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Gatti came out boxing, resisting Leija's attempts to draw him into a brawl. That is until round five, when Gatti suddenly floored Leija with a straight right. Leija got up dazed and fought back gamely, but Gatti unloaded with a barrage of hard shots, dropping Leija again with a left hook. The 38-year-old Leija was counted out... read more ...

Winky when you dropped your hands vs Mosley was that inspired by Mayorga when he did it vs Forrest and Tito? Winky Wright: "Naw, I did that because Shane hit me behind the head and thought he hurt me. In the clinch I told him didn;t do nothing, he said yeah right, so I put my hands down and told him to take his best shot. You won't see none of that with Tito though. read more ...

Contradicting statements he reportedly made to the Sunday Times (a London tabloid), former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is now backing away notions of a comeback. Lewis released the following statement on Sunday: "I want to reiterate what I said when I retired in February 2004 that read more ...

Heavyweight Samuel Peter claimed the vacant USBA title with an explosive fifth round TKO over game Yanqui Diaz . The power-punching Peter forced Diaz to take a knee in round one and floored him again at the end of round two. Referee Brian Garry deducted two points from Peter for throwing an uppercut while Diaz was down read more ...

In a WBC 140lb eliminator, unbeaten two-time champion Floyd Mayweather totally outclassed Henry Bruseles, scoring an eighth round TKO Saturday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. As usual, Mayeather was extremely fast as he outboxed Bruseles over the first three rounds. In round four, Mayweather changed his tactics and met Bruseles in the center of the ring, continuing to read more ...

Before a raucous crowd of around 3,000 at Coushatta Resort Casino, WBC #5 heavyweight Oleg Maskaev stopped journeyman Quinn Navarre with a big overhand right at 2:47 of round three. Referee Russel Naquin reached the count of ten before Navarre (30-13, 20KO's) could get to his feet. After a slow start in the first round, Maskaev (30-5, 24KO's) landed cleaner, sharper punches to Navarre in the second round. "I felt good out there tonight," said Maskaev read more ...

Undisputed junior middleweight king Ronald "Winky" Wright has informed Boxingtalk.com that he has SIGNED on to face Felix "Tito" Trinidad on May 14 at either Madison Square Garden or the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wright's "authorized representative", promoter Gary Shaw read more ...

The National Box Promotion fighter Zaur Baysangurov will have his next bout in a very serious tournament on 12th February in Berlin. Suffice it to say that on this tournament will be three defenses of the International world champs titles, and in the Tsypko vs Markussen fight the European Champion Title and the place of the IBF official challenger will be at the stake. The bout Nikolai Valuev vs Attila Levin will be another interesting fight. The name of the Baysangurov’s opponent read more ...

26 December 2004, Italy, Rome, Palazzetto dello Sport Light heavyweight from Ukraine Sergey Demechenko (3-0, 3 KOs) TKO Mihбly Krбtki (2-2-1) from Hungary in the 4th. Demechenko fight exactly once a month. In the fist 2 bouts he KO his opponents in the first, but now he struggled all 4 rounds read more ...

25 December 2004, Salle Belle-Vue, Dinant, Belgium The Ukrainian Oleg Platov (16-1-0, 13 KOs) gets another victory by KO in the first round. All his 17 bout Oleg spent in Belgium. Despite this the majority of his opponents is the boxers from the former Soviet Union. Another Platov’s victim happens to be the Latvian heavyweight read more ...