Sakio Bika: record, next fight and profile →
Five Australian boxers will fight for versions of a world title in a frantic burst of activity in the United States. Daniel Geale's much anticipated clash with WBA middleweight Super champion Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KOs) at New York's Madison Square Garden on July 26 represents the first of four successive weekends Australians will fight for a belt. "This is a huge time for Aussie boxing," Geale (30-2,16 KOs) told AAP.
Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika to discuss the status of his career, some of the potential targets that he wants to face, staying at 168-pounds, the possibility of heading up for a big fight at light heavyweight and more.
Alex Leapai (30-4-3, 24KOs) is getting some added support and inspiration as he trains for the biggest fight of his career, against WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on April 26th at the Koenig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika is giving Leapai a lot of support for his upcoming fight.
WBC super middleweight champion Sakio Bika was the busier fighter and worked over Dirrell's body. Undefeated mandatory challenger Anthony Dirrell was more accurate and probably would have won the fight if he spent less time on the ropes and threw more combinations.
Bill Emes catches up with undefeated super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell to discuss the twelve round split draw with WBC champion Sakio Bika at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Dirrell was very upset with the decision, feeling that he did more than enough to win a decision.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - A thrilling slugfest, had the excitable Barclays Center crowd on its feet at times. Sakio Bika (32-5-3, 21 KO's) and Anthony Dirrell (26-0-1, 22 KO's) went toe-to-toe from the first bell and battled to a split draw. Dirrell floored Bika early in the fight, and Bika later lost a point for a low-blow. In the end, the final tally was a split draw: 114-112 (Bika), 116-110 (Dirrell), 113-113. After the scores were announced, Dirrell immediately left the ring without commenting on his performance. Ringside reporter Jim Gray was able to catch up with Dirrell in his locker room shortly after.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - In a roughhouse battle for the WBC super middleweight championship, Sakio Bika (32-5-3, 21KOs) and Anthony Dirrell (26-0-1, 22KOs) fought to a twelve round split draw. The scores were 114-112 for Bika, 116-110 for Dirrell and 113-113 for the draw. A knockdown by Dirrell and a point deduction from Bika was the difference in the scores.
After years of never matching his fighters together, Al Haymon continues a running trend of fishing and cutting bait. All but one of the eight fighters appearing on tonight’s massive SHOWTIME-televised quadruple header enjoy the benefits of plying their trade for the most powerful adviser in the sport. Zab Judah is the only fighter on the telecast, live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, not (yet) under the Haymon banner.
Australian boxer Sakio Bika can't see how unbeaten American Anthony Dirrell can take away his hard-earned WBC super middleweight title and is committed to forcing his challenger on to the back foot. On Sunday, Bika returns to New York's Barclays Center to make the first defence of the title he won there earlier this year. Bika weighed in just under half a kilo lighter than his challenger.
Sakio Bika 166.6 lb vs. Anthony Dirrell, 167.4 lb. - 12 rounds for Bika's super middleweight belt