Fight Results
Last night at London’s Wembley Arena, WBO light heavyweight king Nathan Cleverly retained his belt with a 12 round unanimous points verdict over challenger Robin Krasniqi. Krasniqi came into the contest as the WBO’s European titlist but had never faced an opponent at world level, and the gulf in class between the Germany based Albanian…
Gigantic English heavyweight Tyson Fury made a successful stateside debut last at New York’s Madison Square Garden, knocking out ex-cruiserweight world champ Steve Cunningham to capture the #2 spot in the IBF rankings. But it certainly wasn’t easy for the Manchester traveler. Fury found himself outboxed in the first round, made to look a bit…
It may not constitute fight of the year honors, like the Rios-Alvarado 2 and Bradley-Provodnikov bouts in the last few weeks, but it was one of the greatest performances and upsets by any professional prizefighter so far in 2013. Super bantamweight Guillermo Rigondeaux managed to void the 30 fight, three division title win streak of…
Teenage welterweight sensation, Dusty Hernandez-Harrison of Washington, D.C., kept his undefeated record intact scoring a six-round unanimous decision victory over a game Jonathan Garcia at Dover Downs Casino and Resort in Dover, Del. Super middleweight champion, Andre Ward, was in attendance to support Dusty and was impressed with what he saw in the young fighter.
World Boxing Federation Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion Amir “Hardcore†Mansour had a short night on Friday, April 12, at the Dover Downs Casino and Hotel in Dover, Delaware, as he stopped late substitute Jason Gavern in the first round to successfully defend his title. Mansour was originally scheduled to fight 2004 Olympian Devin Vargas who pulled…
Late substitute and huge underdog Bahodir “Baha†Mamadjonov (12-1, 8 KOs), of Houston, Texas by way of Uzbekistan, overcame an early knockdown to register three of his own en route to stopping previously unbeaten Angelo “La Cobra†Santana (14-1, 11 KOs), of Miami, Fla., at 0:51 of the ninth round Friday to capture the WBA…
It’s been a quiet Easter Weekend here in the U.K. On Thursday, St Paul’s and Stevie Smith’s Boxing Academies promoted a dinner show billed as ‘United Boxing’ at the KC Sports Arena, Hull. The headliner saw local man Samir Mouneimne win his eight round Featherweight Contest when Ian Bailey of Slough was forced to retire…
Draws were the order of the day last evening at Liverpool’s Echo Arena as favorite sons Tony Bellew and Derry Mathews had their homecomings spoiled by performances from Isaac Chilemba and Anthony Crolla. Bellew and Chilemba were tangling for a very high profile prize, with a mandatory title challenge going to the winner of a…
Seven months after losing his WBO super middleweight title to Arthur Abraham, Robert Stieglitz turned the tables on his rival, producing a surprising result last night at GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany. Looking at least one weight class larger than former longtime IBF middleweight king Abraham, Stieglitz used his Armenia born opponent’s slow starting style…
It’s been a quieter weekend for UK Boxing this week. In Leeds, Derek Roche (Rebel Promotions) promoted five contests with four wins and one draw for the home boxers. The Beachcomber Club, Cleethorpes played host to a Carl Greaves promoted fight-night, in which the headliner saw Gary Sykes of Dewsbury win the vacant English Super…
When I originally was notified that WBO Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley was set to face Ruslan Provodnikov, I was skeptical about the capabilities of Provodnikov against such a highly established, world class boxer. I personally did expect that Provodnikov’s pressure would cause some early distress against a physically rusty Bradley, but surely not to the…
In a massive weekend for Go Fight Live boxing, talented Ghanaian middleweight Osumanu Adama (21-3-1 15 KO’s) managed to defeat a heavily enduring Grady Brewer (30-15-0 17 KO’s) last night in a highly competitive ten round featured attraction at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. This was a highly substantial bout for the career of…