Fight Results
Chris Byrd is still the IBF heavyweight champion of the world after taking a split decision from Jameel McCline tonight in Madison Square Gardens, New York. McCline dominated the early action and even managed to deck Byrd in round two, but it was not long until McCline’s huge weight advantage started to tell against him…
Hasim Rahman wanted to steal the show at Madison Square Gardens. While it is too early to decide whether or not he has done so, you have to give him considerable credit for the beating he just gave New Zealand’s Kali Meehan. Meehan absorbed a frightful beating with Rahman landing over fifty percent of his…
Heavyweight contender Davarryl ‘Touch of Sleep’ Williamson advanced his career one step further towards a title shot tonight at Madison Square Garden by out-pointing former WBC champion Oliver ‘Atomic Bull’ McCall over ten rounds. The actual scorecards did not tell of much of a discrepancy between the fighters as McCall lost the decision by two…
Everyone knew the result that might come to pass even before the fight, everyone but Evander Holyfield that is. When Holyfield was in his prime, a fighter at the level of Larry Donald would not have been able to live with him any day of the week. But in 2004, Evander Holyfield is a shot…
Sports Networks British welterweight king David Barnes defied the bookmakers and won his Lonsdale belt outright tonight with a classy display and sixth round stoppage of domestic rival James Hare. In a tense and partisan arena, Barnes stepped up to the plate and took the initaitive from the opening bell but Click for larger image©…
David Barnes vs James Hare Click for larger images David Barnes remained unbeaten by knocking out James Hare in six rounds. Barnes is the British welterweight champion.
Burgeoning heavyweight contender Yanqui Diaz squeezed his way past former contender Vaughn Bean on Friday night via a split decision win. The fight did not increase Diaz’s stock in the boxing world but Bean’s is a solid enough name to add to the record of an up and coming fighter who has had a busy…
Danish super middleweight Mikkel Kessler’s coming out party was completed tonight in his native Denmark as he punished former champion Manny Siaca. At only twenty-five years of age, Kessler becomes the WBA champion in an impressive performance that forced the more seasoned Siaca to stay on his stool after the seventh round. Kessler’s name should…
Friday, November the twelfth at the Wembley conference centre in London, England. Junior Witter retained his British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight titles when he stopped Poland’s Krzysztof Bienias in two rounds. Francis Barrett won a unanimous points decision against Alan Bosworth. David Walker stopped Danny Moir in five rounds. Daniel Cadman took a six…
Friday night, the twelfth of November at the North Bridge leisure centre in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. David Barnes remained unbeaten by knocking out James Hare in six rounds. Barnes is the British welterweight champion. Thomas McDonagh remained the undefeated WBU International light middleweight champion by winning a unanimous points decision over Darren Rhodes. Matthew…
Iranian born Mahyar Monshipour retained his WBA super bantamweight title in France tonight by stopping Thailand’s Yoddamrong Sithyodthong in six rounds. Monshipour is twenty-nine years old and this latest win brings his professional record to 26-2-2 with seventeen stoppages to his credit. A former European champion, Monshipour has now retained his world championship for the…
IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu deceived all expectations that he would be ring rusty after almost two years out of the ring by thoroughly dominating his closest rival in the light welterweight division. Despite being extremely active and carrying a great deal of momentum into the match, Sharmba Mitchell could not make a dent…