There were two good cards last night in Thailand and we commence proceedings with a big show in Ratchaburi, where 39 year old long-time WBO Asia Pacific Super Flyweight Champion Pramuansak “The Machine Gun” Posuwan, 43-1-1 (23), won his 14th contest on the bounce by stopping Filipino opponent Javier Malulan, …
Read More »Boxing In Denmark: Kessler Stops Sartison In Final Round
Showing no ill effects from his only career loss to date against Joe Calzaghe last November, super middleweight Mikkell Kessler turned in a good performance in front of a hometown crowd by stopping opponent Dimitri Sartison in the 12th and final round to annex the vacant WBA title last night …
Read More »Boxing In Japan: Valero, Hasegawa Retain World Titles In Tokyo
WBA Super Feather kingpin Edwin Valero and WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa were in action at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo on Thursday night and both retained their titles. Valero, 24-0 (24), kept his magnificent knockout streak alive with a seventh round pasting of former Japanese Lightweight titlist Takehiro Shimada, …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Ngoudjo Wins IBF Eliminator In Montreal
Friday night at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, local light welter Herman “Black Panther” Ngoudjo bounced back from a close loss to IBF Champion Paulie Malignaggi in January to win that organization’s official title eliminator at 140 lb by posting a hard fought unanimous decision against former WBA Champion Souleymane …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: WBA Champion Sidorenko Dethroned By Moreno!
The luck of Wladimir Sidorenko finally ran out last night at Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf as the WBA Bantamweight Champion was outpointed by Panama’s Anselmo Moreno after twelve rounds. Moreno, 22-1-1 (8), leveraged a sizable height advantage and southpaw stance to keep the normally hyper-busy Sidorenko, 21-1-2 (7), off his …
Read More »Boxing In The Philippines: Cebu City Results
Lots of action last night at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City, Philippines where Bert Batawang, Rodel Mayol and Federico Catubay all rolled on to victory. 36 year old southpaw light flyweight Batawang, 52-7 (36), enjoyed his second win in a row following a failed bid to unseat IBF Champion …
Read More »Boxing In Thailand: Friday Night Results
Two good cards last night with some of the country’s best in action on a busy Friday night in Ratcha Anachak Thai. We start off in the North-East city of Buriram where WBC Asian Boxing Council Super Feather king Thong Por Chokchai, 18-5-1 (11), made the first defense of his …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Abraham KO’s Ayala In Final Round To Retain IBF Title
There was a good show at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel last night with IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham putting in a dramatic finish to knockout big-hearted American visitor Elvin Ayala in the twelfth and final round to retain his title for the seventh time. Ayala showed good boxing skills …
Read More »Boxing In Ireland: Matthew Macklin Outpoints Yory Boy Campas
Popular middleweight Matthew Macklin took on the still dangerous former IBF Light Middleweight Champion Yory Boy Campas last night on a Brian Peters promotion at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and the 25 year old Birmingham man walked away with a well deserved unanimous decision after ten solid rounds of …
Read More »Boxing In Australia: Results From Brisbane
It was a big Friday night at the Kendron Wavell Service Club in the Brisbane suburb of Chermside with names such as Mick Shaw, Nathan Briggs, Chris McCullen and of course, Alex Leapai all on the victory roll. Leapai, 9-2-2 (7), retained the OPBF Heavyweight title with a solid unanimous …
Read More »Boxing In Japan: Ishii Destroys Nakamori To Win Lightweight Title
There was a good card at the world famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo last night with several high level bouts on tap. In the main event, 25 year old Yokohama man Ichitaro Ishii, 19-2-1 (16), won the Japanese Lightweight title on his second try, stopping Okinawa based Hiroshi Nakamori, 23-2-1 …
Read More »Friday Night Boxing Results
We kick off this brief Friday night report in America where there was an IBO Featherweight crown at stake at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Reigning champion Thomas “The Rock” Mashaba came into the clash on the strength of ten straight victories, nine of which were for either the IBO …
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