Sanchez upsets Contreras

By Miguel Maravilla at ringside
Photos: Carlos Baeza/Thompson Boxing

Thompson Boxing Promotions returned to the Inland Empire Friday night for its Path to Glory series at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California. Riverside’s Richard “El Terminador” Contreras (10-1-1, 9 KOs) returned to the ring as he took on Victor Sanchez (4-6-1, 1 KO) of Houston in the scheduled eight round featherweight main event. Sanchez and Contreras battled it out for six rounds as Victor Sanchez pulled the upset. (more…)

McCall-Zimnoch weigh in

By Przemek Garczarczyk
Video: Ringpolska

Oliver McCall (57-12, 37 KO) was 246 pounds and his rival 29-year old Krzysztof Zimnoch(14-0, 11 KO) was a lean 218 pounds in today’s weigh in of Babilon Promotions’ “SKOK Boxing Night” event televised live by Polsat television. Elijah McCall (11-2, 10 KO), the “Atomic Bull’s” son, was 229 pounds is fighting another undefeated Polish fighter on the card, two-time Polish amateur champion Marcin Rekowski (8-0, 7 KO) who was 224.

#3 featherweight Brunker, ex-champ St. Clair triumph

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Former 2004 Athens Olympic representative and WBO #3, IBF #9, WBA #10 featherweight Joel Brunker (26-0, 15 KO’s) stopped Maxsaisai Sithsaithong (12-3, 3 KO’s) in round four of a scheduled ten round main event at the Richmond RSL club, Richmond, NSW, Australia on Friday. Brunker, looking for a shot at the IBF or WBO title in 2013, outscored Mexican Ivan Hernandez in 2013 and made a successful USA debut when he scored a KO over Carlos Fulgencio in the opening round compliments of a power body shot in New York in October 2012. Gary Shaw and Angelo Di Carlo guide the career of Brunker. He is trained by John Barber.

In the main supporting bout former IBF 130 pound champion Gairy St Clair (45-12-2, 18 KO’s) outscored Australian based Filipino Roberto Oyan (20-38-4,7KO’s) over eight rounds. St Clair won the world IBF title in 2006 by out pointing South African Cassius Baloyi and lost the title also in 2006 when Malcolm Klassen won a twelve round split decision in South Africa. St Clair has clashed with former world champions, Diego Corrales, Vivian Harris and Leonard Dorin.

Promoter John Barber

Weights from Washington, DC

By Gary “Digital” Williams

Here is the scale watch for the All-In-Entertainment card at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Sports Complex in Washington, DC:

Dusty Hernandez-Harrison 145 vs. Eddie Soto 143
Jerry Odom 168 vs. Andrew Morias 164
Mike Reed 148 vs. Damon Antoine 147
Phill Brown 307 vs. Natu Visinia 268
Patrick Coye 174 vs. Charles Parker 168
Greg Newby 172 vs. William Prieto 166
Kevin Rivers, Jr. 126 vs. Jason Rorie 125
Charles Natal 149 vs. Delvery Woodford (will weigh-in tomorrow)
Deon Richardson 143 vs. Blair Cobbs 140

Jones-Lebedev scorecards

By Gabriel F. Cordero

In a exciting WBA cruiserweight championship, all three judges had champion Denis Lebedev winning the bout after ten rounds, so Guillermo Jones needed to do something dramatic and he did. It was a good fight to watch and difficult for the judges to score in some rounds.

Judges Scorecards: Giussepe Quartarone 96-94, Oliver Brien 97-93, Leszek Jankowiak 96-94.

Here is the inconsistency analysis of the new WBA masterscores card system.

Weights from Cancun: Mosley 146.8, Cano 146

Photos: Alma Montiel

Shane Mosley 146.8 vs. Pablo Cesar Cano 146
(Vacant WBC International welterweight title)
Sergio Thompson 135 vs. Gustavo Sandoval 133.4
Robert Manzanarez 133.2 vs. Oscar Arenas 134.8
Yesenia Gomez 106.4 vs. Blanca Diaz 106.8
Ivan Cano 135 vs. Daniel Ruiz 136
Cesar Gandara 113.2 vs. Marco Antonio Turriza 113
Adan Mares 133.2 vs. Alberto Cupido 130.8
Miguel Angel Gonzalez vs. Luis Fernando Becerra 6
Joseph Aguirre 135.4 vs. Rodolpho Ortiz 134.8

Venue: Grand Oasis Cancun, Cancun, Mexico
Promoter: Golden Boy/Pepe Gomez
TV: FSN/Fox Deportes

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Purdy can’t make the weight

Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime

Lee Purdy blew his chance to become a world champion by failing to make the 147lb welterweight limit on Friday in Atlantic City. Purdy initially weighed in at 148, then was unable to lose the excess pound over the next two hours, eventually weighing in at 147.8. The fight between IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander and Purdy will go on as scheduled, but as a non-title affair. If Alexander wins however, it will satisfy his mandatory obligation. Purdy was fined $15,000 (total purse is $150,000).

Woodhouse obliterates Horvath

By James Slater at ringside
Photos: Scott J. Raven

Curtis Woodhouse, now boxing at lightweight, destroyed 19 year old Budapest fighter Sandor Horvath with a body shot on Friday night at the Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield, Yorkshire, U.K. Catching the Southpaw half way through the opening round, the 33 year old who made huge headlines with his recent twitter troll hunt, ended the mismatch with ease. The time was just 1 min and 36 seconds. Horvath beat the count but looked dazed. This was a strange one really. Woodhouse is now 18-5 (11). Horvath falls to 9-7(5). (more…)

Weights from Puerto Rico: Rodriguez 125, Castaneda 125, Verdejo 132, Page 132

Photos: Joel Colon / PR Best

Gamalier Rodriguez 125 vs. Alicio Castaneda 125
Felix Verdejo 132 vs. Corben Page 132
John Karl Sosa 142 vs. Tommy Bryant 141
Levan Ghvamichava 141 vs. Samuel Santana 145
Bernard Lebron 140 vs. Osvaldo Vazquez 142
Fauris Capellan 140 vs. Jonathan Garcia 142
Emmanuel Santos 132 vs. Juan Carlos Pantoja 135
Bryan Resto 124 vs. Jaxel Marrero 123

Venue: Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
Promoter: PR Best/Top Rank
TV: UniMas

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Weights from Altantic City: Peterson 141, Matthysse 140, Alexander 146.7, Purdy 148

Lamont Peterson 141 vs. Lucas Matthysse 140
(non-title welterweight)
Devon Alexander 146.7 vs. Lee Purdy 147.8
(non-title super welterweight)
Purdy initially weighed 148
Phil LoGreco 150 vs. Shawn Porter 150
Anthony Peterson 136.5 vs. Dominic Salcido 136.5
Anthony Ogogo 159 vs. Edgar Perez 159
Haroon Khan 116.5 vs. Vicente Medellin 115
Thomas Willliams Jr. 175 vs. Otis Griffin 175
Cesar Seda 117.5 vs. Miguel Tamayo 117.5
Rau’Shee Warren 118 vs. Angel Carvajal 116
Robert Easter 133.5 vs. Eduardo Guillen 132
Jemel Herring 134 vs. Victor Galindo 134.5

Venue: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: Showtime

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Jones wins war against Lebedev; Povetkin destroys Wawrzyk; Grady Brewer demolished

Photos courtesy Timeunion

In a sure fight of the year candidate, WBA champion in recess Guillermo Jones (39-3-2, 31 KOs) scored an upset eleventh round KO over WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (25-2, 19 KOs) on Friday night at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia. The 41-year-old Jones had a good first round cutting Lebedev over the right eye. Lebedev came out very aggressive in round two, but Jones did his share of damage too. Same scenario in round three. Lebedev’s eye was swollen shut. Jones took more big shots in round four, but worked over Lebedev in round five. Lebedev came back strong in the sixth round and punished Jones in the seventh. Lebedev dominated round eight, but Jones found his second wind in round nine targeting Lebedev’s eye. Lebedev’s face was swollen grotesquely after round ten. Fighting virtually blind, the game Lebedev finally went down in round eleven. Jones wins by KO. Jones’ promoter Don King, written off by some a few months ago, is back in the game with a new world champion.

WBA regular heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (26-0, 18 KOs) annihilated previously unbeaten Andrzej Wawrzyk (27-1, 13 KOs). After a slow round one, Povetkin dropped Wawrcyk with a huge right hand early in round two, then punished Wawrcyk for the rest of the round. Povetkin dropped Wawrcyk twice in round three to end it. Time was 2:03. With the win, Povetkin ensured his $23 million showdown with WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko later this year. WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko was looking on at ringside.

Middleweight Dmitry Chudinov (9-0, 6 KOs) scored a third round TKO over 42-year-old former “Contender” winner Grady Brewer (30-16, 16 KOs). Chudinov dominated the fight and Brewer quit after round three. photos…

Mosley-Cano card split in two

Photo: Alma Montiel

Saturday’s card featuring the return of Sugar Shane Mosley against Mexican star Pablo Cesar “El Demoledor” Cano at The Grand Oasis in Cancun, Mexico has added even more fistic firepower with the addition of a co-main event pitting Sergio “Yeyo” Thompson against Gustavo Sandoval, as well as undercard bouts starring Golden Boy Promotions’ newest signing, Adan “Speedy” Mares, along with Roberto “Massa” Manzanarez, Miguel Angel Gonzalez and Ivan “Macanón” Cano. Mosley vs. Cano and Thompson vs. Sandoval will be telecast live on FOX Sports Networks and FOX Deportes in the United States and on Televisa in Mexico on a delayed basis.

Plus, three fights originally scheduled for Saturday have been moved to Friday afternoon creating a special free admission event at The Grand Oasis featuring Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas, Jorge “Pantera” Silva and Enrique Ornelas. (more…)

Haye-Charr undercard is still on

Eddie Hearn has moved the David Haye vs. Manuel Charr undercard to Bolton after the Hayemaker withdraw from his proposed bout due to a hand injury, with the show now taking place at Bolton Arena on June 29, live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Gavin Rees will return to action after his brave World title challenge against Adrien Broner in Atlantic City in February and he takes on former British champion Anthony Crolla in a crucial clash for both of their careers after ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla’s rematch with Derry Mathews in Liverpool in March ended in a draw with the Commonwealth title on the line. Lee Selby will also fight on the bill, with Hearn promising a big step up for the British and Commonwealth featherweight champion. (more…)

Seldom seen Guillermo Jones to try to get his title back from Denis Lebedev tonight

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Panamanian WBA world cruiserweight champion in recess Guillermo “El Felino” Jones and Russian WBA regular world champion Denis Lebedev are set to crown the absolute WBA cruiserweight champion tonight at the Crocus Circus Hall in Moscow, Russia

The 41-year-old Jones (38-3-2, 30 KOs) won the title against Firat Arslan in September 2008, then went 25 months before defending it against Valery Brudov in October 2010. Another 13 months passed before his November 2011 defense against Mike Marrone. Since then, Jone has been out of the ring for another 20 months.

Lebedev (25-1-0, 19 KOs) was elevated from interim to full champion in October 2012 at the WBA convention in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Jones was reclassified as “champion in recess” due to his lack of activity.

Quigg-Salinas for WBA regular title?

By Gabriel F. Cordero

A source has informed Fightnews.com about the possibility that the Cuban Yoandris Salinas and WBA interim super bantamweight world champion Scott Quigg could meet for the vacant WBA super bantamweight “regular” world title. The source indicates that the “regular” super bantamweight championship was declared vacant after world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux beat Nonito Donaire to become “unified” world champion. According to information promoters must come to an agreement before June 14 or the WBA will call a purse bid.

McCall ready for Zimnoch

Photo: Dannel Nicholson

Oliver “Atomic Bull” McCall (57-12, 37 KOs) had a chance to spend some time with real bulls. McCall will fight undefeated Polish prospect Krzysztof Zimnoch (14-0, 11 KOs) in Poland this Saturday.

“I had a great time, but I prefer real people in the ring. I have no doubt with 5 weeks of preparations that this young buck made a big mistake fighting somebody with my experience and power,” said McCall.

“Meeting with the bulls” was a part of promotional campaign of Polsat televison, the leading Polish network who will broadcast the Babilon Promotion event live. On the undercard, 25-year old Elijah McCall (11-2, 10 KO) will test Marcin Rekowski (8-0, 7 KO). It will be a special evening for the McCalls.

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