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…
Until yesterday, Russian heavyweight Nickolai Valuev was bearing down on the great Rocky Marciano’s longstanding unbeaten record but today the 7 foot tall, 319 pound behemoth is out one WBA title and the new owner of a loss on his previously spotless record. The change on Valuev’s record was forced upon him last night at…
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing There was a high profile bout last night on the undercard of Frank Maloney Promotions’ Jamie Moore – Sebastian Lujan headliner and the torrid rematch between Chris Edwards and Dale Robinson for the vacant British and Commonwealth Flyweight crowns ended up being the contest of…
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 in the very first round,…
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 left holding four victories when…
“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 make it easy on the…
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 seasoned Giuseppe Lauri. The first…
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. Pena, 25-12-4 (9), hadn’t seen…
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 Froch started off the bout…
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 fight win streak and heavyweights…
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 in Levallois Perret, France. The…