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By Manuel Perez: Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Rock Allen (14-0, 7 KOs) won a one-sided eight-round unanimous decision over Humberto Tapia (13-9-1, 7 KOs) last night at the Sovereign Center, in Reading, Pennsylvania. The final judges’ scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72. Allen, 27, a former member of the 2004 United States Olympic Team, dominated the fight, using short combinations and superior hand speed to pound out a 8-round unanimous decision over the 22-year-old Tapia.

By Manuel Perez: Super featherweight Francisco Arce (28-4-2, 19 KOs), better known as the younger brother of Jorge Arce, the former light flyweight champion, stopped Panamanian journeyman William De Sousa (33-12-1, 13 KOs) by a second round KO on Saturday night at the Salon Rojo, Toluca, in México. The end came suddenly after Arce landed a hard left to the body that sent De Sousa down in pain.

By Dan Ambrose: In a battle between two huge sluggers, middleweight prospect Don Mouton (8-3-1, 7 KOs) defeated Tunisian Walid Smichet (19-5-3, 14 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 98-92. Smichet, 29, a hard-hitting slugger well known for being the fighter who came close to defeating John Duddy in February, hurting him badly with big shots in the early rounds of the fight and cutting him badly over both eyes requiring more than 30 stitches afterwards to repair the wounds, found himself in a battle against a puncher with even bigger power and a higher work rate than his own on Saturday night against Mouton.

By Erik Schmidt: EBU (European) featherweight champion Oleg Yefimovych (15-1, 10 KOs) stopped Luca Maggio (7-4, 1 KOs) by an impressive 1st round TKO on Saturday night at the Sportpalace Drusba, in Donetsk, Ukraine. Yefimovych, 26, dropped Maggio with a left hook to the head. Later in the round, Yefimovych gain hurt Maggio, knocking him down for the second time in the round with a big left hook to the head. After Maggio got up, Yefimovych finished him off with two left hooks to the body, at which point referee Mickey Vann moved in and stopped the fight at 2:43 of the round.

By Manuel Perez: Light middleweight Joaquin Zamora (17-2-1, 11 KOs) defeated Jose Luis Gonzalez (12-5-1, 10 KOs) by a close 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Santa Ana Star Center, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The final judges’ scores were 95-94, 95-94 and 97-92.

By Erik Schmidt: WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Ramona Kuehne (12-0, 3 KOs) defeated Dahianna Santana (14-5, 5 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 100-92 and 97-93. Kuehne, 28, had little problems with Santana, from the Dominican Republic, winning most of the rounds except for a couple.

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated cruiserweight prospect Serdar Sahin (13-0, 7 KOs) stopped Patrick Linkert (1-3-1) in the 4th round of a scheduled six-round bout on Friday night at the Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Having chased Linkert around the ring for most of the short bout, Sahin finally caught up to him at the start of the 4th round, nailing him with a huge left hook, hurting him slightly and causing him to back up. Sahin then tagged him with another big left hook to the head, sending Linkert staggering backwards to the ropes, where Sahin then landed a hard right-left combination that sent Linkert down hard on the canvas.

On Saturday, November 29, undefeated Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola will defend his WBC Continental Americas title against Travis “Freight Train” Walker on the first-ever professional boxing card to be held at the new state-of-the-art Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. The bout is scheduled to air on HBO’s “Boxing After Dark” preceding the main event, 2-time WBO Welterweight Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams vs. 3-time World Champion Verno Phillips.

By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated light heavyweight contender Aleksy Kuziemski (16-0, 3 KOs) stopped Mantas Tarvydas (15-5, 10 KOs) in the 7th round on Saturday night to successfully defend his WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title and win the vacant EBA (European Boxing Association) light heavyweight title at the Stadthalle, Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The end came in the 7th after Tarvydas, 21, injured his right hand after landing a right hand to the head of Kuziemski. The fight was then stopped, giving Kuziemski the victory.

By Scott Gilfoid: Perhaps even if he tried, Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) couldn’t have picked a worse opponent than former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (25-1, 5 KOs) to fight tomorrow night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Boxing fans have shown very little interest in this fight, other than Hatton’s loyal British fans who would probably watch Hatton if he were to stand and paint the side of a barn.