(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: In a foul-plagued fight where the referee pretty much backed off with a Laissez-faire type of approach to controlling the action, WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-5-3, 21 KO’s) was able to keep his title by fighting to a 12 round draw against the talented Anthony Dirrell (26-0-1, 22 KO’s) last night at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York.
Dirrell landed the cleaner and harder shots throughout the fight. But most importantly, Dirrell fought a good, clean fight and he deserved to have his hand raised at the end, but two of the judges saw it differently with one of them scoring it 114-112 for Bika and the other 113-113 even.
(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: Tonight we could be seeing the coming out party for unbeaten #8 WBC Anthony Dirrell (26-0, 22 KO’s) in his title challenge against WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-5-2, 21 KO’s) on Showtime from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Anthony Dirrell is the younger brother of the well known Andre Dirrell, and he’s an incredibly talented fighter that is arguably in the to #2 to #3 in the 168 lb. division. 
By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between unbeaten #7 WBC, #12 IBF Anthony Dirrell (26-0, 22 KO’s) and WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-5-2, 21 KO’s) is possible for the December 7th Zab Judah vs. Paulie Malignaggi card at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
By Scott Gilfoid: IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his title against #2 IBF Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) on October 26th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 
By Scott Gilfoid: Newly crowned WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-5-2, 21 KO’s) is interested in facing Carl Froch, Gennady Golovkin or Andre Ward for his next fight. Bika recently captured the vacant WBC 168 lb. title win a win over Marco Antonio Periban last month in beating him by a 12 round majority decision in a fairly close fight.
By Thomas Cowan: This Saturday, Seth Mitchell faces fellow American heavyweight Johnathon Banks in New York on the Adrien Broner vs Paulie Malinaggi undercard. These two faced each other in Atlantic City in 2012, where heavy favourite Mitchell was blown out in two rounds by Banks. There’s been a lot of hype in the last year about the “new breed” of heavyweights but the hype has been dying down recently.
By Scott Gilfoid: #5 WBC, James DeGale (16-1, 11 KO’s) is targeting the winner of the June 22nd fight this month between #1 WBC, Sakio Bika (31-5-2, 21 KO’s) and Marco Antonio Periban (20-0, 13 KO’s) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 
By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Council has done #1 WBC Sakio Bika 31-5-2, 21 KO’s) and #4 WBC Marco Antonio Periban (20-0, 13 KO’s) a HUGE favor by stripping the WBC super middleweight title from injured champion Andre Ward and letting Bika and Periban to fight for the title.