Archive for November, 2010

Photo Naoki Fukuda: By Dan Ambrose: I don’t know if anyone was paying attention last night to HBO analyst Emanuel Steward in his commentating for the WBC title fight between World Boxing Council middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and challenger Paul Williams, but I was shocked to hear Steward say that he thought Williams had won [...]

Photo Naoki Fukuda: By Dave Lahr: Last night, we saw pure brilliance from World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) successfully defended his title with a 2nd round KO of Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) in front of a packed Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City New Jersey. Martinez turned what was [...]

By Sean McDaniel: The British Boxing Board of Control has advised Hayemaker Promotions not to pay former EBU heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (27-5, 20 KO’s) in full for his dreadful performance in losing to WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) recently, according to news from Boxrec. Harrison, 39, has already received a partial [...]

By Ben James: Sorry I have not published any articles recently, I was in a motorbike accident on Tuesday and have just got out of surgery / hospital and this subject I am writing about has been on my mind all week. Please be forgiving if my writing is full of typos or mistakes as [...]

By Rasheed Catapang: Be careful what you wished for… Paul Williams dreamt of mixing it up with Pacquiao or Mayweather for a career high payday and had a plan of how to carry it through. He’d asserted himself to the pound for pound throne and made his case, leaving it in the end to the [...]

Rudy Markussen (35-2, 22 KOs) displayed his famed and feared punching power at the TV2 Fight Night in Herning on Saturday night when he destroyed Dejan Ribic (19-2, 7 KOs) in the first round. The Hardhitter knocked his opponent down with a left and then again two more times with thunderous body shots. “I felt [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) looked sensational on Saturday night in stopping two-time welterweight champion Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) in the 2nd round at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez was all business in throwing hard leather from the opening bell, as he worked his [...]

By Sam Gregory: In a press conference for the most highly anticipated rematch for 2010, Sergio Martinez 46-2-2 with 25 KO’s said he couldn’t think of any weakness of Paul Williams 39-2 with 27 KO’s he could capitalize on or exploit. Martinez said that Paul Williams was a very complete fighter but he predicted a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) made the mistake of trying to slug with World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night and he paid for it by getting knocked cold in the 2nd round in their fight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [...]

Boxing results – Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut: Paul Spadafora RTD 5 Alain Hernandez Danny O’Connor UD 8 Humberto Tapia Matt Remillard UD 8 Oscar Cuero

By Jim Dower: WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KO’s) avenged his previous defeat to Paul Williams (39-2, 27 KO’s) by stopping him with a single left hand to the head in the 2nd round tonight at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez appeared to get the better of Williams in [...]

Boxing results – WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma: Matt Korobov UD 8 Derrick Findley Raul Martinez SD 12 Rodrigo Guerrero

Boxing results – Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico: Jhonny Gonzalez KO 2 Santos Marimon Edgar Sosa UD 12 Masafumi Okubo Alberto Garza SD 12 Justin Savi WBC Silver featherweight title Giovanni Caro UD 10 Felix Machado Mariana Juarez KO 8 Maribel Ramirez Antonio Sanchez UD 8 Javier Prieto Carlos Zarate Jr UD 6 Jesus [...]

Boxing results -Hala AZS PWSZ, ul. Glucholazka 12, Nysa, Poland: Pawel Kolodziej TKO 3 John McClain Rafal Jackiewicz UD 8 Ronny McField Tomasz Hutkowski KO 3 Antonio Pedro Quiganga

Boxing results from the Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Logan McGuinness UD 8 Adrian Verdugo Tyler Asselstine TKO 2 Gerard Audate

Boxing results from the Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, New York: Elvir Muriqi UD 10 Daniel Judah Will Rosinsky UD 8 Yasin Rashid

Gary Buckland struck a mighty blow to Derry Mathews’ ribs to win the Prizefighter Super-Featherweights tournament at York Hall, Bethnal Green on a memorable night for British boxing.

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Nov. 20, 2010) – 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.

Zsolt Erdei UD 8 Samson Onyango

By Dan Ambrose: 39-year-old Tony Thompson (35-2 23 KO’s) continued his slow climb back from loss to IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko by stopping 2nd tier heavyweight Paul Marinaccio (24-6-3, 11 KO) in the 4th round tonight on the undercard of the Sergio Martinez vs. Paul Williams bout at Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Boxing results – Salle Omnisports, Tessala-El-Merdja, Algeria: Ali Chebah RTD 5 Ruben Cupe

By Dave Lahr: The odds are stacked against unbeaten Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) pulling off a miracle upset of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) next month on December 11th at the SAP-Arena, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Chisora says he’s 6’2″, the same size as former Klitschko conqueror Lamon Brewster, but Chisora looks [...]

Boxing from the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey: Willie Nelson TKO 1 Quinton Whitaker Noe Lopez Jr TKO 3 Luis Orlando Del Valle Tony Thompson TKO 4 Paul Marinaccio Fernando Guerrero TKO 4 Saul Duran Zsolt Erdei UD 8 Samson Onyango

By Sean McDaniel: Middleweight contender Andy Lee (24-1, 18 KO’s) will be looking to get revenge for a 7th round TKO loss to Bryan Vera (17-5, 11 KO’s) on February 4th, if the fight can be put together. The word is Lee wants the fight and is looking to avenge his loss from two years [...]

Boxing results – International Events Arena – Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Ireland: Andy Murray UD 10 Claudinei Lacerda Ciaran Healy KO 5 John Waldron Henry Coyle dec 8 Sandor Ramocsa Patrick Hyland dec 8 Suat Laze Martin Rogan dec 6 Werner Kreiskott Paul Truscott TKO 3 Yordan Vasilev

By Dan Ambrose: “Sugar” Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO’s) seems pretty certain that he’s going to be Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent at some point in 2011 unless Floyd Mayweather Jr. speaks up and takes the fight before him. Mosley met with Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, and it looks as if he told Mosley that he’s [...]

Boxing results – Freiberger Arena, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany: Robert Stieglitz U 12 Enrique Ornelas WBO super middleweight title Ramona Kuehne dec 10 Irma Balijagic Adler

By Jason Kim: Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao, really doesn’t want Manny to fight 39-year-old Shane Mosley next. Ariza, like a lot of other people, doesn’t see this as a competitive fight for Pacquiao, and would much prefer that he face Juan Manuel Marquez instead. Ariza goes so far as [...]

Ringside report by Felipe Leon Photos by Paul Gallegos. With a busy boxing 2010 coming to a close, Bobby D. Presents in association with Jorge Marron Productions made sure it came to end with a bang with their “Showdown at the Crowne” fight card last night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Mission Valley, a [...]

(OXNARD, CALIF.) – The United States’ women have grabbed the momentum at the inaugural Women’s International Dual Series in Oxnard, Calif. Team USA enjoyed six victories in the third day of action at the Oxnard PAL gym with Poland and Hungary claiming the other three wins on Friday night.