Fight Results
Former world champion Rafael Marquez hit a roadblock in his return to the super bantamweight division as the Mexican failed to lift the WBC title from Japan’s Toshiaki Nishioka at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Marquez started off well, keeping the champion on the defensive with good movement and some success with a hard…
WBO middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog was in fine form Sunday night, retaining his title against the challenge of Gennady Martirosyan at the Olimp in Krasnodar, Russia. The six foot-one inch tall Pirog held a massive edge in height, towering over the five foot seven-inch tall Martirosyan, who looked several weight classes smaller. Pirog controlled the…
One of Mexico’s favorite fighters was in full force last night at Foro Promo Casa in Mexicali as Jorge Arce retained the WBO super bantam belt with a victory over South Africa’s Simphiwe Nongqayi in a rematch. The pair had squared off two years ago for the vacant IBF super flyweight belt with Nongqayi shocking…
In a battle between two of South Africa’s top fighters, Chris Van Heerden emerged with the IBO welterweight crown after 12 rounds of thrilling combat with Kaizer Mabuza last night at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park. Former domestic light welter champ Mabuza was coming off a failed bid to win the vacant IBF 140 lb…
On Friday night at Sociedad Alemana in Villa Ballester, Argentina, light welter Marcos Rene Maidana finally captured the WBA belt by halting opponent Petr Petrov in a bruising contest. Native Argentine Maidana had defended the Interim WBA crown on four occasions, but failed on two previous attempts at the full title, dropping decisions to Amir…
Undefeated light middleweight Demetrius “The Cape Verdean Assassin” Andrade outclassed two-time world title challenger Saul “Baby” Duran en route to a victory by third-round knockout in tonight’s main event on the 10th annual Fight To Educate card at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. Enjoying target practice for the full three rounds, Andrade (15-0,…
Showing no signs of ring rust after a year and a half layoff, Floyd Mayweather Jr defeated reigning WBC welterweight titlist Victor Ortiz last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Kicking off the fight, Mayweather stood right in front of vaunted powerpunching southpaw Ortiz, firing lead right hands that connected through the guard…
WBC light middle titlist Saul Alvarez kept hold of his belt for the second time with a sixth round finishing against veteran challenger Alfonso Gomez at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Former WBA welter title challenger Gomez started off by pressuring Alvarez, at 21 nine years younger than Gomez, but the champion proved able to…
Universidad Autonoma in Guadalajara, Mexico was the site of a thrilling fight last evening that saw Juan Carlos Salgado survive a rocky final round to capture the vacant IBF super feather crown against Argenis Mendez. Salgado went into the bout having won two straight after losing the WBA super feather title to Takashi Uchiyama in…
In front of more than 42,000 fans at Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw, Poland, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko put down IBF International/NABO strapholder Tomasz Adamek’s title challenge in dominant fashion. Coming into the bout at his lightest weight since 1998, Klitschko wasted no time in putting the much smaller ex-light heavy and cruiser world champion…
Undefeated ex-WBA and IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa defeated heavy-handed former WBO super bantam titlist Daniel Ponce De Leon last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. Delivering a toned-down cautious performance, likely out of respect to southpaw Ponce De Leon’s punching power, former Cuban amateur star Gamboa nonetheless put on a display of…
In a hard fought contest, recently dethroned WBC welter champion Andre Berto got right back on the horse by stopping IBF titlist Jan Zaveck at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS. Berto answered any questions about his remaining abilities following a punishing loss to Victor Ortiz in April with a good performance against Slovenian…