Last night at the Chungmu Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, In Ji Chi regained the WBC Featherweight belt during a furious twelve round battle with reigning champion Rodolfo Lopez of Mexico. Lopez had taken the title off Japan’s Takashi Koshimoto, who had defeated Chi earlier in the year, just five months ago and was making…
Last night at York Hall in London, England, middleweights Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman and Richard “The Secret” Williams went at it for an eventful twelve rounds for the vacant British title and with less than a minute remaining in the bout, Eastman knocked out Williams with a crisp right hand that “The Secret” never…
After waiting 13 years to contend for a world title, WBC Heavyweight Champion Oleg Maskaev is in no hurry to lose his belt and the 37 year old Russian took no chances in selecting Japan based Ugandan Peter Okhello as his most recent opponent. The two squared off at the Olympiysky Sports Arena in Moscow…
Upsets Aplenty In London Last night at the ExCel Arena in London, former Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison resuscitated a career that many in the media had already declared doomed by battering, bloodying and then stopping late replacement opponent and ex-British and Commonwealth Champion Danny Williams within three rounds.
In a classic defensive performance, former undisputed light middleweight kingpin Ronald “Winky” Wright stifled the comeback hopes of Ike Quartey last night in Tampa, Florida. Fighting in front of a hometown audience for the first time since 1992, Wright proved just too sharp for the ex-welterweight world champion, competing in his fifth bout since sitting…
Last night on the undercard of Wright – Quartey, former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy returned to the ring for the first time since taking a sustained one sided beating at the hands of Joe Calzaghe nine months ago, posting a controversial win over ex-European titlist Vitali Tsypko in a rematch. Lacy started off…
Last night in Warsaw, Poland, hometown hero Krzysztof Wlodarczyk outpointed previously undefeated Philadelphian Steve Cunningham by split decision to take the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title belt. The 25 year old Pole, nicknamed “Diablo”, pressed the attack for most of the twelve rounds while the taller, 30 year old Cunningham used his significant reach advantage to…
The longstanding grudge match between British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch and former British titleholder Tony Dodson was finally settled last night as Froch knocked out his rival in three rounds at the Nottingham Arena on a Hennessy Sports promotion. The pair had seen three previously scheduled contests called off due to Dodson…
For the second consecutive bout, ex-two time WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz found Germany to be an inhospitable land as the American dropped a split decision to undefeated Hamburg based Uzbek fighter Ruslan Chagaev at the Burgwachter Castello in Dusseldorf. At stake was the top spot in the WBA rankings, a mandatory challenger position for…
Last night on a Maloney Promotion at York Hall in London, European Champion David Haye pulled out a hard fought win against old amateur nemesis, Italy’s Giacobbe Fragomeni, posting a ninth round stoppage but only after coming through numerous difficulties. Fragomeni spent the first half of the contest walking Haye down, using his much smaller…
Any questions that hovered over Irish prospect Bernard Dunne were silenced last night in the twenty six year old’s hometown of Dublin where he thrashed former titlist Esham Pickering for the vacant European Super Bantamweight crown on a Brian Peters promotion. The tone was set from the start as Dunne put his opponent under a…
Belarus lightweight Yuri Romanov has built a career on upsetting favorites since turning pro four years ago and the twenty four year old spoiler did it again last night in Ciudad Real, Spain. Reigning European Champion Juan Carlos Melero was in the process of giving Romanov a boxing lesson and had canvassed the tourist in…