By Nate Anderson: EBU (European) super bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe (19-1, 8 KOs) defeated Ghanian Isaac Nettey (3-3-1, 1 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night to pick up the vacant Commonwealth super bantamweight title at the Crowtree Leisure Centre, in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The final judges’ scores were 120-109, 119-110 and 119-110. Munroe, 28, had trouble with Nettey in the first two rounds, however. Nettey landed often with right hands to the head and putting, putting a lot of pressure on Munroe.
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Dunne Given Award by WBA; Wright in Do or Die Fight With Williams – News
By Sean McDaniel: Newly crowned WBA super bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15 KOs) received an award earlier today from the World Boxing Association, who named him ‘the boxer of the month’ for Dunne’s 11th round stoppage victory over champion Ricardo Cordoba (34-2-2, 21 KOs) on March 21st at the O2 Arena, in Dublin, Ireland.
Botha vs. Hoffmann, Munroe-Netty; Matthews Career on The Decline? – News
By Jim Dower: Big 6’7″ German Timo Hoffmann (38-6-1, 22 KOs) will be returning to the ring against former International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight champion Francois Botha (47-4-2, 28 KOs) on May 10th at an undisclosed location in Germany. The South African Botha, now 40-years-old, is making his third fight since returning to boxing after a five year layoff between 2002-2007, and is hoping to become a factor in the heavyweight division.
Munroe Defeats Martinez; Cunningham Praises Adamek’s Victory – News
Friday night at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England, promoter Frank Maloney put on a fight card headlined by European super bantam champion Rendall Munroe’s dangerous defense against Kiko Martinez in a rematch. Martinez ruthlessly attacked the southpaw champion in the early rounds, forcing Munroe to weather the storm and bide his time until the hard punching Spaniard started to slow down.
World Ranked Munroe Risks All Against Martinez
European super bantam champion Rendall Munroe puts his top ten ranking in all four major boxing organizations at risk this Friday, February 27 when he meets mandatory challenger Kiko Martinez in a rematch at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England.
Watson-Gethin, Munroe Takes on Martinez, Brinkley-Gilbert – News
Liverpool lightweight John Watson will move one step closer to a British title shot on March 28 at the Echo Arena when he battles Martin Gethin over 10 rounds at HAYEMAKER 6: ‘The Mersey Beatdown’. An intriguing mix of pressure fighters, Watson and Gethin will meet in a British lightweight title eliminator. The moment can’t come soon enough for the ambitious Watson.
Martinez vs. Munroe, Broadhurst vs. Owusu, Darchinyan vs. Arce – Boxing News
At 7:30 A.M. today, Punxsutawney Phil — the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators — emerged from his burrow at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Penn., and proclaimed, in his native Groundhogese, that JORGE “Travieso” ARCE’S reign as the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) interim super flyweight champion would last less than six days, until Saturday, February 7, when he rumbles with World Super Flyweight Champion VIC “Raging Bull” DARCHINYAN, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. SHOWTIME will televise their battle live, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast.)
Jennings Looking To Upset Cotto; Evans, Munroe-Martinez – Boxing News
Fresh off the back of Shane Mosley’s surprise KO win over Antonio Margarito at the weekend, Michael Jennings has promised to deliver another welterweight shock when he fights Miguel Cotto next month. Chorley based Jennings will challenge Cotto for the WBO World Welterweight crown at New York’s Madison Square Garden on February 21.
Lara-Aguiar, Solis-Burnett, Gamboa-Gonzalez, Margarito – News
Cuban rising stars Yuriorkis Gamboa, Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara looked focused but also relaxed at the press conference for their fights on Friday at Terrible’s Primm Valley Casino Resorts in Primm, Nevada.
“We had a great preparation, everything went according to plans”, stated “El Ciclon” Gamboa. “Of course, it is hard to work over Christmas and New Year’s but I love what I’m doing and I know that I have to make certain sacrifices to become champion of the world.”