Japanese challenger Daiki Kameda has defeated Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand by a unanimous decision to capture the WBA flyweight title. Kaowichit controlled Sunday's bout in the early rounds but Kameda took charge as the fight progressed and improved to 15-2 with 11 knockouts. Kaowichit dropped to 48-2-1.
Tomasz Adamek beat Jason Estrada by unanimous decision in a heavyweight fight in his return to the Prudential Center on Saturday night. Most of the 10,000-plus fans were there to support Adamek, waving the Polish flag and cheering wildly for him. The judges scored the bout 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110, all for Adamek.
Former IBF light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson stopped Yusaf Mack at 2:21 of the sixth round Friday night. Fighting for the first time since losing a decision against Chad Dawson in November, Johnson shook off a sluggish first two rounds and gradually wore down Mack in the scheduled 12-round bout at the University Center.
Edwin Valero has accused the U.S. government of discrimination, has a tattoo of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez across his chest, sustained a serious head injury in a motorcycle crash and was charged with drunken driving in the U.S. That alone is quite the resume for the bad boy of boxing, but what makes his curriculum vitae really stand out is the line that reads: 26-0, 26 knockouts.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. finalized a deal to fight Sugar Shane Mosley on May 1 in a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas. Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) agreed to the bout last week, but formally signed the contract on Wednesday for the former pound-for-pound champion's second fight back from a brief retirement.
Seventeen years after their first fight, Bernard Hopkins will meet Roy Jones Jr. in a rematch in April in Las Vegas. The rematch is scheduled for April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The 45-year-old Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) is a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion. He defeated Enrique Ornelas by unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout in Philadelphia in...
Manny Pacquiao was honored as the fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writer's Association of America on Monday, along with matching Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield by winning his third fighter of the year award. Pacquiao (50-3 with 2 draws and 38 KOs) capped off a remarkable decade by stopping welterweight Miguel Cotto in the final round in November to win a title in a record-setting...
Sebastian Sylvester of Germany stopped Billy Lyell in the 10th round Saturday to retain his middleweight title. Lyell's corner threw in the towel after Sylvester landed a hard right to the American's chin and followed through with more shots to Lyell's head and body. It was the first defense of the IBF belt that Sylvester (33-3, 16 KOs) won during a split decision victory over Giovanni...
Kazakhstan's Beibut Shumenov set a boxing record Friday by winning the WBA light heavyweight title in just his 10th professional bout, outpointing Spain's Gabriel Campillo in a split-decision. Shumenov's effort outdid Michael Spinks, who held the previous mark by winning a championship in his 17th pro fight.
Undefeated champion Devon Alexander will meet fellow champion Juan Urango in a junior welterweight unification fight in March. Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs) will defend his WBC belt for the first time against Urango, who holds the IBF title. The fight is scheduled for March 6 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The 22-year-old Alexander hasn't fought since stopping Junior Witter last August.
Boxing trainer Roger Mayweather pleaded not guilty on Thursday to felony charges that he beat and choked a female boxer at an apartment he owned last August. A judge set trial for June 1 on coercion, battery-strangulation and battery causing substantial bodily harm charges that carry the possibility of three to 16 years in prison.
Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield's scheduled fight against Francois Botha in Uganda has been called off. Holyfield's manager, Ken Sanders, said on Thursday that promoters didn't provide a promised pre-fight payment for the Feb. 20 fight. The bout is now expected to be on March 6, possibly in Miami.
Oscar De La Hoya thinks his promotions company will soon wrap up a deal for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in May. And after that, De La Hoya still believes Mayweather will meet Manny Pacquiao in the not-too-distant future. "That fight has to happen," De La Hoya said on Tuesday of Mayweather-Pacquiao, which fell apart this month in a drug-testing dispute.
David Haye will make the first defense of his WBA world heavyweight title against John Ruiz in Manchester on April 3. The 29-year-old British fighter, also a former world cruiserweight champion, won the heavyweight crown from Russia's Nikolai Valuev in November. Haye will now face Ruiz, the WBA's No.
Argentine boxing champion Rodrigo Barrios testified on Monday before a prosecutor in a murder case in which he is accused of killing a pregnant woman in a car accident in which six others were injured. Police said Barrios, 33, ran a red light on Sunday, and struck another car in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Buenos Aries.
The International Boxing Association has suspended Rudel Obreja for 13 years after determining the Romanian Boxing Federation president had breached an original two-year ban imposed for breaking safety rules. The AIBA disciplinary committee said on Friday that Obreja failed to respect the terms of his two-year suspension, which had been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and banned him...
Wladimir Klitschko will defend his heavyweight titles against American challenger Eddie Chambers in March. Klitschko's management said Monday that the fight will take place March 20 at the Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf. Klitschko holds the IBF, WBO and IBO titles. The 33-year-old Ukrainian says he's looking forward to the fight in the "gigantic stadium," which has a capacity of...
Juan Manuel Lopez wants to follow his idol Felix Trinidad as the next great Puerto Rican fighter, winning a handful of titles as he climbs through the weight divisions. JuanMa captured No. 2 in style on Saturday night. He used a thudding right hand and a flush left hook to knock out Steven Luevano in the seventh round, taking his WBO belt in the main event of a featherweight doubleheader.
Brian Viloria, who collapsed in his dressing room and was hospitalized for apparent exhaustion soon after he was knocked out in a title fight on Saturday, will have to remain there for at least two days. Viloria won't be cleared by doctors to fly home to the United States for at least 10 days, and he will need to return to the hospital to ensure there is no latent brain swelling, his manager...
The American boxer who collapsed in his dressing room and was hospitalized for apparent exhaustion soon after he was knocked out in a title fight on Saturday will have to remain there for at least two days. Brian Viloria won't be cleared by doctors to fly home for at least 10 days, and he will need to return to the hospital to ensure there is no latent brain swelling, his manager Gary...
Spanish boxer Pablo Navascues has lost his chance of fighting Sebastian Sylvester for the IBF middleweight title after failing a doping test during training. Promoter Sauerland Event said on its Web site Saturday that Navascues tested positive for banned substances during a random test earlier this month.
Hawaiian Brian Viloria collapsed soon after his defeat by Colombia's Carlos Tamara of Colombia in Saturday's IBF light flyweight title fight, according to local media. Referee Bruce McTavish stopped the fight 1:45 into the 12th and final round. Local media reported that Viloria collapsed in his changeroom minutes after the bout and was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance.
Boxing promoter Top Rank will donate one dollar from every ticket it sells through the end of the year to Haitian earthquake relief. The Las Vegas company will begin with Saturday night's featherweight doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, where about 5,000 fans are expected to see Juan Manuel Lopez challenge Steven Luevano for the title.
Boxing promoter Top Rank has pledged to donate one dollar from every ticket sold through the end of the year to Haitian earthquake relief. The Las Vegas company will begin with Saturday's featherweight title doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, where about 5,000 fans are expected to see Juan Manuel Lopez challenge Steven Luevano for the title.
Andre Berto is heading to Haiti instead of Las Vegas, something that the welterweight champion could not have imagined little more than a week ago. He has no choice because there's work to be done there that, for now, is far more important than anything he does in the ring. At least eight of his relatives are dead, he said.
Andre Berto is heading to Haiti instead of Las Vegas, something that the welterweight champion could not have imagined little more than a week ago. He has no choice because there's work to be done there that, for now, is far more important than anything he does in the ring. At least eight of his relatives are dead, he said.
Former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is expected back in the ring in June, likely challenging junior middleweight titleholder Yuri Foreman at Madison Square Garden. Cotto plans to watch countryman Juan Manuel Lopez fight Steven Luevano for a featherweight title on Saturday night in the theater at MSG.
Amir Khan has reached a tentative agreement to defend his WBA lightweight title against mandatory challenger Marcos Maidana of Argentina. The World Boxing Association says the fight will take place at the end of March or early April. A location is to be determined, but the WBA says Khan could make his U.S.
Guys wearing jeans and cowboy hats ran through dry ice and past the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, sparklers firing from the tips of the flagpoles they carried. Michael Buffer gave his signature introduction, the music blared, the highlights rolled and, finally -- walking through the same tunnel the Cowboys use to enter and exit their home turf -- out came boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.
