Fight Results
Former four-time world Heavyweight title challenger, Jameel “Big Time†McCline scored an eight round split decision over veteran Livin Castillo in front of a near capacity crowd at the Hamilton Manor in Hamilton, New Jersey. The six bout card with promoted by Nedal’s Boxing and Andre Kut’s KEA Boxing.
Last night at Reliant Arena in Houston, TX, light welterweight Danny Garcia graduated from contender status to world class by prevailing in a tough fight with Mexican legend Erik Morales to capture the WBC title. Morales had given up the title on the scales the day before when he was two pounds over and Garcia,…
Two of South Africa’s top boxers clashed in a rematch last night at Carnival City in Brakpan with Jeffrey Mathebula walking away with Takalani Ndlovu’s IBF super bantam belt. The pair first tangled in 2010, also at Carnival City, with Ndlovu winning an IBF title eliminator over Mathebula by split decision but this time the…
“Mr. Providence†is back – perhaps not entirely, but, according to Vladine Biosse himself, “it’s a start.†Searching for his first win in 11 months, Biosse delivered Thursday night in front of a standing-room only crowd at the Twin River Event Center, earning a hard-fought, 59-54, 59-54, 59-55 unanimous-decision victory over George Armenta in the…
© Lawrence Lustig In the opening bout of the televised card on the Sky Sports on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, Polish Middleweight star Greorgz Proska was making the maiden defence of his European title, which he won against Sebastian Sylvester in Germany stopping the former IBF Champion in three rounds, against…
Before a house filled with Irishmen celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, World Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez scored a dramatic come-from-behind stoppage of a game Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin Saturday night in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. “The Real Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up,” presented by DiBella Entertainment, provided fireworks on HBO…
The scene last night at Polideportivo Centenario in Los Mochis, Mexcio was a happy one for WBC lightweight kingpin Antonio DeMarco after the lanky southpaw was successful in his maiden defense against challenger Miguel “Mickey” Roman. DeMarco came into the contest bearing three straight victories following his punishing loss to KO artist Edwin Valero for…
Coatsbridge’s Ricky Burns continued his campaign at lightweight last evening, posting a hard fought points verdict over Paulus Moses at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. At stake was Burns’ Interim WBO belt, which the gritty 28 year old won by outfighting big-hitting Aussie Michael Katisids last November in London. Former WBA king Moses had retooled…
Another fight, another war, another stoppage over Juan Manuel “Juanma†Lopez (31-2, 28 KOs) for Orlando “Siri†Salido (38-11-2, 26 KOs). The latest installment of the storied Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry saw Salido retain his WBO featherweight world championship via 10th-round technical knockout in the main event of Showtime Championship Boxing.
The 2012 National Boy 4 and Youth 1 & 2 Championships concluded with finals in all three classes at Dublin’s National Stadium yesterday. European Junior and Schoolboy medalists John Joyce, Luke Thomas, Victor Medveduic, Tiernan Bradley and Gerard Whitehouse experienced mixed fortunes at the Championships.
In a remarkable heavyweight brawl in front of 3,000 enthusiastic fans at Atatürk Spor Salonu in Tekirdag, Turkey, IBF#15 Konstantin Airich stopped WBO#6 Ondrej Pala in the ninth. Pala started out strong showing that he is technically more skilled than the rough hard-hitter Airich. Especially Pala’s counterpunching was very precise and effective within the first…
In a demonstration proving the results of a hard training camp and hard work in the ring had paid off, Daniel Geale retained the International Boxing Federation Middleweight title with a unanimous decision win over number one ranked challenger Osumanu Adama of Ghana at Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Scoring was 117-111, 118-110,…