Cruiserweight Marco Huck made a succsssful first defense of his WBO title with a 12 round unanimous decision against Ola Afolabi last night at the Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Afolabi puts his boxing skills to good use early on, picking off the oncoming Huck on the way inside and generally …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Marco Huck vs. Ola Afolabi Tonight For WBO Title
Tonight at The Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany, a great clash for the WBO cruiserweight title takes place supported by a solid undercard. Experienced former European titlist Marco Huck, 26-1 (20), makes the first defense of the WBO belt he won Victor Emilio Ramirez in August but he faces a very …
Read More »Boxing In Poland: Jackiewicz Outpoints Rodriguez In IBF Title Eliminator
Last night at Hala Mosir in Elk, Poland, former European welter champion Rafal Jackiewicz posted a unanimous decision over visiting American Delvin Rodriguez to win an IBF title eliminator. Local hero Jackiewicz had not lost since 2005 and had defeated the trio of Jackson Osei Bonsu, Jan Zavek and Luciano …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Erdei, Tajbert Win WBC Belts, Sartison Gets WBA In Kiel
There was a massive show at Sparkassen Arena in Kiel last night with three world title belts at risk. The big winner was Zsolt Erdei who moved up a weight class to unseat reigning WBC cruiser champion Giacobbe Fragomeni by majority decision. Hungarian Erdei had held the WBO light heavy …
Read More »Boxing Result: David Haye Unseats WBA Champ Nicolai Valuev
© Chris Royle – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions England’s David Haye pulled off a major upset last night at Arena Verischerung in Nuremberg, Germany, taking the WBA heavyweight title from Nicolai Valuev via majority decision. It wasn’t pretty or particularly entertaining but Haye delivered the kind of mature performance …
Read More »Boxing In Ukraine: Senchecnko Retains WBA Title In Donetsk
WBA welter champ Vyacheslav Senchenko proved his title winning effort in April was no fluke as the 31 year old made his first defense on Saturday at Sportspalace Drusba in Donetsk. Challenging Senchenko was Japanese visitor Motoki Sasaki, who brought a seven bout win streak to Donetsk. Sasaki, a reigning …
Read More »Boxing Result: Sylvester Defeats Lorenzo To Capture IBF Crown In Germany
After two tours of duty as European champion and a shot at the WBA belt, Sebastian Sylvester clawed his way to a world title tonight at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenberg, Germany. The 29 year old local man, nicknamed “Hurrikan”, started fast as expected against opponent Giovanni Lorenzo of New York but …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: IBF Title Fight In Neubrandenburg Tonight
Big show tonight at Neubrandenburg’s Jahnsportforum with the vacant IBF middleweight belt and the European Union heavyweight strap on offer. Ready to rip for Arthur Abraham’s vacanted IBF crown are two-time European kingpin Sebastian “Hurrikan” Sylvester, 31-3 (15), and Giovanni Lorenzo, 27-1 (19). Greifswald based Sylvester had a shot at …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Mikkel Kessler vs. Gusmyr Perdomo
Denmark’s favorite son laces up the gloves tonight as Mikkel Kessler defends his WBA super middle crown against unheralded challenger Gusmyr Perdomo at The Messecenter in Herning, Denmark. The highly accurate “Viking Warrior” regained the WBA bauble in 2008 following his only career loss to the “Welsh Wizard”, Joe Calzaghe …
Read More »Boxing Result: Huck Defeats Ramirez To Win WBO Belt In Germany
Tonight at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, one of the biggest names on the German scene saw his popularity go through the roof as Marco Huck toppled WBO cruiserweight titlist Victor Emilio Ramirez. European champ Huck came out all guns blazing and put the normally aggressive Argentine in the unexpected …
Read More »Boxing Preview: Victor Emilio Ramirez vs. Marco Huck
At Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany tonight, popular cruiserweight Marco Huck gets another crack at a world title as he challenges reigning WBO champ Victor Emilio Ramirez. 25 year old Ramirez, 15-1 (12), earned his nickname “El Tyson del Abasto” while coming up through the ranks in his native …
Read More »Boxing Result: Stieglitz Shocks Balzsay To Capture WBO Title
WBO super middle titlist Karoly Balzsay was well on his way to outboxing challenger Robert Stieglitz last night at Syma Sport and Leisure Center in Budapest, Hungary when disaster struck. That unlucky occurrence took the form of a bad laceration on the champion’s forehead in the early part of the …
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