Sylvester-Lorenzo

By Erik Schmidt: German middleweight Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15 KO’s) defeated Giovanni Lorenzo (27-2, 19 KO’s) by a 12-round split decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant International Boxing Federation middleweight title at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany The final judges’ scores were 116-111 for Lorenzo, 116-112 and 115-113 for Sylvester.

By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (25-0, 25 KO’s) got some bad news yesterday when it was discovered that his work visa was denied for his November 14th fight against Humberto Soto, according to Fight News. This is really bad for Valero, because he would have had the chance to [...]