Several ranked fighters were victorious last week, but only a couple of changes took place in the world rankings: Ricky Burns assumes the #1 spot in the lightweight division, moving up from #3, partly due to his win over Kevin Mitchell and partly due to Brandon Rios' exit from the division. Carl Frampton debuts in the junior featherweight top ten at #5 after his win over … [Read more...]
Bute Cruises to Easy Victory over Johnson
Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada – Fighting in front of a packed arena of his adopted home nation, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute cruised to an easy 12-round unanimous decision victory over a brave Glen Johnson over 12 on Saturday night. Both men opened the fight touching each other to the body early and often. With Johnson flicking and pawing with … [Read more...]
Steve Molitor to face Sebastien Gauthier, Saturday November 5th
Steve Molitor (33-2, 12KOs) will step in the ring against Sebastien Gauthier (21-2, 13KOs) this Saturday, November 5th on Showtime. The fight will take place in Quebec City, Canada and coverage begins at 9pm ET/PT. A 31-year-old southpaw, Molitor is ranked 6th among Junior Featherweights and has held the IBF title belt twice in his career. Molitor most recently lost the … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute-Glen Johnson: The Only Preview You Need
By Fox Doucette On-air, off-air, and up in the air, Saturday night's battle on Showtime between Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KOs) and Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KOs), Bute's ninth defense of his IBF super middleweight championship, promises to be a good action fight. The televised co-feature will bring prospect Pier Olivier Cote (17-0, 11 KOs) as he takes on Jorge Luis Teron (25-2-1, … [Read more...]
Gamboa Attacks, Pirog Defends; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
(Photo: Ed Mulholland) Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City-- Featherweight titlist, Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) allowed Mexican challenger, Jorge Solis (40-3-2, 29 KOs), one round of thinking he was in the contest before turning up the speed and ending the contest via dominant fourth round stoppage on HBO's World Championship Boxing. Gamboa would send his … [Read more...]