Report/gallery: Adamek-Arreola

Ringside by Felipe Leon and Francisco Salazar
Photography by “Big” Joe Miranda

With a sizable contingent of his fellow countrymen in the stands, two time world champion Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KOs) of Jersey City, NJ, by way of Zyweic, Poland, successfully defended his IBF International heavyweight title over Chris “Nightmare” Arreola (28-2, 25 KOs) Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. The 12-round war had a series of ebb and flow, as well as high drama that made it into one of the most exciting fight between big men in recent years. The atmosphere was electric as the battle raged inside the ring as well outside of it with the fans of each fighter fighting to be loudest . . . Click here for more

Report/gallery: Herrera-Hinojosa

Ringside by Francisco Salazar
Photography by “Big” Joe Miranda

After losing a controversial eight round decision in his last fight, junior welterweight Mauricio Herrera wanted to take matters into his own hands. He was in the process of doing just that until his opponent was not able to continue in their eight round fight due to an injury in one his hands . . . Click here for more

Abraham-Froch update

Wilfried Sauerland has rebuffed Mick Hennessys claims about a potential verbal agreement on the venue for the decisive Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown between King Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch. After losing his WBC Super-Middleweight Title to Mikkel Kessler in a epic clash on Saturday, the Cobra is due to take on tournament point leader Abraham in the third round. “Contrary to what Mick Hennessy stated after the fight on Saturday, there is no agreement – neither written nor verbal – about the fight venue,” Wilfried Sauerland said. “Some newspapers have wrongly suggested that I shook hands with Mick Hennessy on an agreement but that is not true. The tournament contracts imply that the Abraham-Froch fight should take place on European territory or wherever it makes the most commercial sense for everyone involved. I would prefer it to be on neutral territory. If this cannot be done, we should go for the best commercial option. We will get back to the negotiating table with Mick Hennessy and Team Froch to find a solution that suits either side. One must not forget the accumulated travel time – it would be highly unfair if Abraham, after flying all the way to the US, would have to travel to Nottingham while Froch only had to take a brief one-hour to Denmark, which even happened to be on a private jet. But I am sure we will work this out.”

Margarito sparring session

Ricardo Conde

By Ricardo Conde

With only two weeks away until his return to the ring, former three-time welterweight world champion Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, under the watchful eye of former junior lightweight champ, Robert Garcia in Oxnard, CA, continues his preparations. Margarito will step back into the ring on Saturday, May 8th in Aguascalientes, Mexico to headline Latin Fury 14 against Roberto “La Amenaza” Garcia (28-2, 21 KOs) in a 12 round light middleweight bout for the vacant WBC International light middleweight title. Latin Fury 14 will be shown live on Pay-Per-View and is being promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions and Tecate. Click here for more photos…

Mayweather-Mosley Poll

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Tua-Barrett in Brazil June 26

In a battle of former world heavyweight title challengers, David Tua (51-3-1, 43 KOs) will battle Monte Barrett (34-9, 20 KOs) in Brazil on June 26th. The venue will be announced shortly. Tua is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Friday Ahunaya this past March. Barrett is coming off of three consecutive losses but against very good opposition with a combined record of 53-1. Word is that Barrett already has two weeks in camp and entered camp in good shape.

Sidzumo wins vacant SA title

By Ron Jackson

Sikhulile Sidzumo a former South African lightweight champion won the vacant SA junior welterweight title on a split decision over Mzolisi Yoyo at the Orient Theatre in East London on Sunday afternoon. Two judges scored the fight 117-111 and 115-114 for Sidzumo and the third judge handed in a rather surprising card of 115-113 for Yoyo, who did not do enough work to deserve the decision. (more…)

Arreola-Adamek postfight presser

By Francisco Salazar

Despite being hit with hard right hands or left hooks by Chris Arreola on Saturday night, Tomasz Adamek feels that he has a heavyweight chin. He also thinks that he can be a major player in the heavyweight division. Adamek won a 12 round majority decision at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, in a bout that thrilled the 6,256 in attendance and those who watched on HBO. Despite being outweighed by over 33 pounds and fighting in Arreola’s backyard, Adamek did enough to win on two judges’ scorecards, while the third judge scored the fight a draw. (more…)

Truax-Williams ends in draw

Jesse Kelley

By Ray Kilgore

Caleb Truax (14-0-1, 9 KOs) and Phil “The Drill” Williams (12-3-1, 11 KOs) never imagined a draw would be the final outcome of their fight at the St. Paul Armory, in Saint Paul, MN Friday night. The official scores were: 97-94 Truax, 96-94 Williams, and 95-95. Williams, 32, looked to rejuvenate his career after a third-round knockout defeat at the hands of Don “Da Bomb” George (19-0-1, 17 KOs) in January of this year. (more…)

Results from Krasnoyarsk

Anastacia Polynskaya/Allboxing.ru

By Alexey Sukachev

Rising boxing company Ural Boxing Promotions brought world boxing back to the city of Krasnoyarsk, an old Siberian settlement known for its perpetual pugilistic traditions. The tournament was held Saturday at Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace and featured two rising Kozaev brothers: welterweight stylist Aslanbek and super middleweight banger Khetag. As usual, WBC #30 Khetag (now 10-0, 9 KOs) made a long work short with his trademark power punches. 19-year-old Ossetian native dropped fellow undefeated Argentinean Victor Hugo Mujica (5-1, 2 KOs), a year and a half his senior, once in the first and twice more in the second before the contest was waved off by referee Alexander Kalinkin. Kozaev retained his WBC Youth title for the first time. For more details and photos click here…

Aydin looking for new foe

WBC #3 welterweight Selcuk Aydin still plans to fight for the WBC silver championship on June 5th at Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul, Turkey. After #2 rated Luis Collazo pulled out, promoter Ahmet Öner is looking for another opponent. “I hope that we can present a new opponent within the next week,” said Öner. According to the WBC rules the next highest available contender will replace Collazo. As Saul Alvarez (#4) will fight Jose Miguel Cotto this Saturday on the Mayweather–Mosley undercard, possible opponents for Aydin might be #5 Ivan Kirpa, #6 Luis Abregu or #7 Alfonso Gomez.

Brähmer-Plotinsky Fight Video

See WBO light heavyweight world champion Jürgen Brähmer’s explosive five round destruction of #8 rated Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky, WBA/WBO/WIBF flyweight champion “Killer Queen” Susi Kentikian’s split decision over previously unbeaten Nadia “The Beauty Beast” Raoui, devastating KOs by “Golden Jack” Culcay and Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakkiev and more from Saturday’s Universum Champions Night card in Hamburg.

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Explosive KO for Bones

Enrique Vázquez/Promociones Miguel Cotto

In the main event of Boxeo Boricua, unbeaten featherweight Wilfredo Bones proved that he has what it takes to have a successful career as a fighter. Bones came back from a first round knockdown with solid jabs and hard straight hands to get the victory over Francisco Rodríguez, who was TKO’d at 2:35 of the third round. For more details and photos click here…

Adamek defeats Arreola

Photo: Big Joe Miranda

By Francisco Salazar and Felipe Leon at ringside

In an important clash of heavyweight contenders, Tomasz Adamek (41-1, 27 KOs) showed he belongs in the heavyweight division with a twelve round majority decision over Chris Arreola (28-2, 25 KOs) on Saturday night at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California. Arreola, who outweighed Adamek by 33 pounds, had difficulty connecting on the former light heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion, who was far busier early on. Both fighters landed big shots in the fourth round. Arreola’s size and strength became more of a factor as the fight progressed but Adamek changed his tactics and fought at his pace from rounds seven to nine. Arreola picked up the pressure in the tenth round. Both fighters landed good shots in the eleventh round. Adamek spent the final round pot-shotting a frustrated Arreola from the outside. Scores were 114-114, 115-113, 117-111.

In an intriguing clash of big-punching junior middleweights, WBO interim champion Alfredo Angulo (18-1, 15 KOs) KO’d Joel Julio (35-4, 31 KOs) in the eleventh round. Boxing from the outside, Julio outworked Angulo for the first third of the fight. Angulo’s pressure, however, began to break Julio down and he finished him with a big right hand in the eleventh. Time was 1:39.

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Releford defeats Kassi

Heavyweight Kendrick Releford (22-13-2, 10 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over local favorite Fred Kassi (15-2, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. In the co-feature, light heavyweight Anthony Doughty(8-1, 7 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO Over previously unbeaten Justin Verdin (9-1, 6 KOs). Time was :41.

Arce KOs Santos in 7

Photo: Rafael Soto Top Rank/Zanfer

WBO Super Flyweight world champion Jorge Arce (53-6-1, 40 KOs) of nearby Los Mochis, Sinaloa, scored a seventh round KO of two-time world title challenger Cecilio Santos (24-13-3, 14 KOs) of Mexico City in a non-title bantamweight fight on Saturday night at the Multi Use Center in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. An Arce barrage dropped Santos for the count. Time was :58. Arce will now challenge WBO bantamweight champion Eric Morel on the June 26 “Latin Fury” card at the Alamodone in San Antonio.
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Kessler-Froch full report

Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

Hometown superstar Mikkel Kessler turned in a gutsy and heroic performance—capped by a scintillating 12th round—to win a unanimous decision and register his first points in the groundbreaking SHOWTIME® Super Six World Boxing Classic, giving Carl Froch his first professional career loss at MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark on Saturday night. (more…)

Brähmer punishes Plotinsky

Eroll Popova

By Karl Freitag

WBO light heavyweight world champion Jürgen Brähmer (36-2, 29 KOs) dominated #8 rated Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky (16-4, 8 KOs) and got the stoppage in round five on Saturday night’s “Universum Champions Night” event at the Sporthalle Hamburg. Brähmer floored Plotinsky at the end of round one and battered Pliotinky mercilessly until the bout was waved off by referee Paul Thomas at 2:36 of the fifth. It was Brähmer’s second successful world title defense.

In an all action female world title fight, undefeated WBA, WBO and WIBF flyweight champion “Killer Queen” Susi Kentikian (27-0, 16 KOs) won a controversial split decision over previously unbeaten WIBA titleholder Nadia “The Beauty Beast” Raoui (11-1-1, 3 KOs). Kentikian was ahead 96-94, 96-95 on two cards, Raoui was ahead 96-94 on the other card. For more details and photos click here…

Cardenas hammers Urias

By Alexey Sukachev

WBC #12 super featherweight Carlos “El Propheto Mexicano” Cardenas (11-3-1, 8 KOs), originally from Venezuela, retained his WBC Continental Americas title in impressive fashion topping Mexican all-action journeyman Rafael Urias (22-18-1, 17 KOs) in a heated war with numerous knockdowns on Saturday night at the Hotel Fairmont Princess in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. Cardenas floored Urias with a jab at the end of the first and both fighters went down hard in the second. Urias was also decked twice in both the third and the fourth stanzas by major left bombs of Cardenas before failing to answer the bell to start round five.
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The son of a legend with the same name Carlos Zarate Jr. moved up to 7-0 with 5 KOs after a first round destruction of debutant Roberto Esqueda (now 0-1). Zarate landed a vicious left hook onto Esqueda’s nose and down he went and out being too dazed to compete further.
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Upset specialist Giovanni Caro, the WBC #17 hard-hitting Mexican of Russian origin, is now 16-8-4 with 14 KOs after the second-round stoppage of Columbian guest Adolfo Ramos (17-9-1, 9 KOs). Caro, who had previously defeated such boxers as Oscar Ibarra, Ricardo Castillo, Carlos Yanez and Alex De Oliveira, retained his WBC Fecarbox super bantamweight title in process.

Full Results from Denmark

Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

In a big “Super Six World Boxing Classic” round two match, Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision on Saturday night at the MCH Arena in Herning, Denmark. The fight was very close and fought at a very high level. Both fighters had their moments landing big shots and neither was able to get the upper hand for long. Some huge exchanges in the last round and going to the scorecards the result seemed still in doubt. Scores were 117-111, 115-113, 116-112, all for Kessler. The win begins Kessler’s third reign as world champion in the super middleweight division. It is the second time he has held the WBC belt. He has also held the WBA belt on two occasions. (more…)

Nongqayi SA Boxer of the Year

By Ron Jackson

Simphiwe Nongqayi the IBF junior bantamweight champion was named Boxer of the Year for 2009 at the annual Boxing SA Awards ceremony held at the St George Hotel near Pretoria on Friday afternoon. In 2009 Nongqayi beat Francisco Arce in an IBF eliminator and won the vacant IBF junior bantamweight belt when he outpointed Francisco’s brother, Mexican legend Jorge Arce in Mexico, was a popular winner.

The IBF junior lightweight title fight between Malcolm Klassen and Cassius Baloyi held in Mafeking on April 18 last year was a real humdinger and deservedly received the Fight of the Year Award. (more…)

Taliwe stops Joubert in 4

By Ron Jackson

Sipho Taliwe stopped Warren Joubert in the fourth round to retain his SA junior lightweight title the Wembley Indoor Arena in Johannesburg on Friday night.Taliwe 15-2; 14 who was making the first defence of his title completely outclassed the previously unbeaten Joubert 16-1-2; 10 who had no answer to the hand speed and power of the champion. (more…)

Weights from Krasnoyarsk

Allboxing.ru

By Alexey Sukachev

Khetag Kozaev 165.5 vs. Victor Hugo Mujica 163.5
(WBC Youth super middleweight title)
Aslanbek Kozaev 143.5 vs. Dan Nazareno Jr. 143
(WBC Youth I/C welterweight title)
Daniil Utenkov 146.5 vs. Anatoly Sidorov 145
Venue: Ivan Yarygin Palace of Sports
Promoter: Ural Boxing Promotions

JM Cotto ready for Alvarez

Promociones Miguel Cotto

José Miguel Cotto (31-1-1, 23 KOs) feels ready and confident to have an explosive win over Mexican prospect Saúl “Canelo” Alvarez (31-0, 23 KOs) on Saturday, May 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. “I feel ready, I know is going to be a tough fight, but I feel ready for anything that Alvarez could bring. I have the experience and the condition to have a great victory.” For more details and photos click here…