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By Richard Eberline May 17th, 2009 All Boxing Results
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In the biggest bout of his career to date, former 2004 Olympic Gold Medal winner Andre Ward pulled off a superb performance to control the action against dangerous opponent Edison Miranda over twelve rounds at super middle for a points verdict at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.
Fighting in front of a motivated home-crowd, Ward asserted his authority from the first bell and immediately staked his claim to being the bigger, faster, stronger fighter against Miranda.
Ward was constantly moving and never really let Miranda get set, peppering the former middleweight world title challenger with jabs and powershots to the head and body. More...
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By Daxx Kahn April 27th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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On Saturday, April 25 at the MGM Grand Ballroom in Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, WBC Super Middleweight titlist Carl "The Cobra" Froch made the first defense of his belt when he faced off against former undisputed Middleweight Champion Jermain "Bad Intentions" Taylor.
Froch, who had fought all but one of his previous 24 bouts in the United Kingdom, and his promoter Mick Hennessy were both hoping to use this bout as a way to showcase Froch to the United States fans, but "The Cobra" ended up being anything but impressive until the final two rounds.
When the bout began, Taylor was in control immediately, landing his jabs at will, following up with big right hands that at first unfazed the British Champion, at least until the third round when Froch went down for the first time in his career. More...
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By Jane Warburton April 26th, 2009 All Boxing Results
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Saturday night at the MGM Grand Foxwoods in Connecticut, reigning WBC Champion Carl Froch defended his super middleweight title against mandatory challenger Jermain Taylor.
Jermain ‘Bad Intentions’ Taylor of Little Rock, AR obviously had big support from the home-crowd. With a record of 28-2-1 (17), the younger Taylor was expected to win.
Booed in to the ring to the sounds of ‘We Will Rock You’, Froch, of Nottingham, England, remained stony-faced as he stood alongside trainer Robert McCracken. Undefeated Froch boasts a 24 win record with 19 of those wins coming by way of knockout, with no losses. More...
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By Jane Warburton April 24th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Last nigh, at ‘The Troxy’ in the East End of London, England, Frank Maloney hosted a St.Georges Day Dinner Event which would show four action packed contests including an English title fight.
Billed as ‘The Slayers’ - this special fund-raising event was headlined by the English Super Flyweight title contest between Ross ‘The Boss’ Burkinshaw of Sheffield and Mike ‘Robbo’ Robinson of Liverpool.
The event also signalled the launch of Maloney's ‘St. Georges Sporting Club’ which promises to host men-only ‘do's’ around the country as well as mixed-sex events, such as a Summer Ball, to raise money for charity.
It was a big night for Mr. Maloney, not just because of the club launch, and the setting of The Troxy - but boxing celebrities, friends, colleagues and family gathered to celebrate his 25th anniversary as a promoter.
The Troxy - an ‘Art Deco’ styled venue in the heart of London's East End - was packed with guests. There were forty tables, plus the top-table, where guests enjoyed a typically ‘hearty’ English three course meal. More...
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By Jane Warburton April 19th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Last night at the Indoor Sports Centre in Leigh, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by the British Super Bantamweight title clash between Jason Booth and Mark Moran.
Booth was scheduled to fight Lee Haskins for the British super flyweight belt and while Moran was to fight Mathew Marsh for the super bantam crown, but with less than two weeks notice Haskins and Marsh dropped out, leaving Booth to face Moran.
Booth already holds the Commonwealth bantam strap and now - having moved up in weight - had his eye on a third belt.
Moran gets off to a confident start against the experienced ‘2Smooth’ Booth, concentrating on body-shots mid-way through the round. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 29th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Hayemaker Boxing put on a great ‘all-action’ bill last night at the smart Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
Billed as ‘Mersey Beatdown’ - the fight night was headlined by the vacant British Super Middleweight title clash between Liverpudlians Tony Quigley and Tony Dodson.
Dodson was scheduled to fight Brian Magee, who had to pull out with a back injury although he was ringside for the fight.
Quigley entered the ring to the sounds of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as the Liverpool fans stood with arms held high - swaying and singing to the song made famous by Liverpool's own Gerry and the Pacemaker’. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 21st, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Friday night at the Newham Leisure Centre in the East End of London, England, Frank Maloney hosted a fight night headlined by Ian ‘Dappa’ Napa’s first defence of the European Bantamweight title against Algerian born Frenchman Malik Bouziane.
The taller Bouziane received good support from supporters who had travelled over to see him, but he looked serious as he waited in the ring for his opponent.
The champion entered the ring wearing trademark black shades, flanked by trainer Brian Lawrence and Napa’s two belts, the European and Lonsdale, held aloft.
Bouziane comes out and straight away throws the first punch. Keeping busy with the left jab - Bouziane looks sharp. Napa dips low to target the body of his French-Algerian opponent. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 14th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Friday night at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes, England, Matchroom Sports hosted a fight night headlined by the British Light Welterweight title clash between Paul McCloskey and Dean Harrison with a superb lineup of undercard bouts.
Scottish boxer and British Featherweight titlist Paul Appleby faced Juan Garcia Martin of Tenerife in a six round non-title featherweight contest.
It was all action right from the bell and the Tenerife boxer was ‘scrappy’ - being warned almost immediately for hitting the back of Appleby's head. Appleby kept focussed and was the more accurate of the two. In the last minute of the first, Appleby lands a body-shot which causes Martin to gasp. Appleby follows up with a right, then a left to the head of Martin and referee Phil Edwards quickly jumps in to stop the contest.
Appleby wins by first round stoppage. His record now stands at 14-0 (9) and he will go onto face challenger Martin Lindsay for the British Featherweight title in April.
Next up was Barry McGuigan's young protégé - Troy James of Coventry - who faced Ibrar Riyaz of Reading in a four round featherweight contest.
Riyaz came out with ‘guns blazing’ in the opening half minute, forcing James on the backfoot, but a peach of a left hook hit the face of Riyaz and his legs wobbled momentarily.
Riyaz covers up but still manages to throw some punches. James seems to have gained some control by the end of the round and has Riyaz under pressure in the closing half-minute.
In round two, Riyaz lands some good right and left punches to the head of James. James goes for the body-shots and both men keep up the pace.
It’s still fast and furious in the last round and as they slug it out in the closing seconds - James lands a right, then a left and an uppercut and Riyaz looks like he might be stopped as he’s pressured back on the ropes. But the bell sounds the end of the contest and Troy James’s arm is raised aloft by referee Steve Grey.
It's a tough second successful fight for Troy James. Sky Sports Statistics reveal that James landed 81 of 382 punches as opposed to Riyaz’s 45 of 302.
Nick McDonald of Liverpool vs. Ian Bailey of Slough
Six round super-bantamweight contest.
McDonald dominated the fight - landing some accurate shots in the third resulting in Baileys’ corner pulling him out at the end of round three. Nick ‘2Slick’ McDonald improves to 2 wins, both early and 1 loss from a cut stoppage.
Steve Williams of Liverpool vs. Graeme ‘Dezzie’ Higginson of Blackburn
Eight round light welterweight contest.
Williams lands with some accurate right punches to the head of Higginson in the first minute of the fourth and almost throws Higginson against the ropes. ‘Dezzie’ looks dazed - his legs unsteady as he almost staggers across the canvas causing referee Steve Grey to call a halt to the contest.
Williams wins by TKO round 4. His record now stands at 7-0 (3).
Martin Ward of Newcastle vs. Anthony Hanna of Birmingham
Four round super bantamweight contest
Despite taking the fight at just 12 hours notice - Hanna put up a good effort against tough southpaw Ward to take him the distance on Ward's pro-debut.
Ward wins on points to notch up his first professional win.
Grzegorz Proksa of Poland vs. Lee Noble of Sheffield
Six round light middleweight contest
Noble never got in to this fight. In round two, he didn’t throw a single punch until the last 20 seconds of the frame, when he landed two of nine thrown, instead covering up tight against the powerful southpaw Proksa.
But even then - he still got caught with the shots and his torso and face were visibly reddened from the numerous blows that Proksa landed. Noble's trainer Brendan Ingle was clearly angry as he gave Noble a stern talking to during the intermission.
Round three sees Noble continue to cover up without throwing anything back at a persistent Proksa. Noble's corner throw in the towel with just over two minutes of the third remaining.
‘Super G’ Proksa, wins by TKO round three and improves to 17-0 (10).
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By Hermann Helmut March 8th, 2009 All Boxing Results
On a big show last night at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, light heavyweight Juergen Braehmer won the biggest fight of his career with a fifth round TKO of Rachid Kanfouah to capture the vacant European title.
Stocky southpaw Braehmer, 32-2 (26), was coming off a failed bid to lift the WBO belt from Hugo Hernan Garay last November but was able to overcome 35 year old French Champion Kanfouah, 29-7 (23), who found himself outgunned in the contest.
Womens super flyweight superstar Alesia Graf, 23-1 (9), retained her WIBF and GBU belts by outpointing Magdalena "The Beast" Dahlen, 9-2 (3), in a rematch to their initial contest in November. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 8th, 2009 All Ringside Boxing
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Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England Frank Maloney promoted a fight night which was headlined by the clash between Jamie Moore and Michele Piccirillo, as they fought for the vacant European Light Middleweight title. Salford man Moore won the title on a third round TKO over Italian Piccirillo.
But there was some great undercard action which also saw the second fight from Irish Bronze Olympic Medallist Darren Sutherland as he took on Belarusian Siarhei Navarka in a six round super middleweight contest.
In the opening half of the round, Sutherland lands a number of head punches which sees Navarkaʼs face already reddened from the blows. Keeping up the pace, ʽDazʼ whips out the left and straight rights and though Navarka keeps his gloves up and head down, Sutherlands punches get through.
Round two and Sutherland stays busy, continuing to use the jab which rocks back the head of the Belarusian with some regularity now. More...
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By Jane Warburton March 1st, 2009 All Boxing Results
Last night at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fight night which was headlined by Jonathan Thaxton's defence of the European Lightweight title against Anthony Mezaache of France.
The fight starts but with 40 seconds of the first round remaining, Thaxton landed a right hook which seemed to land in slow-motion to the side of the Frenchman's head behind the ear and he falls slowly to the canvas.
He gets up for the count but his legs are like jelly! As Thaxton approaches, Mezaache then spits out the gumshield, walking unsteadily to his corner to retrieve it.
The referee deducts a point from the Frenchman and fighting continues, with Mezaache obviously well recovered from the knockdown. It’s a good round three from Mezaache but he’s untidy in round four and his mouth is gaping. Thaxton has a little nick under the left eye.
Thaxton seems to be missing a lot and is getting caught. A big right uppercut from Mezaache in the fifth causes Thaxton's knees to dip, but he didn’t touch the canvas. More...
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By Ricky Jones March 1st, 2009 All Boxing Results
There was a good card at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England last night that saw a big upset on the domestic heavyweight scene along with a Commonwealth title fight, an English title scrap and the professional debut of three Olympic boxers.
At the rather advanced age of 42 years, Bedford brawler Matt Skelton, 22-3 (19), had risen through the ranks to stand atop the heavyweight division in England and came into his Commonwealth title defense with Belfast's Martin Rogan, 12-0 (6), on the strength of a European title winning effort against Italy's Paolo Vidoz in December.
Rogan, no spring chicken himself at 37, came into his bout with Skelton as the far less experienced man and despite a good 2008 that saw him win the heavyweight "Prizefighter" tournament and narrowly outpoint Audley Harrison, was not expected to defeat Skelton.
But the Irishman proved to not only be able to take the punishment and bullying of Skelton but had the ability to give it back like no one else at domestic level has done so to date. More...
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By Ricky Jones February 15th, 2009 All Boxing Results
Despite an eight month hiatus from the ring following the loss of his IBF Light Heavyweight title to Antonio Tarver last year, Clinton Woods came roaring back to life last night at Hotel de France in Jersey on the Channel Islands, handling opponent Elvir Muriqi over 12 one sided rounds.
With the victory, Woods becomes the mandatory challenger for the IBF title.
The 36 year Englishman proved to be the far sharper man in the ring with Muriqi, who many thought could have the advantage in this contest due to a better showing against Tarver during a disputed majority decision loss in 2007.
The much shorter American based visitor tried to come forward against Woods but Muriqi found a wall of leather for his troubles as the Sheffield native picked off Muriqi repeatedly. More...
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By Alejandro Tostado February 8th, 2009 All Boxing Results
Last night in front of 5,000 fans at Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro in Puerto Madryn, South America's top boxer was in fine form as WBO Flyweight Champion Omar Andres Narvaez stopped the challenge of top American Raytona Whitfield.
It was a clash of two undefeated men with the taller Whitfield towering over the smaller southpaw champion but what "El Huracan" lacked in height, he more than made up in heart and aggressiveness.
Whitfield tried to keep the champion at bay in the initial rounds with the jab and good foot movement but Narvaez managed to make it a close quarters tear up, negating the American's advantages.
At 33 years of age, Narvaez continued to display his mastery in the ring, as Whitfield was unable to penetrate the champion's tight defense nor stop the southpaw from coming forward effectively. More...
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By Richard Eberline February 8th, 2009 All Boxing Results
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Vic Darchinyan picked up one of the best wins in his career by besting Mexico's Jorge Arce in a barn burner to retain the WBC, WBA and IBF Super Flyweight titles at The Pond in Anaheim, CA.
The war of words between the pair had started long before the actual fight and the intensity in the ring matched the bad blood press buildup once the action started.
Arce made good on his promise to take the fight to southpaw Darchinyan but the Mexican firebrand's defense wasn't up to the task of handling the quick hands of the Australian resident. More...
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By Alejandro Tostado January 24th, 2009 All Boxing Results
In a battle of former Mexican champions, Jesus Jimenez captured the WBC Latino Flyweight title by stopping Salvador Montes in four rounds last night at Foro Scotiabank in Mexico City.
The combatants were no strangers in the ring as Guadalajara southpaw Jimenez had knocked out Tepic native Montes twice before but the stakes were never as high as last night.
The much shorter Montes tried to land a big shot from the opening bell but was punished for his efforts with a scathing body attack from Jimenez, who never took his foot off the gas.
By the fourth, the big-hearted Montes was getting hammered from all directions, forcing a referee stoppage at 2:42 of the round.
Jimenez, 21-5 (14), has now won ten straight since suffering a stoppage at the hands of Francisco Arce in 2006 and at just 24 years of age, the Jalisco based slugger could be in line for high profile bouts against the like of Cristian Mijares, Luis Maldonado or perhaps a rematch with Arce.
Montes loses his third in a row to fall to 5-6 (2).
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By Jane Warburton November 23rd, 2008 All Ringside Boxing
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There might have been a super-fight in Las Vegas last night - but here in the UK in our own ʽVegasʼ of the North, (albeit mainly slot-machines taking pennies and twenty pences!), Blackpool Tower played host to another action-packed bill from promoter Steve Wood of VIP Boxing.
Local-lad Brian Rose was to top the bill - aptly named ʽBobbyʼs Birthday Boxing Bashʼ because it was trainer Bobby Rimmers birthday - but he had to bow out of his bout with a troublesome rib muscle, so it was left to 19 year old stable-mate Jack Arnfield to take the reigns.
Arnfield himself suffered changes of opponent, with the scheduled Matt Scriven pulling out at the last minute and leaving experienced Paul Royston of Sheffield to step in.
ʽGlitteringʼ Arnfield stepped in to the ring to huge support from the home-crowd. The taller, rangey Blackpool boxer striking with the straight left to dominate the Sheffield man over four rounds to secure a unanimous points decision. More...
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