Friday night at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in an event by Spartan Fight Promotions, Farah ‘Quiet Storm’ Ennis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, improved to 17-0 (11), winning the vacant NABF Super Middleweight championship with a seventh round one punch knockout of game but outmatched Victor Lares of Corpus Christi, Texas, 15-5,…
Last December, Paul ‘The Punisher’ Williams won a majority decision over Sergio Gabriel Martinez in a non-title middleweight bout that many felt Martinez was the victor. This past Saturday the two fighters returned to Atlantic City for what the Spanish call ‘venganza’ (revenge) and what Paul Williams aimed to show was ‘payback’ by matching Martinez…
WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez won his hotly anticipated rematch with Paul Williams in dominant fashion last night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. The first time these two met, both were on the canvas in the initial frame before continuing a 12 round slugfest that saw former WBO welter kingpin Williams emerge the victor via…
There was a good fight card last night at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, with WBO super middle ruler Robert Stieglitz overcoming the stern challenge of Mexican visitor Enrique Ornelas. Stieglitz used his sharp boxing skills to post an early lead over the oncoming challenger but the aggression of Ornelas forced the champion to expend a…
The world’s top Women’s welterweight was in action last night as Cecilia Braekhus defended her two world title belts at the Kongrescenter in Herning. It was the sixth straight bout in which Braekhus was fighting for either the WBC, WBA or WBO titles and the 29 year old Norwegian resident produced her second consecutive stoppage….
Fighting in his native country for the first time, Miami-based prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky†Oliveira had a memorable homecoming, knocking-out Junior “Dangerous†Ramos in tonight’s main event, headlining “A Gala Night of Boxing†pro-am boxing card at Espaco das Americas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “A Gala Night of Boxing, presented by Rumble Star Promotions…
Former WBA lightweight champion Paulus “The Hitman†Moses (25-1, 17 KOs) will be back in action on Thursday in his hometown of Windhoek, Namibia, facing Argentine challenger Sergio Omar Priotti (22-7-1, 8 KOs). Moses traveled to Japan in 2008 and defeated then-champion Yusuke Kobori to win the WBA lightweight crown. In his last appearance on…
Almost a year has passed since Sergio Martinez, 45-2-2 (24), fought Paul Williams, 39-1 (27), in a classic battle that Williams walked away the victor from, through a majority decision. A very much disputed decision I might add, with 114-114, 113-115 and then, randomly…110-119, which is ridiculous! Tonight comes the rematch, and if it is…
IBF International Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek held a media workout to promote his upcoming December 9th title defense at Prudential Center in Newark NJ, against Vinny Maddalone, Queens, NY, 33-6, 24 KO’s. Adamek feels his preparation is right where it should be at this time. “I’ve been training hard for 7 weeks with Roger,” said…
By Per Ake Persson Alexander Dimitrenko´s mandatory defence of the European heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski has now been announced for December 4 (as previously reported) with Schwerin as site. Dimitrenko, from Ukraine, living in Germany and now a German citizen is making the first defence of the title. It´s announced by Universum that the…
This Saturday undefeated Bayan Jargal (15-0-3, 10KO’s) will face the toughest test of his young career, when he takes on Steve Upsher Chambers (22-1-1, 6KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall Convention Center in Atlantic City, NJ. The bout, scheduled for six rounds in the jr. welterweight division, will be one of the undercard bouts to the…
Ricky Hatton insists his weight loss that has nothing to do with a rumoured comeback. The former two weight world champion has shed 34lb in five weeks since leaving The Priory where he was treated for depression. Hatton, 32, is not even contemplating fighting againat the moment but is still training and puts his fitness…