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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Weights from Rhode Island

Vladine Biosse 169.5 vs. Latif Mundy 169.5
Shelito Vincent 121.5 vs. Angel Gladney 121.5
Rich Gingras 167 vs. Joe Gardner 167.5
Thomas Falowo 165 vs. Tylon Burris 165
Nick Delomba 148 vs. Jimmy Smith 149.5
Paul Gonsalves 171 vs. Maceo Crowder ??
Jon Smith 147.5 vs. Oscar Diaz 144
Jesse Barboza 232 vs. Phillip Triantafillo 230
Bryan Abraham 146 vs. Zack Ramsey 146

Venue: Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
Promoter: Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports

Weights from Ontario, Calif.

Photos: Thompson Boxing Promotions

Richard Contreras 123.8 vs Victor Sanchez 127
Giovanni Santillan 143.1 vs Jesus Mendez 143.1
Taras Shelestyuk 151.5 vs Mario Angeles 149.3
Rafael Lopez 160.5 vs Omar Barefield
Johnny Reyes 131.2 vs Johnny Fraizer
Zatreanu George 130.6 vs Sopaun Rin 129.5

Promoter: Thompson Boxing
Venue: Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, Canada

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Tomlinson defeats Klassen

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Photos: Werner Kalin

IBO 130 pound champion Will Tomlinson (21-0-1, 12 KOs) outscored former IBF world champion Malcolm Klassen (27-6-2, 14 KOs) over twelve roundsat the Melbourne Pavillion, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on Thursday.

Tomlinson was aggressive in all the rounds and dropped Klassen in round one but the South African displayed excellent boxing in rounds five, six and seven connecting with solid head and body shots. In round eight doctor Peter Lewis inspected cuts suffered by the Australian but ruled okay to continue.

Tomlinson stepped up a gear in rounds eleven and twelve and referee Pete Podgorski crowned the Aussie the winner by scores Robert Hoyle 118-109, Garry Dean 118-109, Steve Scott 117-110.

Tomlinson is trained by Lincoln Hudson and managed by Gary Shaw and Fidel Tukel.

WBA#15 Garth Wood (12-3-1, 7 KOs) was impressive in scoring a second round stoppage over Australian based South African Virgil Kalakoda( 24-9-3, 16 KOs) to capture the WBA Pan African middleweight title. Kalakoda visited the canvas and was in trouble in round two when referee Ignatius Missailidis saved him from further punishment at 1.07. (more…)

Bruised Juanma ready for anything Garcia brings

Photo: Joel Colon/PR Best

Former two-time world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez is completely focused in his next fight against the World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia on June 15 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas in a Top Rank presentation to be broadcast on HBO.

Juanma Lopez (33-2, 30 KOs), who is ranked #4 by the WBO in the featherweights, weighed today 138 pounds, of a 144.9 pounds maximum, as part of the Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission’s 30 day pre weigh-in. He appeared with a bruise on his face because he fell yesterday in his morning work. “In reaction work with the medicine ball, I slipped on the on the wet track and fell, unbelievable, that’s the first time in my career,” said Lopez laughing. (more…)

Purdy: Devon has underestimated my power; Brit vows to pour the pressure on ‘boring’ champion

Lee Purdy has warned Devon Alexander that he will put on an explosive show in Atlantic City as he bids to rip the IBF welterweight title from his grasp on Saturday night. Purdy tackles the St. Louis man at the famous Boardwalk Hall and said he’s far from a fan of the St. Louis champ, but believes the pressure is all on the American to impress on home soil.

“I’ve watched a lot of his fights since we got the fight and he’s not looked great recently,” said Purdy. “He’s been holding a lot in recent fights which is why I mentioned that. His style doesn’t impress me which is why I don’t watch him. I think I can land big shots on him and make him fight my fight, and if I connect cleanly on him there’s only one place he’s going to go and that’s to the canvas. He says he wants to fight the biggest names in the game, no-one here has heard of me so he has to look good against me and he’s not going to if he’s just going to hold. (more…)

Boxing Buzz: Love, Masternak, de Mori

Middleweight prospect J’Leon Love tested positive for the banned diuretic “Hydrochlorothiazide” after his controversial 10-round split decision win over Gabriel Rosado on the May 4 Mayweather-Guerrero card in Las Vegas. Love is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, whose namesake Floyd Mayweather is highly critical of any fighter using banned substances. He is facing a fine and suspension from the NSAC plus the wrath of Floyd. Love-Rosado will likely be changed to a no-decision.

Sauerland Event is looking to work out a deal with OPI 2000 for unbeaten WBC #4 Mateusz Masternak (30-0, 22 KOs) to face WBC #1 Giacobbe Fragomeni (30-3-2, 12 KOs) in a final eliminator for the WBC cruiserweight title currently held by Krzysztof Wlodarczyk.

Heavyweight KO artist Mark de Mori (23-1-2, 21 KOs) faces journeyman Adnan Buharalija (26-16-2, 18 KOs) for the WBU world heavyweight championship tomorrow night at the Sport Hall Grabrik in Pozega, Croatia. The WBU approved Buharalija despite the fact that he has been knocked out in eight of his last ten fights. Advantage de Mori.

Full Report: Lee-Cunningham

By Matt Richardson
Photos: Thomas Casulli

Middleweight contender Andy Lee hardly broke a sweat on Wednesday night at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Times Square, NYC, stopping journeyman Darryl Cunningham in just 87 seconds in the main event of promoter Lou DiBella’s local “Broadway Boxing” series.

Lee (30-2, 21 KO’s), only two fights removed from a stoppage loss to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. last June, came out aggressively and quickly stunned Cunningham in the corner. Cunningham (28-5, 11 KO’s) was clearly hurt but not terribly so. Lee then threw a series of punches, many of which were blocked by Cunningham. A brief ending seemed inevitable but it was made so by a seemingly early stoppage by referee Benji Esteves. Cunningham had not touched the canvas in the two minutes of boxing. But he wasn’t exactly winging shots back, so the stoppage was understandable. (more…)

Harrison has eight-round bout in DC

By Gary “Digital” Williams

Undefeated DC welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison will face his most accomplished foe to date when he headlines the Saturday, May 18 “Champion Class” card at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Sports Complex in Washington, DC.

UDC will be an interesting location for Harrison, who will turn 19 shortly after this card. Harrison (14-0, eight KO’s) will begin taking classes at the university in June. Harrison will face Eddie Soto of Pawtucket, RI by way of Puerto Rico in a scheduled eight-round encounter. (more…)

Boxing back in San Diego May 24

By Felipe Leon

With two mega fight cards under its belt this year, San Diego’s premier boxing promoter, Bobby D Presents, will now stage its biggest event to date this year on Friday, May 24th, when “San Diego Fights” makes its debut at the historic Bing Crosby Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Bobby D Presents boss Bobby DePhilippis guarantees that the upcoming card, the first of seven monthly shows scheduled at the fairgrounds this year, will be no different. As an added bonus, fight fans will receive one FREE 2013 San Diego County Fair admission ticket with every boxing ticket purchased, a value of $14.

Featured in the main event will be Vista’s Aaron “Gavilan“ Garcia (10-3-2, 2KOs) as he returns to his hometown in a featured featherweight six rounder. A rising pro, Garcia is best known as one of the most decorated amateur fighters to come out of San Diego with more than 150 fights, multiple Golden Gloves titles, a silver medal at the Pan-Am Games and a spot on the 2004 U.S. Olympic team as an alternate. Garcia is coming off a closely disputed and controversial split decision loss to Manny Pacquiao-backed Bernabe Concepcion but now with Bobby D Presents as his promoter, he is ready to make a run for the title. (more…)

Matthysse arrives in the USA

Looks like we have a fight. After missing yesterday’s press conference in New York City, WBC interim super lightweight champion Lucas Matthysse (33-2, 31 KOs) and his team have finally arrived in the USA and made their appearance in the press room at Caesars Atlantic City. Matthysse was held up several days in his native Argentina due to problems with his travel documents. His fight with IBF jr welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (31-1-1, 16 KOs) will be a non-title affair at a catch weight of 141, rather than a unification fight because the IBF doesn’t allow unifications with interim champions and Matthysse wouldn’t give up his WBC interim title.

The weigh-in for Saturday’s fight card at Boardwalk Hall will be open to the public and take place at 3:30PM in the Caesars Atlantic City lobby.

Canelo Alvarez to receive WBA belt in Panama?

By Gabriel F. Cordero

A source informed Fightnews.com that WBA executive vice president Gilberto Mendoza Jr. is awaiting confirmation of the date to formally present the WBA belt to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in Panama City. “We respect the WBC decision in relation to unification fights but these fights are accepted and WBA will continue doing them and accepting them,” said Mendoza Jr.

The WBA the super welterweight “super” world champion is Floyd Mayweather Jr. Alvarez is the WBA “regular” super welterweight world champion.

Weights from Moscow: Povetkin 228.3, Wawrzyk 232.5, Lebedev 199.5, Jones 198.8

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Alexander Povetkin 228.3 vs. Andrzej Wawrzyk 232.5
(WBA “regular” heavyweight title)

Denis Lebedev 199.5 vs. Guillermo Jones 198.8
(WBA cruiserweight title)

Venue: Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia
Promoter: Hrunov Promotions

Sirimongkol retains ABCO belt

By Damrong Simakajornboon
Photos: Kazuto Harada

Two-time WBC champion Sirimongkol Singwancha (71-2,43 KOs) successfully kept his ABCO continental 147lb title when he stopped ABCO#15 Mohamadreza Hamze on Tuesday at Rangsit International Stadium in Pathumthani, Thailand. Sirimongkol mostly controlled the show, dropping his opponent twice with his tough right hooks in round three. The show was finally ended when the Thai fighter landed a big right hook which floored the Irani again, forcing referee Udom Deekrajang to stop the bout at 1:37 of round six. Sirimongkol is a former WBC bantam and superfeather title holder. With his victory today, he would like to take a chance to challenge a world title again although he is now 36 years old.

This event also had five more Muaythai undercards, promoted by Naris Singhawungcha of Naris Boxing Promotion. photos