Glazkov planning to hammer Hamer on NBC

Ukrainian heavyweight puncher Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov, 13-0, 9 KOs, intends to school the already well-educated Tor Hamer, 19-1, 12 KOs, when they meet in the ring at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, in PA, Saturday, December 22nd. The 8-round heavyweight contest is part of a big nationally televised doubleheader that will be broadcast on NBC, beginning at 4PM ET. The headline bout is a 12-round rematch between Tomasz “Goral” Adamek and Steve “USS” Cunningham for the IBF North American heavyweight title.

Lately New York-born Hamer has been making waves and getting ink as a promising prospect in the heavyweight division. He’s won eight in a row including a unanimous nod over title-challenger Kevin Johnson, and has been singled out as a future American hopeful for world championship honors. (more…)

Jean Pascal Update

By Dave Spencer / Fightnews Canada
Photo: Herby Whyne

Former world champion Jean Pascal underwent an MRI on his left arm Monday afternoon that he injured in the second round of Friday’s fight with Aleksy Kuziemski at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

Results of the test and the future of a springtime match-up with Chad Dawson should be known tomorrow.

Lebedev KOs Silgado in 4

WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (25-1, 19 KOs) scored a spectacular fourth round knockout over previously unbeaten #8 rated challenger Santander Silgado (23-1, 18 KOs) to retain his title on Monday night at the Crocus City Hall in Myakinino, Russia (a suburb of Moscow). A competitive bout ended abruptly in round four when during a spirited exchange Lebedev landed a monster left upper uppercut that put Silgado face down on the canvas out cold.

Working Lebedev’s corner was former world champion Kostya Tszyu. Former multi-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. was at ringside. Prior to the bout, there was a performance by rapper Busta Rhymes, who is a friend of Silgado.

WBA #9 cruiserweight Grigory Drozd (36-1, 25 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over former Euro titleholder Jean Marc Monrose (25-6, 15 KOs) in a bout for the vacant WBA International belt. In a one-sided affair, Drozd put Monrose on the deck with body shots once in round three, and twice in round nine, however the game Monrose managed to make it to the final bell.

Lightweight Eduard Troyanovsky (13-0, 10 KOs) scored a second round KO over veteran Walter Estrada (42-16-1, 27 KOs) in a bout for the PABA lightweight title. Troyanovsky dropped Estrada three times in round two.

Anderson headlines Friday in Newark

Hard punching Newark welterweight Michael “Slick” Anderson (12-1-1, 10 KOs) headlines Friday night at the luxurious Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, New Jersey when he swaps punches with Mexico’s Sammy Ventura (27-23, 21 KOs) in the ten round main event of the evening for the USCB regional welterweight title. The co-feature will feature super featherweight Joselito Collado in an eight round contest. (more…)

Prizefighter Welterweights III on Jan 19

No big names among the first five fighters selected for the Prizefighter Welterweights III tournament at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on January 19. Unbeaten trio Glenn Foot, Dale Evans and Chad Gaynor are joined by ‘Notorious’ Nasser Al Harbi and Karl Place in the 28th edition of Matchroom Sport’s eight-man, one night tournaments, with promoter Eddie Hearn still to select the final three fighters. Also on the card will be bantamweight prospect Kal Yafai vs. TBA.

Jamoye stops Haskins in 8

Bantamweight Stephane Jamoye (24-3, 14 KOs) of Belgium stopped Lee Haskins (26-3, 11 KOs) of England by TKO in round eight Friday night at the Hallo Omnisport La Préalle in Herstal, Liege, Belgium. With the win, Jamoye claimed the EBU (European) bantamweight title. The card was presented by Mirco Giuliani (Promotion B.C. GMG Visé).

Lemieux keeps mowing them down

By Dave Spencer

Another heat seeking missile delivered. Another seek and destroy mission completed. Middleweight David Lemieux may or may not end up being what his promoters say he is going to be, but there is no denying the excitement he brings each and every time he steps in to the ring. Naysayers will point to the lack of results when he is brought past, umm, let’s say about the second round at this point, but that would be like film critics who like to point out plot inaccuracies in a James Bond film, better to just go along for the ride and enjoy the show.

Right now fans are experiencing casino like excitement with the 23 year-old fighter, being asked to bet red or black each time he steps into the ring, but despite opponents being advertised as the one who might be able to be the one to finally give the Kamikaze Kid some vital rounds, Lemieux continues to bring the roulette wheel to a screeching halt long before anybody can make an accurate read on the powerhouse. Click here to read more

Seven fight novice wins SA featherweight title

By Ron Jackson

Seven-fight novice Aphiwe Mboyiya won the SA featherweight title by beating Sydney Maluleke in East London on Sunday. Mboyiya came back from two knockdowns in the seventh round to win the fight at a packed Orient Theatre on points. Judge Simphiwe Mbini scored it 115-112 and judges Andile Matika and Allen Matakane had it 117-113 and 116-113. (more…)

Doliguez stops Rapada, wants Yordan next

By Brett Bonetti

Following his sixth round KO victory over Eric Rapada (15-19-7) last Saturday night at Angoncillo, Batangas in the Philippines, undefeated featherweight Jun “Hercules” Doliguez (15-0-1, 11 KOs) has issued the challenge to Indonesian IBO world featherweight champion Daud “Cino” Yordan (30-2, 23 KO’s). “Anywhere, anytime Cino, let’s get it on, you bring the title and I’ll bring the pain,” Doliguez said. (more…)

Lebedev, Silgado make weight

Photo: Havoc Boxing

WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (24-1, 18 KOs) will take on unbeaten #8 rated challenger Santander Silgado (23-0, 18 KOs) from Brooklyn, NY by way of Colombia in a voluntary defense of his belt on Monday night at the Crocus City Hall in Myakinino, Russia (a suburb of Moscow).

Lebedev will be defending the full title for the first time since being elevated by the WBA from interim champion status. Lebedev weighed in at 197.5 and Silgado was 3.7 pounds lighter at 193.8. Silgado is promoted by Brooklyn-based Havoc Boxing.

Weights from Santo Domingo

By Robert Coster
Photo: Martin Avilamaria

Victor Cayo 140 vs Vladimir Baez 140
(IBF Latin/Dominican national titles)
Dahianna Santana 125 vs Helen Joseph ??
(IBF female featherweight title)
John Jackson 154 vs Alex Hernandez 155
Julius Jackson 167 vs Jonali Reyes 170
Samuel Rogers 154 vs Jose Vidal Soto 152

Venue: Dominican Fiesta Hotel
Promoter: Manguita Promotions/Sampson Promotions

Oliveira wins 2 titles

Photo: Team Oliveira

By Robert Coster

Brazilian Jr middleweight prospect WBC #15 Michael “The Brazilan Rocky” Oliveira (19-1, 14 KOs) won the WBC Fecarbox and WBA Fedebol titles yesterday in La Romana, Dominican Republic with a 4th round TKO over Dominican national champion David Toribio (19-14, 12 KOs). The fight started with the crafty Toribio fighting at a distance and using his jab against the shorter, stockier Oliveira. The Dominican veteran had some success in the first round but Oliveira was gradually able to cut the distance in the second and do some effective body work. Following the instructions of his trainer Orlando Cuellar, Oliveira kept on the pressure, pummeling his Dominican foe against the ropes. Toribio, who seemed ring-rusty and not in the best of shape, absorbed further punishment to the body in the fourth round and decided not to come out for the fifth round. (more…)

Smith defeats Eagle

By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing

Former IBF fenale welterweight champion Daniela Smith (12-3) scored a close decision over Lauryn Eagle (5-3-1, 3 KOs) of Australia over six rounds at the Waitakere Trust Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday. Smith controlled the action in the early rounds as she connected with solid left jabs and power right crosses. Eagle stepped up a gear in rounds five and six but referee Lance Reville crowned Smith the winner by unanimous decision. Scores were 59-56, 58-57, 58-56.

Eagle will be challenging for the Australian title on the Daniel Geale vs. Anthony Mundine IBF middleweight promotion on January 30, 2013 in Sydney. (more…)

Khan schools Molina

By Rocco Morales and Felipe Leon at ringside
Photos: Big Joe Miranda

Former world champion Amir “King” Khan (27-3, 19KO) got back on the winning track with a tenth round TKO victory over game, but outgunned, Carlos Molina (17-1, 7KO) on Saturday night at the legendary Los Angeles Sports Arena. Molina was cut early in the bout but did not seem to let the cut bother him. What did bother Molina, however, was the blinding handspeed of Khan. Khan, fighting for the first time in his last nine bouts without a world title on the line, came into enemy territory, Molina’s hometown Los Angeles, and fought not only with little fanfare but with a hostile crowd against him. Molina was never seriously hurt by any one punch but rather it was an accumulation of punches and the cut that seemed to lead to the stoppage by the referee at the suggestion of Molina’s own corner. Time of the stoppage was 3:00 of the tenth round. With the victory, Khan wins the vacant WBC Silver super lightweight title and gets back into title contention. (more…)

Narvaez retains WBO 115lb belt

WBO super flyweight champion Omar Narvaez (38-1-2, 20 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve unanimous decision over David Quijano (15-3-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in San Miguel, Tucuman, Argentina. Scores were 120-106, 119-109 and 120-108 as Narvaez retained his belt for the sixth time.

Mendez punishes Gonzalez

Super middleweight Paul “El Gallo Negro” Mendez (11-2-1, 5 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over Lester “El Cubanito” Gonzalez (12-8-4, 6 KOs) in a clash for the vacant IBA belt on Saturday night at the Salinas Storm House in Salinas, California. Mendez dropped Gonzalez with a body shot in round three and got the stoppage with a barrage of punches at 2:35 of round five.

In the co-main event, welterweight Jonathan Garcia (10-0, 8 KOs) scored a spectacular first round kO over Rodolfo “Bam Bam” Armenta (11-9-1, 9 KOs). Armenta was down twice. Time was 2:03.

Welterweight Oscar Godoy (9-2, 4 KOs) scored a third round stoppage of Javier Gomez 13-10, 9 KOs). Time was :48.

Donaire destroys Arce in three; Arce retires

By Jeff Reiners at ringside
Photos: Chris Farina / Top Rank

WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (31-1, 20 KOs) scored yet another sensational knockout with his left hook Saturday night before a crowd of 7,250 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. Former multi-division world Jorge “Travieso” Arce (61-7-2, 46 KOs) was dropped in the second round on a right hand from Donaire before making things slightly competitive in the third. That was until the Filipino Flash zeroed in his left hook, dropping the Mexican legend violently with the power punch. Referee Lawrence Cole briefly gave count before waving off the fight with Arce flat on his back. Time was 2:59. Arce retired after the fight.

Featherweight Victor Terrazas (35-2-1, 20 KOs) won a spirited affair against hard charging Juan Ruiz (23-12, 7 KOs) of Newhall, CA. Terrazas spent the majority of the fight with his back against the ropes, picking off Ruiz with sharp punches as he charged in. Ruiz was difficult to deter and never stopped coming forward while throwing hard body punches. Terrazas was unable to hurt Ruiz despite landing several clubbing rights. The scorecards varied wildly in the split decision. Ruiz was a 78-74 winner on one card, while Terrazas took the other two 79-73 and 78-74 respectfully. (more…)

Fragomeni will officially be declared the winner

UPDATE #2: The WBC has confirmed to Fightnews.com that Giacobbe Fragomeni defeated Silvio Branco by split decision in a very close fight. An official statement on the situation in Italy is forthcoming.

UPDATE: According to Fragomeni’s trainer, one card had it even and the two other cards had Fragomeni ahead by three. Still to be officially confirmed but it looks like Fragomeni won a majority decision.

A riot broke out in the ring after Saturday’s twelve round rematch between WBC #1 ranked cruiserweight Giacobbe Fragomeni (29-3-2, 12 KOs) and #2 ranked Silvio Branco (62-10-3, 37 KOs) at the PalaGarda in Riva del Garda, Trentino, Italy. As a result of the tensions, no decision was announced.

All we know, thanks to the WBC’s open scoring, is Fragomeni was ahead by four points after eight rounds on one card and the other two cards were close. The bout was for the vacant WBC Silver cruiserweight title.

Santa Cruz retains IBF bantamweight belt

By Rocco Morales and Felipe Leon at ringside
Photos: Big Joe Miranda

In Saturday’s afternoon session at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, bantamweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz (23-0-1, 13KO) successfully defended his IBF title with a unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten and previously unknown 22-year-old Alberto Guevara (16-1, 6KO). Remarkably, it was the third successful title defense for Santa Cruz in just the last three months. Guevara fought with plenty of heart but was, ultimately, unable to outslug the stronger and more expereienced champion. Even so, Guevara was just the second opponent of Santa Cruz’ prior thirteen opponents to make it to the final bell and made a remarkably well showing of himself. Judges scored the bout 116-112, 118-110 and 119-109, all in favor of Santa Cruz. (more…)

Abraham stops Bouadla in eight

By Karl Freitag
Photo: Photo Wende

In his first title defense, WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (35-3, 27 KOs) scored an eighth round TKO over #13 rated Mehdi Bouadla (26-4, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung in Nuremberg, Germany. Abraham punished Bouadla throughout the fight and referee Mark Nelson finally waved it off in round eight. Time was 2:11.

“2012 was a great year,” said Abraham afterward. “I became world champion. I’m very happy. Also, thanks to Waldemar Hartmann (popular German boxing commentator), who stops today at ARD.”

Unbeaten Mateusz Masternak (29-0, 21 KOs) won the vacant European cruiserweight title with a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over Juho Haapoja (18-3-1, 11 KOs). Scores were 120-108 on all cards.

In an upset, 37-year-old veteran Michael Sprott (37-19, 17 KOs) stunned previously unbeaten heavyweight Edmund Gerber (22-1, 14 KOs). Sprott, who entered with a four-fight losing streak, which included a controversial stoppage loss to Gerber in his last fight, was the busier fighter in compiling a ten round majority decision by scores of 97-94 (twice) and 95-95.

Unbeaten jr middleweight Jack Culcay (14-0, 10 KOs) dealt a five round beatdown to Jean Michel Hamilcaro (17-5-3, 6 KOs). “Golden Jack” was just too fast and too skilled as he dominated the fight. He finally put Hamilcaro on the deck in the fifth and got the stoppage with his follow up barrage. Time was 2:26.

Other results:
Tyron Zeuge KO1 Vasile Dragomir (super middleweight)
Enrico Koelling W4 Attila Baran (light heavyweight)

Groves sends Johnson back into likely retirement

Commonwealth super middleweight titleholder George Groves (15-0, 12 KOs) dominated former world champion Glen Johnson (51-18-2, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the ExCel Arena in London. Groves outworked Johnson, as the 43-year-old “Road Warrior” who had come out of retirement seemed to be in good shape but was mostly unable to pull the trigger. Groves punished Johnson more and more as the bout progressed. Groves was credited with a knockdown just before the final bell. Scores were 120-107, 120-107, 119-109. Four straight losses for Johnson. (more…)

Pajkic retains title in rematch

By Lindy Lindell
Photos by Bob Ryder

Neven Pajkic did what he had to do. Faced with a challenge from Shane Andreesen, who was fresh off two solid wins, including a career best win on ESPN over the 31-4 Brazilian Raphael Zunbano, Pajkic retained his Canadian Heavyweight Title with an easy, if not dominating performance over a strangely reluctant Andressen over ten rounds. The bout headlined Get in the Ring 2012’s charity event attended by 900+ folks at Windsor, Ontario’s Caboto Club.

Andreesen, from British Columbia, who had much to gain besides the Canadian belt in that he had lost an earlier contest versus Pajkic four years earlier over eight rounds, showed up at a seeming ready-to-go 218; Rajkic (now 17-1) was coming off a knockout loss to Tyson Fury. As the cliché goes, the stars were seemingly aligned for Andreesen to have his best chance for victory. (more…)

Granados stops Canas

By Sam Geraci at ringside
Photo by Kyle Wolff for Tomba Images

Last night, 8 Count Productions and Round 3 Productions gave their fans who packed into Cicero Stadium in Cicero, IL, an early Christmas gift in “Crosstown Rivals: Windy City Fight Night 23,” the year’s final installment of the promotional company’s popular “Windy City Fight Night” series.

In the main event of the evening, in an all-action brawl between two of Chicago’s most courageous and entertaining fighters, junior welterweight Adrian “El Tigre” Granados (11-2-1, 7 KOs) used his clean punching, tight defense, and world-class ring generalship to beat-up and then stop an incredibly game and remarkably chinned Antonio “Aztec God of War” Canas (6-1-1, 3 KOs) in the fifth round of one of the best fights of the year. (more…)

Pajkic retains Canadian belt

Canadian heavyweight champion Nevin Pajkic (17-1, 5 KOs) retained his belt with a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over Shane Andreesen (12-4, 7 KOs) on Friday night at Caboto Hall in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Scores were 100-90, 100-90, 99-91.

Also in action was unbeaten heavyweight Ali Mansour (9-0, 4 KOs) in his first fight in nearly three years. Mansour defeated Craig Hudson (0-2) by majority nod 40-36, 39-36 and 38-38.

Norasing destroys Escobia

By Damrong Simakajornboon
Photos: Phisit Juajan

Famous Muaythai champion Norasing Lookbanyai (4-0,2 KOs) impressively captured the vacant PABA 115lb title as he stopped PBF champion Michael Escobia (9-3-1,2 KOs) in the opening round on Friday at the ground of Chaiya District Office in Suratthani, Thailand. After excitingly exchanging punches, Norasing landed a well-time left hook which dropped the Filipino champion, then he displayed one-side attack which floored his opponent again, forcing referee to stop the bout at 2:04.

In other action, WBC female silver 118lb champion Usanakorn Kokietgym (14-2,13 KOs) easily stopped Chinese Li Yun Ting in round three. Former IBF Youth 140lb title holder Decha Kokietgym (31-11-3,16 KOs) scored a six round unanimous decision over Chinese Jen Yu Jia. ABCO#15 bantam Rachasak Kokietgym (14-2-1,7 KOs) outpointed Chinese boxer whose name reported as Tsu Chi Long in a six round non-title bout.

This event was promoted by Kokiet Panichyarom of Kokiet Groups Promotion. (more…)

Weights from Perth, Australia

By Brett Bonetti

Robbie Bryant 159.4 vs Jarrod Fletcher 159.2
(PABA middleweight title)
Daniel Dawson 153.2 vs Eusebio Baluarte 149.9
(PABA light middleweight title)
Paul Fleming 130.3 vs Balweg Bangoyan 129.0
Sam Hogan 153.2 vs Michael Dan Rubio 151.2
Jonathan Carroll 129.4 vs Matthew Seden 129.9

“Western Alliance 9” is promoted by Ty Coleman & David Letizia from CDL Boxing Promotions on Sunday at WA Italian Club in North Perth, Australia.