6,750 stories on BoxingScene are published under the Mark Vester byline.
Every story follows our editorial policy. To report a mistake, use our corrections form; for anything else, contact us.
There won't be any fight with mandatory Anthony Mundine just yet. Universum has announced that WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (31-2, 13KOs) will make a defense of his title on April 25 against undefeated Koji Sato (14-0, 13 KOs) of Japan. The fight will take place at KoenigPALAST in Krefeld, Germany.
Michael Jennings is well aware of the odds that are stacked against him when he steps in the ring with Miguel Cotto on February 21 in New York's Madison Square Garden. Even the father of Jennings says the fight is like climbing a huge mountain with a blindfold. Jennings will only have a few fans and friends from the UK to cheer him at ringside. He wants to prove everyone wrong by upsetting Cotto and bringing back the vacant WBO welterweight title.
An early statistical look at the March 14 clash between former three division champion Marco Antonio Barrera and lightweight contender Amir Khan. The fight will headline a big event at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.
Rafael Herrera Lemus, ex campeón mundial gallo y ahora presidente de la Comisión de Boxeo del DF, declaró ayer que el organismo que representa brindará todo su apoyo al peleador tijuanense Antonio Margarito, quien fue suspendido durante un año por la Comisión Atlética de California.
Things are not getting any better for lightweight Anthony Peterson (28-0, 19 KOs). A few weeks back he told BoxingScene.com that his dream fight would come against Nate Campbell. That fight became a dream when Campbell announced that he would moving up to junior welterweight. According to Dan Rafael, Peterson has injured his knee and was forced to withdraw from the Feb. 21 Cotto-Jennings undercard where he would have faced veteran Edner Cherry. The fight was going to be televised on pay-per-view by Top Rank.
The fight with Marco Antonio Barrera and Amir Khan, scheduled for March 14 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, could have the vacant WBO lightweight title at stake. Last Friday, Nate Campbell lost the title on the scales when he was unable to make weight for his mandatory IBF title defense with Ali Funeka. Barrera is ranked at number one by the WBO and Khan comes in at number nine.
After years of bad blood between two Reno, Nevada rivals, Joey Gilbert (17-2, 13KOs) was dominated by Jesse Brinkley (33-5, 22KOs), losing a lopsided twelve round decision at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada. The rivalry began several years ago on the reality series “The Contender.” It marked Gilbert's third bout since returning from a 2007 suspension for a failed drug test in the aftermath of his knockout win over Charles Howe. The scores were 120-107, 120-107 and 119-108.
An early statistical look on the March 7 clash between junior welterweight prospect Victor Ortiz and top contender Mike Arnaoutis. The fight will headline on an HBO televised tripleheader at The Tank in San Jose, California.
At the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs) won a close majority decision over Ali Funeka (30-2-2, 25KOs). Because Campbell was unable to make weight on Friday, all of his lightweight titles, the WBA, WBO and IBF, are all vacant. Campbell used two knockdowns to pull from behind and win the fight. The scores were 113-113 for the draw, 115-111 and 114-112 for Campbell.
At the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida, interim WBC junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) and former IBF welterweight champ Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) battled to a controversial majority draw. The scores were 116-110 for Martinez and 113-113 and 113-113.