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By Dan Ambrose: Once promising super middleweight Mads Larsen (50-2, 37 KOs) won a dull eight-round unanimous decision over journeyman fighter Ross Thompson (26-12-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Larsen, 35, thought to be the next opponent for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, did little other than jab for most of the fight, and won an uninspiring decision. There was little suspense of the fight, other than the 8th round when Thompson tagged Larsen with a powerful left and right hand shot, backing him up and causing him to cover up on the ropes. Thompson, who had lost eight of his last eleven fights going into Saturday’s bout, didn’t have the size or the firepower to finish Larsen off in the round. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 80-73 and 80-72, all for Larsen.

Larsen, a southpaw from Denmark, who was making only his fifth fight since his comeback in boxing in 2007 after a four year retirement, did little other than jab in the 1st round of the fight. Occasionally, he’d throw a left hand but only when he was certain that Thompson wouldn’t return anything that could give him trouble.

By Aaron Klein: British super flyweight champion Chris Edwards (11-13-3, 3 KOs) lost his BBBofC British super flyweight title on Friday night against the young 22 year-old challenger Andy Bell (11-3, 3 KOs), who defeated Edwards by a 12-round unanimous decision at the Metrodome, Barnsley, in Yorkshire, England. Edwards, 31, put on an exciting display of non-stop aggression, reminding one of an older Mickey Ward, though without his devastating hooks. Unfortunately for Edwards, he gave virtually all of the first six rounds of the fight to the crisper-punching challenger Bell, and found himself playing catch-up in the remaining second half of the fight.

Andy “Iceman” Bell put on the performance of his young career on Friday night at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England by taking the British super flyweight title from reigning champion Chris Edwards in a thrilling fight on a Frank Maloney promotion televised by Sky Sports.

New York, NY –– Don King Productions and 2K Sports today announced they will team up for an exclusive giveaway of five copies of the most anticipated sports release this spring, Don King Presents: Prizefighter, during the launch of King’s very own digital network, www.DonKingTV.com. A spectacular “Meet Me in St. Louis” championship doubleheader will be presented, plus several special attractions free to boxing and sports fans worldwide on DonKingTV.com tonight at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, live from the Scottrade Center.

“This is another new and exciting adventure for us,” said Don King. “Like the Gateway to the West, we will be taking St. Louis and this trailblazing fight card worldwide via the internet. Fans will be able to see IBF 154-pount champion Cory Spinks take on Verno Phillips and undefeated 140-pounder Devon Alexander against Miguel Callist. We want as many people as possible to see just how great our technology is, so we’re making four exciting hours of action available free of charge.”

By Scott Gilfoid: Looking like a can’t miss future champion, unbeaten British light middleweight prospect Jamie Cox (5-0, 2 KOs) made short work of his overmatched opponent David Kehoe (9-46-3, 2 KOs), stopping him in the first round on Saturday night on the undercard of Gavin Rees vs. Andreas Kotelnik WBA super lightweight championship bout at the International Arena, in Cardiff, Wales. Cox, only 21, a former Gold medal winner at the Commonwealth games and trained by Richie Woodhall, knocked Kehoe down with a sharp combination a minute into the bout. Kehoe, who looked completely outclassed, got up off the deck and received a standing eight count by the referee.

By Tony Krebs: In a night of disappointing performances by young prospects, undefeated featherweight Matt Remillard (13-0, 7 KOs) continued with the poor performances by defeating Colombian veteran Jesus Salvador Perez by a 4-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. The final judges’ scores were 40-35, 40-35 and 39-36, for the 21 year-old Remillard. However, I had Remillard squeaking by with a narrow decision over the 35 year-old Perez, who was the much busier and exciting fighter.

Perez, who came into the fight having lost 18 out of his last 25 bouts obviously brought in as an opponent to make Remillard look good against, took the fight to him in the first round and was doing well with a strong right hand attack. In fact, Perez was dominating almost the entire round when suddenly Remillard unleashed a powerful left hook that dropped Perez to the canvas. It seemed as if Remillard was playing possum for most of the round, saving up his strength to land one big punch that he could surprise Perez with.

By Tony Krebs: Undefeated Aaron Pryor Jr. (9-0, 6 KOs) defeated Alphonso Williams (10-4, 8 KOs) by an ugly 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Both fighters were hurt multiple times in the bout, but in the end the 6’4″ spindly-legged Pryor, the son of boxing great Aaron Pryor, pull out the decision by the scores of 79-73, 77-74 and 76-75. I personally had Pryor, 29, winning by a close decision, although he looked positively terrible, nothing like his famous father, who in his prime would have walked through a fighter in the class of Williams.

Williams, 32, was the aggressor in the first round as he attacked Pryor fiercely in the first round, battering him around the ring like a rag doll. Pryor seemed to regain his composure midway through the round and landed several good – not great – right hands to the head of Williams. However, Williams came back to stagger the skinny spider-looking Pryor, who staggered briefly and then continued fighting gamely.

By Donald Geranen: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, light welterweight Steve Forbes (33-5, 9 KOs) has opted to let his trainer Roger Mayweather go due to recent problem that arose earlier today when Floyd Mayweather Jr. became upset with Roger (his uncle and trainer) about him training Forbes, which Floyd felt might potentially upset his upcoming mega bout with Oscar De La Hoya if Forbes were somehow able to defeat De La Hoya.

By Eric Thomas: Continuing with his bad luck, lightweight contender Miguel Angel Huerta (26-9-1, 18 KOs) was on the losing end of a 12-round unanimous decision to veteran Javier Jauregui (53-14-2, 36 KOs) on Friday night at the Cicero Stadium, in Cicero, Illinois. Despite winning five of the last six rounds, which included knocking Jauregui down in the 10th, Huerta still lost the fight by the judges’ scores of 115-112, 117-110 and 115-112. I personally had Huerta winning seven rounds to five and having little trouble in earning the victory. Jauregui, 34, was impressive in the first half of the fight as he attacked well to the body of Huerta with left hooks.

I previously had thought that Huerta was one of the best body punches in the lightweight division, that is, until I saw Jauregui, who was clearly a level better at body punching. He looked extraordinary in the first round as he landed hard left hooks to the body of Huerta and hurt him on a number of occasions in the round. By the time the round had ended, Huerta had both arms to his sides trying to protect against the withering effects of Jauregui’s body shots.