Boxing (Official Thread)

[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Peter stops Maskaev, claims portion of heavyweight championship - Boxing

Peter stops Maskaev, claims portion of heavyweight championship

CANCUN, Mexico -- Sam Peter was a man on a mission.

Mission accomplished.

After waiting impatiently for 16 months for a mandatory shot at Oleg Maskaev, Peter gave the bulls the night off on Saturday at the Plaza de Toros, the city's main bullring, and put on his own hard-charging show as he stopped Maskaev with a violent sixth-round flurry to claim a heavyweight world championship.

It was a dominant performance, one Peter hopes sets up an eventual rematch with unified titleholder Wladimir Klitschko, who handed him his only defeat in a 2005 title eliminator in which Peter scored three knockdowns.

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[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Mijares-Munoz will unify junior bantamweight in May fight - Boxing

Mijares-Munoz will unify junior bantamweight in May fight

CANCUN, Mexico -- Junior bantamweight titleholders Cristian Mijares and Alexander Munoz will meet to unify their 115-pound world championships May 17 in Gomez Palacio, Mexico, Mijares' hometown.

Mijares and his co-promoter, Nacho Huizar -- who both attended Saturday night's Samuel Peter-Oleg Maskaev heavyweight title bout at Plaza de Toros -- told ESPN.com that the fight was signed.

Mijares-Munoz will be the first junior bantamweight unification fight since Johnny Tapia won a decision against Danny Romero, his crosstown Albuquerque, N.M., rival in a high-profile fight in Las Vegas on July 18, 1997.

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[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Lontchi outpoints Lopez, keeps super bantamweight title - Boxing

Lontchi outpoints Lopez, keeps super bantamweight title

MONTREAL -- Montreal fighter Olivier Lontchi successfully defended his NABA super-bantamweight title Saturday, easily outpointing light-hitting American Roberto Lopez at the Montreal Casino.

Lontchi (16-0-1) made the second defense of the minor belt he won with a 12-round decision over Cruz Carbajal on Nov. 11.

The Cameroon-born Lontchi was never in trouble against Lopez (26-17-1), whose frequent clinching led to a point deduction in the ninth for holding. Two judges scored it 118-108 and the other had it 117-109.

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[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Pongsaklek's late rally not enough to defeat Naito - Boxing

Pongsaklek's late rally not enough to defeat Naito

TOKYO -- Japan's Daisuke Naito retained his WBC flyweight title with a draw against Thai Pongsaklek Wongjongkam on Saturday.

Former champion Pongsaklek, who had knocked Naito out in a record 34 seconds in the first of their three previous meetings, did little until the last three rounds in Tokyo.

"I really wanted to win outright but I'll take it because I kept the belt," Naito said. "It feels a lot better than losing. I just want to enjoy this."
Naito won the title from Pongsaklek in a stunning points win last July following two defeats at the hands of the hard-hitting Thai.

Pongsaklek, a national hero in Thailand after successfully defending the title 17 times before being ambushed by Naito, had struggled to make the weight limit for the fight.

A hard right from Pongsaklek drew blood from Naito in the sixth round, but Pongsaklek was warned for bundling the champion to the canvas as the fight finally came to life in the ninth.

 

[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Castillo fails to make weight, fight with Bradley Jr. canceled - Boxing

Castillo fails to make weight, fight with Bradley Jr. canceled

CANCUN, Mexico -- Once again, Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight.

And once again, it forced the cancellation of a significant fight.

This time the former two-time lightweight champion's well-documented battles with the scale resulted in his junior welterweight elimination fight against Timothy Bradley Jr. being canceled Friday, one day before they were to meet for the right to challenge titlist Junior Witter of England.

The fight was one of the undercard bouts scheduled for the bill headlined by Oleg Maskaev's heavyweight title defense against Samuel Peter.

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[lightsout]

wlad/peter is the fight that needs to be made. hopefully vitali stays out of the way.

looking forward to see what david haye can do at heavyweight.

 

[lightsout]

pac/marquez was great.

 

[MD Buckeye]

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Former welterweight champs Mosley, Judah to fight May 31

LAS VEGAS -- Moments after Sugar Shane Mosley formally announced his upcoming fight with Zab Judah, he was already looking past it to bigger bouts.

The former welterweight champions will meet May 31 at Mandalay Bay, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed Saturday. While the matchup is a coup for Judah, a former undisputed champ in the midst of a career comeback, Mosley acknowledges the bout is just a stepping stone to the fights he really wants.

Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs), the 36-year-old former three-division champion, lost a competitive unanimous decision to Miguel Cotto in his last fight on Nov. 10. When he couldn't arrange a rematch with WBA champion Cotto, Mosley settled for Judah.

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[MD Buckeye]

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Pacquiao wins classic bout over Marquez with narrow split decision

LAS VEGAS -- At the merciful final bell, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez both raised their arms in victory, just as they did after their first fight nearly four years ago.

Their cornermen boosted them into the air again, arms around their fighters' blood-spattered trunks. Mexican and Filipino fans joined in another unified cheer for two of the world's best boxers, whose rematch was worth every minute of the wait.

And by one point on one judge's scorecard, Pacquiao was a champion again.

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Marquez cries foul after Pacquiao wins split decision

LAS VEGAS -- Nacho Beristain's frustration made sense. For the second time in 15 days, the venerated Mexican trainer's fighting Marquez brothers had lost a close decision in a scintillating fight -- and it had to hurt.

What didn't make sense to most observers at Juan Manuel Marquez's split-decision loss to Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night was the way Beristain and the rest of Marquez's camp inexplicably blamed corrupt judging for a defeat by the narrowest margin: one point on one judge's scorecard.

"It is embarrassing now with what is happening with boxing," Beristain said, using the Spanish word for "disgrace." Two weeks earlier, he was in Rafael Marquez's corner during his loss to Israel Vazquez in a similarly thrilling bout.

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[MD Buckeye]

Chagaev expected to defend heavyweight title in rematch against Valuev on May 31 - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

Chagaev expected to defend heavyweight title in rematch against Valuev on May 31

HAMBURG, Germany (AP)?Ruslan Chagaev is expected to defend his WBA heavyweight title against Nikolai Valuev on May 31 in a rematch of their bout last April.

Chagaev (23-0-1) pounded out a decision to take the title from the 7-foot Russian.

Klaus-Peter Kohl, who has the Uzbek champion under contract, won the bidding Monday to stage the bout over German rival Sauerland Promotions and American promoter Don King.

Kohl paid $4.4 million for the fight, planned for Oberhausen, Germany.

Valuev (48-1) earned his rematch in February with a lopsided decision against former WBO champion Sergei Liakhovich.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Gold medal winner Andre Ward remains unbeaten, stops Rubin Williams in 7th - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

Gold medal winner Andre Ward remains unbeaten, stops Rubin Williams in 7th

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)?Andre Ward stopped Rubin Williams late in the seventh round of their super middleweight bout Thursday night, keeping the Olympic gold medalist unbeaten as a professional.

Ward (15-0, 10 KOs), an Oakland native and the only American champion from the last two Olympics, had control from the opening round in his first fight since stopping Roger Cantrell last November.

He did it mostly with one arm, hitting the sluggish, overweight Williams with jabs and straight left hands almost at will. But Ward didn?t answer the questions about his killer instinct, failing to put away his overmatched opponent despite nearly seven rounds of target practice.

A cut over Williams? left eye eventually did what Ward couldn?t. The cut opened in the second round, and the injury grew until the referee stopped the bout with 5 seconds left in the seventh round of Ward?s fifth straight KO victory.

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[lightsout]

wow casamayor/katsidis was crazy.

 

[MD Buckeye]

ESPN - Golden Boy Promotions makes deal with Versus for Hatton-Lazcano bout - Boxing

Golden Boy Promotions makes deal with Versus for Hatton-Lazcano bout

Junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton, who has fought exclusively on HBO since signing a contract with the premium cable network in early 2006, has a new American TV home. Well, for at least one fight anyway.

Golden Boy Promotions, which signed free agent Hatton to a promotional agreement two weeks ago, has made a deal with Versus to televise Hatton's next fight May 24 from his hometown of Manchester, England, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com on Saturday.

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[MD Buckeye]

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WBA light heavyweight world champion Green quits boxing

PERTH, Australia -- WBA light heavyweight world champion Danny Green quit boxing Tuesday, saying he wanted to protect his health and spend more time with his family.

The 35-year-old Green (25-3 with 22 knockouts) had been preparing in Sydney for a mandatory defense of his WBA title against Argentina's Hugo Garay on April 27.

"I am getting out on my terms, with my dignity and respect intact," Green said. "I have made the decision of an intelligent man - looking to 25 years in the future."

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[MD Buckeye]

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Judah offers to bet $100K he'll knock out Mosley on May 31

LOS ANGELES -- Zab Judah is so sure he's going to stop Shane Mosley he's willing to put his money on it.

Judah offered to bet Mosley $100,000 that he's going to win their welterweight bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on May 31 by knockout.

"That's free money," the 30-year-old Judah said Monday at a news conference to publicize the fight. "If he's so confident and so much in shape, then why didn't he take it? The last time I put a $100,000 bet on the table was against Corey Spinks. What did I do? I knocked him out."

Judah is 36-5 with 25 knockouts.

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