By Peter Wells: In recent breaking news former World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion of the world Jermain Taylor has dropped out of the Super Middleweights Super Six tourney after the 1st stage of the tourney. Jermain Taylor told reporters that he was going to give his body time to heal and will be back very soon.
Sakio Bika
Taylor pulls out of Super Six tourney, Green-Bika winner to replace him
By Daniel Ciminera: American veteran Jermain Taylor has pulled out of the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament stating that he wants to take a break as the reason.
Taylor released a statement saying “I’m going to take some time off from the sport of boxing and take myself out of [the] Showtime Sports World Boxing Classic tournament……It’s important that I give my body and mind some much-needed rest, because I have been boxing for nearly 20 years. I plan on keeping myself in shape and making a return to the sport sometime in the future.”
Bika Destroys Casanova – Boxing
By Matt Stein: Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (28-3-2, 19 KO’s) made easy work of his over-matched Argentinean journeyman opponent Nestor Fabian Casanova (22-15, 9 KO’s), stopping him in the 1st round of a scheduled eight round bout on Thursday night at the Orion Function Centre, Campsie, in New South Wales, Australia.
Boxing – Bika peeved At Being Left Out of Showtimes’ Super Six Tournament
By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (27-3-2, 18 KO’s) is unhappy with being left out when Showtime selected fighters for their super middleweight six-man tournament that begins on October 17th. The fighters that ended up being selected – Mikkel Kessler, Arthur Abraham, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch and Andre Ward – are good for the most part, but the inclusion of Abraham, a fighter that has never fought a bout at super middleweight, seems odd.
Bika Stops Manfredo Jr. – Latest Boxing News
By Dan Ambrose: In a battle of former stars from the reality television series The Contender, super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (27-3-2, 17 KOs) took out Peter Manfredo Jr. (31-6, 16 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12-round bout to win the vacant IBO super middleweight title and interim NABF super middleweight title on Thursday night at the Dunkin Donuts Center, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Bika, 29, staggered Manfredo Jr. with a right hand in the third round and then proceeded to nail him with an uninterrupted series of hard right hands, uppercuts and hooks as Manfredo leaned helplessly against the ropes trying to cover up.
Latest Boxing News – Toney-Thompson, Duddy, Manfredo-Bika, Taylor-Lacy
Los Angeles, CA (November 11, 2008) – On December 13, 2008, a pair of prominent top heavyweight world title contenders will square off against each other with everything on the line, including their professional future at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.
The winner of Toney vs. Thompson, ‘Now or Never,’ emerges as the next major challenger to the Klitschko brothers, the reigning Heavyweight Champions.
Latest Boxing News: Conception, Marquez-Abraham, Bika-Manfredo, Bernstein
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – 29th October 2008. It was announced today by Optimum Sports Agency that Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion will make his ring return November 26th in Panama. The bout will be promoted by Rogelio Espino of Promociones y Eventos Del Istmo and it will take place at the Centro de Convenciones Atlapa, Panama City, Panama.
Hopkins: “Calzaghe Will Change His Mind,” Bika-Manfredo, Haussler-Kessler – Latest Boxing News
Bernard Hopkins told Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour that he will not consider Chad Dawson as an opponent and believes the winner out of Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr will change their mind about not fighting him.
The Executioner produced the performance of his career last Saturday in Atlantic City to convincingly outpoint current middleweight king Kelly Pavlik.
Both Calzaghe and Jones, though paying respect to Hopkins’ performance, insist they have no interest in having second fights against the Philadelphia fighter.
Hopkins believes the media frenzy surrounding the aftermath of their fight, when he will be in attendance, will persuade the fighters that they have to take him on.
Bika Stops Codrington
Last night on ESPN’s reality television series “The Contender” super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (25-3-2, 15 KOs) stopped Jaidon Codrington (18-2, 14 KOs) in the 8th round at the TD Banknorth Garden, in Boston. Bika, 28, knocked Codrington down in the 1st round with a right hand. However, it was more of a case of Codrington getting his feet tangled than actually being hurt. Bika, though, immediately tore into Codrington, thinking he had him hurt, and began unloading bombs while Codrington was trapped on the ropes. Codrington unleashed a huge left hook that connected to the jaw of the wide open Bika, who was clearly not thinking about defense, knocking him to the canvas. When Bika got up, he was badly hurt, stumbling around the ring like a drunk.