Former super middle world champion Mikkel Kessler successfully made the jump into the light heavyweight ranks last night with a fourth round KO of opponent Allan Green at Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ex-WBA and WBC titlist entered the ring after an absence of eleven months and had to shake off a bit of…
The stage is set tonight at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany as Marco Huck returns from a trip to heavyweight to put his WBO cruiserweight crown up for grabs against former opponent Ola Afolabi. Huck, 34-2 (25), is less than three months removed from very nearly unseating WBA heavyweight champ Alexander Povetkin, bossing the Russian around…
WBA super middle king Karoly Balzsay turned back the ambitions of Dimitri Sartison this past Saturday on a massive fight card at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin, Germany. Both Balzsay and Sartison are veterans of the 168 pound European scene with Sartison having been a past holder of the WBA belt over 2009-1010…
One of Germany’s most popular boxers was back in action last night as Felix Sturm put his WBA middleweight crown at risk against Sebastian Zbik at Lanxess Arena in Cologne. Ex-Interim WBC beltholder Zbik was coming off a loss to full WBC champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr 10 months ago while Sturm was engaging in…
Wladimir Klitschko solidified his hold on his numerous world heavyweight titles last night at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, wiping out overmatched former WBA/WBC cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck. Once the contest began, Mormeck, just 5’11 tall, shelled up without throwing a punch for the first minute, instead simply walking into the 6’6 Klitschko and…
WBC heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin was nearly KO’d on several occasions by WBO cruiser champion Marco Huck during their thrilling contest last night at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. While Huck gave away 20 pounds to the larger Povetkin, he more than made up for it with a very big advantage in handspeed, showing from…
WBO cruiserweight titlist Marco Huck takes a long rumored step up in weight this evening as “Kapt’n Hook” challenges WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. This move is a big ask of Huck but at least it’s not a fight against one of the heavy punching Klitschko brothers, who happen to…
Heavyweight ruler Vitali Klitschko was pushed hard last night at Munich’s Olympiahalle, fending off the challenge of Britain’s Dereck Chisora over 12 grueling rounds to retain the WBC title. The always unpredictable Chisora found a way to top previous bizarre weigh-in performances by slapping Klitschko during a face-off before spitting water in the face of…
IBF cruiserweight titlist Yoan Pablo Hernandez retained his crown last night in a rematch against Steve Cunningham at Fraport Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. The pair initially clashed last October with Cuba’s Hernandez winning the IBF belt from Cunningham via a sixth round technical decision when Hernandez was cut from a headbutt. Southpaw Hernandez comes out…
Last night at Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany, WBO super middle king Robert Stieglitz retained his title for the fifth time by outpointing the vastly less experienced Henry Weber, who was making his debut at world level. It was a slow first round, with the boxers feeling each other out with jabs but Stieglitz did…
WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin made short work of challenger Lajaun Simon last night at Ballsaal Interconti Hotel in Dusseldorf, Germany. Kazakhstan born Stuttgart resident Golovkin was making the second defense of the belt he won last December with a third round KO of Nilson Julio Tapia and retained against ex-IBF light middle champ Kassim…
The luck of WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm could be running out but the German stylist managed to retain his title on Friday night via controversial draw against Britain’s Martin Murray at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. Just as in his successful defense by split decision against Englishman Matthew Macklin in June, Sturm was outworked…