Boxing South Of The Border: Montiel, Soto, Lopez Win World Title Bouts

By Alejandro Tostado March 29th, 2009 All Boxing Results

Last night at Plaza de Toros in Tijuana, Mexico, WBO Super Flyweight Champion Fernando Montiel, 39-2-1 (29), made the successful jump to bantamweight, capturing the interim WBO crown at 118 pounds by knocking out Argentina's Diego Oscar Silva, 24-2-3 (12), in the third round.

Montiel was in control the whole way, canvassing Silva in the second and at the start of the third before finishing the job at 2:24 of the third round.

In a WBC Super Feather title clash, reigning champion Humberto Soto, 47-7-2 (30), was dominant against challenger Antonio Davis, 26-5 (13), dropping the American in the first and twice in the fourth before forcing the bout to be stopped at 2:38 of the fourth frame when Davis could no longer defend himself. More...

Boxing Result: WBA Flyweight Title Changes Hands In Tokyo

By Danny Wilson December 31st, 2008 All Boxing Results

Today at the Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima, Japan, Thailand's Denkaosan Kaovichit shook off the world title jinx by knocking out reigning champion Takefumi Sakata in the second round to win the WBA Flyweight belt.

The 32 year old Kaovichit held the PABA crown from his first professional bout in 1996 and made an amazing 32 defenses over two reigns, losing only a WBA title contest to Eric Morel in 2002 and drawing with Sakata for the same belt a year ago.

But this time the native of Samui, Thailand took it out of the Japanese judges' hands by producing a shattering result, crushing the seasoned Tokyo based champion at 2:55 of the second.

Sakata himself came up the hard way, holding the Japanese title through two defenses before losing it to Trash Nakanuma by majority decision in 2002.

Sakata regained the crown in a rematch a year later and after two more defenses narrowly missed knocking off WBA Champ Lorenzo Parra, losing a majority decision in 2004 and again in 2005.

In 2006, Sakata was decked in the fifth before losing a split decision to Roberto Vasquez for the interim WBA crown but finally struck gold in a third bout with Parra, who couldn't make the weight and was stopped in the third, earning Sakata the elusive WBA throne. More...

Boxing South Of The Border: Weekend Results

By Alejandro Tostado December 14th, 2008 All Boxing Results

There was a smattering of action below the Rio Grande this weekend and we start off in Mexico where there was a battle for the IBF Minimumweight crown at Loreto in Baja California Sur last night.

Local man Raul Garcia, 25-0-1 (16), walked into the arena as reigning champion and after twelve rounds of combat with challenger Jose Luis Varela, 15-6 (7), of Colombia, still held the title, outpointing the former WBA Fedebol kingpin by wide margins in a rematch.

The two originally squared off in September with Garcia also winning that bout and "Rayito" has now retained the IBF belt on two occasions. Varela has lost his last three bouts, each in world title challenges.

Chief support on the bill was provided by San Antonio, Texas based lightweight Juan Castaneda, 15-1 (12), who dropped Los Mochis battler Abel Berrelleza, 19-10-2 (10), three times enroute to posting a first round KO.

Mexico City super feather Alejandro Sanabria, 19-0 (15), kept on track with a third round KO of 39 year old journeyman Jorge Romero, 8-40-1 (4), and David Gaspar, 8-0-1 (5), captured the vacant WBA Fedecaribe Super Flyweight belt with a majority decision against Francisco Reyes, 4-9-2 (3). More...

HBO Airs “Next Generation Boxing” This Saturday From San Juan

By Boxing Press December 12th, 2008 All Press Releases

HBO Plus' hard-hitting new boxing series, "Next Boxing Generation" will close out 2008 on Saturday, December 13, with a tripleheader featuring Puerto Rico's finest in key bouts at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In the main event of the evening, scheduled for 10 rounds, Vega Baja junior lightweight Roman Martinez risks his 20-0 (12) record and world ranking as he squares off against Colombian veteran Walter Estrada, 30-7 (20). More...

Boxing In Puerto Rico: WBO Champ Calderon Leads The Way On Big Show In Bayamon

By Alejandro Tostado August 31st, 2008 All Boxing Results

It was an epic card last night at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Bayamon as there were a full four title fights, headlined by a WBO Light Flyweight championship defense by Ivan Calderon.

The 33 year old southpaw took on the man he won the WBO belt from, Mexico's Hugo Fidel Cazares, in a rematch to last year's bout in which Calderon had to climb off the floor in the eighth in order to pull out a split decision.

This time, Calderon was on his way to outboxing Cazares in a close, competitive bout until an accidental head clash produced a deep laceration on the forehead of the Puerto Rican icon and the bout was declared a technical decision in favor of Calderon at 1:58 of the seventh.

Calderon, who won twelve WBO minimumweight title fights, stays undefeated at 32-0 (6)while Cazares loses only his second bout in eight years, both to Calderon.

On the undercard, super feather Roman Martinez, 20-0-1 (12), stayed perfect with a sixth round TKO over Santos Benavides, 14-2-1 (12), to retain the WBO NABO crown.

Bantamweight Eric Morel, 39-2 (20), a former WBA Flyweight Champ, continued his comeback from a three year hiatus by winning his fourth contest on the bounce, posting a twelve round UD over veteran Heriberto Ruiz, 39-7-2 (23), who was down in the third.

Welter Euri Gonzalez, 17-0-1 (12), chinned Edwin Vasquez, 22-13-2 (8), in the second session to annex the vacant WBO Latino trophy.

Boxing Results from Around the Globe

By Daxx Kahn May 24th, 2008 All Boxing Results

It was a busy night around the world as fighters battled it out for hometown recognition along with regional titles in hopes of taking that next step into global spotlight. Some winning and accomplishing their goal, others sent back to the drawing board. Without any further delay lets see who came out on top as we take a hop around the map.

Mt Druitt Workers Club, Mt Druitt New South Wales Australia

Dominic “The Dominator” Vea 7-1 (5) defended his OPBF Cruiserweight Title when he faced Daniel “The Doberman” Ammann 13-2-1 (3). The challenger Ammann who entered the ring on an 11 bout win streak was looking for one more minor title win for his collection that already consist of The New South Wales Cruiserweight and Australian belts he had claimed in the past.

Champion Vea was just a bit more determined though wanting to not only make the second defense of his OPBF crown but avenge his only loss, a majority decision when he challenged Ammann in November of 2006 for the Australian Cruiserweight belt. In the end Vea left with not only his belt intact but the score between the two even up as the judges saw it his way via unanimous decision.

On the undercard cruiserweight action ensued as Josh “The Chainsaw” Clenshaw 24-13 (13) won an 8 round points decision over Joel Casey 3-3 (2) More...

Boxing In Puerto Rico: Calderon Defeats Dieppa For WBO Crown

By Alejandro Tostado April 6th, 2008 All Boxing Results

There was a big card at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan last night with the headliner a hotly anticipated showdown between the top two light flyweights in Puerto Rico, Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon and Nelson Dieppa. At stake was the WBO Light Flyweight title held by Calderon since jumping up from minimumweight last year.

37 year old Dieppa had held the title in the earlier part of the decade but had it removed by Mexican slugger Hugo Fidel Cazares in 2005 and failed a year later to reclaim the belt in a rematch. Since then the Vieques natives had gone 1-1 and was looking to right his flagging career with a win over Calderon.

But it was not in the cards last night for Dieppa as Calderon was on point from start to finish, beating the older man to the punch with his fast hands flowing from a southpaw stance. Utilizing cat-quick reflexes and superb footwork, Calderon never let Dieppa in the bout and cruised to a dominating 120-108 verdict on all three scorecards. More...