by Ted Sares Fall seven times, stand up eight —Japanese proverb. Boxers from Argentina have had their surge but it has slowed down considerably. Eastern European fighters continue to rise as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov, and Evgeny Gradovich and now Artur Beterbiev make great fights in different global … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: October 30th – November 1st 2014
10/30 - Golden Boy Live "Monster Brawl" - Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Danny O’Connor (23-2, 7 KO’s) vs. Andrew Farmer (18-2, 7 KO’s) O’Connor is coming off a questionable loss to veteran Vivian Harris a year ago. His return bout comes against an opponent who makes his first appearance in a 10 round bout and has based his career mainly in Virginia. Sharif … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines- July 26th, 2013
Koki Kameda (31-1, 17 KO’s) vs. John Apolinario (17-3-3, 4 KO’s) –Tokyo, Japan Kameda is making the seventh defense of his WBA world bantamweight title. The wildly popular Japanese fighter is a three time world champion, also having held the light flyweight and flyweight titles. His lone defeat came at the hands of Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in 2010, it cost him the flyweight belt, … [Read more...]
Kameda Brothers, Singwangcha victorious in Japan
Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan-- Koki Kameda (28-1, 17 KOs) made the fourth defense of his WBA bantamweight title in his native Japan with unanimous decision over Indonesia's Nouldy Manakane (24-11-1, 15 KOs). Judges' scores were 118-110, 117-110, and 115-113. Thailand's Tepparith Singwancha (20-1, 13 KOs) unified the two versions of the WBA super flyweight title with a … [Read more...]
Koki Kameda defends his bantamweight title Wednesday against Nouldy Manakane
WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (27-1, 17 KOs) defends his title against number eleven ranked Nouldy Manakane (24-10, 15 KOs) at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Over an 8-year-career Kameda has won titles in three divisions; the jr. flyweight division, flyweight division, and now as a bantamweight. After turning pro in December of 2003, Kameda won the … [Read more...]