Felix Sturm returned to action Saturday night at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, retaining his WBA middleweight title against challenger Ronald Hearns. Hearns tried to leverage his advantages in height and reach but Sturm’s edge in quickness offset any momentum the challenger was trying to build and soon the champion was ahead on points. The…
IBF welter kingpin Jan Zaveck wowed a hometown audience in Ljubljana, Slovenia with a fifth round stoppage of opponent Paul Delgado at Sports Park Arena. It didn’t take long for the skill and experience advantage of the champion to show as Delgado was in deep water as early as the second frame, hitting the canvas…
Saturday night at the Essex County Collage in Newark, NJ, Polish heavyweight Mariusz Wach took out Jonathan Haggler in just three rounds to win the WBC Baltic Heavyweight title that highlighted a seven bout card promoted by Prize Fight and Global Boxing.
Friday night at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey unbeaten Rico ‘Suavecito’ Ramos of Los Angeles, California, improved to 19-0 (11), with a controversial decision over Alejandro Valdez of Obregon, Mexico, now 24-5-3, (17). Scoring was not indicative of the bout, which appeared to be closer to a draw. Ramos is the…
IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham headlined a big show on Saturday, retaining his title over Enad Licina at RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Muelheim, Germany. Despite ceding a big edge in experience to the champion, Licina came to fight and gave Cunningham a difficult time in the early going. But Licina couldn’t keep up the pace…
WBO/NABO Youth and USBO Light Heavyweight champion Mark “TNT†Tucker of Eldersburg, MD moved to 15-0 with 7 knockouts following a hard fought unanimous decision over Ray Smith last night at BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York, NY. Fighting for the first time in eight months, Tucker was the busier fighter and…
On Saturday night in Brentwood, England, Stoke Newington’s exceptional Light Middleweight prospect Erick ‘The Eagle’ Ochieng easily secured his sixth win, albeit not in his usual all action style. Ochieng’s opponent, the reigning British Masters Light Middleweight Champion Lee ‘Lightning’ Noble, clearly didn’t come to fight, instead he just closed up shop and pulled down…
American challenger Austin Trout went into opponent Rigoberto Alvarez’s hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico last night and walked out with the WBA light middleweight title belt around his waist after 12 rounds of action. 33 year old campaigner Alvarez had won the Interim version of the WBA bauble with a split decision verdict over lanky Japanese…
Saturday night at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI, WBO light welter champion Timothy Bradley added the WBC belt of Devon Alexander to his collection via tenth round technical decision in a battle of unbeaten fighters. The action started off slowly as both fighters were cautious until Bradley began to find range with his southpaw stance…
In what was the first ever boxing event inside the walls of casino in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Joey Eye Boxing Promotions in association with David Feldman put on a show to remember for the capacity crowd at Harrah’s in Chester. In the main event, Osnel Charles scored a razor thin majority decision over Victor…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro On Saturday night London based Dutch Cruiserweight prospect Mitchell Balker got the first UK win under his belt, after beating Battersea’s fighting fireman Nick ‘The Ox’ Okoth, at the Graham Earl promoted ‘Capital Punishment’ event at York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Heavyweight contender, and former world title challenger, Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson improved to (24-1-1, 10KO’s) dominating 7’1″, 300 lb. Julius “Towering Inferno” Long (15-15, 13KO’s) over eight rounds.