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Worldwide Weekend Results: Sylvester, N'Jikam, Geale, Zappa win
Our report on the early weekend fight action, including David Lemieux's destruction of Hector Camacho Jr. and Dmitry Sukhotsky's knockout win over Alesky Kuziemski, can be found here. Mecklenburg, Germany Sebastian Sylvester UD12 Mahir Oral - After a few recent close calls, Sebastian had a...
Gamboa cruises to a decision victory over Barros
In Hamburg, Germany, Yuriorkis Gamboa was able to cruise to a unanimous decision over Argentinian Jonathan Victor Barros. The official scores were 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111, all in favor of Gamboa. El Ciclon moves to 18-0, while Barros earned his first loss, falling to 28-1-1. For the first...
Last Five Fights: Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell
Before we get to the Abraham-Dirrell preview, I thought it'd be fun to analyze the last five fights of both men, who meet Saturday in Detroit, kicking off Stage Two of the Super Six World Boxing Classic. We'll start with Arthur Abraham. Fight 1: Edison Miranda (W-TKO-4 / June 21, 2008) Abraham and...
Bouts shaping up for Top Rank and Showtime
In his blog, Dan Rafael discusses some fights that are being proposed by Top Rank. To nobody's surprise, Juan Manuel Lopez's next opponent will be Bernabe Concepcion. If each wins interim bouts, he hopes to match up Yuriorkis Gamboa and Celestino Caballero, although we've heard this song before....
Maidana stops Ortiz in war, Ortiz leaves questions about his future
Marcos Maidana stopped Victor Ortiz in the sixth round of a junior welterweight war, but the biggest story of the night may have come from Ortiz's post-fight interview. After essentially quitting in the sixth round, Ortiz said in his post-fight interview that he had "a lot of thinking to do" about...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Abraham-Oral and Ortiz-Maidana
Tonight's round-by-round coverage starts with Abraham-Oral on Showtime at 9pm and continues with Ortiz-Maidana on HBO at 10pm. DO NOT POST SPOILERS OF THE ABRAHAM-ORAL FIGHT. via www.fightnews.com ARTHUR ABRAHAMIBF TitleholderRing Magazine No. 1 Contender (160) MAHIR ORAL ...
Fight Previews: Ortiz-Maidana and Abraham-Oral
Neither of this weekend's fights being offered on major American TV are really big enough to go into our running picks competition, but both are more than worth discussion. First off, Showtime will bring us a middleweight title fight on tape delay from Germany. IBF titlist Arthur Abraham is...
Pavlik-Abraham: Early 2010?
Rick Reeno of BoxingsScene.com has learned that the long-desired, long-awaited middleweight showdown between lineal champion Kelly Pavlik and unbeaten IBF titleholder Arthur Abraham may finally come to pass in early 2010, provided both win fights later this year. Abraham (29-0, 23 KO) has an...
Arthur Abraham's next fight set for June 27
IBF middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham will fight again on June 27 in Berlin, facing German sorta-contender Mahir Oral, according to Per Ake Persson. The original idea was rumored to have Abraham fight in Germany on June 27, with middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik facing Sergio Mora on the same...
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