The action last night in Argentina was at Club Unidos in Mar Del Plata, as the IBF light flyweight belt was fought over by reigning champion Luis Alberto Lazarte and former title holder Ulises Solis. Solis came to town looking to recapture the crown he wore from 2006-2009 but Lazarte, …
Read More »Don King Boxing: Austin DQ’d Against Solis In Miami In WBC Eliminator
Heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis won a WBC title eliminator last night at Miami’s American Airlines Arena after oppoent Ray Austin punches Solis after the bell to end the tenth of a scheduled 12 rounder. “I wanted to make Austin suffer for the things he said at the press conferences leading …
Read More »Boxing Result: Golovkin KO’s Tapia For WBA Title In Kazakhstan
Middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Nilson Julio Tapia clashed last night at Daulet Sports Complex in Astana, Kazakhstan with the WBA middleweight title on offer. Interim WBA beltholder Golovkin came into the bout the more experienced fighter and that was apparent from the start as the Kazak born German resident patiently …
Read More »Baltimore Pro Boxing: Byarm, Sigmon Win In Pikesville
Heavyweight prospect Maurice “Freight Train” Byarm remained unbeaten and impressed a capacity crowd at the Pikesville Armory with a fifth round stoppage of previously undefeated Winston Thorpe on Saturday evening. Headlining Baltimore Pro Boxing’s “Seasons Beatings”, Byarm dominated from opening bell, connecting with a number of powerful shots that he …
Read More »Boxing Result: Amir Khan Edges Marcos Maidana In A War
© Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions Last night at Las Vegas’ famed Mandalay Bay Casino, WBA light welter champ Amir Khan proved he could hang in there with a big puncher as he fended off the challenge of Marcos Maidana over 12 hard fought rounds. Khan surprised …
Read More »Boxing Result: Agbeko, Mares Pull Off Upset Wins In Bantamweight Tournament
There were two excellent fights last night in the hotly anticipated bantamweight tournament from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington with the favored boxer in each bout coming up on the losing end. Yhonny Perez and Joseph Agbeko rematched their IBF title clash of October, 2009 in which Perez …
Read More »Boxing Result: Mijares Unseats Rosas For IBF Belt In Mexico
Last night, Cristian Mijares returned to the light flyweight ranks for the first time in over two years, taking away the IBF title of Juan Alberto Rosas at Auditorio Municipal in Torreon, Mexico. The 29 year old former WBC/WBA champ had campaigned as a top level bantamweight since 2009 but …
Read More »Boxing Result: Mundine KO’d By Wood In Australia
In one of the biggest upsets in Aussie boxing history, light middleweight world title contender Anthony Mundine was knocked out in five rounds by the far less experienced Garth Wood in a bout held at middleweight on Wednesday at Acer Arena in Homebush, Australia. Former two-time WBA super middleweight champion …
Read More »Boxing Result: Rhodes, Vassell Win In Manchester
Ryan Rhodes and Denton Vassell both scored impressive inside the distance on Hatton Promotions Christmas dinner bash at Manchester’s Palace Hotel on Saturday. Local fighter Vassell stretched his unbeaten winning record to 16 stopping Brazilian Welson Alves de Oliveira in the third round. The South American held his own in …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: El Maachi Decisions Colas At York Hall
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro Those lucky enough to score tickets for Steve Goodwin’s ‘Judgement Day’ event at York Hall on Saturday night were treated to a thrilling night of pugilistic artistry at a level rarely seen these days. At the end of the five hour, 13 fight marathon, those …
Read More »Boxing Result: WBC Champ Soto Defeats Antillon In Firefight
WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto had his second consecutive difficult defense, pounding out a very close unanimous decision over Urbano Antillon at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Antillon produced the best performance of his career, erasing memories of his KO loss to Miguel Acosta last year for the Interim …
Read More »Boxing Result: Burns Decisions Evensen For WBO Title In Scotland
Last night at Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, WBO super feather champ Ricky Burns made his first title defense, outpointing challenger Andreas Evensen. Going into the contest, Burns had far more experience on paper than the challenger, who was coming up from limited experience at featherweight and this almost spelled …
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