It was the worst kept secret in Monaco, but the bout between Martin Murray and Domenico Spada was little more than a prelude to a February 2015 contest between WBA middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin and the UK's Murray. As for Saturday's contest, itself, it was a predictable win for the more talented Murray (29-1-1, 12 KOs), who didn't dazzle, but managed to dominate the … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: October 23rd – 26th, 2014
10/23 - Aaron Pryor Jr. (19-7, 12 KO’s) vs. Marcus Upshaw (17-13-2, 8 KO’s) - Renaissance Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia, USA After a four fight losing streak, Pryor comes in off three straight victories, winning the USNBC Silver super middleweight title in his last bout. Upshaw is 4-6 in his last 10, losing and eight round decision last time out. 10/24 – Manuel … [Read more...]
ESPN3 Picks Up Saturday’s Monaco Card Featuring Martin Murray, Randy Caballero,Eleider Alvarez, Hekkie Budler
ESPN3.com has picked up the rights to carry the live stream of this Saturday's interesting and diverse boxing card from Monaco. Headlining the five-fight card will be UK middleweight Martin Murray (28-1-1, 12 KOs) against Italy’s Domenico Spada (39-5, 19 KOs). Murray,32, whose career-best efforts have thus far earned him a tough decision loss to Sergio Martinez in 2013 … [Read more...]
Novoa stops Zhong, wins WBC title in China
In an all-out slugfest between minimum-weights, Oswaldo Novoa (13-4-1, 8 KO’s) stopped defending champion Xiong Zhao Zhong (22-5-1, 12 KO’s) in the fifth round to win the WBC minimum-weight title. The Mexican challenger was aggressive from the start, as he and the champion went toe-to-toe, with Zhong steadily losing ground as the bout wore on. The pressure was finally too … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines – November 27-December 3, 2013
11/27-- Bronco McKart (56-10-1, 34 KO’s) vs. Miguel Angel Munguia (29-30-1, 25 KO’s) – U.S.A. The 42 year old McKart is still at it. The former light middleweight and middleweight title holder picked up a win over Dan Wallace a few months ago after being stopped by Anthony Mundine last year. Munguia’s record speaks for itself. *McKart won by fifth round TKO 11/29-- Koki … [Read more...]