Weights from Cataño, PR

Sasso Lopez 131 vs. Orlando Vazquez 131
Angel Acosta 110 vs.Cristian Lopez 107
Chicano Cotto 245 vs. Jesus Gonzalez 195
Jose Martinez 117 vs. Eduardo Melendez 118
Starling Cordero 116 vs. Alexis Diaz 116
Jorge Maysonet 135 vs. Pedro Salcedo 140
Alberto Machado 128 vs. Efrain Salgado 131
Joel Collazo 110 vs.Luis Hernandez 112
Prichards Colon 148 vs.Xavier Lasalle 149
Roberto Rivera 138 vs. Bryan Montalvo 141
Pedro Ortiz 109 vs. Joseph Santos 117

Venue: Coliseo Cosme Beitía, Cataño Puerto Rico
Promoter: Miguel Cotto Promotions & H2 Entertainment
TV: WAPA 2 Deportes / WAPA América www.wapa.tv

Photo: Miguel Cotto Promotions

Weights from Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.

Photo: Pete Susens

Jose Luis Araiza 123.6 vs. Chris Avalos 122
Ricardo Campillo 176 vs. Trevor McCumby 174.8
Jesus Vallejo 151.4 vs. Michael Finney 152.2
Pablo Cupul 128.8 vs. Toka-Kahn Clary 129.4
David Castillo 138.8 vs. Andrew Ruiz 140.8
Manuel Machorro 125.6 vs. Pedro Duran 126.4

Venue: C. Robert Lee Center, Hawaiian Gardens, CA
Promoter: Top Rank
TV: UniMas

Weights From Atlantic City, NJ

Photo: Key Fisher

Patrick Majewski 160 vs. Jamaal Davis 159
Lionel Thompson 177 vs. Chuck Mussachio 173
Anthony Burgin 126 vs. Elvis Rodriguez 122
Alex Sanchez 154 vs. Greg Jackson 152
Saud Clark 145 vs. Anthony Prescott 148
Joshua Reyes 126 vs. Tommy Garcia 125

Venue: Bally’s Atlantic City, NJ
Promoter: Peltz Boxing Promotions and Global Boxing
Tickets: $50, $75 on sale at Ticketmaster and at the door

Weights from Ixtapa

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Jhonny Gonzalez 125.65 vs Eusebio Osejo 125.65

Yessica Chavez 107.60 vs Irma Sanchez 107.60
(WBC silver female light flyweight title)

Rodolfo Hernández 121.70 vs Moisés Flores 121.70
Marcos Villasana Jr 13.70 vs Marco Avinar 139.70
Jairo Aburto 143 vs Daniel Santillo 143

Venue: Centro de Convenciones Hotel Azul Ixtapa
Promoter: Promociones del Pueblo
TV: Televisa

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Weights from Hermosillo

By Gabrel F. Cordero
Photos: Rafael Soto/Zanfer Promotions

David Sanchez 114.5 vs. Marlon Tapales 113
(WBC silver super flyweight title)

Giovani Segura 113 vs. Omar Salado 113
Gilberto Parra 108 vs. Javier Márquez 109.5
Carlos Fontes 112 vs. Jose Hernández 113
Noé Lopez 130 vs. Manuel Castro 131
Oscar Arce 112 vs. Maurio Ibara 112

Venue: Gimnasio del Estado
Promoter: Zanfer and Promoson
TV: TV Azteca

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Alekseev outpoints Wilson; Charr beats Saglam

In an IBF cruiserweight eliminator that resembled a sparring session, Alexander Alekseev (24-2-1, 20 KOs) won an uneventful twelve round unanimous decision over Garrett Wilson (13-6-1, 7 KOs) on Friday night at Strada Henri Coanda in Galati, Romania. Philly fighter Wilson was never in the fight against Alekseev, a former Olympian and amateur world champion, who prevailed 117-111, 118-111, 116-112.

After a spirited two rounds, former heavyweight title challenger Manuel Charr (23-1, 13 KOs) was victorious when Yakup Saglam (28-2, 25 KOs) quit after round two with a shoulder injury.

Local heavyweight Christian Hammer (13-3, 9 KOs) won when Oleksiy Mazikin (18-9-2, 4 KOs) when Mazikin quit after round six in a bout for Hammer’s WBO European heavyweight title.

Clark-Camechis Collide in Columbus

Former WBO world title challenger Michael “Cold Blood” Clark (43-8) will battle fellow Ohio native Brian “The Golden Greek” Camechis (20-4) over 10 rounds for the interim WBC USNBC welterweight title Saturday March 2nd at the Lifestyle Pavilion in Columbus, OH. A former NABF, NABA and WBC Continental champ, Clark gained notoriety in the Contender II reality series before dropping a majority decision to eventual IBF junior middleweight champ Cornelius Bundrage

Promoted by Troy Speakman, the six-bout card features all matchups boasting winning records. Lightweight Antton Slaughter (3-1) will face Angel Figueroa (2-0). In addition, two heavyweight four-rounders are scheduled: Armando Ancona (4-1) battles William Shahan (7-4) and Dan Brison (2-0) tangles with Robert Richardson (2-1).

Bundrage and Smith make weight

Report and photos by Bob Ryder

Weights from Detroit for tomorrow night’s event:

Cornelius Bundrage, 152.8 vs Ishe Smith, 152.6
(IBF jr middleweight championship)
Note: Bundrage and Smith had to be separated as pushing and shoving followed weigh in.

J’Leon Love, 161 vs Derrick Findley, 161.6
(Findley had to lose the .6 pound)
Badou Jack, 167.8 vs Don Mouton, 164.8
Luis Arias, 163.2 vs Edgar Perez, 163.8
Terrell Gausha, 164 vs Lekan Byfield, 165
Joseph Bonas, 153 vs Coy Witt, 152.2
Braulio Santos, 127.4 vs Terrance Walker, 127
Steve Geffrard, 188.2 vs Kentrell Claiborne, 190.2
D’Mitrius Ballard, 164.4 vs Kelly Henderson, 169.2
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SES Boxing World Tour: 4 title fights in 4 weeks

By Malte Müller-Michaelis
Photo: SES Boxing

German promoter Ulf Steinforth (SES Boxing) sends his best fighters around the world with four title fights scheduled for four weeks in March. “We are looking forward to excellent fights and we hope that our team will be 4-0 at the end of March,” states Steinforth.
The “SES World Tour” will kick off in Potsdam, Germany, on March 2nd when WIBF-, WBF- and WBO female super featherweight champion Ramone Kuehne (19-1, 6 KOs) puts her titles on the line against Halanna Dos Santos (14-4, 9 KOs) from Brazil.

Only one week later (March 9th) former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KOs) takes on unbeaten US knockout artist Keith Thurman (19-0, 18 KOs) at the Barclays Center for the WBO intercontinental championship and the #1 spot in the WBO ratings. The winner will be mandatory challenger of Timothy Bradley jr.

Another seven days after Zaveck’s fight in New York, the SES team goes to London to support their light heavyweight contender Robin Krasniqi (39-2, 15 KOs) in his first world title shot against unbeaten WBO champion Nathan Cleverly (25-0, 12 KOs). The bout takes place at the Wembley Arena on March 16th.

Finally, on March 23rd former WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (43-3, 24 KOs) tries to regain his title against “King” Arthur Abraham (36-3, 28 KOs) in Magdeburg, Germany. (more…)

Robles defeats Landeros in San Diego

By Felipe Leon
Photos: Paul Gallegos

In the first fight card of the San Diego season, Bobby D. Presents along with Jorge Marron Productions and A&T Gym presented a full night of professional boxing that featured an array of local fighters as well as some from as far away as Dominican Republic, Philippines and southern Mexico. With a near sellout crowd jammed into the Four Points Sheraton in Kearny Mesa, a suburb of San Diego, light welterweight Emmanuel “Renegade” Robles (7-0-1, 2KOs) of Imperial Beach, CA, won a lopsided six round unanimous decision over Adolfo “Terror” Landeros (22-30-2, 10KOs) in the main event. (more…)

Huck-Afolabi going to purse bid

A purse bid will be held at 11AM on Tuesday, February 26 in Miami for the rematch between WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck and interim cruiserweight beltholder Ola Afolabi. Minimum bid is $300,000. According to WBO regulations, in a purse bid involving a contest between a WBO Champion and a WBO Interim Champion, “the purse division not be greater than 80/20 in any case and shall be calculated by the Championship Committee using a ratio based upon the average purse of each fighter’s last three fights.” WBO President Francisco Valcarcel will preside.

Gołota and Saleta weigh-in from Poland

By Przemek Garczarczyk

45-year-old four-time heavyweight world title challenger Andrew Gołota (41-8, 33 KOs), and 46-year-old former European boxing champion and kickckoxing world champion Przemek Saleta (43-7, 21 KOs), will fight Saturday in sold-out Ergo Arena in Gdańsk (Poland). “Polsat Boxing Night” produced and promoted by Polish TV giant Polsat TV, will be broadcasted as PPV and is considered one of the biggest sporting events in Poland this year. Gołota (242.5 during today’s weigh in) and Saleta (231.2 pounds) were supposed to fight twice in past years, but fight never happened. In their last fights, Gołota lost by KO to his countryman Tomasz Adamek in 2009, and Saleta was last in the ring in 2006, beating Ed Perry in Pennsylwania.

Adama vs. Brewer added to CFC Fight Night

Recent world title challenger Osumanu Adama (20-3, 15 KOs) has been added to the March 16th “CFC Fight Night” card in the 10-round co-feature against Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (30-14, 16 KOs), winner of The Contender II television reality series, for the vacant IBO middleweight title. “CFC Fight Night,” presented by Chicago Fight Clubs Promotion, is being held on Saturday night, Mar. 16, kicking-off St. Patrick’s Day weekend, at Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.

Lowell, Massachusetts is the home of “Irish” Micky Ward and his brother, Dicky Eklund, whose lives were portrayed in the movie, “The Fighter.” Eklund trains popular Lowell light heavyweight, “Irish” Joey McCreedy (13-6-2, 6 KOs), who will be fighting for the vacant UBF 175-pound title against an opponent to soon be announced in the 10-round main event. (more…)

Gonzalez-Osejo Press Conference

By Gabriel F. Cordero

On Thursday, the final press conference was held for the clash between former two-division world champion Jhonny Gonzalez and Eusebio “Cascabel” Osejo on Saturday at the luxurious Centro de Convenciones de Ixtapa in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico. The bout is scheduled for twelve rounds. Gonzalez, returning to the ring after five months after losing his world title, stated “I hope to win this fight convincingly and to give myself the opportunity to fight against Ponce De Leon. I gave him the opportunity and now I’m waiting to do the return fight as agreed.” (more…)

Mosquera-Guzman WBA interim title “close”

By Gabriel F. Cordero

A important source has informed Fightnews.com that former Panamanian world champion Vicente “El Loco” Mosquera (32-2-1, 17 KOs) and Dominican two-division former world champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman (33-1-1, 20 KOs) could battle for the WBA interim super lightweight world championship on May 31 in the U.S. According to the source organizers are close to getting this bout signed.

Former champs in action April 20

By Gabriel F. Cordero

Former world champions Celestino “Pelenchin” Caballero, Luis “El Nica” Concepcion and Chanttall “La Fiera” Martinez will headline an event called “Desafio de Naciones” on April 20 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City in an event organized by Promociones y Eventos del Istmo and broadcast by TV Max. “Pelenchin” Caballero (36-4, 23 KOs) will face Robinson Castellanos (17-9, 11 KOs) for the WBC silver featherweight title and also a world title eliminator. Former WBA world champion Luis Concepción (27-3, 20 KOs) will face Anuar Salas (13-1, 10 KOs) for the WBC silver flyweight title. Former WBA female world champion Chantall “La Fiera” Martinez (18-5, 7 KOs) meets current WBC female super bantamweight champion Alicia Ashley (18-9-1, 1 KO). Also former WBA world champion Rafael Concepcion takes on Alejandro Corrales and world ranked Alberto Mosquera battles Francisco Fuentes.

Weights from Palm Bay, FL

Jose Nieves 118 vs. Danny Flores 117
(WBIO Latin bantamweight title)
Yunier Dorticos 202 vs. Willy Hering ??
Milos Pantelic 197 vs. Robert Turner 199
Danny Pastrana 160 vs. Angel Martinez 160
Isaac Holder 159 vs. Bryant Perella 156
Pernell Mitchell 172 vs. Ahmed Elbiale 173
Shawn Guzman 169 vs. Carlos Perez 167
Ariel Vega 115 vs. Jose Rodriquez 114
Kerry Parks 172 vs. Marvin Jones 173
Hunter Sundberg 143 vs. Fredrick Wilcox 143

Venue: Palm Bay Community Center in Palm Bay, Fla
Promoter: All Star Boxing, Inc., “The New Generation” & Felix “Tuto” Zabala, Jr. in association with Space Coast Tourism Office and Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce
Matchmaker: Ruben De Jesus
TV: Telemundo Main Event Live @ 11:35 PM (ET)
Tickets: (321) 951-9998

Peterson, Holt make weight

By Gary “Digital” Williams

Lamont Peterson 139 vs. Kendall Holt 140
(IBF jr welterweight title)
Ramon Morales 122 vs. Jesus Antonio Hernandez 121
David Grayton 149 vs. Greg Coverson, Jr. 147
Danny Kelly 236 vs. Schyuler Marshall 309
Venroy July 198 vs. Elvin Sanchez 197
Gervonta Davis 125 vs. Desi Williams 124
Dominic Wade 166 vs. Marcus Brooks 169
Raul Lopez 126 vs. DeWayne Wisdom 128

Venue: DC Armory, Washington DC
Promoter: Gary Shaw
TV: ESPN2

Scott-Glazkov Final Presser

By Karl Freitag
Photo: Rich Graessle/Main Events

The final press conference was held today at Fox Hollow for Saturday night’s NBC Sports Network Fight Night at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. In the main event, undefeated heavyweights Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov (14-0, 10 KOs) of Lugansk, Ukraine and Philadelphia’s Malik Scott (35-0, 12 KOs) will battle over ten rounds. Scott spoke for nearly 8 minutes.

Malik Scott: There’s a lot of questions out there. I’m going to answer every one of them Saturday night…I am not Tor Hamer. This is not that type of party. I’m from North Philly. We do not quit on no stools. You’re definitely gonna have to put me out. I’m going out on my shield. We do not quit on no stools…I’m 35-0 for a reason. Talk about the knockout ratio and that’s OK, but I’m gonna say this as far as knockouts are concerned: Any fighter that does not have power, if he works on certain things, lift weights leave the women alone and focus just on power, he can get that, but what I got is God-given. This boxing ability, this speed, these reflexes, this agility, you’re not going to find nobody 230, 240 moving like this…I have all the attributes and abilities of a great champion and Saturday night I can’t wait for the world to see.

Vyacheslav Glazkov: Malik Scott was talking a lot. I don’t like to talk much and I will do that in the ring. I hope you’re going to see a real fight. My opponent and I don’t have any losses on our records and we’re gong to be trying hard to keep it that way.

Weights from Cabazon, Calif.

Art Hovhannisyan 130 vs. Alejandro Perez 130
Tureano Johnson 159 vs. Willie Fortune 157

Venue: Morongo Casino Resort in Cabazon, Calif
Promoter: Gary Shaw
TV: Showtime

Motown Presser Gets Serious

By Lindy Lindell
Photos: Bob Ryder

Ishe Smith had to take a step back to gather himself as he addressed the folks in a packed room at Detroit’s MGM Grand Casino. The magnitude of obscurity and a career going Nowhere—only to suddenly, with the enormous help of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Mayweather Productions, put the now 34-year-old Smith on track for a title fight is the last in a series of events that has humbled the man. Smith will challenge Cornelius “K9″ Bundrage for Bundrage’s IBF Junior-Middleweight Title in downtown Detroit’s venerated Masonic Temple Saturday night.

Smith collected his thoughts and re-approached the microphone. “I had been knowing Floyd and sparred with him since I was ten or so. He was a couple of years older than me, but we were just kids.” Smith led up to this: “He told me he’d get me a championship fight. Now I had to wonder about that because my career was going nowhere. My trainer, Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, was keeping me in the gym. Not that I was going there every day during this dry period, but he would keep tabs on me, and get me back in the gym.” (more…)

Dulorme crushes Brooks in comeback

By Mariano A. Agmi at ringside
Photos: Thomas Casulli / Casulli.com

Puerto Rican blue-chip prospect Thomas Dulorme (17-1, 13 KOs) made a successful return to the ring, barely breaking a sweat in annihilating Arizona’s Edward Brooks (9-4, 3 KOs) with a left jab, right hand combination in a junior middleweight bout on Thursday night at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Referee Gary Rosado counted Brooks out at 1:35 of round 1.

Los Angeles native Ivan “Junito” Redkach continued to impress, improving his record to 14-0 (12), by blitzing Sergio Rivera (17-11-2, 10 KOs) with hellacious body shots and huge straight left hands in a junior welterweight bout. Rivera dropped to a knee after a huge left hand, and the Mexican informed referee Shada Murdaugh that he did not want to continue. The time of the stoppage was 2:06. (more…)

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