Undefeated super-middleweight Lucian Bute (25-0 20KO) avoided any possible controversy Saturday night by knocking the usually ironed jawed Librado Andrade (28-3 21KO) at 2:57 of the fourth round, retaining his IBF world championship in front of an enthusiastic capacity crowd of 16,473 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. American referee Benjy Esteves counted the full ten after Bute landed a devastating left uppercut to the midsection of Andrade who tried, but couldn’t get up.

In the Co-Main Event at the sold-out Pepsi Coliseum, in Quebec City, Quebec, an unstoppable force in undefeated Dominican Republic fighter, #2 ranked Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman, faced off against a giant immovable object in South Africa’s #1 ranked, Ali “Rush Hour” Funeka, for the vacant IBF Lightweight Championship. In an amazing war of a big man versus shorter man that brought the crowd in Quebec to their feet over and over again, the only disappointment in this bout as heard in the Colisee, was the announcement majority draw decision. Both Canadian judges, Benoit Roussel and Alan Davis scored the fight even at 114-114 while American Joseph Pasquale gave the nod to Funeka by a 116-112 count. There is no doubting this fight was a back and forth war, with Guzman taking the lead early and Funeka dominating toward the end.

When asked if he won the fight while still inside the ring, Funeka responded simply with a “definitely” bringing a huge ovation from the fans in attendance who obviously saw the fight going in favour of Funeka as well. With the title remaining vacant, a bloodied, and cut (due to an accidental head-butt) Guzman see’s his record go to 29-0-1 (17KO) while Ali Funeka will now sit at 30-2-3 (25KO). A rematch nearly has to be inevitable as the two top ranked IBF lightweights definitely put on an outstanding spectacle in Quebec City.

In the opening bout of the massive HBO card at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Montreal`s Leonardo Rojas got taken to school by a far superior Keith Thurman of Largo, Florida. The fight only lasted 2 rounds, as right from the opening bell welterweight Thurman was finding a home for both his straight right hand, and his left hook. The unyielding connects opened up a cut over Rojas’ left eye towards the end of the 1st, and both cheeks on Rojas showed early signs that Thurman was in a class of his own. Thurman dropped his opponent to a knee with a right uppercut early in the 2nd round. Rojas would find himself in somewhat of an ambush, tasting the canvas twice more before referee Alain Villeneuve stopped the punishment at 2:07 . With the win, Thurman improves to 12-0, (11 KO) while Rojas drops to 7-9-3.

Tonight’s officials for the Librado Andrade versus Lucian Bute IBF championship rematch will feature Philadelphia referee Benjy Esteves. Judging at ringside will be Pasquale Procopio and Richard DeCarufel of Montreal and American Joseph Pasquale

While the last minute of the last round was what got the all headlines in the first encounter between Librado Andrade and Lucian Bute, it was another aspect of the bouts refereeing that Andrade's trainer Howard Grant hopes will change the second time around. “I hope the referee allows my guy to fight inside this time and not push him off. We can’t allow this guy (Bute) to set and set the tempo.”

Asked by Fightnews whether being and staying on the inside Grant responded, “That part of the key but I believe this is going to be a test of faith. When the going gets tough, Librado is going to be there, this other guy, might not. He might fold under pressure, like last time, he folded under pressure. He was completely exhausted.”

And with the first bout ending with Librado overwhelming his opponent with the knockdown in the waning seconds of the bout, his confidence heading into round thirteen is at an all-time high. “He’s very confident,” said Grant “IT wasn’t him on the floor at the end of the first bout. People said we were dominated for eleven rounds, but it’s a 36 minute fight; not 35 minutes and 50 seconds.”

Promoter: Golden Boy/INTERBOX
Television: HBO, PPV(Canada)
Location: Quebec Colisee, Quebec City, Quebec

Four time women’s world title holder Jamie “The Hurricane” Clampitt (20-4-1, 7 KOs) made her return to the ring a successful one as she won a convincing six round unanimous decision over North Carolina’s Rachel Clark (4-3-1, 3 KOs). All three judges scored the fight a shutout at 60-54 on the cards. Clampitt worked the body of Clark at will by punishing her midsection with vicious hooks all night long. This would setup her strong right hand which complimented her attack and gave no chance for Clark to get into the fight.

It was far from a textbook performance.

Julien Collette turned in a disappointing show, but still did enough in the eyes of the judges to post a controversial unanimous decision win over Jason Campbell in The Next Great Heavyweight professional boxing card on Saturday night in the CEPS Building at the Université de Moncton.

The World Boxing Council or WBC has released their November 2009 rankings which ranks female boxers worldwide. Here is how our fighting Canucks rank within the WBC sanctioning body.

With three straight victories since losing his IBF championship belt in a unification bout against WBA champion Celestino Caballero, Steve Molitor feels he is once again primed to challenge for a world title is likely to do so early next year. “Without a doubt I’m ready, I was world champion and defended my title successfully five times, I’m ready to be back on top.”

For Ali Nestor is was to be a coronation. He was the promoter of the event, he was fighting in the main event, he picked the right opponent (a man he previously defeated), and he sanctioned the bout as a CPBC Middleweight championship. All the skilled Quebec champion had to do is duplicate his victory over the limited Martin Desjardins over 10 rounds however he found out that Desjardins wasn't cooperative as expected as well as the three judges at ringside.

Former super-bantamweight IBF champion Steve Molitor survived a fifth round knockdown and walked away with a 78-73, 79-73, 78-74 decision of Jose Saez of Argentina. Molitor was easily controlling the fight as he towered over his opponent but walked straight left counter that put the Canadian Kid down quickly. Molitor was delivering and landing at a much higher percentage than his Argentine opponent who absorbed the former champion’s shots well. Moliltor seemed highly irritated at the momentary lapse. Molitor controlled the action for the duration, but definitely not in the same confident, aggressive style he had done in the earlier going. /font>

Saturday November 21, 2009

Francy Ntetu made quick work of trailhorse Patrick Tessier, stopping him at 1:58 of the opening round of their 4 round light heavyweight bout. A short right to the temple of the onrushing Tessier (3-11, 2KOs) dropped him along the ropes. Tessier managed to regain his feet at the count of 7 but the fight was immediately waved off. Ntetu is a winner in his pro debut.

Saturday November 21, 2009

Felix Mercedes of Buffalo New York scored his third stoppage in four fights as he out-classed Todd Furler (0-1-1), halting the Calgary fighter at the :59 mark of the third round. This one should have ended much sooner as Mercedes served up a steady diet of right hands for the last minute of the second round, none of which missed the mark. Unfortunately for Furler, referee John Wiley did not feel the one-sided drubbing warranted a stoppage, instead administering an eight count when he crashed down to the canvas once the round ended. Furler’s corner also did the fighter no favours, sending the glassy eyed fighter back out for another round. Mercedes did what was required of him and kept up the pressure to start the third where the fight was thankfully stopped.

Saturday November 21, 2009

Aside from the annual Shaw Festival of Boxing, there haven’t been any professional boxing cards in the once boxing capitol of Canada, Toronto, since 2006. However, though the glory days of the famed Maple Leaf Gardens are long gone for fight fans in the T-Dot, there is light for the sport of boxing in the country’s largest city, courtesy of AKA Inc., and the slump of LIVE fights for the general public will finally end on December 5th when former Canadian Heavyweight Champ “Big” Ray Olubowale climbs back over the ropes and into the ring for the “Big” Main Event at the Hungarian House located at 840 St. Claire Ave. West... And on hand ringside to watch the revamped former Canadian Champ make his return, on a card titled “Revival”, will be none other than the former World Heavyweight Champion himself, boxing legend Lennox Lewis!....Read more

Saturday November 21, 2009

“He’s got a future and we have a plan for him,” said Tremblay who also boasts former world champion Steve Molitor and undefeated Ciso Morales in the same weight division. “He’ll be in the mix at 122 very quickly, he’s still got a hell of a career ahead of him.” Asked if there would be a chance of pitting his two former champions, Sonsona and Molitor against each other, Tremblay replied, “That fight will never happen.”

Saturday November 21, 2009

Marvin Sonsona** 117.6lbs vs Alejandro Hernandez 115lbs
Steve Molitor 126.2lbs vs Jose Saez 125.2lbs
Todd Furler 143.8lbs vs Felix Mercedes 145lbs
Frank Abbiw 142lbs vs Justin Fountain 145lbs
Jason Bergman 264lbs vs Greg Kielsa 234lbs
Miguel Gonzalez 122lbs vs Ciso Morales 121.4lbs
**Sonsona comes in heavy and is stripped of his WBO Junior Bantamweight World Title.

Saturday November 21, 2009

Lincoln, RI: Eight months after giving birth to her daughter and 20 months since her last fight, 4-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt (19-4-1, 7 KOs) returned to the ring in triumphant fashion, out-working and out-classing Rachel Clark (4-2-1) en route to victory by way of a one-sided, unanimous 6-round decision.

Saturday November 21, 2009

Jaime Clampitt 140.5lbs vs. Rachel Clark 143.5lbs

Friday November 20, 2009

The 19 year-old Sonsona, who captured the crown against Jose “Carlito” Lopez this past September via thrilling 12 round unanimous decision, promised to once again treat Ontario fight fans to another scintillating performance.....Read more

Thursday November 19, 2009

Ali Funeka will have his second crack at the IBF lightweight belt when he meets Joan Guzman from the Dominican Republic for the vacant belt in Quebec, Canada on November 28. In February this year, the 31-year-old Funeka (30-2-2, 25 KOs) was outpointed by Nate Campbell when challenging for the IBF and WBO belts. Funeka who is now managed by Butityi Konki and trained by Vuyani and Dudu Bungu faces possibly the toughest fight of his career against Guzman, 33, who fights out of Brooklyn, New York and is unbeaten in 20 fights with 17 wins inside the distance...Read more

Tuesday November 17, 2009

Grant was focused with consistent energy throughout the fight, while Slezsak gave everything he had to end rounds with flurries of punches. While Grant did a good job blocking and rolling with the punches, he was caught off balance with a short straight right that knocked him down in the second round....Read more

Monday November 16, 2009

Saccurato, fighting out of White Plains NY, dominated Mrdjenovich (23-5-1, 11KOs) over the first five rounds by pushing and overpowering her physically smaller opponent. The fight started to turn into a street fight early on which best suited the American. Mrjenovich was dropped to the canvas in rounds 3 and 4 but was able to regain her footing before the referee's count hit the mid point...Read more

Monday November 16, 2009

Buzz Grant and Sandy Tsagouris both collected victories last night at the Hamilton Convention Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. Grant, the former Canadian Super Bantamweight champion, was to have faced off against Mexican Luis Acevedo but Acevedo encountered visa problems. Instead, Grant took on Dan Slezsak and the bout would be contested over 4 rounds. Slezsak fought well and even scored a knockdown over his Orangeville opponent in round two but in the end, Grant came away with the unanimous decision victory by scores of 38-36, 39-37 and 39-36. Grant improves to 8-3 with 4 KOs while Slezsak slips to 0-4. World ranked featherweight contender Sandy Tsagouris (10-1, 4KOs) looked impressive in scoring a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Mayorline Rivas (5-1, 4KOs). Tsagouris' hard shots simple wore down her foe to the point where Rivas was unable to bring her hands up to defend herself in the final round. On the undercard, James Carpio (1-0, 1KO) stopped Dave Aucoin (0-1) at 1:48 of the openning round and Lucia Larcinese (3-4) won a four round majority decision over Kara McLeod (2-1). More to come.

Sunday November 15, 2009

Matt O’Brien (18-1 7KO) escaped with a narrow 58-57 on the referee’ scorecard in Limerick Ireland as he faced a very game and very awkward Jean Rodrique Kadoum (5-8 3KO). The former Canadian middleweight challenger returned to the ring after a two year absence and into the lions den as he met up with a free swinging Cameroon fighter who threw from anywhere and everywhere with wild and wide shots, some that found their mark and had O’Brien hanging on at times. In the end though it was the Canadian that had his arm raised as he shock off the rust and was able to control much of the action with his boxing ability and was able to connect on an often wide open Kadoum.

Saturday November 14, 2009

Repeat or Revenge turned out to be repeat in the Mrdjenovich and Saccurato rematch with the current WBC Lightweight champion holding on to her title with a 10 round majority decision over the Canuck. Scores of the bout read 96-94, 95-93 for the American while the third judge saw it even at 94-94. Mrdjenovich was down in round 4. Saccurato improves to 15-4-2, 6KOs) while Mrdjenovich slips to 23-5-1 with 11 stoppage victories. Former Canadian Cruiserweight champion Ryan Henney (14-3, 9KOs) stopped the always tough David Whittom (10-11-1, 6 KOs) at the end of the 3rd round with Whittom's corner saving their fighter of further punishment. "Lethal" Lindsay Garbatt (4-2, 3KOs) scored an impressive 6 round unanimous decision over Ayana Pelletier (6-2, 4 KOs) by scores of 59-55,58-56, and 60-54. Next for Garbatt is a GBU title opportunity in Germany in January. Steve Claggett (5-0-1, 1 KO) remained undefeated with a 6 round unanimous decision (59-54, 59-54, and 60-53) over Niagara Falls' Scott Paul (5-3, 1KO). Former Canadian title challenger Anthony Lessard (8-5-2, 5KOs) gained a little revenge of his own as he scored a 6 round unanimous decision (59-54, 59-54, and 57-56) over journeyman Darren Kenny (5-28-2, 3KOs). Kenny, who won the initial encounter between the two, was down in round 4. Rounding out the card had Edmonton's Brad Marks moving to 2-0 with an openning round stoppage of debuting Corey Lautischer, who was down twice before the referee halted matters at the 1:32 mark. More to come.

Saturday November 14, 2009

Matt O'Brien 166lbs vs. Jean Rodrigue Kamdoum 165.5lbs

Friday November 13, 2009

Irish – Canadian middleweight Matt O’Brien is hoping to upstage local hero Andy Lee when he has his first professional outing in Limerick on Saturday’s Yanjing Fight Night at the University Sports Arena. Lee’s clash with reigning French and European Union Champion Affif Belghecham headlines the event with O’Brien featuring on the undercard. While Irish fight fans are familiar with current Irish middleweight stars such as Andy Lee, Matthew Macklin, John Duddy and Jim Rock the name Matt O’Brien may not be as instantly recognisable but he believes all that is about to change. ...Read more

Thursday November 12, 2009

This Friday the 13th in Edmonton, former world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (23-4-1, 11KOs) will be looking for redemption when she takes on Ann Saccurato, the WBC Lightweight champion. Saccurato (14-4-2, 6KOs) defeated Mrdjenovich back in Edmonton almost 3 years to the day by split decision. Both fighters will enter the rematch after suffering defeats, Mrdjenovich lost her WBC Super Featherweight crown in an upset to Olivia Gerula back in April while Saccurato was defeated by Myriam Lemare in a bid to capture the WBF Light Welterweight title. ...Read more

Thursday November 12, 2009

Alcine was installed as the number ten ranked junior-middleweight at the most recent WBC convention and made a successful comeback attempt under new trainer Buddy McGirt in August, winning a ten round decision over Eric Mitchell. "We're finalizing the details right now and look forwarding to the match-up," said promoter Yvon Michel....Read more

Wednesday November 11, 2009

The “World’s Greatest Ever Boxing Show,” presented by The World Greatest Ever in association with Seminole Warriors Boxing, is part of a three-day boxing spectacular, Dec. 11-13 at The Paris, climaxing with “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer” awards dinner the night following the boxing show.

Tuesday November 10, 2009

In support of the main event (Isaev/Campos)at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, junior lightweights Sarah Pucek and Tammie Johnson entertained all in attendance in a 5 round rematch of their draw in April of this year. In their first meeting, Pucek abandoned her fluid boxing style and stood toe to toe with Johnson. In the rematch, Pucek wisely resisted the temptation to slug it out. Johnson waded forward with wide, slapping shots and Pucek picked her apart with superior boxing skills. Pucek won a split decision with scores of 50-45 and 49-46. One judge favored the hometown fighter Johnson with a score of 49-46. Fightnews had it 50-45 for Pucek. With the win Pucek moves to 4-0-1 and Johnson falls to 4-3-2.

Sunday November 8, 2009

Chicago fight fans were treated to an exciting night of boxing action Friday at the UIC pavilion when local favorite up and coming super middleweight prospect, Donovan “Da Bomb” George (18-0-1, 16 KOs) made a return to Windy City after more than two years, to face veteran Jason Robert Naugler (19-10-1, 11 Kos) in the scheduled for the main event ....Read more

Sunday November 8, 2009

Sebastien Demers (30-2 11KO) came storming back from a first round knockdown to post a 116-110, 116-110, 115-112 victory over a game Nicholson Poulard (13-3 6KO), capturing the vacant NABF super-middleweight title. Poulard came out strong, capturing five of the first six rounds on one scorecard while taking down the former world title challenger with a right hand at the end of the first and hurting him in the second. Demers though was able to weather the storm, getting a knockdown of his own to end the 7th, a perfect left that Poulard never saw coming. The victory sets up a fight for December 11th on the undercard of Pascal-Diaconu against another local rival, world ranked Renan St-Juste....Read more

Saturday November 7, 2009

“Actually I was going in, expecting to do some rounds, testing this guy out and seeing what he’s got,” said Lemieux after the fight. “I’m telling you though, he’s a tough guy, if I didn’t get him with that body shot, he would have stayed in there a lot longer.” Contreras had only been stooped twice previously, the last time making it to the seventh round against undefeated Anthony Dirrell who has a pretty impressive knockout ratio of his own. A left hook to the body did the damage that had Contreras sitting on a stool long after this one had ended. “The body shot was key and I finished it, but let me tell you, I shook a few times to the head, but he was solid. But we were able to do what we trained for.”

Saturday November 7, 2009

Hugo Armenta was unable to answer the bell for the sixth round and super-lightweight Dierry Jean moved to a perfect 17-0 scoring his 11th stoppage.

Saturday November 7, 2009

Unbeaten super middleweight Donovan “DA BOMB” George (18-0-1, 16 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Jason Naugler (18-11-1, 11 KOs) on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. In a good action fight, George staggered Naugler in round four with a big right hand and followed up with a barrage of hard punches that prompted referee Gino Rodriguez to wave it off. Naugler complained about the stoppage to no avail.

Saturday November 7, 2009

Sebastien Demers 167.2lbs vs. Nicholson Poulard 167.11lbs
David Lemieux 162.14lbs vs. Alfredo Contreras 162.10lbs
Manolis Plaitis 150.13lbs vs. Noel Cortez 151.10lbs
Eleider Alvarez 181.4lbs vs. Alvaro Enriquez 177.13lbs
Oscar Rivas 225.12lbs vs. Ramon Hayes 262.5lbs
Dierry Jean 139.10lbs vs. Hugo Armenta 139.7lbs

Saturday November 7, 2009

Jason Naugler 167.5lbs vs Donovan George 168lbs

Friday November 6, 2009

It looks like the battle of Orangeville will have to wait. The much anticipated meeting between former Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Buzz Grant (7-3, 4KOs) and undefeated Lightweight prospect Logan McGuinesses (8-0, 4 KOs), originally scheduled for January 16th in Mississauga, will not happen. Don MacDonald of United Promotions, worked diligently in getting Team Grant signed but in the end, both parties were unable to work out a deal. A new opponent will be found for McGuinness. ....Read more

Thursday November 5, 2009

The eight round showdown will be the evening’s co-feature, just prior to nineteen year-old Filipino phenom “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (14-0, 12 KO’s) defending his WBO Junior Bantamweight world title for the first time, against Mexico City’s Alejandro Hernandez (22-7-1, 11 KO’s)....Read more

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Chicago fan favorite Donovan “Da Bomb” George will battle “Notorious” Jason Naugler of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the ten round main event on Friday, November 6th at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions. The George/Naugler bout headlines “Windy City Fight Night 7” an outstanding evening of action packed professional boxing. Advance tickets, starting at $31 are available through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com), the UIC Pavilion Box Office (312-413-5740) and the 8 Count Productions’ Office (312-226-5800)...Read more

Tuesday November 3, 2009

Bermane "B-Ware" Stiverne battered jelly bellied Jerry Butler in defeat Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stiverne's stiff jabs and body work on his ample opponent lead to the referee waving off the bout at 1:34 of the seventh round, saving "Big Daddy" from further punishment. The win moved the Canucks record to 18-1-1 with 17 wins coming by knockout.
(Photo: Chris Cozzone, FightNewsExtra.com)

Sunday November 1, 2009

“I felt good tonight because I was dedicating my performance to my brother, Emmanuel. I lost him last May. He was just 25. He had just graduated from Graceland University in Iowa. He was a receiver on the football team. He was headed for an NFL tryout, when the driver of his car fell asleep and was involved in an accident, where my brother lost his life. I tried to win every round for my brother and I did. I feel as though I am improving. I look forward to stepping up the competition in the future.”

Sunday November 1, 2009

Bermane Stiverne 236lbs vs Jerry Butler 237.5lbs

Saturday October 31, 2009

“Big Sky” Tye Fields upped his record to a 43-2 39 KO’S with a 3rd round stoppage of journeyman Galen “Bad Boy” Brown last night at the Palace Banquet hall in Edmonton, Alberta. With Galen taking a barrage of punching with both his hands down by his side, refereee Len Koivisto had little choice but to wave off the contest at the 1:32 mark on the third round. The opening round had Fields, who came out in his southpaw stance even though he was rumored to come out in the orthodox position, landing hard straight jabs to Brown's arms. Even though Brown was dodging punches to his head, you have to believe that the reason Brown could not keep his hands up in the 2nd had something to do with the thunderous shots Fields had landed a round earlier,.....Read more

Saturday October 31, 2009

Both fights are scheduled for 12 rounds and will be televised LIVE on Super Channel in high definition, courtesy of SHOWTIME, beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

Friday October 30, 2009

Should Fields collect the victory this Friday, the boxer/promoter could find himself re-entered among the top 25 of the world.

Thursday October 29, 2009

Round 3 of the Next Great Heavyweight has been rescheduled to November 21 at the CEPS U de M in Moncton, New Brunswick. A number of fighters have been plagued with injuries and New Generation Productions has made the decision to postpone the next event in order to give the fighters time to heal and give the fans the best possible fighting card for the heavyweight semi final. The Next Great Cruiserweight will also continue on November 21st.

Wednesday October 28, 2009

Tuesday October 27, 2009

O’Brien will make his Hennessy Sports debut Saturday, November 14th live from Limerick, Ireland, on the undercard of Andy Lee versus Affif Belghecham. The card will be televised live in Canada exclusively on Canada’s only national pay television network Super Channel.

Tuesday October 27, 2009

George Godfrey received his initial boxing instructions right where he was born on March 30th 1853, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, under the tutelage of Dick Cronin. He began prize fighting at age 27 which was rather old to be starting out in the sport, even in the bare knuckle era. On top of that, Godfrey was a very light man for the heavyweight division, weighing between 165 and 176lbs throughout his entire prize fighting career. Godfrey would later move to Boston, Mass. and despite what many considered obvious disadvantages, the extremely fast and tremendously fit “Old Chocolate” soon after, would become the first ever American Coloured Heavyweight Champion!....Read more

Monday October 26, 2009

Rugged lightweight Ali Funeka (30-2-2, 25 KOs) will take on two-division world champion Joan Guzman (29-0, 17 KOs) for the vacant IBF lightweight title on November 28 at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The bout will take place before the IBF super middleweight rematch between champion Lucian Bute and Librado Andrade. “I respect Joan Guzman and everything he’s accomplished, but he’s too small to deal with me,” said Funeka. “I will overpower him, send him back to 130 pounds and show him how true lightweights fight.” HBO will televise both bouts.

Friday October 23, 2009

This will be the first CPBC title bout since 1993 when Laurie Grosse stopped Todd Nadon in the opening round in Halifax. Don Collette hopes that the Nestor-Desjardins bout will open the door to other CPBC championship bouts in the near future.

Friday October 23, 2009

Molitor rebounded from his devastating loss last November to unified 122 lb. world champion Celestino Caballero with a hard-fought split decision win this past June over Heriberto Ruiz to capture the IBF’s number two ranking, guaranteeing himself a spot in an IBF world title eliminator. Molitor followed up the win over Ruiz with a convincing 5th round KO over Dario Azuaga at Rumble at Rama IX, and is looking for another impressive outing to further serve notice that he’s ready to reclaim his world crown....Read more

Wednesday October 21, 2009

In the co-feature defending North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super bantamweight champion Al Seeger (28-4, 22 KOs) of Savannah, Ga., will risk his belt against Victor Fonseca (16-0, 8 KOs) of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico in what will be an excitement-filled 10-round battle of world-ranked 122-pounders....Read more

Tuesday October 20, 2009

Tuesday October 20, 2009

Schmidt was assured after the fight by IFBA President Judy Kulis that given the “grievous” nature of the decision, the organization that has had a dozen championship fights in Korea in the last two years, that they would be appealing the decision to the Korean Boxing Commission once they were in receipt of the protest from Brown’s camp. “I felt sorry for Lisa,” said Schmidt. “The promoter spent over three hours after the fight with our in-house lawyer and myself. I also felt sorry for South Korean boxing fans many of whom came up to express their shock at the decision. Thankfully the I.F.B.A. is stepping up to the plate and at bare minimum the fight should be declared a no contest. Anything short of that and I really could not recommend anybody fighting in or any sanctioning body allowing title fights in South Korea .” .....Read more

Tuesday October 20, 2009

The card at Northlands Agricom in Edmonton was titled Oktober Fight Fest yet it could just as easily have been titled Oktober Slug Fest, for all but two of the matches ended with a knockout. The main event consisted of two giants, one being 6’6 223lbs WBB (World Boxing Board) Heavyweight champion from Germany Andreas Sidon with a record of 33-8 taking on local product 6’4 246 lbs Sheldon “Prime Time” Hinton. The first round had the two heavyweights circled each other with the only punches being thrown were a few jabs. Both men seemed to be feeling each other out and waiting for the other to make a mistake. Round two had Hinton throwing hard jabs and looking as if he was getting upset with Sidon constant backpedaling. Round three was much of the same as the previous two with Sidon not wanting to get into a war with Hinton and Hinton trying to prove that he was more than just a brawler by boxing and saving his energy for the later rounds. Hinton landed a right hook that rocked Sidon and put him on the mat. Although the German was able to beat the count, he stumbled around enough for the ref to wave the fight off at 1:02 of the third round. The victory gave Hinton (11-6-1, 4 KOs) the WBB crown and the biggest victory of his career so far. Sidon, a stoppage loser in 3 of this past 4 efforts, slips to 33-9.....Read more

Sunday October 18, 2009

He came, he boxed, he conquered. With lightning speed and formidable power, Kitchener’s Julius “Caesar” Bunda won a decisive victory in his professional boxing debut against Juan Sanchez in front of a sold-out crowd at The Gates in Winnipeg on October 15. The 24-year-old boxer dominated all four rounds, sending Sanchez to the canvas twice in the first round, using a powerful jab and a series of vicious body attacks. Bunda would drop Sanchez four times before the end of the match. Fighting as a middleweight at 73kg (161 lbs), Bunda displayed a commanding presence from the opening bell, out boxing his opponent in all four rounds, leading to his unanimous victory much to the delight of the frenzied crowd. ...Read more

Saturday October 17, 2009

In other bouts, Logan McGuinness KO's Mexico's Hugo Pacheco (6-10, 6KOs) at 29 seconds of round 4. McGuinness keeps his record spotless, now at 8-0 with 4 KOs. Red Deer's Arash Usmanee(3-0, 2KOs) won a 4 round unanimous decision over Edwin Perez (1-2) of Mexico by scores of 40-36 thrice. The win proved costly as Usmanee may have broken his right hand. Adam Trupish moved to 1-0 (1 KO) as a pro with an opening round stoppage over Edgar Hernandez (0-2). Trupish scored 2 knockdowns before Hernandez's corner halted the contest. Former Canadian heavyweight title challenger Steve McKay (5-2-2, 1 KO) and Lethbridge, Alberta's Ken Frank (1-0-1, 1KO) battled to a 4 round draw. Scores of the bout were 39-37 McKay, 39-37 Frank, and an even scorecard of 38-38. It was McKay first bout in 5 years. Rounding out the card, Edmonton's Brad Marks won his pro debut by stopping Dave McQuaker (1-1) in just 24 seconds of their lightweight contest.

Friday October 16, 2009

Fresh off his opening round stoppage of Bruce Rumbolz, former NABA Light Middleweight champion Larry "Razor" Sharpe was very pleased with both his performance and his new found punching power at Super Middleweight. As a pro boxer for the past 7 years, Sharpe scores his first opening round KO in his 30 bout career. Interesting is the fact that when fighting above the middleweight limit of 160lbs, Razor sports an impressive 14-3 record with 6 of those wins coming by KO. Most of those KO wins come within 4 rounds or less....Read more

Friday October 16, 2009

On the undercard, undefeated heavyweight prospect Neven Pajkic proved too big and too strong for one-time Cruiserweight Eddie Dawson, stopping the Maritimer in round 3. Dawson (9-4, 7KOs) was both game and skilled but size proved the difference here as Pajkic (10-0, 4 KOs) eventually wore down his counterpart. Kitchener, Ontario`s Julius Bunda collected his first win as a pro with a 4 round unanimous decision over Halifax`s Juan Sanchez (3-4-1, 2 KOs). Bunda, a skilled fighter to keep your eye on, is being trained by none other than Syd Vanderpool. In a battle of Winnipeg heavyweights, Dana Swan (2-5, 2KOs) stopped Chad Trun in the opening round, ruining Trun`s pro debut.

Friday October 16, 2009

(Note: ** Rumbolz missed the weighin on Wednesday night and will weigh in upon arrival in Winnipeg)

Thursday October 15, 2009

Two time world Super Bantamweight champion Lisa "Bad News" Brown moved up in weight to compete for the vacant IFBA Featherweight title but came up short against the much less experienced Hyo-Min Kim in Icheon City, South Korea. The contest went the full 10 round with Kim, who fights out of Icheon City, coming out on top with a unanimous decision victory. Scores of the bout were 96-94 (twice) and 96-95, all in favor of the hometown fighter. Kim collects her second pro title in her brief 4 bout career (she owns the PABA Featherweight strap as well) moves to 3-0-1 with one victory coming by way of knockout. Brown, suffers her first pro defeat in 3 years, slips to 16-4-3 with 5 wins by knockout.

Thursday October 15, 2009

Canadian Middleweight contender Michael Walchuk (8-1, 2KOs) is off of the King John Boxing promoted card tonight in Winnipeg. Walchuk may have been injured in preparation for his match against Juan Sanchez on the Sharpe-Rumbolz undercard. However, another strong bout has been added to the card that will surely excite those who will attend. Undefeated Canadian heavyweight prospect Neven Pajkic (9-0, 4 KOs) will step into the ring tonight to face off against Halifax's Eddie Dawson (9-3, 7 KOs) in an 8 round heavyweight tussle. Pajkic, fighting out of Toronto, has only fought once in the past 13 months but will look to keep his name in the Canadian title hunt as the expenses of his Maritime opponent. Dawson, who usually fights as a Cruiserweight, has bulked up to 205.5lbs to take on the bigger Pajkic (257.5lbs) to improve his own chances at landing an opportunity at national goal....Read more

Thursday October 14, 2009

Former world ranked Light Middleweight contender and former Canadian Middleweight champion Larry Sharpe will make his first ring appearance since his unexpected stoppage loss to Oney Valdez last April. In that fight, Sharpe battled his Columbian counterpart on even terms for 11 rounds before fate and a huge right hand from Valdez ended his bid to recapture his WBA Fedecentro title just 64 seconds into the 12th and final round. It was Sharpe's third consecutive loss which immediately brought up questions about Sharpe future in the sport. ...Read more

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Following his valiant (albeit losing) effort against IBF Cruiserweight king Thomaz Adamek, Bobby Gunn expected his phone to light up with offers. The 2 time world title challenger believed that in the wake of Adamek fight, promoters would see the skill and courage he brings to every fight and the other world ranked contenders would finally consider him as a viable opponent if given the chance. Instead, Gunn (21-4-1, 18 KOs) got an offer from an unexpected source......a contract to meet a three time world title challenger in Lagos, Nigeria. While the final details of the proposed bout are still being worked out, Bobby Gunn has agreed to travel to Nigeria to meet local favorite/celebrity Bash Ali December 12th in a 12 round contest. The bout has been sanctioned by the IBU (International Boxing Union) for their Cruiserweight championship strap....Read more

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Undefeated WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs), of Nottingham, England, and unbeaten, 2004 Olympic U.S. medalist Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs), of Flint, Mich., stage their 12-round showdown at Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, on Saturday, Oct. 17, live on Super Channel in Canada (8 p.m. ET)I HD.....Read more

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Presented by the Casino de Montreal, this bout will mark Jean Pascal’s second defense of the title he won against Adrian Diaconu last June 19th in a war between two fierce competitors....Read more

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Undefeated welterweight prospect Phil Lo Greco, ranked #15 by the WBO, scored an 8 round unanimous decision over Albert Starikov (13-11-4, 5KOs) at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany. Scores of the bout had the Canadian well out in front by scores of 80-70, 79-71, and 77-74. Lo Greco, his second bout under the promotional banner of OPI 2000, moves to 19-0 as a pro, with 10 of the victories coming by knockout.

Saturday October 10, 2009

"After idolizing Ali from the age of 13 when I started boxing, I finally got to meet him last night! It's not to often that you are able to meet a living legend, and it was an INCREDIBLE experience. Just knowing what he accomplished and believed in, it was such an honour to be in his presence."
(Photo: Manny Sobral, FightNews Canada)

Saturday October 10, 2009

Phil Lo Greco 149.4lbs vs Albert Starikov 149.9lbs

Saturday October 10, 2009

Sonsona’s opponent will be WBO contender Alejandro “Payasito” Hernandez (22-7-1, 11 KO’s) of Mexico City. A veteran of 30 professional fights at 23 years of age, Hernandez has never been stopped and promises to give Sonsona all he can handle....Read more

Thursday October 8, 2009

Saccurato, the current WBC title holder, defeated Mrdjenovich back in November 2006 by way of split decision to win the vacant title. Since that night, she's won 2 of 4 bouts including spliting a pair of bout with Japan's Fujin Raika, a loss to the incredible Holly Holm, and an impressive KO of Canadian Jessica Rakoczy, considered the best female Lightweight in the world....Read more

Thursday October 8, 2009

"Tyson (Cave) had his chance to fight me many times and everyone in Canada knows this. I have been hitting the weights hard and moving up in weight." Hayward wrote to FightNews. "I can no longer make 122lbs. On November 28th, I will be fighting (Pier-Olivier) Cote for the vacant Canadian 130lbs title in Quebec, on the HBO card. So, if Tyson still wants to fight me, it will have to be at a catch weight."

Thursday October 8, 2009

Canadian Heavyweight Sheldon Hinton was to have faced former world title challenger Monte Barrett a few months back until an injury forced him (Hinton) to withdraw and the Barrett fight vanished. The entire August card was moved to back to October and with the new date comes a new opponent for the vastly improving Hinton. The Edmonton big boy will now face a solid test in Andreas Sidon of Germany. The two will square off in a 10 round heavyweight showdown at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton on October 16th. ...Read more

Wednesday October 7, 2009

The tournament format, created by SHOWTIME Sports in association with five world-class boxing promoters, is a unique concept to boxing and one that has been lauded by industry experts and the sports media since its announcement. Likewise, FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic is unlike any other reality program in boxing....Read more

Wednesday October 7, 2009

“If anyone thinks I'm lacking in confidence or feeling any pressure, they’re dead wrong,” said Taylor. “Just because I've lost a few fights, I'm not ready to be written off. “Sometimes a fighter can lose and get beat up with that loss. That has not happened to me. I beat myself in every fight I lost, but I have learned from my mistakes. I'm a better fighter because of the losses.”...Read more

Tuesday October 6, 2009

For the first time in his professional career, Tyson Cave performed for 10 rounds against a determined opponent. For the first time, he got stung to the head and withstood some serious body shots when caught against the ropes. And at the end of the night, for the first time, he became the Canadian Superbantamweight Champion by virtue of a unanimous decision victory over a game Steve Cannell in a tough fight which this writer scored a little bit closer than the judges. The judges scores were 100-90, 99-91 and 97-93, while I scored it 96-94, Cave. With this win, Cave’s record moves to 9-0 while Cannell drops to 3-3-3....Read more

Sunday October 4, 2009

The only other professional bout on the card had Halifax Super Middleweight Juan Sanchez improved to 3-3-1 (2 KOs) by stopping Hamilton, Ontario's Adam Rochon (0-6) in the fourth round. More to come.

Sunday October 4, 2009

Antonin Decarie left things literally to the last second and scored a knockout of Terrence Cauthen (33-6 9KO) at 2:59 of the 10th and final round. The Montreal welterweight who moves 23-0 with his 7th stoppage was the aggressor on the afternoon and went after his New Jersey opponent who was credited by at least one judge of winning the rounds four thru seven. Come round eight though, Cauthen who took the fight on less than a week’s notice seemed to have hit a wall and had noticeably dropped his hands. Decarie took full advantage and landed a right with everything on it that took the southpaw down to the canvas for a count of eight. “The ninth round I tried to finish him but I was just too wide with my shots, said Decarie after the fight. “The 10th round though I just settled down and managed to catch him.” Cauthen ate a right to the body that left him gasping for air and referee Michael Griffin calling it off with the fighter still wincing and quickly making his way to a waiting stool.

Saturday October 3, 2009

Make it 18 for 18 as middleweight knockout sensation David Lemieux destroyed former ‘Contender’ series star Donnie McCrary (24-10-2 13KO) at 2:40 of the opening round. After exchanging combinations in the middle of the ring, McCrary walked straight back with his hands down and was brutalized by a Lemieux right hand, dropping the Missouri hard to the canvas in a crumpled heap. McCrary managed to beat the count, but Lemieux managed a right to the body and followed it immediately with another to the head which had McCrary down and out and the fight being called immediately.

Saturday October 3, 2009

Montreal’s other new Columbian arrival, heavyweight Oscar Rivas was no less impressive, scoring his second victory and dominating over trial-horse Stephane Tessier and scoring a 40-35, 40-35, 40-34 victory. The loss drops Tessier to an embarrassing 3-23-1, but despite another loss on his record, Tessier comes to fight and provides rounds and rarely goes down or gets knocked out. Rivas was forced to work and work he did, firing off threes and fours for the duration on an always advancing Tessier. Rivas finally did land take down Tessier with an uppercut in the final round and charged until the final bell over an exhausted and bloodied opponent.

Saturday October 3, 2009

Logan McGuinness remained perfect, scoring his 7th victory in as many tries by posting a 40-35, 39-36, 39-36 win over Jorge Banos (4-5-3). The Orangeville fighter started strong and finished strong as he went nicely up and down on his Montreal opponent, scoring to the body of Banos and connecting solidly upstairs in the opening round. After some back and forth action in the middle rounds where a game Banos was the more fluid of the two, able to score some nice combinations and taking the seconds round on two of the judges’ scorecards, McGuinness was able to come back strong in the final round, punctuating the victory with a knockdown of his opponent with forty seconds left in the fight. McGuinness was able to put his hands together scoring a nice four punch combination, ending in a left hand that drove Banos down into the corner where he stayed until a count of seven.

Saturday October 3, 2009

Former Canadian welterweight king Brooke Wellby (35-19-4, 11 KOs) dropped a 6 round unanimous decision to undefeated power punching George "Comanche Boy" Tahdooahnippah (21-0, 18 KOs) moments ago at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma. Scores of the bout were also unanimous, each judge seeing it 60-54. More to come.

Friday October 2, 2009

Former 'Contender' series star Donnie McCrary (right) travels north to Montreal for the third time as he faces of versus 20 year-old knockout sensation David Lemieux. The hard hitting middleweight is a perfect 17 knockouts in 17 fights and is looking forward to getting in the ring Saturday and trying for number 18. Action at the Casino de Montreal gets under way at noon.
(Photo: Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada)

Friday October 2, 2009

Antonin Decarie 153.2lbs vs Terrance Cauthen 154lbs
David Lemieux 161.6lbs vs Donny McCrary 161.7lbs
Eleider Alvarez 180.12lbs vs Willard Lewis 179.10lbs
Oscar Rivas 234.14lbs vs Stephane Tessier 235.6lbs
Logan McGuinness 132.6lbs vs Jorge Banos 134.15lbs

Friday October 2, 2009

"I didn’t have a lot of money. I didn’t have any major sponsors picking up the tab for my living expenses. I even slept under a boxing ring to save money. What I did have was a dream, a goal.” Vanderpool wrote "It doesn’t necessarily have to be sports. Any dream - to be an artist, to design buildings, to raise a happy family - can be attained if you stick to it."...Read more

Friday October 2, 2009

Also on the card will be the two newly signed Columbians who were so impressive the last time out in their pro debuts, both scoring knockouts. This time light-heavyweight Elieder Alvarez gets former Canadian champion Willard Lewis while heavyweight Oscar Rivas will go up against trial horse Stephane Tessier. Lightweight Logan McGuiness (6-0) also makes his way back to Montreal where he faces Jorge Banos (4-4-3).

Friday October 2, 2009