Tag : boxing
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Vincent Feigenbutz (21-1, 19 KOs) can write boxing history on Saturday night by becoming Germany’s youngest ever World Champion with the vacant WBA World Super Middleweight title now on the line in his rematch with Giovanni De Carolis (23-6, 11 KOs) at the Baden-Arena in Offenburg, Germany.
Following twelve fiercely contested rounds, Feigenbutz came out on top in their first encounter on November 17, scoring a razor-thin points decision over his Italian opponent at the DM-Arena in Karlsruhe.
However, despite the positive result, the 20 year-old admits he was left disappointed with his display and is promising an improved performance when the super middleweights square off for a second time in Offenburg.
‘’The first fight against Giovanni was a real battle,’’ reflects the rising German star. ‘’Although I won the fight, I wasn’t happy with my performance as I know I can do better. I don’t want to use it as an excuse but I was recovering from a severe cold and therefore unable to fight to my full potential.
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Feigenbutz and De Carolis were originally scheduled to contest the WBA’s interim World title, but Monday, the governing body announced that their fight will be for the ‘regular’ World title. Their ruling comes following Andre Ward’s move up to light heavyweight and the subsequent promotion of World Champion Fedor Chudinov to Super Champion.
The WBA’s decision adds even more significance to the hotly anticipated rematch between Feigenbutz and De Carolis, in which both boxers are eager to settle the score following their fiercely contested first encounter.
It also means that Feigenbutz, at just 20 years of age, can become Germany’s youngest ever World Champion, beating the previous record of Graciano ‘Rocky’ Rocchigiani, who was 24 years old when he first claimed World honours.
‘’This would be a massive achievement for me,’’ said Feigenbutz. ‘’It has been a life-long dream of mine to become the youngest German World Champion. However, I cannot let this affect my focus. I will need give everything in order to beat De Carolis, and will do my best to keep the belt in Germany.’’
‘’Vincent has a great chance to make history on Saturday night by beating Rocky’s record,’’ said promoter Kalle Sauerland. ‘’His first fight with De Carolis was one of the most dramatic battles of 2015, and the rematch already promised a lot of excitement, but now, with a World title on the line, we are looking at an international super fight!’’
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Ronda Rousey announced on Friday that her next UFC fight will be against undefeated bantamweight Holly Holm on January 2. Rousey, who improved to 12-0 following her 34-second defeat of Bethe Correia, has won her last three fights in a combined 1 minute, 4 seconds.
After Rousey decimated Bethe Correia on Aug. 1, UFC officials said she would next fight Miesha Tate for a third time. Instead, Rousey will take on Holm, a former boxer who is 9-0 all-time in her MMA career and 2-0 in UFC
“She’s definitely my biggest challenge to date, so I’m super excited about it,” Rousey said, per MMAJunkie.
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Rousey has been eviscerating her opponents, with all but one match ending during the first round.
However, Holm also boasts her own undefeated record, which currently stands at 9-0. A former three-division boxing champion, according to For The Win, Holm joined the UFC in 2014. Her two matches in the organization came in February and July of this year and were split and unanimous decisions, respectively.
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There was a time when Roy Jones Jr. was considered the best boxer on the planet. Roy Jones Jr is a boxing legend who had an absolutely incredible run around the turn of the millennium. Between 1997 and 2002, the guy won and defended every single light heavyweight boxing title on the planet that matters. Then, in 2003, he actually won the WBA heavyweight title, pushing his record to 49-1 and becoming the first boxer in history to start out as a light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title.
Sadly, those days are long gone. Former champion of the world Roy Jones Jr. is still boxing at age 46, and while he won his fight on Sunday night against Eric Watkins by sixth-round knockout, the whole thing was pretty sad.
Jones Jr. has ventured into the promotional world, but still wants to get back inside the ring, and already has two more fights lined up. But with a record of 62-8 he has little left to prove.
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The fight took place at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. Watkins, whose lifetime record as a professional is 12-10-2, couldn’t handle the strength of Jones, and couldn’t seem to avoid Jones’ punches … even though he wasn’t moving very fast.
Jones Jr. still has his name, and if he wants to fight, no one can really stop him. But this is really a drag to watch, and while Jones may be able to beat up on lesser fighters in the lower circuit, he can’t really believe he’d be able to hang with top-level fighters.
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American MMA superstar Ronda Rousey has escalated her public war of words with Floyd Mayweather by saying she would beat him in a ‘no-rules’ fight
Rousey participated in an Ask Me Anything chat on Reddit on Monday, and was asked if she could beat Mayweather in a fight without rules.
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“Floyd is one of the best boxers of all time,” Rousey wrote during a Reddit Ask Me Anything session .
“He would definitely beat me in a boxing match. I unfortunately don’t get into ‘matches.’ I fight for a living.
“In a no-rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet,” she added. “Boxing is a sweet science with strict rules that I respect very much and aspire every day to improve at. But you said ruleless fight, and that’s my honest answer.”
The 28-year-old Rousey is the undefeated UFC female bantamweight champion and was named the female athlete of the year at this year’s ESPYs.
Mayweather, 38, the five-division world champion, will take on fellow American boxer Andre Berto next month seeking to extend his unbeaten streak to a stunning 49-0.
Rousey’s comments come days after Mayweather responded to comments made about him at this year’s ESPY’s.
“I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once,” Rousey said at the ESPY’s. “I’d like to see him pretend to not know who I am now. I know for damn sure that he knew who I was, because he was running against me for Best Fighter that year and he has signed MMA fighters.”
Mayweather responded by commenting about how he made more money than any athlete last year.
“I’ve yet to see any MMA fighter, or other boxer, make over $300 million in 36 minutes,” Mayweather said. “When she can do that, then call me.”
Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) will fight Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on Sept. 12 in the last in his lucrative six-fight deal with Showtime/CBS.
Rousey is 12-0 after a 34-second knockout over Bethe Correia at UFC 190. Rousey’s next fight has not been determined, but Cris (Cyborg) Justino say she is willing to drop down to 135 pounds to fight Rousey.
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For the first time in 30 years World championship boxing appears to be returning to Toronto
According to the online boxing database Boxrec.com, Montreal’s Adonis “Superman” Stevenson is scheduled to defend his WBC light-heavyweight title Sept. 11 at the Ricoh Coliseum against American Tommy Karpency.
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If so the Stevenson title defence is going to be the first title bout to take place in Toronto since June 1984, when junior welterweight legend Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor defeated Toronto’s Nicky Furlano at Varsity Arena.
Tommy Karpency is best known for winning a split decision over Chad Dawson’s corpse in October of 2014. Otherwise, Karpency (25-4-1, 14 KOs) has fought mostly club-level opposition, other than defeats to Nathan Cleverly (UD12), Andrzej Fonfara (TKO7) and Karot Murat (UD12).
The bout is part of the Premier Boxing Champions series, a $20 million project undertaken by boxing power broker Al Haymon in an effort to re-establish the sport on network television.
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Gennady Golovkin will meet David Lemieux in a three-belt middleweight title unification bout Oct. 17 in New York. Golovkin’s promoter, Tom Loeffler, announced the matchup Saturday.The 160-pound champions will meet on an HBO pay-per-view telecast at Madison Square Garden.
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There had been suggestions that Golovkin could drop down to light-middleweight to take on Floyd Mayweather or move up a division to tackle super-middleweight star Andre Ward, but he has opted for the 160-pound showdown with Lemieux.
Kazakh fighter Golovkin, who is unbeaten in 33 fights with 30 knockouts, holds the WBA belt and the WBC interim belt, while Canadian Lemieux is the IBF middleweight champion.
Golovkin is among the world’s most dominant boxers with 20 straight stoppage victories over the past seven years. The Kazakh fighter who lives in Los Angeles has struggled to tempt big-name boxers into the ring with him while he attempts to unify the four major middleweight titles.
Lemieux also is on a roll with nine straight dominant victories. He won the IBF title in June.
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Carl Frampton retained his IBF Super Bantamweight world title with a unanimous decision win over Alejandro Gonzalez Jr but not before he was given a huge scare in Texas, he recovered from being knocked down twice in the opening round
Frampton, 28, was forced to drop to his knee twice but gradually gained control over his dangerous Mexican opponent.
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He responded to dominate almost the entirety of the rest of the fight and claim a unanimous victory that was solid but not nearly the spectacular performance he had been looking for.
“I was in shock,” admitted Frampton afterwards. “I came out slow. I need to give Gonzalez Jr so much credit, he doesn’t look like a big puncher but man he can punch.
“It was exciting but it wasn’t the performance I wanted. I don’t want to make excuses but I took too much weight off in the last few days. It’s a big decision whether to stay at this weight or go to featherweight – I don’t know.”
The Northern Irishman knocked his opponent’s head back with a flurry of jabs in the final round and his first victory on American turf was soon confirmed by the judges’ scorecards.
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Vijender Singh, 2008 Olympic bronze medallist boxer, has called it quits from Indian National Boxing.
Vijender was in London training with the Queensberry Promotion which is owned by popular British boxing promoter Francis Warren.
Many speculations about his future career were floating. All this could be indication that he’s about to go pro.
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Once a boxer turns professional, he cannot compete at an amateur level*. What this means is Vijender won’t be able to compete at the Olympics.
Reports suggest that the boxer has signed a long term deal with the British company. The owner, Francis Warren, had tweeted, “Big news coming tomorrow #boxing”.
A statement from Warren’s media team manager Richard Maynard to Mail Today said: “Boxing promoter Francis Warren will host a press conference on Monday, June 29, when a major announcement will be made regarding India’s boxing sensation and 2008 Olympic medallist Vijender Kumar. The 29-year-old hotshot is currently one of the hottest stars in Asian sport and the exciting news to be released on Monday will thrill the millions of adoring fans he has at home, in the UK and around the world.”
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A press conference was held in London on Monday, where he announced the big news.
“I’m excited to turn pro and looking forward to the new chapter of my life. I want to train hard and perform for my country at the global level. IOS will be managing my pro boxing career along with Queensbury Promotions with broadcaster BoxNation. My immediate goal will be to work hard and make a good boxing record in the next year or so,” Vijender said at the press conference.
Vijender’s professional plunge means he would not be representing India at the Olympics and national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has said that it is bad news for the team overall.
“I’m very excited to have brought such a talented and determined individual over to the UK and can’t wait to see what Vijender is capable of doing in the professional ranks after achieving so much as an amateur,” said Francis Warren.
“After spending the past week with him in Manchester, there is no doubt in my mind that he has what it takes to be a very successful professional boxer, not only due to his undoubted natural talent, but also due to his drive and focus.”
“He has a clear idea of what he wants to achieve and I am over the moon that he will be doing that with Queensberry Promotions and BoxNation,” he added.
* unless they’re part of The International Boxing Association’s pro boxing competetion APB
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When: Saturday, June 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
Adrien “The Problem” Broner (30-1, 22 KO) and “Showtime” Shawn Porter (25-1-1, 16 KO) face off, on Saturday, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, It will be a matchup of speed and talent versus power and athleticism.
Both Guys from Ohio, two former welterweight world champions in their mid-20s. This fight is the best main event in the short history of the Premier Boxing Champions series.
Porter is 27 and Broner just 25. Both are former world champions on the comeback trail. The winner of this fight will take a major step forward, and the loser will drop back in line.
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Adrien Broner
Broner was a three-division world champion by the age of 23. He won the vacant super featherweight belt over the obscure Vicente Martin Rodriguez in the Argentine fighter’s only trip to the United States.
To become a champion at welterweight, Broner beat Paulie Malignaggi, the lightest-hitting welterweight titlist of recent years.
Broner spoke plainly when he discussed Saturday’s bout during an ESPN.com Q&A session:
“He’s a solid fighter, a world-class fighter and a former world champion. I’m going to be taking this fight serious and am not looking past him. I will defeat Shawn Porter on [Saturday].”
25-year-old Adrien Broner (30-1, 22 KOs) is a highly skilled, versatile boxer-puncher with deep amateur pedigree (300-19-1 before going pro). The Cincinnati native’s flashy style and blazing combinations make him one of today’s most entertaining boxers to watch
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Shawn Porter
Porter was a highly decorated amateur who broke through as a professional in December 2013. Beating former lightweight titlist Julio Diaz in their rematch, Porter parlayed his victory into a title shot, surprisingly out-hustling Devon Alexander. He bludgeoned Malignaggi in his first defense and then lost a close fight – and his IBF belt – to Kell Brook. Since that loss last August, Porter has returned to his winning ways, beating late sub Erick Bone in March.
Last August, Porter dropped his title to England’s Kell Brook. In March, Porter knocked out virtually unknown Erick Bone of Ecuador. This fight with Broner is his first true test since the loss to Brook.
Who will win?
Broner is clearly the superior boxer. He has faster hands and is the more accurate puncher. But, Porter is an excellent athlete, and he’s physically stronger than Broner.
To win, Porter needs to get on the inside, rough Broner up and bang the body.
Broner needs to keep Porter at a distance and fight at a controlled pace.
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