Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing David Haye came in first time at 201 lbs, then came back at 200 lbs. Lasse Johansen 198 lbs. Anthony Small 158 lbs first time, 157 lbs the second time. Kai Kauramaki 156 lbs. Gary Woocombe 154 lbs, Eugenio Monteiro 153 lbs. Javier Abdullah 127,…
Hasim Rahman managed to keep his title in Atlantic City last night as the Baltimore man produced his most active performance in years, outworking James Toney, particularly in the last round, to force a draw on the scorecards. The challenger was more accurate in his efforts but one ringside official favored the higher punch output…
Felix Sturm once again proved his skill in the ring, this time by outboxing the iron fisted Maselino Masoe to take the New Zealand based Samoan’s WBA Middleweight title on Saturday night at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena. The sharp punching Sturm managed to get in, score points and get out while avoiding most of Masoe’s…
In Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto extended his WBO Light Welterweight Championship reign by taking apart a solid challenger in Italy’s Gianluca Branco. The Puerto Rican superstar was dominant from the first bell and despite Branco’s best efforts, the European fighter could not take Cotto’s power. After eight rounds of being strafed by Cotto’s arsenal,…
Arthur Abraham put on the best performance of his career in defense of his IBF Middleweight last night in Oldenberg, Germany by crushing the efforts of Australian visitor Shannan Taylor. The tourist from Down Under lasted the distance, more a testament to his sheer toughness than an indication of his competitive abilities against Arthur. The…
Cat quick WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John has yet again defeated another challenger to his throne, this time the well respected Mexican former double titlist Juan Manuel Marquez as the two met on the island of Borneo in Indonesia last night. It wasn’t as one sided as his defense against Derrick Gainer a year ago…
The fractious British cruiserweight division became a bit clearer tonight on the Calzaghe – Lacy undercard from the M.E.N. arena as WBU Champion and British and Commonwealth supremo Mark Hobson put on a full blooded twelve round performance that was so close the judges at ringside were divided in the outcome. When the smoke finally…
In front of an M.E.N Arena full of screaming partisan fans, WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe utterly dominated visitor Jeff Lacy over the course of twelve rounds to annex the American’s IBF title to his trophy cabinet. It was a masterful performance from the Welshman as his quicker hands guided razor sharp straight punches…
Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez started his professional boxing life eighteen years ago as a super featherweight and struggled through eight losses before meeting Shane Mosley for the IBF Lightweight crown in 1997, getting stopped in the eleventh by a prime “Sugar” Shane. Since then Gomez had lost only one of fourteen contests but on a diet…
“Amazing” Alex Arthur walked into Meadowbank Stadium in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland as the reigning British, Commonwealth and European Super Featherweight Champion but needed every bit of his overflowing confidence and experience to walk out the same after the stern challenge of previously unbeaten prospect Ricky Burns. Arthur threw subtlety to the wind as…
Humberto “La Zorrita” Soto dazzled the 6,000 fans in attendance at Estadio Emilio Ibarra in Los Mochis, Mexico, on Friday by berating Colombian southpaw Oscar “El Artista” Leon with a calculated two fisted shelling to defend his WBC Interim Featherweight title. It was a difficult night for the man from Cartagena as he simply could…
Super feather Kevin Kelly, “The Flushing Flash”, rolled back the years Friday night on a shared Top Rank/8 Count promotion bill from Cicero Stadium near Chicago by knocking out seasoned veteran Juan Carlos “Ranchero” Ramirez in the second round. Kelly, 58-6-2 (39), a highly respected former WBC and WBU Featherweight Champion, wasted no time in…