Last night at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, Souleyman M’baye captured the Interim WBA welterweight title with a 12 round unanimous decision against Antonin Decarie. Hometown hero M’baye, an ex-WBA and European light welter champion, made his debut at welter, dropping Canadian visitor Decarie in the fourth. But …
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Alcine, Ross Win In Montreal
Two big names in the great white north were in action last night as light middle Joachim Alcine and cruiserweight Troy Ross were victorious at The Casino in Montreal. Alcine, 32-1 (19), is in the midst of a comeback after losing his WBA title to Daniel Santos last year, and …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Huck Wins European Title In Bielefeld
It was war in the ring last night at Seidensticker Halle in Bielefeld as the European Cruiserweight Championship was waged with great ferocity between defending titlist Jean Marc Monrose and former world title challenger Marco Huck for twelve rounds. Monrose sought to take away the challenger’s height advantage by turning …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Two European Titles At Risk Tonight In Bielefeld
Seidensticker Hall in Bielefeld tonight sees a big show with two European title fights on tap for the cruiserweight and super middle crowns up for grabs. Former IBF Youth and French titlist Jean Marc Monrose, 24-1 (15), makes the first defense of the European belt that he won by stopping …
Read More »European Boxing News: Bonsu, Baldomir, Garay, Asikainen, Canclaux
By Per Ake Persson The Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, is booked for November 11 with former European Welter Champ Jackson Osei Bonsu scheduled to take on Argentinian Carlos Baldomir. Some sources say this is a WBC eliminator but if a fighter can come off a loss into an eliminator …
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