The Great White North saw a bit of boxing action weekend, led by Sebastien Demers’ successful campaign to win the Canadian Middleweight title last night at the Casino in Montreal. Demers, 21-1 (9), was coming off a courageous but failed bid to lift the IBF Middleweight title from Arthur Abraham this past May in Germany…
There were some big names in action last night in the states, topped off by the WBO NABO Light Welter title winning effort of Lamont Peterson, 22-0 (10), who stopped Frankie Santos, 15-4-3 (7), in the sixth round at the Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi, MS. Also on the bill was former two weight world…
WBO NABO Welterweight titlist Shamone Alvarez entertained a hometown crowd last night as he turned back the challenge of Chicago’s Germaine Sanders at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Former IBF Light Welter Champ Juan Urango was also in action as the Colombian slugger stopped fellow southpaw Nasser Athumani in four. Both Alvarez, 19-0 (11),…
Click for larger image © Jose Perez Last night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, WBO Minimumweight Champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon remained undefeated after moving up to unseat WBO Light Flyweight Champion Hugo Fidel Cazares over 12 contentious rounds. Calderon was clearly at a size disadvantage from the start but used that to his advantage,…
Last night in Lincoln, Rhode Island, NABF Cruiserweight Champion Matt Godfrey kept on track for a major world title shot by outpointing New York veteran Derrick Brown in the tenth round. Godfrey, 16-0 (9), was given a good challenge by hard punching former sparring partner Brown, 13-3-3 (11), who has spent the majority of his…
Last night at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, living legend Erik Morales tried to become the first Mexican fighter to win major world titles in four weight divisions but despite a strong performance, was denied the honor by WBC Lightweight Champ David Diaz. Reigning WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz started…
Last night at the Patrick Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, undefeated super middle prospect Jean Pascal enjoyed a successful coming out party in outpointing a game but overmatched former middleweight world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke. Pascal spent the early portion of the bout on the defensive as the towering Ikeke looked to press his less experienced…
It’s a big crossroads fight for the super middleweight division tonight at the Pierre Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Canada as undefeated local hero and NABF/NABA/NABO titlist Jean Pascal looks to hold off the challenge of former world middleweight title challenger Kingsley “King Sharp Knuckle” Ikeke. Born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, Pascal, 17-0 (13), has…
Vernon Forrest won a battle of former welterweight champions last night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington by comprehensively outboxing the determined but outgunned Carlos Baldomir over twelve rounds to annex the vacant WBC Light Middleweight title. The much shorter Baldomir, 43-11-6 (13), pressed the action for the course of the bout but…
Two former welterweight world champions square off tonight at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington with the WBC Light Middleweight title at stake. Both Carlos Baldomir and Vernon Forrest have seen the heights of success and the lows of disappointment over the course of their long careers and are well aware that this contest…
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / BoxingPhotographs.com The biggest result coming from the excellent bill of fights that took place this past Saturday at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas was that ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins continues to impress. The 42 year old remains the standard bearer of Philadelphia’s long tradition of producing top…
Former pound for pound multi-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr was in action on Saturday night, making his first ring appearance in almost a year at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS. Jones faced previously unbeaten super middleweight Anthony Hanshaw, a seven year pro who most recently had fought Frenchman Jean Paul Mendy to…