Fight Results
Frenchman Patrick Bois is the new World Boxing Federation International Light Heavyweight Champion after winning a unanimous decision over tough Ukrainian Serhiy Demchenko Saturday night, February 23. The pair fought on a big card promoted by Driss Khelaffi and his Khelladdi Group at the luxurious Mazagan Beach Resort in El Jadida, Morocco.
On Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall, the house that Arturo Gatti built in Atlantic City, flashy Cincinnati native Adrien Broner displayed why he is widely regarded as one of the brightest young talents in the sport today with a fifth round stoppage over a tough and durable Gavin Rees in the maiden defence of…
In front of a packed electric crowd, former world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez put the deeply talented junior middleweight division on notice Friday night with a dominating performance over game George “Comanche Boy” Tahdooahnippah culminating in a sixth round stoppage. Fighting in front of a packed house of loud and proud boxing fans at the…
Irish super bantam phenom Carl Frampton continued his climb to the world stage with a shattering ninth round stoppage of Spain’s Kiko Martinez to annex the European title last night at Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Despite the end result, the bout was difficult, as expected, for the rising Belfast native as the hard-punching Martinez sought…
Humberto “La Zorrita†Soto successfully defended his World Boxing Federation Light Welterweight title on Saturday night, February 9, scoring a hard-fought, but clear, unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Silverio Ortiz at the Arena Itson in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. After almost coming to blows at the pre-fight weigh-in both boxers had promised to thoroughly defeat…
This was a shady weekend in boxing; given the many eyes locked in on the Superbowl and other sporting events, nothing major was booked for the weekend’s boxing events but here at Saddoboxing, us fight maniacs have the big results from the Friday Night Fights bill at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago. In the ESPN2…
On Friday at the ISS Dome in Dusseldorf, Germany, former three belt middleweight champion Felix Sturm suffered another setback as he attempted to win a 160 pound IBF title eliminator. Sturm was going up against longtime contender Sam Soliman of Australia and uncharacteristically enjoyed a fast start, dropping the durable visitor in the second round….
Brian Vera threw his name in the middleweight title mix by scoring an entertaining tenth round stoppage over former Jr. Middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk to retain his NABO Middleweight title at the Turning Stone Resort Casino. The card was promoted by Arthur Pelullo’s Banner Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions and was televised Live on ESPN…
Lucas Matthysse was expected to win against Mike Dallas Jr., but last night the Argentine slugger proved that to be a dramatic understatement. Matthysse was complaining pre-fight that a flaw inside his game was starting too late in the fight, but his swarming approach that eventually flattened Dallas Jr shut out that thought. Dallas Jr…
An old warrior has fallen while a young gun has risen to stardom as WBO Featherweight king Orlando “Siri” Salido (39-12-2 27 KO’s) dropped an eighth round technical decision to challenger Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (31-0-0 26 KO’s) in the main event of an action packed HBO Boxing After Dark showdown. This ballistic brawl was…
Boxing has produced yet another controversial decision as local super featherweight Rances Barthelemy was awarded a unanimous decision verdict over Arash Usmanee on Friday night at Magic City Casino in Miami, FL. Both fighters came into the contest with undefeated professional records following sterling amateur careers but Cuban born Miami resident Barthelemy held the edge…
Polish sensation and former two division beltholder Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (48-2-0 29 KO’s) looked highly apathetic in a controversial win against former Cruiserweight champion, America’s Steve Cunningham, (25-5-0 12 KO’s) in their NBC televised rematch. The judges scored it for Adamek by contesting margins of 115-113 to Adamek (first read as 115-115 a draw), 115-113…