By Jim Dower: Undefeated cruiserweight contender Lateef Kayode (17-0, 14 KO’s) easily defeated Matt Godfrey (20-3, 14 KO’s) by a lopsided 10 round unanimous decision on Friday night to capture the vacant NABA cruiserweight title at the Chumash Casino, in Santa Ynez, California. Looking powerful but stiff and more than a little robotic, Kayode knocked Godfrey down three separate times in winning by the judges’ scores of 98-90, 97-90, 98-89.
Matt Godfrey
Huck destroys Godfrey, Helenius takes out Tony
Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) defended his WBO Cruiserweight Title with a spectacular fifth-round TKO victory over Matt Godfrey (20-2, 10 KOs). Fighting in front of a wild crowd of 4,500 fans in Erfurt, Huck dusted his opponent three times before the referee waved the bout off. “I am happy to have crowned the anniversary 100th ARD broadcast of a Sauerland show with a big victory,” Huck said. “I have tremendous punching power in both hands which I showed again today. Now I am ready to unify the titles. I can´t wait for the Super Six tournament to start.”
Adamek defeats Grant, but looks horrible
By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) moved one step closer to getting a nice payday against one of the Klitschko brothers by defeating Michael Grant (46-4, 34 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. This was a home fight for Adamek, and you could tell by the inflated scores that the judges gave him. Despite the fight looking very close with maybe a couple of rounds separating the two fighters, the judges scored it 117-111, 118-110 and 118-111. The scoring was pretty pathetic because Adamek didn’t dominate the fight like the scores would have you believe.
Huck stops Godfrey in 5th!
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KO’s) was much too powerful for American contender Matt Godfrey (20-2, 10 KO’s) tonight, knocking him down three times en route to stopping Godfrey in the 5th round at the Messelhalle in Erfurt, Germany. In the 5th round, Huck came out throwing power shots from the waist and backing Godfrey up to the ropes. Once he had him there, Huck dropped Godfrey with a hard combination to the head. Godfrey got up and as soon as the action resumed, Huck drove him back to the ropes and quickly blasted him to the canvas for the second time in the round. Once again, Godfrey got back to his feet and resumed fighting. Huck then went after him burying him with shots until the referee stepped in and halted the fight.
Huck vs. Godfrey tonight: Power vs. Skill
By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (29-1, 22 KO’s) will be defending his title tonight against number #8 ranked WBC contender Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KO’s) at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. Huck, 25, will be fighting at home and will have the crowd firmly on his side in this bout. Besides that, Huck is the much bigger puncher and will be a constant knockout threat to the 29-year-old Godfrey, who has shown in the past to be vulnerable when facing big punchers similar top Huck.
Huck vs. Godfrey on Saturday
By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (29-1, 22 KO’s) will be defending his WBO title against American Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. For the 25-year-old Huck, this could be his toughest fight since being beaten by Steve Cunningham in a 12th round TKO in December 2007.
Huck vs. Godfrey on August 21
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (29-1, 22 KO’s) will continue with his trend of making boring title defenses when he fights American Matt Godfrey (20-1, 10 KO’s) on August 21st, at the Massenhalle, Erfurt, Thuringen, Germany.
Godfrey Defeats Hawk in Dull Fight
By Jason Kim: Cruiserweight contender Matt Godfrey (19-1,10 KO’s) defeated Shawn Hawk (18-1, 16 KO’s) on Friday night by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Arena, Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. The win, although a dominating one by the 28-year-old Godfrey, was far from impressive, as he boxed throughout the 10 round bout, taking few chances to slug it out with the over-matched Hawk.
Hide-Godfrey, Sylvester-Nespro, Murat-Sanavia, Torres Passes – News
“The Dancing Destroyer” will be back at the North Sea on March 6th. Herbie Hide will return to the Kugelbake-Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany, for his WBC Final Eliminator against Matt Godfrey. In his last fight on November 18th, 2008, Hide won an unexpected hard fought unanimous decision over Polish journeyman Lukasz Rusiewicz.
Godfrey-Hide, Austin-Rodriguez & Estrada-Cannell – News
ARENA Box-Promotion has won the purse bid for the World Boxing Council cruiserweight Final Eliminator between Herbie Hide and Matt Godfrey. The fight will most probably take place in late March or early April. The winner of the elimination bout will face the winner of the WBC cruiserweight championship between Giacobe Fragomeni and Krystzof Wlodarczyk.