Mayorga KOd by Mosley

In a junior middleweight clash between former world champions, Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs) scored an entertaining twelfth round KO over Ricardo Mayorga (28-7-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Mayorga was more effective early, but Shane began to figure him out in round three. Round six was a big round for Mosley as Mayorga invited him to take a number of shots and Mosley obliged. The second half of the fight was more of an ugly brawl, but in the twelfth, Mosley exploded, flooring Mayorga twice to impressively end it. Time was 2:59. After the 11th round, the judges at ringside at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., had the fight scored 105-104 Mayorga (Pat Russell), 105-104 Mosley (Nelson Vasquez) and 107-102 Mosley (Tony Crebs).



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Mosley-Mayorga: Supporting Bouts

WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (23-0, 19 KOs) outworked former world titlist and Contender: Season Two star Steve Forbes (33-7, 9 KOs) over twelve rounds to take a clear cut 118-109, 118-109, 116-111 unanimous verdict.
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Unbeaten middleweight Craig McEwan (12-0, 8 KOs) dropped Hilario Lopez (10-6, 7 KOs) in round one and went on to win over eight rounds by scores of 80-71 on all cards.
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Former heavyweight title challenger Ray Austin (25-4-4, 16 KOs) scored a lackluster eight round unanimous decision over Dominic Jenkins (13-10-1, 6 KOs) by scores of 79-73, 78-74, 77-75.
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Hot super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs was extended the distance for the first time. Jacobs (10-0, 9 KOs) knocked down Emmanuel Gonzalez (9-3, 4 KOs) in rounds two and five, but had to settle for a 60-62, 59-54, 58-53 win.
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Former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (29-3, 14 KOs) scored an eighth round TKO over Russell Jordan (15-5, 10 KOs). Time 2:28. Collazo was in command all the way.
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Lightweight Adrien Broner (3-0, 3 KOs) dropped Ramon Flores (2-3-1, 2 KOs) three times before the bout was halted after 2:11 of round one.....unbeaten light heavyweight Marcus Johnson (16-0, 13 KOs) scored a seventh round knockout over Julio Cesar de la Cruz (15-5-1, 14 KOs).....welterweight Michael Nyjohn Anderson (3-0-1, 1 KO) outpointed Carlos Garcia (2-2-1, 2 KOs) over four by scores of 40-35, 38-36, 39-35.

WBC clarifies lightweight situation!

Armando Santa Cruz of the United States will fight Antonio Pitalúa of Mexico tonight in Monterrey, México, in a WBC lightweight final elimination bout to determine the division’s mandatory challenger. The WBC has accepted to sanction a WBC lightweight interim championship due to the fact that WBC lightweight world champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines is committed to fight Oscar de la Hoya of the United States on December 6, and will not defend his title for a long time. The winner of Santa Cruz vs. Pitalúa fight will face WBC number one ranked lightweight contender Edwin Valero of Venezuela in the interim championship fight by the end of the year.

Marquez KOd Casamayor

Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) made a successful move to the lightweight division with an impressive eleventh round KO of Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Early rounds were close, but by round five Marquez had begun to bust up the face of Casamayor, who was bleeding from the nose and from a cut over the right eye. Marquez punches were much sharper. Marquez floored Casamayor twice in the eleventh and referee Tony Weeks stopped it after the second knockdown. Time was 2:55.

Forrest regains WBC 154lb belt!

Vernon Forrest (41-3, 29 KOs) regained the WBC super welterweight championship with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Sergio Mora (21-1-1, 5 KOs), who had dethroned him earlier this year. This time the 37-year-old Forrest simply outworked Mora and was credited with a knockdown in round seven. Scores were 118-109, 117-110, 119-108.

Guzman-Campbell will not push thru!

The lightweight title fight between Nate Campbell and Joan Guzman is now officially off. Guzman is said to not be well enough to fight due to a health situation attributed to attempting to make weight. The commission doctor confirmed that Guzman was severely dehydrated and unable to go. Another source said Guzman was back and forth all day today before finally making the decision himself not to fight.

Support for the Pacman

Hall-of-Fame promoter Bob Arum agrees with American trainer Freddie Roach that Manny Pacquiao may outnumber Oscar de la Hoya in terms of getting the support of Mexican fight fans. "Manny has endeared himself to the Mexican fight fans because he's been the active fighter, he's fought the Mexicans, he's conducted himself like a gentleman and he fights like a Mexican," said Arum. "Manny has tremendous, tremendous fans among the Mexicans. I think to some extent he may have more fans than Oscar does among Mexicans." Interviewed in the Sports Chat show over dzSR Sports Radio 918kHz last week, Roach said de la Hoya may get the surprise of his life in seeing Mexican fight fans rooting for his Filipino opponent come fight night.


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UFC 88: Rashad Evans wins!

It's over and done!

Rashad Evans threw a strong right-hook, at the same time Chuck Liddell released a right upper-cut, so powerful that it knocked the Ice Man down for a win in the second round of their main event bout. The light-heavyweight Evans remains undefeated.

Beware Forest Griffin!

UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH (Early Results)

Here is the results of the UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH

Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans

- Rich Franklin defeats Matt Hamill via TKO Round 3

- Dan Henderson defeats Rousimar Palhares via Unanimous Decision

- Nate Marquardt defeats Martin Kampmann via TKO (Strikes) Round 1

- Dong Hyun Kim defeats Matt Brown via Split Decision

- Kurt Pellegrino defeats Thiago Tavares via unanimous decision

- Tim Boetsch defeats Mike Patt via TKO (Strikes) Round 1

- Jason MacDonald defeats Jason Lambert via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2

- Ryo Chonan defeats Roan Carneiro via Split Decision

Morel vs Penalosa?

Former WBA world flyweight champion and newly crowned WBO NABO bantamweight champion Eric Morel (39-2, 20 KOs) put on boxing clinic Saturday night in route to unanimously decisioning Heiberto Ruiz. Morel, promoted by PR Best Boxing (Ivan & Peter Rivera), made it quite clear on who he is targeting next. "I'm at the stage of my career where I'm looking for the big fights," stated Morel. "The biggest fight out there for me right now is against WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa (53-6-2, 36 KOs). Our styles make for an entertaining fight. I was already ranked #5 by the WBO entering my fight Saturday night. A December 6th fight with Penalosa and I could work for all parties involved." (Regarding December 6th, Morel was referring to fighting Penalosa on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya/Manny Pacquiao.)


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