After the farce of yesterday's weigh-in, both Juan Guzman and Ali Funeka re-weighed ahead of their catchweight fight at the Hard Rock Hotel tonight. Joan Guzman weighed-in at 148.2 lbs, while Ali Funeka tipped the scales at 143.2 pounds.If your not aware of yesterday's events, here's a brief re-cap. Guzman is still a joke. He disgracefully weighed-in at 144 pounds, a staggering … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
Wonjongkam Defeats Kameda In Thriller To Reign Flyweight Champion
Tokyo, Japan - In a cracking contest, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (75-3-1, 39 KO) won The Ring magazine's flyweight championship and regained the WBC flyweight title from the hands of Koki Kameda (22-1, 14 KO) with a competitive majority-decision win in Tokyo.It was a top drawer back and forth battle, Wonjongkam got the better of the early action, dictating the pace in the opening … [Read more...]
Friday Hangover
East London, South Africa - Nkosinathi Joyi (21-0, 15 KO) dominated Mexican Raul Garcia (27-1-1, 16 KO) over twelve rounds to capture Garcia's IBF strawweight title and hand him his first professional loss.Joyi produced an outstanding performance as he controlled the fight from the outside with his southpaw jab that set up everything else in the South African's arsenal. Joyi's … [Read more...]
WBA Reject Campillo-Shumenov Trilogy
In disappointing news for fans in particular, the WBA have rejected claims from former light heavyweight titlist Gabriel Campillo for a rematch of the highly controversial decision loss to Beibut Shuemnov in January.In 2009, Campillo outpointed Shumenov in Kazhakstan, also via controversial decision, but Shumenov received the rematch he felt deserved. Campillo wasn't as … [Read more...]
Guzman vs. Funeka In Jeopardy as Guzman Fails Weight… Again
We've been here before. At the weigh-in ahead of his hotly anticipated rematch with Ali Funeka, Joan Guzman (29-0-1, 17 KO) staggeringly failed to make weight by nine pounds at the Hard Rock Hotel, tipping the scales at 144 lbs.Cast your minds back to September 2008, where Guzman unprofessionally failed weight ahead of another HBO date, this time against Nate Campbell. The … [Read more...]