Jan
23
Fighting Hatton Brothers Victorious In Las Vegas
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Ricky Hatton photo ???©Curtis McCormickRicky Hatton returned to the light welterweight ranks in authoritative fashion last night at Las Vegas’ Paris Hotel, overcoming Colombian strongman Juan Urango via a wide points decision to once again claim the IBF 140 lb title as well as the IBO belt.
Ricky’s younger brother Matthew Hatton was also in the winner’s circle, showing a heavy right hand in stopping Frank Houghtaling for the vacant IBF International Welterweight title.
Ex-lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo had his hands full with sharp boxing NABF Light Welter Champion Herman Ngoudjo, but pulled out a split decision victory to set up a hotly anticipated showdown with Ricky Hatton scheduled for June at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Things didn’t all go the way of Ricky Hatton during the bout with Urango but “The Hitman” managed to overcome any adversity posed by the reigning champion and found a way to win, even if it wasn’t pretty at times.
In Castillo, Hatton will tangle with his most dangerous adversary since the rough and tumble battle with Kostya Tszyu almost two years ago, and a win against the Mexican body puncher would almost certainly lead to a showdown with modern day great multi weight world champion Floyd Mayweather.
Jan
23
Danny Green Crushes Paul Murdoch In Two
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IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion Danny Green crushed durable PABA titlist Paul Murdoch in two rounds last night in front of 3,000 fans at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Win the thrilling victory, the hammer fisted Green, 23-3 (21), now has a clear path to challenge the winner of February’s WBA title contest between reigning champion Silvio Branco and number one contender Stipe Drews in Germany.
But “The Green Machine” also has a mind to rematch domestic arch rival Anthony Mundine, who defeated Green by points decision last May in a WBA Super Middleweight title eliminator. Mundine must first get past another of his bitter rivals, Sam Soliman, when the two square off in March for the vacant WBA 168 lb title in Sydney.
Perth based Green had one of his better career showings against Murdoch, 26-7-1 (16), who had gone ten rounds with perhaps the light heavyweight division’s must under-rated champion, WBO kingpin Zsolt Erdei, less than a year ago.
Showing top form, Green decked Murdoch in the first round with a stinging double jab that caught the longstanding PABA titlist completely by surprise. Murdoch beat the count but the Geelong puncher was
finished just 65 seconds into the second round when Green connected with a full blooded left hook that hurtled Murdoch to the canvas.
Jan
23
Valuev marches on, Captain Huck keeps winning
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Undefeated WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev (46-0, 34 KOs) is slowly but surely closing in on Rocky Marciano???´s record of 49 wins without defeat as he stopped Jameel McCline on Saturday night in Switzerland. In round three of the “biggest” heavyweight fight ever, McCline went down after exchanging punches with the Russian Giant. He immediately clutched his knee and realized his kneecap had popped out, prompting the referee to stop the bout on the ring doctor???´s advice.
“For a heavyweight that weighs more than 270 pounds it is vital to keep the balance all the time,” Valuev said after the fight. “Jameel wasn???´t in a stable position at that very moment.” McCline was stretchered out off the ring and immediately taken to a local Swiss hospital for further examination. His patella tendon appears to be torn. “I feel very sorry for him,” added Valuev. “But something like this can always happen in sports. Every athlete runs danger of picking up injuries. Too bad we couldn???´t show the fantastic audience a longer fight.” .. Read more
Jan
23
Super Silverhawk Fighters
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Two title belts were around the waists of three different Silverhawk fighters last night when they left the ring following winning performances in “Super Fights” at Knox Arena in Olive Branch, Mississippi.
“Super Fights” was co-promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing and Knockout Promotions.
B.J. “El Pelogroso” Flores (18-0-1, 12 KOs), rated No. 26 by the WBC, won an exciting 12-round decision (116-112, 116-111, 116-111) against Chris “Cold Steel” Thomas (16-7-2, 14 KOs) for the vacant WBF and NBA super cruiserweight titles.
Sherman “The Caribbean Tank” Williams (32-10-2, 18 KOs) successfully defended his NBA title and also won the vacant WBB Intercontinental heavyweight crown by stopping Ralph Wild, Wild” West (17-10-1, 14 KOs) in the third round.
Prince Badi Ajamu (26-3-1, 15 KOs), rated No. 11 by the IBF and No. 13 by the WBO, added the vacant NBA and WBF light heavyweight championships to his collection of titles when former world title challenger Craig Cummings (53-7-1, 43 KOs) was unable to answer the bell for the third round.
Silverhawk Boxing presents “Blood, Sweat & Guts” on Friday, January 26 at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida: 12 round title fights — Leo Nolan-Hector Ferreyro (USBO Heavyweight), Stevie Johnston-Tyrone Harris (IBA Lightweight), Aaron Mitchell-Jose Spearman (NABA & IBO Intercontinental Middleweight), Fernando Trejo-Sean Plessis (IBO Intercontinental Featherweight), William Guthrie-TBA (NBA Cruiserweight).
Jan
19
Adamek vs Dawson on Feb. 3 in Florida
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Don King Productions?¢??¬??¢ ?¢??¬??Super Saturday?¢??¬?¯ boxing card featuring three world championships will stay in Florida and take place on Feb. 3 at the Silver Spurs Arena at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla. The event, originally slated for Miami, will now make history as the biggest fight card ever in the greater Orlando area featuring three world championship matches: undefeated World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Tomasz ?¢??¬??Goral?¢??¬?¯ Adamek will defend his crown against fellow unbeaten and WBC No. 2-ranked contender ?¢??¬??Bad?¢??¬?¯ Chad Dawson.; International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Jesus ?¢??¬??The Matador?¢??¬?¯ Chavez will face IBF interim 135-pound champion Julio ?¢??¬??The Kidd?¢??¬?¯ Diaz; and Cory ?¢??¬??The Next Generation?¢??¬?¯ Spinks will make a mandatory defense of his IBF junior middleweight title against IBF No. 1-ranked ?¢??¬??Smooth?¢??¬?¯ Rodney Jones. Read more
Jan
19
MAUREN SHEA HAS FITNESS SEGMENT ON BRONXNET “OPEN”
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Undefeated super featherweight Maureen Shea (8-0) of the Bronx, NY, begins a health and fitness segment that will become a part of the BronxNet program OPEN on Mondays, beginning February 5th. Maureen will host the segment, which will include useful tips on exercise and nutrition. BronxNet is inviting fight fans and Bronx residents to help name Maureen’s segment. Possible names include: Toe To Toe With Moe, Shea’s Corner, Mondays With Maureen, or Shea’s Day. Bronx residents should vote by calling (718) 960-1182 or by E-mailing: max@bronxnet.org, and fight fans can e-mail agreen009@yahoo.com.
OPEN is a live call-in television program, cablecast live on BRONXNET Channel 67, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:00 AM, with repeat cablecasts each of those nights at 10:00 PM. The live show features in studio discussions with, and demonstrations by guest experts, as well as highlight stories produced on location.
BronxNet is an independent, not-for profit organization established in 1988 under the Cable Television Franchise Agreement between the City of New York and Cablevision of New York City. The station provides local television by the people of the Bronx, for the people of the Bronx. BronxNet programs four channels, 67, 68, 69 and 70 on the Cablevision system, and programming is cablecast to over 270,000 Bronx households. These four channels feature BronxNet produced shows, as well as those created by community access producers.
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