Fight Results
Last night at the Ostseehalle in Keil, Germany, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham, 29-0 (23), retained his title for the ninth consecutive time, outpointing previously undefeated American challenger Lajuan Simon, 21-1-2 (12), over twelve rounds. Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus, 11-0 (2), won the vacant WBA and WBC Female titles with a ten round points verdict over…
This past Thursday saw two big WBC title fights at separate venues, with one belt changing hands and one staying with its owner. At The World Memorial Hall in Kobe, hometown hero and reigning WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa, 26-2 (10), crushed South African challenger Vusi Malinga, 18-3-1 (11), in the very first round. It…
Last night at Auditorio Centenario in Torreon, Mexico, former WBA and WBC Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares, 36-5-2 (15), tried his hand at bantamweight but was turned back by undefeated Colombian Nehomar Cermeno, 17-0 (10), by split decision for the Interim WBA title. On the undercard, unbeaten heavyweight David Rodriguez, 31-0 (29), flattened Manuel Alberto…
It was a great weekend of boxing Down Under but the most important results actually took place well before the week ever ended as there was a superb fight card this past Wednesday at The Cube in the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown. Local man Leonardo “Lenny Zappa” Zappavigna, 18-0 (13), solidified his status as the…
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute made his third successful title defense with a devastating fourth round TKO victory over Fulgencio Zuniga Friday night on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation from the Bell Centre in Montreal. The adopted hometown hero dominated from start to brutal finish, landing a powerful left hook to the body that…
The European Union Super Middleweight title changed hands on Sunday as Spanish southpaw Gabriel Campillo pulled off an upset of reigning champion Lolenga Mock at the Holmegaardsskolen in Kokkedal, Denmark. 30 year old Campillo, 17-2 (6), was coming off a narrow loss to European Champion Karo Murat by majority decision last September but the man…
Not a bad last couple of days in The States, and we kick off this report at Mile Hight Stadium in Denver, CO where on Saturday undefeated light welter Mike Alvarado, 25-0 (18), dramatically stopped the very tough Emmanuel Clottey, 24-9 (14), in the tenth and final round in an important bout. The undercard saw…
There were a few good cards this weekend in Australasia, with two decent shows Down Under and a bill in Japan. The action last night took place at Rugby Park in Gisborne, New Zealand as Auckland’s “Mountain Warrior”, Shane Cameron, saw off his second straight American opponent, stopping Robert Davis, 32-10 (20), in the 11th…
Last night at the Gimnasio Municipal Number 1 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, light welterweight Martin Antonio Coggi, 22-2-1 (12), retained his South American title for the first time with a second round KO of Brazil’s Juciel Lima Nascimento, 20-9-1 (14). Coggi had climbed to the top of the heap with a superb unanimous decision over…
Former world title challenger Sebastien “Double Trouble” Demers won his second bout in a row as he stopped fellow Quebecois middleweight Martin Berthiaume after five rounds of combat last night at The Casino in Montreal. Demers, 27-2 (10), won his second bout on the bounce following a shocking split decision loss to Dionisio Miranda last…
On a big show last night at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, light heavyweight Juergen Braehmer won the biggest fight of his career with a fifth round TKO of Rachid Kanfouah to capture the vacant European title. Stocky southpaw Braehmer, 32-2 (26), was coming off a failed bid to lift the WBO belt from Hugo Hernan…
© Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Last night at The Tank in San Jose, CA, light middlewight contender James Kirkland pulled off another impressive showing by outslugging Colombian power puncher Joel Julio, as the southpaw forced Julio to quit after six hard fought rounds. Kirkland started off the bout by going right after Julio, mounting…