Fight Results
We kick off this brief Friday night report in America where there was an IBO Featherweight crown at stake at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT. Reigning champion Thomas “The Rock” Mashaba came into the clash on the strength of ten straight victories, nine of which were for either the IBO belts at 126 and 122…
Buckle up ‘cos we’re off on a massive two day trip around the world in this special weekend round-up! We’ll start on Saturday in and kick things off at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania where it was a battle royale to see just who would walk away with middleweight bragging rights of this…
Last night saw the rematch between Kevin McIntyre and Kevin Anderson for the British Welterweight title. The much anticipated fight was promoted by Tommy Gilmour and hosted at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. This was to be McIntyre’s first defence of his title against the man he won it from! Anderson lost to McIntyre by unanimous…
For many it was a foregone conclusion that IBF Super Middle Champ Lucian Bute would win his maiden title defense last night at the Bell Centre in Montreal but few expected crafty old William Joppy to make it as far as he did before being stopped at 1:08 of the tenth frame. At 28 years…
Click for larger image © Daisy Rosas / For Showtime Boxing Robert “The Ghost†Guerrero produced perhaps the finest performance of his career Friday when he successfully defended his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title with an exciting eighth-round knockout over Jason “The American Boy’’ Litzau in a thrilling one-sided war in the main event…
Last night at The Enterainment Centre in Sydney, Australia, WBA Super Middleweight Champ Anthony Mundine was pushed very hard in a twelve round title defense by former Australian, IBF Pan Pacific and OPBF Light Middle titlist Nader Hamdan before pulling out the unanimous decision win. Hamdan, 40-6 (18), spent the early part of the bout…
By Per Ake Persson Ukrainian light heavy Yuri Barashian won the European title with an eighth round stoppage of Thomas Ulrich, the defending champion. Ulrich was hurt by a bodydshot late in fifth, floored three times in the seventh from the very same southpaw left hooks to the liver region.
Last night at New York’s hallowed Madison Square Garden, IBF Heavyweight Champ Wladimir Klitschko put in a cautious performance but still managed to completely outclass WBO beltholder Sultan Ibragimov over twelve rounds in the first heavyweight unification contest in nine years. Possessing every possible physical advantage in this pairing, the IBF boss held his quick-footed…
In a Hennessy Sports promoted fight night at the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, Friday night, reigning champion, “Dazzling” Darren Barker faced Steve Bendall for the Commonwealth Middleweight title. Undefeated Barker was looking to successfully defend his belt against the older, more experienced Bendall. But having suffered shoulder injuries and cuts, former English…
We start this week’s Saturday night round-up at the Brandberge Arena in Halle an der Saale, Germany where European Light Heavyweight Champion Thomas Ulrich was shockingly knocked out by Ukrainian southpaw Yuri Barashian in the eighth round. Barashian, 25-3 (17), had been fed a steady diet of largely record building opposition since losing an IBF…
Lots went in last night that we aren’t already reporting on here at SaddoBoxing so with no further ado, we hit the continent of Australia where at the Mansfield Tavern in the Brisbane suburbs, Mick “Pony” Shaw, 24-8-2 (7), was held to a draw by unheralded Ipswitch welterweight, Jason Kanofski, 4-1-3 (1). 22 year old…
In a battle of ex-heavyweight champions looking for another crack at world honors, former WBA titlist Nikolay Valuev won that organization’s official eliminator by outfighting past WBO beltholder Serguei Lyakhovich over twelve rounds at Neurmberg Arena in Nuremberg, Germany. At 7 feet tall and weighing 321 pounds, Valuev proved simply too big for Lyakhovich to…