Before the main event of the Friday Night Fight card held at the Buffalo Run Casino in Oklahoma tonight, we have a couple of fights to report on. Firstly, a light heavyweight bout took place between undefeated contender Allan Green and veteran Sebastian Hill. Green took the win with a …
Read More »Round by Round: Spinks-Judah II.
Tonight in the Savvis Center in St. Louis, Zab Judah won the rematch with Cory Spinks and in the process, became the undisputed welterweight champion of the world and a two-weight world champion. The fight was a very competitive and technical fight to begin with but as the rounds went …
Read More »Round by Round: Beck-Barrett.
The chief support fight to the Spinks-Judah rematch tonight in St. Louis was the WBC/IBF heavyweight elimination bout between New York’s Monte Barrett and Jamaican born Owen Beck. The grudge match ended in a technical knockout win for Barrett who moves his record to thirty-four wins against three losses. Beck’s …
Read More »Round by Round: Quiles-Cherry.
On Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Ricky Quiles won a split twelve-round decision verdict over Edner Cherry. It was an action packed fight in which both fighters had their moments and their respective styles made for an entertaining clash almost from start to finish. …
Read More »Round by Round: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Henry Bruseles.
“Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather Jr. closed the show in style tonight with a classy if predictable eighth round stoppage of overmatched Henry “El Nitro” Bruseles. Mayweather put on a masterclass of offensive and defensive boxing while Bruseles was merely an observer for much of the fight. Flashing left hooks, snappy …
Read More »Round by Round: Samuel Peter vs. Yanqui Diaz.
Tonight in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, the heavyweight contest between Samuel Peter and Yanqui Diaz ended in the fifth round when Diaz was put down for the fifth and last time. Peter, from Nigeria moves his record to twenty-two wins with no losses and remains a viable contender …
Read More »Round by Round: Juan Diaz vs. Billy Irwin.
Friday night in the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, USA, WBA lightweight champion Juan Diaz was sensational is shutting out Canadian challenger Billy Irwin on all scorecards before the contest was stopped in the ninth round by referee Earl Morton. The fight was a punishing affair for Irwin who was …
Read More »Round by Round: Tarver-Johnson.
Glencoffe Johnson took a hard fought split decision win over Antonio Tarver on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The win solidifies Johnson as the universally recognized light heavyweight champion of the world even in the absence of any of the top-three sanctioning organization titles. Both fighters …
Read More »Darchinyan-Pacheco: Round by Round.
Newly crowned IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan of Australia won his title by stopping previously unbeaten champion Irene Pacheco of Colombia. It was a back-and-forth battle that saw both men achieve dramatic successes. It could be said that the ten minute delay that stopped the action after the mid-way point …
Read More »Barrera Beats Morales in a Classic!
Sensationally, Marco Antonio Barrera performed another miracle in the ring tonight as he became a world champion of three weight classes by taking bitter rival Erik Morales’ WBC and IBF super featherweight titles in a true classic of the ring. In a fight that perhaps eclipses the excitement and intensity …
Read More »Larios Takes Decision Over Hussein.
It could have been Nedal Hussein’s step into the bigtime, instead it was a hugely disappointing performance by the super bantamweight from Australia who dropped a twelve round decision to reigning WBC champion Oscar Larios. The arena was gaining in electricity but Hussein could not find it inside of him …
Read More »Marquez Wears Down Pastrana.
The MGM Grand began to buzz as IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez and challenger Mauricio Pastrana made their way to the ring. The rematch of a fight in which Marquez took a decision over Pastrana came about because Marquez wanted to see if he could stop Pastrana, something he had …
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