Middleweight king Kelly Pavlik retained his WBC and WBO crowns last night at the Beeghly Center in his home of Youngstown, OH. Pavlik staved off the challenge posed by Los Angeles native Miguel Espino, who brought an 11 bout wins streak to the bout. Espino had previously suffered close losses to Peter Manfredo and Daniel…
IBF featherweight king Cristobal Cruz had his homecoming title defense against Ricardo Castillo short circuited last night at Palenque de Gallos in Tuxtla Gutierrez after just three rounds of action. A close contest was called off as a technical draw in the third when an accidental head clash left Cruz unable to carry on with…
Defending his WBO light heavyweight title for the very first time, Juergen Braehmer turned aside the aspirations of Dmitry Sukhotsky at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin. A year removed from a failed bid to unseat WBA kingpin Hugo Hernan Garay, southpaw Braehmer started off the fight with Sukhotsky strong, backing up the Russian…
Boxing superstar Edwin Valero was in rude form last night at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, rocking the house during his first defense of the WBC lightweight crown. Mexican veteran Hector Velazquez came into the bout sporting an iron chin and long experience against some of the best lighter weight men of…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, Barry Hearn of Matchroom Sports promoted a fightnight which headlined two title bouts. Surrey-based Polish boxer Albert Sosnowski won the European Heavyweight title by a unanimous points decision, defeating Italy’s Paolo Vidoz. The 30 year old…
This past Thursday, Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba showcased the main event of Dibella’s Broadway boxing card at BB King’s in New York City. The former Olympic champion won gold in 2000 and 2004 before defecting to the United States to pursue his professional boxing career. Rigondeaux won an easy eight round unanimous…
Top middleweight Kelly Pavlik defends his WBC and WBO titles tonight in his native Youngstown, OH as he meets Miguel Espino at the Beeghly Center. Pavlik, 35-1 (31), is making the third defense of his dual belts but is coming off a nagging hand injury that nullified two clashes with Paul Williams and could be…
Lots of action tonight south of the border with two good cards on tap for this Saturday evening. At Pallenque De Gallos in Tuxtla Gutierrez, it’s an all-Mexican battle for the IBF featherweight crown as Chiapas native son Cristobal Cruz, 39-11-1 (23), returns to his birthplace to defend the title against Mexicali’s Ricardo Castillo, 38-7…
The hardest punching boxer on the planet returns to the ring tonight at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela as Edwin Valero defends his WBC lightweight title. The occasion marks the first time in almost four years that the southpaw will fight in his native country and Valero meets experienced Mexican super feather…
The world’s top bantamweight was in action last night as Hozumi Hasegawa retained his WBC crown at World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan. The 29 year old Kobe based southpaw hadn’t got much work in over the last 18 months, having stopped his previous four opponents in a total of six rounds during successive title…
Before last night’s battle against Jean Marc Mormeck, Vinny Maddalone had promised to turn in an exciting and entertaining performance. After eight hard fought rounds not many people could argue against his statement. Maddalone took the fight straight to the former two-time cruiserweight champion. The fight, which took place at the Halle Carpentier in Mormeck’s…
Advance tickets are now on sale for “Windy City Fight Night” set for Friday, January 29th at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. “We’re very excited to have two of Chicago’s finest, Donovan George and Ivan Popoca in the headline bouts. Both have continued to improve…