By Naheem Yacub: Adil “Platinum KID” Anwar, despite being messed around at Echo Arena especially after David Price lost, prevailed as the ref stopped the contest in the 6th round due to a really bad cut Adil gave his opponent Lance Sheehan to his left eye. This resulted in the decision being given in Adils favour, thus bringing back the Light-welter Weight British Masters Title back to Leeds.
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Harrison stops Rossy, captures Prizefighter tourney
By Scott Gilfoid: 41-year-old Audley Harrison (31-6, 22 KO’s) captured the heavyweight Prizefighter tournament to Saturday night in beating Derric Rossy (27-6, 14 KO’s) by a 2nd round knockout in the finals of the tourney at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom.
Burns-Vazquez and Cleverly v Krasniqi Live on EPIX
World championship boxing makes its 2013 debut on EPIX next month with an exciting quadruple-header! World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight champion RICKY “Rickster” BURNS and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titlist MIGUEL “Titere” VAZQUEZ will collide in a world title unification to determine the division’s top dog in the main event of a blockbuster four-bout card.
“Best of Britain” will be televised live ringside from Wembley Arena in London, Saturday, March 16, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT, exclusively on EPIX, the premium entertainment service. EPIX will stream the fights live on EpixHD.com and on the EPIX app on Xbox consoles and Roku players as part of a special free trial offer for boxing fans.
Robert Marroquin vs. Antonio Escalante on March 16th in Thackerville, Oklahoma
By Dan Ambrose: Super bantamweight Robert Marroquin (22-2, 15 KO’s) will be moving up to featherweight to face Antonio Escalante (28-5, 19 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the WinStar Casino, in Thackerville, Oklahoma, USA. This will be a good test for the 23-year-old Marroquin, who is coming off of a 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux last September.
Despite losing the fight by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision, Marroquin hurt Rigondeaux on a couple of occasions with hard left hooks to the head. Marroquin showed good power in that fight, and his big size advantage over Rigondeaux really helped his case. Unfortunately for Marroquin, he failed to throw enough punches to win and he ended up getting badly outworked by Rigondeaux.
Dierry Jean stops Rivera
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten NABF light welterweight champion Dierry Jean (24-0, 16 KO’s) made easy work of Mexican journeyman Juan Jesus Rivera (25-10, 16 KO’s) in stopping him in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Hilton Lac Learny, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Broner: I’m expected to take over Boxing when Mayweather and Pacquiao retire
By Scott Gilfoid: Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) is starting to realize the responsibility that is resting on his shoulders now that he’s on the verge of taking over Boxing given that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are both on their last legs in terms of fighting at a high level.
Broner understands that it’s going to be him that carries the torch when those two stars creep into retirement in the near future, and he’ll be the only pay per view star the sport has to offer.
Broner said “There are high expectations for me to take over boxing after Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao hang up the gloves.”
Why should fighters sign with Golden Boy or Top Rank?
With the recent Abner Mares-Nonito Donaire fiasco now behind us, all that’s been proven is that Top Rank and Golden Boy still cannot work together. This begs the question, why should fighters still sign for them when they know there is a chance that the biggest fights, and biggest paydays, may not be available to them because of the cold war between the two promotional firms.
Coyne vs. Oliveira in WBA 175 lb. eliminator on March 9th in Brooklyn, New York
By Allan Fox: #12 WBA Ryan Coyne (21-0, 9 KO’s) will be facing #12 WBA Marcus Oliveira (24-0-1, 19 KOs) in a scheduled WBA light heavyweight eliminator bout on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Tavoris Cloud fight card on HBO on March 9th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Magomed Abdusalamov vs. Victor Bisbal on March 8th on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights in Atlantic City
By Allan Fox: Unbeaten heavyweight contender Magomed Abdusalamov (16-0, 16 KO’s) will be looking to keep his perfect knockout streak alive in his scheduled 10 round fight against former 2004 Puerto Rican Olympian Victor Bisbal (21-1, 15 KO’s) on March 8th on ESPN2 Friday Night Fights at the Resorts Hotel & Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Leo Santa Cruz vacating IBF title, moving to super bantamweight
By Dan Ambrose: Having problems making weight and not happy with the lack of big name opponents, IBF bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (23-0-1, 13 KO’s) is reportedly vacating his International Boxing Federation 118 pound title and moving up to super bantamweight to go after the bigger names at that weight.
It’s a wise move for the 24-year-old Santa Cruz because he was about to be stuck with another drab title defense, this one against Jaime McDonnell that would have interested no one in the United States.