Brian Vera RTD 7 Donatas Bondorovas In the main event of Friday Night Fights, Brian Vera (23-6, 14 KOs) stopped a slightly overmatched, but determined Donatas Bondorovas (17-4-1, 6 KOs) via RTD 7 when an apparent misunderstanding between Bondorovas' corner and the ref resulted in the stoppage. The confusion centered around whether bleeding caused by cuts on the bridge of the … [Read more...]
Bellew vs. Chilemba: WBC eliminator headlines “No Retreat, No Surrender” card in Liverpool
Matchroom Boxing brings action back to Liverpool, U.K. this Saturday when hometown favorite Tony Bellew (19-1, 12 KO's) puts his WBC Silver light heavyweight title on the line against South African Isaac Chilemba (20-1-1, 9 KO's) in the main event of "No Retreat, No Surrender" at the Echo Arena. The bout, which has been rated a perfect five star match up by Boxrec.com, is also … [Read more...]
The British Boxing Year – Not So Much As A Bang But A Whimper…
It’s been a year of near-misses for British boxing in 2011. The UK entered the year with four legitimate world champions and exited with one, and in-between eleven British fighters failed to win in world title fights. December turned out to be our winter of discontent. Amir Khan surrendered his IBF and WBA light-welterweight belts to a resurgent Lamont Peterson, and promptly … [Read more...]