In a relatively tentative bout, Sebastian Sylvester (33-3, 16 KO) successfully defended his IBF middleweight trinket for the first time with a tenth round technical knockout victory over late-replacement Billy Lyell (21-8, 4 KO) in a snowy place in Germany.Sylvester decided to feel out the opening rounds, being out-worked by his American challenger. The difference is class was … [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...]
Where does Williams go next?
by Dafs117Four-weight fighter Paul Williams has been waiting for Kelly Pavlik since September. The bad news is he’s still waiting and after news broke out that Pavlik wanted to further delay his fight, Williams and his team stood firm and cancelled Kelly Pavlik off the December 5 list. In a follow up from Tomasz Adamek, we assess Paul Williams’ current options and possible … [Read more...]
The Weekend Hangover (9/18, 9/19)
Friday, September 18th Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, CATony Grano Ko 4 Travis KaufmannChris Avalos KO 4 Giovanni CaroFontainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, FLGuillermo Rigondeaux TKO 3 Giovanni AndradeYudel Jhonson UD 8 Frankie SantosSaturday, September 19thMGM Grand, Las Vegas, NVFloyd Mayweather UD 12 Juan Manuel MarquezChris John UD 12 Rocky Juarez (WBA Featherweight Title)Michael … [Read more...]