2/16 – Daniel Geale (29-2, 15 KO’s) vs. Garth Wood (12-3-1, 8 KO’s) – New South Wales, Australia Wood defends the WBA Pan African middleweight title against the former IBF middleweight champion; the vacant IBF Pan Pacific middleweight title is also up for grabs. After splitting a pair of bouts with fellow Aussie Anthony Mundine, Wood lost an IBF Pan Pacific title shot against … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – December 4th – December 11th 2013
12/6 – Yesica Bopp (25-1, 11 KO’s) vs. Ana Fernandez (14-6, 10 KO’s) – Concordia, Argentina Light flyweight champion and top pound for pound female boxer, Bopp puts her WBA and WBO world straps on the line in her 17th world title bout. Her lone defeat came in June in a rematch with Jessica Chavez. Bopp’s titles weren’t at stake, but Chavez retained her WBC Silver belt. … [Read more...]
Martinez Survives 12th Round Surge, Outclasses Chavez Jr. in Unanimous Decision Win
There's a reason champions are made in the ring and not in a board room or media center. Sergio Martinez (50-2-2, 28 KOs) beat the man who beat the man. He was the consensus world middleweight champion and acknowledged as such by everyone who really mattered. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-1-1, 32 KOs) was pushed and guided into his spot as WBC middleweight champ and, … [Read more...]
Alcine Upsets Lemieux, Stevenson Stops Pryor
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada-- In an upset, Joachim Alcine (33-2-1, 19 KOs) scored a twelve round majority decision against fading prospect, David Lemieux (25-2, 24 KOs) for a minor WBC middleweight belt. Alcine, a former junior middleweight world titlist who was 0-1-1 coming into this bout and hadn't won a bout since 2009, boxed well and never seemed to be affected … [Read more...]
David Lemieux vs. Joachim Alcine in All-Canadian Showdown, Saturday December 10th
David Lemieux (25-1, 24KOs) will take on fellow Canadian Joachim Alcine (32-2-1, 19KOs) after a long layoff following a humbling knockout loss. The fight will take place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. Formerly an unbeaten prospect, Lemieux suffered a knockout loss to Marco Antonio Rubio who is ranked 5th among middleweights. Until that loss in April 2011, Lemieux … [Read more...]