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...]
Hatton Fails In Title Bid, Samuels-Renda FOTY Candidate!
Lovemore N’Dou D 12 Matthew Hatton In a decent starter before Pacquiao-Cotto, Matthew Hatton put in his best performance of his up and down career, by drawing with South African Lovemore N’Dou. N’Dou showed his class in the earlier rounds, opening a cut over Hatton’s eyelid in the second round. The middle rounds were tight, with the Sky team scoring them for Hatton. With no … [Read more...]
UK Beat Report (11/2/09)
by Dafs117In the most detailed UK Beat Report to date, the November edition takes a look back over the great domestic battle last month, plenty of news analysis and a look at the action packed month that awaits us.We’ll begin at the top, the heavyweights. David Haye (22-1, 21 KOs) heavily hyped quest for heavyweight supremacy finally heats up this month as he challenges 7ft … [Read more...]
The BTBC Rumor Mill
Sources wrangled and cornered by The BTBC this afternoon have let loose that recently stripped WBC Champ, Timothy Bradley, could be defending his WBO Jr. Welterweight Title in the late Summer or early Fall against former 135 lb. lineal champ, Nate Campbell. The fight is still in the negotiation stage, but both sides are not far apart financially. The bout would probably … [Read more...]
Saturday’s Results
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Manny Pacquiao KO 2 Ricky Hatton Humberto Soto TKO 9 Benoit Gaudet Daniel Jacobs UD 8 Michael Walker Matthew Hatton UD 8 Ernesto Zepeda Mike Alvarado UD 8 Juaquin Gallardo Abner Mares RTD 6 Jonathan Perez Bernabe Concepcion UD 6 Yogli Herrera Erislandy Lara UD 4 Chris Gray Matt Korobov TKO 2 Anthony Bartinelli Omar Chavez … [Read more...]