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The World Boxing Super Series has announced that former WBA and WBO light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer (48-3, 35 KOs) will be coming down in weight to participate in the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series, joining WBA champion George Groves as well as undefeated challengers Erik Skoglund and Jamie Cox in the super-middleweight competition. The remaining four participants will be unveiled in the next days, with all eight fighters coming face-to-face at the Draft Gala next Saturday to hand-pick their quarter-final opponents. Continue reading “Braehmer in World Boxing Super Series”

Bob Arum: “It was a close fight. I thought Manny won.”

Freddie Roach: “I have to go along with Manny and say I respect the decision of the judges. Well, two of the judges. I did think Manny won but Jeff Horn showed a lot of heart. He is a big, strong fighter and I congratulate him.”

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Dr. Jeffrey Roth stitched up Manny’s headbutt lacerations. The right side was 5cm long and took nine stitches to close it. The left side was 3.5cm long and took eight stitches to close.

Newly crowned champion Jeff Horn needed seven stitches over his right eye.

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Official attendance was 51,052, the largest crowd to ever see a Manny Pacquiao fight.

By Boxing Bob Newman

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Saturday’s Padres-Dodgers game in San Diego. WBC lightweight champ Mikey Garcia, with his new green belt draped over his left shoulder, witnessed Sulaiman deliver a well-placed fastball, knee high and over the inside edge of the plate.

Judge Waleska Roldan had it 117-111 (9-3 in rounds), judges Chris Flores and Ramon Cerdan had it 115-113 (7-5 in rounds).

Punch Stats
Total Punches Landed: Pacquiao 182 (32%), Horn 92 (15%)
Jabs Landed: Pacquiao 59 (31%), Horn 19 (10%)
Power Punches Landed: Pacquiao 123 (32%), Horn 73 (17%)

There is a rematch clause that Pacquiao indicated he would enforce.

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Photos: Peter McDermott

In a major upset, unbeaten challenger and hometown favorite Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) scored a controversial twelve round unanimous decision over WBO welterweight champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) in front of 51,052 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on Sunday afternoon (Saturday night in the USA).

Fast start for Horn taking the fight to Pacquiao. Action continued to be brisk. Horn suffered a cut over his right eye. By round five, Pacman seemingly pretty much had Horn figured out. Pacquiao was cut on the hairline by an accidental headbutt in round six. Another head clash in round seven and Pacquiao was cut again. Pacquiao battered Horn in round nine. Between rounds, referee Mark Nelson told Horn he had to “show me something” in round ten or he would stop it. The fight continued and went the full distance. Scores were 117-111, 115-113, 115-113, all for Horn.

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Fighting outside the U.S. for the first time in his professional career, WBC Youth Super Bantamweight World Champion Diego De La Hoya (19-0, 9 KOs) successfully defended his title and undefeated record with a unanimous decision victory over Alan Luques (21-6, 90 KOs) of Cordoba, Argentina before an electric, sold-out crowd at the Parque La Pedrera. The fight went the full 10 scheduled rounds, with De La Hoya declared the victor by unanimous decision with scores of 98-92, 97-93, 98-92.

Preceding the fight in the town of Villa Mercedes, Golden Boy Promotions Chairman and CEO Oscar De La Hoya, who was in Argentina to watch Diego De La Hoya’s fight, was honored by local dignitaries as the first boxer to get a star in its town square. The special event was hosted by the San Luis Province Governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa and was significant as Villa Mercedes is the home of famous Argentine boxer Jose “El Mono” Gatica who is also one of the country’s most well-known sports idols.

Super lightweights Roberto “Massa” Ortiz and Diego “Demoledor” Cruz battled to a twelve round draw on Saturday night at the Auditorio Centenario in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico. Scores were 114-114, 114-114 and 113-113. The bout was for a WBC regional belt.

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Photos: Sumio Yamada

IBF junior bantamweight world champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas (25-1-1, 17 KOs) successfully defended his 122lb title with a seventh round TKO over top-rated contender Teiru Kinoshita (25-2-1, 8 KOs) at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on Sunday morning (Saturday night in the USA). A body shot put Kinoshita on the deck in round seven and the bout was waved off. Time was 1:53. Kinoshita fought most of the fight with a bad cut over his right eye, ruled to be caused by a punch in round two.

“I was happy with the result though the early ending was an unexpected bonus,” stated Ancajas afterward. “It was not an easy fight. My opponent was strong. I’m comfortable at this weight and would like to make a few more title defenses.” Continue reading “Ancajas stops Kinoshita to retain IBF title”

At Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia:

In a mismatch, Olympic featherweight hero Michael Conlan (3-0, 3 KOs) was victorious when the corner of Jarrett “Juarez” Owen (5-5-3, 2 KOs) threw in the towel at 1:56 of round three.

Unbeaten middleweight David Toussaint (11-0, 8 KOs) scored an eight round split decision over Shane Mosley, Jr. (10-1, 7 KOs), son of former three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley. Scores were 77-76, 77-76 for Toussaint, 77-75 for Mosley.

Light heavyweight Damien “Super” Hooper (13-1, 8 KOs) surprised previously unbeaten Umar Salamov (19-1, 14 KOs) via unanimous decision. Scores were 96-94 across the board. Hooper claimed the WBO and IBF International titles.

Bantamweight Brock Jarvis (8-0, 7 KOs) blitzed “Rasmanudin” (20-20-3, 10 KOs) in the first round.

Junior welterweight Brent Dames (6-3, 0 KOs) outscored Jonel Dapidran (8-2, 4 KOs) over six rounds. Dapidran is a cousin of Manny Pacquiao.

By David Finger

Heavyweight James “The Beast” Wilson kicked off his professional career with a four round decision over local boy Lui T’eo (1-4, 1 KO). Scores were 40-36 (twice) and 39-37.

Also on the card Brazilian female light heavy Geovana Peres improved to 2-1, 0 KOs with a unanimous four round decision over Tessa Tualevao by scores of 40-35, 39-37, 39-36. Tualeavao was down in the second round.

Report/Photos by Boxing Bob Newman

Dual functions took place this morning during the 49th NABF convention in San Diego. While referees were meeting in the Santa Fe room, committee reports were being held across the hall in the California Ball Room.

9:00 a.m. saw the start of the referee seminar, led by veteran Las Vegas ref Jay Nady. The seminar served as an official ABC (Association of Boxing Commissions) referee training certification. After several video presentations, rules reviews and discussion, attending referees were able to re-certify by taking the ABC exam.

At 9:30, several reports were given, including the ratings (Tommy Ashy), USNBC (Misty Moravec) and Female division (Deb Hawkins). Continue reading “NABF Convention Day 3 report”

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

American referee Mark Nelson is the third man in the ring when WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao defends the title against Jeff Horn in Brisbane today with 55,000+ live gate and televised on ESPN around the globe. Mark talks to Fightnews.com® about his career as a world championship referee.

In a grudge match, former world title challenger Karo Murat (30-3-1, 19 KOs) scored an eleventh round TKO over previously unbeaten WBO #2, WBA #6, IBF #6 light heavyweight Dominic Bösel (24-1, 9 KOs) to claim the vacant European title on Saturday night at the BallsportARENA in Dresden, Germany. Murat was aggressive and looked to rough up Boesel. Classic boxer Boesel fired back in quick spurts. Boesel upped his punch output in round four, but still took some big shots. Murat seemed to be slowing down by round five, while Boesel’s workmate increased. Murat continued to bring pressure and throw the harder shots while Boesel flurried. The end came in round eleven when Murat rocked Boesel and referee Terry O’Connor waved it off with Boesel under heavy fire! Time was 2:56.

Former WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin (32-1, 23 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over Andriy Rudenko (31-3, 19 KOs), on Saturday night at Luzhniki Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia. After some rough housing in a round one clinch, there was a long delay when Rudenko claimed to be injured from a rabbit punch. With no DQ forthcoming, the fight continued and went the full twelve with Povetkin winning 120-109, 120-108, 120-108. Povetkin earned the vacant WBA Inter-Continental and WBO International heavyweight titles.

In his first bout since losing his IBF world title last December, super lightweight Eduard Troyanovsky (26-1, 23 KOs) destroyed former Euro champ Michele Di Rocco (41-3-1, 18 KOs) in four rounds on Saturday night at the Luzhniki Concert Hall in Moscow. Troyanovsky dropped Di Rocco in rounds one and three, both times with right hands. Two more knockdowns in round four ended it. Time was 2:18.

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By Robert Coster

Miami-based Briton Charlie Hoy (13-0, 8 KOs) won the vacant WBA super flyweight Fedelatin title with a second round TKO over Rafael Rodriguez (11-1, 7 KOs) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The 5’1″ Hoy nullified the height and reach advantage of the 5’7″ Rodriguez by fighting inside and dropped the Dominican with a hook to the body. Rodriguez got up on unsteady legs and the referee stopped the bout. Hoy, a former UK amateur star, opens the door with this win to the WBA rankings.

The World Boxing Super Series has announced that the inaugural season will feature ALL four reigning cruiserweight champions. WBO titlist & Olympic gold medal winner Oleksandr Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) has officially joined the revolutionary bracket-style elimination tournament that already features unbeaten champions Yunier Dorticos (WBA), Mairis Briedis (WBC) and Murat Gassiev (IBF) as well as former champions Marco Huck and Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, with two more spots to be filled. On July 8, all participants will come face-to-face at the Draft Gala in Monaco where they will hand-pick their quarter-final opponents.

Usyk is thrilled to be fighting for The Greatest Prize in Boxing, the Muhammad Ali Trophy. “I feel happy and inspired with the idea of such a tournament,” he stated. ”I’ve been dreaming of putting together all the champs to see who is the strongest and becomes the undisputed king of the division. I look forward to gaining three more world championship belts to my collection as well as the Greatest’s Muhammad Ali Trophy!”

By Héctor Villarreal

In a 6 round war which was inmediately nominated to Fight of the Year in Panama, undefeated Cuban flyweight Daniel Matellon (3-0-2, 1 KO) overcame a knock down in round 2, to later drop his Dominican opponent, Jonathan “El Agua” Arias (17-13, 15 KO’s) in rounds 4 and 5 of the intense battle, to win a unnanimous decision and an ovation from the fans at Los Andes Mall in San Miguelito, Panama. Two judges scored the fight 56-55 and the third one 57-54.

By Brad Snyder at ringside
Photos: Bob Ryder

Unbeaten IBF lightweight world champion Robert Easter (20-0, 14 KOs) retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Denis Shafikov (38-3-1, 20 KOs) on Friday night at the half-full Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.

The fight quickly picked up the pace in the second round. Easter, deciding not to use his reach advantage, traded blows with Shafikov in the center of the ring. The third round showed Easter able to use a devastating right uppercut in close quarters. In the middle rounds Shafikov continued to push forward, head first, pressuring the champion. Easter tried to use his reach to keep off the pressure from Shafikov. Shafikov relentlessly moved forward and forced the champ to trade blows at a very close range. In the end, two judges (Jaime Garayua and Eugene Grant) awarded every round to the hometown fighter Easter. Scores were 120-108, 120-108, 116-112.

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Undefeated bantamweight Oscar “Jaguar” Negrete (17-0, 7 KOs) scored an eighth round TKO against Sergio “El Frio” Frias (18-6-2, 9 KOs) to claim the vacant NABF title at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.

In the co-feature, unbeaten super lightweight Ryan “Blue Chip” Martin (20-0, 11 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Marcos “El Tigre” Jimenez (22-8, 15 KOs).