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On This Day:
May 4 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 1997, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Arturo Gatti TKO'd Calvin Grove in the 7th round.
Zab Judah won a 6 round UD over Troy Crain.
Joel Casamayor TKO'd RaulJorge Munoz in the 1st round.
1996, Anaheim, California:
Mark Johnson KO'd Francisco Tejedor in the 1st round to
win the Vacant IBF Flyweight Title.
Marco Antonio Barrera KO'd Jesse Benevides in the 3rd
round to retain the WBO Super-Bantamweight Title.
1994, Yokahoma, Japan:
Hiroshi Kawashima won a 12 round UD over Jose Luis Bueno
to win the WBC Super-Flyweight Title.
1993, Denver, Colorado:
Reggie Johnson won a 12 round UD over Wayne Harris to
retain the WBA Middleweight Title.
1991, Paris, France:
Gilbert Dele won a 12 round UD over Jun-Suk Hwang to
retain the WBA Light-Middleweight title.
Laredo, Texas:
Orlando Canizales TKO'd Billy Hardy in the 8th round to
retain the IBF Bantamweight Title.
1985, Oranjestad, Aruba:
Daniel Zaragoza won the Vacant WBC Bantamweight Title
when Freddie Jackson was DQ'd in the 7th round.
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"Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto"
Final Press Conference Quotes |
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Floyd Mayweather, Seven-Time and
Five-Division World Champion
"Miguel is a true warrior, a tough champion and to go
into the Hall Of Fame you have to face the best
opponents.
"This fight had to happen and I am glad that happened
when Miguel was on his own, could call the shots and
dictate what he wants."
Miguel Cotto, Four-Time and Three-Division World
Champion
"I'm a quiet guy and I prefer to talk in the ring.
"I had a tremendous camp in Orlando. I put my trust in
Pedro [Diaz], in every member of my team and, most
importantly, myself."
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Miguel Cotto Looks To Solidify His Mark Among The List Of Great
Champions That Hail From Puerto Rico |
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Many great fighters have come from the
boxing-rich island of Puerto Rico, one of those being WBA Super
Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto, who hails from the
city of Caguas and now carries the torch passed to him by the
last great Puerto Rican pugilist, Felix "Tito" Trinidad.
Cotto is nearing the biggest and most difficult fight of his
career taking place this Saturday, May 5 against Floyd "Money"
Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
which will be produced and distributed live by HBO
Pay-Per-View®. Though he is the defending champion putting his
154-pound belt on the line, in many ways he is the challenger.
That is simply because his opponent is Mayweather, undefeated at
42-0, a guaranteed first ballot Hall of Fame inductee and one of
the greatest fighters of this era.
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Robert Guerrero vs. Selcuk Aydin Set
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The wait is finally over. After an injury-plagued
2011 campaign, Three-Division World Champion Robert "The Ghost"
Guerrero will return to the ring on Saturday, July 28 at HP
Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. to face unbeaten power puncher
Selcuk "Mini Tyson" Aydin for the vacant WBC Interim
Welterweight World Championship in a fight to be televised live
on SHOWTIME.
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Willie Nelson Steps In To Face Yudel Jhonson |
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Cleveland's once-beaten Willie "The Great" Nelson
(17-1-1, 11 KOs) will step in to face Cuba's Yudel Jhonson
(12-0, 8 KOs) in the 10-round junior middleweight main event of
the ShoBox: The New Generation telecast presented by Warriors
Boxing, entitled "Shootout at Texas Station", scheduled for
Friday, May 11 (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), from
the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas.
Original Jhonson opponent, Freddy Hernandez, has been forced to
pull out with an injury.
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Christy Martin vs. Mia St. John II
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Due to the emotional strain of having to relive
the domestic violence victimization of being stabbed twice and
then shot by her ex-husband, female boxing icon Christy Martin
has asked promoter Roy Englebrecht if her WBC Super Welterweight
World Championship fight against Mia St John could be postponed
while she recuperates from the stress and trauma of the trial,
conviction and sentencing of the ex-husband who tried to kill
her. Both Englebrecht and Table Mountain Casino, which was to
host the June 19th Final Victory show have understandably agreed
to the postponement and have set Tuesday, August 14th as the new
date for this championship show.
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Maysonet Jr. Wants To Surprise All The Fans On May 11 |
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The solid hitter from Cataño, Puerto Rico, Jorge
"Machito" Maysonet Jr. ( 6-0 5KO's - 135lbs ) will be in charge
of the co-feature bout for the event "Night of Future
Champions," taking place on May 11 at the Miriam "Betty" Segarra
Coliseum in Peñuelas, PR and will be televised live starting at
8:00pm by The Puerto Rico Sports Network (6.2 and 3.1) and can
also be seen as a repeat on the same day in its entirety on
channel 6 (PRTV) starting at 11:00pm.
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Years Of Frustration For Randall Bailey
Coming To Head June 9 vs. Mike Jones |
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Two-time world champion Randall "The Knock-out
King" Bailey, arguably the biggest pound-for-pound single
puncher in boxing, finally gets an opportunity to exorcise years
of demon-like frustrations on June 9, when he takes on unbeaten
Mike Jones for the vacant International Boxing Federation
("IBF") Welterweight Championship, in the 12-round co-feature on
the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley pay-per-view card, live from
MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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On This Day:
May 3 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY
IN 2003, Mandalay Bay Resort,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
Jorge Arce won a 6 round TD over Melchor Cob Castro -WBC
Light Flyweight Title.
Ivan Calderon won a 9 round TD over Eduardo Marquez -
WBO Minimumweight Title.
Erik Morales TKO'd Fernando Velardez in the 5th round -
WBC Featherweight Title.
Oscar De La Hoya TKO'd Yory Boy Campas in the 7th round
- WBC & WBA Light Middleweight Title.
Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
Rocky Juarez TKO'd Frankie Archuleta in the 6th round -
Non Title.
Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
James Crayton TKO'd Ernesto Zepeda in the 7th round -
Non Title.
Miguel Angel Cotto TKO'd Juan Angel Macias in the 7th
round - Non Title.
Ivan Calderon won a 4 round UD over Carlos Lopez - Non
Title.
2001, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
USA:
JC Candelo won a 10 round UD over Kevin Tillman - Non
Title.
1997, Nynex Arena, Manchester,
England:
Naseem Hamed TKO'd Billy Hardy in the 1st round - IBF &
WBO Featherweight Title.
Robin Reid won a 12 round MD over Henry Wharton - WBC
Super Middleweight Title.
Winky Wright TKO'd Steve Foster in the 6th round - WBO
Light Middleweight Title.
Harry Simon KO'd Nick Odore in the 5th round - Non Title.
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Steve Forbes: "When One Door Closes,
Sometimes Bigger Doors Open" |
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By Barbara Pinnella
It has been said that one mans’ misfortune is another's
opportunity. That is exactly what happened with Steve Forbes –
times two. Back on April 12 Steve had a fight scheduled with
Emanuel Augustus, but when Augustus did not pass the physical
the fight was scrapped. Disappointed but not discouraged, Forbes
kept training. That was the beginning of the snowball.
“I stayed in the gym,” he told me. “I went back to the gym the
next day. I was supposed to start sparring a week later. Golden
Boy had been seeing me in the gym and I’d done some stuff with
Linares and Senchenko in the past. They said they were sorry
about my fight being cancelled, and asked if I wanted to go out
to Las Vegas and spar with “Canelo”. I said that I would. I was
already in shape.”
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto
Grand Arrivals At MGM Grand In Las Vegas |
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Seven-Time and
Five-Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather and WBA
Super Welterweight World Champion Miguel Cotto
pose on May 1, 2012 upon their arrivals
in Las Vegas, Nevada for their May 5, 2010 world
championship mega-fight against at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena which will be produced and distributed live by HBO
Pay-Per-View®.
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Spina & Biosse Anxious To Throw Down |
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As the two super middleweights stood toe-to-toe
for the first time since signing their respective names on the
dotted line, the reality began to set in for both Vladine Biosse
and Joey Spina.
“Now I know it’s right there,” Spina said after chatting with
reporters at Tuesday’s informal press gathering at the
Providence Downtown Marriott. “A lot of times in my career, I’ve
gotten my hopes up and things have fallen through. Now I know
it’s here, and it’s going to happen. I’m excited.”
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Hitz Grateful To Abell For Agreeing To Oquendo Bout |
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The promoter of long-time heavyweight contender
"Fast" Fres Oquendo (33-7, 21 KOs) commends Oquendo's next
opponent, Minnesota's Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell (28-5, 27 KOs),
for agreeing to fight.
Oquendo and Abell will meet for the WBA Fedelatin Heavyweight
Championship in the 10-round main event of Hitz Boxing's latest
"Fight Night at the Horseshoe" event on Friday, May 25, 2012, at
the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The bout is presented
by Hitz Boxing in conjunction with Roy Jones Jr.'s Square Ring
Promotions.
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On This Day:
May 2 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY
IN 2003, Box Hill, Victoria,
Australia:
Naoufel Ben Rabah won a 12 round UD over Fred Kinuthia -
Vacant IBF Pan Pacific Welterweight Title.
Samutsakorn, Thailand:
Ratanachai Sor Vorapin KO'd Joven Jorda in the 4th round
- WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight Title.
Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA:
Elio Ortiz won a 12 round UD over Ray Oliveira - IBU
Welterweight Title.
Rich LaMontagne TKO'd Ernest Mateen in the 6th round -
Non Title.
Chad Dawson TKO'd Earl Allen in the 3rd round - Non
Title.
Fort Myers, Florida, USA:
Cesar Bazan KO'd Douglas Villarreal in the 4th round -
Vacant NBA Light Welterweight Title.
2001, Houston, Texas, USA:
Lou Savarese TKO'd Marcus Rhode in the 2nd round -
Doesn't Everyone?
1998, Villeurbanne, France:
Fabrice Tiozzo TKO'd Terry Ray in the 1st round - WBA
Cruiserweight Title
La Strobol, Lyon, France:
Hacine Cherifi won a 12 round UD over Keith Holmes - WBC
Middleweight Title.
Lübeck, Germany:
Vitali Klitschko TKO'd Dicky Ryan in the 5th round -
Vacant WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title.
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Gary Shaw Saddened By The Passing Of His Mother |
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Promoter Gary Shaw is grieving today with the
loss of him mother, Iris Shaw, who passed away this morning in
Boca Raton, Florida. She was 90 years old, lived a wonderful
life and left behind 2 children, Gary and Cheryl, 5
grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
"My mother was a very strong woman who was always there for us.
She was a charismatic person who always put a smile on our
faces. She was a fight fan, whose first date with my late father
70 years ago, was at a live fight. I know she's in a better
place now but I will always remember the fun times we shared as
a family. Words can't describe how much I loved her. I will miss
her dearly." - Gary Shaw
Pound4Pound sends it's deepest condolences to the Shaw family.
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Box Latino Presents Gonzalez vs. Caro On May 19 |
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With three hugely successful boxing events under
their belt so far in 2012, Erik "Terrible" Morales' promotional
outfit Box Latino is gearing up to go outside of Baja California
and present a mega card on Saturday, May 19th, in Tepic,
Nayarit, Mexico where hometown favorite and WBC USNBC super
bantamweight champion Oscar "Fantasma" Gonzalez (27-1, 24KOs)
looks to defend his newly acquired versus elite level challenger
Giovanni "Ruso" Caro (23-10-4, 18KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico, in
a scheduled twelve round bout. Televisa, as part of their weekly
"Sabados de Corona" boxing series, will broadcast the contest
live in Mexico.
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Bernard Hopkins & Seth Mitchell Look To The
Future After Saturday Night Bouts In Atlantic City |
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Though they left Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City
Saturday night with different results, both future Hall of Famer
Bernard Hopkins and heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell made
statements that their careers are going strong and continuing
after delivering compelling performances to a packed house in
New Jersey and to homes across the country on HBO World
Championship Boxing®.
In the main event, "The Executioner" may have come up on the
short end of a 12-round majority decision to Chad Dawson, but
without question, Hopkins' performance in the closely-contested
bout showed that even at 47, there is plenty of fight left in
the fighting pride of Philadelphia.
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"Ring Kings: Mayweather vs. Cotto" Statistics |
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FLOYD MAYWEATHER
42-0 (26 KO's), 303 rounds boxed
KO percentage: 62%
19-0 (10 KO's) in title fights
Won world titles in 5 divisions
Fought 16 fellow world champions (17-0 vs. them)
Despite not being known for his power punches, 12 of his
Mayweather's 26 KO's have come in the first four rounds
MIGUEL COTTO
37-2 (30 KO's), 269 rounds boxed
KO percentage: 77%
17-2 (14) in title fights, last 19 fights ALL for titles-last
non-title fight was in 2004
Won titles in 3 divisions
Fought 13 fellow champions (12-2 vs. them)
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Floyd Mayweather Makes Six-Figure
Commitment To Youth Boxing |
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Seven-Time World Champion Floyd Mayweather Makes
Six-Figure Commitment to Youth Boxing
Mayweather supports 2012 Golden Gloves Nationals Tournament of
Champions Scheduled Through this Saturday, May 5 in Mesquite,
Nev.
MESQUITE (April 30, 2012) -- The 2012 Golden Gloves Nationals
Tournament of Champions which begins tonight, Monday April 30
and runs through this Saturday, May 5 at the CasaBlanca Event
Center received a huge boost when it was announced that
undefeated professional boxer Floyd Mayweather has signed on as
the title sponsor of the prestigious event.
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Gennady Golovkin Defends WBA Title On May 12 |
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WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin and
his noted trainer Abel Sanchez have arrived in Kiev, Ukraine
where Golovkin will defend his world title on Saturday, May 12th
against Japanese champion Makoto Fuchigami at the Ice Palace
“Terminal”.
Known for his devastating knockouts and fan friendly style, the
undefeated Golovkin sports a record of 22-0-0 with nineteen
stoppages while the southpaw Fuchigami, 19-6-0 (10KO’s), enters
the twelve round clash with a nine bout-winning streak, eight by
knockout.
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Huck vs. Afolabi: "Back To The Future" |
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The rematch is just around the corner. Once again
Marco Huck (34-2, 25 KOs) and Ola Afolabi (19-2-3, 9 KOs) will
fight it out for the WBO Cruiserweight World championship, this
time at the Messehalle in Erfurt on May 5. In December 2009, the
two athletes squared off in Ludwigsburg. Back then Huck won an
exciting bout by unanimous decision. Two-and-a-half years later
both men believe that they have grown and developed into better
boxers. May 5 will show who really has put in the work since
then.
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Joel Diaz Jr. Has Another Spectacular Performance |
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This past Saturday at the Mountaineer Casino and
Resort in Chester, West Virginia, rising undefeated lightweight
prospect, Joel Diaz Jr. (9-0, 8 KOs) manufactured another
spectacular performance when he bulldozed his way to a TKO
victory over rugged veteran, Yogli Herrera (22-15, 15 KOs).
Herrera never returned from his stool to compete in the fifth
round, after he was dropped several times by Diaz in the earlier
rounds.
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Harvell Obliterates Pietrantonio In 3 |
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Lavarn “Baby Bowe” Harvell made it a perfect ten
when he annihilated Anthony Pietrantonio in round three of a
scheduled four round Light Heavyweight bout as part of the
Bernard Hopkins – Chad Dawson II undercard at Boardwalk Hall.
Harvell dropped Pietrantonio in round one and the continued to
dominate until a vicious right that knocked Pietrantonio down
and out at thirty-one seconds of round three. Pietrantonio was
momentarily unconscious but fortunately he was able to leave the
ring under his own power.
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On This Day:
May 1 |
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ON THIS DAY
IN 2004, Nongkhai, Thailand:
Veeraphol Sahaprom TKO'd Julio Cesar Avila in the 12th
round - WBC Bantamweight Title.
Miami, Florida, USA:
Kelvin Davis TKO'd Ezra Sellers in the 8th round -
Vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title.
Maselino Masoe TKO'd Evans Ashira in the 2nd round -
Vacant WBA Middleweight Title.
2003, Bangkok, Thailand:
Veeraphol Sahaprom won a 12 round UD over Hugo Dianzo -
WBC Bantamweight Title.
1999, Crystal Palace, London,
England:
Harry Simon TKO'd Kevin Lueshing in the 3rd round - WBO
Light Middleweight Title.
Anthony Farnell TKO'd Alan Gilbert in the 8th round -
Non Title.
1998, San Antonio, Texas, USA:
Adan Vargas won a 12 round UD over Ancee Gedeon - NABF
Bantamweight Title.
James Coker KO'd Buck Smith in the 8th round - Non
Title.
Jesse James Leija KO'd Troy Crain in the 2nd round - Non
Title.
Lance Whitaker TKO'd Ray Butler in the 6th round - Non
Title.
1995, Cavite, Philippines:
Manny Pacquiao won a 6 round Decision over Rocky Palma -
Non Title.
1993, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA:
Tex Cobb TKO'd Mike Acklie in the 6th round - Non Title.
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Billy's Boxing Blog
Full Of Baloney |
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By William Trillo
According to wiki.answers.com, When one
is "full of baloney (bologna)" it means the
information they offer is nonsense, not trustworthy,
foolishness. With that definition in mind I want to
ad yet another feature to my weekly blog postings.
Many of you are aware of my "Trillo Stink-o-Meter"
specials that run whenever something about the business
of boxing smells a tad rotten. I also occasionally run
my "Go To The Window & Shout, I Am As Mad As Hell"
articles that are spurned when enough is clearly enough.
Well boxing fan's, starting today I will also be running
a feature I call, "Billy Baloney's Delicatessen".
You can look for this feature to rear it's ugly head
whenever ridiculous press releases are sent out touting
the accomplishments of some fighter who is far from the
star the press release would like you to believe. You
also may see the "deli" pop up when fighter themselves
make some bogus statement about their accomplishments
past, present and future.
So without further ado, we shall begin.
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On This Day: April 30 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 1998, Ft Lauderdale, Florida:
Mauricio Pastrana KO'd Anis Roga in the 4th round to
retain the IBF Light-Flyweight Title.
Randall Bailey TKO'd Esteban Flores in the 1st round.
1995, Las Vegas, Nevada:
James Toney TKO'd Anthony Hembrick in the 5th round to
win the USBA Light-Heavyweight Title.
1993, Melbourne, Vic, Australia:
Johnny Nelson TKO'd Dave Russell in the 11th round to
win the Vacant WBF Cruiserweight Title.
1992, London, England:
Lennox Lewis TKO'd Derek Williams in the 3rd round to
win the European (EBU), Commonwealth and British
Heavyweight Titles.
1989, Norfolk, Virginia:
Pernell Whitaker TKO'd Louie Lomeli in the 3rd round to
retain the IBF Lightweight Title.
1986, London, England:
Dennis Andries won a 12 round SD over JB Williamson to
win the WBC Light-Heavyweight Title.
1976, Landover, Maryland:
Muhammad Ali won a 15 round Decision over Jimmy Young to
retain the WBC and WBA Heavyweight Title. Many believe
Ali received a gift decision in this very boring bout.
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Malignaggi Halts Senchenko In 9
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"The Magic Man" is back on top. Using pinpoint
accurate punches and a punishing attack from start to finish,
Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi stopped previously unbeaten
Vyacheslav Senchenko in the ninth round on Sunday to win the WBA
world welterweight championship.
Fighting at the Donbass Arena in Senchenko's hometown of
Donetsk, Ukraine, Malignaggi took away the home crowd advantage
almost immediately, dominating the bout until referee Steve
Smoger deemed Senchenko unable to continue due to a grotesquely
swollen left eye.
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Javier Fortuna Sends Message To
The Boxing World. Anyone. Any Time. |
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While he may have closed Cleveland featherweight
Yuandale Evans' eyes with his blistering attack, Javier "El
Abejon" Fortuna (19-0, 14 KOs) opened the rest of the world's
last night at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas.
Fighting in the opening ESPN Friday Night Fights-televised bout
the 22-year-old southpaw needed just 2:02 of the first round to
drop the formerly undefeated Evans twice and cement himself as
"the one to watch" in the 126-130-lb divisions.
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Jackson Brothers Punch Their
Way To Victory In Paradise |
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On Wednesday, April 25, at the Marin Center in
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of
Sampson Boxing and co-promoter Lesley Commission of 340 Boxing
Promotions presented "Boxing in Paradise V" to a sold-out crowd,
who didn't go home disappointed.
Fighting in the night's main event before a hometown crowd, John
"The Rock" Jackson (13-0, 12 KOs) son of former world champion
Julian Jackson, defended his WBC Youth World Light Middleweight
Championship and spoiled the undefeated record of Mexico's Jesus
Selig (14-1-1, 9 KOs) via TKO 3 (1:33).
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Amanda Serrano Comes Up Short
To Capture 2nd World Title |
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Last night in Sweden, Amanda Serrano (14-1-1, 9
KOs) lost a unanimous decision against Frida Wallberg (11-0, 2
KOs) for the WBC Lightweight world title. Scorecards read 96-94,
97-93, and 98-92.
"I gave it my all," said Serrano. "I know I landed some good
shots in the fight and I'm not ashamed of my performance. Frida
Wallberg is a great fighter and I take nothing away from her
victory. I'm going to bounce back from this bump in the road and
work my way back to the top. I want to thank all my fans who've
been there for me and I promise I'll be back."
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On This Day: April 29 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2000, London, England:
Keith Holmes TKO'd Robert McCracken in the 11th round to
retain the WBC Middleweight Title.
New York, New York:
Lennox Lewis KO'd Michael Grant in the 2nd round to
retain the WBC, IBF, and IBO Heavyweight Titles.
Paul Ingle TKO'd Junior Jones in the 11th round to
retain the IBF Featherweight Title.
Wlad Klitschko TKO'd David Bostice in the 2nd round to
win the WBA International Heavyweight Title.
1995, Landover, Maryland:
Bernard Hopkins TKO'd Segundo Mercado in the 7th round
to win the Vacant IBF Middleweight Title.
Vincent Pettway KO'd Simon Brown in the 6th round to
retain the IBF Light-Middleweight title.
1990, Seoul, South Korea:
Myung Woo Yuh won a 12 round SD over Leo Gamez to win
the WBA Light Flyweight Title.
Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Nigel Benn TKO'd Doug DeWitt in the 8th round to win the
WBO Middleweight Title.
1985, Buffalo, New York:
Tony Tubbs won a 15 round UD over Greg Page to win the
WBA Heavyweight Title.
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Quick Results From Pomona, Ca. |
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Photo: German Villasenor - Top
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Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez stops Ramon
Garcia in the 4th round in Pomona, CA.
Jesse Magdaleno stops Nick Fast in the 1st round.
Lucky Boy Omotoso stops Larry Smith in the 8th round.
Anthony Lenk wins a decision in 8 over Alberto Herrera.
Jessie Roman stops Jaime Orrantia in the 4th round.
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Dawson Earns Majority Decision Over Hopkins
In Another Ugly & Less Than Thrilling Affair |
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Chad Dawson (now 31-1-2NC, 17 KO's) won the Ring
Magazine Light Heavyweight Title over Bernard Hopkins in a
rematch that was just as ugly as their first fight. Dawson won
on two wide scores simply because he did just enough more than
Hopkins to win the majority of rounds. Hopkins was slow to start
and did very little throughout the entire fight, though claiming
he won the fight and that the scoring was bad. There could be a
case for the one card that scored the fight a draw, 114-114,
since there were many rounds that were decided on one or two
connecting punches, but the fact remains, neither fighter looked
superior or dominant over the other. Hopkins made Dawson look
bad just as Dawson made Hopkins look bad. Their styles
complimented each other in what made another bad fight. There
were more clinches than exchanges, mostly by Hopkins. Dawson
wanted to fight and Hopkins refused to let him have his way,
using many tricks from his arsenal which included his head.
Dawson would suffer a cut over both eyes, one in round 4 and
another in round 8, from ruled "accidental" headbutts that
Dawson claimed to be "intentional". The cuts did not stop
Dawson's motivation who won on scored of 117-111 on two of the
judges score cards. Hopkins falls to 52-6-2 with 32 KO's. After
the fight Dawson called out Super Middleweight Champion Andre
Ward.
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Witherspoon's Lack Of Ring Smarts Costs Him
Big Win Over Mitchell Who Stops Chazz In 3 |
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Seth Mitchell (now 25-0-1, 19 KO's) came back
from losing a one-sided first round to batter and stop Chazz
Witherspoon in round 3. In round 1, it was clear Witherspoon
wanted very little to do in exchanging in the middle of the
ring. Witherspoon kept his long jab out while literally running
around the ring looking terrified. The problem is that
Witherspoon had the height, power and speed to beat Mitchell
within that first round, but he lacked stamina, and more
importantly, ring smarts. Witherspoon cracked Mitchell with a
big right hand that stopped him in his tracks. Witherspoon
proceeded to throw more right hands that had Mitchell hurt and
staggered. Mitchell held both his hands high, coving the sides
of his head from further oncoming right hands and hooks.
Witherspoon only needed to throw to the body, which was wide
open, or an uppercut to the chin. Witherspoon must have been
caught up in the moment because he would only throw more right
hands, clearly not seeing how open Mitchell was to the uppercut
and to the body. Had one landed, this fight would have been over
in the first round, guaranteed. Mitchell managed to survive the
round and Witherspoon went back to his corner gasping for air,
already.
Credit goes to Mitchell who dug himself out of the whole, coming
back in round 2 to punish Witherspoon to the body (the area
Witherspoon failed to throw to). In round 3, Witherspoon was
barely standing based on his lack of stamina alone. Mitchell
went in for the kill and dropped him with a big right hand.
Witherspoon would beat the count, but Mitchell was all over him
with a barrage of punches against the ropes. referee Randy
Neumann jumped in to call a standing eight count, but waived the
fight off after seeing Witherspoon's glazed-over eyes.
Witherspoon falls to 30-3 with 22 KO's.
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Peeks & Valleys Of Malignaggi's Career
Path Lead To Title Opportunity In Ukraine |
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By Simon Ruvalcaba
With the upcoming trend in boxing we will be seeing in the
coming months of aging former champs in big fights against newer
and more heavily favored current champions or prospects, perhaps
the elements facing Paulie Malignaggi's attempt at a
welterweight crown against Vyacheslav Senchenko make his the
most difficult task? Instinctively wanting no part of going on
the road for the opportunity, Malignaggi quickly reevaluated his
options and accepted the challenge. "We thought we where gonna
fight Robert Guerrero on the Mayweather-Cotto undercard and when
that didn't happen for one reason or another, we went back and
took the fight with Senchenko cause it was either that or sit
around" commented Malignaggi shortly before departing for
training camp in Italy leading up to his fight week arrival in
the champions territory.
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Thomas Oosthuizen Shines With Unanimous
Decision Victory Over Marcus Johnson;
Luis Orlando Del Valle & Jose Pedraza Score
Action-Packed Unanimous Decision Wins |
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Photos: Tom Casino - SHOWTIME
Thomas Oosthuizen made the most of his
United States television debut on ShoBox: The New
Generation by producing a crowd-pleasing unanimous
decision victory over Marcus “Too Much” Johnson. The
10-round super middleweight bout was scored 98-91 on all
three scorecards. In the SHOWTIME® co-feature, unbeaten
super bantamweight prospect Luis Orlando Del Valle
scored a hard-fought, 10-round unanimous decision over
Christopher Martin by the tallies of 100-89, 98-91 and
97-92. In the evening’s opening bout, Jose “The Sniper”
Pedraza won a unanimous decision over the relentless Gil
Garcia by the scores of 79-72 and 80-71 two times in an
eight-round super featherweight bout from Buffalo Run
Casino in Miami, Okla.
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Joe Hanks Scores First Round Knock Out |
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Star Boxing's undefeated heavyweight contender
Joe "The Future" Hanks made it a very quick evening on Friday
night, brutally knocking out veteran Marcus Rhode in the first
round at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma.
Improving his record to 20-0-0 with 14 knockouts, Hanks drilled
Rhode to the canvas three times before referee Gary Ritter
called a halt to the bout at the 1:36 mark of the opening
stanza.
The 29-year-old Hanks, a native of Newark, New Jersey who trains
in Carson, California is the holder of the IBA Americas
Heavyweight Title.
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Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Elio Rojas WBC Featherweight Championship
Headlines Tonight On Fox Deportes |
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World champions will collide tomorrow, Saturday,
April 28, when current WBC Featherweight World Champion Jhonny
Gonzalez takes to the ring at The Grand Oasis Cancun in Cancun,
Quintana Roo, Mexico to defend his title for the fourth time
against former World Champion Elio Rojas live on FOX Deportes at
9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. The broadcast also features the IBF
Junior Lightweight World Championship bout between Juan Carlos
Salgado and Martin Honorio.
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Floyd Mayweather Teleconference Transcript |
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Floyd Mayweather: "Hey, how are you all
doing? First off, I want to thank the media, all the different
websites that have been supporting me for so many years; it has
truly been a blessing. I appreciate the stories. I appreciate
you guys covering all my fights. Richard Schaefer, you have done
a hell of a job with Golden Boy Promotions, Kelly Swanson for so
many years thanks for your help, Leonard Ellerbe, of course, I
take my hat off to you. May 5th I'm going to dedicate this fight
to Leonard's mother who just passed away. So this fight is very,
very important to me. So I want to thank everybody for this call
and just thank you guys for supporting me for so many years."
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Live Championship Boxing Returns
To Mountaineer Tonight |
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8-Time World Champion Roy Jones Jr. in
association with TNT Promotions Presents "Live Championship
Boxing from The Harv at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort"
on Saturday April 28th. A Double Feature is planned for the
evening's headliners when Youngtown, OH’s Jake “The Bull”
Giuriceo (15W-0L-1D, 3KO) battles former WBC Latino Super
Lightweight Champion Juan "Chago" Santiago (14W-8L-1D, 8KO) and
power punching sensation Joel Diaz Jr. (8W-0L, 7KO) takes on
Colombian native Yogli "Olafo" Herrera (22W-14L, 15KO).
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Pro Boxing Returns To Lowell On May 9 |
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Professional boxing returns to Lowell,
Massachusetts - home of "Irish" Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund -
for the first time in seven years, on Wednesday night, May 9 at
Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Local fan favorites "Irish" Joe McCreedy and Sean Eklund, whose
uncles are Micky and Dicky, will fight in front of their
hometown fans for the first time as pros on the "Homecoming"
card, and former world champion "Vicious" Vivian Harris will be
making his Bay State debut.
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On This Day: April 28 |
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By "BC" Bob Witt
ON THIS DAY IN 2001, Cotabato, Philippines:
Manny Pacquiao TKO'd Wethya Sakmaunglang in the 6th
Round.
Cardiff, Wales:
Joe Calzaghe TKO'd Mario Veit in the 1st round to retain
the WBO Super-Middleweight Title.
New York, New York:
Andrew (Six-Heads) Lewis won a 12 round UD over Larry
Marks to retain the WBA Welterweight title.
Julio Diaz KO'd Justo Sencion in the 9th round to win
the Vacant NABA Lightweight Title.
1993, Dublin, Ireland:
Gregorio Vargas TKO'd Paul Hodkinson in the 7th round to
win the WBC Featherweight Title.
1990, Atlantic City, New Jersey:
Michael Moorer KO'd Mario Melo in the 1st round to
retain the WBO Light-Heavyweight Title.
Thomas Hearns won a 12 round UD over Michael Olajide to
retain the WBO Super-Middleweight Title.
1978, Udon Thani, Thailand:
Antonio Cervantes KO'd Tongta Kiatvayupakdi in the 6th
round to retain the WBA Light-Welterweight Title.
1943, Ft Worth, Texas:
Mauel Ortiz KO'd Lupe Cardoza in the 6th round to retain
the World Bantamweight Title. This was Ortiz (96-28-2)
fourth Title defense, he would make 15 successful
defenses before losing and regaining his Title in 1947.
Ortiz (Hall of Fame Induction 1996) would then defend
successfully four more times in his second reign. Ortiz
is considered one of the Bantamweight Divisions All-Time
Greats.
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Sillakh Knocked Out In 8 After
Winning All Previous 7 vs. Grachev |
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Light Heavyweight Denis Grachev
(now 12-0-1, 8 KO's) shocked huge prospect Ismayl Sillakh,
coming from behind to win with a dramatic knockout that started
with just one punch. Sillakh was in complete control of the
fright from the start, even scoring a knockdown with a straight
right in round 3. Everything changed when a right from Grachev
stopped and staggered Sillakh into the corner during round 8.
Grachev jumped on Sillakh, who still had his hands up, with
power hooks from both hands. Sillakh began to take clean shots
through his guard, one which began to stagger him to the next
corner. Another right hand landed flush as Sillakh leaned back
which put him down and prompted the referee to immediately jump
in and call the fight off at 2:18. Although Sillakh definitely
was not in good shape, he
should have been given the chance to rise to his
feet. Sillakh drops to 17-1 with 14 KO's.
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Weights from Pomona, CA - TV Azteca |
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Roman Gonzalez 107.4 vs. Ramon Garcia Hirales
107.8
(WBA Mini Flyweight World title)
Alberto Herrera 146.6 vs. Anthony Lenk 147 lbs
Jesse Magdaleno 123 vs. Nick Fast 122.4 lbs
Tommy Turner 165.8 vs. Edgar Alvarado 166.8
Anthony Lenk 147 vs. Alberto Herrera 146.6
Lucky Boy Otomoso 147.6 vs. Larry Smith 147.2
Jesse Roman 139.8 vs. Jaime Orrantia 139.8
Venue: Fairflex in Pomona, CA
Promoter: Top Rank and Zanfer
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Weights From Atlantic City - HBO |
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Photos: Tom Hogan - HoganPhotos/Golden
Boy
Bernard Hopkins 173.5
vs. Chad Dawson 174.5
Seth Mitchell 241.5 vs.
Chazz Withersppon 231.5
Shawn Porter 153.5 vs.
Patrick Thompson 153.5
Mike Faragon 137.5 vs. Sergio Rivera 139.6
Lavarn Harvell 174.5 vs. Tony Pietrantonio 175.4
Julian Williams 154.5 vs. Hector Rosario 155.5
Phil Lo Greco 149 vs. Hector Orozco 149
Venue: Boardwalk Hall
Promoter: Golden Boy/Gary Shaw
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Billy's Boxing Blog
Rowland Bryant Discusses Stopping Librado Andrade |
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By William Trillo
No one really gave Light Heavyweight Rowland Bryant (now 16-1,
11 KO's) any chance of defeating the tough whiskered Librado
Andrade (30-5, 23 KO's) this past weekend in El Paso Texas. No
one but Rowland Bryant that is. The little known fighter from
Florida put himself on the radar after his KO victory and we
wanted to talk with him about his moment.
Pound4Pound: You came into El Paso ,Texas this past weekend
and did the improbable. Congratulations on your victory. Now
that you have had a few days to let this sink in how are you
feeling?
Rowland Bryant: I feel great. It’s hard to think I got a
fight at that level and it went that way. My coach and I keep
talking about it and hopefully we get more.
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Dmitry Pirog vs. Nobuhiro Ishida
Headlines May 1 In Moscow |
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Kirill Pchelnikov’s KP Boxing Promotion and Art
Pelullo’s Banner Promotions will present a sensational world
championship fight card on Tuesday, May 1, at Sport Complex
Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia. The fights will be televised in
Russia on Channel 2. Check local listings for times.
May 1 is “Spring and Labor Day” in Russia, an official holiday.
In the main event scheduled for 12 rounds, World Boxing
Organization middleweight world champion Dmitry Pirog, 19-0 with
15 knockouts, of Gelendzhik, Russia, will make his third defense
of the title against WBO No. 11-ranked middleweight contender
Nobuhiro Ishida, 24-7-2 with 9 knockouts, of Osaka, Japan.
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Hopkins vs. Dawson II Roundtable Quotes |
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Bernard Hopkins: "I'm a throw back. I live
in a time where it is so microwavable that there is no time to
cook, season, chop or marinate any more. I'm the last of a dying
[expletive] breed.
"They were calling me old when I beat Trinidad 11 years ago.
"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will always
motivate me."
Chad Dawson: "It all depends on how Bernard comes in the
ring. If he comes to fight, that is great. If he comes to lie
down like he did last time, then I feel sorry for the people
that bought tickets or are going to watch on HBO.
"The first fight wasn't a long fight, but in the two rounds that
it was, I was the one trying to press the fight. I was trying to
make the action."
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