Last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL, Andre Berto retained his WBC welterweight title with a superb points win against challenger Juan Urango. Urango, the current IBF light welter titlist, employed his trademark pressure approach from the start but had difficulty in finding the target as Berto didn’t stick around to…
Despite the headlining Ruslan Chagaev vs. Nicolay Valuev WBA heavyweight title rematch being called off, the show at Hartwell Arena in Helsinki, Finland went on as planned last night. Local man Juho Tolppola, 22-6-1 (9), failed in his bid to win the European Union light welter title from Italian evergreen Giuseppe Lauri, 48-6 (28), when…
Baltimore native Cory “Black Ice†Cummings upped his record to 17-4 (13 KO’s) with an emphatic 9th round stoppage of Washington DC ’s Demetrius Davis 19-15-5 (7 KO’s) in the main event Friday night at the Du Burns Arena. The opening round was a rough one for Cummings, who had to deal with a gash…
Unbeaten Andre Berto continues his run as WBC welterweight champion tonight at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida when defends his crown against two-time IBF light welter champion Juan Urango. This is the 3rd defence of the title for the 25 year old American. After distance defences against Steve Forbes and Luis Collazo, Berto…
Last night at Johannesburg’s Springs Indoor Arena, South Africa’s top bantamweight saw his bid for another world title opportunity go up in smoke as Silence Mabuza was stopped by opponent Yonnhy Perez in the 12th and final round. Mabuza came into the IBF title eliminator as the far more experienced man, having twice contended for…
Two good card in Oz this week with Anthony Mundine coming one step closer to challenging for a major world title at middleweight by capturing the IBO crown and super middle Shannon Taylor winning the vacant IBF Pan Pacific belt. On Wednesday at the Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, ex-two time WBA super middle champ Mundine…
Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions: “We have a great set up for fights in downtown Los Angeles, with Club Nokia, the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center right here. Golden Boy wants to make this the destination for fights in Southern California.” “Fighters can start at our Fight Night Club at Club Nokia. Then they…
Upon today’s announcement that Valuev-Chagaev II has been canceled, Team Ruiz is demanding an immediate purse bid in order for Valuev vs. Ruiz III to be held by August 30 for the World Boxing Association heavyweight title. Two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) lost to Valuev last August…
Boxing promoter Don King has asked the World Boxing Association to declare Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev its undisputed heavyweight champion after Saturday’s match between Valuev and WBA “champion in recess†Ruslan Chagaev at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, was cancelled.
With regard to the vacant European Light Welterweight title fight between nominated challengers Paul McCloskey and Souleymane M’baye, purse bids have been suspended as both parties have come to an agreement. Northern Ireland southpaw McCloskey, 19-0 (9), won the British title last December and has recorded on succesfull defense.
The heavyweight division kicks back into action tomorrow night in the unlikely city of Helsinki, Finland when giant WBA Champion Nikolay Valuev makes the second defence of his belt against former foe and WBA Champion In Recess Ruslan Chagaev. The two men know each other very well. Back in April, 2007, Chagaev became the only…
When Bobby “The Celtic Warrior†Gunn initially challenged Tomasz Adamek in 2007, he had a clear motive. While many fighters call out the best simply for publicity, Gunn had something else in mind: a good old-fashioned slug out. “Styles make fights”, said Gunn, who holds the WBA NABA and WBC USNBC Cruiserweight titles.