
"Don King and Bob Arum tried to bring Boxing here,: said Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing, "Not only did we bring it here we leave here with a new champion with his eyes set on one of the World Champions!"
Musumeci was on cloud nine following the lopsided Unanimous Decision scored by Heavyweight contender Derric Rossy over Ray Mercer at the Venetian in Macau China last night.
The judges scored it 117-111, 117-111, 115-113. More...
The resurgent Colin Lynes embarks on the maiden defence of his European light welterweight crown this Friday evening when he faces late substitute Juho Tolppola of Finland at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England on a Matchroom promotion.
Lynes, 30-3 (12), was expecting two time world title challenger and former European king Gianluca Branco to be coming out of the opposing corner at fight time but the Italian withdrew earlier this week, not that it will really bother the 30 year old former printer from Hornchurch. After two journeys on the road to hostile venues, Lynes will just be happy to have his first defence in front of his adoring East London fans.
To say that Lynes has had a mixed career so far would be an understatement. As an amateur, he was a three time National junior champion. After turning pro in 1998, he racked up 21 straights wins and claimed the IBO Intercontinental title, but in the first defence of his new crown he was overworked by South Africa’s Samuel Malinga in 2003 and forced to quit on his stool with two badly swollen eyes after eight punishing rounds.
After three routine comeback fights, Lynes won the IBO title proper when he edged a split decision over Argentina’s Pablo Daniel Sarmiento in 2004. Things were looking up again and, after successfully defending his trinket against Juaquin Gallardo, he got the opportunity to challenge the then British, Commonwealth and European ruler, Junior "The Hitter" Witter in October, 2005.
Lynes was a major underdog but made a good account of himself as he extended an off key Witter but still dropped a close points but unanimous verdict.
He returned two months later but again tasted defeat as he was literally sick in his corner against the undefeated Lenny Daws and after nine rounds of action, was forced to quit. He now attributes this loss to a viral infection. More...
Former WBC super middle champ Markus Beyer returns to action March 14 in Munich. Beyer is now promoted by Arena. Co-headlining with Beyer is Cuban heavy Odlanier Solis. Arena will thus stage two events inside three days as they are in Halle / Saale March 11 with a show headlined by heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann and cruiser Herbie Hide. More...
On Thursday, January 31st two female warriors will lace up their gloves and wage battle at Star Boxing's Paradise Theater series. "Slick" Alicia Ashley (13-7, 1 KO) and Brooke "No Mercy" Dierdorff (4-1, 3 KO's) will square off in a super-bantamweight showdown for the NABF championship. More...
All the fighters weighed in yesterday for CES Boxing's “Chapions Of Tommorow” bill tonight at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT The main event features heavyweight prospect Jason Estrada, 10-1 (2), taking on former word title challenger Charles Shufford, 20-7-1 (9), over ten rounds.
Jason Estrada 241 Lb.
Charles Shufford 248 Lb. More...
Let's Get It On Promotions is pleased to announce that former world title challenger, Glenn "The Filipino Bomber" Donaire will be billed as the co-main event on their "War For The West" card on February 22, 2008. The show will be headlined by Jesse Brinkley and Otis Griffin who will be fighting for the vacant WBC-USNBC super middleweight championship. More...
Roy Jones, Jr., fresh off his 12-round unanimous decision over Felix Trinidad, who hasn't won a fight since 2004, has made it known that he is looking for even smaller challenges, and challengers too!
Trinidad, who has never weighed over 160 pounds in his professional career, weighed nearly 170 pounds when he faced Jones. Yesterday, Jones, in a release issued by his promoter, stated he is "...ready to take on all comers in the light heavyweight or super middleweight divisions and beyond." More...
An ebullient Roy Jones Jr., energized by his dominating, unanimous-decision win over Felix “Tito” Trinidad at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, says he is ready to take on all comers in the light heavyweight or super middleweight divisions and beyond.
“I told you Roy Jones Jr. is back,” Jones said after his triumph over Trinidad where he twice sent the Puerto Rican legend to the canvas. “I’ll take the winner of either the re-match between Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor or Joe Calzaghe vs. Bernard Hopkins. I’m even willing to go down to 156 pounds to face Oscar De La Hoy in May. Line them up and I’ll knock them down.” More...
Light heavy Adrian Diaconu, from Romania but fighting out Montreal, Canada, will fight for the WBC interim title March 29 in Bucharest. Against who is still to be decided. The show is promoted by Gankor Promotions Inc headed by Chris Ganescu.
The Dariusz "Tiger" Michalczewski vs Graciano "Rocky" Rocchigiani oldtimer clash that was scheduled for May 24 in Hannover is off, writes German media. Instead Michalczewski could be facing Virgil Hill. More...
Bobby Rimmer spoke to SaddoBoxing this morning to confirm that Michael Gomez will be fighting for the WBU Lightweight title in March. Former British Champion Gomez, 34-8 (24), will face Scottish boxer Lee McAllister, 25-1 (5), in Aberdeen, Scotland on 29 March.
Gomez comes back after losing to British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson in a bloody battle back in November. “ It was a big occasion,” said Bobby. “Michael wanted to fight it his way and was determined to die on his sword and he did!”
“Mike's been back in training for the past two weeks and seems more relaxed. His training is going great, he’s doing really well. I think he’ll be more chilled for this fight.”
McCallister, who has only suffered one loss in his 26 fight record, will be fighting on home turf. The ‘Aberdeen Assassin’ defeated Craig Docherty in October to take the vacant WBU Lightweight title. Despite suffering a broken nose, McCallister forced a TKO in round nine. More...
Stoke-on-Trent’s professional boxing promotion and management outfit, Impact Boxing, have announced that their next event will take place at the city’s Kings Hall on 1st March. The show will feature seven bouts with lightweight hopeful Scott Lawton headlining. More...
