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Golovkin vs Simon Still On, Moved to Friday After Klitschko Cancellation
With Wladimir Klitschko pulling out of his scheduled Saturday "clash" with Jean Marc Mormeck, four of the undercard fights that were scheduled for the show have been moved to Friday at the Ballsaal Interconti-Hotel in Düsseldorf. The new main event will pit WBA middleweight "regular"...
Klitschko vs Adamek Undercard: Sadam Ali, Ola Afolabi, and More Featured
Saturday's big card in Wroclaw, Poland, is of course headlined by the WBC heavyweight title fight between Vitali Klitschko and Tomasz Adamek, but there are some familiar names on the undercard, too. The Polish broadcast, which is the first-ever PPV in the country, will see at least some of this...
Fights in the making: Klitschko-Chisora, Ortiz-Alexander, IBF Tourney
It appears that Derek Chisora has signed the dotted line to face Wladimir Klitschko on December 11 in Mannheim, Germany. While Chisora isn't the greatest opponent in the world, he might actually be one of the best opponents available, as was broken down by Scott a couple weeks ago. Chisora is...
Saturday Global Boxing Results
Las Vegas, Nevada Our full report of Yuriorkis Gamboa's unification win over Orlando Salido and Brandon Rios' unraveling of Anthony Peterson is here. Undefeated prospects Matt Korobov, Jose Benavidez Jr., Diego Magdaleno and Mike Lee all won their bouts against stepping stone opponents. Korobov...
Shocker: Vitali Klitschko easily retains alphabet title over Albert Sosnowski
In a result that surprises absolutely no one on earth, Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO) dominated and easily dispatched of Albert Sosnowski (45-3-1, 27 KO) in a blatant mismatch today in Germany. Klitschko retains his WBC belt. It was no test for Klitschko, as everyone on earth expected. Sosnowski,...
Last Five Fights: Cristobal Arreola and Tomasz Adamek
Cristobal Arreola is up first. Fight 1: Israel Garcia (W-TKO-3 / September 25, 2008) Weight: 258 1/2. The last five fights of Arreola's career are, coincidentally, where his conditioning has taken a massive slide backward. Arreola had come in in the mid-250s earlier in his career in junk fights...
Knockout of the weekend poll
We had four pretty brutal knockouts this weekend. Take your pick as to which you think was the best. Randall Bailey TKO1 Jackson Bonsu (knockout at 1:25) Johnathon Banks KO6 Travis Walker (knockout at :17) Wladimir Klitschko TKO12 Eddie Chambers (knockout at 3:26) Jhonny Gonzalez KO2 Antonio...
Wladimir Klitschko knocks out Eddie Chambers in final seconds
Though he mostly cruised for 12 rounds before landing a vicious left hand that knocked Eddie Chambers through the ropes and out in the waning seconds of the bout, Wladimir Klitschko got the best test he's had in years today in Germany. Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO) was leading 109-100 on the Bad Left...
Banks-Walker, Ustinov to be featured on Klitschko-Chambers card
Americans Johnathon Banks and Travis Walker will face off in the main support bout for Klitschko-Chambers on Saturday in Germany, and heavyweight Alexander Ustinov will also be featured on the card. Banks (23-1, 16 KO) moved up to the heavyweight division last year after being stopped in eight...
David Diaz beats Jesus Chavez in Chicago
There was plenty of other boxing on Saturday besides just Vitali Klitschko's stoppage of Chris Arreola and Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym's third round TKO of Bernard Dunne, so let's take a look around at the results from elsewhere in the world of boxing. In Chicago, former lightweight titlists David...
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