Boxing Video: Lucian Bute Vs Glen Johnson - Full Fight Replay Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson was a Boxing Super Middleweight fight for the IBF World title at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec in Canada and will be distributed by Showtime. Bute had hoped to match him with former titleholder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark.
Alfredo Angulo vs. James Kirkland was a Super Welterweight fight that took place on November 5, 2011 at Centro de Cancun in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.[1] The fight served as a return to the HBO for Angulo, who was exiled to Mexico following the discovery of his illegal status in the United States.
Super Welterweight bout: Alfredo Angulo vs. James Kirkland Middleweight bout: Peter Quillin vs. Craig McEwan
Preliminary card Bantamweight bout: Naciff Castillo vs. Esdras Acosta Heavyweight bout: Deontay Wilder vs. Daniel Cota Super Bantamweight bout: Sergio Thompson vs. Juan Carlos Espinoza Featherweight bout: Iván Morales vs. Rene Trujillo Women's Flyweight bout: Arely Valente vs. Cecilia Vicente**
Nonito Donaire vs. Omar Narvaez was a Boxing Bantamweight Championship fight for the WBO and the WBC World titles. Donaire will make his first and only title defense against junior bantamweight titleholder Omar Narvaez. Shortly after the most significant win of his career, a highlight reel knockout of Mexico's Fernando Montiel, Donaire left Top Rank and signed with rival Golden Boy Promotions.
The deal was put on hold when an arbitrator upheld Top Rank's contract and enjoined Golden Boy from promoting Donaire. Eventually, Donaire worked out his differences with Top Rank, which signed him to a contract extension in mid-July. Nonito Donaire defeated Omar Narvaez by Unanimous Decision.**
Marcos Rene Maidana Vs Peter Petrov. Marcos Maidana is the current World Boxing Association's Super Lightweight champion. His only professional losses have come against Andreas Kotelnik and Amir Khan both by Decision. Maidana was scheduled to defend his title Aug. 27 against Robert Guerrero, but Guerrero suffered a shoulder injury less than two weeks before the fight. So Maidana's camp organized a fight with Petr Petrov of Russia Sept. 23. **
Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Vs Mike Oliver was a fight Juanma needed. Redemption! He just lost to a devastating KO against Orlando Salido which halted the Dream Fight against quick power-puncher Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Rivera. López's professional career began in 2005. As a professional he won his first nine fights by knockout before winning his first decision. On September 30, 2006 he defeated Jose Alonso to win the WBO Latino super bantamweight Championship, a regional championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Organization. On June 7, 2008, Lopez defeated Daniel Ponce de León by technical knockout to win the WBO super bantamweight championship. He held the title until January 23, 2009, vacating it after defeating Steven Luevano for the organization's featherweight championship. **
Sergio Martinez vs. Darren Barker was a Middleweight fight for The Ring title. The fight took place in Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on 01 October 2011. Barker, the European champion, was certainly not the first choice for Martinez, various other potential opponents turned down overtures for a bout against him.
Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson was a boxing match contested for both the WBC and The Ring light heavyweight championships. The fight took place at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States on 15 October 2011. Hopkins was making the first defense of the titles he won from Jean Pascal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada earlier in 2011 while Dawson was looking to win the WBC title for a second time and the Ring title for the first time. The fight was the main event of an HBO pay-per-view presentation.
The fight's result has been contested. The California Boxing Commission, whose results are official and binding, retains referee Pat Russell's original technical knockout decision and has Dawson as the winner whereas the WBC has declared it a technical draw and has Hopkins as its champion. The Commission will review the decision at its regular meeting on December 13. **
Light Heavyweight Championship Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson Lightweight Championship bout: Jorge Linares vs. Antonio DeMarco Light Welterweight bout: Danny Garcia vs. Kendall Holt Welterweight bout: Paulie Malignaggi vs. Orlando Lora
Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek was a Heavyweight Championship fight for the WBC title. The fight took place at the Stadion Miejski in Wrocław, Poland on September 10, 2011 and was televised via HBO World Championship Boxing. As a part of a split-site doubleheader, the broadcast also featured the Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Daniel Ponce de León bout taking place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
Klitschko, expected to dominate, said he would knock out his opponent, who he said had "only grown into the division by eating like a heavyweight". Fritz Sdunek, Klitschko's coach, said his fighter would retire after two or three more fights. **
Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez was a Light Middleweight fight for the WBC World title. The fight took place in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States on 17 September 2011 on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Victor Ortiz pay-per-view broadcast.
The Mayweather-Ortiz fight took place at another location at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada taking place on the Mexican Independence weekend.Fans at Staples Center will be able to see the live feed from Las Vegas and also see Canelo Alvarez fight live that night, and the people in Las Vegas can see the live feed from the Canelo fight in the Staples Center. **
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz, billed as Star Power, was a championship fight for Ortiz's WBC Welterweight title. The bout was held on September 17, 2011, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada and televised via HBO PPV. As a part of a split-site doubleheader, the broadcast also featured the Saul Alvarez vs. Alfonso Gomez Light Middleweight championship bout taking place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Floyd Mayweather won the bout with a controversial knockout in the fourth round. After Ortiz caught Mayweather in the ropes and head-butted him, the referee Joe Cortez called time-out and deducted a point. Then, Ortiz apologized to Mayweather by kissing him tenderly on the cheek, and Cortez resumed the fight. Ortiz and Mayweather came together and touched gloves. As they separated, Mayweather surprised Ortiz with a left hook and right straight. Ortiz was knocked down and counted out by Cortez.
According to Ortiz, "I was called to break by the referee and I obeyed exactly as I was told. And then, boom, he blindsided me." When asked to comment on the ending of the fight, Mayweather responded by saying: "we touched gloves, we back to fighting, left hook, right hand, and that's all she wrote. **
Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye. Klitschko won with a unanimous points victory (117–109, 118–108, 116–110), successfully defending the IBF, IBO, WBO and The Ring Heavyweight titles, as well as winning the WBA (Super) Heavyweight title.
The fight was similar to Klitschko's 2008 win against Sultan Ibragimov with Wladimir winning nearly every round, most were won only by his jab and only occasionally unleashing his right hand on his opponent. Haye won only two rounds because he managed to out punch Wladimir in rounds 3 and 12 but was unable to keep it up to win more rounds, or catch Wladimir on the chin. Neither fighter seemed to want to trade punches but Klitschko was content with that and utilized his jab to keep Haye at a comfortable distance.
Haye revealed afterwards that he had a broken toe on his right foot, and claimed that it had hindered his game plan for the fight as he felt he was unable to jump out at Wladimir like he had previously in his career. Despite this Klitschko claims that Haye was unable to fight because he was just too good for him.**
Williams Vs Lara. July 9, 2011, Paul Williams fought in a light middleweight contest in Atlantic City against former Cuban amateur sensation Erislandy Lara.
Throughout the fight, Lara repeatedly hit Williams with hard left hands and appeared to have won the fight convincingly in the eyes of the HBO crew and those sitting at ringside. However, the judges awarded Williams with a narrow majority decision, a highly controversial verdict that ultimately led to the suspension of the three judges by the New Jersey Athletic Control Board.**
Green Vs. Tarver - Green next challenged semi retired actor/commentator and former light heavyweight world champion 42 year old Antonio Tarver for Green's IBO Crusierweight strap. Both fighters are coming off clear unanimous decision victories, with Tarver beating lowly ranked Nagy Aguilera 16-4-0 and Green with a win over NABO and USBA Cruiser champ BJ Flores 24-0-1. The fight is taking place in Greens backyard at the Entertainment Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 20 July.
Tarver defeated Green by TKO at the completion of the ninth round. Green's brother Brendan and trainer Angelo Hyder entered the ring to call off the fight as the bell rung, following sustained attack from Tarver late in the round, leaving Green dazed and unable to defend himself.
Tarver had already put Green down in the second round and generally dominated the fight. Green struggled to combat the southpaw's style and power. Tarver suggested he was prepared to offer a rematch. Green has not immediately accepted and it is expected he will consider retiring for a second time. It was the first occasion Green had ever been stopped in his 35 fight career.**
Amir Khan and Zab Judah started the build-up via a war of words on Twitter. The two fought in Las Vegas on 23 July, when the both put their titles on the line, Khan his WBA belt, Judah his IBF. At the weigh-in Khan and Judah both made weight weighing in on the 140 lbs limit. **
Junior Welterweight Championship bout Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah Middleweight bout Peter Quillin vs. Jason LeHoullier
Untelevised Featherweight bout Gary Russell Jr. vs. Eric Estrada Middleweight bout James Kirkland vs. Alexis Hloros Featherweight bout Ronny Rios vs. Noe Lopez Jr. Super Middleweight bout Josiah Judah vs. Rafael Jastrzebski Heavyweight bout Bryant Jennings vs. Theron Johnson Lightweight bout Jamie Kavanagh vs. Marcos Herrera
Lucian Bute defended his Super Middleweight title via knockout against IBF's No 1 contender and the mandatory challenger Jean-Paul Mendy. Mendy, a native of France, traveled east to Bucharest, Romania to challenge the Romania native for his title. **
Super Middleweight Championship bout: Lucian Bute 28-0 (23 KO) vs. Jean Paul Mendy 29-0-1 (16 KO) Featherweight bout: Viorel Simion 13-0 (5 KO) vs. Jun Talape (20-7) (8 KO)
Main card Light Welterweight bout: Devon Alexander vs. Lucas Matthysse Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Tavoris Cloud vs. Yusaf Mack Heavyweight Championship bout: Bermane Stiverne vs. Ray Austin Preliminary card Super Welterweight Championship bout:Cornelius Bundrage vs. Sechew Powell Super Welterweight bout: Cory Spinks vs. Shakir Ashanti
Devon Alexander's career undefeated streak was snapped on Jan. 29 by WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. After suffering numerous head butts throughout the contest, referee in charge halted the match in round 10 after consulting with the ringside physician. The judges favored Bradley 96-95, 97-93 and 98-93. Rather than opting to face a lesser opponent, Alexander has chosen a dangerous puncher in Matthysse, 28, from Chubut, Agrentina. Matthysse has a career knockout percentage over 92 percent with 26 of 28 victories coming by knockout.
Lucas Matthysse, in his most notable bout, Matthysse came within a whisker of knocking out five-time world champion Zab Judah in the 10th round on Nov. 6 at Prudential Center in Newark, N. J. Matthysse tagged Judah with a brutal right hand in the 10th round that sent Judah to the mat. Later in the round, Matthysse landed a left hook that staggered Judah again. Judah managed to escape the round and finish the fight—winning by the slimmest margin possible. One judge favored Matthysse 114-113, but the remaining two scorers favored Judah by a point, 114-113. Late January he faced former champion DeMarcus Corley and stopped him of the eighth round of a scheduled 12-round bout in Mendoza, Argentina. Matthysse put Corley down nine times – all but one time Corley taking a knee because of great pain – before the referee finally ended it. **
Evander Holyfield Vs Brian Nielsen. The World Boxing Federation, after consideration of all arguments, decided against sanctioning the proposed second title defence of its world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield against Brian Nielsen. The main reason is that 46-year-old Nielsen has been out of the ring for almost a decade, thus does not qualify to contest a WBF world title.
The official weigh-in was held on Friday night in Denmark, with Holyfield at 225 pounds, while his opponent Nielsen, with his shorts on, weighed 238 pounds. It is to be noted that Nielsen had never been this light in his career. Neilson had said that although it would be mighty difficult for him to beat Holyfield, he promised it would not be one sided affair. Holyfield said that if he won he wwould move to next level and challenge for major titles.
Holyfield started the fight aggressively, pressing the 46-year-old Nielsen into the ropes and landing several hard jabs and hooks, knocking him down in the 3rd round. Despite getting a swollen eye in the 4th round, Nielsen kept on clowning to provoke Holyfield throughout the bout, prompting his trainer, Paul Duvill, to beg him to stop fooling around and focus on Holyfield. In round 10 Nielsen pushed a tired-looking Holyfield into the ropes with a series of combinations, before Holyfield turned it around. Holyfield pushed Nielsen into a corner and battered him with combinations until the referee stopped the contest.
It was a tough fight – he kept coming back, Holyfield said. He fought a very courageous fight. **