European Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck (23-1, 18 KOs) is determined to get the new year off to a winning start as he defends his title against Geoffrey Battelo (18-0, 15 KOs) on Saturday night. “If you want to reach the top, you have to defeat the best fighters out there,” Huck said. “It will be a tough fight but I know that I am better than him and that is why I will leave the ring as the winner.”
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Their first meeting in 2003 ended in a controversial draw. On Friday, February 27, nearly six years later, light heavyweight standouts Glen Johnson and Daniel Judah finally get the opportunity to settle the score when they headline ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida.
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David Haye and Hayemaker Boxing will arrive in Liverpool on Monday, December 15 for a press conference to announce details of the blockbuster HAYEMAKER 6 show to be held on March 28, 2009 in Europe’s Capital of Culture.
Promoter Adam Booth and Head of Boxing Dave Coldwell will join former world cruiserweight champion Haye at the Jury’s Inn Hotel (30 feet from the entrance to the Echo Arena) on Monday, with proceedings getting underway at around 11 AM.
Huck Destroys Tuiach
By Erik Schmidt: Cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck (23-1, 18 KOs) destroyed an over-matched Fabio Tuiach (22-2, 14 KOs) in a 2nd round TKO on Saturday night to defend his EBU (European) cruiserweight title at the Weser-Ems-Halle, in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany. After getting off to a slow start in the first round in which he did little other than cover and try to block shots, Huck, 23, went back to his old style of fighting, bum rushing Tuiach and throwing wild flurries in every direction. Unlike in some of his recent past bouts, this time Huck was effective with his aggressive offensive attacks and succeeding in knocking Tuiach down twice in the second. After the second knockdown, which left Tuiach stuck between the ropes, the referee Dave Parris stopped the bout at 2:22 of the 2nd.
Huck, ranked an astonishing #4 in the IBF, 6 in the WBA, #8 in the WBC and #14 in the WBO, fought pretty much as he usually does, covering up in his turtle like shell in the first round and waiting for his opponent to stop throwing punches so that he could get his turn. Thankfully, Huck didn’t retreat to the ropes like he often does in his bouts, from which he plays a constant rope a dope and takes a lot of punishment. It looked as if he wanted to, as he would retreat to the ropes but then he would seemingly catch himself, and move back to the center of the ring before Tuiach could start unloading on him with punches. For the most part, Huck did little in the first round, as Tuiach teed off on his with jabs and right hands.
Huck Defeats Monrose, Looks Awful
By Erik Schmidt: In one of his typically poor performances, cruiserweight Marco Huck (22-1, 17 KOs) was forced to rally to stop French boxer Jean Marc Monrose (24-2, 15 KOs) in the 12th round on Saturday night to win the EBU (European) cruiserweight title at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Looking more like a lame tough man contest fighter, Huck, 23, opened up with wild storm of punches in the 12th round, catching the exhausted Monrose, 27, flat-footed and unready for the unexpected flurry of shots by Huck. The referee Terry O’Conner stepped in and halted the fight at 1:17 of the 12th round with Monrose still on his feet. He never went down, but he looked badly hurt and probably would have if Huck had continued pummeling him with stop for the remainder of the round.
Huck Too Much For Kasanic
By Michael Liberman: One-time cruiserweight title challenger Marco Huck (21-1, 16 KOs) defeated a Frantisek Kasanic (12-3, 12 KOs) by a 9th round TKO to win the vacant IBF Inter-Continental cruiserweight title on Saturday night at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany. Huck, 23, looked vastly improved from his 12th-round losing effort in his challenge for IBF cruiserweight Steve Cunningham’s title in December 2007. Spending much of the fight boxing expertly, Huck dropped Kasanic in the 9th round with a left-right to the midsection. After Kasanic made it to his feet, Huck quickly finished him off a with a flurry of unanswered shots while Kasanic’s back was against the ropes, causing for referee Lindsey Page to halt the fight with Kasanic, 32, still on his feet.
Huck’s fighting style looked completely different from his last fight, in which he previously used to come charging after his opponents throwing wild punches every which way, missing often, tiring himself out, and taking shots from his more skilled opponents. His wild style of finally caught up with him when he faced his best opponent of his career, Steve Cunningham, who soundly defeated Huck, stopping him in the 12th round of a one-sided bout.
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Yuriorkis Gamboa beat Darling Jimenez to win the vacant WBC international super featherweight championship. “El Ciclon de Guantanamo” dominated most of the fight but was down in the fourth when Jimenez caught him with a left. ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner: “Gamboa is a complete fighter but tonight I was not happy with his performance. He was a little bit too arrogant and gave me a hard time. You must not forget that it was only his 10th pro-fight though. He has got to improve his defence but he will definitely be world champion one day. After all I am glad that he had to go the distance. That was an important experience for him.”
Huck vs. Kasanic On Saturday
By Erik Schmidt: Once-beaten cruiserweight contender Marco Huck (20-1, 15 KOs) will be fighting Frantisek Kasanic on Saturday night in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, in Bayern, Germany, for the vacant IBF Intercontinental cruiserweight title. Huck, only 23, was turned back in his attempt to challenge for the IBF cruiserweight title last year in December against champion Steve Cunningham. Huck started well in the first three rounds but seemed to tire badly from that point on, only rarely attacking Cunningham with any meaningful punches.
It was a particularly bad performance for Huck, in that he was made to look almost amateurish by the highly skilled Cunningham, who essentially took Huck slowly apart with nothing more than a slow jab accompanied with an occasional slower right hand. For those who had expected more from Huck in the fight, they were badly disappointed in his woeful performance against Cunningham. However, Huck appeared to have been rushed into the bout a little too fast, because he’d fought few quality cruiserweights leading up to the fight other than Vadim Tokarev, whom he beat by a 12-round majority decision.
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Junior Witter is looking forward to impressing a big TV audience in the next defence of his WBC light-welterweight title at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, 10th May. Witter (Bradford, England) is aiming to end the undefeated record of mandatory challenger Timothy Bradley (Palm Springs, USA) in the third defence of his prestigious world title on a Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.com show that also features WBC Super Middleweight mandatory challenger Carl Froch..
Huck Hopes To Turn His Career Around After Loss To Cunningham
International Boxing Federation # 1 ranked challenger Marco Huck (19-1, 14 KOs) has stated that he will “train even harder than before” and “I was too tense” in response to his 12th round TKO loss to International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham on Saturday night in Germany. It would seem that Huck, 23, has a lot of work ahead of him in trying to restart his career. Most specifically, he needs to start with trying to fight better fighters, as up until he took on Cunningham, Huck had only faced one good cruiserweight in his entire career – 35 year-old Vadim Tokarev – and even then, Huck appeared to loss the fight.
I personally rate 14 cruiserweights better than Tokarev, which tells you how far Huck has to go to make it to the top of the division. The main problem is that Huck had an inflated record to begin with, having fought exclusively soft European competition during his entire career, which is typical of fighters based in Germany. So when Huck finally had to face a good cruiserweight in Cunningham, he wasn’t prepared for him physically or mentally. The sad part of it all, unfortunately, is that Cunningham isn’t a top five fighter either, despite being a champion.