Two world champions saw action at Tokyo’s Yoyogi First Gym on Thursday night and when the dust finally settled both WBC Bantamweight titlist Hozumi Hasegawa and WBC Featherweight ruler Oscar Larios each kept their belts in two very different fights. Mexico’s Alejandro Valdez came into his challenge of Hasegawa not having lost a bout over…
Less than four months after his controversial disqualification against Francisco Lorenzo, super featherweight Humberto Soto captured the vacant WBC title with a smashing effort against Gamaliel Diaz last night at Auditorio Centenario in Torreon, Mexico. Having already crushed Rocky Juarez’s unbeaten record in 2005 and chased then WBO titlist Joan Guzman all over the ring…
After a long career, first at light welter before dropping down a weight class, Jon Thaxton won the vacant European Lightweight title with a third round knockout of Spain’s Juan Carlos Diaz Melero last night at The Showground in Norwich, England. Despite Melero having been a European Champ previously, Thaxton had fought the better competition…
The Gamboa mania continues! In his second appearance on HBO’s Boxing After Dark, Yuriorkis Gamboa once more thrilled the audience with a spectacular knockout victory over previously unbeaten Marcos Ramirez, now 25-1 (16). “El Ciclon de Guantanamo†was knocked down by an elbow shot in the first round. Gamboa recovered quickly and came back to…
After many years as a nearly man, Panama’s Guillermo Jones finally fulfilled his promise as he ripped the WBA Cruiserweight title from reigning champion Firat Arslan at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Arslan began the bout applying the kind of pressure that had won him the title against Virgil Hill almost a year…
The packed Arena Mexico in Mexico City saw a torrent of action last night with four titles being fought over and by the time the smoke cleared, there were two new champions. Edgar Sosa, 33-5 (17), once again kept hold of his WBC Light Flyweight crown, outboxing hardened Filipino visitor Sonny Boy Jaro, 28-7-5 (17),…
Yusaf Mack, 26-2-2 (16), continued his comeback as a light heavyweight last night as the NABA Champ retained his title for the first time with a six round TKO of crosstown rival Omar Pittman, 15-5-1 (8), at the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, PA. Also on the bill, light middle Derek Ennis, 16-2-1 (12) ,…
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 the bout into a phone…
38 year old Colombian slugger Antonio Pitalua showed a stunning return to form last night at Arena Coliseo in Monterrey as the Mexico City based veteran knocked out former WBC interim champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz to win a WBC Lightweight title eliminator. At 5 foot 10, Santa Cruz towered over Pituala but the native…
Local light middle Daniel “The Rock” Dawson was in action last night at the Courtside Multisports Complex in his hometown of Perth, Australia and the 30 year old slugger banged out a hard-fought 12 round unanimous decision win against South Africa’s Welcome Ntshingila. A former IBO Champion, Dawson, 32-1 (22), defended his PABA crown and…
The biggest card this weekend in the Land of Silver took place last night at the Nuevo Palacio Aurinegro in Puerto Madryn where southpaw Omar Andres Narvaez continued his mastery of the WBO Flyweight title, outboxing WBC Cabofe titlist Alejandro Hernandez over twelve rounds of action. “El Huracan” put impressive skills on display and introduced…
Almazbek “Kid Diamond” Raiymkulov picked up a big win last night at Buffalo Bill’s in Primm, NV by posting a ten round majority decision over highly seasoned former world lightweight champion Javier Jauregui. Raiymkulov looked to be on the verge of a world title shot after drawing with Joel Casamayor in 2005 but later that…