Giovanni Lorenzo

Gilberto Ramirez stops Giovanni Lorenzo

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ramirez63By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #9 IBF super middleweight contender Gilberto Ramirez (28-0, 22 KO’s) kept his unbeaten record with a 5th round stoppage of 33-year-old two-time former world title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (33-7, 25 KO’s) on Friday night to win the vacant NABF super middleweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The 22-year-old Ramirez knocked Lorenzo down three times in the fight with vicious body shots, putting him down in the 3rd once and twice in the 5th before the towel was waived by Lorenzo’s corner after the 2nd knockdown in the 5th. The official stoppage by referee Jay Nady was 2:47 of the 5th.

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Daniel Jacobs stops Giovanni Lorenzo in 3rd round

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lorenzo11By Jim Dower: #9 WBO middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (26-1, 23 KO’s) continued with his long slow climb back to the top with a 3rd round TKO on Monday night of former middleweight title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (32-6, 24 KO’s) to capture the vacant WBC Continental Americas middleweight title in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Best Buy Theater, in New York, New York, USA.

Jacobs, 26 knocked Lorenzo down with a nice right hand bomb in the 3rd round after having stunned him with a scorching left hook to the head moments earlier. The fight was then stopped at 2:05 of the round by referee Steve Willis.

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Pavlik could be facing Giovanni Lorenzo on November 13th

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Image: Pavlik could be facing Giovanni Lorenzo on November 13thBy Dan Ambrose: Middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-3, 21 KO’s) could be the next opponent for former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO’s) to face on November 13th at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, according to news from Dan Rafael on his Twitter page. Rafael says that Pavlik’s promotional company Top Rank has made an offer to the 29-year-old Lorenzo. Pavlik was going supposed to be fighting Daniel Edouard on November 13th, but it appears that fight may be off the table.

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Sturm defeats Lorenzo

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By Matt Stein: Making his first title defense in 14 months, WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KO’s) won a lopsided and dull 12 round unanimous decision over the badly over-matched number #7 ranked World Boxing Association middleweight challenger Giovanni Lorenzo (29-3, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, 117-111 and 118-111.

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Lorenzo says he’ll break Sturm’s nose

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By Matt Stein: Middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2, 21 KO’s) is predicting that he’ll break WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm’s (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) tonight in their title fight at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Lorenzo, 29, is the underdog in this fight and few people think he has a chance of winning the fight due to Sturm’s superior boxing skills. However, Lorenzo, if nothing else, can punch and is probably the biggest puncher that Sturm has ever faced in his career.

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Felix Sturm vs. Giovanni Lorenzo on Saturday

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By Matt Stein: WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) will be fighting number #7 World Boxing Association contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2, 21 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. This will be the first fight for Sturm in over 14 months, as he’s been out of action because of management squabbles with his old promoter Universum. But now that Sturm isn’t with them, the hope is that he’ll start facing some of the best fighters in the middleweight division with the time that he has left in his career.

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Sturm vs. Lorenzo on Saturday: Felix could face Sylvester again if he wins

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By Matt Stein: World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) will be making his first title defense in over a year on Saturday night when he faces number #7 ranked WBA contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2, 21 KO’s) at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Sturm, 31, hasn’t fought since defending his title in July against Khoren Gevor. What’s surprising is that Sturm hasn’t been stripped of his title with this much off from making a defense.

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Sturm to fight Lorenzo on September 4th – News

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Image: Sturm to fight Lorenzo on September 4th - NewsBy Jim Dower: World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) will now be facing middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2, 21 KO’s) instead of Ricardo Mayorga on September 4th at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In some ways, this is a better opponent than Mayorga, because at least the 29-year-old Lorenzo is ranked at number #4 by the IBF. Oddly enough, Lorenzo isn’t ranked in the top 15 by the WBA, which makes me wonder why he was selected for Sturm. Perhaps a much better choice for Sturm would be number #2 ranked WBA middleweight contenders Gennady Golovkin or #3 ranked contenders Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam.

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Sylvester defeats Lorenzo, Wins Vacant IBF Middleweight title

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By Erik Schmidt: German middleweight Sebastian Sylvester (32-3, 15 KO’s) defeated Giovanni Lorenzo (27-2, 19 KO’s) by a 12-round split decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant International Boxing Federation middleweight title at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany The final judges’ scores were 116-111 for Lorenzo, 116-112 and 115-113 for Sylvester.

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News – Lorenzo and Sylvester battle for vacant IBF middleweight title on Sep 19th; Foreman III vs. Burrage on July 31st

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By Erik Schmidt: With the recent move by former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham to vacate his title and move up to the super middleweight division, it leaves his IBF title open for top contenders Sebastian Sylvester (31-3, 15 KO’s) to fight it out with Giovanni Lorenzo (27-1, 19 KO’s) on September 19th for the vacant middleweight crown in Sylvester’s home country of Germany.

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