At the Bell Centre in boxing mad Montreal last night, Jean Pascal put his WBC light heavyweight belt at risk for the first time and came away with victory against seasoned warhorse Silvio Branco. A pro since 1988, ex-WBA and European champ Branco went after the much younger Pascal early on but had difficulty with…
British middleweight champion Matthew Macklin increased the hardware in his trophy cabinet by winning the European title last night at the Velodrome in Manchester, England. The Birmingham based slugger went right to work in the first round, swapping punches with former titlist Amin Asikainen. The Finn was soon down from a full-blooded Macklin left hook…
After two tours of duty as European champion and a shot at the WBA belt, Sebastian Sylvester clawed his way to a world title tonight at Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenberg, Germany. The 29 year old local man, nicknamed “Hurrikan”, started fast as expected against opponent Giovanni Lorenzo of New York but had difficulty navigating the distance…
Big show tonight at Neubrandenburg’s Jahnsportforum with the vacant IBF middleweight belt and the European Union heavyweight strap on offer. Ready to rip for Arthur Abraham’s vacanted IBF crown are two-time European kingpin Sebastian “Hurrikan” Sylvester, 31-3 (15), and Giovanni Lorenzo, 27-1 (19). Greifswald based Sylvester had a shot at the big time last November…
It was a good Friday night at the fights all across Britain and we kick things off at historic York Hall in London’s Bethnal Green. Light welters Lenny Daws and Barry Morrison tangled in a rematch for the vacant British title and Daws managed to reverse his 2007 loss to the Scot. Last time out…
The main event at El Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Mexico featured a highly competitive WBO minimumweight title defense by Donnie Nietes. The Filipino visitor was given all he could handle by Interim WBO titlist Manuel Vargas but after twelve difficult rounds were completed, wildly diverged scores were announced. Vargas won one of the…
Sometimes lightning does strike twice as WBO light flyweight champ Ivan Calderon had his rematch with Rodel Mayol at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico end early for the same reason as their first pairing in June: a head clash. One again Calderon was cut badly after a difficult test against the…
“Machine Gun†Mike Oliver won a hard-fought decision to capture the vacant New England and Eastern Boxing Association junior featherweight titles tonight on the “A Night To Remember†pro boxing cared, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc., at historic Plymouth Memorial Hall.
Last night at the Colosseum in Watford, England, welterweight Tom Glover’s unexpected run through the UK standings came to an end, halted forcefully by Commonwealth champion John O’Donnell. After seeing off the quartet of Jon Thaxton, Nadeem Siddique, Chas Symonds and Scott Woolford over the last ten months, Glover just couldn’t compete against the much…
Demetrius Andrade promised to put on a spectacular performance in front of his hometown fans on Friday night, and he did not disappoint. Fighting in the co-feature bout of the evening at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI, the Providence native Andrade improved his record to (7-0, 6KO), completely dominated previously undefeated John…
2008 Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada, women’s boxing trailblazer Christy “The Coalminer’s Daughter†Martin and super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. were all impressive winners last night at the “Fight Night At The Fairâ€. The show was presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), in association with the New York State Fair…
At The Arena in Mexicali, Mexico last night, Celestino Caballero took out local borderlands man Francisco Leal in the eighth round of their IBF/WBA super bantam title fight. Mexicali grafter Leal was the very picture of a Cinderella story going into his first title challenge as the four year pro hadn’t come anywhere close to…