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2008 Olympics: USA's Warren defeated 2008-08-13 01:03:00 2007 world champion Rau'shee Warren
, considered a gold medal hope for the USA, lost 9-8 to Lee Ok-sung (Korea) in first round action on Tuesday in the 2008 Olympic Games at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing, China. The loss brings the overall record of the U.S. contingent to 3-3. On Saturday, USA middleweight Shawn Estrada topped Argentina's Ezequiel Maderna 10-2; on Sunday, USA welterweight Dem Read more:Olympics
Update: Heavyweight ex-champ Brewster returns! 2008-08-11 22:21:00 This is an update to the past post Heavyweight ex-champBrewster
returns!Now his opponent was named. Former WBO Heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster (33W-4L, 29KOs) will be facing Danny Batchelder (25W-5L-1D, 12KOs) for the vacant NABA Heavyweight title.The ex-champ has been out of action for over a year and he's hungry for a title. He even claimed that we will be seeing a different Lamon Brewster. Read more:Update
UFC: BJ Penn vs GSP? 2008-08-10 23:35:00 Georges "Rush" St-Pierre is still the undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion!GSP is still on top but BJ Penn is saying something.After the fight of GSP and Jon Fitch, and the former was announced as the winner, BJ Penn entered the Octagon and congratulated the "Rush" and eventually challenged him. A very good way to be in the spotlight.Dana White, president of the UFC, commented on the possibility o
UFC 87: GSP Retains Title 2008-08-10 00:11:00 The undisputed UFC Welterweight Championship Georges "Rush" St-Pierre retains his belt as he had defeated Jon Fitch via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-44).The fight was completely dominated by GSP. On the first round St-Pierre had immediately knocked down Fitch with a big right hand. The second round was rather slow but both fighters had connected some punches. For the last three rounds, Fit Read more:Title
Marquez KOd Casamayor 2008-09-13 23:46:00 Juan Manuel Marquez
(49-4-1, 36 KOs) made a successful move to the lightweight division with an impressive eleventh round KO of Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Early rounds were close, but by round five Marquez had begun to bust up the face of Casamayor, who was bleeding from the nose and from a cut over the right eye. Marquez punches w
Forrest regains WBC 154lb belt! 2008-09-13 23:27:00 Vernon Forrest (41-3, 29 KOs) regained the WBC super welterweight championship with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Sergio Mora (21-1-1, 5 KOs), who had dethroned him earlier this year. This time the 37-year-old Forrest simply outworked Mora and was credited with a knockdown in round seven. Scores were 118-109, 117-110, 119-108.
Guzman-Campbell will not push thru! 2008-09-13 23:26:00 The lightweight title fight between Nate Campbell
and Joan Guzman is now officially off. Guzman is said to not be well enough to fight due to a health situation attributed to attempting to make weight. The commission doctor confirmed that Guzman was severely dehydrated and unable to go. Another source said Guzman was back and forth all day today before finally making the decision himself not to fi
Support for the Pacman 2008-09-09 21:57:00 Hall-of-Fame promoter Bob Arum agrees with American trainer Freddie Roach that Manny Pacquiao may outnumber Oscar de la Hoya in terms of getting the support of Mexican fight fans. "Manny has endeared himself to the Mexican fight fans because he's been the active fighter, he's fought the Mexicans, he's conducted himself like a gentleman and he fights like a Mexican," said Arum. "Manny has tremendou Read more:Support
UFC 88: Rashad Evans wins! 2008-09-06 23:28:00 It's over and done!Rashad Evans
threw a strong right-hook, at the same time Chuck Liddell released a right upper-cut, so powerful that it knocked the Ice Man down for a win in the second round of their main event bout. The light-heavyweight Evans remains undefeated.Beware Forest Griffin!
UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH (Early Results) 2008-09-06 22:35:00 Here is the results of the UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGHChuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans- Rich Franklin defeats Matt Hamill via TKO Round 3- Dan Henderson defeats Rousimar Palhares via Unanimous Decision- Nate Marquardt defeats Martin Kampmann via TKO (Strikes) Round 1- Dong Hyun Kim defeats Matt Brown via Split Decision- Kurt Pellegrino defeats Thiago Tavares via unanimous decision- Tim Boetsch defeats Mike Read more:Early
Morel vs Penalosa? 2008-09-02 01:30:00 Former WBA world flyweight champion and newly crowned WBO NABO bantamweight champion Eric Morel (39-2, 20 KOs) put on boxing clinic Saturday night in route to unanimously decisioning Heiberto Ruiz. Morel, promoted by PR Best Boxing (Ivan & Peter Rivera), made it quite clear on who he is targeting next. "I'm at the stage of my career where I'm looking for the big fights," stated Morel. "The big
Pacquiao-De La Hoya, the $100M fight 2008-08-29 07:21:00 It's on!!!The Golden Boy will fight
the boxing's pound-for-pound king, the Pacman, in an event that could be the biggest boxing match this year.It will be De La Hoya’s farewell fight and Pacquiao’s biggest ever.The news:Barring last-minute hitches, Oscar De La Hoya, boxing’s box office superstar in the past decade, will take on Manny Pacquiao, boxing’s hottest commodity today, in what prom
Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins 2008-08-28 05:59:00 Can the four-time world champion, the Executioner, BernardHopkins
(48W-5L, 32KOs) avenge a split-decision loss from Joe Calzaghe as he fight the undefeated World Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik (34W-0L, 30KOs) on the 18th of October at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall?Or will the champion retain his title?
Not for the money... 2008-10-01 22:26:00 "Some people say I'm picking this fight for the money. I'm going to prove everyone wrong."- Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao for his De La Hoya fight
Mayorga KOd by Mosley 2008-09-28 22:17:00 In a junior middleweight clash between former world champions, Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) scored an entertaining twelfth round KO over Ricardo Mayorga (28-7-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Mayorga was more effective early, but Shane began to figure him out in round three. Round six was a big round for Mosley as Mayorga invited him to take a number of s
Mosley-Mayorga: Supporting Bouts 2008-09-28 22:10:00 WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (23-0, 19 KOs) outworked former world titlist and Contender: Season Two star Steve Forbes (33-7, 9 KOs) over twelve rounds to take a clear cut 118-109, 118-109, 116-111 unanimous verdict.________________________________________________Unbeaten middleweight Craig McEwan (12-0, 8 KOs) dropped Hilario Lopez (10-6, 7 KOs) in round one and went on to win over eight
WBC clarifies lightweight situation! 2008-09-20 22:16:00 Armando Santa Cruz of the United States will fight Antonio Pitalúa of Mexico tonight in Monterrey, México, in a WBC lightweight final elimination bout to determine the division’s mandatory challenger. The WBC has accepted to sanction a WBC lightweight interim championship due to the fact that WBC lightweight world champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines is committed to fight Oscar de la Hoy
UFC 89: Matches 2008-10-17 18:15:00 UFC 89Chris Leben 186 vs. Michael Bisping 185Brandon Vera 203 vs. Keith Jardine 205Luiz Cane 206 vs. Sokoudjou 205Chris Lytle 170 vs. Paul Taylor 170Marcus Davis 169 vs. Paul Kelly 169Akihiro Gono 171 vs. Dan Hardy 169Neil Wain 254 vs. Shane Carwin 264David Bielkheden 156 vs. Jess Liaudin 155Sam Stout 155 vs. Terry Etim 155Jim Miller 155 vs. David Baron 155Per Eklund 156 vs. Samy Schiavo 156On Sat
The return of Julio Diaz! 2008-10-15 06:08:00 Former lightweight champion Julio Diaz (35-4, 26 KOs) will spend Halloween night inside a ring as he takes on the grizzled veteran Fernando Trejo (30-14-4, 18 KOs) on Friday, Oct. 31, from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino televised on TeleFutura (5 p.m. PT). The ten-round lightweight bout is promoted by Top Rank in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions of San Diego, Calif. One year removed from
Humberto Soto wins WBC 130lb belt! 2008-10-13 00:55:00 Humberto "Zorrita" Soto (45-7-2, 28 KOs) won the WBC interim super featherweight championship with a tenth round TKO over Gamaliel "Platano" Díaz (23-8-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Coliseo Centenario in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. Soto dropped Diaz in round one and after Diaz was deducted two points for continuous holding by referee Lawrence Cole in round ten Diaz' corner decided not to se
Kimbo Slice fell in 14 seconds! 2008-10-06 00:07:00 The legend of Kimbo Slice
fell down just like the Wall of Jericho. The great brawler, Kimbo, was knock down by MMA veteran Seth "Silver" Petruzelli within 14 seconds. 14seconds?!The phenomena of Kimbo had been shut down by a young MMA fighter Petruzelli. In the first round, Slice was knocked down by a straight punch to the mouth. Once down Petruzelli, using speed and power, attacked Kimbo with mac
Calzaghe: Another legend killer! 2008-11-08 23:49:00 To defeat the enemy you have to be like the enemy. That's what Joe Calzaghe did during his fight with the legendary Roy Jones, Jr and came out victorious and still undefeated. Calzaghe fought like the style of Jones.Calzaghe retained his Light Heavyweight title beating down Jones via unanimous decision with three judges scoring the bout 118-109.Jones dropped Calzaghe in round one with a glancing r
King Abraham defeats Marquez 2008-11-08 21:54:00 Unbeaten IBF middleweight champion "King" Arthur Abraham
(28-0, 23 KOs) punished then stopped mandatory challenger Raul "El Diamante" Marquez
(41-4-1, 29 KOs) on Saturday night at the Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany. After some close early rounds, Abraham began to connect with hard shots in round three. Marquez landed some good body shots in the fourth, but the champion inflicted damage at the end of
Rahman vs. Klitschko: Hot! 2008-11-04 23:26:00 IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight chammpion Wladimir Klitschko will now face ex-champ Hasim Rahman
on December 13 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany. Klitschko was originally slated to face IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin, however Povetkin pulled out with an injury. Rahman is coming off a no-decision against James Toney on July 16. The Rock is rated #5 by the IBF."Klitschko will regret he cho
Hatton retires Malignaggi in 11th 2008-11-23 06:43:00 Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) scored a eleventh round TKO over Paulie Malignaggi (25-2, 5 KOs) on Saturday night in a clash for the IBO jr welterweight belt on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Hatton punished the outgunned Magilnaggi the entire night and the bout ended at :28 of round eleven when Malignaggi's trainer Buddy McGirt threw in the towel.Other fight results:Unbea
De la Hoya: 'It'll be a disaster if I don't KO Pacquiao' 2008-11-18 09:11:00 MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is hoping to knock out the bigger Oscar de la Hoya. If the chance presents itself.But not for de la Hoya. He expects to knock out Manny Pacquiao.De la Hoya hinted in a media conference call on Monday (Tuesday morning, Manila time) that he is preparing for a quick ending - no more, no less."I will be extremely, extremely disappointed if this fight doesn't end in
Lesnar destroys a legend! 2008-11-15 23:10:00 The much awaited fight is over, was it also over for a legend?Brock Lesnar had defeated Randy Couture via stoppage in the 2nd round of their main event bout for the UFC 91 in Las Vegas.The first round went out fine with changes of punches and takedowns. In the second round, Lesnar's fist caught the chin of Couture that made the latter fell on the canvas; Lesnar didn't miss the opporunity and follo
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