Ahead of the first fights of the New Year, BoxingFancast runs through its wish list of fights for 2012 and the chances of each big bout coming to fruition. (Part 1 of 2). 10) Tyson Fury Vs David Price For better or worse, Tyson Fury is fast becoming the general public’s blue eyed boy of [...]
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For a brief time, Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley’s professional boxing careers stood promisingly side-by-side and the free bets UK customers made were in the balance. But, by the end of the night at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, their stature in the highly competitive junior welterweight division were quite different, resembling two elevators that [...]
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In a fight that continued the long tradition of great Mexican/Puerto Rican wars JuanMa Lopez over came a tough test in wily veteran Rafael Marquez to remain undefeated. Marquez didn’t answer the bell for the 9th round after injuring his right shoulder, handing Lopez the victory by technical knockout. Lopez retains his WBO featherweight title.
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On a charged up night in Glasgow, Scotland’s Ricky Burns got off the campus to triumph over Roman Martinez to take the WBO super featherweight title. Martinez, who won the title last year in Britain by stopping Nicky Cook in 4 rounds, got off to a good start dropping Burns with a right hand in [...]
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True to their word the WBO have ordered unified WBA, WBO & Ring magazine lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez to face Michael Katsidis. Katsidis has been the WBO’s interim lightweight champion since September 2009 and last defended his status in a 3rd round knock out win against Brit Kevin Mitchell. Marquez comprehensive beat Juan Diaz [...]
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You will often hear boxing fans talking about how “belts don’t matter.” Most logical people would say…well why not? A fair question, and the WBO (World Boxing Organization) recently gave me a chance to respond to this issue and also to go on a little bit of rant, an opportunity I now take with relish. The World Boxing Organization [...]
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Roman Martinez (24-0-1, 15 KO’s) retained his WBO super featherweight title, scoring a stellar fourth round knockout against Gonzalo Munguia (17-7-3, 13 KO’s). After finding his range easily in round one, Martinez peppered Munguia with an assortment of clean punches. Toward the end of round two, Munguia stepped up his punch output and engaged in [...]
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In a fierce battle of undefeated super bantamweights, 25-year-old Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (19-0-1, 16 KO’s) gave a remarkable performance, stopping Hungarian Zsolt Bedak, 26, (15-1, 5 KO’s) at 1:12 in the tenth round to retain his WBO championship. Bedak, who holds 232 amateur fights to his credit along with a victory over Abner Mares at [...]
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Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) stopped previously unbeaten Kevin Mitchell (31-1, 23 KO’s) at 1:57 of the 3rd round to retain his interim WBO lightweight title. Katsidis, 29, applied heavy pressure from the opening bell, scoring with consecutive left hooks in round one. Still, Mitchell controlled the pace of the round, circling and unleashing a [...]
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In a junior middleweight clash, Alfredo Angulo (18-1, 15 KO’s) stopped Joel Julio (35-4, 31 KO’s) at 1:39 of the eleventh round. Angulo, 27, hurt Julio with an overhand right in the early moments of the first round, which seemed to set the tone for the rest of the fight. After that, Julio, 25, was [...]
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