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Lemieux wins Canadian title!!
Canadian undefeated KO artist David Lemieux captured the vacant Canadian (CBF) Super Middleweight title with a hard fought 10 round unanimous decision victory over the always tough Jason Naugler last Saturday in Montreal. Lemieux was forced to the distance, his first time as a pro after destroying his previous 20 opponents. Naugler, the former Canadian Light heavyweight champ, ate plenty of leather over the course of the bout but never stopped marching forward, trying to turn the fight around in his favor. Herby Whyne was ringside, snapping up the following gallery for your viewing pleasure.
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Demers retires Joppy! Super-middleweight Sebastien Demers scored a tough fought majority decision over former three-time world champion William Joppy by 97-93, 97-93, 95-95 at the Casino de Montreal Saturday afternoon. The veteran Joppy was the busier of the two fighters for much of the afternoon but Demers saved his best for last, pounding out and securing the decision over the last two rounds. As was the case the last time Joppy appeared in Montreal (February 2008 versus Lucian Bute) Joppy announced to his retirement to the crowd in attendance, congratulating his opponent on his victory. Saturday March 6, 2010Poulard gets by Sharpe! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Nicholson Poulard (14-4 6KO) scored a knockdown of former Canadian middleweight champion Larry Sharpe (24-8-1 12KO) in the opening seconds of their eight round encounter and stayed strong throughout for 78-73, 79-72, 79-72 victory. A straight right hand up the middle put a squared up Sharpe on his backside about twenty seconds in. The Manitoba fighter was able to escape without any further damage. With a 10-8 already in the bank and a history of fading in the past, Poulard was quite happy to ride out the remainder of the first three minutes with the early lead. Sharpe was able to get himself back into the fight in the third round, avoiding the powerful right hand of Poulard who was content to load up with powerful hammer for most of the afternoon. The southpaw was able to reach Poulard along the ropes and unloading some nice left hands. Poulard though was able to snatch back momentum in the fourth with Sharpe content to stay back at a comfortable distance and the Montreal fighter content to look the one big shot and often finding it in a round that had limited exchanges. Sharpe was able to win the fifth on all three judges’ scorecards, but the workrate wasn’t enough to slow the hard hitting Poulard who finally upped his production over the final three rounds. Referee Jean Guy Brousseau did his best to ruin what was a good fight. On a half-hearted ordered break in the 7th round, Sharpe was tagged with a flagrant late right hand. Somewhat disoriented and getting no help from the officials on the day, Sharpe who had to endure a series of low blows that went with little or no warning in the early going pulled a veteran move and took a knee in the corner, taking full advantage of time allotted to him to recover, having doctors check him out. The strategy seemed to work for the southpaw who landed his best right of the day when action finally resumed. It wasn’t enough though to sway the round or the fight as Poulard went onto the decision win. Saturday March 6, 2010McGuinness remains undefeated! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Lightweight Logan McGuinness fought his toughest fight to date and notched his 10th victory in as many attempts, coming away with a 77-75,77-75, 79-74 decision over a determined Pedro Navarrete (24-7-3 13KO). This one was not easy for the Orangeville fighter who was on the wrong end of Navarrete’s combinations in the early going, having a tough time establishing position for the first half of the fight. The fourth round belonged all to the Mexican fighter who has proved to be very tough in the past, including taking former world champion Jorge Linares the distance. The final three rounds would prove to be key for Mcguinness who looked to be in his best shape to date and came in at a career low, 129.75 pounds. Down the stretch the Canadian was able to fire back and walk through any combinations that were previously backing him up. McGuinness was able to stay in the pocket, firing away and eventually slowing down and backing up Navarrete who was the first fighter with a winning record to step in the ring with the undefeated fighter. It was a large step up for McGuinness and an impressive victory against a quality opponent. Saturday March 6, 2010Bizier takes care of business! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada It took little time for welterweight prospect Kevin Bizier (9-0 6KO) to take care of business, stopping the usually tough Noel Cortez (17-17 12KO) at just 1:29 of the first round. A left hook to the body that was heard throughout the Casino de Montreal brought down the tough Mexican fighter who was making his third Montreal appearance. Cortez remained on his knees for the full ten and well beyond as Bizier celebrated his third first round knockout victory in a row. Cortez in his previous two visits to Montreal had dropped a tight decision to Canadian champion Manolis Plaitis and pushed undefeated Phil Logreco to a majority decision. Saturday March 6, 2010Vargas strong in 2nd win! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Welterweight Samuel Vargas remained perfect, moving to 2-0 with a six round decision over Pascal Leonard, sweeping the scorecards with a 60-52, 60-54, 60-54 decision. The Toronto fighter rode a powerful right hand to the body in the early rounds and was able to dominate his Quebec counterpart throughout. It was the first time past four rounds for either fighter and Vargas who had scored an early knockout in his only other bout remained strong throughout. A badly fatigued Leonard battled a cut over his left eye was able to hang on for the final round, doing his best to time his opponent with his right hand, but with little success. Leonard who had been idle for the past eighteen months falls even to 2-2. Saturday March 6, 2010Weights from Montreal, PQ
Promoter: GYM Promotions
March 5, 2009 New NABF Mens February 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The North American Boxing Federation or NABF has released their February 2010 rankings which ranks boxers in North America. Here is how our talent rankings within the NABF sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Bermane Stiverne NABF #11 Cruiserweights - Troy Ross NABF #2 Cruiserweights - Ryan Henney NABF #11 Cruiserweights - James Cermak NABF #12 Cruiserweights - Frank White NABF #15 NABF Super Middleweight champion - SEBASTIEN DEMERS Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - NABF #2 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - NABF #5 Super Middleweight - Matt O'Brien - NABF #16 Super Middleweight - Nicholson Poulard NABF #17 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste NABF #1 Middleweight - David Lemieux NABF #2 Middleweight - Donald Orr NABF #16 Light Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan NABF #1 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean NABF #6 Light Welterweight - Herman Ngoudjo NABF #9 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet NABF #2 Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote - NABF #14 Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier NABF #2 Super Bantamweight - Tyson Cave NABF #16 Bantamweight - Andrew Kooner NABF #10 March 1, 2009Full report: Zewski, Cote victorious! (Source: FightNews.com) Saturday night in front of a huge crowd at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia, the highly anticipated professional debut of Canadian welterweight Mikael Zewski proved to be amongst the highlights of the evening as he faced off against South Carolina newcomer Kevin Kibler. With an array of pummeling uppercuts and heavy handed body shots, Zewski wasted no time in dominating the action from the opening bell. With power shots which could be felt in the rafters of the Bell Auditorium, the welterweight from Quebec, Canada, thrilled the crowd with his aggressive attack.....Read more March 1, 2010McGuinness ready for Navarrete! (Source: Press Release - Hennessy Sports Canada) Considered by many to be Canada’s top boxing prospect, Orangeville, Ontario’s Logan Cotton McGuinness (9-0, 4 KO’s) is about to take a major step forward in his young career this Saturday at the Casino De Montreal. Not only is Canada’s top lightweight stepping up his competition by facing Mexican warhorse Pedro Navarrete (24-6-3, 13 KO’s), but he’ll do it as a lean, mean, and far stronger junior lightweight. “Logan has been making 135 lbs. almost too easily,” said his promoter, Adam Harris, MD of Hennessy Sports Canada.....Read more March 1, 2010Cote, Zewski victorious! Canadian Super Featherweight champion Pier Olivier Cote moved his record to a perfect 10-0 (6KOs) with a hard fought 6 round unanimous decision over Willshaun Boxley Saturday night at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. Scores of the bout read 57-56 (twice) and 58-56, all in favor for the 25 yr old Canuck. Boxley slips to 5-5. On the undercard, former Canadian amateur standout Mikael Zewski won his pro debut with a 3rd round stoppage of Kevin Kibler (0-1-1). Time of the stoppage was 1:13. More to come. February 28, 2010Weights from Augusta, GA
Promoter: TKO Boxing Promotions
February 27, 2009Cote ready for US debut! (Source: Press Release - Super Channel Fights) Sensational junior lightweight prospect Pier Olivier Cote of Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada will make his US debut this Saturday night at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA as part of TKO Boxing Championship Fight Night. The 25 year old Cote, sporting a record of 9-0-0 (6KO’s) will battle Coon Rapids, Minnesota veteran Willshaun Boxley, 5-4-0 (3KO’s), who has never been stopped inside the distance, in a scheduled six round bout. Cote is signed to Canada’s highly regarded promotional outfit InterBox. Following an outstanding amateur career that compiled a record of 65 wins and ten losses with numerous Canadian titles, Cote has quickly become a fast rising prospect since turning professional two years ago. ....Read more February 27, 2010Serrano tops Larcinese! By John Robbins, FightNews Canada In a hard fought 4 rounder in Verona, New York, at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino; Quebec based fighter Lucia Larcinese, with a corner notably void of her trainer Otis Grant, dropped a hard fought contest to New York based fighter Amanda Serrano by way of unanimous decision. Larcinese definitely had her moments, landing many solid punches against her much touted American counterpart. However, with speed, power, and execution all favoring Serrano through-out the bout, Larcinese just did not score enough points to win this very exciting fight, and wound up on the short end of official scores that read 58-56(x2) and 59-54 by ring announcer Discombobulating Jones. With the loss, Larcinese now slips to 4-5, while Serrano moves to 4-0-1 with the victory. February 27, 2010Larcinese, Serrano make weight! By John Robbins, FightNews Canada This Friday evening at the Turning Stone Casino in Veron, New York, Canadian Lucia Larcinese will face off with American prospect Amanda Serrano on the Undercard of Brian Vera 16-3, 10Kos Vs. Isaac Rodrigues 16-0, 13Kos. On Thursday evening both ladies made weight, with Larcinese weighing an even 127lbs, and Serrano at 126.5 lbs. Friday February 26, 2010Zewski makes pro debut tomorrow! (Source: Press Release - Super Channel Fights) This Saturday night in Augusta, Georgia, home of the late, legendary soul singer, James Brown, fight fans at the Bell Auditorium will have an opportunity to witness a future star in boxing as former Canadian amateur sensation Mikael Zewski will make his pro debut at TKO Boxing Championship Fight Night. Guided by award winning manager, Cameron Dunkin, the 20 year old Zewski, a native of Quebec, Canada, leaves the amateur ranks behind towards a pro career that is hotly anticipated....Read more Thursday February 25, 2010Great Canadian legends: Earl Walls! By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The story of Earl Walls is probably the most interesting untold saga involving a Canadian Heavyweight champion. A talented power punching Canadian who, with very little amateur experience, turned pro and climbed into contention for the world title only to abruptly retire, leaving fans to consider what could have been. When a 19 yr old Walls turned pro in May 1948, under the tutelage of Toronto boxing promoter Jimmy Jones, he did so south of the Canadian border. Under the bright lights of the Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York, Walls destroyed a local fighter named Dick Lee in less than a round to win his pro debut. Showing a power in both hands, the future looked bright at that moment...which would last only for 10 days.....Read more Thursday February 25, 2010Molitor, Ndlovu predict victory! (Source: Orion Sports Management Press Release) With time ticking away prior to Rumble at Rama XI and the rematch between Steve Molitor (30-1, 12 KO’s) and Takalani Ndlovu (30-5, 18 KO’s, IBF #1) for the vacant IBF Junior Featherweight championship, the South African is trying to come to grips with his first fight with “The Canadian Kid.” In July of 2007, Molitor made the first of five successful title defenses by battering Ndlovu from pillar-to-post in the very same Casino Rama ring that they’ll step into in a little over a month, en route to a one-sided ninth round TKO beating. ....Read more Tuesday February 23, 2010Dorion-Gould joins Next Gen Productions (Source: TheNextGreatHeavyweight.com) Jerry Doiron-Gould is coming full circle. He resigned as chairman of the Moncton Boxing and Wrestling Commission last month, but didn't stay out of the fight game long. He has joined New Generation Productions, a Moncton company which has revived the local professional boxing scene in the past year. "I've been involved in boxing all my life," said Doiron-Gould. "I just felt that I still had a lot to give the sport of boxing. I feel comfortable working with Dwayne and Karen Storey in the promotion business...Read more Friday February 19, 2010Trupish-Walchuk for Canadian title! By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada It will be a battle of prospects come March 12th in Edmonton, Alberta when former Canadian Olympian Adam Trupish (4-0, 3KOs) takes on Michael "Flash" Walchuk (8-1, 2KOs) with the winner being crowned the Canadian (CBF) Middleweight champion. The two will headline the Alliance Promotions boxing card at the Palace Banquet Centre and both expect a tough battle ahead. "I'm very excited about this opportunity to fight for the title in front of my Edmonton boxing fans." Trupish told FightNews. "Fighting for the title in only my fifth professional fight shows were taking this game very serious. This is the next chapter in my life. As for Walchuk, He is a real opponent, a very tricky fighter. We were on a few international trips together in the amateurs. I hope he comes to try to win." "Becoming champion means alot to me." Walchuk stated. "I was comfortable as a champion in the amateurs and now it's time for me to become one in the pros. This would be a card that my manager King John (Vernaus) can use in the future to secure bigger fights for me. In Trupish I expect him to be the same as he has always been, in your face and trying to win with well placed hard shots. It is going to be a good fight. My coach Syd Vanderpool and I have a game plan and we are expecting to come away with the title" Thursday February 18, 2010George Chuvalo: Never dropped! Found in the deep archives of YouTube, George Chuvalo talks about his legendary ability to take a punch, and he offers us his insight as to why he believes he was able to do this so well...Enjoy! Wednesday February 17, 2010Michel: "Lucas will get consideration" Pascal-Lucas could be in the works By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Rumours have been circulating that former WBC Super Middleweight champion Eric Lucas is getting some consideration for a championship bout against WBC Light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal. In an interview with CKAC Sports, Yvon Michel, president of GYM, commented on the rumours on a possible confrontation between the two Québécois pugilists. Michel noted in the interview that if Pascal wants to make an optional defense before he faces WBC interim champ Chad Dawson, (Eric) Lucas would be highly considered. However Michel also stated that he's heard that while Lucas would like the opportunity to fight for championship of the world, his camp may not share the same wishes/desires that Eric has. Lucas (39-7-3, 15 KOs) recently made his return to boxing following almost 4 years of retirement, scoring an impressive stoppage of Roman Moyano. Lucas, now 38, stated before the bout that he missed the adrenaline, the crowd, and the action, the reasoning behind his return. However, after almost 4 years as a promoter and 1 bout against a journeyman at best, Lucas would be making a huge step up in competition in facing a talent and much younger (10 year to be exact) Jean Pascal. Pascal (25-1, 16KOs) has sucessfully defended his WBC crown twice since taking it in an upset from Adrian Diaconu back in August 2009. A stoppage victory over mandatory challenger Silvio Branco (TKO10) and another decision victory over Diaconu in the return has positioned the talented Pascal among the best in the world. Wednesday February 17, 2010Full report: Henney decisions White! By Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada Saskatoon’s Ryan Henney regained his Canadian Cruiserweight title after outboxing Sarnia, Ontario’s Frank White (7-3-1, 5KOs) over 10 rounds Saturday night in Edmonton, Alberta. It was the third time these two warriors have fought each other. Henney stopped White in 6 rounds in a non title affair in the initial encounter. In their rematch a year later, White took away Henney’s Canadian Cruiserweight title by way of unanimous decision. Saturday night’s rubber match, with the title on the line, was action packed. The openning round had both men feeling each other out. White attempted to intimidate the former champ but to no avail. Round two brought some excitement to the table as both combatants went toe to toe, landing plenty of leather on the other. An overhand right from White exploded on the chin of Henney half way through round three, sending him to the canvas, something that many other have failed to accomplish. Henney easily beat the count, then wisely hung on to White until his legs returned. The additional time served him well as he was able to escape the round...Read more Monday February 15, 2010Henney regains title! By Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada Saskatoon's Ryan Henney regained the Canadian (CBF) Cruiserweight title last night in Edmonton, Alberta with a hard fought 10 round unanimous decision over defending titlist Frank White. White (7-3-1, 5 KOs) used everything in his arsonal to punish Henney (15-3, 9 KOs), looking for the knockout with little success. Although he did drop Henney in the third round, it was Henney who outboxed and landed the better quality punches throughout the fight. All three judges scored the bout 96-93 for the winner and once again new Canadian Cruiserweight champion Ryan Henney. On the undercard, Edmonton's Amy Johnson (5-2-3, 1 KO) battled Calgary's Peggy Maerz to a draw. The bout was Maerz' pro debut. Edmonton Super Middleweight Kyle Matuk won his pro debut, stopping Justin Berger (3-5) in the third. Calgary's undefeated light welterweight prospect Steve Claggett (6-0-1, 1 KO) had little trouble with Chicago's Michael Maley (3-7, 3 KOs), stopping the American just 91 seconds into the openning round. Edmonton's Ryan Ford, a local MMA star, made his professional boxing debut by defeating former Canadian champ Willard Lewis (17-23-3, 9 KOs) over 4 rounds. Scores of the bout read 40-36 and 39-37 for Ford while the third judge saw it even at 38-38, giving the majority decision to the Edmonton fighter. Ford is the son for one time Canadian Lightweight champion Al Ford. Full story to follow Sunday February 14, 2010Bute-Miranda now official By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada It is official. IBF Super Middleweight king Lucian Bute will defend his crown for the 5th time, taking on the always dangerous Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KOs) April 17th at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec. Bute (25-0, 20 KOs) looked impressive in stopping Librado Andrade in the 4th round of their return engagement last November. The champ, who's arsenal runs deep, used a single body shot to end Andrade's night early. Miranda is no stranger to competing with the world's best. The heavy handed Columbian has been in the ring with the likes of Kelly Pavlik, Arthur Abraham (twice), and Andre Ward but has come up short each time.....Read more Wednesday February 10, 2010Henney-White III this Saturday! By Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada This Saturday February 13th at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Saskatoon`s Ryan Henney (14-3 9KOs) will try to get his paws back on the Canadian CruiserWeight title that he lost back on June 20th, 2008 to Sarnia's Frank White (7-2-1, 5KOs). The two granite jawwed warriors have a win over each other and the way White has been talking, he is planning on endding this fight with a KO. White hasn't fought since June 20th due to a torn rotator cuff and in facing Henney, his first fight back will not be an easy one. While it`s still early in the year there is a good chance that Henney-White III war could be a fight we`ll be talking about as the fight of the year. Wednesday February 10, 2010Molitor-Ndlovu II for IBF title! (Source: Orion Sports Management Press Release) Since losing his IBF Junior Featherweight world championship to Celestino Caballero in November of 2008, “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor (31-1, 12 KO’s) has been on a single-minded mission to regain his belt, and re-establish his dominance at 122 pounds. On March 27th at Casino Rama, in Rama, Ontario, that mission can finally be accomplished when Molitor (ranked #2 by the IBF) faces South African Takalani Ndlovu (30-5, 18 KO’s, IBF #1) for the now vacant IBF Junior Featherweight world title, during the main event at Rumble at Rama XI. “All I’ve been thinking about is becoming a two-time champion, and nobody is going to get in my way,” Molitor said. “Especially Ndlovu.”.....Read more Wednesday February 10, 2010Whittom KO'd by Kayode by Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com Heavyweight Lateef Kayode remained unbeaten with a second round knockout over David Whitton in a scheduled six round bout before a sold-out crowd of 1,400 last Friday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, CA. The former amateur star Kayode used good ring generalship and fast hands to keep the advancing Whitton at bay throughout the first round. Undeterred, Whitton threw right hands to the head, at times catching Kayode flush to the head. Kayode began to counter Whitton, hoping to land after finding openings in Whitton’s defense. Suddenly, a left hook to the temple area of Whitton’s head dropped the normally-durable fighter to the canvas. Referee Jerry Cantu counted Whitton out at 1:23 of the second round. Kayode, from Hollywood, CA by way of Lagos, Nigeria, improves to 10-0, 9 KO’s. Whitton, from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, drops to 10-12-1, 6 KO’s. Wednesday February 10, 2010DeLaronde stops Walker Canadian Light heavyweight prospect Jason DeLaronde returned to the ring for the first time in 15 months, stopping Hannibal, Missouri's Steve "The Spoiler" Walker in the 4 round Saturday night at the Palace Banquet Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. DeLaronde, ranked #6 by the Canadian Boxing Federation at Super Middleweight, collects his 2nd stoppage victory of his career (second in a row), moving his record to 11-0. Walker falls under the .500 mark, sliding to 23-24. On the undercard, Edmonton's James Cermak (15-2, 11 KOs) wasted little time in destroying Alston "Tiny" Brown (3-6-1), stoppping the Vancouver based southpaw in the openning round. Former Canadian title challenger Omar Valdez looked impressive in stopping journeyman Mike Dobbs (11-19, 8KOs) in the second round. Valdez improves to 6-2-3 with 3 KO victories. Undefeated Super Middleweight prospect and former Canadian Olympian Adam Trupish keeps rolling along. Trupish collected his 3 stoppage victory in 4 bouts, halting Halifax's Juan Sanchez in the 3rd round of a scheduled 6 round contest. Trupish moves to 4-0 3 KOs while Sanchez, drops his second in a row, moves to 3-5-1, 2 KOs. Rounding out the card had CJ Bordon winning his pro debut, scoring the KO victory over Dave McQuaker (1-2, 1KO) in the 2nd round in an all Alberta featherweight battle. Monday February 8, 2010Lemieux wins Canadian title By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Knockout sensation David Lemieux (21-0 20KO) entered unchartered territories Saturday as he forced to go the distance against Jason Naugler (18-12-1 11KO), easily scoring a 100-89 victory on all three scorecards in his first headline appearance Saturday at the Casino de Montreal. Lemieux captures the vacant Canadian super-middleweight championship with the victory after dispatching his first twenty opponents in less than five rounds. Lemieux scored a knockdown in the second round, catching Naugler who has only been stopped once with a right hand and sending the Nova Scotian feet flying out from under him. Naugler proved to be a tough nut to crack as he absorbed the best that Lemieux had to offer and was able to offer back. ....Read more Monday February 8, 2010Lemieux, Ngoudjo victorious! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Knockout sensation David Lemieux (21-0 20KO) entered unchartered territories Saturday as he forced to go the distance against Jason Naugler (18-12-1 11KO), easily scoring a 100-89 victory on all three scorecards in his first headline appearance Saturday at the Casino de Montreal. Lemieux captures the vacant Canadian super-middleweight championship with the victory after dispatching his first twenty opponents in less than five rounds. Lemieux scored a knockdown in the second round, catching Naugler who has only been stopped once with a right hand and sending the Nova Scotian feet flying out from under him. Naugler proved to be a tough nut to crack as he absorbed the best that Lemieux had to offer and was able to offer back giving the Montreal fighter his toughest fight to date. Former two-time world title challenger Hermann Ngoudjo (18-3 10KO) returned to the ring for the first time in over a year and posted a TKO victory at 1:43 of the 6th round over Silverio Ortiz of Mexico. Ortiz proved to be nothing if not tough for the duration of this one, absorbing the best the Montreal fighter had to offer then inexplicably turned his back on the action and walked to his corner after receiving a right uppercut from Ngoudjo. “I think he just quit,” explained referee Michael Griffin who was forced to stop the action. “I just wanted to make sure he wasn’t claiming a thumb or something, but I think he just had enough. I can’t give him a timeout, so I had to call the fight.” Ngoudjo was returning for the first time since fighting with a broken jaw for nearly the duration in an IBF championship fight last January versus Juan Urango. It was Ngoudjo’s first fight with new trainer Marc Ramsay and the fighter exhibited an aggressive and busy approach, following good rounds with better rounds. He found the target time and again with a right hand that just couldn’t miss his opponent, peppering Ortiz with uppercuts in the later rounds. It proved to be a good comeback fight for the Cameroon born fighter who used his entire toolbox over the course of the five plus rounds. Canadian super-lightweight champion Manolis Plaitis (15-0-1 7KO) survived a slow start to post a 59-55, 58-56, 58-56 decision over rugged Mexican opponent Jhonny Navarrete (12-3-1 7KO) and remain undefeated. Plaitis was all too hittable in the early going, standing straight up and not being able to get inside. As the fight wore on though Plaitis found a home for his hooks to the body including the fifth, where the Canadian champ landed some thudding right hands in his most convincing round of the fight. Navarrete provided good opposition and forced the Montreal fighter to work hard for the victory which kept entertaining fighter undefeated. Toronto fighter Samuel Vargas made his pro debut a successful one as the Toronto fighter stopped Todd Furler at 1:15 of the second round. The Chris Johnson trained welterweight had everything go his way for as long as it lasted sending his Alberta opponent who seemed winded at about the thirty second mark swaying down to the canvas to end the first round. With little coming back his way, Vargas was able to have his way in the second and finished things with a monster right hand to the jaw of Furler that had the fighter stumbling along the ropes and referee Gerry Bolen wisely stepping in and ending things. Furler remains winless as he drops to 0-2-1. In an exciting local heavyweight matchup, Wayne John (3-0 1KO) outlasted longtime amateur Taffo Asongwed who was making his pro debut by scores 0f 39-37, 39-37, 40-36. Asongwed was able to make things difficult for John in the early going, using the whole ring and countering with some quick counter combinations. But the undefeated John quickly took control over a tiring Asongwed who seemed more concerned mugging to fans and watching himself on the big screen as the fight wore on, offering little over the last two rounds. Saturday February 6, 2009Samuel Vargas makes pro debut (Source: Hennessy Sport Canada Press Release) Colombian amateur Samuel Vargas will make his pro debut against Todd Furler, this Saturday, February 6th at the Montreal Casino in Quebec, Canada in a scheduled four round welterweight bout. Born in Bogota , Colombia , Vargas immigrated to Canada at age 16 in search of a better life. Arriving in Toronto , Vargas started boxing under the guidance of famed Canadian trainer Chris Johnson. Hitting the sparring ring against world class professionals including Steve Molitor, Logan McGuinness and Andrew Singh Kooner, Vargas quickly earned the respect of his peers. ....Read more Saturday February 6, 2010Sonsona faces stern test in Vasquez (Source: Orion Sports Management Press Release) Orion Sports Management, one of Canada’s top boxing promotional companies, presents a star-studded night of world championship boxing, featuring a pair of world title fights, Saturday night, Feb. 27, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico and Juarez, Mexico, live on Viewers’ Choice Pay Per View, and Shaw Cable. The action starts at 9 PM/ET live from Bayamon’s Ruben Rodriquez Coliseum, as Orion’s own, rock-fisted former WBO Super Flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (14- 0-1, 12 KO’s) faces hard-hitting hometown hero Wilfredo “WV2” Vasquez, Jr. (17-0-1, 14 KO’s) for the vacant WBO Junior Featherweight belt. Sonsona, a native of General Santos City, in the Philippines, quickly endeared himself to Canadian fight fans in 2009, with two scintillating performances at Casino Rama, in Rama, Ontario.....Read more Saturday February 6, 2010Bute to face Miranda (Source: INTERBOX Press Release) IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0-0, 20 KO) will defend his title for the 5th time against notorious power puncher Edison “Pantera” Miranda (33-4-0, 29 KO) from Colombia on Saturday, April 17th 2010 at the Montreal Bell Centre. Lucian will be lacing up his gloves in a Montreal ring after not boxing in the City for over one year. This main event bout will be presented by InterBox in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and Warriors Boxing. The undefeated champion will be facing the third dangerous Colombian in his professional career, and intends to dispose of him in spectacular fashion as he did his predecessors. Lucian captured the IBF Super Middleweight title on October 19th 2007 against Colombian Alejandro Berrio by way of brutal 11th round stoppage, and scored a 4th round TKO by way of devastating body shot against the normally very durable Fulgencio Zuniga on “Friday the 13th “of March 2009....Read more Saturday February 6, 2010Great Canadian champions The hard hitting Blair Richardson By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada He was a soft spoken, hard hitting middleweight who was a champion inside the ring and out. Blair Richardson, a Canadian and Commonwealth champ, was a Nova Scotian icon, loved by all. He was a fighter who hit so hard that he often broke his own hands on the jaw and body of others. He was intelligent, he was charming, and he was exciting. Many fans and foes described him in one word, Blair Richardson was perfect. With no amateur experience, Richardson became a professional Prizefighter. Punching for dollars agreed with the young handsome 16 yr old, he reeled off a 20-1-1 record with an incredible 20 knockouts before winning his first bout by decision. ...Read more Wednesday February 3, 2010Two rounds with Tony Luis (part2) By John Robbins, FightNews Canada Following his first sit down with FightNews Canada, Tony Luis stepped inside the ring once again in Montreal, Quebec taking on a strong Mexican journeyman of sorts for up and coming fighters in 27 year old Isaac Bejarano. Luis dominated the fight on the scorecards shutting out Bejarano 60-54 twice, with the third card reading as 59-55 in the lopsided unanimous decision. FightNews Canada revisited Tony “Lightning” Luis following the victory to get his take on the fight and to see who Tony Luis wanted to fight next being he now had a clean slate in from of him to work with...Here is round 2 with our conversation with Canadian lightweight sensation Tony "Lightning" Luis...Read more Tuesday February 2, 2010Mansour stops Welcome Windsor, Ontario's undefeated heavyweight prospec Ali Mansour needed just 98 seconds to stop Britton, Michigan's Todd Welcome Friday night at Detroit’s Masonic Temple. Both were on the canvas (although Mansour’s visit was ruled a slip) before the Canuck applied the TKO finisher to raise his record to (8-0, 4 KOs). Welcome goes to (1-2). Saturday January 30, 2010Usmanee decisions Ruiz by Scott Ploof, FightNews.com Red Deer, Alberta's Arash Usmanee won a controversial unanimous decision over Jorge Ruiz. on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. A clash of heads caused a halt to the bout in the fifth round of their scheduled six round contest. Since the bout was called to a halt, commission rules stated that the fight go to the scorecards. It was there that Usmanee ultimately won by scores of 50-45, 49-45, and 48-47. The former Canadian amateur standout improves to 5-0 (2KOs) while Ruiz slips to 7-11-2. Saturday January 30, 2010Weights from Detroit, MI
Promoter: Carlos Llinas International Productions, Ron Remus Productions
Friday January 29, 2009Weights from Uncasville, CT
Promoter: TKO Boxing Promotions
Friday January 29, 2009Henney-White undercard
KO Boxing Promotions have released their undercard in support of the Ryan Henney - Frank White Canadian Cruiserweight championship which will take place on Saturday February 13th at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. The undercard will feature the following bouts: Wednesday January 27, 2010 WBC Womens January 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their January 2010 rankings which ranks female boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Super Lightweight - Natalie Brown WBC #11 Super Lightweight - Linda Tissot WBC #15 Lightweights - Jessica Rakoczy WBC #1 Lightweights - Jaime Clampitt WBC #2 Lightweights - Sarah Pucek WBC #10 Lightweights - Ayana Pelletier WBC #11 WBC Super Featherweight champion - OLIVIA GERULA Super Featherweight - Jelena Mrdjenovich WBC #1 Featherweight - Sandy Tsagouris WBC #1 Featherweight - Jeannine Garside WBC #4 Featherweight - Lisa Brown WBC #5 Featherweight - Lindsay Garbat WBC #8 Featherweight - Linda Larcinese WBC #25 Wednesday January 27, 2009Two rounds with Tony Luis By John Robbins, FightNews Canada Today, the Canadian Lightweight title remains vacant however, on the horizon, there are a few young and very talented prospects coveting that title. Each have continued upon their winning ways, each staking claim to being the future Lightweight champion of Canada. One young man very close to getting his shot is 22 year old Cornwall, Ontario native Tony “Lightning” Luis. Luis (8-0, 2Ko’s) is currently ranked #1 by the Canadian Boxing Federation. FightNews Canada spent some time, one on one, with the Quebec Boxing Council champion Tony “Lightning” Luis, who held back no punches in discussing his early transition from the amateurs to the pros, his boxing career thus far, a few potential Canadian opponents, and the current state of professional boxing. Here is round 1 of our 2 rounds with our conversation with Canadian lightweight sensation Tony "Lightning" Luis....Read more Wednesday January 27, 2010Usmanee makes US debut (Source: Press Release - Hennessy Sports Canada) Sensational junior lightweight prospect Arash Usmanee will make his debut in the United States on Friday, January 29th at the Mohegan Sun Casino, it was jointly announced today by Hennessy Sports and TKO Boxing Promotions. Fighting out of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Usmanee, 4-0-0 (2KO’s) won his first four professional bouts in 2009, after an outstanding amateur career which saw him compile a record of 130-20 on his way to becoming a five time Canadian National Amateur Champion....Read more Monday January 25, 2010Cave defeats DaLuz! Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Tyson Cave moved his record to 10-0 as a pro, defeating journeyman Robert DaLuz by unanimous decision Friday night at the Palooka’s Boxing Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cave took each of the scorecards by scores of 79-73 and 78-74 (twice). DaLuz drops to 12-24-3. Sunday January 24, 2010New NABF Mens January 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The North American Boxing Federation or NABF has released their January 2010 rankings which ranks boxers in North America. Here is how our talent rankings within the NABF sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Bermane Stiverne NABF #11 Heavyweight - Grzegorz Kielsa NABF #16 Cruiserweights - Troy Ross NABF #2 Cruiserweights - Frank White NABF #13 Cruiserweights - James Cermak NABF #14 NABF Super Middleweight champion - SEBASTIEN DEMERS Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - NABF #3 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - NABF #6 Super Middleweight - Nicholson Poulard NABF #16 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste NABF #1 Middleweight - David Lemieux NABF #2 Middleweight - Donald Orr NABF #16 Welterweight - Antonin Decarie NABF #1 Light Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan NABF #1 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean NABF #6 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet NABF #1 Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote - NABF #15 Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier NABF #2 Super Bantamweight - Tyson Cave NABF #16 Bantamweight - Andrew Kooner NABF #10 Sunday January 24, 2009New WBC Mens January 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their January 2010 rankings which ranks male boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Cruiserweight - Troy Ross - WBC #11 WBC Light Heavyweight champion - JEAN PASCAL Light Heavyweight - Adrian Diaconu - WBC #6 Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - WBC #11 Super Middleweight - Sebastien Demers - WBC #13 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - WBC #24 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste - WBC #6 Middleweight - David Lemieux - WBC #21 Middleweight - Donald Orr - WBC #40 Light Middleweight - Joachim Alcine - WBC #5 Welterweight - Antonin Decarie - WBC #17 Welterweight - Phil Lo Greco - WBC #39 Light Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan - WBC #1 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean - WBC #38 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet - WBC #15 Super Bantamweight - Steve Molitor - WBC #8 Sunday January 24, 2009FightNews Canada 2009 awards! Each year FightNews Canada reads through all of the yearly reports, watches fight videos, polls it's writers and readers, in an attempt to bring to you, it's awards for the year. 2009 was a GREAT year for Canadian boxing, not only in Canada but on an international stage as well. We had world title fights that involved our champions and world title bouts that didn't. We saw the next wave of future stars in Oscar Rivas, Arash Usmanee, Logan McGuinness, and Eleider Alvarez. We witnessed the return of old friends in Eric Lucas and Joachim Alcine. We crowned new world champions in Jean Pascal and Olivia Gerula and we witnessed Lucian Bute take it to another level (if that were even possible). We also suffered losses, nothing hitting harder than the death of Canada's most beloved warrior in Arturo Gatti. While we look ahead to 2010 optimistically, we can help but gleem with pride on how Canada did over the past 12 months. FightNews Canada would like to announce the following award winners for 2009........Read more Thursday January 21, 2010 By John Robbins, FightNews Canada In the Main Event at Mississauga, Ontario’s Hershey Centre, in front of about 4,000 spectators, Canadian Welterweight Champ Victor Lupo (17-1-2, 9KOs) entered the ring to battle an opponent in Mexican Ulises Jimenez (16-12-1). Jiminez had been Koed 7 times in those 12 defeats so on paper, the fight looked like a walk in the park for the returning national champion. However, paper can be decieving as Mr. Lupo quickly found out. The fight would see a very rusty Victor Lupo earn himself a draw after 8 rounds in his first bout in nearly two years. In fairness to Lupo, he truly did control the pace for almost the entire bout and he definitely inflicted more damage throughout. A fair case could be made that he deserved the victory. After being dropped on what, from ringside, appeared to be very poor footwork, Lupp found himself in a hole early on. As Lupo slightly stumbling forward directly into the path of a solid right hand from Jiminez, right on the button, that dropped Lupo on the seatof his trunks to produce the first and only knockdown of the fight. From that point on, Lupo’s timing and accuracy issues became apparant. The Canadian champ threw many wild shots while eating his share of leather after opening himself up. It was enough for the officials at ringside to call this battle even (76-75 Jiminez, 77-75 Lupo, and 76-76)....Read more Wednesday January 20, 2010By John Robbins, FightNews Canada n the main event of the night at the Hershey Centre, Canada`s current Welterweight Champ Victor Lupo battled grizzly veteran Ulises Jiminez tough and was rewarded with a draw after 8 rounds. The fight was a tit-for-tat scrap right from the opening bell. A very rusty Lupo was suddenly dropped about midway through the first round while he appeared to be off balance. The knockdown was the great equalizer for Jimenez as the final official scorecards read 76-75 Jiminez, 77-75 Lupo, and finally 76-76. After almost a 2 year lay-off, Victor Lupo`s impressive record now slides to 17-1-2 with the draw, while Jiminez is now 16-12-1. Saturday January 16, 2010By John Robbins, FightNews Canada In a very close fight that didn’t quite live up to the hype of the first go around, Harrison McBain outfought Scott Paul to earn a split decision victory. Paul opened up the bout as the aggressor but, as the fight progressed, McBain came on strong in the second half. Scores of the bout were 57-56 (twice) for McBain while Paul earned the same score from the third judge. With the victory McBain halts a personal 3 bout winless streak and improves his record to 3-2-1 while Scott Paul slips to 5-4 with his second loss to McBain. Saturday January 16, 2010By John Robbins, FightNews Canada Toronto undefeated heavyweight prospect Neven Pajkic was required to go the full 6 rounds in order to keep his perfect record intact when he stepped in the ring with Florida’s Jason Gavern (18-7-3). At the end of a very colourful and very entertaining slugfest which Pajkic controlled for the most part, the official scores read 60-53, 59-55, and 59-55, all in favour of the Canadian! At the end of the bout, Pajkic (11-0, 5KOs) addressed the manager of the Canadian heavyweight champion, who was in attendance ringside, requesting that his fighter “Step Up” and give Neven a title shot. The Hershey Centre crowd roared with it`s approval. Dewith Frazer`s latest protégé Denton Daley hammered London, Ontario`s Irving Chestnut mercilessly throughout their encounter. Chestnut would hit the deck four times in the fight before the referee stopped the contest at 1:17 of the 3rd round. Both fighters were making their Pro debuts. Jorge Banos and Steve Marsh went the distance over 6 rounds in a back and forth tilt with Banos coming out on top by way of a unanimous decision! Official scores for this bout were 58-55, 57-56, and 57-56 in favor of the Quebec Lightweight champion. The fight had some fireworks in the 2nd as Marsh dropped Banos with a straight right hand. Before the referee could wave both fighters back in to box, Marsh jumped right on Banos and dropped him again with another right hand which drew warning from the third man in the ring toward Marsh. Marsh would receive a few more warnings for throwing Banos around in the ring but never reached the point where any points were deducted. With the win Banos improves to 5-6-3, while Marsh slips to 1-4-1. In the openning bout, last minute replacement Richard Reittie KO`d Juliusz “Ceasar” Bunda at 1:48 of the 2nd round. After a see-saw 1st round that saw both young fighters landing solid blows, Reittie connected with a straight right hand early in the 2nd, flooring Bunda. Moments after getting up to his feet, and still on shaky legs, Bunda received another straight right hand down the pipe that ended his night! With the win, Rettie opens up his pro career at 1-0 while Bunda slips to 1-1 in defeat. Saturday January 16, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada United Boxing Promotions will kick off it's 2010 Boxing Series Saturday night (January 16th) under the bright lights of the famed Hershey Centre in downtown Mississauga. The initial event promises to be an exciting night of professional boxing, showcasing some of Ontario's best professional prizefighters as well some as future stars who will be making their pro debuts. Canadian Welterweight champion Victor Puiu (Lupo) will be making his return to the boxing ring as he'll take on Mexico's Ulises Jimenez (16-12, 12 KO) in an 8 round Welterweight showdown. Puiu (17-1-1, 9KOs) started his pro career at the very same Hershey Centre 6 years ago and his all action style continues to excite boxing fans new and old. This will be Victor's first bout in 23 months and his first bout back in Ontario since 2006....Read more Tuesday January 12, 2010Reyes decisions Darby! Vancouver welterweight Darren "The Deisel" Darby climbed through the ropes under the familiar lights of the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington Saturday night to take on another undefeated prospect, this time to face Francisco Reyes of Seattle. Darby, who is well known for giving up and coming prospects a good test, once again battled his young adversary tough throughout their 6 round contest in dropping a unanimous decision. Judges had it 58-56 and 60-54 twice for the American fighter. The victory moves the 21 yr old Reyes to 4-0 with 2 KO victories while the 33 yr old Canuck dips to 5-12-3. Sunday January 10, 2010Trupish is triumphant! By Tom Herbert, FightNews Canada Edmonton's Adam Trupish looked dominant last night as the Edmonton middleweight KO'd Etianne Whitaker in a mere 39 seconds into the opening round at the Palace Banquet Centre in Edmonton. Trupish had Whitaker down twice before the Warren, Ohio fighter had a chance to throw a punch. Just 4 seconds into the bout Whitaker had already found himself on his backside. 35 seconds later, Whitaker was sprawled out on the canvas before the crowd knew what was going on. The win moves the former Canadian Olympian to 3-0 as a pro with two of those victories coming by knockout. Whitaker, who`s best days are long gone, suffers his earliest exit in his 67 bout career, slides to 33-32-2. Brad "The Body Snatcher" Marks, fighting out of Edmonton, suffered his first loss as a pro on the undercard after dropping a unanimous decision to Toronto's Gregio Jimenez. Jimenez (1-1, 1KO) placed Marks on the canvas 55 seconds into round three and bloodied Marks (2-1, 2KOs) until the final bell. Scores of the bout were 39-37 (Judge Chris Loblick), 40-35 (Judge David Hass), and 39-36 (from Judge Mark Edel). Edmonton's Rory Coveney collected his first win in his pro debut with a 39-37 x 3 unanimous decision over Brantford, Ontario`s Isaac Maich (1-1). Both men fought well throughout with Coveney landing more punches and combinations to earn the victory. Saturday January 9, 2010Boxing comedy: Berbick snaps! The late Trevor Berbick was a strange character indeed. When I first met Trevor in 1979 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, it only took a few sentences from the future world champion for me to made the assumption that something was very odd about him. While searching on YouTube I found this video for your viewing amusement. Enjoy! Friday January 8, 2010FightNews Canada 2009 awards... FightNews Canada is currently working on it;s 2009 awards and hope to announce our winners shortly. It was a banner year for boxing in Canada with many great fights to choose from. It seems like each card provided a little something to remember throughout the year, making our job a little more difficult. Be patient. We'll be done soon. Tuesday January 5, 2010Sukerow returns! Former Canadian welterweight title challenger Darelle "Red" Sukerow makes his return to the boxing ring, his first appearance in the squared circle in 23 months, January 22nd at The Roxy in Boston’s famed Theater District. Sukerow (14-15-1, 5 KOs) will have his hands full though, taking on undefeated junior welterweight and 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternateDanny O’Connor (10-0, 3 KOs)in a 6 round contest. Sukerow's last bout was back in February 2008 when he ended a personal 2 bout losing streak by decisioning Arthur Cruz over 8 rounds. The Calgary tough guy enters his 16th year as a professional prizefighter, battling the likes of Leonard Dorin, Chad Brisson, and Mark Riggs along the way. In April 2004, Sukerow battled Canadian Welterweight champion Brooke Wellby to a 12 round stalemate in his only national championship opportunity. The 34 yr old has only fought 7 times in the 6 years that followed, collecting 3 victories. Monday January 4, 2010News and Notes FightNews's own Manny Sobral had plenty to celebrate over the holidays. First and foremost, Manny became a father, welcoming his son Leo (Leonel John Sobral-Hoole) into the world on December 24th. Dad, Mom, and son are all doing fine. Secondly, Manny was named promoter of the year by the NorthWest part of FightNews.com for his work with West Coast Promotions and bringing boxing back to the Vancouver area. Former Canadian Light Heavyweight champion and all around tough guy, Jason Naugler will return to the ring in early 2010. The iron chinned Naugler (18-11-1, 11 KOs) will see action on the Shane Mosley - Andre Berto championship undercard, taking on The Original Contender winner Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (21-1-1, 5KOs) in a 10 round Middleweight showdown. Naugler will look to end a personal 4 fight losing streak. Undefeated Canadian prospect and amateur standout Arash Usmanee (4-0, 2 KOs) will travel to the United States for the first time as a pro, making his US debut January 29th at the famed Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Usmanee (4-0, 2 KOs) will participate on the undercard of the Peter Manfredo Jr - Matt Vanda NABF title bout. Saturday January 2, 2010FNC: Ontario 2009 Recap By John Robbins, FightNews Canada For the sport of Boxing in Ontario, and for a number of Canadian Professional Boxers based out of, or born in Ontario, 2009 was undoubtedly a roller coaster ride of a year. With highs that have no limits, like Troy Ross becoming “The Contender” Cruiserweight Champion, on a boxing reality show with Tony Danza and Sylvester Stallone, televised on a major U.S. TV Network. To lows like Manitoba’s Arthur “The Bear” Cooks leg snapping in a Heavyweight Title Fight at Casino Rama in his bout with Undefeated Ontario Heavyweight, Canadian Champion Greg Kielsa. With even more highs from Ontario’s Troy Ross as he closed out 2009 with a devastating 1st round KO in Montreal, officially going 6 - 0 on the year, with 4 KO’s!!! To lows like overseas controversies including IFBA and WIBA Super Bantamweight Champ “Bad News” Brown in Korea, and former Canadian Heavyweight Champ “Big” Ray Olubowale in Germany, or how about Canadian Bantamweight Champ Andrew Kooner’s 1st round loss on a cut in the UK..? 2009 definitely had it all, including its share of controversy, adversity, and successes for the fighters from Ontario...Read more Saturday January 2, 2010Gerula does it AGAIN! She's the upset queen of Canadian boxing. WBC Super Featherweight champion Olivia Gerula collected another victory in an opponent's backyard, this time decisioning WBC interim champ Myriam Chomaz over 10 rounds moments ago in Paris, France. The heated battle came down to the judges decision, with two judges(Roger Tilleman and Predrag Aleksic) favoring the Winnipeger by scores of 96-94 and 97-95. The other judge (Juergen Langos) saw it even at 95-95. The victory cemented Gerula's claim to the green and gold strap, moving her overall record to 12-10-1 (3 KOs). It was the Canuck's third consecutive victory over world rated opposition in 2009, proving that the pride of Winnipeg belongs among the world's best. Chomaz sees her personal 5 bout winning streak come to an end as well as her reign as WBC interim champ status. She slips to 12-2 as a pro. Thursday December 17, 2009Sebastien Hamel passes It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that Fightnews reports the death of welterweight boxer Sebastien Hamel of Montreal. Hamel who had just turned thirty passed away Tuesday night. Not blessed with a promoter, Hamel was the prototypical “have gloves, will travel” fighter who fought across North America against some of the best fighters on both sides of the border. The fairly pedestrian record of 10-21-1 doesn’t tell the story of Hamel who always came to fight and often made things awkward for heralded prospects trying to make their mark. Half of the young southpaw’s fights were away from home and against undefeated opponents including such names as Kenny Galarza, Danny O’Connor and Dierry Jean. Hamel would often surprise opponents who weren’t fully prepared or underestimated his abilities, he was on the losing side in a majority decision to both Contender alumni Michael Stewart and also to Cortez Bey, on a night he deserved much better. They weren’t all losses for Hamel though, in 2006 Hamel travelled to Dana Laframboise backyard and swept all four rounds and in affect ending the career of the hometown fighter who boasted a win over Miguel Cotto while in the amateurs. The most satisfying and emotional win for Hamel was when he won the Quebec junior-welterweight championship against undefeated Ahmad Cheikho. Losing the first three rounds didn’t deter the fighter who scored a knockdown in the fifth round and swept the final three for a one point victory. There were bigger fights that day, but none that could eclipse the joy of a young Hamel who sank down to his knees in celebration of the improbable victory. Fightnews extends its deepest sympathies to both friends and family. Wednesday December 16, 2009Weights from Paris, France
Location: From Halle Carpentier in Paris, France:
Wednesday December 16, 2009New NABF Mens December 2009 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The North American Boxing Federation or NABF has released their December 2009 rankings which ranks boxers in North America. Here is how our talent rankings within the NABF sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Bermane Stiverne NABF #11 Heavyweight - Grzegorz Kielsa NABF #16 Cruiserweights - Troy Ross NABF #2 Cruiserweights - Frank White NABF #13 Cruiserweights - James Cermak NABF #14 NABF Super Middleweight champion - SEBASTIEN DEMERS Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - NABF #5 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - NABF #7 Super Middleweight - Nicholson Poulard NABF #16 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste NABF #1 Middleweight - David Lemieux NABF #2 Welterweight - Antonin Decarie NABF #1 Light Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan NABF #1 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean NABF #6 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet NABF #1 Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote - NABF #14 Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier NABF #2 Super Bantamweight - Tyson Cave NABF #16 Bantamweight - Andrew Kooner NABF #10 Wednesday December 16, 2009New WBC Mens December 2009 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their December 2009 rankings which ranks male boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Bermane Stiverne - WBC #35 Cruiserweight - Troy Ross - WBC #12 WBC Light Heavyweight champion - JEAN PASCAL Light Heavyweight - Adrian Diaconu - WBC #2 Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - WBC #11 Super Middleweight - Sebastien Demers - WBC #19 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - WBC #25 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste - WBC #8 Middleweight - David Lemieux - WBC #30 Light Middleweight - Joachim Alcine - WBC #10 Welterweight - Antonin Decarie - WBC #17 Welterweight - Phil Lo Greco - WBC #36 Light Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan - WBC #1 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean - WBC #35 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet - WBC #17 Super Bantamweight - Steve Molitor - WBC #8 Wednesday December 16, 2009Shot of the day! 
WBC Super Featherweight champion Olivia Gerula (11-10-2, 3 KOs) is set to make her first defense of her crown against WBC interim champ Myriam Chomaz (12-1, 7 KOs) this Thursday night at the Halle Carpentier in Paris, France. Gerula (on the right) enters the bout riding two impressive upset victories, a split decision win over Fujin Raika in Raika's backyard and a unanimous decision win over Jelena Mrdjenovich in Edmonton, a victory that earned her the WBC strap. Chomaz, who fights exclusively in France, will climb into the ring having won her last 5 bouts.
Monday December 14, 2009Koncz: Floyd should go to church by Nick Giongco, FightNews.com The Canadian adviser of Manny Pacquiao said on Monday that “Floyd Mayweather simply has to go to church regularly to know where the Filipino’s vaunted strength and power come from.” Reacting to a statement made by Mayweather’s handlers that Pacquiao should undergo an Olympic-Style drug testing in the weeks leading to their March 13, 2010 fight, Mike Koncz said he welcomes Leonard Ellerbe’s demand that such tests be done to ensure that the two fighters are clean when they finally collide. “It’s amusing,” said Koncz from General Santos City, home of Pacquiao. “There’s no problem with that but if he wants to get an answer right away, he better visit the church so he’d know why.” Ellerbe is one of two key Mayweather advisers. The other is Al Haymon. Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions are in the final stages of finalizing the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout that is expected to break box-office and PPV records. Monday December 14, 2009Pascal shows guts in victory! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Promoter Yvon Michel called it one of the most courageous efforts he had seen in boxing. Sitting next to Jean Pascal who had both shoulders taped and slung up as beneath his robe, still in discomfort from the evenings proceedings “It was a tough fight, Adrian gave me a good fight; he’s a tough boxer and a tough fighter and a big puncher, but I’m a champion and I wanted to finish as a champion that’s why I gave it my all.” Pascal’s corner was forced to pop the fighter’s right shoulder back into place a total of three times, operating like an F-1 pit crew getting all the mechanics into place before he hit the canvas at break-neck speed.....Read more Saturday December 12, 2009Diaconu: I did not lose that fight! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Bruised and swollen, Adrian Diaconu had little to say after his loss to Jean Pascal, other than he thought he had won the fight. Diaconu spat out his mouthpiece and ran across the ring with his arm raised as the fight ended, only to have the scorecards tell another story. American judges Richard Flaherty and Julie Lederman both saw Pascal winning the fight by scores of 118-110 and 117-111while Claude Paquette of Montreal thought the same and ruled 117-111 for Pascal. “My feeling is that in my soul, I did not lose this fight,” said Diaconu afterwards, still trying to piece together what happened. “My feeling is that I won about eight rounds, something like that. I won this fight, to me there’s something fishy, I really don’t want to talk about it. I’ve boxed for twenty years and this is my feeling.”....Read more Saturday December 12, 2009One armed Pascal retains title! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada In a local rematch of global proportions, Jean Pascal (26-1) retained his WBC light-heavyweight with a unanimous 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 decision over fellow Montrealer Adrian Diaconu (25-2) at the Bell Centre in Montreal before a crowd of 8,802 fans. This is the second defense for Pascal who utilized his speed and ring movement and bravely fought the last two rounds with one arm as he returned to his corner after the tenth round grimacing in pain with a separated shoulder. In fact his corner was forced to pop the shoulder back into place a total of three times on the night, the first time coming at the end of the third round.....Read more Friday December 11, 2009Lemieux goes 20-20! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada David Lemieux made it a perfect twenty for twenty as he absolutely destroyed Delray Raines (17-7 12KO) of Paris Arkansas, knocking him down three times on his way to a 2nd round knockout at 2:51. Lemieux was brutal in his assault on Raines who did his best at trash talking at the weigh-in, despite not be abling to make weight in his first attempt. After going down from a left hand in the first, Lemieux shrugged to the crowd as he walked to the neutral corner, disappointed in the staying power of his latest victim. Raines managed to get up but from that point forward it was Lemieux opening the floodgates and raining down on Raines, knocking him dwon twice more in the second round. The 20 year-old Lemieux captures the WBC Youth belt with the victory. Friday December 11, 2009Lucas returns with KO! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Former WBC super-middleweight champion Eric Lucas got a hero’s welcome after returning to the ring for the first time since retiring in 2006 and delivered with a knockout victory at :43 of the fourth round over Ramon Moyano of Argentina. Moyano, son of the Carlos Monzon proved to be the perfect opponent, clapping right along with the fans during the prefight introductions and not posing any real threat for the duration, letting Lucas land his solid jab, a handful of crisp combinations and able to make himself entirely hittable but able to take a punch in the early going until a left hook from Lucas put him down for a full ten. Friday December 11, 2009Undercard results from Montreal! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Former world title challenger Benoit Gaudet (21-2 7KO) got things underway at the Bell Centre in Montreal with a TKO victory at 2:11 of the 3rd round over Jorge Banos (4-6-3) as the corner of Banos pulled the after seeing their man hit the canvas twice in rapid succession. It was the first fight back for Gaudet since challenging for the WBC super-featherweight crown earlier this year versus Humberto Soto in Las Vegas. The Drummondville fighter got off to a slow start but did some good body work in the second and by the time he opened up a bit in the third, was dominant over Banos, taking him down twice with right hands. Heavyweight Eric Martel of Quebec City posted his third win and second stoppage as he stopped Alston Brown of Vancouver British Columbia. Brown had taken a lot of punishment and referee Gerry Bolen wasted no time as he teetered on the ropes absorbing some big shots from Martel who outweighed “Tini” by close to fifty pounds. Canadian super-lightweight champion Manolis Plaitis (14-0-1 7KO) remained undefeated battling Tebor Brosch (4-3-4 2KO) to a 76-76, 76-76, 77-75 (Plaitis) majority draw. Brosch was riding the momentum of a three fight win streak including two knockout victories in Montreal for the Mississauga Ontario fighter, his only two career stoppages. Brosch was the aggressor throughout but was often short on his punches on Plaitis who exhibited good movement and a solid defense. Brosch was the stronger of the two fighters while Plaitis was the more accurate, making the most of his throws as he countered on the incoming fighter. The draw should theoretically set up a rematch for the two for Plaitis’s Canadian title that was not on the line in this eight round fight. Light-heavyweight Francy Ntetu posted his second victory in as many tries in a swing bout, hurting debuting Ahmad Selemani with a right hand and putting him down with a left in the second round. Despite the knockdown and dominating the action throughout, scores were announced as 40-36 across the board.
Friday December 11, 2009FightNews poll results! The results of our FightNews Canada poll (Who will win the Jean Pascal v Adrian Diaconu rematch) are in and you have predicted a Jean Pascal repeat victory over former champ Adrian Diaconu. This time the voting was even close.
70% of the voters predicted a PASCAL victory.
30% of the voters predicted a DIACONU victory. Friday December 11, 2009Lucas comes back! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada He’ll go down as the beloved boxer ever to come out of Quebec , someone who transcended the sport and found his way into a population’s heart. An ordinary boxer with an extraordinary work-ethic, Eric Lucas turned that work into gold when beyond all odds he came back and not only won the WBC super-middleweight championship, but did so against Glenn Catley, the man who had stopped him one year previous, exactly ten years ago today. Lucas despite achieving everything there is to in the sport and leaving the sport in good health, like so many others, just couldn’t keep away and will be returning to the ring tonight on the undercard of the Jean Pascal versus Adrian Diaconu rematch. Fightnews had one question for local Quebec icon. Pourquoi? ...Read more Friday December 11, 2009 By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada It's hard to image what horrors Larry Sharpe went through in order to boil down to the 154lbs limit. While the former Canadian Middleweight champion did have some success as a fighting Jr. Middleweight, even finding himself ranked among the world best by the WBA, Sharpe never really felt comfortable as a 154lber but did what he had to do and took what he was offered. "I've been draining myself the last few years because that's where opportunities were." Sharpe said. "Being from a small market like Winnipeg, you take what you can get."...Read more Thursday December 10, 2009Weights from Montreal, QC
Promoter: GYM/INTERBOX
*Raines came in heavy by one ounce and was given up to two hours to lose it and reweigh Thursday December 10, 2009Zewski signs pro deal! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Amateur star Mikael Zewski of Trois Rivieres Quebec will be trotted in front of the New York media as the current number five world-rated amateur welterweight signs his first professional contract with TKO Boxing Promotions. Zewski who sported an amateur record of 138-29 and was four times National Champion joins the likes of fellow Canadian product Albert Onolunose and Contender series stars Peter Manfredo and Joey Gilbert to the ever growing promotional company that began operation in 2008. The 20 year-old Zewski was a Silver Medalist at the 2004 youth Pan Am Championships and earned a fifth place finish at the 2009 Senior Worlds in Milan, Italy . Zewski will be trained by his father Jean and managed by Cameron Dunkin. Tuesday December 8, 2009Shark eager for 2nd bite! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Former world champion Adrian 'The Shark' Diaconu is less than a week away from a chance to recapture the WBC light-heavyweight belt back from Jean Pascal, the man who took it from him, and he is already looking like he’s been in a fight. Diaconu was sporting quite the shiner under his right eye as he took a couple of minutes to talk to Fightnews in advance of this Friday’s highly anticipated rematch at the Bell Centre in Montreal versus his hometown rival Jean Pascal. “It’s a good sign,” says the heavy-handed Romanian slugger who is more than eager for a second shot at the man who wrestled away his belt back in June. “I worked so hard at training camp, I’m very prepared.”...Read more Monday December 7, 2009Perrott stopped by Bolden! (Source: FightNews.com) Philadelphia, PA: Former NHLer turned boxer Nathan Perrott found himself on the losing end of a boxing match for the first time in his new career. New York heavyweight John Boldon, making his pro debut, dropped the Canuck 3 times in the opening frame to earn the TKO victory Friday night at the famed Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the 3rd knockdown, the bout was stopped at the 2:06 mark. Perrott's record slips to an even 1-1. Sunday December 6, 2009Alcine decisions Canclaux! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Former junior-middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-1 19KO’s) took another step towards a shot at a second world title with a hard fought victory of Christophe Canclaux (40-3 25KO’s) of France, winning a 115-113, 117-110, 117-110 unanimous decision Saturday night at the Montreal Casino. This was the second fight back for Alcine since losing his WBA title to Daniel Santos in July 2008 by way of sixth round knockout. Alcine has clearly knocked off some of the ring rust that so prevalent in his first fight back in September versus Eric Mitchell. “It was an intense bout,” said the victor afterwards, “I’m very pleased with the result, I was happy compared to my performance in my last bout, but I feel I can be better than that.”...Read more Saturday December 5, 2009Ross destroys Bispo! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Cruiserweight Troy Ross (22-1 16KO) destroyed Daniel Bispo (21-12 15KO) at 1:12 of the first round. The former ‘Contender’ star landed six left hands, the first one to the body hurting the Brazilian fighter and the last one in the same spot to put him down for the count of ten. Ross who is ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies (#11 WBC and WBA, #5 IBF, and #8 WBO) remains hopeful of title shot will likely be in pursuit of the vacant IBF title. “Anyone they want to put in front of me, I’ll be ready,” said Ross after the fight. The once durable Bispo has been stopped five times in his thirty-three fight career but seems now on the downside having suffered his fourth early ending in his last five losses. Saturday December 5, 2009Early results from Montreal! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada A blistering performance earned lightweight Tony Luis his 8th victory in as many tries against Isaac Bejarano of Mexico. This one was set at a frantic pace with Bejarno matching the speed of Luis in the early going but not being able to keep up with the Cornwall fighter as the progressed. Luis was able to take the Mexican out of it in the fourth round with a brutal body assault that had the fighter noticeably wilting, unable to keep up, absorbing blow after blow to the midsection. Luis almost closed out the show in the final round, wobbling Bejarano, but unable to take him down. Scores on the fight were 59-55, 60-54 and 60-54. Logan McGuinness (9-0 4KO) slowly amped up the pressure all night to score a convincing 79-72, 79-71, 80-71 over trial-horse Cesar Soriano, knocking down the Mexican fighter in the fifth round and closing strongly. Soriano has become somewhat of a regular in Montreal, having been an opponent for Kevin Bizier, Dierry Jean, Jo Jo Dan and Ali Chebah, going the distance each time. Mark this one down as one the best performance against Soriano who falls to 20-25. Both fighters were coming up short on their punches in the early going, but as things progressed, showed his speed and got the better of the exchanges, wearing down Soriano and hurting him to the body and keeping on him until he was forced to take a knee. Soriano was cut over the right eye and was a beleaguered tired fighter down the stretch, teetering on the ropes in the final round but holding on enough to make it to the final bell. Heavyweight Wayne John got through the mandatory test that is Stephane “Brutis” Tessier, coming back after a two year absence to score his second victory in as many fights. Scorecards read 39-36, 39-37, 39-37 for John. Almost all Canadian heavyweights and some of the world’s best including Alexander Povetkin have met up with Tessier and exactly two have been able to stop him despite his now 3-24-1 record. John who towered over the 5’10” Tessier began well enough, moving well, firing out the jab and landing solidly in the early going earning a 10-8 score on one of the judge’s scorecards. John landed a thudding body blow in the second to the ample midsection that had his opponent wincing, protecting the spot for the next two rounds, using his head as his best defence to ward off the oncoming blows. Tessier though kept coming forward, kept throwing left hands, and in the fourth round started seeing some results for his tenacity. John was tiring and Tessier was sensing the opportunity and started to come forward with an urgency, still landing the left and throwing the uppercut when close in. The last half of the round saw any semblance of defence go out the window with Tessier taking whatever John had to deliver, blinking, and coming forward and landing his own shots. It was enough to win the round, but not the fight. Lucia Larcinese evened her record at 4-4-1 with a 60-54, 60-54, 59-55 over Karen Dulin (1-4) of Connecticut. What punches there were belonged to Larcinese who was fighting in her hometown of Montreal for the first time with Dulin content to try and tie-up her opponent throughout the six round contest. Arash Usmanee (4-02KO) headed east from his Alberta home and got his toughest test to date, scoring a 39-37 unanimous decision on all three scorecards over a tough Willshaun Boxley(5-3 3KO) of Coon Rapids Massachusetts. The bout was announced at ringside as a majority decision but scorecards handed afterwards revealed the Red Deer fighter winning on all cards. Usmanee controlled the bout, using his jab and bing the busier fighter throughout. He did fall victim to a fluid right hand of Boxley who was able to land out of clenches, pushing the Canadian fighter off to establish distance. Usmanee seemed to figure things out in the third where it was him landing to the body when the pair was in close and pushing the action against the American fighter who had cut open over his left eye. Tired and bleeding, Boxley did make things interesting in the last round, once again landing some big right hands that caught the attention of Usmanee. Saturday December 5, 2009A no go in Toronto! By John Robbins, FightNews Canada AKA Inc. (Atlas Karma Associated) announced today that the card originally scheduled to take place this Saturday, December 5th will be postponed, rescheduled likely for February 2010. The main reasons (as per Armand Teodorescu) include an apparent car accident including two fighters that were scheduled for the undercard as well as an issue with the main event opponent for former Canadian heavyweight champion Ray Olubowale, Kevin Montiy. “AKA Inc. had just received that all clear from the OAC, everything was finally in its proper place, and the card was a go. Tickets were selling and we were sure Pro Boxing was set to return to Toronto. “ Teodorecu stated “Five minutes later, I got the first phone call. We then lost 3 out of 5 fights in a matter of minutes; that’s boxing”. A tentative date of February 12th is now in the plans of the Toronto promoter, look for more news and announcements in the near future... Saturday December 5, 2009Kooner, Gorges post victories By Bob Ryder, FightNews.com Canadian Bantamweight champion Andrew Singh Kooner overcame a cut near his left eye to take the nod over six rounds against Norman Allen Friday night at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. Kooner (10-2, 4KOs) was coming off a first round cut eye TKO loss in his last fight and had to be thinking “not again” when the blood started to flow early in the third round. He stayed steady and closed strongly, dropping Allen (0-5-1) for counts in both the fifth and sixth rounds to win by scores of 59-53 and 58-54 (twice). Andre Gorges retured to his winning way as the Windor, Ontario boxer won a five round decision over Neopit, Wisconsin’s Dean Peters, Jr. by scores of 50-45, 49-46 (twice). Both seemed tentative, with often more stares than punches, but Gorges was sharper and more effective when they did exchange. Gorges moves to 9-1. 6 KO’s, Peters loses his first and goes to 1-1. Welterweights. Saturday December 5, 2009Sharpe destroys Walters By Jesse Kelley, FightNews.com Former Canadian Light Middleweight champ Larry Sharpe stunned Zach Walters, stopping the hometown favorite fighter just 56 seconds into the first round Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Sharpe (24-7, 12 KOs) landed a hard straight left to the liver seconds into the contest, a punch that Walters would later admitted he was never able recover from. Sharpe followed up with wild swinging lefts and rights to the head that put Walters down to a knee. Upon arising, Walters was greeted with more punishment (the the body and head) that again dropped him to his knees. The fight was immediately waived off. After spending a good part of this career at 154lbs, Sharpe said afterwards that he felt much stronger and comfortable at light heavyweight. The pride of Pine Falls, Manitoba also indicated that he would like to return to Minnesota to face Matt Vanda, another local favorite. Vanda was rumored to be looking to face Walters in an all Minnesota battle prior last night. Walters (24-5, 19KOs), obviously dejected following the quick defeat, indicated that he is entertaining the idea of retirement from the sport Saturday December 5, 2009Alcine back in action! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada This Saturday’s boxing card at the Casino de Montreal will have a distinctly Canadian flavour to it as the action will feature a majority of bouts starring boxers from outside Quebec. Headlining the action will be former WBA light-middleweight world champion Joachim Alcine (31-1 19KO) in hopes to working his way back to the top as battles Christophe Canclaux (40-2 25KO) for the WBO Inter-Continental Junior Middleweight Championship. Undercard action will feature three Ontario boxers and featherweight Arash Usmanee (3-0 2KO) of Alberta, making his Montreal debut. Alcine will be making his second appearance with new trainer Buddy McGirt after a one year absence from the ring following his only career defeat, a knockout loss at the hands of Daniel Santos. "I spent a lot of time with my new trainer this time and we understand each other well,” said Alcine who arrived back home from Florida earlier this week. “I know that Canclaux is hungry and believes me to be vulnerable. I expect to be at my best Saturday." Alcine hopes that a win against the French born Canclaux who is top-ten ranked by the three major sanctioning bodies will be enough to propel himself back up the rankings and a world title shot in the year ahead. Nick-named “Rocky”, Canclaux held the European crown from 2003 to 2007 is currently rated at #4, #6 and #9 respectively by the WBC, WBA and the IBF. The undercard will feature Troy Ross, as The Contender series stays busy as he eyes a crack at a world title. Brazilian Daniel Bispo who has met up with the likes of Kevin Johnson and Fres Oquendo and was in Montreal four years ago against Claudio Rasco supplies the opposition for Ross who steps back into the ring for the second time since winning The Contender season four back in February. Also appearing on the card will be a pair of Ontario lightweights, Tony Luis and Logan McGuinness who are both looking to stay undefeated. McGuinness is determined to be the first boxer to fight in Montreal to stop Cesar Soriano who makes his fifth visit to the city The Mexican fighter has lost each time coming here but has gone the distance versus Bizier, Dan, Chebah and Dierry Jean. Tony Luis is one win behind McGuinness and hopes to keep pace as he looks for his eighth win in as many tries. Also on the card will be Arash Usmanee who makes the trip east from Red Deer Alberta and will be looking for his fourth win. Heavyweight Wayne John also returns to the ring for the first time since 2007 where he made his pro debut on the Davey Hilton comeback card. Montreal fans also see a rare female bout in the city with Lucia Larcinesse fighting in her home town for the first time versus Karen Dulin. Start time is 7pm for a rare Saturday evening card at The Casino and broadcast action on V Channel, available on most Canadian cable and satellite providers gets underway at 10pm.
Friday December 4, 2009Weights from Montreal, QC
Promoter: GYM
Friday December 4, 2009Weights from Minneapolis, MN
Promoter: Bill Borea
Friday December 4, 2009Team Guzman: No Robbery (Source: FightNews.com) There has been a lot of talk and criticiscm of this past Saturday nights vacant IBF lightweight bout between former two-division world champion Joan Guzman and now two-time world title challenger Ali Funeka. The official scores were 116-112, 114-114, 114-114 leaving the bout a draw. Many felt that Funeka clearly won the bout. HBO’s Bob Papa called the result “…curious and absurd,” and HBO’s unofficial judge Harold Lederman had Funeka winning by a comfortable margin. Funeka’s promoter Gary Shaw stated, “Ali got screwed and he didn’t even get kissed….We must stop robbing fighters, sending them home with nothing but shattered dreams instead of the rewards they earned in the ring.” Guzman’s Manager Jose Nunez spoke out in defense of his fighter and delivered the following statement....Read more Wednesday December 2, 2009BPA to rate boxing officials (Source: FightNews.com) The Boxing Promoters Association (BPA) has expressed “deep concern” over the officiating of the Ali Funeka-Joan Guzman fight this past Saturday in Canada and and intends to take steps to address these types of situations. The BPA plans to institute an evaluation and rating system of judges and referees in which all officials will be reviewed for competency and integrity. According to a BPA statement: “Officials that are found to be incompetent will be addressed. Should there ever be an instance of corruption, we will seek to have that official banned. In short, the credibility of our sport must be maintained and the BPA is establishing a Committee to start the process to monitor officials. Every sport occasionally has bad officiating and boxing will now have the BPA to monitor and try to correct any blatant instances.” Wednesday December 2, 2009Bute delivers on boxing's biggest stage! By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada It was supposed to have been a time for celebration, promoters beaming with pride as Interbox announced the re-signing of their star possession, Lucian Bute to a new contract in the spring of 2007. Then it hit, a casual conversation with trainer Stephane Larouche who delivered a blow that came in like a Bute body shot, not fully noticeable at first, but resonating long after it was delivered. "Canada has always been a country of opponents, we want to build Bute into a champion. A headline attraction." A country of opponents? How dare he? We had champions, hell, Larouche himself had world champions, in fact he had more than anybody with two in the past with Eric Lucas and Leonard Dorin, and two more on the way with Bute and an integral part in establishing Adrian Diaconu before letting Pierre Bouchard take the reigns....Read more Wednesday December 2, 2009Gerula battles Chomaz in Paris By Mary Ann Owen WBC super featherweight champion Olivia “The Predator” Gerula (11-10-2, 3 KOs) encounters interim WBC champion Myriam Chomaz (12-1, 7 KOs) on December 17th at the Halle Carpentier in Paris, France. The Gerula-Chomaz title bout is the co-main feature of the Jean Marc Mormeck (33-4, 22 KOs) vs Vinny Maddelone (32-5, 23 KOs) heavyweight contest. Mormeck, a former cruiserweight champion, is now campaigning as a heavyweight. Tuesday December 1, 2009 |
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