Fight Results
Peter Manfredo made a succsessful comeback last night at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI as the “Pride of Providence” proved too much for opponent Ted Muller, stopping the Illinois man at 1:19 of round nine. Manfredo moves to 24-7 (13) while Muller drops to 19-11-2 (9). In other action on the bill,…
On Wednesday night at Studio Mel’s in Montreal, WBC International titlist Adrian “The Shark” Diaconu made short work of Rico Hoye, shattering the former world title challenger in less than three vicious rounds. Six inches shorter than Hoye at 5 foot 9, Romanian native Diaconu was able to penetrate his opponent’s defenses and work his…
Much was made of the fact that Hennessy Sports prospects John Murray and John O’Donnell were going to fight on the undercard of what turned out to be Floyd Mayweather’s victory over Oscar De La Hoya last night at the MGM in Las Vegas. And rightly so; these were very high profile slots on the…
At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night, Floyd Mayweather ended months of speculation by delivering on his pre-fight promises and handing Oscar De La Hoya the Golden Boy’s fifth career loss by way of split decision, 116-112, 115-113 and 113-115. With the victory, Mayweather wins a world title in his fifth weight division…
In a classic night of rematches in Oberhausen, Germany, both Felix Sturm and Stipe Drews delivered in spades to defeat men they had previously been mastered by and won WBA world titles in the process. Sturm, 27-2 (12), of Hamburg, Germany was widely expected to defend his middleweight crown last year against aging former WBC…
There were two 12 round WBO title fights last night at Coliseo Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia and when the smoke finally cleared, both reigning champions held onto their belts. Longtime WBO Minimumweight king Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon, one of Puerto Rico’s most decorated active professional fighters, was involved in an absolute smoker against…
Last night at Lords Sports Club in Perth, Australia, light middleweight Daniel Dawson regained the PABA Light Middleweight title with a stirring fifth round knockout of visitor Lee Oti. “The Rock” solidified his postition as one of the top men in Oz at 69.9 kg (154 lb) with the pounding of hard punching Oti, 7-6…
Belarussian slugger Yuri Romanov retained his European Lightweight title last night with a third round knockout of former European Super Feather Champion Tontcho Tonchev last night at the Palace of Sport in Minsk, Belarus. Romanov, 19-2 (13), overcame the long experience of Tontchev, 37-5 (21), to shatter the Bulgarian veteran’s composure with powerful blows that…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night in the “ShoBox” main event on Showtime, WBO No-1 ranked junior welterweight contender Kendall Holt out boxed WBO No. 2 Mike Arnaoutis, at Bally’s Atlantic City. Holt won a unanimous 12-round decision. Two judges scored the WBO title elimination bout 118-109. The other…
Boxing came to the Western Cape in a very big way last night as local man Mzonke Fana overcame last year’s disappointment against Marco Antonio Barrera to upset reigning IBF Super Featherweight Champion Malcolm Klassen by split decision at Oliver Tambo Sports Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. This was a battle royale between…
It was prospect night on Friday evening’s 8 Count/Golden Boy shared bill from Cicero Stadium in Chicago with heavyweight Otis Griffin and bantamweight Abner Mares coming through victorious in WBO NABO title contests. Featherweight Johnathon Oquendo was not so lucky as the previously undefeated man from Bayamon, Puerto Rico was disqualified in the sixth round…
Last night’s homecoming for Bahamian native Sherman “The Caribbean Tank” Williams may not have lasted very long but it certainly was successful as Williams registered his eighth consecutive victory via a first-round knockout of Wade Lewis in a scheduled 10-round bout in Nassau.