After three epic WBC super bantam title fights that took place between March, 2007 and March, 2008, Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez will once again square off as the two meet this evening over 12 rounds at featherweight at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Since their dramatic trilogy, both men have fought and won…
Amir Khan made his American debut a good one as the Englishman successfully defended his WBA light welter title with a dominating win over local hero Paulie Malignaggi at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. Khan, 23-1 (17), was in top form throughout the contest, beating Malignaggi, 27-4 (5), to the punch in countless exchanges,…
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos British icon Amir Khan makes his American debut this evening at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden as the former Olympic medallist defends his WBA super lightweight crown against hometown hero Paulie Malignaggi. Khan, 22-1 (16), is coming off a first round destruction of another New Yorker, Dmitriy Salita, in…
Tonight at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA, Sergiy Dzinziruk and Daniel Dawson clash for the WBO light middleweight title. Former European champ Dzinziruk, 36-0 (22), won the WBO strap in 2005 by shocking Daniel Santos and has since retained the belt on five occasions. All of Dzinziruk’s title challengers have been respectable but…
After a prolonged and heavily hyped media build-up, light middleweights Paul Williams and Kermit Cintron fought an uneventful three rounds at Home Depot Center in Carson, CA last night. The pair went about the fight cautiously from the outside without much taking place until the forth round when Cintron fell through the ropes after getting…
Last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Floyd Mayweather racked up another big win as the welterweight turned back the aspirations of fellow mult-weight champion Shane Mosley over the course of twelve rounds. The contest peaked early as Mosley struck paydirt with big right hands in the second round which had Mayweather in…
Tomasz Adamek’s Cinderella run through the heavyweight division continued last night at Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, CA as the IBF International strapholder found a way to beat former world title challenger Chris Arreola via majority decision. Ex-cruiserweight and light heavy champion Adamek was, as expected, the quicker man of both hand and foot but…
Former WBC light heavyweight and IBF cruiser champ Tomasz Adamek continues his heavyweight excursion tonight at the Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario, CA, where he’ll meet local hero Chris Arreola in defense of the IBF International crown. Adamek, 40-1 (27), will have the edge in experience this evening as the native Pole has previously fought…
After 12 years as a professional boxer, Sergio Martinez finally got his opportunity to contend for a full world title and made the most of the opportunity, wresting the WBC and WBO belts from top middleweight Kelly Pavlik at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The 35 year old southpaw showed excellent footwork in the early rounds…
Kelly Pavlik puts his WBC and WBO middleweight title belts at risk tonight against Sergio Martinez at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Pavlik, 36-1 (32), is making his third appearance since going up to super middle and getting schooled by ageless modern day great Bernard Hopkins and it will be interesting to see if…
The BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL saw a good card of fights last night as Andre Berto continued to cement his hold on the WBC welter title while WBA/IBF super bantam champ Celestino Caballero successfully moved up to featherweight. Berto faced former WBO titlist Carlos Quintana and initially had difficulty with the experienced veteran, getting…
Tonight at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, Andre Berto defends his WBC welterweight title against Carlos Quintana while WBA/IBF super bantam king Celestino Caballero moves up to featherweight to face Daud Cino Yordan for the Interim WBA crown. Berto, 25-0 (19), is making the fourth defense of the belt he won against Miguel Angel Rodriquez…