Fight Results
In one of the biggest upsets of the year, Mexico’s Gamaliel Diaz swooped into the lion’s den and plucked the WBC super feather title from reigning champion and local hero Takahiro Ao last night at Tokyo’s International Forum. The contest started slowly with both boxers studying the other, mounting limited offensive ventures designed to test…
Last night, boxing debuted at the brand new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and we saw some of the world’s best fighters compete with World championships on the line. And, despite seeing mixed emotions during a couple of the weaker fights of the evening, overall, the event did not disappoint. Some of the earlier…
The king of Luna Park was back in action last night as WBO super fly champion Omar Andres Narvaez returned to the famed Argentinian fight venue in Buenos Aires for the first time in over a year to stop Mexican challenger Johnny Garcia. Little known Garcia came into the contest with a history of winning…
Thai bantamweight Pungluang Sor Singyu pulled off an upset tonight at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, The Philippines, defeating the more seasoned local man AJ Banal in hostile territory. At stake was the vacant WBO strap, and big-punching southpaw Banal, having defeated a pair of IBF super fly champs, ex-titlist Luis Alberto…
From the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, HBO’s Boxing After Dark show last night had two intriguing contests. The headliner was a Super Bantamweight WBO, IBF and WBC Diamond title clash between flashy Pinoy superstar Nonito Donaire and Japanese top contender Toshiaki Nishioka with the co-feature a notable Light Welterweight clash between brawlers Brandon…
For a very brief period, Liverpool’s Echo Arena was alive last night with the reverberations of heavyweight David Price’s gloved right hand connecting to the head of opponent Audley Harrison. Undefeated British and Commonwealth champion Price made a mockery of ex-world title challenger Harrison’s challenge in all of 82 seconds, in which Harrison quite possibly…
Last night at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany, WBA heavyweight titlist Alexander Povetkin rubbed out 39 year old former world champ Hasim Rahman in just two rounds. It’s difficult to see just how Rahman, who weighed in for the bout twenty pounds more than during his prime, earned this title shot, having posted five victories over…
On Saturday night, the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow played host to the culmination of one of the UK’s longest brewing domestic clashes as local hero and WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns engaged in a barnburner against popular Dagenham based opponent Kevin Mitchell. Former amateur star Mitchell was now finally getting a world title shot…
Super bantam Carl Frampton passed a litmus test on Saturday night in front of an adoring hometown crowd at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena, delighting the Northern Ireland faithful by dominating former two-time IBF champion Steve Molitor. At stake was Frampton’s IBF Intercontinental strap as well as the Commonwealth belt, which southpaw Molitor once held before moving…
WBC cruiserweight champion Krysztof Wlodarczyk retained his belt with a 12 round decision over visiting challenger Francisco Palacios last night at Hala Stulecia in Wroclaw, Poland. The pair were reprising their April, 2011 clash, which also took place in Poland, in which Wlodarczyk kept his title with a controversial split decision. Wlodarczyk, coming off a…
Josesito Lopez jumped out of obscurity earlier this year by pounding out a surprise win over Victor Ortiz but the 28 year old Californian may just have been slammed back into the land of the lost by WBC light middleweight champion Saul Alvarez tonight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Lopez, until a…
With his IBF cruiser crown at stake, Cuban expatriate Yoan Pablo Hernandez likely thought the end was near for his one defense title reign as he was downed then pummeled by Canada’s Troy Ross in the fifth round of their contest tonight at Stechert Arena in Bamberg, Germany. But Hernandez was given the opportunity to…