Last night in a massive clash between the top Polish fighters of the last ten years, Tomasz Adamek stopped Andrew Golota in five rounds at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. Adamek, the former WBC light heavy and IBF cruiserweight champ, came into the bout on the strength of seven …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Airich, Pala, Virchis, Saglam Win In Cuxhaven, Germany
At Arena’s “heavyweight night” in Cuxhaven, Germany, Konstantin Airich, Ondrej Pala, Wladimir Virchis and Yakup Saglam scored convincing victories. “Sandman” Airich beat ring veteran Cisse Salif by unanimous decision after eight rounds. The German, now 13-2-1, was the more active man in the ring connecting with some heavy hands without …
Read More »Boxing In Mexico: Two World Title Fights On Tap Tonight
There are two good bills tonight south of the border with shows taking place in Veracruz and Tijuana. At the Arena in Tijuana, IBF featherweight kingpin Cristobal Cruz, 39-11-1 (23), puts his title at risk against veteran Ricardo Castillo, 38-7 (25). After an up and down career, Cruz has hit …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Hernandez, Fonseca Victorious On ShoBox
Once-beaten welterweight Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez withstood a strong final round by Damian “Devo’’ Frias to win a unanimous 10-round decision Friday in the main event on ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime. In the telecast’s opening bout at Laredo Entertainment Center, undefeated Victor “Vitino’’ Fonseca rallied to register a …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Ryan Rhodes Stops Jamie Moore In Bolton
It was the rare domestic bout with far reaching and possibly world level implications last night at Bolton Arena in Bolton, England and the European light middle title clash between champion Jamie Moore and Ryan Rhodes lived up to all expectations. Southpaw Moore took the initiative in the early going, …
Read More »Star Boxing: Former World Champ Mitchell KO’s Telesco At Rye Brook
Last night at the Hilton Rye Town Hotel in Rye Brook, NY, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented an exciting five bout card before a near capacity crowd. Headlining the show was former number one light heavyweight contender, and Westchester County native, David Telesco, taking on former two-time super middleweight champion, …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Froch, Abraham Win Super Six Fights
© Howard Schatz The Super Six World Boxing Classic got off to a scintillating start in Europe on Saturday night. At the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, hometown hero Carl “The Cobra” Froch defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) title against Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell of Flint, Michigan by …
Read More »Boxing Result: Jason Booth vs. Michael Hunter
**With Slideshow**© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing British super bantamweight champion Jason Booth put together yet another sterling performance in turning back the comeback hopes of Michael Hunter last night at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England on a Frank Maloney promotion. 31 year old southpaw Hunter was attempting to …
Read More »Prize Fight Boxing: Guerrero Defeats Duran In Salisbury
Backed by more than 5,000 fans at Arthur W. Purdue Stadium in Salisbury, MD, local sensation Fernando Guerrero earned the NABO Interim Middleweight title Saturday night with an impressive 10 round majority decision over renowned tough guy Ossie Duran. After a tentative start during the first few rounds, Guerrero turned …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Gamboa, Solis, Lopez Win In Madison Square Garden
Legendary Madison Square Garden has seen a lot of great ring battles, but only very few debuts as impressive as the ones of Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa Saturday night at “Island Warriors: Latin Fury 12”, co-promoted by Top Rank, Arena and PR Best Boxing. Heavyweight sensation Solis needed only …
Read More »Boxing In Japan: WBA Champ Jorge Linares Crushed In Tokyo!
In one of the most shocking upsets of the year thus far, WBA super feather champ Jorge Linares was stopped in the first round by challenger Juan Carlos Salgado today at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo. Both men came into the contest undefeated but Tokyo based Venezuelan Linares was a former …
Read More »British Boxing: Cleverly Defeats Fry At York Hall
Welshman Nathan Cleverly solidified his hold on the light heavyweight division in the UK by stopping former amateur star Courtney Fry in eight rounds last night at London’s historic York Hall. Fry, who has also fought as a cruiserweight, had the strength and skill to put up good resistance but …
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