Fight Results
Heavyweight sensation Odlanier Solis continued his fast rise to to the top with an impressive performance against former world title challenger Carl Davis Drumond from Costa Rica. In Key West, Florida, “La Sombra” forced his opponent to quit after the third round after a one-sided bashing. Especially at the end of round three Solis connected…
The Cinderella story of “Fast” Eddie Chambers’ latest trip to Germany ended badly for the American heavyweight contender tonight at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf. The 27 year old Philadelphia based stylist was he latest challenger to prove unable to solve the problems posed by Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko, a giant of a man possessing…
Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Danny O’Connor celebrated St, Patrick’s Day a few days late as he pitched a complete shutout against Franklin Gonzalez, headlining tonight’s (Friday) “ShamRock’d†card in front of a packed house at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. O’Connor’s (11-0) steady body attack allowed the 2008 US Olympic Boxing alternate…
Friday night live on ESPN2 from the Gaylord Texan Hotel, Grapevine, Texas, Top Rank promoted an IBF heavyweight eliminator. Former WBC champion Samuel ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Peter 33-3 (26) scored a second round stoppage of Nagy ‘Dominican Dynamite’ Aguilera 15-2 (10) hailing from Newburgh, New York. The short bout demonstrated the difference between an ‘A’…
In front of over 50,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao retained his title with a decision against Joshua Clottey last night. But it wasn’t an easy task as the defensively excellent former IBF welter king Clottey largely prevented the southpaw champion from launching the type of sustained attacks…
WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck returned to action last night and crushed his challenger at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin. Huck, 28-1 (21), got down to business right away against American visitor Adam Richards, 23-3 (15), a former heavyweight who had never previously faced world class opposition. The third round proved to be the last…
Last night at the Liverpool Echo Arena, British super middleweight ruled Paul Smith retained his belt in a hard fought battle while British welterweight champion Kell Brook added the WBO Intercontinental strap to his trophy cabinet, while becoming the mandatory challenger for the WBO title, currently held by Manny Pacquiao. Smith squared off against former…
With a nearly perfect and utterly dominating performance on Friday night, NABO Lightweight champion Martin Honorio, 28-4-1 (14 ), retained his title by outclassing the previously unbeaten Wilton Hilario, 12-1-1 (9), at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. From the first round on Honorio utilized a strong jab and his far superior boxing…
Montreal fight fans were treated to another outstanding performance from sensational junior lightweight prospect Logan McGuinness as he battled Mexican veteran Pedro Navarrete in an eight round war on Saturday afternoon. Fighting at the Montreal Casino for the fifth time in his young professional career, the 22 year old McGuinness improved his unbeaten record to…
In an exciting, wildly entertaining one-sided slugfest, Vic “The Raging Bull’’ Darchinyan (34-2-1, 27 KOs) of Australia retained his WBC/WBA super flyweight crowns with a hard-fought, 12-round unanimous decision over Mexico’s Rodrigo “Gato’’ Guerrero (13-2-1, 9 KOs) in the main event on a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation Saturday on Showtime.
On Saturday night, at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented a thrilling, action-packed night of professional boxing, that had the packed house in attendance asking for more. The five bout card was headlined by Atlantic City’s own, Shamone “The Truth” Alvarez taking on hard hitting Alexis Camacho.
Houston’s Chase “The White Tiger†Shields captured the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) U.S. National Boxing Championship (USNBC) 154-lb. title in a controversial, but unanimous 12-round decision (115-111, 115-111, 115-111) over Jimmy Lange of Great Falls, VA Saturday night at the Patriot Center in hard-fought, action-packed bout before 5,123 fans.