Fight Results
On Friday at Finetown Centre in the Johannesburg suburb of Lenasia, big-punching South African lightweight champion Patrick Malinga gunned down challenger Mzolisi Yoyo in just two rounds. It was a one-sided clash from the first bell as Malinga, 24-6-2 (21), went to work immediately, raining heavy shots down upon Yoyo, 11-3 (8), who had no…
There was a good show at Wyong Rugby League Club in Kanwal, NSW on Friday with some big names on the bill including William Kickett, Jackson Asiku and Fatai Onikeke. Promising 22 year old super feather Kickett took another step on the road back from his shocking first round KO defeat to Ahmed Elomar last…
Jhonny Gonzalez’s dream to return to world championship standing came to a crashing halt last night at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico as he was stopped by reigning WBC super bantam kingpin Toshiaki Nishioka in just three rounds. Gonzalez nearly pulled off an upset in the very first round as the hard-punching Mexico City man…
Commonwealth champion Darren Barker is now one step closer to solidifing the middleweight division in the UK after stopping English titlist Darren McDermott last night at the Colosseum in Watford, England. McDermott began the first looking to press Barker but couldn’t past the champion’s superb jab. Things opened up a bit in the second frame…
Last night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London Frank Warren Promotions hosted a fight night headlined by a Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title defence. The Champion, classy boxer Nathan Cleverley of Cefn Forest, Wales, faced Billy Boyle, the likable Sheffield boxer. This was to be ‘Clev’s’ third defence of the title he won when…
Southern California based prospects Ronny Rios and Carlos Molina stayed undefeated on Thursday night with sensational performances at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. In the opening bout of the evening, 19 year old super bantamweight Ronny Rios proved once again why he is amongst the most talked about prospects in boxing.
© Lawrence Lustig Ovill McKenzie has won the Prizefighter Cruiserweights title after an exciting night of knockdowns and shocks. Former Commonwealth Champion McKenzie defeated John Keeton on points in a thrilling final in front of a capacity crowd at the Earl’s Court in London to scoop the £25,000 top prize. Every one of the eight…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In the biggest bout of his career to date, former 2004 Olympic Gold Medal winner Andre Ward pulled off a superb performance to control the action against dangerous opponent Edison Miranda over twelve rounds at super middle for a points verdict at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. Fighting…
South America’s top boxing venue, Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina saw a cracking contest last night with Victor Emilio Ramirez retaining his WBO Cruiserweight title via split decision against the tough challenge presented by Ali Ismailov. The taller Ramirez looked to keep his Azerbaijani opponent from getting too ambition but Ismailov had not…
The WBC Cruiserweight title remained with Giacobbe Fragomeni tonight after 12 rounds of combat at the Gran Teatro in Rome, Italy with ex-IBF champ Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. The champion started out strong, going after the taller Polish challenger and picking up rounds behind a good two-handed assault as Wlodarczyk gave ground and made Fragomeni expend a…
By Per Ake Persson The White Buffalo, Francois Botha, retained the WBF heavyweight title with a split decision over twelve hard fought, messy, mauling and exciting rounds of boxing against Timo Hoffmann on this SES show at Boerdeland Hall in Magdeburg. It was scored 117-110 and 114-113 for Botha and 114-113 for Hoffmann. After ten,…
Last night, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented a thrilling five bout card at The Concert Venue at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. The card was broadcast live on the always exciting ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights”. The main event bout of the evening carried heavy implications for boxing, especially heavyweight boxing, as two of America’s…