Last night at the Hotel Convencion in Madrid, Pablo “Hurricane” Navascues went to war with domestic archrival Miguel Angel Pena and came out ten rounds later with a split decision win, the Spanish Light Middleweight title and what is sure to be a lock on challenging for the European belt. …
Read More »Boxing Result: Mikkel Kessler Shuts Out Librado Andrade To Keep WBC/WBA Titles
Last night in front of 20,000 people at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, WBC/WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler won every round enroute to posting a wide points decision victory over hard nosed Librado Andrade. From the start it was clear that Andrade didn’t come to Copenhagen to deliver anything …
Read More »Boxing Result: Carl Froch – Sergey Tatevosyan
Last night in front of a packed house of hometown fans at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, super middleweight Carl “The Cobra” Froch put a quick end to the challenge of Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan, blasting out the import at 2:54 of the second round. British and Commonwealth Champion …
Read More »Juan Manuel Marquez Wins Mexican Boxing Battle Against Marco Antonio Barrera On HBO
Cagey Marco Antonio Barrera vowed that his showdown with Juan Manuel Marquez would see him return to his former all-action slugging style but the Mexico City based WBC Super Featherweight Champion instead employed a boxing approach. But as the fight wore on, Barrera couldn’t maintain the advantage against his longtime …
Read More »Boxing Legend Evander Holyfield Stops Vinny Maddalone In Three
Former world title challenger Calvin Brock Wins On Undercard Multi occasioned world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield continued his improbable comeback last night with an impressive performance at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX. Standing in the way of “The Real Deal” was New York journeyman Vinny Maddalone who …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Sidorenko Keeps WBA Belt, Krasniqi Defeats Minto
There was a big bill last night at the Hans Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, with the main event seeing Wladimir Sidorenko keeping his WBA Bantamweight crown with another draw against Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba in front of 7,000 fans. Additionally, former European Heavyweight Champion Luan Krasniqi ended Brian Minto’s nine …
Read More »Boxing In France: Jean Mormeck Gets Revenge Against O’Neil Bell
In a huge cruiserweight showdown, Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck turned the tables on bitter rival O’Neil Bell and beat the American visitor on all three ringside scorecards to once again become the WBC and WBA World Champion in front of 4,000 fans tonight at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan …
Read More »Boxing Irishman John Duddy Belts Out A Win Against Anthony Bonsante
Click for larger image © Ed Mulholland / Irish Ropes At the Theater of Madison Square Garden last night in New York, budding star John Duddy proved to be the better man last night after going to war with ex-Contender contestant Anthony Bonsante and coming off with a ninth round …
Read More »British Champion Jon Thaxton Defeats Scott Lawton On Hennessy Boxing Card
Esham Pickering Regains British Super Bantam Title With Win Over Marc Callaghan Last night in front of a thrilled hometown audience at the Showground in Norwich, England, British Lightweight Champion Jon “Jono” Thaxton retained his belt with a shattering seventh round stoppage of Stoke man Scott Lawton. The taller Lawton …
Read More »Boxing Result: Celestino Caballero Retains WBA Title Against Ricardo Castillo
Last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, FL Celestino Caballero of Panama successfully defended his WBA Super Bantamweight title for the first time, outslugging former Mexican champion Ricardo Castillo in a ninth round stoppage victory. 5 foot 11 inch tall Caballero towered over the 5 foot 5 …
Read More »Boxing Result: Eric Aiken And Cruz Carbajal Battle To A Standstill
In a clash of former world champions, Eric Aiken and Cruz Carbajal went 10 rounds last night at Rockingham Park in Salem, NH and when the dust finally settled the two featherweights proved inseparable on the scorecards. In a seesaw battle that featured many positive moments for both combatants, Carbajal’s …
Read More »Boxing Result: Leva Kirakosyan Wins European Super Feather Belt
Well traveled Russian spoiler Leva Kirakosyan pulled off yet another upset on Saturday night by stopping hometown hero Antonio Joao Bento in the third round and annexing the European Super Featherweight title, recently given up by Alex Arthur, as a result. Kirakosyan came into the bout riding a ten bout …
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