Archive for May, 2008

By Jim Dower: Former WBC light flyweight champion Brian Viloria (22-2, 13 KOs) stopped journeyman fighter Fred Hernto Valdez (10-18, 5 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday night at the Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Viloria, 27, initially hurt Valdez with a big right hand earlier in the round, [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov (10-0, 8 KOs) continued with his progress in defeating unbeaten Rudolf Abramyan (11-1, 10 KOs) by an 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Sportspalce Lokomotiv, in Kharkov, Ukraine. Ustinov, a 6’7” 300 lb heavyweight from Belasrus now being promoted by the Klitschko brother’s K2 East [...]

Ricky Hatton Exclusive interview – In This Week’s Nuts Magazine: Before his fight against Juan Lazcano, The Hitman talks to Nuts magazine about pub crawls, Sven and how he loves being called a “fat b*stard” How have you been preparing for the fight? My nickname’s “Ricky Fatton” and it’s true that I usually need to [...]

By Nate Anderson: Hard-punching undefeated light middleweight contender James Kirkland (22-0, 19 KOs) made short work of his Nigerian opponent Eromosele Albert (21-2, 10 KOs), stopping him in the 1st round to win the vacant WBO NABO light middleweight title on Saturday night at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Fighting on the same [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In perhaps the most exciting fight of the night on card with top prospects James Kirkland and Yuriorkis Gamboa, undefeated light middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10 KOs) stopped Colombian Richard Gutierrez (24-2, 14 KOs) in the 5th round of a scheduled 10-round bout to win the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight [...]

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated super featherweight prospect Yuriorkis Gamboa (10-0, 8 KOs) had a less than thrilling performance on Saturday night, as he struggled to defeat his best opponent to date Darling Jimenez (23-3-2, 14 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, [...]

By Manuel Perez: WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (35-3-2, 14 KOs) added another title to his collection when he defeated WBA super flyweight champion Alexander Munoz (32-3, 27 KOs) by a 12-round split decision to win his WBA super flyweight title at the Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, in Durango, Mexico, on Saturday night. The [...]

By William MacKay: Former WBC light flyweight champion Jorge Arce (49-4-1, 37 KOs) won a close 12-round majority decision on Saturday night against Devid Lookmahanak (18-2, 9 KOs) to win the WBC super flyweight eliminator at the Plaza Monumental, Aguascalientes, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Arce, 28, was staggered in the 4th round by a powerful left [...]

By Michael Liberman: One-time cruiserweight title challenger Marco Huck (21-1, 16 KOs) defeated a Frantisek Kasanic (12-3, 12 KOs) by a 9th round TKO to win the vacant IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title on Saturday night at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany. Huck, 23, looked vastly improved from his 12th-round losing effort in his challenge [...]

By Michael Liberman: Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Alexander Frenkel (15-0, 11 KOs) destroyed American Cory Phelps (12-4-1, 7 KOs) in 1st round TKO of a scheduled 10-round bout to win the vacant IBF Youth cruiserweight title on Saturday night at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany. Going into the fight, there were some people (mostly Americans) [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Welterweight Oliver Guettel (13-1, 7 KOs) overcame a 1st round knockdown to come back and defeat Ilian Aries (14-2, 8 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision to win the WBC World Youth welterweight title on Friday night at the Ballhaus Arena, Aschersleben, in Sachesen-Anhalt, Germany. Guettel, 23, started off well in the [...]

By Nate Anderson: In one of the more exciting bouts on Friday’s fight card on ESPN, undefeated light middleweight prospect Ruslan Provodnikov (8-0, 6 KOs) fought a war with previously undefeated Brian Gordon (4-1, 4 KOs), defeating him by a 6-round unanimous decision. The final judges’ scores were 59-55, 58-56 and 60-54. I personally had [...]

Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Darling Jimenez to win the vacant WBC international super featherweight championship. “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” dominated most of the fight but was down in the fourth when Jimenez caught him with a left. ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner: “Gamboa is a complete fighter but tonight I was not happy with his performance. He was [...]

By Jason Kim: Making his first attempt at light heavyweight, a badly weight drained-looking Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 21 KOs) was absolutely decimated by light heavyweight Shaun George (17-2-2, 8 KOs), getting stopped in the 9th round on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Byrd, 37, was knocked down twice [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Italian light welterweight Gianluca Branco (41-2-1, 21 KOs) defeated Britain’s Colin Lynes (31-4, 12 KOs) by a 12-round split decision to take away his EBU (European) light welterweight title tonight at the PalaRuffini, Torino, in Piemonte, Italy. Branco, 37, did little in the first half of the fight, seeming to lose all [...]

By Jim Dower: Former WBO bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (38-6, 32 KOs) had a tougher than expected time defeating former IBF light flyweight champion Mauricio Pastrana (34-9-2, 22 KOs) , stopping him in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout tonight at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California. Gonzalez, 26, lost [...]

By Aaron Klein: Former WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (40-5-1, 21 KOs) experienced one of his most humiliating losses in his career tonight when he was stopped by light heavyweight Shaun George (17-2-2, 8 KOs) in the 9th round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Byrd, [...]

By Nate Anderson: According to boxingtalk, former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman (45-6-2, 36 KOs) will be fighting a title elimination bout on July 16th, which will be shown live on ESPN. Both Rahman and Toney are getting up there in age, with Rahman now 35 and Toney a ripe 39, so this may turn out [...]

By Chris Williams: A couple of weeks ago it was announced that WBC heavyweight champion Samuel Peter (30-1, 23 KOs) would be fighting “Champion emeritus” Vitali Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs) in October with the WBC heavyweight title on the line. Up to this point, I’ve heard a lot of people putting the 36 year-old Vitali [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, various internet boxing forums are talking about the possibility that undefeated WBA/WBC/WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs) could be facing undefeated WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (33-0, 29 KOs) in the near future, but only if Pavlik can get by his next opponent Gary [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Once-beaten cruiserweight contender Marco Huck (20-1, 15 KOs) will be fighting Frantisek Kasanic on Saturday night in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany, for the vacant IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title. Huck, only 23, was turned back in his attempt to challenge for the IBF cruiserweight title last [...]

By Scott Gildfoid: Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) hopes to get back on the winning track next week when he takes on the tough Juan Lazcano (37-4-1, 27 KOs) at the Manchester Stadium, in Manchester. Hatton, 29, is coming off a 10th round stoppage to WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who pierced Hatton’s former [...]

By Manuel Perez: 2004 Cuban amateur Gold Medalist super featherweight Yuriorkis Gamboa (9-0, 8 KOs) meets up this weekend with Darling Jimenez (23-2, 14 KOs) at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. After only nine fights, many people, this writer included, feel that Gamboa is already the best super featherweight in the division, even [...]

Welterweight superpowers MIGUEL COTTO and ANTONIO MARGARITO, and Hall of Fame promoter BOB ARUM will embark on a coast-to-coast media tour next week announcing “The Battle!” / “La Batalla!” — their compelling and eagerly-awaited world welterweight championship fight. Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs), from Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs), from Tijuana, Mexico, will [...]

In stark contrast to the circulating stories of an illness during training camp, which turned out to be nothing more than a fleeting minor virus, IBO/Ring Light Welterweight World Champion Ricky Hatton extended an open invitation to the British press yesterday to witness a rigorous display of his healthful condition. There has been no denial [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten cruiserweight prospect Alexander Frenkel (14-0, 10 KOs) faces perhaps his toughest challenge of his short career when he meets up with American Cory Phelps (12-3-1, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany. Frenkel, 23, will be fighting for the vacant IBF Youth cruiserweight title. Frenkel is [...]

By Aaron Klein: Undefeated light middleweight prospect Alfredo Angulo (12-0, 9 KOs) makes his second appearance of the year this Saturday night when takes on Colombian Richard Gutierrez (24-1, 14 KOs) in a bout for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight title at the Buffalo Bills Hotel, in Primm, Nevada. Also on the card is [...]

By Nate Anderson: In one of the poorer scored fights I can recall seeing, light welterweight prospect Joel Torres (9-0-1, 5 KOs) and Christopher Fernandez (15-4-1, 9 KOs) fought to an 8-round draw on Wednesday night at the Gotham Hall, in New York, New York. The final judges’ scores were 77-75, for Torres, 78-74, for [...]

By Nate Anderson: Light welterweight prospect Francisco Figueroa (19-2, 13 KOs) defeated Luis Rodriguez (22-2, 13 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Wednesday night to retain his NABF light welterweight title at the Gotham Hall, in New York, New York. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112, all for Figueroa. Going into [...]

By Scott Gildfoid: In somewhat of a disappointing move, former 2004 Cuban Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist Odlanier Solis (9-0, 6 KOs) will be reportedly fighting former heavyweight contender Francois Botha (45-4-2, 28 KOs) on May 30th in Spain. The fight would have meant much more say five years ago when Botha was still fighting regularly, [...]