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WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal collected his biggest victory of his career Saturday night as the Canuck pounded out an exciting 11th round technical decision victory over now once beaten Chad Dawson at the Bell Centre in Montreal. FightNews photographer Herby Whyne was ringside, snapping up these photos of the main event for your viewing pleasure.
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Jason Booth reckons he knows what it is like to be whacked by Steve Molitor even though he has never faced him. Booth (35-5) faces the toughest test of his career when he challenges for Molitor’s (32-1) IBF world super-bantamweight title at Houghton-le-Spring’s Rainton Meadows Arena on Saturday September 11. The Nottingham boxer got a close up of the slick Canadian, when Molitor outpointed his younger brother, Nicky in a Commonwealth bantamweight title fight almost eight years go....Read more September 1, 2010Ornelas to challenge Stieglitz By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Super-middleweight Enrique Ornelas is presently in Montreal training for his first shot at a world title as he faces WBO champion Robert Stieglitz set for October 15. The Russian born champion Stieglitz was stopped by Ornelas brother, Librado Andrade in 2008 and will be making the third defense of the WBO crown he won one year ago in August. Ornelas recently jumped into the number ten spot in the WBO rankings is best known for fighting Bernard Hopkins last December, losing a twelve round decision. September 1, 2010Douglas halts Urban By Shamus Young, FightNews.com Cruiserweight Jason “Friday the 13th” Douglas improved to 8-2 with a 7th round TKO of Brent Urban, 6-3-1, at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. Both men were free swinging sluggers who connected almost at will. The difference in the fight proved to be in the footwork. Urban waded forward squared up. Douglas fought from a conventional stance which allowed him to punch straighter and harder and win most of the exchanges. The damage added up and in the 7th of a scheduled 8 round fight, Urban stopped defending himself and was battered about the head until referee Paul Field intervened. Time of the stoppage was 1:47. August 29, 2010Pascal-Hopkins likely for December 18! By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Negotiations for a Bernard Hopkins-Jean Pascal seem to be in high gear with a date of December 18th being the most likely date. Pascal is allowed one optional defense before a rematch with Chad Dawson that would most likely happen in March. Hopkins who turns 46 in January continues to be a force in the light-heavyweight division, most recently handing Roy Jones a defeat in April. Pascal was able to prove critics and odds makers wrong with his defeat of Dawson after an accidental clash of heads halted the bout in the 11th round. The bout will air on HBO. August 28, 2010Lundy hands Lowther loss! By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Coming in on three days’ notice, light welterweight Hammerin’ Hank Lundy (19-1, 8 KOs) took a workmanlike ten round unanimous decision Omri Lowther (14-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at the Club Metropolis in Montreal. Scores were 98-92, 100-90, 100-90. “I still look pretty right?” said a pumped Lundy as he left the ring and returned to his dressing room afterwards. Lundy might have look pretty, but the fight itself was often somewhat less than that with long periods of inactivity from both fighters....Read more August 28, 2010Early results from Montreal By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Nicholson Poulard (15-3 7KO) continued where his brother Jean Pascal left off, scoring an impressive TKO victory at 2:33 of the 3rd round over Alfredo Contreras (11-9-1) of Mexico. Poulard landed two monster right hands scoring a pair of knockdowns and ending the fight. In the walk-out bout of the evening, Arash Usmanee(7-0 4KO) remained undefeated as he dropped and stopped Carlos Martinez (5-9 3KO) at 1:03 of the second round. Martinez was able to get to his feet by te count of eight, but referee Alain Villeneuve looked at the fighter and called the bout. In a fight with more clenches than clean connects, welterweight Samuel Vargas escaped with a 39-37, 39-37 37-39 split decision over Michael Springer in an all Toronto match-up. Springer who falls even to 7-7-1 got off to a good start, able to land the right hand on a sluggish Vargas who remains undefeated at 5-0. As the fight progressed, Springer increasingly wider punches not only became easier for Vargas to avoid, but also left him off balance and stumbling. Kevin Bizier moved to 12-0 as Leonardo Rojas did not answer the bell for the 4th round. Rojas who began his career as lightweight was fighting at close to ten pounds over his previous high at 156.5 pounds offered little in return before calling it quits in what was scheduled for eight rounds. Ahmad Cheikho (3-2-2 2KO) managed to spoil the pro debut of Jonathan Leveille scoring a TKO victory at 2:30 of the first round. A left hand did the damage early for Cheikho who came out aggressive and didn’t let up. Not letting up cost the Lebanon born fighter a point on the first knockdown as he continued to throw as Leveille went down to his knees in his corner. Leveille went down a second time and referee Gerry Bolen wisely called this one off. Patrick Tessier got a rare victory with a decision win over Francis Lafreniere in a rematch of their April contest that ended in a draw. All three scorecards read 39-37 for the super-middleweight who raises his record to 4-11-1 while Lafreniere who was effective to the body but didn’t deliver enough nad may have deserved a better fate is still in search of his victory with a loss and a draw. August 28, 2010(Source: Orion Sports Management Press Release) If two-time world champion “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor (32-1, 12 KO’s) has a home away from home, it would be the United Kingdom. In November of 2006 he captured the IBF Junior Featherweight with a 5th round KO over Michael Hunter, in Hartlepool, and is 3-0 in Great Britain as a professional. But on September 11th, at Sunderland, against Jason Booth (35-5, 15 KO’s) Molitor’s return to the UK will be anything but a homecoming....Read more August 28, 2010Weights from Montreal, PQ
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Omri Lowther 138.1lbs. vs. Henry Lundy* 140lbs. * Contract weight was 139 pounds and Lundy who was a last minute replacement for Edner Cherry forfeits 20% of his purse. August 27, 2009Chaos at the Colosseum (Press release: Knockout Entertainment) Caesars Windsor and Knockout Entertainment present CHAOS AT THE COLOSSEUM, an evening of world class professional boxing on Saturday, October 9. The event will also be broadcast live across Canada on SUPER CHANNEL. CHAOS AT THE COLOSSEUM will feature in the main event Motor City junior middleweight Ronald “The Chosen One” Hearns, son of Hall of Fame legend Tommy “The Hitman” Hearns”. Following in the footsteps of his father, the hard punching Ronald has amassed an outstanding record of 25-1-0 with 19 knockouts over his six year professional career.Hearns is currently riding a four-bout winning streak, most recently knocking out Delray Baines in brutal first round fashion on April 17th in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on the undercard of the Kelly Pavlik/Sergio Martinez middleweight world title bout.....Read more August 26, 2010Dan responds: It's personal! By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Jo Jo Dan had just finished a heated sparring session theis week when he was confronted with Selcuk Aydin's words released earlier this week that, "Fighting him again would give me the chance to prove that I can knock him out to end all discussions." Dan who is in preparation for an October 15th match-up on the undercard of the Lucian Bute- Jesse Brinkley fight was quick to respond. ".....any time any place.......I don`t care what title is at stake.....it`s personal with AYDIN......we have unfinished business together.....let`s do it, now!....I would even go back to Turkey......this time I won`t leave it to the judges....." August 26, 2010Aydin: "I can knock him out" By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Interim belt in hand, unbeaten Turkish welterweight Selcuk Aydin is hoping to turn silver into gold and secure a date with WBC champion Andre Berto. So far Berto’s promoter Lou DiBella has said a flat “No” despite WBC obligations and the possible ramifications of being stripped. DiBella went as far as to say that Aydin did himself no favours in his fight versus Canadian Jo Jo Dan and that he thought the Canadian had won the fight. Below find Aydin’s responses to a handful of questions regarding the Dan fight and his performance provided by his promoter Arena Sports Promotions.....Read more August 26, 2010Golden Boy Promotions signs Zewski (Press release: Golden Boy Promotions) Host to a new wave of world-class fighters, Canada has become a hotbed of boxing talent and today, Golden Boy Promotions is pleased to announce the signing of their first Canadian-born boxer, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Mikael Zewski (4-0, 3 KO's). "This is an exciting day in the history of Golden Boy Promotions as we are pleased to welcome Mikael Zewski, our first Canadian boxer, to the team," said Oscar de la Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions. "With packed arenas and some of the game's most exciting fighters emerging from around the country, the Canadian boxing market is exploding. We believe we have one of those exciting fighters in Mikael and we're expecting big things from him in the coming years."....Read more August 26, 2010Classic Pep on YouTube July 1994: Tony Pep was the reigning British Commonwealth Super Featherweight champion, making his first defense of his title against JT Williams of Wales. The bout took place at the York Hall in London, England. The result was vintage Tony Pep, showing the talents why he was considered one of the best Super Featherweights in the world at the expense of his poor Wales opponent. Enjoy!
August 26, 2010Lowther-Lundy set for FNF By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada With just 72 hours left before the opening bell, it looks as if the GYM promoted show has a main event for this Saturday night in Montreal . Hank Lundy (18-1-1 10KO) of Philadelphia will step in for Edner Cherry and face-off against Toronto based Omri Lowther (14-1 10KO). Both fighters are 26 years old and have been pros for four years. Lundy is coming off his only career loss on a recent edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights this past July where he was comfortably ahead on the scorecards before being stopped by John Molina in the 11th round. Saturday’s bout that will be held at Club Metropolis will also broadcast by the network and wraps up the season for the network.....Read more August 26, 2010Froch backs Booth Carl Froch is backing Jason Booth to give Nottingham another world champion next month. Booth (35-5) challenges for the Canadian’s (32-1) IBF belt at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on September 11th. Froch who lost his WBC crown to Mikkel Kessler in April is currently preparing for an October showdown against Arthur Abraham. ‘The Cobra’ reckons he and recovering alcoholic Booth will score a big East Midlands double. Froch said: “I have known Jason since we were kids fighting as amateurs. His story is one you couldn’t make up and to see him back, doing himself and Nottingham proud is fantastic.” ....Read more August 25, 2010Ross headlines Rama XIII At the apex of an illustrious career, Canadian boxing sensation Troy “The Boss” Ross will find himself in an unusual position on Saturday, October 30th – he will be fighting at home! Fresh off of a highly controversial technical loss in Germany against IBF World Champion Steve Cunningham, Troy will start on his road to redemption and an imminent shot at a world title that many feel is already rightfully his. At the time of the referees intervention in Germany to investigate a missed thumb to Troy ’s eye, the two-time Canadian Olympian was ahead on all scorecards and had just sent the former champion crashing to the mat. ....Read more August 24, 2010Pascal-Bute for 2012? By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada With the question on the lips of every Montreal fight fan, what about Pascal-Bute, Fightnews went directly to Jean Bedard who heads up InterBox, Lucian Bute’s promoter. Bedard is due to meet up with Pascal's promoter, Yvon Michel within the next week. Read on about what the promoter has to say about the potential mega-fight and when it is likely to place. Bedard also discuses the possibility of unification for Bute as well as a potential opponent for Jean Pascal.....Read more August 23, 2010Woodburn reverses scores By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Even during the raucous post-fight celebrations where joyous fans celebrated the coronation of Jean Pascal as the new king at 175 pounds, one voice could be heard over all others in the ring at the Bell Centre in Montreal last Saturday night. Gary Shaw. Chad Dawson’s American promoter had an axe to grind with all things Canadian as soon as fighter was stopped by an accidental headbutt and deemed that he could no longer go on. “Why do you think I didn't want to be in Canada ,” howled the promoter on what he was sure at the time was an intentional headbutt. Veteran judge Jack Woodburn who was the lone Canadian judging the fight also tasted the wrath of Shaw. “As long as I’m in boxing, Jack Woodburn will never judge a fight again,” barked an enraged Shaw to the Commissioner’s table once the scores were read. ....Read more August 23, 2010Lowther-Cherry headline GYM card Next Saturday night, August 28th, sensational lightweight prospect “OMINOUS” Omri Lowther will battle former world title challenger Edner “CHERRY BOMB” Cherry in the ESPN2 televised main event from the Club Metropolis in Montreal, Canada, it was announced today by Groupe Yvon Michel. Based in Toronto, Canada, the 26 year old Lowther has amassed a record of 14-1-0 with ten knockouts since turning professional four years ago. The Atlanta, Georgia native is on a five bout winning streak, most recently stopping Isaac Bejarano in the fifth round on July 30th in Cancun, Mexico. ..Read more August 21, 2010Cruiserweights invade Tacoma Boxing returns to the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington on August 28 as Brian Halquist Productions presents Battle at the Boat 78. Cruiserweight Brent Urban (6-2-1, 4 KOs) meets Jason Douglas (7-3-0, 3 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round main event. Urban, a resident of Dallas, TX, is 5-0-1 in his last six bouts and is coming off a unanimous decision over Chris Davis in his last bout on May, 5. Douglas has been equally effective, winning four of his last five contests...Read more August 20, 2010Claggett defeats Sow Last night at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary, undefeated Canadian Lightweight prospect Steve Claggett pounded out an 8 round unanimous decision over Adbou Sow of Longueuil, Quebec. Scores of the bout read 78-73 and 77-74(twice), all in favor of the hometown fighter. Claggett (9-0-1, 4KOs) had Sow backing up and giving ground early on, eventually dropping the Quebec fighter in round 6 with a left hook, right hand combination. Sow (3-1, 3KOs) was able to regain his feet but never threatened again for the remaining two round. Claggett has once again called out other top Canadian Lightweights (Logan McGuinness, Buzz Grant, and Tony Luis), hoping that his challenge will eventually be heard and accepted. On the undercard, former CFL (Canadian Football League) player turned boxer Paul Cheung took on Jarred Kilkenny in a 4 round heavyweight contest. Kilkenny, making his pro debut against the 3-0 (3 KOs) Cheung, blasted out the Vancouver fighter in the opening round for his first professional victory. Fresh off of YouTube and thanks for FightFan.com, here are the highlights of Claggett's decision victory:
August 20, 2010Dan to stay at welter By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Looks like Jo Jo Dan is staying at welterweight. After campaigning exclusively at 140 pounds, Dan moved up to face undefeated Selcuk Aydin in a WBC title elimination fight. After losing a controversial split decision on the scorecards, Dan has decided to stay in his new found home. “We just turned down a fight for Jo Jo with Zab Judah ,” said Chirs Ganescu of Gankor Promotions. “They wanted it at 142 pounds, Jo Jo feels good at 147 lbs and he will concentrate on this weight class.” Dan is presently training and there is good chance he’ll land on the undercard of the Lucian Bute card this October. August 19, 2010Booth obsessed! Jason Booth is so hell bent on shocking world super-bantamweight champion Steve Molitor that he can’t get him out of his mind. The recovering alcoholic challenges for the Canadian’s (32-1) IBF belt at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring on Saturday 11th September. Booth (35-5) admits: “Every day of training is hard and even when it is my rest day at home all I think about is Molitor and not letting my one chance slip. I am not complaining though because a few years ago when I was living a bad life it looked like my career was over.”....Read more August 19, 2010Dan-Aydin now on YouTube Now out on Youtube, the Jo Jo Dan versus Selcuk Aydin fight held earlier this summer in Turkey . “I though it was bad there, but once I got home and watched the video, it was even worse,” said Pierre Bouchard, Dan’s trainer. The bout pitted the two undefeated fighters for the WBC Silver belt and supposedly a crack at welterweight champion Andre Berto, a fight that Berto and his promoters want nothing to do with at the moment. After a flash knockdown in the opening round, Dan came back strong for most of the fight and most saw the Romanian easily getting the nod, everybody but two of the three judges. In the end, the knockdown cost Dan the fight as the two suspect cards had the bout at six rounds a piece. Some ugly scoring for the hometown fighter in this one, particularly the championship rounds.
Dan-Aydin: Rounds 1, 2, and 3
Dan-Aydin: Rounds 4, 5, and 6 August 19, 2010Trupish-Sharpe Sept 24th! Undefeated Canadian (NCC) Middleweight champ Adam Trupish will make his first defense of his crown September 24th at "The Hanger of Kingsway" in Edmonton, Alberta, taking on Larry "Razor" Sharpe, a former owner of same national strap. Trupish, a multiple time Canadian Olympian and an outstanding amateur, has climbed to the top of the Canadian Middleweights despite having only 6 professional bouts to his credit. The 31 yr old pugilist has credibility, having defeated the skilled Michael Walchuk over 10 rounds to lay claim to the vacant title. Larry Sharpe, the pride of Pine Fall, Manitoba, is in the twilight of his career but will enter the contest a worthy challenger to the national title. Sharpe (25-8, 12KOs) won the Canadian title back in 2004 and kept the crown for 2 years, making 2 defenses. He would drop down to Light Middleweight where he collected a number of titles including the NABA crown. The 36 yr old has won 3 of 4 and has been involved in more championship contests than Trupish has professional bouts. The card is being promoted by Alliance Boxing Promotions. August 18, 2010Still looking By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada August 28th is still penciled in on the Montreal boxing calendar, but so far the ESPN Friday Night Fight broadcast (that will be on a Saturday) is still without a main event or much of an undercard for that matter. The card that will be held at Metropolis nightclub was to have featured David Lemieux who was pulled off as precautionary measure due to a slight injury. ESPN who didn’t have a suitable card or venue to broadcast the final show of their season is trying to supply the main event for the event but yesterday lost undefeated junior-middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade from the event. With little more than a week to go, promoters are expected to make an announcement tomorrow. August 18, 2010Ticket Alert: Bute-Brinkley InterBox has announced that tickets for the October 15th Lucian Bute vs. Jesse Brinkley IBF super middleweight title bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal will go on sale Thursday at 10 AM. Tickets will be available by visiting www.evenko.ca and at the Bell Centre ticket office by dialing 514-790-2525. Lucian will depart for a 6 week training camp in Florida towards the end of August. The undercard for the InterBox October 15th 2010 Gala will be disclosed in the next few weeks August 18, 2010Great Canadian champions "Joltin" Johnny Greco By Ryan Stead, FightNews Canada He left us too soon. He never won a world title. Some say he was a glorified club fighter. To most he's just a victory on Rocky Graziano's record. All this but in a career that was marred by obstacles he led the way for Canadian fighters. He was tough, passionate and full of heart. He was the welterweight king of Canada, Johnny Greco. Born in Montreal, he began boxing at the tender age of seven at the Griffentown Boys Club in the city's west end neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. It didn't take long before he was tearing up the Canadian amateur ranks, winning the golden gloves championship. By the time he turned pro in 1940 at the age of 17, he was thought of as one of the best amateurs Canada had produced in a long time.....Read more August 18, 2010 Hennessy Sports Signs Tyler Asselstine! Hennessy Sports Canada is proud to announce the signing of amateur sensation Tyler Asselstine to a long term exclusive promotional agreement. With just three years of experience, the 23 year old Kingston, Ontario native overcame a late start in boxing, quickly excelling into a world class amateur. Asselstine was a member of Canadian National Team in 2009, competing against Poland, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This month he won the 2010 Ringside World Championships in Kansas City, Missouri....Read more August 17, 2010Molitor-Booth 24/7 For the first time FTM SPORTS will be giving fans a chance to get a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the countdown to a world title fight. Jason Booth takes on Canadian Steve Molitor for his IBF Super Bantamweight title on September 11th and all of the build up will be available on www.frankmaloney.com. Molitor v Booth ‘Inside Out’ will be based on the successful HBO 24/7 show and Sky Sports Countdown programs which have given fans a chance to understand the build up and preparation a fighter has to make. ...Read more August 17, 2010Pascal rose to the occasion  By Graham Houston, www.fightwriter.com (Photo: Mike Greenhill) You could put Saturday’s light-heavyweight title bout between Jean Pascal and Chad Dawson into the “What if” category of contest, as in “What would have happened if Dawson had fought with more fire?” or “What would have happened if the head clash hadn’t ended matters in the 11th round?” Something similar happened in March when Arthur Abraham lost by disqualification against Andre Dirrell, also in the 11th round and with Abraham making a late charge. People wondered if Dirrell could have held off Abraham in the closing few minutes and observers will no doubt be debating whether Pascal could have survived a Dawson onslaught in the final round. ...Read more August 16, 2010Williams decisions Saunders Promoter Chris Jones fight card was a big hit Saturday night at the Elks Club in Tacoma, Washington. Vancouver, BC Light Welterweight Jason Saunders met Portland, Oregon`s William Williams which turned out to be a “Rocky” type affair. The tall southpaw Williams using his big height and speed advantage while Saunders fought with his heart and will to win. While the Canuck was deposited on the deck three times during the bout, all courtesy of a Williams straight left hand, he managed to get to his feet and pressed the action. The crowd was inspired by Saunder’s courage as the “Rocky” theme music played between rounds which prompted Saunders (2-2, 1KO) to fight even harder. In the end, it was the technical boxing skill of Williams (5-1, 2KOs) that won out as he peppered Saunders with five and six punch combinations. The final tallies were 60-52 all the way around for the American. August 16, 2010Full report: Pascal decisions Dawson By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KOs) scored an eleven round technical decision over previously unbeaten WBC interim light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal before a crowd of 8122 enthusiastic fans. Pascal also captures Dawson's IBO belt along with the Ring Magazine vacant 175 pound championship. A desperate Dawson went for the KO in round eleven and looked like he might do it before suffering a bad cut from an accidental headbutt that sent the bout to the scorecards...Read more August 15, 2010Pascal defeats Dawson By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KOs) scored an eleven round technical decision over previously unbeaten WBC interim light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (29-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Pascal thrilled the hometown crowd with his aggressive barrages. He continually roughed up Dawson as the bout progressed. Dawson finally got more aggressive and had Pascal hurt in round nine but didn’t follow up. A desparate Dawson went for the KO in round eleven and looked like he might do it before suffering a bad cut from an accidental headbutt that sent the bout to the scorecards. Scores were 108-101, 106-103, 106-103. August 14, 2010Early results from Bell Centre By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Lightweight Tony Luis (10-0 3KO) pounded out a 78-74, 79-73, 80-72 decision over Adrian Verdugo (12-2-1 9KO) of Mexico. Luis was able to fire off three and four punch combinations for the duration on an opponent who offered very little in return. Verdugo sported a respectable 12-1-1 record going in, but against what amounted to horrible opposition. The average record of opponent over his last 4 four wins amounted to 5-18. It was the first time Luis has been past six rounds and the Cornwall fighter looked tired on his stool over the last two rounds but still came out and continued to deliver he combinations, although their frequency were slightly diminished. Verdugo did put up somewhat of an effort over the course of the last round, but it was about eight rounds too late. Super-lightweight Dierry Jean returned to action for the first time since last November and gave journeyman Antonio Soriano all he could handle for six rounds before the Mexican threw in the towel in what was scheduled for eight rounds. In what was a glorified sparring session, Jean was able to land at will and remained virtually untouched for the duration. Soriano despite a 15-12-2 record has proven to been a durable opponent when travelling to Canada, never being stopped in his five previous visits. Jean moves to 18-0 with his 12th stoppage. Super-featherweight Kevin Lavallee wasted no time in scoring his second knockout in as many fights, dispatching Genaro Garcia (9-9 6KO) at 1:16 of the first round. The Russ Anber trained product overwhelmed his Mexican opponent 40 seconds in sending Garcia down to the canvas and quickly followed up with a left to the body to finish things off for good. Unheralded Puerto Rican Rubin Rivera (3-4 1KO) was able to walk into undefeated Wayne John’s backyard and hand the heavyweight his first defeat, knocking down the Montreal fighter with a counter right hand to end the first round. John was able to come back in the second and go to ample body of Rivera that was big as all outdoors but there was little action from either fighter in the last half of the six round snooze fest. Despite the knockdown, judge Jean Lapointe some how had the fight scored 59-55 for John while the other two judges saw it a more reasonable 57-56 for the visitor Rivera. Lightweight Arash Usmanee (6-0 3KO) made easy work of Hugo Pacheco (11-16-1 9KO) with three knockdowns, ending the proceedings with a right hand to put down the overmatched Mexican fighter for a final time at 1:28 of the second round. Pacheco who has never beaten a fighter with a winning record is no relation to the “Fight Doctor” who bears the same last name, but probably could have used one by the end of the fight. August 14, 2010Berto on Pascal-Dawson By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Fightnews had the chance to catch up with world champion Andre Berto as he arrived in Montreal to attend tonight’s fight between undefeated Chad Dawson and Haitian born Jean Pascal. We were able to get his view on tonight’s HBO televised match-up and what his thoughts were regarding both fighters. ..Read more August 14, 2010Poll results: Too close to call Tonight under the bright lights of the Bell Centre in Montreal, WBC Light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal will look to keep his crown at the expense of undefeated "Bad" Chad Dawson. Our FightNews Canada poll asked you who you thought would be tonight's victor and the results show that this could be anyone's fight. Dawson by decision came in at 36% while Pascal by decision was the choice of 34% of poll takers. If there is going to be a knockout, 21% of voters predict that Pascal gets the KO victory while only 8% voted in favor of a Dawson KO. August 13, 2010
Mini Gallery: Pascal-Dawson Weighin
Weights from Montreal, PQ
Both Jean Pascal and Chad Dawson made weight easily for their WBC/IBO/ and Ring Magazine Light heavyweight championship clash. The attached gallery from the weigh-in is courtesy of Herby Whyne. Enjoy!
August 13, 2009
Television: HBO (PPV in Canada)
August 13, 2009Pascal-Dawson officials Canadian referee Michael Griffin will be the third man in the ring for Saturday’s Pascal-Dawson WBC light heavyweight championship fight in Montreal. The three judges are Jack Woodburn (Canada), John Keane (England) and Gerald Ritter (Oklahoma). The WBC Supervisor is Charles Giles (England). August 13, 2010Molitor 100% ready IBF super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor is fully recovered from a stress-fracture of the shin that laid him up for 4 weeks and now he’s raring to take on Jason Booth on September 11th at the Rainton Meadows Arena in Sunderland, England. “Without a doubt it’s frustrating.” explained Molitor. “After I won the title on a Saturday (against Takalani Ndlovu) I was straight back in they gym on Tuesday and it’s hard not being able to train 110%. But in other ways it has been a blessing in disguise, I’m now a 100% recovered after taking all of the time off that the doctors advised me to. I’ve stayed in good shape, riding the bike etc but come September 11th I’ll be coming to fight.” August 12, 2010Pascal set to defend hardware By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada Fightnews met up with WBC light-heavyweight champion as he put the finishing touches on his preparations for this Saturday’s showdown with undefeated Chad Dawson. Pascal will be making the third defense of his title belt that he wrestled away from fellow Montrealer Adrian Diaconu in 2009. Pascal again beat Diaconu in his last fight in December and did so with one arm, separating his shoulder in the third round. Pascal talks about his thoughts the fight that brings HBO Championship boxing into town for the very time and assures us that he is 100 percent ready for Saturday.....Read more August 11, 2010Pascal's trainer looks for early ending By Dave Spencer,Fightnews Canada With just days before Saturday’s HBO televised match-up between WBC champion Jean Pascal and light-heavyweight kingpin Chad Dawson, Fightnews caught up with Pascal’s trainer Marc Ramsay who has been racking the frequent flyer miles as he has brought his fighter to three different locales trying to obtain elite status for his man in a showdown that pits two of the division’s best against each other. Ramsay described camp as “great,” saying good doesn’t even begin to describe it.....Read more August 10, 2010Tale of the Tape: Pascal vs Dawson By Dave Baggs,Fightnews Canada WBC Light Heavyweight champion Jean Pascal will face the toughest challenge of his career on Saturday night as the talented Montrealer will face off against "Bad" Chad Dawson over 12 rounds or less. While Dawson has been slated as the favorite heading in, Pascal will certainly be motivated by his hometown fans, knowing that a victory solidifies his claim as the best Light heavyweight in the division. Here is how both fighters measure up in FightNews Canada's Tale of the Tape.
August 10, 2010 WBC Womens August 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their August 2010 rankings which ranks female boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Super Lightweight - Jaime Clampitt WBC #4 (last month: #3) Super Lightweight - Natalie Brown WBC #17 (last month: #16) Super Lightweight - Linda Tissot WBC #21 (last month: #20) Lightweights - Sarah Pucek WBC #11 (last month: #11) Lightweights - Ayana Pelletier WBC #13 (last month: #13) WBC Super Featherweight champion - OLIVIA GERULA Super Featherweight - Lindsay Garbatt WBC #1 (last month: #1) Super Featherweight - Jessica Rakoczy WBC #2 (last month: #2) Super Featherweight - Jelena Mrdjenovich WBC #3 (last month: #3) WBC Featherweight champion - JEANNINE GARSIDE Featherweight - Sandy Tsagouris WBC #2 (last month: #2) Super Bantamweight - Lisa Brown WBC #2 (last month: #2) Super Bantamweight - Nathalie Forget WBC #21 (last month: #19) August 10, 2009Weekend results from Shediac, NB
Heavyweights: Julien Collette (4-1, 2KOs) KO1 Jeff Lundberg (0-3)
Battle for the Next Great Light Heavyweight tournament August 9, 2010McGuinness return 09/25 /P> After countless months of rumors and hype, Orangeville natives Logan Cotton-McGuinness (11-0-1, 5 KOs) and Buzz Grant (9-3, 4 KOs) are set to square-off in one of the most anticipated grudge matches in Ontario boxing history, Saturday, September 25 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, for the NABA lightweight title. The card, UNDISPUTED: RIVALS, is being promoted by United Promotions. Also on the card, two of Ontario ’s top prospects put their respective undefeated records on the line as Mississauga ‘s Sam “The Product” Vargas (4-0, 1 KO) will take on Orangeville’s Ryan Wagner (2-0, 1 KO). Tickets start at $25. Call 416-972-5000. August 9, 2010Hearns-Mihtar in Windsor by Bob Ryder, FightNews.com Ronald “The Chosen One” Hearns and Brian “The Lion” Mihtar will square off in a 10 round middleweight contest on October 9 as the feature attraction across the river from Detroit at the Caesars Windsor Casino, Windsor, Canada. Hearns with a record of 25-1, 19 KO’s will bring in decided advantages in height and reach while Mihtar at 13-1, 10 KO’s will be seeking to test his taller opponent’s chin. An intriguing match-up with lots of interest for Detroit area fans of each man. ....Read more August 9, 2010Full report: Holm stops Clampitt by Chris Cozzone, FightNews.com Huh?” That was the look on Holly Holm’s face and the question on 2,800 fight fans’ lips after less than two minutes of action, last night at the Hard Rock of Albuquerque. No telling punches had landed. There was no blood, no falls to the canvas and no fouls committed, yet something had brought Holm’s challenger, Jaime Clampitt, to her knees, then onto her back where she writhed in pain, shortly before the bell would’ve clanged to complete round one.....Read more August 8, 2010New WBC Mens August 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their August 2010 rankings which ranks male boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Neven Pajkic - WBC #25 (last month: #25) Cruiserweight - Ryan Henney - WBC #29 (last month: #30) Cruiserweight - James Cermak - WBC#34 (last month: #34) WBC Light Heavyweight champion - JEAN PASCAL Light Heavyweight - Adrian Diaconu - WBC #5 (last month: #7) Light Heavyweight - Junior Moar - WBC #40 (New entrant!) Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - WBC #12 (last month: #14) Super Middleweight - Sebastien Demers - WBC #26 (last month: #26) Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - WBC #29 (last month: #28) Middleweight - David Lemieux - WBC #3 (last month: #6) Middleweight - Renan St-Juste - WBC #22 (last month: #26) Light Middleweight - Joachim Alcine - WBC #13 (last month: #4) Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan - WBC #4 (last month: #4) Welterweight - Phil Lo Greco - WBC #14 (last month: #14) Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet - WBC #23 (last month: #26) Super Bantamweight - Sebastien Gauthier - WBC #35 (last month: #34) August 7, 2009Holm wins short fight  by Chris Cozzone, FightNews.com From the Hard Rock of Albuquerque: In the shortest fight of her career, Holly Holm (28-1-3, 8 KOs) scored a first round TKO over Jaime Clampitt (21-4-1, 7 KOs), of Canada/Rhode Island. After a somewhat tentative round, Clampitt suddenly sunk to her knees and rolled onto her back at the 10-second warning bell, clutching her right shoulder. Unable Clampitt unable to continue, due to dislocated shoulder, Holm picked up the TKO win, since there was no foul committed. August 7, 2010Booth back from the brink When Jason Booth steps between the ropes against IBF champion Steve Molitor on September 11th, he will be the most prepared he has ever been for a fight according to manager Jimmy Gill. Booth, 32, has just started his full training camp for the fight which will mark a turnaround of epic proportions in the roller coaster life story of the Nottingham fighter. The former British and Commonwealth super bantamweight champion spent two years away from the sport due to a crippling alcohol addiction but has rebuilt his life in and out of the ring which has culminated in a shot at the Canadian’s IBF belt.....Read more August 6, 2010Clampitt to face Holm TONIGHT! (Source: CES Press Release) Jaime "Hurricane" Clampitt will face her toughest test to date tonight when she battles Holly Holm for the vacant IBA Female Junior Welterweight world title at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Clampitt (27-4-1, 7 KOs), born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and now fighting out of Warwick, R.I., is seeking her fifth world title and her third consecutive victory overall since returning to the ring following a 1 1/2-year layoff to give birth to her first child. Since making her comeback in November of 2009, Clampitt has beaten Rachel Clark and Jill Emery, who entered those respective bouts with a combined record of 13-4-1.....Read more August 6, 2010New IBO Mens August 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The International Boxing Organization or IBO has released their August 2010 rankings which ranks boxers worldwide. Here is how our talent rankings according to the IBO sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Neven Pajkic IBO #53 Heavyweight - Bermane Stiverne IBO #68 Cruiserweight - Troy Ross IBO #10 Cruiserweight - Ryan Henney IBO #53 Cruiserweight - James Cermak IBO #93 Cruiserweight - Frank White IBO #99 Light Heavyweight - Adrian Diaconu IBO #7 Super Middleweight - Sebastien Demers IBO#26 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke IBO #42 Super Middleweight - Nicholson Poulard IBO #67 Middleweight - David Lemieux IBO #19 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste IBO #46 Middleweight - Donald Orr IBO #95 Light Middleweight - Joachim Alcine IBO #11 Welterweight - Phil Lo Greco IBO #49 Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan IBO#51 Welterweight - Antonin Decarie IBO #59 Light Welterweight - Hermann Ngoudjo IBO #18 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean IBO #62 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet IBO #23 Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote IBO #75 Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier IBO #68 August 6, 2009Great Canadian champions "The Human Bed Slat" Percy Cove By Ryan Stead, FightNews Canada History remembers Percy Cove as larger than he was because of the way he lived his life: he took on all challengers, and never backed down from a fight. Even during his ultimate fight with the Germans in WWI. Cove battled till the bitter end and went down swinging. Canada, like many parts of the world, didn't embrace boxing as quickly as some American states did. At the turn of the century the sweet science still held a certain taboo nature to it. There were exceptions, but overall, many Canadians didn't accept pugilism as a 'legit' profession. Since his family didn't approve of young Percy Chamberlain's choice to become a boxer, he left for Everett, Washington under the alias Percy Cove, so as to not shame his family name with his career. He fought out of the U.S. but always remained a loyal Canuck.....Read more August 6, 2010Holm, Clampitt at the scales  From the Hard Rock in Albuquerque:
August 5, 2010Ross rips into Green Cruiserweight Troy Ross, winner of Season 4 of The Contender television series, has called out IBO Champion Danny Green describing him as a fraud. “He defended his title against a guy who hadn’t fought in nearly 3 years last week, who was a light heavyweight that had retired on medical grounds,” stated Ross. “In his previous defense he pulled the same act dragging a middleweight who had fought one solitary round in 2 years in Manny Siacca? To add further insult he calls Paul Briggs a dog and humiliates him by hurling insults from inside the ring! I saw it on youtube and couldn’t believe it. In America he would be lucky to leave the ring alive with a low act like that – but in this case the commissions would never allow a farce like that to happen here in the first place.” ....Read more July 31, 2010Edmonton meet and greet By Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada Edmonton fight fans will have a great opportunity to interact with some of the city's best boxers, all in one room, at the Shaw Conference Centre on Sunday August 15th. So this is your chance as a boxing fan to get to talk to some of your favorite Edmonton boxers and let them know what’s on your mind, ask them a question, and, of course, let them know who you would like to see them fight. They may even be able to convince Canadian champions Kris Andrews and Adam Trupish to get in the squared circle against each other. Of course this matchup would be a dream bout for local fight fans.....Read more July 30, 2010McGuinness,Grant for NABA title! (Press Release: Hennessy Sports Canada) After countless months of rumors and hype, Orangeville natives Logan McGuinness (11-0-1, 5 KO’s) and Buzz Grant (9-3, 4 KO’s) are set to square-off in one of the most anticipated grudge matches in Ontario boxing history, Saturday, September 25 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, for the NABA Lightweight title. The card, UNDISPUTED: RIVALS, is being promoted by United Promotions, Southern Ontario’s leader in live boxing. Earlier this month the undefeated McGuinness demolished Montreal’s Jorge Banos via first-round TKO, setting the stage for the most important fight of his career.....Read more July 29, 2010Great Canadian champions The hard hitting Gale Kerwin By Ryan Stead Ottawa never has been a Mecca of boxing, never had the cache of Montreal or the big city feel of Toronto, but that's not to say the love for the sweet science has been absent. Being a boxing enthusiast I've always been interested in great Canadian boxers of the past; names like George Chuvalo, Jimmy McLarnin, and Sam Langford, all stellar fighters, each in their own respect. Being from Ottawa I decided to try and find who was best fighter from the National Capital Region was. It didn't take long before I found about former Canadian welterweight champion Gale Kerwin.....Read more July 26, 2010 New NABF Mens July 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The North American Boxing Federation or NABF has released their July 2010 rankings which ranks boxers in North America. Here is how our talent rankings within the NABF sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Neven Pajkic NABF #8 (last month: #10) Cruiserweights - Ryan Henney NABF #9 (last month: #9) Cruiserweights - James Cermak NABF #10 (last month: #10) Cruiserweights - Frank White NABF #13 (last month: #13) Light Heavyweight - Junior Moar NABF #16 (last month: #16) Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - NABF #3 (last month: #3) Middleweight - David Lemieux NABF #1 (last month: #1) Middleweight - Renan St-Juste NABF #9 (last month: #9) Middleweight - Adam Trupish NABF #16 (last month: #16) Light Middleweights - Kris Andrews NABF #15 (last month: #15) Welterweights - Victor Lupo NABF #15 (last month: #15) Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean NABF #5 (last month: #5) Light Welterweight - Chad Brisson NABF #16 (last month: unranked) Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet NABF #1 (last month: #1) Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote - NABF #15 (last month: #15) Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier NABF #3 (last month: #3) Super Bantamweights - Tyson Cave NABF #16 (last month: #16) Bantamweight - Andrew Kooner NABF #13 (last month: #14) July 26, 2009Orr returns Sept 11th Donnie Orr will look to return to his winning ways as the one time Canadian Olympian returns to the ring Saturday, September 11th at world renowned Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California. Orr (15-1, 6KOs) will be looking to bounce back after suffering his first professional defeat, a controversial points loss to John Mackey back in June. This will be Orr’s second fight in Heff’s backyard after last year’s exciting points win over fellow Canadian Daniel Stanislavjevic........Read more July 26, 2010Shot of the day!  Two time world title challenger Bobby Gunn poses with the well known Russ Anber for a quick pic. Gunn (21-4-1, 18KOs), who has been out of the ring for a little over a year, is targetting undefeated Ran Nakash (25-0, 18KOs) as his comeback bout following his unsuccessful bid for the IBF Cruiserweight title. July 20, 2009Full report: Angulo stops Alcine by Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com Popular super welterweight contender Alfredo Angulo stopped former world titleholder Joachim Alcine in the first round of a scheduled 12 round eliminator bout in front of a crowd of 2,152 at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. With the victory, Angulo is the No. 1 contender for a world title bout. Angulo was victorious in his last bout in April, knocking out fellow super welterweight contender Joel Julio in the 11th round of a 12 round bout. Alcine had not fought in over seven months, winning a 12 round unanimous decision over French fringe contender Christophe Canclaux.......Read more July 20, 2010Angulo blows away Alcine Jr middleweight Alfredo Angulo (19-1, 16 KOs) scored a punishing first round TKO over Joachim Alcine (32-2-1, 19 KOs) Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Resort Rancho Mirage, California.. Referee Lou Moret waved it off after 2:59 with Angulo punishing a hurt Alcine on the ropes. July 17, 2010Alcine-Angulo presser  No. 1 junior middleweight contender Alfredo “Perro” Angulo and former World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion Joachim Alcine hosted their final news conference today at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Angulo vs. Alcine will be a World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight title elimination bout. Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions and Thompson Boxing Promotions, the Angulo-Alcine will take place this Saturday July 17th at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, Calif.. HBO Boxing After Dark will televise both bouts live, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)...Read more July 16, 2010Angulo ready for Alcine By Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com No one would argue with the statement that interim Super Welterweight titleholder Alfredo Angulo is one of the top fighters in his weight class. Although he is never one to boast about his improved boxing skills to compliment his devastating power, the soft-spoken Angulo can turn it up a notch and seize the opportunity. Just ask his last opponent, Joel Julio. Angulo will face another strong challenger on Saturday night, as he faces former world title holder Joachim Alcine in a world title eliminator fight at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, CA....Read more July 15, 2010New WBC Mens July 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their July 2010 rankings which ranks male boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Neven Pajkic - WBC #25 (New entrant!) Cruiserweight - Ryan Henney - WBC #30 (last month: #33) Cruiserweight - James Cermak - WBC#34 (last month: #38) Cruiserweight - Frank White - WBC#38 (New entrant!) WBC Light Heavyweight champion - JEAN PASCAL Light Heavyweight - Adrian Diaconu - WBC #7 (last month: #8) Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - WBC #14 (last month: #22) Super Middleweight - Sebastien Demers - WBC #26 (last month: #8) Super Middleweight - Adonis Stevenson - WBC #28 (last month: #26) Middleweight - David Lemieux - WBC #6 (last month: #18) Middleweight - Renan St-Juste - WBC #26 (last month: #28) Light Middleweight - Joachim Alcine - WBC #4 (last month: #5) Welterweight - Jo Jo Dan - WBC #4 (New entrant!) Welterweight - Phil Lo Greco - WBC #14 (last month: #28) Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet - WBC #26 (last month: #25) Super Bantamweight - Sebastien Gauthier - WBC #34 (last month: #33) July 15, 2009WBC Womens July 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their July 2010 rankings which ranks female boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.
Super Lightweight - Jaime Clampitt WBC #3 (New entrant!) Super Lightweight - Natalie Brown WBC #16 (last month: #16) Super Lightweight - Linda Tissot WBC #20 (last month: #20) Lightweights - Sarah Pucek WBC #11 (last month: #13) Lightweights - Ayana Pelletier WBC #13 (last month: #15) WBC Super Featherweight champion - OLIVIA GERULA Super Featherweight - Lindsay Garbatt WBC #1 (New entrant!) Super Featherweight - Jessica Rakoczy WBC #2 (last month: #1) Super Featherweight - Jelena Mrdjenovich WBC #3 (last month: #2) WBC Featherweight champion - JEANNINE GARSIDE Featherweight - Sandy Tsagouris WBC #2 (last month: #2) Super Bantamweight - Lisa Brown WBC #2 (last month: #2) Super Bantamweight - Nathalie Forget WBC #19 (New entrant!) July 15, 2009Full report: Brosch decisions Fountain By John Robbins,Fightnews Canada In the Main Event of the lastest installment of United Promotions 2010 Professional Boxing series, “Mighty” Tebor Brosch took on Justin “The Matrix” Fountain in an all Ontario Welterweight battle for the vacant CPBC Canadian title! Fountain started off well in the opening stanza, outboxing his Ontario counterpart, consistently landing the jab with the occasional right hand following it. The early assault started to cause some redness to form around Brosch’s face. Brosch seemed to turn things around late in the round, and while he was being outlanded by Fountain, his punches were clearly doing some damage as well....Read more July 13, 2010Full report: Undisputed undercard By Thomas Huynh,Fightnews Canada In a rematch of their October clash in Montreal, Orangeville Ontario’s Logan Mcguiness attempted to duplicate his efforts against the tough Jorge Banos, who is coming off a two fight win streak. In their last lightweight encounter, Logan won a four round unanimous decision, dropping Jorge in the fourth round. McGuinness began the opening round with digging shots to the body and jabbed his way into Banos’s guard. Jorge failed to connect back with anything significant, as Logan showed quick reflexes and lateral movement to evade any punches. McGuinness threw more hooks to the body and trapped Jorge into the corner unloading power shots....Read more July 13, 2010Brosch wins bloody decision By John Robbins,Fightnews Canada In a bloody main event at the Hershey Centre, Tebor Brosch won the vacant Canadian (CPBC) Welterweight title with a seven round technical decision victory over Justin Fountain moments ago in Mississauga, Ontario. The contest was halted by the ringside physician with both fighters cut and bleeding over both eyes. The judges were split on trying to decide on a clear winner. Scores of the bout saw Brosch (6-3-4, 2KOs) ahead on two scorecards 68-65 and 68-66 while Fountain (6-3-3, 2KOs) was up on the third card 67-66 giving Brosch the decision victory and the national welterweight title. More to come. July 10, 2010Early results from Mississauga McGuinness destroys Banos! By John Robbins,Fightnews Canada Undefeated Super Featherweight prospect Logan McGuinness (11-0-1, 5KOs) destroyed Jorge Banos, dropping the Quebec champ twice and forcing the ref to stop the fight at 2 minutes 17 seconds of round 1. At the same time as the referee made his decision, so did Banos' corner as they threw the white towel into the ring. McGuinness landed vicious body shots at will and just whooped Banos (6-7-3) from pillar to post. In a battle of undefeated Cruiserweights, Mississauga’s Denton Daley kept his winning streak intact, scoring a unanimous decision victory over Montreal's Pasteur Mbuyi... Read more July 10, 2010Full report: Gerula decisions Dierdorff by Rocky Zuniga Thursday night at the Convention Centre in downtown Winnipeg, King John Boxing presented "Hometown Heroes", a fight card that featured some of the best fighters fighting out of the Manitoba capital today. Olivia Gerula, the WBC Super Featherweight champion of the world headlined the card while Larry "Razor" Sharpe, a former Canadian champ and NABA champion, and Chad Brisson, a former Canadian champ and Super Lightweight contender saw action as well. Olivia “The Predator” Gerula successfully defended her WBC Super Featherweight crown with a 10 round decision victory over Brooke Dierdorff of Elgin, Illinois. There was no feeling out process in this first round and it was all action from both fighters at the bell... Read more July 10, 2010Shot of the day!  WBC Super Featherweight queen Olivia Gerula sports a slightly swollen eye after 10 rounds with challenger Brooke Dierdorff last Thursday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "I got sucked into brawling but all and all, I hit my stride by the 5th round." Gerula told FightNews Canada. "I had a hard time finding my range with her smothering and tying me up and my leaning in. Room for improvement I suppose." The champ will take a short break and return to the gym in a mere two weeks. July 10, 2009 Full report: Gerula decisions Dierdorff by Rocky Zuniga Thursday night at the Convention Centre in downtown Winnipeg, King John Boxing presented "Hometown Heroes", a fight card that featured some of the best fighters fighting out of the Manitoba capital today. Olivia Gerula, the WBC Super Featherweight champion of the world headlined the card while Larry "Razor" Sharpe, a former Canadian champ and NABA champion, and Chad Brisson, a former Canadian champ and Super Lightweight contender saw action as well. Olivia “The Predator” Gerula successfully defended her WBC Super Featherweight crown with a 10 round decision victory over Brooke Dierdorff of Elgin, Illinois. There was no feeling out process in this first round and it was all action from both fighters at the bell... Read more July 10, 2010Weights from Puerto Rico
Venue: Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
July 9, 2009YouTube: Chuvalo-Mathis Rd1 Another gem from YouTube. The embedded video is the opening round of the 1969 battled between heavyweight contenders George Chuvalo and Buster Mathis. The first three minutes were as wild as they get, both fighters throwing low, using their heads, and wanting to rip the head off each other. While it would Mathis coming out on top, he would fight only 4 more time, losing 3. Chuvalo would go to achieve perhaps his greatest victory, stopping Jerry Quarry 10 months later and fight on for another 9 years. Enjoy. July 9, 2010Angulo prepares for Alcine The World's #1 ranked Jr. Middleweight contender Alfredo “Perro” Angulo (18-1, 15KOs) hosted a Los Angeles Media Workout on Wednesday at the Fortune Gym in Hollywood, Calif. Angulo is preparing for his upcoming bout against Canadian and former WBA Jr. Middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-1, 19KOs) on July 17th at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. The two will battle it out for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight title. The contest is also being deemed as a WBC World title eliminator. Here are some comments from the hard punching Alfredo on what he expects from Alcine come fight nite.....Read more July 9, 2010Gerula retains title WBC Super Featherweight queen Olivia "The Predator" Gerula successfully retained her crown for the second time with a 10 round unanimous decision over Brooke Dierdorff last night at the Winnipeg Convention Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Scores of the bout were 97-93 and 98-92(twice). With the victory, Gerula improves her personnal winning streak to 5 bouts and her record improve to 13-10-2 (3KOs). Dierdorff, who earned the opportunity to fight for the WBC title by knocking off 17-0 Mary McGee and Mia St. John, falls to 6-5-1. On the undercard, former Canadian Middleweight champ Larry Sharpe (25-8, 12KOs) may have climbed through the ropes for the final time as a professional prizefighter, pounding out an 8 round unanimous decision (79-73, 79-73, and 80-72) over Mexico's Jose Corral (18-16, 12KOs). Former Canadian Super Lightweight champion Chad Brission, making his first ring appearance in 46 months, defeated Mexico's Jose Corona (8-12, 6KOs) by majority decision. Scores of the bout were 77-75 twice for Brisson while the 3rd judges saw it even at 76-76. Brisson improves to 22-2 with 12KOs with the victory. Heavyweight Nick Penner, fighting out of Blumenort,Manitoba, improved to 3-0 (2KOs) with a 3rd round stoppage over Dana Swan (2-6, 2KOs). Rounding out the action was an all American affair with Darby Smart (11-4, 4KOs) defeating Hassan Wasswa (5-11-3, 2KOs) after 6 round by unanimous decision. More to come July 9, 2010Back with Bad Intentions By Jason Bone,Fightnews Canada Chad "Bad Intentions" Brisson makes his way back to the ring today. Brisson, a 6 time national champion in the amateurs, hasn’t fought in 3 years since he left the sport for personal reasons. With a 21-2 record with 12 knockouts, Brisson looks to come out tonight guns blazing and get back into the championship mix within 18 months. In preparation for his return Chad trained at GoJo Gym under Sherbrook Street Boxing Club coach Ken Johnson while solid amateurs Kyle Olivera, and brothers Reece and Brian Settee have been doing most of the sparring. Brisson takes on Jose Corona (8-11, 6KO’s) of Mexico. Boxing under a new coach, Ken Johnson said of Brisson “I am very impressed in what I have seen in his development, Chad is a high level pro, very organized in his workouts, his attention to detail was a pleasure to watch. This is a fighter that has been around, he’s trained and fought out in Philly and July 8th, we’ll see his hard work accumulate into success.” The last time Brisson fought he got a ten round decision win over Russell Stoner Jones September 29th 2006, in Philadelphia. Brisson has knocked out all six opponents he has faced here in Winnipeg and looks to continue with his winning ways. Brisson in undefeated in his last eleven fights knocking out eight opponents, July 8, 2010New NCC July 2010 ratings Canada's National Championship Committee has released it July 2010 ratings and there are some significant changes within. David Lemieux, who will soon compete among the world's best, has vacated the Canadian Super Middleweight title. Lemieux reign was a short one, lasting a mere 5 months with 1 title defense squeezed in. Other changes include: Wayne John's debut at Heavyweight with his upset victory over former champ Patrice L'Heureux, #1 ranked Cruiserweight Kevin Reynolds has been dropped due to inactivity, and the debut of Chris Aucoin, fresh of an upset victory over Ian MacKillop, at Light Middleweight. To view the NCC July 2010 ratings, simply click here July 8, 2010Bute-Brinkley on Oct 15 InterBox has announced that the IBF has approved the staging of an IBF mandatory title bout between top contender Jesse Brinkley (35-5, 22 KO) and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO). InterBox also reports that it has reached agreement with Let’s Get It On Promotions and Star Boxing for the services of Jesse Brinkley, and that the mandatory fight will take place on October 15th 2010 at the Montreal Bell Centre. The IBF awaits signed contracts from each camp. July 8, 2010Weights from Winnipeg, MB 
Venue: Winnipeg Conference Centre, Winnipeg. Manitoba
July 8, 2009Molitor-Booth update Jason Booth’s challenge for Steve Molitor’s for the IBF world super-bantamweight title has been rescheduled for Saturday September 11. The Nottingham star (35-5) will meet the Canadian (32-1) at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-Le-Spring in Frank Maloney’s first show of the new season. The pair were due to meet later this month, but Molitor suffered a stress fracture to his left shin which left him sidelined. Booth, 32, said: “It was a bit of a disappointment, but on the flip side gives me even longer to prepare from my big chance. “The delay isn’t Steve’s fought and I am sure he is as gutted as I am about the delay. I just hope he is getting better and on the mend.”...Read more July 7, 2010Tale of the Tape: Gerula vs Dierdorff By Dave Baggs,Fightnews Canada WBC Super Featherweight queen Olivia Gerula will make the second defense of her crown tomorrow night, fighting for the first time on home soil since claiming the WBC title. Gerula has been on quite a roll as of late, conquering some of the biggest names in the Super Featherweight division and she'll look to continue upon her winning ways at the expense of her opponnent Brooke Dierdorff. Dierdorff has also put together a modest 2 bout winning streak over high profile opponents to earn the right to challenge the Canuck with the title on the line. Here is how both fighters measure up in FightNews Canada's Tale of the Tape.
July 7, 2010McGuinness ready for homecoming (Press release: United Boxing Promotions/Hennessey Sport Canada) Logan Cotton McGuinness (10-0-1, 4 KO’ s) has crisscrossed Canada, fought in the US, and has even been to Ireland twice in going undefeated in his first 11 pro fights. But this Saturday night at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre, he’s coming home. McGuinness will be making his Ontario debut, taking on tough Quebecer Jorge Banos (6-6-3, 0KOs) in a bout scheduled for 8 rounds, and presented by United Promotions in association with Hennessy Sports Canada....Read more July 5, 2010Gerula-Dierdorff this Thursday! WBC titlist first defense on home soil! King John Boxing is back with another great card for the boxing fans of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Headlining this Thursday, July 9th card at the Winnipeg Convention Center will be Manitoba’s own WBC female super featherweight title champion Olivia "The Predator" Gerula (12-10-2, 3 KO's). Gerula will take on Chicago’s Brooke Dierdorff Millbrook (6-4-1, 3 KO's). The undercard will feature former Canadian champ Larry “Razor” Sharpe (24-8, 12 KO's) whi will be making his way to the ring for one last time as he'll take on Jose Corral(18-15, 12 KOs) of Mexico . Other bouts on the card will have Roland Vandal (0-3) of Winnipeg takes on another local Lee Laquette (Pro Debut), former Canadian Super Welterweight champ Chad Brisson (21-2, 12 KO) returns to the ring to battle Jose Corona (8-11, 6KO's) of Mexico. Heavyweights Dana Swan (2-5, 2 KO’s) and Steinbach’s Nick Penner (2-0) will also see action and starting out the card will be a battle of the Minnesotan’s Darby Smart (10-4, 4 KO’s) against Hassan Wasswa (5-10-3, 2 KO’s) will go toe-toe in some lightweight action. July 5, 2010Shot of the day! 
There is a new Queen of the Featherweights and her name is Jeannine Garside.
The pride of Duncan, BC travelled across the Atlantic to battle the highly rated and undefeated champion in Ina Menzer and outfought the German over the course of 10 rounds to win the IBF, WBO, and WBC featherweight titles Saturday night in Stuttgart, Germany. Garside even managed to drop Menzer in the final moments to collect the unanimous decision victory. This is Garside's third reign as world champion having owned the IBA Super Bantamweight and Featherweight titles previously. July 4, 2009Garside upsets Menzer Jeannine Garside (10-3-1, 4 KOs) overpowered previously unbeaten WIBF/WBC/WBO female featherweight champion Ina Menzer (26-1, 10 KOs) over ten rounds on Saturday night at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany to seize Menzer’s three belts. Garside was strong and aggressive as she forced the fight against Menzer, flooring her in the final moments, to win by scores of 98-92, 96-94, 96-94. July 3, 2010Denton Daley ready to impress (Press release: Dewith's Boxing studio) Canada’s next cruiserweight Champion, Denton Daley will continue his quest to the title on, Saturday July 10th, 2010, at the Mississauga’s Hershey Centre. Denton Daley started his boxing career in July of 2007 at Dewith’s Boxing Studio in Mississauga, with a very successful Amateur career winning the provincial Title and silver at the 2009 National Championships in Montreal (lost due to injury). Denton Daley turned professional in January of 2010 with a spectular Knockout win in the 3rd round over London’s Irvin Chestnut. He then followed that with a Unanimous 4 round decision over Taffo Asongwed back on May 15th at The Brampton PowerAde centre....Read more July 3, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Neven “No Surrender” Pajkic successfully defended this Canadian Heavyweight crown Wednesday night under the bright lights of Casino Rama, defeating the same man whom he took the title from 3 months earlier, one Greg Kielsa. As in their initial encounter, Pajkic dominated Kielsa from the outset, punching his way to a lopsided (100-90, 99-91, and 99-91) decision victory. Prior to the start of the contest, the expression on the faces of both men told a different story. Kielsa, fight out of Brampton, Ontario, looked both nervous and anxious as he bounced around his corner waiting for his conqueror to arrive. Pajkic, who weighed in at a trim 238lbs, looked confident, almost arrogant, as he climbed through the ropes to the loud cheers of a sell-out audience...Read more July 3, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton made her return to Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario a successful one Wednesday night with a hard fought 10 round split decision victory over Mexico’s Maria Villalobos to capture the vacant WBO Super bantamweight title. Julaton, who captured the heart of fight fans in Canada with her valiant effort against world champion Lisa Brown, had her hands full with the plucky import for Mexico, most of who thought the decision should have gone the other way. Julaton, following the Brown defeat, hired the services of trainer Freddy Roach to help prepare her for this world title opportunity. Having a mastermind like Freddy Roach in your corner will vastly improve your chances of victory however; having Roach in your corner is one thing, listening to Roach in your corner is another. It was clear from the opening bell that Julaton needs to listen more.... Read more July 3, 2010Weights from Germany
Venue: Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany
July 3, 2009By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Neven Pajkic retained his Canadian heavyweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision victory over former national champion Greg Kielsa moments ago at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. Scores of the bout read 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91 all in favor of the undefeated Toronto heavyweight. Pajkic (13-0, 5KOs) was the stronger of the two throughout the contest, keeping Kielsa tentative amd backpeddling. Pajkic appeared to have dropped Kielsa (11-2, 5KOs) in round 8, clubbing the Polish fighter with a right hook to the ear and buckling his knees. The ropes held up the clearly hurt Kielsa however the action continued without acknowledgement of the clear knockdown. In the end, it didnt matter as Pajkic would dominate the bout from beginning to end. June 30, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton had her hands full with Mexico's Maria Villalobos through 10 rounds, coming out on top with a split decision victory to take the vacant WBO Super Bantamweight title. Scores of the bout read 96-94, 96-94 for Julaton while the third judge gave it to Villalobos 97-93. Julaton, who finished the bout with a purple welt under her left eye, appeared to have hit the canvas in round 3 but it was ruled no knockdown. Villalobos (6-4. 3KOs) had the power to hurt JUlaton (7-2-1, 1KO), which she did on several occasions, but simply did not thrown enough punches in each round to sway the judges in her favor. When the decision was announced, a clear round of boos followed with the crowd voicing their opinion of the verdict given. June 30, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Artem "The Russian Tank" Lipanov made his pro debut moments ago to open another installment of the Rumble at Rama series, making short work of onetime Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player Nathan "The Rock" Perrot. Lipanov, from Moscow, Russia, dropped Perrott twice (officially) before the referee waved the contest off at 2:59 of the opening round. The Russian southpaw drilled Perrott (1-2, 1KO) with a right jab followed by a straight right hand that split both Perrott's guard and nose, dropping the onetime NHL enforcer hard. Perrott managed to regain his feet and allowed to continue. Perrott hits the canvas seconds later but the referee ruled it a slip rather than a knockdown. Upon arising, Perrott would be challenged to make it through the round with Lipanov eager to finish to contest early. Lipanov landed a short crisp right hook that dropped Perrott a second time into a seating position. To his credit, Perrott regained his feat but was obviously in no condition to continue, forcing the referee to wave the bout off with 1 second remaining in the round. June 30, 2010Clampitt takes on Holm by Gerardo Martinez, FightNews.com The last hurricane that landed in the Duke City to fight Holly Holm was Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez, and she disappeared as quick as a New York minute. And we all know what happened after that. Promoter Lenny Fresquez assured the press that Canadian-born “Hurricane,” Jaime Clampitt would not be skipping out on her August 6 appointment with Holm . . ...Read more June 30, 2010By Dave Baggs,Fightnews Canada Ana Julaton will return to Rama, Ontario for a second time, looking not only to impress once again but this time to return home with WBO Super Bantamweight title back in her possession. To accomplish this she'll have to outwork a tough and crafty fighter in Maria Villalobos over 12 rounds or less. Under the careful eye of her new trainer, the legendary Freddy Roach, Julaton appears confident and ready to thrill all her new Canadian fans once again. Here is how both fighters measure up in FightNews Canada's Tale of the Tape.
June 30, 2010By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Tonight under the bright lights of Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, former Canadian heavyweight champion Greg Kielsa will attempt to regain his championship strap from the man who took it away from him, one Neven Pajkic. Will it be repeat or revenge for The Steel Pole. Historically speaking, the odds show little in determining the fate of the former national champion Kielsa. Patrice L'Heureux lost his crown to fellow Quebecer David Cadieux when he was stopped in the 7th round back in May 2005....Read more June 30, 2010New date for Molitor-Booth Orion Sports Management announced today that after IBF Super Bantamweight champion Steve Molitor sustained a leg injury in training, he will push back his fight against the UK’s Jason Booth until September 11th. “It’s unfortunate, but Steve has suffered a stress factor, and can’t properly train for Jason Booth. So it’s not a situation where we want to move this fight back,” said Allan Tremblay, President of Orion Sports Management. “It just needs to be done.” June 30, 2010Menzer-Garside presser On Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany, the motto will be “First the World Cup, then the Boxing World Cup.” Saturday’s Universum Champons Night” event at the Porsche Arena will be a world title twinbill. One of the championship bouts will feature WBC/WIBF/WBO female featherweight champion Ina Menzer (26-0, 10 KOs) taking on Canadian Jeannine Garside (9-3-1, 4 KOs). Garside, a former 2 divisional world champion, is considered by one sanctioning body to be better than Menzer, a situation Menzer intends to correct....Read more June 29, 2010Pascal-Dawson for Ring belt WBC light heavyweight Jean Pascal has jumped 3 spots in The Ring magazine rankings from #6 to the #3 position and will be fighting for the publication’s vacant belt when he faces undefeated and Ring's #1 contender "Bad" Chad Dawson on August 14 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The Ring 175-pound championship has been vacant since Joe Calzaghe retired in February 2009. Under normal circumstances, the magazine belt when vacant is usually only contested between the #1 and #2 ranked contenders, but provisions exist where the #3 can contest for the belt. “Normally, filling a Ring championship vacancy requires a match between the number-one and number-two contenders,” said Nigel Collins, The Ring Editor-in-Chief by way of press release provided by promoters of Pascal GYM. “But under certain circumstances, we will recognize the winner of a bout between the number-one and number-three contenders, and the Dawson-Pascal match is such a circumstance. “Number-two contender Glen Johnson has already lost twice to Dawson, so it makes perfect sense to award The Ring light heavyweight championship to the Dawson-Pascal winner.” June 25, 2010Molitor injured, defense postponed Due to an injury sustained by IBF super bantamweight champion Steve Molitor, his scheduled world title defense against Jason Booth has been postponed and re-scheduled for September 10th. The show on July 23rd at Rainton Meadow Sunderland will still go ahead with the same undercard which include a super bantamweight commonwealth title plus an English title. The new top of the bill will be the first defense of British bantamweight champion Stuey Hall against former champion Martin Power. June 25, 2010New NABF Mens June 2010 rankings By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada The North American Boxing Federation or NABF has released their June 2010 rankings which ranks boxers in North America. Here is how our talent rankings within the NABF sanctioning body.
Heavyweight - Neven Pajkic NABF #10 Cruiserweights - Ryan Henney NABF #9 Cruiserweights - James Cermak NABF #10 Cruiserweights - Frank White NABF #13 Light Heavyweight - Junior Moar NABF #16 Super Middleweight - Kingsley Ikeke - NABF #3 Middleweight - David Lemieux NABF #1 Middleweight - Renan St-Juste NABF #9 Middleweight - Adam Trupish NABF #16 Light Middleweights - Kris Andrews NABF #15 Welterweights - Victor Lupo NABF #15 Light Welterweight - Dierry Jean NABF #5 Super Featherweight - Benoit Gaudet NABF #1 Super Featherweight - Pier Olivier Cote - NABF #15 Super Bantamweight - Sebastian Gauthier NABF #3 Super Bantamweights - Tyson Cave NABF #16 Bantamweight - Andrew Kooner NABF #13 June 24, 2009Smokin' Joe back in Canada! By Natalie Dunleavy, FightNews Canada There was a feeling of immensity in the air when Smokin’ Joe Frazier made his entrance at the Ringside for Youth XVI event at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa June 17. The legendary former heavyweight champion who left a huge mark in boxing history for his trilogy of fights against Muhammad Ali was the special guest at an annual charity boxing event. The 16th annual fundraiser with a five-bout amateur card raised over $155,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa. In return, fans got a glimpse of the champ in the ring sharing stories about his career, past fights and even how he got his nickname, Smokin’ Joe Frazier.....read more June 24, 2010Morrow halts Courchaine By Sam DiTusa, FightNews.com ESPN’s Friday Night Fights from Spokane aired three fights, but as is usual the undercard of unknowns, up and comers, and down and outers offered good dollar value for the boxing fan. In a middleweight four rounder, Qualicum Beach, BC's Aubrey Morrow improved to ( 5-1-1, 4 KOs) with a decisive third round TKO of debuting Dave Courchaine of Spokane. Morrow used superior skills to work the one time MMA fighter into vulnerable positions where he was able to land overhand rights. June 21, 2010Orr loses, Asongwed draws  On Saturday evening, in the co-main event at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Vancouver native and former Canadian Olympian Donald "Donnie Boy" found himself on the short end of a hard fought majority decision to John Mackey (12-5-2,5KOs) of Alabama. The loss is the first as a professional for Orr, now 15-1 (6KOS), who by the end of the fight was covered in his own blood from cuts over both eyes. Official scores were 76-76 and 77-75 twice.
In other undercard action, Montreal's Taffo Asongwed, who hadn't won a fight in three attempts, picked up a unanimous draw in his bout versus Niagara Falls, New York's Johnnie Davis. The first two rounds clearly favoured Davis, while the latter two were undoubtedly Asongwed's rounds. All three judges scored the fight 38-38. June 20, 2010Lo Greco wins WBC Intl title! Undefeated Welterweight prospect Phil Lo Greco won the WBC International Welterweight title last night at the Ristorante La Faraona in Sicilia, Italy with an 9th round TKO victory over Slawomir Ziemlewicz of Poland. Lo Greco (20-0, 11KOs), pitching a shutout through 8 rounds against his Polish opponent, dropped Ziemlewicz (20-7-2, 4KOs) twice in round 9. With the victory, the Italy based Canadian wins his first professional title which will surely move him up within the WBC rankings. June 19, 2010Weights from Niagara Falls, NY
Venue: Niagara Falls Conference Center, Niagara Falls, New York
June 19, 2009Lo Greco headlines in Sicily On Friday night, OPI 2000, the Italian company led by Salvatore and Christian Cherchi, will stage a show in Siracusa on the Italian Island of Sicily. In the main event, Italian Canadian Phil Lo Greco (19-0, 10 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBC International welterweight title against Poland’s Slawomir Ziemlewicz (20-6-2, 4 KOs). June 18, 2010Shot of the day! 
Jean Pascal looking sharp in advance of his August 14th fight versus Chad Dawson at the Bell Centre in Montreal. "He certainly is the best dressed boxer out there," admitted Dawson's promoter Gary Shaw who said he plans on making two trips to Canada with Dawson. "We'll be back a second time, after we beat Jean Pascal, we're going to come back for (Lucian) Bute, we'll knock off all the Canadians in two straight fights."
June 9, 2009Pascal-Dawson August 14th! Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gary Shaw Productions are particularly proud to officially announce that WBC light heavyweight world champion Jean Pascal (25-1-0, 16KO) will make a third defense of his title against undefeated American light heavyweight superstar Chad "Bad" Dawson (29-0-0, 17KO) on Saturday, August 14th at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The highly anticipated event will be broadcast live on HBO as part of their World Championship Boxing series, and will mark the first time ever that the main event of the prestigious series will be aired live from Canada....Read more June 18, 2010Ikeke suffers broken jaw Kingsley Ikeke has reportedly sustained a broken jaw in training and had to withdraw from the co-featured bout against super middleweight prospect Maxim Vlasov on Friday in the Pend O’reille Pavillion at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Washington. Ikeke has been replaced by Jerson Ravelo, 20-4 with 12 knockouts, of Newark, New Jersey. The fight will be televised live on ESPN’s “Friday Night Fight.” June 17, 2010Brosch-Fountain for CPBC title! By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada "Mighty" Tebor Brosch (5-3-4, 2KOs) and Justin "The Matrix" Fountain (6-2-3, 2KO) will renew acquintences July 10th at the Hershey Center in Mississauga, Ontario as they will face off as the main event for the Canadian Professional Boxing Council`s Welterweight title on the United Promotions card. The two battled to a 6 round statemate back in September 2008. Brosch saw his career take off after the Fountain draw, putting together 4 wins and battled to a draw with the then undefeated Manolis Plaitis. Fountian also had some success afterwards, putting together 3 wins and a draw before suffering a surprising early exit defeat to Fabian Ramirez (LKO1) back in March.....read more June 14, 2010Full report: Cave stops "Superman" By Cecil Wright, FightNews Canada While his opponent entered the ring resplendent in a superman costume, complete with the cape, Tyson Cave unveiled his own new attire, bright green trunks with the word kryptonite on the rump. As it turned out, Cave didn’t have to dip into too much of the green stuff as he battered Antwan “Superman” Robertson around the ring en route to a TKO victory when Robertson, claiming to have suffered a broken nose, failed to move from his corner as the bell rang for round 2. With the win, the Prince of Hali moves his record to 11 wins, 3 by knockout and 1 defeat, while Robertson falls to 6-3-1. Cave leaped into action at the opening bell and quickly nailed Robertson with a couple jabs and a right hook. He then scored with a nice lead left hand to the head of his opponent who was unfazed at this point and shot back with a stiff jab to the head of Cave.....read more June 14, 2010Full report: Lemieux destroys Ayala By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Elvin Ayala was suppose to the test that everyone wanted to see Canadian KO artist David Lemieux take. Ayala was a former world title challenger who had gone 12 rounds with Arthur Abraham in a losing effort and 10 rounds with the original "The Contender" TV show winner Sergio Mora, a battle that ended in a stalemate. While Ayala wasn’t expected to win in Montreal, he was expected to go some rounds. Twenty two rounds with the likes of Abraham and Mora cemented just that fact. On Friday night, under the bright outdoor lights of the GYM promoted card at Uniprix stadium, his night was over after a mere 2 minutes and 44 seconds. As Ayala (20-5-1, 9KOs) made his way to the ring, he appeared confident and loose, wearing an ear to ear grin that immediately turned the crowd against him. Ayala must have known that a victory over his young adversary would put him right back into the Middleweight picture and that Lemieux's mythic punching power was just that...a myth....read more June 13, 2010Cave halts Robertson By Cecil Wright, FightNews Canada Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Tyson Cave returned to his winning ways last night under the comfortable surroundings of the Palooka's Boxing Club in Halifax with an opening round stoppage of Minnesota`s Antwan Robertson. Robertson (6-3-1, 4KO) failed to answer the bell for round two. Cave (11-1, 3 KO), who suffered his first pro defeat at the hands of Willie Casey back in April, collects his quickest victory of his career as a pro. Two time Canadian title challenger Steve Cannell evened his record up at 4-4- 3 with a lopsided 6 round unanimous decision over Hasssan Wassawa (5-10-3). Scores of the bout were unanimous as well, 60-54 for the Canuck. Halifax Middleweight Jordan Clarke and Juan Sanchez renewed acquintences once again, again the judges were unable to agree upon a winner. While one judges favored Clarke 39-37, the other two saw the bout even at 38-38 and the bout was scored as a majority draw. Clarke (4-0-2, 2KOs) and Sanchez (3-6-2, 2KOS) last July. June 13, 2010Plaitis KO'd by Chavez By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Alfredo Chavez, after getting the worse of the action during the first round, threw an overhand right out of nowhere that landed flush on the exposed chin of Manolis Plaitis, dropping the former Canadian Light Welterweight champion hard. Plaitas managed to regain his feet at 9 but in no condition to continue. The referee waved the bout off as Plaitis was completely unaware of what just happened. Time of the stoppage was 55 seconds of round 2. Chavez improves to 5-1, 3 KOs while Plaitis suffers his first defeat as a pro, falling to 14-1-1 with 7 KOs. June 11, 2010Lavallé stops Martinez By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Kevin Lavallé made his pro debut a successful one in stopping Carlos Martinez at 2:26 seconds of the first round. Lavallé looks too strong for Martinez from the outset, pushing the Mexican all over the ring with each punch landed. A crisp right hook dropped Martinez (5-7, 3KOs) on all fours where he took the full count of 10. Martinez, who went 4 rounds will Tony Luis in March 2009, appeared to have suffered a broken nose for his efforts. June 11, 2010Lemieux destroys Ayala By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada David Lemieux proved that he could be one of the hardest punches in the Middleweight division today as he destroyed former IBF Middleweight title challenger Elvin Ayala in less than 3 minutes of work. Less than a minute into the contest, Ayala was on the canvas, the recipient of a left-right hook combination. Ayala regained his feet but not his senses. Another short right hook put Ayala into the ropes and down for a second time. Smiling to his corner, Ayala (20-5-1, 9KOs) arose at the count of 8 and was allowed to continue. Lemieux ended his right moments later with a followup barrage for knockdown number 3, ending matters at 2:44 of the first round. Lemieux (23-0, 22 KOs), with the victory, is the new WBC International Middleweight champion. June 11, 2010Luis starches Valdez By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Lightning Tony Luis, one of the top rated Lightweights in Canada, had a difficult time in reaching a slippery and uncooperative Alfredo Chavez until a perfect left hook ended the Mexican's night at 1:16 seconds of the 5th round. Valdez used the entire ring and some questionable tactics to evade the quicker Luis for much of the fight until Luis landed the hook. Valdez beat the count but didn't react to the referee's instructions to come forward, leaving little choice but to call a halt to the bout. Luis, who's manager calls his fighter "the most avoided fighter in the country", improves to 9-0 with 3 KOs while Valdez slips to 19-8-3 with 11 KOs. June 11, 2010Vera stops Demers By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Brian Vera, a participant of the 2008 boxing reality TV show "The Contender", scored an impressive 3rd round stoppage over current NABF Super Middleweight champion Sebastien Demers moments ago on the ESPN televised card at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. Vera (17-4, 11KOs) dropped Demers with a beautiful left-right combination early in the 3rd. Demers, cut badly over the nose, arose on shaky legs with plenty of time left to survive. Vera jumped on the former IBF Middleweight title challenger immediately, again dropping Demers for another count. Demers (31-3,11KOs) looked out on his feet but was allowed to continue. Another right hand from Vera convinced the referee to wave off the contest at 1:57 of the round. June 11, 2010John upsets L'Heureux By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada Former Canadian heavyweight champion Patrice L’Heureux fell to the hands of newcomer Wayne John in undercard action at Jarry Park Friday night. At 38 years old, the former champ was no match for younger John (4-0, 2KOs) attacked the ample body of L’Heureux throughout the contest. Official time of the stoppage came at 2:22 of the 5th round after a shove into the ropes was ruled a knockdown by referee Jean Guy Brosseau. Knockdown or not, the Shawinigan fighter was clearly exhausted as he lay teetering and his corner quickly stopped the proceedings before John could inflict further damage. L’Heureux falls to 24-5-1 with the loss in what looks precariously close to the end of the road for the big heavyweight. June 11, 2010Bizier stops Navarrete By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada Kevin Bizier kicked off the GYM "Gala de Boxe Grand Prix" event at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal moments ago with a 7th round TKO over a game Jnohhy Navarrete of Mexico. Bizier (11-0, 7KOs) pretty much had his way with Navarrete, punishing the import throughout the contest with left hooks to the body, a hard left jab which was immediately followed by the straight right hand, leaving no doubt who was controlling the action. After eating a barrage of leather which included a flush right hook, Navarrete (14-4-1,7KOs) dropped to the canvas. While he did beat the count and was immediately saved by the bell, Navarrete's corner signalled the end for their charge. The official time of the stoppage was recorded as 3:00 of the 7th round. While the bout took place at Light Middleweight, Bizier is currently ranked #2 by both the NCC (National Championship Committee) and by the CPBC (Canadian Professional Boxing Council) at Welterweight. June 11, 2010Clampitt-Holm in the works Highly-ranked contender Jaime “Hurricane” Clampitt (21-4, 7 KOs), of Canada and Rhode Island, may be the next opponent for Albuquerque’s Holly Holm (27-1-3, 7 KOs). If it becomes official, the two will fight on August 6 on a Fresquez card in Albuquerque. June 11, 2010NABF Convention Update The NABF convention, consisting of boxing luminaries from Mexico, the United States and Canada, is on in New Orleans. The general session was opened by the Deputy Mayor of New Orleans. Then, Robert Lenhart, in his unique style, emceed the session. Mauricio Sulaiman shared some wonderful personal stories of his time in New Orleans for the “No Mas” fight, as well as encouraging news about the state of boxing in Mexico. Ed Pearson was praised for bringing in more Canadian representatives to the NABF....Read more June 11, 2010Weights from Montreal, PQ
Venue: Uniprix Stadium in Jarry Park
*Elvin Ayala came in heavy and is given 2 hours to lose weight June 10, 2009Molitor-Booth July 23rd! (Source: Orion Sports Management Press Release) Two-time world champion “The Canadian Kid” Steve Molitor (32-1, 12 KO’s) loves the United Kingdom. In November of 2006 he captured the IBF Junior Featherweight with a 5th round KO over Michael Hunter, in Hartlepool, and is 3-0 in Great Britain as a professional. On July 23rd, Molitor returns to the UK to begin his second reign as IBF 122 lb. champion, when he defends his newly recaptured title against British and Commonwealth Super Bantamweight champion Jason Booth (35-5, 15 KO’s). Molitor’s first trip to England, in September of 2002, saw him dominate Booth’s younger brother Nicky over 12 rounds to capture the Commonwealth Bantamweight title. ....Read more June 9, 2010Shot of the day! 
Sugar Ray Leonard was in Montreal this week celebrating the 30 year anniversary of the "Brawl in Montreal" where he suffered his first professional loss to the hands of Roberto Duran. Pictured are Fernand Marcotte who met Leonard in 1979, WBC light-heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, recent world title welterweight challenger Antonin Decarie and Kevin Lavallee who makes his pro debut this Friday in Montreal. June 9, 2009Team Dan rips decision By Boxing Bob Newman, FightNews.com “I am very disappointed with an unfair decision last Saturday in Istanbul, Turkey,” says Chris Ganescu of Gankor Promotions. “My fighter, Jo Jo Dan replaced Luis Collazo in a WBC interim (silver) welterweight title vs local fighter Selcuk Aydin. We took the fight on 3 weeks notice and prepared very well for this fight. The judges’ decision and the performance of the referee was a huge disappointment. The referee let Aydin get away with countless illegal blows after the break and even after after the bell. One of the blows after the break resulted in an 8 count in the first round against Jo Jo Dan. Also Aydin hit several times with his elbow and got away with it.” ...Read more June 9, 2009Froch-Abraham Montreal bound? According to a popular England Sporting News and & UK Headlines website (Mirror.co.uk), the upcoming bout between former WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch and former IBF Middleweight king Arthur Abraham could take place in Montreal on September 18th. Montreal is being considered as a neutral site for this important 168lbs divisional matchup. Yvon Michel (GYM) has confirmed that he has been approached by the promoter of Froch to organize the event however, it may be a little premature to say that the bout is on it's way to Canada for sure as the promoter for Abraham isn't too hot on the idea. The Froch-Abraham will be the final bout of round one of the Super Six tournament. The four best boxers will qualify for the semi finals. The grand finale will take place in the Spring of 2011. The winner of this bout will surely move on to the next round. June 8, 2009Cunningham: It was a clean shot In response to negative commentary from the Canadian media, IBF cruiserweight champion Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham has commented on the circumstances that caused his fight with Troy Ross being stopped by the ringside doctor. “The punch that caused the cut was a clean shot,” stated Cunningham, “the ref declared so in the ring and even following the fight after seeing the replay. Unfortunately, these things happen in boxing, it is part of the sport. My plan for the near future is to rest up a little and meet with my team about what is next.” June 7, 2009Garbatt surprises Hernandez Another upset victory for "Lethal" Lindsay Garbatt as the Oshawa, Ontario fighter scored an impressive 8 round majority decision over world ranked Melissa Hernandez last night at the National Guard Armory in Evansville, Indiana. Scores of the bout read 78-74 (twice) and 76-76, giving Garbatt (5-3, 3KO) the victory. Hernandez, a former 3 divisional world champion, falls to 12-2-2 with 4 victories coming by way of knockout. More to come. June 6, 2009More on Cunningham-Ross  Steve Cunningham made a winning debut for Team Sauerland as he clinched the vacant IBF Cruiserweight Title thanks to a fifth-round TKO victory over Troy Ross. Ross was the aggressor while Cunningham tried to keep his opponent at bay with his left jab. He landed a big left in the first round and not soon after Ross’ face was swollen. The pattern remained the same with Ross scored a knockdown with a big left in the fourth. However, Cunningham responded with a punch that badly cut Ross below his left eye (likely with the thumb)....Read more June 6, 2009Morrow decisions Azai By Sam DiTusa, FightNews.com Qualicum Beach, British Columbia's Aubrey Morrow improved his record to 4-1 (3KOs) with a hard fought four round majority decision over Darren Anzai Saturday night in Renton, Washington. There were no knockdowns and neither fighter was hurt during the bout although Morrow did land some very heavy left hooks and looping right hands. Anzai (1-2, 1KO) switched up from southpaw to conventional stances throughout the contest but Morrow had little trouble making the necessary adjustments. Midway through round four, an accidental head butt broke Anzai's nose and the bout was stopped by referee Paul Field. The partial fourth round was scored and Morrow was awarded the fight by scores of 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38. June 6, 2009Alfred stops DeGoot in 4 Sondell "The Mystery Lady" Alfred, fighting infront of her hometown fans, retained her IBA Bantamweight crown with a 4th round stoppage over Toronto's Corinne Van Ryck DeGoot last night at the Princess Hotell in Georgetown, Guyana. It was Alfred's second consecutive victory over the Canuck having won her title 9 months ago by decisioning DeGoot over 10 rounds again in Guyana. The 41 yr old Canadian southpaw, who suffers her first stoppage defeats of her career, falls to 11-2 with 5 KOs. Alfred collects her 3rd victory in row (last tasting defeat when she was decisioned by Montreal's Danielle Bouchard, improves to 12-5 with 4 KO victories. June 6, 2009Full report: Aydin edges Dan  After twelve very close and dramatic rounds Selcuk Aydin beat Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion by split decision Saturday night in front of 10,000 fans at Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu to win the vacant WBC Silver Championship. Aydin started strong flooring his opponent with a right hook to the head in the first round. But “Jo-Jo Dan” not only recovered fast but started to take control in round two to four...Read more June 6, 2009Aydin edges Dan Unbeaten WBC #2 rated welterweight Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KOs) won a split decision over previously unbeaten WBC #1 rated super lightweight Ionut Dan Ion a.k.a. Jo Jo Dan (26-1, 14 KOs) to claim the WBC Silver welter title on Saturday night at the Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a hotly contested bout throughout. (More to come) June 5, 2009Cunningham stops Ross on cuts In a clash for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title, Steve Cunningham (23-2, 12 KOs) recovered from a fourth round knockdown to get a fifth round stoppage over “Contender: Season 4″ winner Troy Ross (23-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany. Referee Bill Clancy waved off the fight due to a deep cut over the left eye of Ross that was ruled to be caused by a punch. It will be the second reign for Cunningham as IBF cruiserweight champion.In a clash for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title, Steve Cunningham (23-2, 12 KOs) recovered from a fourth round knockdown to get a fifth round stoppage over “Contender: Season 4″ winner Troy Ross (23-2, 16 KOs). Referee Bill Clancy waved off the fight due to a deep cut under the left eye of Ross that was ruled to be caused by a punch (a thumb to be precise). It will be the second reign for Cunningham as IBF cruiserweight champion, who was recently signed by Sauerland Event. With the win, Cunningham positions himself for a rematch with stablemate WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck. There is also talk of a Super Six tournament in the cruiserweight divison, in which Cunningham and Huck would particiate. Both attractive propositions. June 5, 2009Fight Writer: Selcuk Aydin-Jo Jo Dan by Graham Houston, The Fight Writer Unbeaten welterweights meet in Istanbul on Saturday when heavy handed and exciting Selcuk Aydin, of Turkey, faces Ionut “Jo Jo” Dan, the Montreal-based Romanian, for the WBC’s silver belt, which is yet another championship on an impossibly cluttered scene. If the belts are good for the fighters, though, I suppose we shouldn’t complain — it’s just that I can still recall the days when I could name the world champions in every weight class. Aydin is a prohibitive favourite in Saturday’s fight, and it is easy to see why. He has overcome dangerous opponents in his last two fights, defeating the southpaw Said Ouali in a gruelling, close fight and then outlasting and knocking out Jackson Osei Bonsu in the ninth round....Read more June 5, 2009Weights from Guyana
Promoter: Seon Bristol (Bris-O Promotions)
June 4, 2009Weights from Neubrandenburg, Germany 
Promoter: Sauerland Event
June 4, 2009Weights from Istanbul, Turkey  On Saturday, Rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin has the chance to become the second champion for ARENA Sports-Promotion after Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa. Aydin faces unbeaten Romanian Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion for the WBC “Silver” championship at Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu in Istanbul, Turkey. Today at the scale it was all even with both contenders weighed in exactly at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs. (66.6 kg). Good news for all fans who love to see a great fight in decent quality for free. Tomorrow’s championship bout will be streamed live in the internet on www.wbcboxing.com. June 4, 2009Fields-Olubowale OFF! The proposed Canadian (CPBC) heavyweight championship bout between Tye "Big Skye" Fields (43-2, 39KO) and former national champion Ray Olubowale (8-4-1, 5KO), scheduled for July 24th in Enoch, Alberta, looks like it will not happen. While no definite reason/explanation was been given, it is believed that one of the promoters of the event had some difficulty in securing the necessary finances to ensure the event take place. June 4, 2010Rival Boxing invites you to meet SRL! (Source: Rival Boxing Press Release) Rival Boxing, in partnership with the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, is proud to invite the media and boxing fans alike to come and meet Sugar Ray Leonard, on his first visit to Montreal since his epic battle with Roberto Duran 30 years ago this month. Sugar Ray Leonard will be at the offices of Rival Boxing for a casual meet and greet on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 between 6 pm and 8 pm. At that time, fight fans will be able to obtain signed memorabilia from Sugar Ray. Memorabilia will include customized autographed gloves as well as personally signed photos with you....Read more June 3, 2010Bute at IBF Convention  Members of the International Boxing Federation/United States Boxing Association arrived at the Wyndham Rio Mar Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 for the organization’s 27th Annual Convention. The following evening’s cocktail, a highly anticipated event each year, was an excellent start for this convention. In attendance were IBF Super-middleweight Champion Lucien Bute, IBF Light-Heavyweight Champion Tavoris Cloud and IBF Inter-Continental Middleweight Champion Benjamin Simon. President Daryl J. Peoples thanked the crowd of over two hundred people for attending this year’s convention and for their continued support adding that the organization looks forward to yet another successful convention. (Pictured above are Moses Vered, Stephane Larouche, Lucien Bute and Ricardo Salazar.) June 3, 2010Shot of the day! 
Former WBC Super Middleweight champion Eric Lucas put up his usual valiant effort last Friday night in Quebec City in a losing effort to Librado Andrade. Lucas' 39 yr old skin would left him down as the Interbox boss would suffer a couple of nasty cuts over his left eye and be stopped in the 8th round of the scheduled 10 rounder May 15, 2009Dan-Aydin collide Saturday ARENA will present the first-ever boxing world championship on Turkish soil in Istanbul on Saturday when rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin takes on Canada based Romanian Ionut Dan Ion (Jo Jo Dan) for the WBC Silver title. Both contenders are unbeaten in their professional career. Aydin – ranked #2 in the WBC 147 ratings – holds 19 wins in as many pro-fights including a split decision over Said Ouali and a ninth round KO against “Sugar” Jackson Osei Bonsu which earned him the European championship. “Jo-Jo” Dan is rated #1 at 140 lbs. He has won all of his 26 professional fights so far including 14 stoppages. “We expect a very tough and close fight” states promoter Ahmet Öner. “Selcuk is without a doubt the stronger man and I believe that he will overwhelm Ion with his physical skills. But the Romanian surely doesn’t come to Istanbul because of the good weather. He will give it his all and try to take the belt to Canada.” Aydin and his trainer Ismael Salas arrived in Istanbul last week after finishing their training camp in Miami, Florida. Ion is expected to arrive in Turkey this afternoon from Montreal. June 1, 2010 |
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