Roy Jones Stops Omar Sheika in a Five Round Mismatch
At the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, Roy Jones Jr. (53-5, 39KOs) stopped Omar Sheika (27-9, 18KOs) in a five round mismatch.
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Flores Decisions Herrera Over Ten Rounds
On the Jones vs. Sheika undercard at the Civic Center in Pensacola, Florida, unbeaten cruiserweight BJ Flores (23-0, 14KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over a game Jose Luis Herrera (16-6, 16KOs). The scores were 98-92, 99-91 and 99-91.
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Klitschko Wants Valuev To Step Up, Unify The Division
After his ninth round knockout of mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez in Germany, the WBC champion Vitali Klitschko would re-issue his challenge to WBA champ Nikolai Valuev. Vitali has the WBC title and his younger brother Wladimir holds the WBO/IBF titles.
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Dunne Knocks Out Cordoba in a War, Wins WBA Belt
At The O2 in Dublin, Ireland, Bernard Dunne (28-1, 15KOs) finally showed his potential by knocking out Ricardo Cordoba (34-2, 21KOs) in the eleventh round to capture the WBA "regular" super bantamweight title. Celestino Caballero is the super champion of the WBA because he also owns the IBF's version. The announcers called it one of greatest fights in Irish boxing history.
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Klitschko Beats Down Gomez For Nine Round TKO
At the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36KOs) knocked out mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez (44-2, 35KOs) in the ninth round.
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Thompson Batters Serin For Five Rounds in Stuttgart
On the undercard to Klitschko-Gomez at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, heavyweight contender Tony Thompson (32-2, 20 KOs) battered Adnan Serin (19-10, 7 KOs) for five rounds before the ref jumped in to stop the fight when Serin's corner threw in the towel.
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Byrd Stops Sandow in Four, Calls Out Adamek
On the undercard to Klitschko-Gomez at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, former heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (41-5-1, 22KOs) returned to the ring as a cruiserweight, stopping late replacement Mathias Sandow (4-4, 3KOs) in four rounds.
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Spadafora vs. Mairena at The Seneca Niagara Casino
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former IBF lightweight champion Paul Spadafora (41-0) will return to action on May 9 at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. The opponent is Carlos Mairena (20-11-1, 17 KO) from Nicaragua. Following that fight, he will return to action in either June or July. He was scheduled to fight on March 31 but suffered an ankle injury after falling down some stairs and the injury forced to withdraw from the fight.
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Tua vs. Cameron: New Date Almost Set, August 15 or 29
The new date is almost set for the biggest fight in the New Zealand boxing scene. Two dates are being considered for the heavyweight battle between New Zealand rivals David Tua and Shane Cameron. Fight promoters are looking at August 15 or August 29.
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Cuenca Upsets De Jesus With a Controversial Decision
Junior welterweight prospect "El Pollo" Alex De Jesus (19-1, 13KOs) rolled the dice by facing an undefeated fighter in his home country and he crapped out. Cesar Rene Cuenca (36-0, 1KOs) won a controversial unanimous twelve round decision to capture the WBO Latino junior welterweight title in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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