Chavez Jr. vs. Loriga This Saturday
April 23rd, 2008 Tags: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
By Manuel Perez: Unbeaten light middleweight prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (35-0-1, 28 KOs) continues on with his glacial move towards title contention when he takes on undefeated Italian Tobia Giuseppe Loriga (24-0-1, 6 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout for the WBC Continental Americas light middleweight title this Saturday night at the Plaza de […]
Can A Skinnier Chris Byrd Rejuvenate His Career?
April 23rd, 2008 Tags: Chris Byrd
By Dan Ambrose: Not satisfied with a splendid career at heavyweight, one in which he won two heavyweight titles over the likes of Vitali Klitschko and the great Evander Holyfield, a much skinnier Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs) looks to resurrect his career as a light heavyweight. Byrd, 37, who holds wins over such excellent […]
Should Hopkins Retire?
April 22nd, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins
By Scott Gilfoid: Last Saturday, former light heavyweight and middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins gave perhaps one of his worst fighting displays in his career when he lost a dull 12-round split decision to Joe Calzaghe at the Tomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hopkins looked nothing like his old self, as his […]
Calzaghe-Hopkins: Why Bernard Should Have Won The Fight
April 22nd, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: I still can’t get over the fact that Joe Calzaghe was given the decision the other night against Bernard Hopkins. It seems as if only one of the referees got the fight correct, scoring the fight 114-113 for Hopkins, although even that score was too generous for Calzaghe, because Hopkins had landed […]
Calzaghe-Tarver: Should Joe Be Fighting Antonio Rather Than Jones?
April 22nd, 2008 Tags: Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe, Antonio Tarver
By Erik Schmidt: In the past week, we’ve been hearing a lot about Joe Calzaghe considering a fight with Roy Jones Jr. for his next and perhaps final fight of his career. However, I think Calaghe is forgetting an opponent that is even more deserving than Jones, and that’s Antonio Tarver, who recently defeated IBF […]
Ashira Stops Thiam
April 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Michael Lieberman: Junior middleweight contender Evans Ashira (29-3, 15 KOs) stopped former EBU middleweight champion Mamadou Thiam (42-7, 39 KOs) in the 6th round of a scheduled 12-round bout to win the vacant Universal Boxing Organization InterContinental Light Middleweight at the Frederikssund Hallen, in Frederikssund, Denmark. Ashira, a former super middleweight title challenger, […]
Nuzhnenko Fights To Technical Draw With Garcia
April 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Erik Schmidt: Fighting for the WBA interim welterweight title, undefeated Ukrainian Yuriy Nuzhnenko (27-0-1, 13 KOs) fought to a 10-round technical draw with Irving Garcia (16-3-2, 8 KOs) from Puerto Rico, after the fight was stopped in the 10th round due to swelling on the forehead of Nuzhnenko, 31, from a prior head butt […]
Ustinov Defeats Fields
April 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Robert Cavender: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (9-0, 8 KOs) easily defeated journeyman Sedreck Fields (22-37-2, 18 KOs) by an 8-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Sports Palace, in Kiev, Ukraine. Ustinov, 31, a 6’7” 300 lb heavyweight from Belarus, now promoted reportedly by K2 East, the company owned by Wladimir and […]
Rhodes Crushes Woolcombe, McDermott Stops Reid
April 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing
By Aaron Klein: Former BBBofC British light middleweight champion Ryan Rhodes (39-4, 27 KOs) recaptured his title with a 9th round KO of champion Gary Woolcombe (25-2, 10 KOs) on Friday night to recapture his title at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Rhodes, 31, who had last held the BBBofC British light middleweight […]
Audley Harrison Stops Barnett
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Audley Harrison
By Erik Schmidt: Former 2000 Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison (22-3, 17 KOs) returned to his winning ways on Saturday night with a 5th round stoppage over American Jason Barnett (10-7, 4 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. The end came suddenly when Harrison, 36, landed a […]
Adamek Forces Bell To Quit
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Tomasz Adamek, O'Neil Bell
IBF #3 cruiserweight contender Tomasz Adamek secured a world title opportunity today by stopping IBF #7 contender O’ Neil Bell at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva. Adamek floored Bell in the opening round and then schooled the former undisputed world cruiserweight champion for the […]
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Calzaghe Looks To Be Next
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe
By Eric Thomas: In the latest news, former champion Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 38 KOs) made it clear after last night’s win by Joe Calzaghe over Bernard Hopkins that he wants to fight Calzaghe next, even if it means having to travel all the way to Wales to make the fight happen. The fight, if […]
Diaconu Decisions Henry
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Adrian Diaconu
By Nate Anderson: Undefeated Romanian light heavyweight contender Adrian Diaconu (25-0, 15 KOs) defeated American Chris Henry (21-1, 17 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight to win the WBC light heavyweight interim title at the Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania. Diaconu, 29, ranked #1 in the WBC, appeared to land the cleaner punches […]
Calzaghe Defeats Hopkins In Split Decision
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Chris Stein: Undefeated Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) survived a 1st round knockdown tonight to come back and pound out a 12-round split decision over former middleweight/light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (48-5, 32 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Beyond the first round, there was little suspense in the […]
Adamek Stops Bell
April 20th, 2008 Tags: Tomasz Adamek, O'Neil Bell
By Dan Ambrose: Number #3 ranked IBF cruiserweight contender Tomasz Adamek (34-1, 22 KOs) was far too fast for the former undisputed cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell (26-4-1, 24 KOs) tonight, stopping him when the 35 year-old Bell failed to come out for the 8th round at the Spodek, in Katowice, Poland.. Bell was down in […]
Hopkins vs. Calzaghe: Predicting Ugliness For Saturday
April 19th, 2008 Tags: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe
By Peter Kurth: If you’re all that familiar with Bernard Hopkins (48-4, 32 KOs) and know how he typically fights, you already know that this Saturday’s fight with undefeated super middleweight Joe Calzaghe (44-0, 32 KOs) is going to be bloody and filled with a certain amount of fouls. That, I’m afraid, is almost a […]
Bell vs. Adamek: Look For An Easy KO Win For O’Neil
April 19th, 2008 Tags: Tomasz Adamek, O'Neil Bell
By Eric Thomas: Former cruiserweight WBA/WBC/IBF cruiserweight champion O’Neil Bell (26-2-1, 24 KOs) will return to the ring tomorrow night after a year layoff to go up against former WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek (33-1, 22 KOs) in a IBF cruiserweight title eliminator at the Spodek, in Katowice, Poland. You got to feel for […]
Clinton Woods: What Next?
April 18th, 2008 Tags: Clinton Woods
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods (41-4-1, 24 KOs) lost a lot more than his title last Saturday night in a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision loss to challenger Antonio Tarver, he also lost a lot of respect from many fans in the boxing community along with a potential huge paying bout with […]
Samuel Peter Gives Warning To Haye
April 18th, 2008 Tags: Samuel Peter, David Haye
By Jack Kurr: WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) recently advised David Haye (21-1, 20 KOs) to take things slow while climbing the latter in the heavyweight division, saying to Santasports writer Spencer Fearon, “It [the heavyweight division] is not a place for kids…The people who jump up from cruiserweight to heavyweight, I […]
Byrd Interested In Bout With Calzaghe
April 18th, 2008 Tags: Joe Calzaghe, Chris Byrd
By Michael Lieberman: Former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-4-1, 21 KOs), now campaigning as a light heavyweight, is reportedly interested in a fight with undefeated super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe according to the British Boxing News website. Byrd, 37, recently lost to heavyweight contender Alexander Povetkin by a 11th round TKO on October 27th, […]
