Kendall Holt retains title against Demetrius Hopkins! Yuri Foreman still undefeated!
WBO Junior Welterweight champion Kendall Holt (25-3, 13 KOs) retained his title with a split decision against previously unbeaten and late sub Demetrius Hopkins (28-1-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Holt was the better boxer throughout the twelve round bout and outworked Hopkins most of the way. Judges scored 116-112 117-111 for Holt and 115-113 for Hopkins. Holt was previously scheduled to battle Ricardo Torres for the championship bout until Torres pulled out and Hopkins, who was originally scheduled to fight in the undercard, became the substitute foe for Holt. Hopkins accepted the title fight just this Monday after Ricardo Torres backed out.
In the main supporting bout, WBA #4/WBC #8 rated jr. middleweight Yuri Foreman (27-0, 8 KOs) Read more
Wladimir Klitschko stops challenger HasimRahman in Round 7!
IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (52-3, 46 KOs) stopped former world champion and Lennox Lewis conqueror Hasim Rahman (45-7, 36 KOs) in the seventh round on Saturday night at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
Klitschko was very confident from the start of the fight and manage to keep Rahman at a long distance then connecting his left and right jabs. The rock Rahman was not successful in reaching the taller Klitschko and was sluggish and slow. The boxer from Ukraine punished the rock to the rope in round three. Read more
Mega Championship Fights to Watch this Month: December 2008 Boxing Schedules
The Dream Match between pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and ten times World Champion in six division, the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya have just passed by, emerging the Pac Man as the victorious one. Although the Dream Match is over but the aftermath was still in the air, we still have the best championship fights left for the last period of the year. World’s best fighters such as Wladimir Klitschko, NIkolay Valuev, the legendary Evander Holyfield, Steve Cunninghum, Kendal Holt and the Japanese little world champions are among the boxers that we should have to watch and expect exciting and great championship bouts as the year is ending. Let us enjoy and watch the following mega fights this holiday seasons. Read more
Watch the video of Juan Manuel Lopez 1st round TKO win against Sergio Medina
Watch the video of how Juan Manuel Lopez (24-0, 22 KOs) TKOed Sergio Medina (33-2, 18 KOs) in the 1:38 of the very fist round of their WBO super bantamweight championship bout on Saturday night in MGM Grand Arena , Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez dropped Medina twice before he badly hurt and dropped Medina for the third time on the 98th second of the first round. Read more
Juan Manuel Lopez demolished Sergio Medina in the first round of their WBO super bantamweight championship fight
Juan Manuel Lopez (24-0, 22 KOs), the newest and hottest boxing superstar from Puerto Rico demolished Sergio Medina (33-2, 18 KOs) in just 98 seconds of the first round in their super bantamweight championship clash Saturday night in MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The bout was the undercard of the Dream Match between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. Lopez dropped Medina three times Read more
