By Jim Dower: 36-year-old former light welterweight World Boxing Association champion Diosbelys Hurtado (42-3-1, 25 KOs) defeated journeyman Manuel Garnica (25-11, 13 KOs) by an unimpressive 12-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming in Miami, Florida.
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Weigh-In: Cotto 146, Clottey 147 – News
By Dave Lahr: With only one day remaining until their World Boxing Organization title bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden, title holder Miguel Cotto (33-1, 27 KO’s) weighed in at one pound under the welterweight limit at 146, while his 32-year-old challenger Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KO’s) came in right at the limit at 147. Clottey is hoping to try and rip the WBO title from Cotto’s possession and has picked a perfect time to fight Cotto, who was defeated by Antonio Margarito 11 months ago in a fight that could potentially have lasting effects.
Michalkin Defeats Bennama; Charr, Tajbert and Hammer All Victorious
By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Igor Michalkin (10-0, 7 KOs) had a tougher than expected fight on Saturday night, beating journeyman Karim Bennama (17-12-2, 4 KOs) in a grueling eight-round unanimous decision at the Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Carlos Molina Dominates Perez to win by UD – Boxing Results
By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event of the June 5th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fight’s from the Mahi Shrine in Miami, Florida Carlos Molina is stepping in as a substitute for Carlos Quintana to take on veteran fighter Danny Perez in a scheduled 12 round bout for the NABO Jr middleweight title.
Ira Terry Wins a Close Decision Over Bobo
By Sam Gregory: On the undercard of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from Miami Ira Terry 21-2 with 12 KO’s took on Leon Bobo 18-2 with 2 KO’s in a scheduled eight round bout in the Jr. Lightweight division.
Cintron Defeats Angulo In Questionable Decision
By Manuel Perez: Kermit Cintron (31-2-1, 27 KO’s) pulled off a tremendous upset against previously unbeaten number #1 ranked light middleweight Alfredo Angulo in a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. Despite winning the fight and landing the weaker punches for 12 rounds, Cintron only landed fifty more punches than Angulo.
Lauri Defeats Tolppola on 10th round Disqualification; Shafikov Crushes Cotterill – Boxing Results
By Erik Schmidt: EBU-EU light welterweight champion Giuseppe Lauri (48-6, 28 KO’s) defeated Finland’s Juho Tolppola (22-6, 9 KO’s) by a 10th round disqualification on Saturday night at the Hartwall Arena, in Helsinki, Finland. The fight was hilarious to watch due the constant fouling by Tolppola, who was penalized on two separate occasions for head butts and then landing a rabbit punch on the break.
Edwards Defeats Ahmed
By Nate Anderson: British and Commonwealth flyweight champion Chris Edwards (13-13-3, 4 KOs) easily defeated challenger Usman Ahmed (5-2-1) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke, Staffordshire, England. The final judges’ scores were 118-109, 117-111 and 118-109. I had Edwards, 33, easily winning every round of the fight and couldn’t see Ahmed coming close to winning even one.
Will Haye Be Too Cautious to Beat Wladimir?
By Chris Williams: In looking over several of David Haye’s most recent fights, I’ve noticed that he tends to fight very cautiously as if he’s afraid to mix it and get hit hard. I’ve seen the same from Wladimir Klitschko as well, but not nearly to the level that Haye seems to try and avoid getting hit in his fights.
Thirlwall Stops Hillyard
By Daniel Cann: In an interesting middleweight competition on the undercard of the Barker v McDermott title fight, friends and sparring partners Bermondsey’s Matt Thirlwall fought George Hillyard in a scheduled ten rounder. 28 year old Thirlwall was hoping to secure a lucrative match with either the winner of the Commonwealth bout later that night or British Champion Matthew Macklin. He had to get past the chunky looking Hillyard first. The younger man started brightly taking the fight to his taller opponent. A good left hook from Hillyard caught Thirlwall cleanly.