Boxing Results

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Sergei Liakhovich was thirty seconds away from logging a successful defense of his WBO Heavyweight title when the much vaunted punching power of challenger Shannon Briggs turned the contest around sharply and left the champion floored outside of the ring, semi-conscious on a ringside …

Click for larger image © Ed Mulholland / Showtime Boxing In an upset last night at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, light welter Kendall Holt took Isaac Hlatshwayo to school, pulling away from the talented South African in the later rounds and dropping the visitor three times enroute …

Last night at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, ex-heavyweight world title challenger David Tua won his fourth straight contest since a managerial dispute kept him out of the ring for two years. Late replacement Maurice Wheeler managed to survive until the seventh round but was unable to hold …

It was a good evening of fights in England last night with British Super Feather Champion Carl “Ingemar” Johanneson turning back the spirited challenge of Femi Fehintola and ex-WBC Super Middle titlist Glenn Catley making a successful comeback after three years away. At the Metrodome in Barnsley, Johanneson, 25-2 (18), …

Last night at the historic York Hall in London, former British and Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Graham Earl of Luton had another of his trademark close calls in defeating Spanish based Argentine fighter Angel Hugo Ramirez by decision to annex the vacant WBU title and Essex phenom Kevin Mitchell captured the …

Last night at the Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, Kermit Cintron blasted his way to the vacant IBF Welterweight title by out slugging the game but outgunned Mark Suarez in five action packed rounds. It was bombs away from the very first round as both combatants let fly …

Last night at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio “Iron” Mike Tyson went four rounds with Corey “T-Rex” Sanders (not to be confused with former WBO Champion Corrie Sanders of South Africa), who wore the headgear, in what amounted to a spirited sparring session. Tyson did his part to entertain …

Matthew Hatton Controversially Disqualified In Last Round Of Winning Performance! Last night Fight Academy put on a cracking non-televised card at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield, England with cruiserweight veterans Buster Keaton and Lee Swaby vying for the British title that longtime beltholder Mark Hobson voluntarily gave up recently. …

Last night in Manchester, England Joe Calzaghe defended his WBO and IBF Super Middleweight titles in a bitterly contested brawl with challenger Sakio Bika. The Welshman couldn’t decide on what role he would play; when Calzaghe boxed, Bika had no answers to the fast handed southpaw who made him look …

Peter Manfredo, Jr. – (in ring after the fight) “I told everyone I was on a different level (than Spina). I never wanted to take this fight. I never wanted to hurt anybody from Rhode Island, but he kept running his mouth. He made his money, but he took the …

Joel Casamayor used his speed and crafty southpaw boxing skills to take a split decision victory and capture the WBC Lightweight title from Diego Corrales tonight at The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In actuality, Corrales had relinquished the title the day before on the scales …

Nickolai Valuev kept hold of his WBA Heavyweight title with a 11th round stoppage over challenger Monte Barrett at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on a Don King promotion. Early on Barrett kept in the fight with the enormous Valuev by basically flinging as many roundhouse shots as he could …