WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe recorded title defense number 20 as “The Pride Of Wales” stopped Contender alumni Peter Manfredo in the third round at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Also on the bill, WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli was even quicker, stomping out the thoroughly outclassed Bobby Gunn …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Weekend Round Up
There were three good cards in Britain on Friday night, starting with ITV’s UK – US Contender showdown at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle. Of the eight bouts, all of which were scheduled for eight rounds, on tap between the American visitors and their British hosts, each side was …
Read More »Ted Bami Retains European Boxing Title With Win Over Guiseppe Lauri
“Dangerous” Ted Bami turned back Guiseppe “The End” Lauri last night on a Matchroom Promotions card at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley, England and retained his European Light Welterweight crown for the first time. This was the second occasion that Bami has beaten Lauri but the Italian visitor didn’t …
Read More »Top British Boxing Action On Tonight In Newscastle And Crawley
Tonight sees a bevy of boxing in the UK on two cards on opposite ends of England. At the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley, Matchroom Promotions stages the initial title defense of hard punching European Light Welterweight Champion Ted Bami, who meets the man he beat for the belt, Italy’s …
Read More »Boxing Hurricane Sweeps Through Madrid!
Last night at the Hotel Convencion in Madrid, Pablo “Hurricane” Navascues went to war with domestic archrival Miguel Angel Pena and came out ten rounds later with a split decision win, the Spanish Light Middleweight title and what is sure to be a lock on challenging for the European belt. …
Read More »Boxing Result: Carl Froch – Sergey Tatevosyan
Last night in front of a packed house of hometown fans at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch put a quick end to the challenge of Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan, blasting out the import at 2:54 of the second round. British and Commonwealth Champion …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Sidorenko Keeps WBA Belt, Krasniqi Defeats Minto
There was a big bill last night at the Hans Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, with the main event seeing Wladimir Sidorenko keeping his WBA Bantamweight crown with another draw against Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba in front of 7,000 fans. Additionally, former European Heavyweight Champion Luan Krasniqi ended Brian Minto’s nine …
Read More »Boxing In France: Jean Mormeck Gets Revenge Against O’Neil Bell
In a huge cruiserweight showdown, Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck turned the tables on bitter rival O’Neil Bell and beat the American visitor on all three ringside scorecards to once again become the WBC and WBA World Champion in front of 4,000 fans tonight at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan …
Read More »British Champion Jon Thaxton Defeats Scott Lawton On Hennessy Boxing Card
Esham Pickering Regains British Super Bantam Title With Win Over Marc Callaghan Last night in front of a thrilled hometown audience at the Showground in Norwich, England, British Lightweight Champion Jon “Jono” Thaxton retained his belt with a shattering seventh round stoppage of Stoke man Scott Lawton. The taller Lawton …
Read More »Boxing Result: Leva Kirakosyan Wins European Super Feather Belt
Well traveled Russian spoiler Leva Kirakosyan pulled off yet another upset on Saturday night by stopping hometown hero Antonio Joao Bento in the third round and annexing the European Super Featherweight title, recently given up by Alex Arthur, as a result. Kirakosyan came into the bout riding a ten bout …
Read More »Boxing In France: Omar Narvaes Defeats Brahim Asloum To Keep WBO Crown
Argentine flyweight Omar “El Huracan” Narvaes retained his WBO title Saturday night at La Palestre in Le Cannet Cote d’Azur, France by posting a unanimous decision over former French Olympian Brahim Asloum over twelve rounds. It was the tenth defense for the 31 year old southpaw but it wasn’t an …
Read More »Boxing Result: Wladimir Klitschko KOs Ray Austin On HBO In Germany
Dr. Steelhammer Destroys Austin In Second Round At SAP Arena In Mannheim To Retain IBF/IBO Titles Standing six foot six and weighing 246 lb, it isn’t often that Wladimir Klitschko is confronted with an opponent of similar physical size and some felt that because Ray “Rainman” Austin mirrored big Wlad …
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