Last night at Johannesburg’s Springs Indoor Arena, South Africa’s top bantamweight saw his bid for another world title opportunity go up in smoke as Silence Mabuza was stopped by opponent Yonnhy Perez in the 12th and final round. Mabuza came into the IBF title eliminator as the far more experienced …
Read More »Boxing In Australia: Mundine, Taylor Win This Week Down Under
Two good card in Oz this week with Anthony Mundine coming one step closer to challenging for a major world title at middleweight by capturing the IBO crown and super middle Shannon Taylor winning the vacant IBF Pan Pacific belt. On Wednesday at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, ex-two time …
Read More »Boxing In Mexico: Nishioka Guns Down Gonzalez To Retain WBC Crown
Jhonny Gonzalez’s dream to return to world championship standing came to a crashing halt last night at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico as he was stopped by reigning WBC super bantam kingpin Toshiaki Nishioka in just three rounds. Gonzalez nearly pulled off an upset in the very first round as …
Read More »Boxing Result: Barker Keeps Commonwealth With McDermott Stoppage
Commonwealth champion Darren Barker is now one step closer to solidifing the middleweight division in the UK after stopping English titlist Darren McDermott last night at the Colosseum in Watford, England. McDermott began the first looking to press Barker but couldn’t past the champion’s superb jab. Things opened up a …
Read More »Boxing Result: Nathan Cleverly vs. Billy Boyle
Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London Frank Warren Promotions hosted a fight night headlined by a Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title defence. The Champion, classy boxer Nathan Cleverley of Cefn Forest, Wales, faced Billy Boyle, the likable Sheffield boxer. This was to be ‘Clev’s’ third defence of …
Read More »Boxing Result: Ramirez Gets Past Ismailov For WBO Belt In Buenos Aires
South America’s top boxing venue, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina saw a cracking contest last night with Victor Emilio Ramirez retaining his WBO Cruiserweight title via split decision against the tough challenge presented by Ali Ismailov. The taller Ramirez looked to keep his Azerbaijani opponent from getting too …
Read More »Boxing Result: Fragomeni Keeps WBC Title On Draw With Wlodarczyk
The WBC Cruiserweight title remained with Giacobbe Fragomeni tonight after 12 rounds of combat at the Gran Teatro in Rome, Italy with ex-IBF champ Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. The champion started out strong, going after the taller Polish challenger and picking up rounds behind a good two-handed assault as Wlodarczyk gave ground …
Read More »Star Boxing: “Kingpin” Johnson Stops Vargas In Atlantic City
Last night, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented a thrilling five bout card at The Concert Venue at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The card was broadcast live on the always exciting ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights”. The main event bout of the evening carried heavy implications for boxing, especially heavyweight …
Read More »Boxing Result: Chad Dawson Defeats Antonio Tarver In Rematch
Chad Dawson won his rematch last night with Antonio Tarver at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, defending his IBF and IBO light heavyweight belts in the process. Dawson won nearly ever round against Tarver during their initial clash this past October and while he was never in any …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Marco Huck Retains European Title In Bamberg
European cruiserweight champion Marco Huck retained his belt last night with a fifth round finishing of Ukrainian challenger Vitaliy Russell at Jako Arena in Bamberg. Huck, 25-1 (20), proved too strong for the less experienced Rusal, 23-1 (16), who had come into the bout as the undefeated IBO Intercontinental titlist …
Read More »Boxing In Australasia: Weekend Results
Light heavyweight Beibut Shumenov continued the auspicious start to his career as the talented upstart stopped former two-time super middleweight world champion Byron Mitchell in the fourth round of their clash yesterday at Stadium Khaddjimukan in Chimkent, Kazakhstan. 25 year old Shumenov, 8-0 (6), took the fight to Mitchell, who …
Read More »European Boxing News: Menzer, Moreno, Alekseev Win In Bremen
By Per Ake Persson WIBF and WBC female feather champ Ina Menzer beat US challenger Francheska Alcanter over ten one-sided rounds in the headliner of Universum´s show at Hall 7 in Bremen on Saturday.
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