OneSongchai TigerGroup put on a night of fights at Bangla Stadium, Kratu district in Phuket Province on Friday. In the main event, rising star Bualuang Sor Singyu defended his WBC Asian Boxing Council bantamweight title against Indonesian challenger Arief Blader by unanimous decision.
Read More »Trout Shocks Faded Cotto, Retains WBA Title Strap
Photo Credit: Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing A confident Puerto Rican great Miguel “Junito” Cotto (37-4-0 30 KO’s) took a major hit last night in losing a competitive decision to WBA Light Middleweight belt holder Austin “No Doubt” Trout (26-0-0 14 KO’s), a potentially career ending loss for Cotto and …
Read More »Allakhverdiev Pulls Past Veteran Guzman, Unifies WBA/IBO Straps
The Russian “Hawk”, Khabib Allakhverdiev (18-0-0 8 KO’s) made his biggest statement yet last night at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL. He defeated heavy-hitting Dominican star and former three weight world champion Joan Guzman (33-1-1 20 KO’s) over eight rounds at light welter with a technical decision, handing Guzman …
Read More »UK Weekend RoundUp
The weekend was dominated by Ricky Hatton’s comeback fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko on Saturday, which sadly ended in defeat for the Hitman who then announced his retirement at the post-fight press conference. The Hatton Promotions fight-night at the MEN Arena, Manchester, saw victory in it’s four Title bouts for St.Helens …
Read More »Brilliant Broner Captures WBC Lightweight Strap From DeMarco
Ex-WBO super featherweight champ Adrien Broner made a successful jump up to the lightweight division on Saturday evening, taking apart the top man of the division, Antonio DeMarco, and taking the Mexican’s WBC 135 pound title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Broner leveraged his edge in speed, accuracy and …
Read More »IBF Champ Carl Froch Pounds Out Mack In Three
American Yusaf Mack didn’t pose much of a threat to IBF super middle champ Carl Froch on Saturday night as “The Cobra” retained his belt at home in front of a packed Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Mack tried to keep the champion at range with the jab but …
Read More »Viloria, Gonzalez Win World Title Fights In Los Angeles
There were two world title bouts on tap this past Saturday at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles with WBO flyweight supremo Brian Villoria adding the WBA 112 pound crown to his trophy cabinet while reigning champion Roman Gonzalez kept his WBA light flyweight title intact. Once the bell rang, …
Read More »WBC Champion Mares Outfights Moreno In Shocking Fashion
Saturday night’s massive Showtime World Championship Boxing fight card really brought intrigue to boxing fans as many internationally note-worthy fighters scored dominant wins, and even some adrenaline pumping knockouts. In the first televised fight of the evening, we saw talented prospect Antonio Orozco grind down tough opponent Danny Escobar over …
Read More »Massive Heavyweights Klitschko, Helenius Fail To Impress
Saturday’s Epix televised split-site doubleheader defined the classic term, “A win is a win” as plus-size Heavyweights Wladimir Klitschko (59-3-0 50 KO’s) and Robert Helenius (18-0-0 11 KO’s) walk away with decision wins. Klitschko lopsidedly punished but didn’t manage to finish the granite chinned Polish powerhouse Mariusz Wach (27-1-0 15 …
Read More »John Retains WBA Crown Against Piriyapinyo
WBA featherweight super champion Chris John handled a challenge to his eight year title reign on Friday evening, turning back the ambitions of Chonlatarn Or Piriyapinyo at Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. Piriyapinyo came into the fight with a dazzling 44-0 record, undefeated in his native Thailand, but had …
Read More »Soto Wins Welterweight Belt Against Lopez In Mexico
Humberto “Zorrita” Soto proved he is still on top of his game, as he won the World Boxing Federation Welterweight title on Saturday night, November 10, at the Estadio Morelos in Ecatepec, Mexico by dethroning reigning champion Jose “Piston” Lopez by unanimous decision. Soto, a former world champion at Featherweight, …
Read More »WBC Champ Yamanaka Guns Down Rojas In Japan
WBC bantamweight kingpin Shinsuke Yamanaka rubbed out challenger Tomas Rojas with a stunning seventh round KO during an all-southpaw clash on Saturday night in front of a packed house at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Japan. Mexico’s Rojas had won three straight after being relieved of the WBC super fly crown …
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