Results
Controversial Rios vs. Abril Results:
Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios maintained his undefeated status on Saturday night – but he can say goodbye to the unblemished resume. That’s due to the fact that he was able to somehow escape with a split decision victory in his fight against Richard Abril, however, to anybody watching the fight objectively, it seemed as if it was a clear Abril victory. It’s just the latest in a long line of terrible scorecards and controversial incidents in the squared circle these days.
Following the conclusion of today’s finals at the AIBA Asian Olympic Qualifying Event Astana 2012 in Kazakhstan, a further 25 boxers from ten different weight categories qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Please note that each boxer’s participation needs to be confirmed by their NOC. They are as follows:
His disappointing loss March 30 to North American Boxing Federation (“NABF”) lightweight champion “Hammerin’ Hank” Lundy (22-1-1, 11 KOs), headlining ESPN Friday Night Fights, will serve as an invaluable learning experience for “Dangerous” Dannie Williams (20-2, 16 KOs).
Williams dropped Lundy in the opening round with a left hook to the temple, but that turned out to be the start of a humbling evening for Dannie, who got away from his game plan and instead of boxing, he unsuccessfully forced punches going for a one-punch knockout.
At age 43 and weighing in at a flabby 248 lbs, James Toney began his comeback by stopping Bobby Gunn in Southaven, Mississippi. Some bloggers and Toney supporters are already crowing that “Light’s Out” is back and praising Toney’s supposed knockout power, a highly questionable assertion at best. The truth is that the fight, just like all of Toney’s recent outings, point straight to Toney’s diminished capacity.
WBA #5, IBF #8, WBO #8, WBC #12, undefeated Colombian boxing king Darley Perez improved his record to (25-0, 19 KOs) and impressed the boxing fan-filled ballroom at Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California when he knocked out Tijuana’s Alain “Konan” Hernandez whose record dropped to (18-10-1, 10 KOs) with a four-punch combination 2:59 into the second round of their scheduled 8-round round lightweight fight this past Friday night on Thompson Boxing Promotions’ April 6 edition of “Path to Glory”. Referee Raul Caiz Jr. stopped the fight without …
On Saturday evening, Southern California fight fans were treated to a night of world class professional boxing at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, Calif presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate. If you missed the live action or the TeleFutura “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast, below is a summary of the results:
Vic Darchinyan has been defeated by Shinsuke Yamanaka in a WBC bantamweight title fight held in Japan. Darchinyan now drops to 37 (27) – 5 – 1, while Yamanaka improves to 16 (11)- 0 -2.
The undefeated Yamanaka made the first defense of his strap with scores of 116-112, 116-112 and 117-111 for a unanimous decision win. His youth and his size clearly played a major part in the win, as Darchinyan’s struggles the 118-lb division continue.
Give me my shot! After dominating Williams on ESPN, Lundy wants a crack at DeMarco’s world title
There’s a time and a place for everything in a boxer’s life, including the time to sit back and reflect on recent accomplishments.
“Hammerin’” Hank Lundy, who vaulted to No. 2 among lightweights in this month’s World Boxing Council (WBC) rankings after dominating Dannie Williams this past Friday, will let the world know when he feels he’s done something significant.
Until then, it’s back in the gym mastering the craft that’s brought him to the brink …
This past weekend at the “War at Woodland Hills” card titled “Saturday Night Fever,” a shocking upset occurred when amateur standout and previously undefeated pro, Donyil Livingstion (8-1-1,4 KOs), suffered his first loss on a split decision to Elie Augustama (6-4, 3 KOs).
France-based Cameroonian Carlos Takam is the new World Boxing Federation International Heavyweight Champion after scoring his biggest victor so far on Saturday night in Noisy-le-Grand, France, stopping former World Champion Francois Botha in the eleventh round.
The 31-year-old Takam, a 2004 Olympian, improved his impressive professional record to 25-1 (20), while South African Botha falls to 48-7-3 (29), and could be at the end of the line after an impressive career that saw him capture IBF and WBF world titles, and included fights against some of the sport’s biggest names.
