Last Friday in the main event of a nice combined boxing and mixed martial arts card promoted by Marshall Kauffman the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, Julio Cesar Matthews won the biggest fight of his career by defeating Harvey ‘Candy Man’ Jolly. Matthews, 9-0 (5), a southpaw from Reading, Pennsylvania, …
Read More »Boxing Result: Kina Malpartida Retains WBA Title Against Lyndsey Scragg
Last night, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, British female boxer Lyndsey Scragg challenged Peruvian born Kina Malpartida of California for the WBA Female Super Featherweight title. But it was Champion Malpartida who dominated with long-reaching shots to the head of the Wednesbury boxer. Continually driving forward …
Read More »Boxing In America: Williams Edges Martinez In Atlantic City Thriller
One of the best fights of the year on American soil took place last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ as Paul Williams eeked out a majority decision over Sergio Martinez at middleweight. The fur started to fly in the very first round as each man scored a …
Read More »Boxing Result: Khan Crushes Salita In One Round
At the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England last night, WBA light welter titlist Amir Khan made short work of mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Making the first defense of his world title belt, Khan was facing an undefeated yet untested challenger in the form of Salita and that gulf in …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Huck Retains WBO title Against Afolabi
Cruiserweight Marco Huck made a succsssful first defense of his WBO title with a 12 round unanimous decision against Ola Afolabi last night at the Arena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Afolabi puts his boxing skills to good use early on, picking off the oncoming Huck on the way inside and generally …
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 »Edmonds Boxing: Bryan Demolishes Fallen In Newark
Jeremy “Hollywood” Bryan once again displayed why his moniker fits the bill after putting away Darren Fallen inside of two rounds last night in the main event of “The Brawl in Brick City” at Essex County College in Newark, NJ. Both men took their time in the opening moments of …
Read More »Boxing In France: Moreno Stops Patrac For WBA Bantam Belt
Local man Frederic Patrac earned a WBA bantamweight title shot last night on the strength of 12 straight victories but could not overcome reigning champion Anselmo Moreno at Palais Des Sports in Adge, France. Former European titlist Patrac started strong, rushing the Panamanian based champ but the 31 year old …
Read More »Boxing In Australia: Danny Green KO’s Roy Jones In Sydney
IBO cruiserweight champ Danny Green’s gamble to face former multi-weight world champion Roy Jones paid off big at Sydney’s Acer Stadium as the Perth based icon KO’d the visiting American in the very first round. Although clearly well past his best at age 40, Jones had been competitive during a …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Darren Barker Dazzles ITV4 Viewing Figures
British and Commonwealth Middleweight champion Darren Barker showed he has the potential to become a major sporting star on Saturday night when 625,000viewers tuned into ITV4’s Big Fight Live to watch him fulfil his life time ambition of being crowned the new British Middleweight Champion.
Read More »Boxing In Canada: Lucian Bute KO’s Librado Andrade In Rematch
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute produced the performance of his career at the exact right time last night at Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City, Canada, knocking out his most difficult opponent to date, Librado Andrade, in the fourth during a rematch. The pair originally met 13 months ago with …
Read More »Boxing In Poland: Jackiewicz Outpoints Rodriguez In IBF Title Eliminator
Last night at Hala Mosir in Elk, Poland, former European welter champion Rafal Jackiewicz posted a unanimous decision over visiting American Delvin Rodriguez to win an IBF title eliminator. Local hero Jackiewicz had not lost since 2005 and had defeated the trio of Jackson Osei Bonsu, Jan Zavek and Luciano …
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