Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany-- For Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KOs), it was business as usual, albeit against a spirited Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KOs). The German former middleweight champion took a one-sided unanimous decision by scores of 118-109, 118-109, and 119-108. Abraham fought as he always does-- high guard, intelligent movement, and wide … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Hank Lundy Dominates Dannie Williams: FNF Recap
by Fox Doucette Philadelphia-based “Hammerin'” Hank Lundy (22-1-1, 11 KOs) survived a first-round knockdown to win an otherwise easy decision over Dannie Williams (21-2, 17 KOs) in the main event of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights. In the co-feature, Elvin Ayala (25-2-1, 11 KOs) took care of business against late replacement Eric Mitchell (23-9-1, 11 KOs), who replaced Hector … [Read more...]
Krasniqi Finally Confirmed As Cleverly Opponent, April 28th in London
by Geoff Poundes After a period of confusion, Nathan Cleverly, Britain’s WBO light-heavyweight champion, will accept the challenge of Robin Kransiqi on the 28th April. The fight was announced a week ago but has been in limbo after the WBO refused to sanction the bout; it seems they’ve changed their mind and ordered the winner to defend against their mandatory challenger … [Read more...]
Kevin Johnson set to take on Alex Leapai in Australia
Former heavyweight title contender Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson (25-1-1, 11 KOs) takes on Alex Leapai (25-3-3, 20 KOs) on Sunday, April 1, at the Doomben Racecourse in Ascot, Queensland, Australia, in a 12-round bout. Known as a slick type of boxer, Johnson might be most famous for no-showing in his heavily-hyped 2009 heavyweight title fight with long-time WBC heavyweight … [Read more...]
Joyi defends IBF strawweight title against Takayama
IBF strawweight titlist, Nkosinathi Joyi (21-0, 15 KOs) defends his title against Japan’s Katsunari Takayama (24-4, 10 KOs) in a rematch of their January 2011 contest that ended in a no contest. The Orient Theater is East London, East Cape, South Africa will play host to this 12-round title fight. After holding the minor IBO strawweight title for two years, Joyi, a tall … [Read more...]