By Jim Dower: Unbeaten super middleweight contender Tommy Oosthuizen (18-0, 13 KO’s) will be facing Marcus Johnson (21-1, 15 KO’s) on April 27th at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Oosthuizen, 23, will be defending his International Boxing Organization title in the fight against the 26-year-old Johnson.
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For how long can the mandatory challenger be avoided?
By Gerardo Granados: Love it or hate it but it is what it is, isn’t it? A friend of mine thinks that a paper title champion can avoid the mandatory challenger forever. He told me that there is one legit contender who has been avoided for a year now, that the contender is currently the number one ranked by two major boxing organizations and by one he is been the mandatory challenger for almost a full year now.
Hearn looking to deliver a top name for Kell Brook to fight on July 7th
By William Mackay: Having just finished putting unbeaten welterweight contender in with fringe contender Matthew Hatton for yet another easy win for Brook, Eddie Hearn, the promoter for Brook, says he’s ready to find another “Top name” to put in with Brook in his next fight on July 7th in at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
Adamek suffers badly bruised left hand in Aguilera win
By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (45-2, 28 KO’s) badly bruised his left hand in his 10 round unanimous decision victory over 2nd tier heavyweight Nagy Aguilera (17-7, 12 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York. Adamek said he landed a shot with his left early in the fight that immediately caused him a lot of pain.
Kimbo Slice stops Brian Green in 4th
By Eric Thomas: Making his fourth fight of his still developing career unbeaten Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson (4-0, 3 KO’s) scored a 4th round knockout on Saturday night over Brian Green (0-1) at the O’Reilly Center, in Springfield, Missouri.
Magdaleno stops Beltran Jr; Garcia defeats Ugas
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten super featherweight contender Diego Magdaleno (22-0, 8 KO’s) defeated replacement opponent Fernando Beltran Jr. (36-8-1, 20 KO’s) by a 7th round TKO on Friday night at the Casino Del Sol, in Tucson, Arizona.
Proksa needs to stay away from Kerry Hope
By Sean McDaniel: If former EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (26-1, 19 KO’s) is smart he’ll stay away from fighting a rematch with Kerry Hope (17-3, 1 KO’s) as long as he can and perhaps forever, because Proksa was badly exposed by Hope in his 12 round decision loss to him last weekend. The judges scored it 115-112, 114-113 and 114-114.
James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith reflects on career and talks about ‘Champion For Kids’ organization
By Ian Aldous: This past week former World heavyweight champion, James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith (44-17-1) took the time to talk with me about his rollercoaster career and what the first man to become heavyweight champion with a college degree hopes to achieve outside the ring, helping others.
Proksa deserved to lose to Hope
By Sean McDaniel: Last Saturday night EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (26-1, 19 KO’s) was shockingly beat by a big Welsh fighter named Kerry Hope (17-3, 1 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The loss has a lot of Proksa fans crying foul, feeling that the 27-year-old Proksa did more than enough to handily win the fight or at worse get a draw. I don’t see it that way. Proksa deserved to lose that fight and my guess is he’d lose again to Hope in a rematch if one takes place.
Undersized Proksa badly exposed by Kerry Hope
By William Mackay: Previously unbeaten now former EBU middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa (26-1, 19 KO’s) was beaten by 30-year-old little known challenger Kerry Hope (17-3, 1 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision last Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The final judges’ scores were 115-112 and 114-113 for Hope, and 114-114 even. The 27-year-old Proksa from Poland sustained a cut above his left eye in the 2nd round from a clash of heads in the last seconds of the round.