Fight Results
Five and a half years ago Wladimir Klitschko pounded Chris Byrd from pillar to post for twelve long rounds and took the American’s WBO Heavyweight title. Last night in Mannheim, Germany the towering Ukrainian again forced a heavy beating upon the much smaller man and took Byrd’s world title, this time the IBF, but managed…
It was a torrid evening between the ropes last night as there were several fightcards of importance taking place. The most important show took place on a DiBella Entertainment promotion at Manhattan Center in New York with South African bantamweight Silence Mabuza posting a unanimous decision over the tough as nails ex-NABF titlist Ricardo Vargas….
This time last year Kermit Cintron was the welterweight division’s top prospect. Hailed as an unstoppable wrecking machine, he was tipped to be the next Felix Trinidad or “Hitman” Hearns. Set to fight for the WBO belt on the big Shane Mosely card in Vegas, Cintron was expected by many to beat Antonio Margarito and…
DaVarryl “Touch of Sleep†Williamson (22-4, 18) will return to the ring on Saturday, May 6, 2006 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts versus “Magnificent†Mike Mollo (15-0, 9) as part of the Don King promoted card featuring Jose Antonio Rivera vs. Alejandro Garcia to be broadcast by SHOWTIME. Williamson is returning the ring…
Last night on a Goosen – Tutor card from the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, two heavyweight boxers saw their career trajectories cross paths. Ex-hot prospect Dominick Guinn climbed back into serious contender status by sending former promising British Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison further into the tailspin started by fellow Englishman Danny…
Welterweight Frederic Klose led the way at the Parc des Expositions in Reims, France last night, regaining the European title with a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over Antonio Lauri. Frenchman Klose lost the title last May to Oktay Urkal but was able to turn away the Italian Lauri by scores of 117-111, 116-114…
Undefeated welter Paul “The Punisher” Williams was in fine form last night at the Tai Chi Palace in Lemoore, California as the lanky puncher destroyed knockout artist Sergio Rios in just two rounds of action on a Goosen-Tutor promotion. Southpaw Williams, now perfect in twenty-nine contests, used his tremendous reach to keep Rios at the…
Full Ringside Report To Follow! The all out war that many envisioned would take place between Zab Judah and Floyd Mayweather never quite happened last night at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. In what had been a close fight as late as the middle rounds became more and more one sided with…
Haskins Leads Way On Big Bristol Boxing Show: Commonwealth Flyweight Champion Lee Haskins capped off a superb Sanigar Promotions bill in Bristol, England with a points win over ex-IBO Champion Zolile Mbityi to make the first defense of his title. British and Commonwealth Middleweight Champion Scott Dann held off Belarus spoiler Yuri Tsarenko in an…
Maloney Promotions are sorry to announce that the 5th of May contest between Jamie Moore and Matthew Macklin for the British light-middleweight title has had to be called off. Jamie Moore has been suffering with a re-occurance of an old injury, a shoulder problem that has kept him from working or punching in the gym.
Thompson Boxing Promotions is establishing a reputation for putting on excellent boxing shows and the March 31 card at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California was no exception. The Main Event was for the WBC Youth Welterweight Championship and it featured two very talented and unbeaten fighters but there was also sparkling action on the…
Don’t Miss Stefan Christou’s Upcoming Full Ringside Report And Giant Photo Gallery! Ex-European Super Featherweight Titlist Tontcho Tontchev came roaring back to life this afternoon at London’s historic York Hall, knocking out Welshman “Dynamite” Dean Phillips in the first frame of their scheduled eight round lightweight affair on a Maloney Promotions bill. This was supposed…