Huck-Afolabi

By Erik Schmidt: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization cruiserweight title, champion Marco Huck (27-1, 20 KO’s) defeated WBO interim champion Ola Afolabi (14-2, 6 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Arena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112. Huck, only 25, outworked Afolabi [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten Darren Barker (20-0, 13 KO’s) will be facing a replacement Danny Butler (18-2, 3 KO’s) on Saturday night for the vacant BBBofC British middleweight title at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex. Barker, 27, was supposed to be facing Wayne Elcock, but he pulled out of the fight complaining of a stomach [...]

By Dave Lahr: In case you might not be aware, the cruiserweight division is one of the most ignored divisions in boxing. Outside of the most hardcore of boxing fans, few people could name who the current champions are in the division right now. That’s not because there’s not any talented fighters in the division, [...]