Kennedy and Martin fight to a draw

Image: Kennedy and Martin fight to a drawBy Jim Dower: In a battle of flawed super bantamweight contenders, Teon Kennedy (17-1-2, 7 KO’s), ranked # IBF, fought to a 10 round majority draw against #10 IBF ranked contender Christopher Martin (23-1-3, 6 KO’s) on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Rigondeaux and Ramos battle it out on January 20th

By Chris Williams: In what could be a fight between the two best fighters in the super bantamweight division by far, undefeated WBA World super bantamweight champion Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KO’s) will be defending his title against interim WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KO’s) in a fight on January 20th at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Uchiyama stops Solis in 11th

Image: Uchiyama stops Solis in 11thBy Jim Dower: Making his fourth defense of his WBA World super featherweight title undefeated champion Takashi Uchiyama (18-0, 15 KO’s) stopped a game but overmatched 32-year-old Jorge Solis (40-4-2, 29 KO’) of Mexico in the 11th round on New Year’s Eve last Saturday night at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama, Japan. Uchiyama, 32, landed a big left hook to the head in the 11th that knocked Solis out cold flat on his back on the canvas.

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Kimbo Slice defeats Hackmann, looks terrible

By Dan Ambrose: Fighting for the third time as a professional boxer, former web brawler and MMA fighter 37-year-old Kevin “Kimbo” Slice (3-0, 2 KO’s) defeated Charles Hackmann (0-1) by a four round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The final judges’ scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 39-37.

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Peterson wants Pacquiao fight in 2012

Image: Peterson wants Pacquiao fight in 2012By John F. McKenna (McJack): New International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) wants a crack at World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) in 2012.

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Seth Mitchell – New heavyweight prospect from the USA

Image: Seth Mitchell – New heavyweight prospect from the USABy John F. McKenna (McJack): New American heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell (24-0-1, 18 KO’s) achieved what he and his team set out to do on Saturday night when he scored a 2nd round TKO over the more experienced 1996 Olympian Timur Ibragimov (30-4-1, 16 KO’s). Mitchell sized up Ibragimov up in the 1st round and then decided to start unloading the heavy artillery early in the 2nd round.

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