Fight Results
The “unfinished business“ between WBC Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Jo Jo Dan led to a dramatic 12 round battle on Saturday night in Trabzon, Turkey, which saw Selcuk Aydin scoring a close but clear unanimous decision win.
On Saturday, Barrie Jones (Ferndale, Wales) won the vacant Welsh Area Light Middleweight Title defeating Gary Cooper (Bargoed, Wales) on points. The ‘Inner Core Promotions’ show at Aberdare, Wales, featured five contests. Hatton Promotions hosted a fight-night at Lava & Ignite, Preston, which featured five four-round contests of local boxers. Enzo Maccarinelli made a welcome…
Middleweight Julio Cesar Chavez Jr retained his belt for the first time by halting challenger Peter Manfredo Jr last night at Reliant Center in Houston, TX. Manfredo was aggressive from the start, throwing punches but the quicker Chavez nullified most of those efforts by either backing away or picking off the punches on his gloves….
IBF feather titlist Billy Dib had a short night’s work on Saturday at Homebush Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia, knocking out previously undefeated challenger Alberto Servidei. Dib, 26 years of age, was making the first defense of the title he won in July by outpointing Mexican veteran Jorge Lacierva and from the first bell was…
In Halifax, Yorkshire, Derby’s – Ovill McKenzie, took just 15 seconds to win the Commonwealth (British Empire) Light Heavyweight Title when he knocked out Welshman – Jeff Evans. The Wayne Carmichael and Frank Warren promoted fight-night featured eight contests. At Bramall Lane, Sheffield, Glyn Rhodes promoted a fight-night of four contests. The headliner saw local…
Denton Vassell (Manchester) v Samuel Colomban (Melbourne, Australia) Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight Title. This was Vassell’s second defence of the title he won in April last year. Vassell got off to a busy start and started targeting the body in the second round but some of the shots are low and in the third –…
Last night saw the third installment of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, this time at welterweight as the arch-rivals fought over Pacquiao’s WBO crown. From the first bell, it was clear that Marquez had learned much from his previous 24 rounds with Pacquiao, as the 38 year old Mexican expertly maintained just enough distance…
Last night, at EventCity, Manchester, Hennessy Sports promoted a fightnight which headlined an exciting contest between Heavyweight Giant – Tyson Fury of Wilsmlow, Cheshire and Neven Pajkic of Canada (Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina). Fury towered over his opponent as they faced each other at the start of this scheduled twelve round Heavyweight Contest….
After three years without national television exposure, undefeated WBA super welterweight champion Austin Trout dominated Frank LoPorto for more than five rounds before referee Rafael Ramos stopped the fight at 2:32 of the sixth in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation.
Colin Lynes produced a fantastic display against Lee Purdy to take the British Welterweight title with a majority decision in a York Hall classic. The 33 year-old is the oldest British champion at the weight and belied the nine-year age gap between him and the title holder by bursting out of the blocks to dominate…
In Doncaster, Stuart ‘Boom-Boom’ Brookes of Mexborough out-pointed Scunthorpe’s Steve Spence over six rounds. The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night featured seven contests which included three debutants. In Glasgow, Halesowen man – Kevin McCauley, out-pointed Scotsman – Craig Windsor over ten rounds to win the vacant British Masters Light-Middleweight Title. At London’s Wembley Arena, George Groves…
In his best performance to date, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute retained his title for the ninth time by outclassing veteran Glen Johnson last evening at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada. A former IBF and IBO light heavyweight titlist, Johnson represented the most credible threat to date to Bute’s reign and the Romanian…