Fight Results
Former light middleweight world champions Raul Marquez and Bronco McKart went at last night at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI in a back and forth battle at middleweight over ten exciting rounds between aging southpaws in the twilight of their careers. McKart tried to use his height and reach advantages to box…
© Tom Hogan In classic boxer vs. puncher clash, WBC Lightweight Champion Joel Casamayor came from behind last night at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, CA to stop WBO titlist Michael Katsidis in the tenth round. 36 year old Casamayor had started the bout on fire, decking Katsidis back to back twice in the very…
Saturday night saw Welshman Gavin Reesʽs first defence of his WBA World Light Welterweight title against Ukranian Andreas Kotelnik at Cardiff International Arena, Wales in a Sports Network promoted Fightnight. Kotelnik, based in Hamburg, Germany, entered the ring ahead of a relaxed Gavin ʽThe Rockʼ Rees. The undefeated Rees won the title from Souleymane MʽBaye…
Popular middleweight Matthew Macklin took on the still dangerous former IBF Light Middleweight Champion Yory Boy Campas last night on a Brian Peters promotion at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and the 25 year old Birmingham man walked away with a well deserved unanimous decision after ten solid rounds of action. Campas started the bout…
© Hoganphotos.com Last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, super featherweight Manny Pacquiao won the WBC title and completed his sweep of Mexico’s best lighter weight men with a close split decision victory over a very game Juan Manuel Marquez, who had climbed off the canvas four years ago to fight the Filipino…
Last night at Cicero Stadium in suburban Chicago, ex-IBF Lightweight Champion Javier Jauregui, 53-14-2 (36), won his second important bout in a row by pounding out a superb points win over fellow seasoned Mexican veteran Miguel Angel Huerta, 26-9-1 (18), to take the NABF title. Since losing the IBF crown to the late Leavander Johnson…
The Zenith Kulturhalle in Munich was the site of a good German card last night as Sinan Samil Sam, 30-4 (16), defended his WBC Mediterranean Heavyweight title with a second round stoppage of Yugoslav veteran Ratko Draskovic, 28-7-2 (16). Sam won his third in a row following a WBC heavyweight title eliminator loss to Oliver…
The Idraetshal in Odense saw a big Danish show last night with veteran Lolenga Mock, 28-11-1 (12), annexing the vacant European Union Super Middleweight title by posting a close split decision over Italy’s Mouhamed Ali Nidaye, 13-1 (8). Mock, born in Zaire but now residing in Aarhus, had held the title previously and is famous…
It was a big Friday night at the Kendron Wavell Service Club in the Brisbane suburb of Chermside with names such as Mick Shaw, Nathan Briggs, Chris McCullen and of course, Alex Leapai all on the victory roll. Leapai, 9-2-2 (7), retained the OPBF Heavyweight title with a solid unanimous decision win over Sydney’s Michael…
There was a good card at the world famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo last night with several high level bouts on tap. In the main event, 25 year old Yokohama man Ichitaro Ishii, 19-2-1 (16), won the Japanese Lightweight title on his second try, stopping Okinawa based Hiroshi Nakamori, 23-2-1 (14), in the second, halting…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “The Battle of Britain” At a packed O2 Arena in London in the early hours of Sunday morning – in excess of 17,000 fans eagerly awaited the much anticipated fight between England’s David ‘Haymaker’ Haye and Wales’s Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli. Billed as “The Battle…
**With Slideshow** © Martin Warr / dkp Last night in front of 7,000 fans at a packed Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico, Don King Productions put on a huge show headlined by WBC Heavyweight Champ Oleg Maskaev’s title defense against Interim Champ Samuel Peter and IBF Lightweight Champ Juan Diaz’s title defense against challenger…