New week, New Grind... * In noteworthy weekend action: Former Heavyweight champ, Hasim Rahman beat Shannon Miller via TKO 4...Exciting Lightweight/Super Featherweight prospect, Adren Broner, beat Carlos Claudio via RTD 7...Tomas Rojas won some WBC USNBC Super Flyweight trinket via RTD 6 against Felipe Almanza...Hekkie Budler beat Juanito Rubillar via 12-round Split Decision … [Read more...]
2009 Middleweight Report
by Dafs117With Arthur Abraham exiting the division, it was hard to see how lineal middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik would find a credible opponent to share the same ring at 160 pounds. Especially after the grand plans of Top Rank were quickly scrapped and re-mapped following Bernard Hopkins’ magical performance. But he wasn’t dethroned, or stripped of his titles, he is still … [Read more...]
UK Beat Report: Year Review
by Dafs1172009 has been a magnificent year for British boxing, with three recognized belt holders and many up and coming prospects making the step from domestic to the European scene. British boxing froze midway through 2008 and somebody came along to press the F5 button that all stream-watchers have pressed countless times during the past 12 months. It gave British boxing, … [Read more...]
The Best of the Rest: A Recap of Saturday’s Other Action
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico Saul Alvarez UD 12 Lanardo TynerMontreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoachim Alcine UD 12 Christophe CanclauxTroy Ross KO1 Daniel BispoArena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMarco Huck UD 12 Ola Afolabi (WBO Cruiserweight Title)Alexander Povetkin KO 3 Leo NolanNational Stadium, Dublin, IrelandMatthew Macklin PTS 10 Rafael Sosa PintosBoardwalk … [Read more...]
UK Beat Report (9/8/09)
by Dafs117 Welcome to the first UK Beat Report, a monthly wrap-up of the fight scene in the United Kingdom.September is quite a busy month for British boxing, especially compared to the past few months.There was a decent crowd at Middlesbrough watching the highly anticipated featherweight rematch between John Simpson (20-6, 8 KOs) and Paul Truscott (13-2, 1 KO). Simpson won via … [Read more...]