Vazquez Jr Fights To A Draw With Cardenas
December 19th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Wilfredo Vazquez
Looking nothing like a future boxing star, undefeated featherweight Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (9-0-1, 8 KOs), the son of boxing great Wildredo Vazquez, fought to a 8-round majority draw with Mexican Jorge Cardenas (9-4-4, 2 KOs) on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The final scores were 77-75, 76-76 and […]
Huerta Stops Alicea
December 18th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Miguel Angel Huerto
Lightweight challenger Miguel Huerta (26-8-1, 18 KOs) used a vicious body attack to stop veteran fighter Daniel Alicea (30-7-2, 22 KOs) in the 3rd round on Friday night at the Cicero Stadium, in Cicero, Illinois. Huerta, ranked # 8 in the World Boxing Council lightweight division, was pounding away unmercifully at Alicea with left hooks […]
Wlodarczyk Destroys Mensah
December 18th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
Former International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (39-2, 29 KOs) destroyed opponent Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah (14-5-1, 8 KOs) in the 5th round on Saturday night at the Hala na Podpromiu, in Rzeszow, Podkarpackie, Poland. Wlodarczyk, 26, in the 5th round, hit Mensah, a native of Ghana, with three successive right hands while he was […]
Ragosina Defeats Fountain
December 18th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Natascha Ragosina
Woman’s WIBF/WBA/GBU/WIBA super middleweight champion won a dominating one-sided 10 round unanimous decision victory over challenger Akondaye Fountain (7-1-1, 4 KOs) on Saturday night the Anhalt Arena in Dessau, Germany. In doing so, Ragosina, 31, won the vacant World Boxing Council super middleweight title, which had formerly been held by Laila Ali. Ragosina, formerly from […]
Salido TKOs Avila
December 18th, 2007 Tags: Boxing
Featherweight Orlando Salido (29-9-2, 19 KOs) stopped power-puncher Hector Avila (41-4, 37 KOs) in the sixth round on Friday night at the Cicero Stadium, in Cicero, Illinois, in the International Boxing Federation featherweight eliminator bout. Salido, ranked #3 in the IBF, had little trouble with the knockout artist Avila, dominating ever round of the fight, […]
Matsuda Defeats Lopez
December 18th, 2007 Tags: Boxing
Naoki Matsuda (28-7-3, 11 KOs) defeated Rudy Lopez (20-4-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, after the fight was stopped after the 8th rounds due to a severe cut on Lopez’s left eye, which had previously been opened by a left hand from Matsuda in the […]
Linares Stops Diaz
December 17th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Jorge Linares
Unbeaten Tokyo-based World Boxing Council featherweight champion Jorge Linares (25-0, 16 KOs) stopped challenger Gamaliel Diaz (22-7-2, 9 KOs) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Linares, 22, appeared very relaxed in the early rounds of the fight, calmly jabbing a fierce-looking Diaz, who […]
Arthur Decisions Foster
December 17th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Alex Arthur
World Boxing Organization super featherweight interim champion Alex Arthur (26-1, 19 KOs) narrowly defeated Stephen Foster (23-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Meadowbank Sports Centre, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The final judges’ scores were 114-111, 114-111 and 113-112. Both fighters were down, with Foster being knocked down in the 9th and Arthur going down […]
Is Calzaghe afraid of Hopkins?
December 16th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
Super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe has been busily attempting to arrange a potential mega-fight with light heavyweight Bernard Hopkins, but up to this point he’s had little luck for his efforts. The two met recently in a heated exchanged in which Hopkins said “I would never let a white boy beat me.” During that discussion, […]
Green Decisions Drews, Wins WBA Light Heavyweight Title
December 16th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Danny Green
Last night, Australian light heavyweight Danny Green (25-3, 22 KOs) pulled off a minor upset when he won a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision over 6′5′ Croation Stipe Drews (32-2, 13 KOs) at the Challenge Stadium, in Mt Claremont (Perth), Western Australia. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 120-108 and 118-111, giving Green the victory and […]
Valero Annihilates Zavaleta
December 16th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Edwin Valero
Making his third defense of his World Boxing Association super featherweight title, Edwin Valero (23-0-0 23 KOs) brutally destroyed challenger Zaid Zavaleta in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12-round title bout tonight at the Plaza de Toros, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Valero knocked Zavaleta down late in the 1st round, and rocked him […]
Lee Destroys Mckay
December 15th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Andy Lee
Irish middleweight prospect Andy Lee (14-0, 11 KOs) caused his opponent Jason McKay (18-2, 5 KOs) to quit after the sixth round tonight at the National Stadium, in Dublin, Ireland. Though the fight was considered to be the toughest bout of the 23 year-old Lee’s career, the fight in fact was one of Lee’s easiest, […]
Who’s Next For Julio Cesar Chavez Jr?
December 15th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Well, it appears that junior middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s bout with Contender star Alfonso Gomez is out the window, based on a report by Dan Rafael of ESPN, who said that Chavez’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, has had second thoughts about Chavez facing Gomez, apparently after seeing that Chavez, the son […]
Torres vs. Alvarado On February 16th
December 15th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricardo Torres, Mike Alvarado
World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Ricardo Torres (32-1, 28 KOs) will be defending his title on February 16th against unbeaten challenger Mike Alvarado (19-0, 13 KOs) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevado. Torres, 27, recently was involved in a questionable 11th round TKO of challenger Kendall Holt on September 1st, a bout […]
“I Don’t Think he (Hatton) Should Fight Again” - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
December 15th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Fashun 3K Battery
According to a report from Dan Rafael of ESPN, undefeated World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) recommends that Ricky Hatton not fight again, stating “I hope Ricky Hatton is able get to through this one. This is tough on him and his family. I know he’s been through a […]
Pavlik Eager To Face Taylor
December 14th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Jermain Taylor, Kelly Pavlik
In a recent press conference, WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik said that he’s looking forward to his rematch with former middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in a PPV fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, on February 16th. Last time out, Pavlik destroyed Taylor, stopping him in the 7th round of their bout in September. […]
Hatton Wants Rematch With Mayweather
December 14th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton
Perhaps still smarting from his 10th round TKO to Floyd Mayweather on Saturday at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton recently expressed interest in fighting a rematch with Mayweather, or possibly fighting Oscar De La Hoya. Both fights would seem remote at this point given the way Hatton performed against Mayweather. Who knows? […]
Peter vs. Maskaev On February 2nd
December 13th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Samuel Peter, Oleg Maskaev
In the boxing news, both World Boxing Council interim champion Samuel Peter and World Boxing Council champion Oleg Maskaev sent in their medical exams to the WBC in preparation for their February 2nd title match at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, New York. Vitali Klitschko, the WBC emeritus , also sent in his […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr: Who Should He Fight Next?
December 13th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
Moments after Floyd Mayweather’s 10-round destruction of Ricky Hatton last Saturday night, Mayweather commented that he wouldn’t allow boxing to retire him, that he would retire from boxing. However, knowing that Mayweather is often making threats of retiring from boxing but never actually carrying them out, I thought it would be interesting to discuss who […]
Should Hatton Retire?
December 12th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton
Normally I wouldn’t advise a fighter as great as Ricky Hatton to retire this early on in his career, considering he’s only 29 years-old and would appear to have a lot of mileage left ahead of him, but in his case, I think it’s best that he hang up his gloves and call it a […]
