What Mayweather, Haye, Klitschko(s) and others can learn from Ricky Burn’s win over Roman Martinez

Image: What Mayweather, Haye, Klitschko(s) and others can learn from Ricky Burn's win over Roman MartinezBy Gary Brownlie: On Saturday night a man from Coatbridge Ricky Burns (29-2, 7 KO’s) turned in the performance of a lifetime, defeated an undefeated world champion and claimed the WBO Super-featherweight world title. To say the least, his performance showed heart, determination and talent. Here was a man, written off by the pundits and experts but still confident and willing to go into the ring against the undefeated Puerto Rican, Roman “Rocky” Martinez (24-1-1, 15 KO’s). The first round belonged to the champion, with a flash knock down. The disappointment was written all over Ricky’s face as he fell back against the ropes, caught flat footed with a straight right. It was a lesson learned for the man from Coatbridge.

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Karmazin vs. Sylvester on Saturday

By Jim Dower: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light middleweight champion Roman Karmazin (40-3, 26 KO’s) will be challenging IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester (30-3, 16 KO’s) for his title on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. This will be the 29-year-old Sylvester’s 2nd defense of his IBF title, which was formerly held by IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham until he vacated the title to move up to the super middleweight division last year.

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Karmazin scores spectacular come from behind KO over Miranda!

Image: Karmazin scores spectacular come from behind KO over Miranda!By Sam Gregory: In tonight’s main event from the Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California 37 year old Russian Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin 39-3 with 25 KO’s took on Colombian Dionisio Miranda 20-4 with 18 KO’s in an International Boxing Federation middleweight title eliminator in a scheduled 12 round bout.

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Karmazin, McKart, Arreola, DeGale, More – Boxing News

karmazin353531Two vacant titles will be up for grabs in the same fight this Saturday, December 20, 2008, at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, California when former World Champions, Roman “Made in Hell” Karmazin and Bronco “Superman” McKart, step into the ring against each other. Already approved for the vacant NABF Middleweight title, the bout between these two veterans of the ring will also be for the IBF Intercontinental Middleweight title. The winner of this important showdown will likely earn a top 5 ranking in the WBC and IBF and another world title opportunity.

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Bunema Flattens Karmazin

bunema4644.jpgIn a shocking upset, junior middleweight Alex Bunema (29-5-2, 15 KOs) knocked #4 ranked International Boxing Federation junior middleweight Roman Karmazin (36-3-1, 23 KOs) down two times in the process of stopping in the 10th round of a scheduled 12-round bout for the World Boxing Association Inter-Continental light middleweight title on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, New York. Karmazin, 35, had pretty much had his way with the 32 year-old Bunema all fight long, dominating him with left hooks and jabs. However, Karmazin, who makes it a practice of carrying his hands to his sides rather than keeping them up high and protecting his chin, got decked with a left hook from Bunema in the opening moments of the 10th round.

It would have taken a miracle for Karmazin to have survived the rest of the round after that knockdown, as he was badly hurt. As soon as he made it up, Bunema, a fighter not ranked in the top 15 and merely brought in as an opponent for Karmazin, began wildly throwing punches, many of them missing. However, after missing a handful of shots, Bunema finally connected with pay dirt, tagging Karmazin with a big left and then a right hand that dropped him to the canvas, where he lay there almost senseless. The referee Johnny Callas then promptly stopped the bout at 1:36 of the 10th round.

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Roman Karmazin Profile

“I came to the biggest and best promoter in the world because I wanted that world title shot,” Karmazin explains. “At the time I signed with Don King, I was the IBF’s top ranked junior middleweight. I told Mr. King: any time, any place, any champion. Unlike my previous handlers, I felt Don King had to power to prevent boxers from ducking me and last minute cancellations like the De La Hoya fight.”

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