In a classic bout that lived up to it’s billing, Ruslan Provodnikov won the WBO junior welterweight championship when Mike Alvarado did not continue after round ten of a scheduled twelve round bout at the before 7.012 fans at a soldout 1stBank Arena in Denver, CO. The two slugged it …
Read More »Carl Frampton Bashes Up Jeremy Parodi In Belfast
Belfast’s burgeoning boxing hero Carl Frampton lit up that city’s Odyssey Arena last night by wiping out visiting Frenchman Jeremy Parodi in front of almost 9,000 adoring fans. At stake were Frampton’s European and IBF Intercontinental super bantam belts, but the real prize for the winner is a shot at …
Read More »Alejandro Luna Stays Undefeated With Attah Stoppage
Last night at the Pico Rivera Arena in Whittier California, Gary Shaw Productions, in association with La Noria Entertainment, presented a fun, exciting night of boxing. In the 10-round main event, fan favorite Alejandro Luna (16-0, 12 KOs) won by way of TKO after his opponent Daniel Attah (28-17-1, 11 …
Read More »Iain Butcher Vs Gabor Molnar
At Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell, Scotland, on Friday night (11 October 2013) – Prospect Boxing Promotions hosted a show which headlined the vacant WBO European Flyweight Title contest between Iain Butcher of Jerviston, Motherwell and Gabor Molnar of Hungary. Molnar was on the canvas and counted at the end …
Read More »Controversy Again As Bradley Defeats Marquez
Controversy continues to dog the WBO welterweight title reign of Timothy Bradley as the Californian edged out Mexican hero Juan Manuel Marquez last night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Bradley, 31-0 (12), who won the belt by split decision against Manny Pacquiao last year and narrowly …
Read More »UK Weekend Roundup
On Friday, Rotherham’s Navid Mansouri retained his English Light Middleweight Title on a Technical Draw. A clash of heads in round one caused a nasty cut to the corner of opponent Matthew Mallin’s right eye and the fight was halted. The Dave Coldwell promoted fight-night featured nine contests in total. …
Read More »Scott Quigg Vs Yoandris Salinas Boxing Results
Matchrooms’ Eddie Hearn hosted another great night of boxing on Saturday night – this time at the O2 Arena, London, which featured four title bouts. Scott Quigg of Bury retained his WBA World Super-Bantamweight Title scoring a Majority Draw against Cuban-born Yoandris Salinas of Miami, Florida. The Judges saw it …
Read More »Alexander Povetkin Vs Wladimir Klitschko Boxing Results
In Moscow last night, Ukrainian Heavyweight – Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his WBA, IBF and WBO Heavyweight Titles scoring a Unanimous Points victory over Alexander Povetkin of Russia. Povetkin’s tactic seemed to be to launch himself at the torso of the Champion like a bull at a gate (!) with …
Read More »Canadian Fighters On Top In Montreal “Superman” Card
This past weekend in Montreal, Canada, Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, (22 wins, 1 loss and 19 knockouts) defeated Tavoris Cloud in his first WBC Light Heavyweight title defence. This overpowering victory was broadcasted by HBO, who seem to have found in Stevenson a marquee name that they can promote. Even if …
Read More »UK Weekend Roundup
The big news this week has obviously been about the cancelled David Haye v Tyson Fury fight scheduled for this coming Saturday in Manchester. Haye sustained a nasty cut above the left eyebrow in sparring on Friday night. Rumours are rife as to whether the fight will be rescheduled or …
Read More »“Del Boy” Dereck Chisora Leads The Way On Big UK Fight Card
Just a year ago today London based heavyweight Dereck Chisora had lost four of his previous five bouts, including three straight, the last of which was a shattering knockout at the hands of ex-WBA champion David Haye. But this past Saturday night saw the 29 year old “Del Boy”, 18-4 …
Read More »Mayweather Hands Out A Drubbing Of Outclassed Alvarez
As Saturday night turned into Sunday morning, somewhere high above the Nevada desert came the distant wail of millions of people who shelled out for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez pay-per-view telecast on the misguided assumption that it would be a competitive affair. Perhaps they were smoking the …
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