Barrera Faces Khan; Murat vs. Sanavia, Sylvester vs. Nespro – News

khan434465The hype surrounding 22-year-old lightweight prospect Amir Khan may not be the same since his stunning first-round knockout loss to Breidis Prescott last September, but the 2004 Olympic silver medallist has the full confidence of his head trainer, Freddie Roach, as they prepare in Los Angeles for Khan’s showdown with multiple world champion “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, Saturday, March 14 at The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

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News: Pacquiao Vacates Title; Sylvester vs. Nespro on Saturday

The protagonists of Saturday night´s Sauerland Event fight card in Neubrandenburg today warmed up with a public training session in the heart of the East German city. Former European middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester (29-3, 14 KOs) will be looking to return to winning ways when he faces Italy´s Gaetano Nespro (14-4, 2 KOs) for the IBF international middleweight title. It will be the Hurricane’s first fight since losing a points decision to WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm and also the first under newly-appointed head coach Karsten Rower.

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Murat Defeats Campillo

murad53.jpgBy Erik Schmidt: Undefeated super middleweight Karo Murat (18-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his EBU (European) super middleweight title with an unimpressive 12-round majority decision over his non-top 15 ranked opponent Gabriel Campillo (16-2, 6 KOs) on Saturday night at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 115-115 and 115-113. I personally have Campillo, the much busier and accurate of the two fighters, winning seven rounds to five. Murat, ranked #5th in the WBA, #7th in the WBC and #15 in the IBF, looked slow in comparison to Campillo, and loaded up often with big body shots. Murat did particularly well in the first two rounds, hitting Campillo, from Spain, with hard body shots with both hands and missing few punches.

However, as the fight progressed, Campillo began moving more hitting the shorter Murat with an avalanche of jabs to the head, reddening his face and making him look anything but a champion. The problem for Murat was that his height (5’10”) and limited reach kept him from landing shots against the taller 6’2″ Campillo, forcing him to wade through a storm of leather each time he wanted to throw one of his body shots.

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