Boxing Results

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Three of boxing’s biggest and most important players notched impressive victories on the final Showtime Championship Boxing telecast of 2007. Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, Vernon “The Viper” Forrest and “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire each scored TKO victories before an …

Last night, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, Ian Napa outboxed and outfoxed a hardworking Martin Power to retain his British Bantamweight title. Despite being six inches shorter than his opponent, and having a four inch reach deficit, “Dappa” Napa used a style practiced to negate Power’s advantage, forcing …

Click for larger image © Dwight McCann Two fights. Five knockdowns. Four minutes and 15 seconds of heart-pounding action. In arguably the most thrilling telecast in the six-year history of “ShoBox,” James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo each scored first-round TKOs in separate bouts Friday on SHOWTIME.

Father time finally caught up with heavily decorated two weight world champion Virgil Hill as the 43 year old was outperformed by challenger Firat Arslan, losing the WBA Cruiserweight title by a wide points verdict at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany. 37 year old Arslan, a former longtime sparring partner …

Last night in Veracruz, Mexico, WBA Light Flyweight Champion Edgar Sosa retained his crown with a fourth round stoppage over challenger Roberto Carlos Leyva at Estadio Beto Avila. The bout started off slow but by the second frame, Sosa had finished studying and began fighting Leyva, pushing the faded former …

By Per Ake Persson WBO Intercontinental Heavyweight champ Aleksander Dimitrenko stopped German challenger Timo Hoffmann this weekend in the twelfth and final round of a brutal, exciting and controversial fight that headlined this Universum promotion.

Click for larger image © Sumio Yamada / Sycuan Ringside Promotions WBO junior lightweight champion Joan Guzman out-boxed, out-slicked and out-worked challenger Humberto Soto en route to winning a 12-round unanimous decision, Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Borgata Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. on the acclaimed HBO series “Boxing After …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Two previously undefeated fighters were handed their first loss on Friday night in paradise. In the main event, hard-hitting heavyweight Joey Abell (18-1, 1 NC, 17 KOs) of Minneapolis, won a 10-round majority decision over previously undefeated Teke Oruh (14-1-1, …

By Jane Warburton and Rhun Leeding Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing A Sky Sports televised Wednesday night bill from the characterful York Hall in Bethnal Green, London saw two title bouts which could easily have graced a Friday night show, with plenty of action and …

WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto win the biggest fight of his career on Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden, retaining his title with a close unanimous decision over three weight world champion Shane Mosley. Cotto showed Mosley early on that it would take more than an edge in …

At the Casino in Montreal, Quebec, local undefeated prospect Olivier Lontchi notched the biggest win of his career to date by handily outpointing former WBO Bantamweight Champion Cruz Carbajal to cage the vacant WBO NABO and NABA Super Bantam titles. Lontchi, 14-0-1 (6), took a big step up in competition …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a noisy excited atmosphere tonight at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois, France as French and British fans came together to witness the much-anticipated clash between WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck of France and David “Hayemaker” Haye …