Fight Results
Click for larger image © Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Promotions No. 1 contender Paul Williams captured the WBO welterweight title with a 12 round unanimous decision over champion Antonio Margarito before a sold out crowd of 8,023 Saturday at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The event was presented by Goossen Tutor Promotions…
It was the end of an era last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City as ex-two weight world champion Arturo Gatti was beaten over seven rounds by former Contender star Alfonso Gomez at welterweight. Also on the bill, Kermit Cintron defended his IBF Welterweight title by belting out Argentine puncher Walter Dario Matthysse within…
It was a stacked undercard last night at London’s O2 Arena in support of the Luevano – Cook main event. The chief bout saw British Golden Boy Amir Khan challenging Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Willie Limond in the first step up fight of the former Olympic Silver Medallist’s two year pro career. In keeping with the…
On one the biggest cards of boxing in the UK this year, American visitor Steven Luevano led the way with a dominating performance over local man and former European, British and Commonwealth Champion Nicky Cook to annex the vacant WBO Featherweight title at the O2 Arena in London. Right from the start, Cook has trouble…
Canada’s top fighter was in action last night as Steve Molitor retained his IBF Super Bantam crown with an impressive ninth round stoppage of IBO titlist Takalani Ndlovu in front of 5,000 fans at Casino Rama in Orilla, Canada. Ndlovu made the trip from his native South Africa full of world title ambitions but with…
It was a big night at the fights last evening at the Auditorio Centario in Gomez Palacio, Mexico with one world title fight and two world title eliminators taking place. Headlining the show was hometown hero and WBC Super Fly Champion Cristian Mijares, who battled Japanese visitor Teppei Kikui in a scheduled twelve round title…
Three years ago in London, heavy punching Armenian super featherweight Leva Kirakosyan stopped Carl Johanneson in the very first frame of a scheduled ten round bout. Last night on a Frank Maloney promotion at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, Kirakosyan, now the European champ, battered Johanneson thoroughly, dropping the Leeds based British titlist three times…
IBF/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko put on a masterclass last night at the Kolnarena in Koln, Germany, avenging a 2004 loss to Lamon Brewster with breathtaking efficiency, forcing the American’s corner to throw in the towel at the close of the sixth round. Unlike three years ago, Klitschko didn’t run out of energy this time…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Forget the date. Forget the odds. There was nothing “lucky†about what transpired Saturday on SHOWTIME. Nor was there anything “fluky.’’ New world champions Joachim “Tia-Joa’’ Alcine (World Boxing Association super welterweight) and Nonito “The Filipino Flash’’ Donaire (International Boxing Federation/International Boxing Organization flyweight) did…
It was 3 out of 3 for Manchester trainer Bobby Rimmer last weekend as his three fighters all won within three rounds in their contests. On June 24, at the Robin Park Arena, Wigan, tough Mancunian Michael Gomez successfully defeated Yousseff Al Hamidi of Dewsbury (originally Syria) in three exciting rounds of boxing. Click for…
Two aging warriors put their boxing futures at risk in a do or die slugfest in front of 6,000 fans last night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, TX, and after ten rounds, Evander Holyfield stood in the winner’s circle for the 42nd time over the course of a 22 year career. Opponent…
The Universum house fighters were all victorious last night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany with headliner Felix Sturm retaining his WBA Middleweight crown with a twelve round points decision over the far less experienced Uruguayan import Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba. Alcoba fought like a man who was well aware of the difficulty that…