Former WBA/IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 33, from Mexico City, Mexico, successfully defended his interim WBO featherweight champion with a stunning 9th round KO over southpaw Jimrex Jaca, 23, from the Philippines, at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, Saturday night.
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (37-1, 27 KOs), 192¼, decisioned Steve Cunningham (19-1, 10 KOs), 193, at Torwar Sport Hall in Mazowieckie, Warsaw, Poland, to capture the vacant IBF cruiserweight title on Saturday.
On this day in 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard successfully regained his WBC Welterweight title when his opponent, Roberto Duran, quit in the eighth round at the Louisiana Superdome. If sports fans were not aware that “no más� means “no more,� in Spanish, they knew after that night.
Former featherweight champion of the world Willie Pep died Thursday at West Hill Convalescent Home in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, at the age of 84. Pep had been in failing health in recent years and was suffering from Alzheimer’s.
On this day in 1933, Tony Canzoneri knocked out Kid Chocolate in the second round of a non-title bout at Madison Square Garden. It was the first knockout loss of Chocolate’s career.
Happy Thanksgiving! On this day in 2002, Arturo Gatti won a ten-round decision over Micky Ward in Atlantic City. It was the second bout of their classic trilogy.
In today’s The Moscow Times, a reprint from Reuters hails the IBF heavyweight champion of the world and gives him all due respect, not only for his accomplishments in the ring, but for his accomplishments outside the ring.
We talk about Antonio Margarito as the most ducked man in boxing. But what about Paul Williams? He’s the WBO’s No. 1 ranked 147-pounder, and the WBO champ Margarito requested and was granted an optional defense (against Joshua Clottey on Dec. 2) rather than meeting The Punisher.
The upcoming year figures to be a biggie for Joe Calzaghe, as the Wales banger has stated he has Jermain Taylor in his sights. First, he will be gloving up against a lower tier American, Contender alumnus Peter Manfredo.
Fleiss’ latest venture, called Heidi’s Stud Farm, has raised a lot of eyebrows, not least because she claimed to have enlisted the talents of former heavyweight champion of the world and all-around bad boy Mike Tyson.
