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Lee Outpoints Leatherwood at MSG

By Derek Bonnett from the Garden Andy Lee returned to the ring for an eight-round middleweight contest against Keandrae Leatherwood as part of the Madison Square Garden undercard for Golovkin vs Jacobs. Lee broke a stretch of inactivity starting back in December 2015 following his title loss to Billy Joe Saunders. The action over the course of the middleweight contest was far from memorable, but it brought Lee back to active duty and puts him back in line for some meaningful contests as a

19 Mar 2017

Lemieux, Spectacular; Gamboa, Safe

By Derek Bonnett: The Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, just a stone throw away from the International Boxing Hall of Fame, played host to the HBO broadcast of David Lemieux’s showdown with fellow puncher Curtis Stevens on a bout that capture the imagination of fans since the contracts were signed. The scheduled twelve round middleweight bout did not disappoint and came nowhere near the scheduled distance and proved the perfect remedy for the fugue state imposed upon fans during

12 Mar 2017

Hernandez Claims Flyweight Belt

By Derek Bonnett: Mexico’s Juan Hernandez captured his first world title belt at National Stadium Gymnasium in Bangkok, Thailand with a victory over unbeaten local favorite Nawaphon Kaikanha. Hernandez, 30, has been collecting some credible belts on his resume since dropping a competitive, but decisive decision to Kazuto Ioka in a minimumweight bout back in 2011.

4 Mar 2017

Wilder Stops Washington After Slow Start

By Derek Bonnett Since winning his portion of the heavyweight title, Deontay Wilder has defended his championship in his home state of Alabama. Defense number five was scheduled for twelve rounds at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham against late substitute Gerald Washington. On a boxing card full of action and drama the champion and challenger did not disappoint.

26 Feb 2017

Hurd and Breazeale Rally For Emphatic Wins

By Derek Bonnett: At the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama two intriguing match-ups prepared fans for the main event between Deontay Wilder and Gerald Washington. The first was a key heavyweight bout between former heavyweight title challenger Dominic Breazeale and well-kept secret Izuagbe Ugonoh of Poland. The second was a great 154-pound clash for a vacant alphabet title formerly held by Jermall Charlo, who is now looking to campaign as a full middleweight. Neither bout disappointed in

26 Feb 2017

Manzanarez Squashes Platano Diaz

By Derek Bonnett The lengthy career of former world titlist Gamaliel "Platano" Diaz appears to have reached its end point at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. The cagey veteran took on twenty-two year old prospect Robert Manzanarez in a scheduled eight round junior welterweight bout on Friday, February 17.

18 Feb 2017

ZZ Tops Warren; Easter Retains Title

By Derek Bonnett Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce featured two world championship bouts at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, USA. Rau’Shee Warren and Robert Easter looked to make the first defenses of their titles in bantamweight and lightweight bouts respectively. Each contest went the twelve round distance, but there was a huge contrast between the action which unfolded in each thirty-six minute bout.

11 Feb 2017

Miura Earns Shot at Former Title

By Derek Bonnett This weekend’s major bouts between Takashi Miura and Miguel Roman, Miguel Berchelt and Francisco Vargas, and Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton had several things in common. Inside of the ring, no one knew for a certainty who would win, each appeared to be a Fight of the Year contender on paper, and regardless of how the cards fell, boxing fans knew they would be the true winners. Afterward, all of these statements were realized.

29 Jan 2017

Berchelt Upsets Vargas for Title

By Derek Bonnett Every now and then a boxer emerges who seemingly puts his well-being aside for the benefit of the fans. These thrill-a-minute champions are never a bore to watch and it is wise to never miss their performances because they, most often, are not around for that long. Francisco Vargas came into his title defense against fellow Mexican Miguel Berchelt on the heels of Back to Back Fight of the Year performances against Takashi Miura and Orlando Salido. The writing seemed on the

29 Jan 2017

Menayothin Retains Title; Nears 49-0 Mark

By Derek Bonnett In what was expected to be a match-up of man versus boy, WBC minimumweight champion Wanheng Menayothin had his hands full with his twenty-two year old challenger Melvin "El Gringo" Jerusalem in Phitsanulok, Thailand. While Menayothin retained his title unanimously, it took an eighth round point deduction for a low blow to save the champion from a draw.

25 Jan 2017

Tanaka Punishes Fuentes; Becomes Two-Division Champion

By Derek Bonnett Continuing the deluge of Japanese boxing action to end 2016, Kosei Tanaka met Moises Fuentes in a bid to claim the vacant WBO light flyweight title. The contest was held at Memorial Center in Gifu, Gifu, Japan. Tanaka, previously champion at 105 pounds, sought to win his second world title at the age of twenty-one. Fuentes, hailing from Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, is also a former world champion at minimumweight.

31 Dec 2016

Tanaka Punishes Fuentes; Becomes Two-Division Champion

31 Dec 2016

Monsters Do Exist: Inoue Topples Kono

By Derek Bonnett The New Year is always preceded by some excellent boxing cards in Japan. Each year, some of the nation’s greatest talent, which is considerable at this time, steps into the ring end things with a bang. On December 29, reigning WBO super flyweight champion, Naoya Inoue took on former two-time champion Kohei Kono at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo in what would be his sternest opponent since dethroning Omar Andres Narvaez in 2014.

30 Dec 2016

The Executioner’s Swan Song

By Derek Bonnett Many people wanted to believe. Bernard Hopkins had turned back the clock so many times in his illustrious career, that even at the age of fifty-one and nearly two years of ring inactivity, fans wanted to think that Joe Smith Jr. would be easily dissected and defeated to complete the final chapter of one of boxing’s greatest storylines ever. Hopkins turned back the clock for fans by ditching his silly "Alien" moniker and resuming his role as boxing’s "Executioner",

18 Dec 2016

Mares Masterful Against Cuellar

By Derek Bonnett The clash between Jesus Andres Cuellar and Abner Mares finally came to fruition following some delays in what was truly one of the year’s most intriguing match-ups. The WBA featherweight champion Cuellar took on the former multi-division champion Mares at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Showtime televised bout served as the main event of the evening for a two fight televised card also spotlighting Jermell Charlo’s final junior middleweight

11 Dec 2016

Charlo Rocks Williams in Final 154 Bout

By Derek Bonnett Jermall Charlo made a statement in what has been stated will be his final junior middleweight bout. The IBF champion took on unbeaten Julian "J Rock" Williams at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Showtime televised bout opened the evening for a two fight televised card also spotlighting Abner Mares versus Jesus Andres Cuellar.

11 Dec 2016

Lomachenko Virtuoso Against Walters

By Derek Bonnett Bob Arum’s two thousandth boxing promotion which pitted Vasyl Lomachenko against Nicholas Walters in the Ukrainian champion’s first defense of the WBO super featherweight title was seen by many, including myself, as the second best match-up of 2016, right on the heels of Kovalev-Ward. Kovalev-Ward delivered twelve rounds replete with fierce world class action, a knockdown, some wrestling, a comeback, and a whole lot of controversy, which ended up marring a pretty

27 Nov 2016

Magdaleno Dominant; Allen Loses Perfect Record

By Derek Bonnett Ring TV Live presented the ring return of two-time world title challenger Diego "Mr. Superb" Magdaleno at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Magdaleno, inactive since a shocking second round stoppage defeat to Terry Flanagan, took on tough veteran Art Hovhannisyan in a ten round super lightweight contest.

8 Oct 2016

Gonzalez Battles to Fourth Divisional Title

By Derek Bonnett The talk going into the September 10 clash between WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras and Pound for Pound number one fighter Roman Gonzalez centered on one possibility: would Gonzalez surpass the great Alexis Arguello as a four division champion? However, few prognosticated the super flyweight Super Fight would contend for 2016’s Fight of the Year. When the final scores were read, history was indeed made, but Nicaragua’s hero endured more pain and struggle

11 Sep 2016

Corner Saves Brave Brook from Golovkin

By Derek Bonnett The actions of Dominic Ingle at the O2 Arena in London, England should not overshadow those of the two excellent middleweight boxers in the ring on September 10. Gennady Golovkin’s search for his twenty-third straight KO was greatly challenged by a very game effort from IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook. The Special One remained just that even after his corner opted to throw in the towel in round five due to concerns for Brook’s eye.

10 Sep 2016