Last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL, Andre Berto retained his WBC welterweight title with a superb points win against challenger Juan Urango. Urango, the current IBF light welter titlist, employed his trademark pressure approach from the start but had difficulty in finding the target as Berto didn’t stick around to…
Jhonny Gonzalez’s dream to return to world championship standing came to a crashing halt last night at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico as he was stopped by reigning WBC super bantam kingpin Toshiaki Nishioka in just three rounds. Gonzalez nearly pulled off an upset in the very first round as the hard-punching Mexico City man…
Big bill on tonight at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico as reigning WBC super bantam champ Toshiaki Nishioka heads into the lion’s den to face challenger Jhonny Gonzalez of Mexico City. Tokyo based southpaw Nishioka, 33-4-3 (20), will be making a rare appearance outside Japan but is coming into this first title defense after having…
South America’s top boxing venue, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina saw a cracking contest last night with Victor Emilio Ramirez retaining his WBO Cruiserweight title via split decision against the tough challenge presented by Ali Ismailov. The taller Ramirez looked to keep his Azerbaijani opponent from getting too ambition but Ismailov had not…
The legendary Buenos Aires venue Estadio Luna Park features a vacant WBO cruiserweight title clash tonight as Interim champ Victor Emilio Ramirez meets WBO Latino beltholder Ali Ismailov over twelve scheduled rounds. Just 25 years of age, Ramirez, also known as “El Tyson Del Abasto”, has won his last eight bouts over mostly domestic opposition…
IBF and WBA Super Bantam titlist Celestino Caballero walked into the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama on Thursday as the recognized world champion at 122 pounds but left with a tarnished reputation after winning a controversial spilt decision victory over South African challenger Jeffrey Mathebula. Caballero started the bout well, keeping the South…
WBO Super Bantam boss Juan Manuel Lopez kept his world title belt last night at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, turning back the challenge posed by WBO Bantam beltholder Gerry Penalosa, who was pulled out by his corner in a battle of southpaws. 36 year old Penalosa of The Philippines had previously won world titles…
WBO Super Bantam Champ Juan Manuel Lopez defends his crown tonight at Coliseo Rueben Rodriguez in Bayamon when he meets the challenge posed by WBO bantam kingpin Gerry Penalosa, who is moving up in weight. At just 25 year of age, hammer-fisted Caguas based southpaw Lopez, 24-0 (22), will pose a big challenge to 36…
On Saturday night at Club Sarmiento in Pigue, Argentina, the continent’s top super feather prospect, Matias Daniel Ferreyra, once again failed to unseat South American Champion Roberto David Arrieta. 33 year old Arrieta, 33-14-4 (14), also the WBC Mundo Hispano Champ, decked Ferreyra twice before cruising to a wide points decision when the initially met…
There were two good cards last night in Mexico with the bill at Estadio Arturo C. Nahl in La Paz featuring an IBF Minimumweight title clash between Raul Garcia and Ronald Barrera. Undefeated Garcia had already defeated Barrera once by unanimous decision as the pair met in February of last year during an IBF title…
Last night at Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas, Mexico, WBC Light Flyweight Champion Edgar Sosa continued his reign with a fourth round TKO of challenger Pornsawan Porpramook. Longtime PABA minimumweight champion and two-time world title challenger Porpramook had never been stopped before but the 30 year old Thai could not withstand the punishment doled out by…
Two good fight cards in Mexico tonight with the top bill taking place at Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas where Edgar Sosa will defend his WBC Light Flyweight crown. Sosa, 34-5 (18), has been on fire since 2003, winning 22 straight contests and picking up the WBC belt against Brian Viloria two years ago by majority…