There were two world title bouts on tap this past Saturday at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles with WBO flyweight supremo Brian Villoria adding the WBA 112 pound crown to his trophy cabinet while reigning champion Roman Gonzalez kept his WBA light flyweight title intact. Once the bell rang, Viloria and WBA king Hernan…
WBA featherweight super champion Chris John handled a challenge to his eight year title reign on Friday evening, turning back the ambitions of Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo at Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. Piriyapinyo came into the fight with a dazzling 44-0 record, undefeated in his native Thailand, but had yet to ascend the world…
WBA featherweight “Super” champion Chris John makes his traditional autumn title defense this evening as he meets Thai challenger Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo on neutral ground, at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel. You’ll have to go back to 2003 to find the last time that John fought more than twice a year, prior to his 2004…
WBC bantamweight kingpin Shinsuke Yamanaka rubbed out challenger Tomas Rojas with a stunning seventh round KO during an all-southpaw clash on Saturday night in front of a packed house at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Japan. Mexico’s Rojas had won three straight after being relieved of the WBC super fly crown by Suriyan Sor Rungvisai over…
In one of the biggest upsets of the year, Mexico’s Gamaliel Diaz swooped into the lion’s den and plucked the WBC super feather title from reigning champion and local hero Takahiro Ao last night at Tokyo’s International Forum. The contest started slowly with both boxers studying the other, mounting limited offensive ventures designed to test…
Mexican veteran Gamaliel Diaz will arrive at Tokyo International Forum this evening for his first title shot since 2009 when the 31 year old takes on WBC super feather champion Takahiro Ao. Diaz, 36-9-2 (17), comes into the bout on the strength of 13 consecutive wins, eight of which where WBC Cabofe title defenses, and…
Thai bantamweight Pungluang Sor Singyu pulled off an upset tonight at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, The Philippines, defeating the more seasoned local man AJ Banal in hostile territory. At stake was the vacant WBO strap, and big-punching southpaw Banal, having defeated a pair of IBF super fly champs, ex-titlist Luis Alberto…
Super bantam Carl Frampton passed a litmus test on Saturday night in front of an adoring hometown crowd at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena, delighting the Northern Ireland faithful by dominating former two-time IBF champion Steve Molitor. At stake was Frampton’s IBF Intercontinental strap as well as the Commonwealth belt, which southpaw Molitor once held before moving…
American Paulie Malignaggi went to Ukraine on Sunday as an opponent for WBA welterweight titlist Yvacheslav Senchenko but managed to turn the tables on the local man, walking out of Donbass Arena in Donetsk with the WBA belt in his possession. Former IBF light welter champ Malignaggi had previously won three straight contests since moving…
Former flyweight and super fly world champion Vic Darchinyan has yet again come up short in a bantamweight title bout as the 36 year old Aussie failed to lift the WBC crown from local man Shinsuke Yamanaka on Friday night at Japan’s Tokyo International Forum. The far more experienced Darchinyan had been expected by many…
The action on Saturday night, New Year’s Eve, was in the land of the rising sun with two fight cards featuring world title bouts. At Bunka Gym in Yokahama, Tokyo’s WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama faced the challenge of Interim titlist Jorge Solis of Mexico. After five OPBF defenses, Uchiyama had won the WBA…
After waiting more than three years since their initial clash, Miguel Cotto turned the tables on nemesis Antonio Margarito, stopping the Mexican in the ninth round last night at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. After losing the WBA welter crown to Margarito in 2008, Cotto won and lost the WBO welter strap before capturing…