Fight Results
Argentina’s top boxer had his hands full last night as Marcos Rene Maidana emerged victorious from a fierce firefight with American veteran DeMarcus Corley at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires. The former WBO champ gave Maidana trouble in the opening frame with his faster-handed southpaw stance and by the second was trading bombs with…
In a massive light flyweight unification bout tonight at Coliseo Mario Morales in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, local legend Ivan Calderon was shocked by opponent Giovanni Segura. At 35, WBO champion Calderon was coming off four straight defenses in which he either could not finish the bout due to head clash injuries or had to climb…
Tomasz Adamek won a twelve round decision last night over 38 year old former world title challenger Michael Grant at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The former light heavy and cruiserweight king outboxed the towering Grant over the first half of the bout, as was expected given the the youth and quickness advantages enjoyed by…
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck was back in action tonight, retaining his title for the fourth time in front of a rabid local fan base at Messehalle in Erfurt, Germany. Huck was facing a less than world class American import for the third straight contest, in this case Matt Godfrey who follows in the footsteps…
In a hotly anticipated rematch, Anselmo Moreno once again retained his WBA bantamweight title via split decision against challenger Nehomar Cermeno last night at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama. Just five months after posting the same result in Cermeno’s homeland of Venezuela, Moreno pulled it out again via scores of 117-112 and 115-113…
There were three fights of note taking place this weekend in The States and we kick things off with an IBF lightweight title fight which took place last night at Energy Arena in Laredo, TX. Battling it out for the vacant IBF crown were a pair of lanky 23 year old boxers; Mexico’s Miguel Vasquez…
Red hot heavyweight Alex Leapai scored a bull’s eye in the biggest bout of his career to date, stopping American veteran Owen Beck last night at the RSL Club in Southport, Queensland. Leapai was on his heels in the early going as former world title challenger Beck took the initiative but the Tennessee man could…
It was a terrific night of boxing that saw explosive knockouts and bizarre finishes at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn that was capped off by former world title challenger, Reynaldo Lopez dropping for Bantamweight champion Mauricio Martinez three times in eighty-one seconds to capture the New York State Bantamweight championship.
The big fight card held at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last night produced a major upset and a close call amid three world title bouts put on by Don King. In the main event, WBC/IBF light welter king Devon Alexander was lucky to escape his contest with Andriy Kotelnik with his belts still…
After losing to Juan Manuel Marquez last year, Juan Diaz changed his style in hopes of reversing the outcome in last nights rematch at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas, NV but despite boxing smarter, Diaz was again handed defeat in a battle for the WBA and WBO lightweight titles. Diaz largely abandoned his aggressive…
Big show last night at 02 World Arena in Hamburg with a WBA, and Interim WBC and a European title at stake along with appearances by two former world champions on the comeback trail. WBA super middle titlist Dimitri Sartison, 27-1 (17), made his first defense a good one, handling the challenge of two-time ex-middleweight…
The IBF super flyweight title changed hands last night at El Palenque De La Feria in Tepic, Mexico as South Africa’s Simphiwe Nongqayi was toppled by challenger Juan Alberto Rosas. 38 year old Nongqayi won the WBF super fly strap in just his 11th pro bout and after three defenses in his homeland, traveled to…