Boxing Results

Undefeated junior middleweight James “Mandingo Warrior” Kirkland and unbeaten junior welterweight Timothy “Desert Storm’’ Bradley each answered an important question during their decisive victories Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation ”: Southpaw Kirkland (18-0, 16 KOs) showed he could go past four rounds; Bradley (18-0, 10 KOs) proved he may …

Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, Top Rank put on a show that saw headliners Ulises Solis and Will Grigsby reprise their IBF Light Flyweight title contest from just over a year ago. Try as he might, …

Light middleweight prospect Gary “Hot Stuff” Woolcombe suffered his first loss as a professional last night at the hands of the awkward and deceptively good Andrew ‘Smiley’ Facey. Woolcombe, who fell to 22-1 (7), attempted to press the action throughout but was rendered more or less ineffective by his crafty …

Last night, former Commonwealth and British Champion Michael “The Destiny” Jones challenged European Light Middleweight Champion Michele Piccirillo at the Palalido in Milan, Italy. This was the Italian’s second defence of his title but the taller Jones, from Liverpool, England was in confident mood as he entered the ring wearing …

Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton reclaimed the IBF Light Welterweight crown last night at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas and added the IBO belt in the process by outboxing reigning titlist Juan Urango over twelve bruising rounds. Also, ex-world lightweight champion Jose …

Massive WBA Heavyweight Champion Nickolai Valuev of Russia retained his belt last night at St. Jakob Halle in Basel, Switzerland, engaging challenger Jameel McCline for three rounds until the American collapsed, suffering from torn ligaments in a knee. After a feeling out period in the first, Valuev was starting to …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Looking more and more like a genuine contender than a prospect, undefeated southpaw Juan Manuel Lopez scored an impressive, one-sided sixth-round TKO over Cuauhtemoc Vargas in Friday’s main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” The co-feature between Victor Ortiz and …

Samuel Peter Wins Impressively In Florida Despite being lost amongst the clamor of the controversial first bout, Samuel Peter and James Toney’s rematch was a highly anticipated affair. In the first contest, both rotund combatants dug deep into the inner depths of their soul and put on display a vivid …

In the co-featured bout to Sam Peter vs. James Toney 2 last night in Florida, ex-WBA Light Middleweight Champion Travis Simms got a stoppage win over the reigning WBA Champion, the very tough Jose Antonio Rivera. The bout must have seemed like the third ring of hell for the champion. …

There were three fight cards of note last night in America, so let’s get to it. The top fight taking place was the final bout of the Showtime super middle tournament between prospects Anthony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS. At stake was …

WBA Super Feather King Smokes Another Pug, Calls Out Pacquiao Heavy handed WBA 130 lb Champion Edwin Valero added another notch to his belt last night as the Venezuelan crushed challenger Michael Lozado in just a single round at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. The buzz around Valero, 21-0 (21), …

In front of 12,000 screaming fans in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, WBO Super Feather Champion Joan Guzman retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision win over challenger Antonio Davis on Monday night. The result was never in doubt as Davis was clearly out of his depth, having never …