3/13 – Cosme Rivera (37-19-3, 25 KO’s) vs. Sergey Lipinets (5-0, 4 KO’s) – A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, USA Rivera’s in his 22nd year as a pro, and the guy isn’t even 40 years old yet. Though his best years are behind him, he hasn’t slowed down, and fought four times in 2014. The undefeated Lipinets is new to boxing, but the former world kickboxing champ has … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – May 30th – June 4th 2014
5/30 - Francesco Pianeta (29-1-1, 16 KO’s) vs. Mickael Vieira (14-3-1, 7 KO’s) - Energie Verbund-Arena, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany In his second contest back since Wlad stopped him a year ago, Pianeta looks to add to his German International heavyweight title when he faces Vieira, who makes his 12 round debut, for the vacant WBO European heavyweight title. In December he … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – November 15th 2013
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (23-3-1, 21 KO’s) vs. Hirofumi Mukai (9-3-1, 1 KO) – Thailand After three non-title affairs, Sor Rungvisai defends the WBC super-flyweight title for the first time. Mukai hopes for better luck in his second world title challenge: his first opportunity ended quickly when he suffered a cut due to an accidental head butt against Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines- September 6th 2013
Patrick Nielsen (19-0, 9 KO’s) vs. Patrick Majewski (21-1, 13 KO’s) - Frederikshavn, Denmark Nielsen’s been headlining “Nordic Fight Night” cards in Denmark for a while now, but is relatively unknown in the U.S. The undefeated middleweight holds the WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title. He picked up the vacant belt in April of 2012 and has defended it four times since, … [Read more...]
James DeGale Stops Cristian Sanavia in Four
Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark-- Olympic gold medalist, James DeGale (12-1, 9 KOs) made the first defense of his European super middleweight title against Italian former world and European champ, Cristian Sanavia (45-6-1, 13 KOs) via one-sided fourth round stoppage. From the very beginning it became obvious that the UK's DeGale was superior to Sanavia in just about every … [Read more...]