In a rematch to their riveting first fight a year ago, middleweights Amin Asikainen and Sebastian “Hurrikan” Sylvester went at it hammer and tongs last night at the Stadhalle in Zwickau and by the eleventh round, Sylvester had won back the European title. Last year in Hanover, the previously undefeated Finn Asikainen broke open a…
Last night on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Crystal Palace in South London, flashy southpaw Ajose Olusegun took on Impact Boxing’s seasoned body punching hardman Gary Reid and came away with the vacant Commonwealth Light Welter crown with a unanimous points win. Olusegun started off the bout with his trademark gunslinging style, levelling full…
Saturday night at The Spodek in Katowice, Poland, former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek and four time former world heavyweight title challenger Andrew Golota both won comeback fights in front of a roaring packed house. Adamek put on 23 pounds and won the IBO Cruiserweight title with a sharp punching effort over Panama’s Luis…
There were two British title fight cards last night in the UK that saw one reigning champion hold onto his belt but another lose it after twelve hard fought rounds. At the Millennium Hotel in London’s Mayfair section, British Featherweight Champion John Simpson of Greenock, Scotland thrashed southpaw challenger Ryan Barrett to the tune of…
British based middleweight Geard Ajetovic of Prescot, England traveled to France on Tuesday and surprised his more seasoned opponent Robert Roselia, with a hard fought split decision victory at the Parcs Des Sports in Pont Audemer. Going into this bout, reigning IBF Intercontinental Super Middle Champ Roselia, 26-4-1 (14), was chiefly known for ending the…
It was another close fight when IBF Cruiserweight Champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk rematched American opponent Steve Cunningham last night at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland but this time it was Cunningham who came out the winner courtesy a majority decision. The two combatants originally came to grips last November for the vacant IBF title in…
Universum put on a big show last night in front of 7,000 fans at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg with a WBO championship, two European titles and a regional WBO belt all on the line. WBO Light Middle titlist Sergiy Dzinziruk, 34-0 (22), wasn’t the headliner of the bill, super middle Jurgen Brahmer had…
It’s been a long road back since Tony Oakey fell from grace in 2003 but the Portsmouth man regained the glory last night with a dramatic twelfth round stoppage of Steve Spartacus to take the vacant British Light Heavyweight title at the ExCel Arena in London. Just a few weeks ago ex-WBU and Commonwealth titlist…
Towering Canadian Heavyweight Champion David Cadieux attempted to take his first steps on the world scene last night at the Casino in Montreal but the 32 year old was denied the vacant WBO NABO title by a determined 37 year old French national from California, Josue Blocus. At 6 foot 6 and possessing an 84…
Last night at the Civic Centre in Motherwell, Scotland, local hero and British Welterweight Champion Kevin Anderson held onto his belt against the crafty former Commonwealth Light Welter titlist Eamonn Magee on a Barry Hearn promotion. It was a difficult night for the reigning champion, as Anderson was coming off a loss to Ali Nuumbembe…
Much was made of the fact that Hennessy Sports prospects John Murray and John O’Donnell were going to fight on the undercard of what turned out to be Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Oscar De La Hoya last night at the MGM in Las Vegas. And rightly so; these were very high profile slots on the…
In a classic night of rematches in Oberhausen, Germany, both Felix Sturm and Stipe Drews delivered in spades to defeat men they had previously been mastered by and won WBA world titles in the process. Sturm, 27-2 (12), of Hamburg, Germany was widely expected to defend his middleweight crown last year against aging former WBC…