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Junior Witter saw his dream of a domestic super-fight
against Ricky Hatton go up in smoke when he lost his WBC
light-welterweight title via a wafer-thin split decision
to Timothy Bradley.
WBC heavyweight champion Sam Peter is free to take an interim fight before defending his belt against Vitali Klitschko. Part of the agreement hammered out yesterday in Mexico City allows Peter to defend his belt by July, probably against Andrew Golota. Co-promoter Dino Duva is working on that bout "feverishly." As for Peter-Klitschko, all that is certain is that the clash will take place sometime this fall, with date, site and television to be determined in the near future. According to Duva, the event will be co-promotion between Duva Boxing and K2 Promotions, with Duva serving as lead promoter. "We're ecstatic," added Duva. "It's the best possible deal for all concerned – the fighters, promoters, and most importantly the fans."
Mike Arnaoutis and Lanardo Tyner Star in,
“Being
Unbeaten Is Over Rated”
Friday night in Atlantic City N.J., formerly unbeaten Light Welterweight, Lanardo Tyner (19-1, 11 KO’s) saw his 0 go after stepping up and finally facing his first respectable opponent (in his 20th professional fight) against “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis (19-2-2, 9 KO’s). This 12 round fight was for the USBA Light Welterweight Title. Tyner had never been past ten rounds as most of his fights ended by early KO’s.
The anticipated
lightweight matchup between IBF/WBO/ WBA champion Nate Campbell vs. WBO interim
champion Joel Casamayor appears to be headed for a purse bid, according to
Campbell's co-promoter Terry J. Trekas of One Punch Productions. "I spoke to Don
King about an hour ago, and Don will be requesting that the WBO order this fight
to go to purse bid, since the "negotiations" went nowhere. Whether or not that
results in Joel actually signing the bout agreement, well, we will have to see
what happens with that. My guess is he won't, but this is the process we have to
go through" said Trekas.
By Chris Cozzone In his toughest bout to date,
unbeaten super lightweight Mike Alvarado (21-0, 13
KOs) scored a seventh round TKO over Michel Rosales
(20-2, 18 KOs) on Friday night at the Isleta Casino in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was a hard fought battle
from the opening ball with both fighters landing bombs
throughout. The end came at 1:28 of round seven when
an Alvarado barrage prompted referee Rocky Burke to
surprisingly halt the bout. The stoppage seemed
premature, not to take away from an excellent
performance by Alvarado.
With no less than 12 fighters scheduled to fight,
there will be a distinct East Coast flavor to the six announced undercard bouts
that will immediately precede the highly anticipated, first-ever mixed martial
arts fight card shown live in primetime on network television Saturday, May 31,
at the Prudential Center at Newark, N.J.
The most recognizable face in women's mixed
martial arts, the incredibly popular and talented Gina "Conviction'' Carano, of
Las Vegas, will be profiled on "E:60" next Tuesday, May 13, on ESPN.
Junior welterweight contender "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis
(19-2-2, 9 KOs) pounded out a twelve round unanimous
decison over previously unbeaten Lanardo Tyner (19-1,
11 KOs) on Friday night at Bally's Atlantic City.
Arnaoutis was cut over his right eye, but outworked
Tyner to win by scores of 116-112, 118-110, 118-110,
thus retaining his USBA title.
*****
2004 US Olympic Team captain Devin Vargas (16-0, 7
KOs), wearing red trunks, knocks out Dave Brunelli
(8-3, 3 KOs) with a right hand in the first round of
their heavyweight bout at Bally's Ballroom in Atlantic
City, NJ.
*****
Undercard Results:
Unbeaten welterweight Raymond Serrano Jr (6-0, 4 KOs) needed just 1:46 to stop Charles Wade (4-6, 1 KO). Patrick Majewski (8-0, 5 KOs) was down in round two, but prevailed over Ariel Espinal (6-3-1, 2 KOs) by 38-37 on all cards. Clinton Douglas (3-1-2) took a majority four round nod over Francisco Palacios (2-5-4) by scores of 38-38, 39-37, 39-37.
WBC Super Lightweight Champion Junior Witter (R), who weighed in today
139 ½ pounds, squares off with his
No. 1 ranked challenger Timothy Bradley (L), who weighed
139 ¼ pounds.
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to the United
Kingdom on May 10, 2008, with an outstanding world title showdown and a
promising undercard bout featuring two undefeated prospects.
The super bantamweight division may be in for a
shakeup on Friday, May 16, as four of the division’s most exciting battlers will
be in action in pivotal bouts on TeleFutura’s ‘Solo Boxeo’ from the Morongo
Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.
If former heavyweight
champion Chris Byrd intends to resurrect his career in
his move down to light heavyweight, he'll first have
to beat hungry contender Shaun George 16-2-2 (7 KO’s).
The two will battle at Thomas & Mack Center in Las
Vegas on May 16th. The bout will be aired
on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights. George, a native of
Brooklyn, N.Y., will be this week's featured guest on
The Ringside Boxing Show, which airs every Sunday,
worldwide via the Internet at
www.knry.com
at 9 a.m. Pacific time, noon Eastern.
Byrd, 40-4-1 (21 KOs)
won the WBO and IBF titles as an undersized fighter in
a division where he was regularly fending off 250 lb
opponents. He'll be fighting below the heavyweight
division for the first time since 1994.
Listeners may join the conversation with Shaun George
and ask him questions by calling toll free at
1-800-887-3414.
WBC president
Jose Sulaiman (center) presides at yesterday's purse bid in Mexico City. From
left, Dino Duva, Ahmet Öner, Sulaiman, Tom Loeffler, Don King.
“The deal was made at the 11th hour, and we are
delighted,” said Duva. “Instead of going to the WBC offices for a purse bid and
uncertain future, we instead were able to reach the agreement and announce it in
front of the wonderful Mexican media and fans.
Weights from Bally's
Atlantic City
USBA Jr. Welterweight Championship
Devin Vargas 226 vs Dave Brunelli 231 1/4
Manuel
Ramos - Mexican Heavyweight
By Jim Amato
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AEG BUYS INTO GOLDEN BOY |
AEG,
considered one of the world’s leading live sports and
entertainment presenters, has entered into an agreement
with boxing’s leading promoter, Golden Boy Promotions to
acquire ownership shares of the Los Angeles-based
organization it was announced yesterday by Oscar De La
Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions and Tim Leiweke,
President & CEO, AEG. The acquisition will make AEG the
company’s second largest shareholder behind De La Hoya.
“Having fought and promoted many successful championship
fight cards in AEG-owned venues such as STAPLES Center
and The Home Depot Center, I have developed a tremendous
amount of respect both personally and professionally for
how AEG does business, how they operate their facilities
and the integrity they have consistently shown to me and
my partners at Golden Boy Promotions,” said De La Hoya.
“Our new partnership will create so many new synergies
from jointly promoting events in their arenas worldwide
to exploring new ways to develop successful promotions
built around our boxing shows taking place in their
facilities. To Tim and Dan, on behalf of Richard and
our partners, we look forward to many successful
promotions together.”
webmaster Butch Gottlieb
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