By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) put on a brilliant boxing exhibition before stopping Juan Urango (22-3-1, 17 KO’s) in the eighth round. Alexander, who won a vacant WBC junior welterweight title by previously defeating Junior Witter, added the IBF junior welterweight title to his collection with the victory. Until last night, [...]
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Vic Darchinyan retained his WBC and WBA super flyweight titles by dominating a young Rodrigo Guerrero for twelve, one-sided rounds. The official scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 120-108. Guerrero, 22, entered the bout having only fifteen fights as a professional. On the other hand, Darchinyan came into the fight having thirty [...]
DARCHINYAN WINS SLUGFEST OVER GUERRERO
TO RETAIN WBC/WBA SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLES;
UNBEATEN ZAPPAVIGNA CAPTURES IBO CROWN
Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Saturday, March 6, 2010, Live on SHOWTIME®,
The Show At Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (March 6, 2010) – In an exciting, wildly entertaining one-sided [...]
Post-Fight Ring Quotes
Devon Alexander: “My coach told me to stay focused when Urango started bleeding [from the nose in the third round]. My coach said, ‘Don’t stand there and get hit.’
“His [Urango’s] punches did not hurt at all. I was surprised by that. Speed kills everything and that’s what [...]
On Saturday night, at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented a thrilling, action-packed night of professional boxing, that had the packed house in attendance asking for more. The five bout card was headlined by Atlantic City’s own, Shamone [...]
MARTIN HONORIO DECISIONS WILTON HILARIO TO KEEP TITLE
RICO RAMOS ALSO IN SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE; MIKE DALLAS, JR. AND JOHN MOLINA, JR. POST IMPRESSIVE WINS AT PECHANGA
Temecula, CA (March 5, 2010) – As a ringside observer in the Academy Award-winning biopic “Raging Bull” quipped after Jake LaMotta bloodied and battered an opponent named Tony Janiro for ten [...]
Kauffman, Cintron Dominate in Allentown, PA
Both Take Decisions Over Resilient Foes
Allentown, PA (2-28-10) – Two of Reading, PA’s native sons made their triumphant returns to the ring last night as Travis Kauffman and Jason Cintron scored dominant wins over their opponents at the Rodeway Inn & Conference Center in Allentown, PA. King’s Promotions, who promoted [...]
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (18-0-1, 15 KO’s) captured the WBO super bantamweight title by defeating Marvin Sonsona (14-1-1, 12 KO’s) via fourth round knockout. The 25-year-old Vazquez improved in each round, landing sharp, accurate left hooks and right hands. Sonsona, 19, who moved up two weight classes, could not stop Vazquez from [...]
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
In the main event, 23-year-old lightweight Ji-Hoon Kim (20-5, 17 KO’s) stopped Tyrone Harris (24-6, 16 KO’s) at 1:52 in round five. Harris jumped on Kim early in the first and second rounds, landing a series of straight lefts and right hooks. However, Kim weathered the storm, and hit Harris with [...]
Photo by Ed Mulholland – Main Events
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
In front of a noisy crowd just over 10,100 people, Tomasz Adamek defeated Jason Estrada in close, tough battle at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. All three official ringside judges scored the fight for Adamek. Steven Weisfeld scored the bout 115-113, while Joseph [...]
By Jim Amato
Niles, Ohio’s Billy Lyell fought with courage but was unable to take the IBF middleweight title from Sebastian Sylvester. Sylvester started fast and dominated the first two rounds cutting Billy on the bridge of the nose. Cornerman Jack Loew did a fine job controlling the cut.
Lyell came on in round three and held [...]
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Jesse Brinkley (35-5, 22 KO’s) won a one-sided, 12 round unanimous decision over Curtis Stevens (21-3, 15 KO’s). Official scores were 117-109, 118-108 and 119-107.
In the first round, it appeared that Stevens was heading toward an early knockout win over Brinkley. Stevens connected with some left hooks that almost floored him. [...]
By: Michael Seiler, BOXING LEDGER
Lopez Schools Luevano
Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) remained unbeaten after scoring a seventh round stoppage over Steven Luevano (37-2-1, 15 KO’s). With the victory, Lopez captured the WBO Featherweight title.
In the first round, Luevano showed a solid right jab, but it was quite clear that Lopez possessed an overall [...]
By: Michael Seiler – BOXING LEDGER
Vanes Martirosyan (27-0, 17 KO’s) won a controversial ten round unanimous decision over Kassim Ouma (26-7-1,16 KO’s). Official scores were 97-92 and 97-93 twice. The 31 year old Ouma has now lost five of his last six bouts, while Martirosyan remains unbeaten.
Ouma relentlessly pressured Martirosyan from the opening bell and [...]
By: Michael Seiler
BOXING LEDGER
Juan Carlos Burgos scored a spectacular 12th round stoppage over a resilient Juan Carlos Martinez. Burgos was effective early, using his height and range to perplex Martinez. He came forward and kept popping Martinez with a stiff left jab. Martinez was wide with his punches, but managed to connect with a clean [...]
By: Michael Seiler
BOXING LEDGER
Roman Karmazin (40-3-1, 26 KO’s) scored a sensational 10th round knockout over Dionisio Miranda (20-5-2 18 KO’s) to open the season on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights”. The victory was Karmazin’s 4th in a row.With the win, the 37 year old should be able to acquire a big name opponent for his next [...]
By: Michael Seiler
BOXING LEDGER
Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) returned to the ring and looked impressive, stopping Miguel Espino (20-3-1, 9 KO’s) at 1:44 of the 5th round in front of his hometown fans in Youngstown, Ohio. Pavlik had not fought since February 21st, after he suffered a staph infection on his left hand. Both fighters [...]
By: Michael Seiler
BOXING LEDGER
In a welterweight showdown, Philadelphia’s Lanard Lane remained undefeated (10-0, 7 KO’s) after scoring a blazing 2nd round TKO over Said El Harrak (8-1, 3 KO’s). Lane came out explosive in the 1st round and was relentless, throwing and landing right hand leads. El Harrak was looking to land his right, but [...]
By: Michael Seiler
BOXING LEDGER
Hozumi Hasegawa scored an impressive 4th round TKO over Alvaro Perez in Japan. It was Hasegawa’s 5th consecutive knockout victory in 4 rounds or less. Hasegawa has dominated the bantamweight division and may be looking to move up to 122 lbs. or 126 lbs. for his next bout. If he does so, [...]
By: Michael Seiler
Paulie Malignaggi stayed true to his word. He said he had a “magic trick” in store for Juan Diaz. It seemed that the game plan was to provide Diaz with a target he thought he could hit. Then, hit Diaz with the jab, keep him turning and do not fight as much in [...]
