Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada-- Undefeated lightweight prospect, Sharif Bogere (21-0, 13 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten Francisco Contreras (16-1, 13 KOs) in the third round of their scheduled ten. The end came via two big right hands, the second of which looked to be behind Contreras' head, but was later ruled a legal blow by the Nevada commission. On the … [Read more...]
Boxing Bits
* As reported by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has offered to pay all funeral costs for two-time world super featherweight champion, Genaro Hernandez. Hernandez, who made a total of eleven successful defenses over the course of his two title reigns, passed away earlier in the week after a long bout with cancer. With medical bills having decimated the … [Read more...]
Sylvester, Geale Victorious; The Rest of the Weekend Action
Courtesy Fightnews.com: Sylvester dominates Oral By Karl Freitag In one of his most impressive performances, IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester (34-3-1, 16 KOs) successfully defended his title for the third time with a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over #10 rated Mahir Oral (28-3-2, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the Stadthalle in Rostock, … [Read more...]
The Weekend Hangover: Controversy, Controversy and More Controversy…
New York, New York – Boxing returned to the Yankee Stadium in bizarre fashion as Miguel Cotto (33-2, 28 KO) stopped a hobbling Yuri Foreman (28-1, 8 KO) in the ninth round to win the WBA junior middleweight title. Cotto, 153.5, utterly dominated the fight, wobbling Foreman, 154, on numerous occasions with hard straight punches early on. It was obvious that Cotto was the … [Read more...]
This Weekend’s Results
Saturday, May 9th Jako-Arena, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany Alexander Abraham TKO 4 Magomed Abdurakhmanov Yoan Pablo Hernandez UD 8 Aaron Williams Marco Huck TKO 5 Vitaliy Rusal Stadium Khadjimukan, Chimkent, Kazakhstan Beibut Sumenov TKO 4 Byron Mitchell Roman Karmazin TKO 4 Luiz Augusto Dos Santos DeMarcus Corley UD 8 Sidney Siquiera DoubleTree Hotel, Orlando, … [Read more...]