Fight Results
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Germany’s Arthur Abraham made a spectacular American debut last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida as the IBF Middleweight Champion ruthlessly belted out arch-rival Edison Miranda in the fourth round during a non-title rematch at 166 pounds.
Just three years and a half years since turning professional, Florida welterweight Andre Berto won the prestigious WBC title belt last night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN but thoroughly outclassing opponent Miguel Angel Rodriguez on the way to banging out a seventh round TKO. From the first bell, the 24 year old Berto…
Showing no ill effects from his only career loss to date against Joe Calzaghe last November, super middleweight Mikkell Kessler turned in a good performance in front of a hometown crowd by stopping opponent Dimitri Sartison in the 12th and final round to annex the vacant WBA title last night at Bronby Hallen in Copenhagen,…
© Jan Sanders /Goossen Tutor Promotions Last night at the Royal Watler Cruise Terminal In the Cayman Islands, heavyweight Eddie Chambers, 31-1 (17), bounced back from an IBF Eliminator loss to Alexander Povetkin in January by bouncing out opponent Raphael Butler, 31-5 (24), in the sixth round to retain the USBA crown. Super middle Andre…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Sunday, at the Sutton Sports Centre in St. Helens, Merseyside, England – Steve Woods / VIP Boxing hosted another great afternoon of boxing action! Blackpool boxer Brian Rose was victorious – scoring a clear points win over Belgium’s Kobe Vandekerkhove in a six round light middleweight contest. Roses’s trainer,…
Highly touted Sheffield stylist Kell Brook, 17-0 (10), won the biggest fight of his career last night by stopping Welsh southpaw Barrie Jones, 15-2 (7), in the seventh round to win the vacant British Welterweight title at London’s historic York Hall. 22 year old Brook has been dazzling audiences since turning pro four years ago…
Lots of action south of the border this weekend and we start with a big show at Palacios de los Desportes in Mexico City where Edgar Sosa retained his WBC Light Flyweight title for the fifth time by stopping southpaw Takashi Kunishige in the eighth round on Saturday night. Kunishige, 18-3-1 (2), came into the…
After a massive media buildup, the “Finally” PPV bill at the Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, NM was fought last night amid great fanfare for Women’s Boxing. In the main event, IFBA Light Middleweight Champ Holly Holm, 22-1-2 (6), proved just too big and skilled for challenger Mary Joe Sanders, 25-1 (8), as Holm won nearly…
A superb clash of light heavyweight champions took place last night at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, England as British titlist Tony Oakey and Commonwealth king Dean Francis went at it tooth and nail on a Frank Maloney promotion. Francis dominated the first round as he picked off the always come-forward Oakey but the local…
WBA Super Feather kingpin Edwin Valero and WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa were in action at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo on Thursday night and both retained their titles. Valero, 24-0 (24), kept his magnificent knockout streak alive with a seventh round pasting of former Japanese Lightweight titlist Takehiro Shimada, 22-4-1 (15). Shimada used his…
Last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, Kelly Pavlik extended his domination over the middleweight division as the lanky Ohio man stopped the challenge of Wales’ Gary Lockett in the third round to keep possession of his WBC and WBO titles. The come forward aggression of Pavik proved too much for his challenger from across…
There were a few surprises last night at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT as Sergio Mora graduated to the big time with a stunning upset of heavily favored Vernon Forrest to capture the WBC Light Middleweight title. Reigning champion Forrest has disregarded the challenge posed by the former Contender TV series winner Mora…