Madison Square Garden, New York-- For all intents and purposes, this high stakes middleweight title bout was over after the very first round. Early in the first, a quick left hook from Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32 KOs) badly wobbled the legs of Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KOs) and led to a three-knockdown first that had the defending champ beginning the second round already four … [Read more...]
Cotto vs. Martinez: The Undercard
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (23-3-1, 19 KO’s) vs. Marvin Sonsona (18-1-1, 15 KO’s) II The son of the famed three division world champion, Vazquez Jr. hasn’t fared well in recent years. Once an undefeated WBO super bantamweight champ, he’s run up a .500 record over the last three years, losing his title and two other title opportunities. In his previous outing he took a unanimous … [Read more...]
Brian Viloria Dethroned On Fists Of Gold Macau Card
Juan Francisco Estrada 23-2 (17koes) showed he has ’Fists of Gold’ of his own, by dethroning Brian ‘The Hawaiian Punch’ Viloria after a great fight on the Macau Card in China. Estrada won the WBO and WBA World Flyweight titles, with a brilliant display of box-fighting, that slowly wore down the Hawaiian and had the brave Viloria struggling to stay on his feet in the final … [Read more...]
Boxing Rankings Update: Vazquez Jr, Fuentes move up, Hernandez Returns, More…
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., with his impressive KO 7 win over Jonathan Oquendo moves up to #6 from his previous #10 spot in the junior featherweight division. On the same card in Puerto Rico, WBO strawweight champ, Moises Fuentes possibly ended the career of Ivan Calderon with a fifth round TKO and, at the same time, moved from #8 to #6 in the world at the 105 lb. … [Read more...]
Vazquez Jr. Stops Oquendo, Fuentes Finishes Calderon; Results from Bayamon
Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico-- In a back and forth seven round battle of junior featherweight contenders, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (22-2-1, 19 KOs) overcame a sharp and motivated Jonathan Oquendo (22-3, 15 KOs) to take a well-earned seventh round TKO victory in the main event of an independent pay-per view. Oquendo, in his first bout since the tragic ATV … [Read more...]