Fight Results
Last night at the Istora Bung Karno Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia, WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John kept his title when Panama’s Roinet Caballero could not answer the bell for the eighth round. Afterward, John resumed his campaign to lure Manny Pacquiao into the ring. Round one: John coming forward behind the jab, but Caballero moving…
Eastern European domination of boxing’s glamor division continued last night as Russia’s Alexander Povetkin officially became the top up and coming heavyweight in the world with a twelve round handling of America’s best hope, “Fast” Eddie Chambers. In front of 3,500 fans in the packed state of the art Tempodrom Arena in downtown Berlin, the…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Colin Lynes of Hornchurch made the first defence of his European Light Welterweight title against Finnish boxer Juho Tolppola at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Essex, England last night. It was a packed venue for the Barry Hearn (Matchroom Sports) promoted fight night. Family…
“Don King and Bob Arum tried to bring Boxing here,: said Sal Musumeci President and CEO of Final Forum Boxing, “Not only did we bring it here we leave here with a new champion with his eyes set on one of the World Champions!” Musumeci was on cloud nine following the lopsided Unanimous Decision scored…
Last night, Madison Square Garden was the scene of a massive Don King Productions bill headlined by a ten round clash between former multi-weight world champions Roy Jones Jr., and Felix Trinidad at light heavyweight. Despite being the naturally smaller man, Trinidad largely went forward during the bout in an attempt to put pressure on…
Red hot super bantamweight Steve Molitor retained his IBF title with a superb 12 rounds points verdict against challenger Ricardo Castillo last night at the Casino in Rama, Ontario. A former Mexican champion and ex-WBA title challenger from Mexicali, Castillo used his strength advantage to put Molitor on the back foot but could never pin…
Last night at the Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ruslan Chagaev made the first defense of his WBA Heavyweight title by outpointing Commonwealth champion Matt Skelton over twelve rounds. But Chagaev, 24-0-1 (17), certainly didn’t have it easy as the bull-like Skelton first used his underrated boxing skills before beginning to exert his more familiar…
The sport of kings is slowly waking up from it’s post-holiday slumber and while things get back to normal this evening, there were a few important bouts that took place across the globe last night. We get the ball rolling at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-On-Trent, England where British Super Bantam ruler Esham Pickering,…
At the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, European Welterweight Champion Jackson “Sugar The Ball Brains” Osei Bonsu retained his belt with a twelve round decision over French titlist Brice Faradji, via scores of 118-109, 116-111 and 115-113. Bonsu, 27-1 (23), has the reputation as one of the biggest pound for pound punchers in the game…
Boxing is still in a post-holiday slump this weekend but there were a few good matchups last night in America with a lot of ladies lacing ’em up along with an important show in Florida. At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the sunshine state, ex-IBF Middleweight title challenger Edison Miranda, 30-2 (26),…
At the Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Japan earlier today, the WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champions kept their titles against stern opposition. WBC kingpin Hozumi Hasegawa turned back the aspirations of European Champion Simone Maludrottu by unanimous decision while WBA ruler Wladimir Sidorenko did the same against challenger Nobutu Ikehara. Southpaw Hasegawa, 23-2 (7), defended his…
It wasn’t the busiest weekend of the new year in The Sport of Kings but there was a bit of action across the globe aside from the big fights that we’ve already covered on the site and this week, we’ll tackle the task alphabetically! In Argentina on Saturday, the top super middle in the country…