The difference on Saturday was Mormeck was able to weather Bell's late surge to finish the fight and win a close, unanimous decision in front of a raucous sellout crowd of 4,000 at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France. The Frenchman won back the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association cruiserweight titles he surrendered to Bell in their first fight read more ...

Jean Marc Mormeck (32-3, 22 KOs) regained his WBC/WBA cruiserweight titles with a hard-fought unanimous decision over defending champion O'Neil Bell (26-1-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday night at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Paris, France. Both fighters went right at each other from the opening bell with Mormeck landing most of the bigger shots. Mormeck went down from a low blow in the third but came back to batter Bell on the read more ...

The final press conference for Saturday's rematch of a 2006 Fight of the Year candidate featuring World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion O'Neil "Supernova" Bell meeting former unified cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck was held Wednesday at the Evergreen Laurel Hotel in Levallois-Perret, France, a suburb of Paris read more ...

The rematch between world cruiserweight champion O’Neil “Supernova” Bell and former world champion Jean-Marc Mormeck on Saturday at the Palais des Sports Michel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris, has sold out. Both fighters arrived on Sunday to make last-minute preparations. Bell (26-1-1, 24 KOs), trained in Big Bear, Calif., while Mormeck (32-3, 22 KOs) trained in the south of his native France. “I knocked out Mormeck read more ...

Byrd willing to drop down to cruiser! Undisputed cruiserweight champion O'Neil Bell and sources from Team Chris Byrd have informed Boxingtalk.com that a Bell-Byrd cruiserweight clash is currently in discussion for sometime this fall. Byrd is ready, willing and able to face Bell at the cruiserweight limit of 200 pounds and Bell is more than ready for the challenge read more ...

15ROUNDS.COM recently caught up with newly crowned undisputed Cruiserweight Champion O’Neil “Super Nova” Bell during his victory celebration at The Seminole Paradise in Hollywood, Florida fresh off his victory a few weeks ago over Jean Marc-Mormeck. See what “Super Nova” had to say about Mormeck, Antonio Tarver and what’s on the horizon for the cruiserweight king read more ...

IBF cruiser champion O'Neil Bell (26-1-1, 24 KOs) added the WBA/WBC titles with a tenth round KO of Jean-Marc "The Marksman" Mormeck (31-3, 21 KOs) Saturday night at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City. Bell becomes the first fighter to unify the cruiserweight division since Evander Holyfield in 1988. Both fighters had their moments in an exciting round one. The powerful Mormeck landed a number hard shots in round two, sending Bell's read more ...

If unified Cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck beats O'Neil Bell on Saturday night at the Theater in Madison Square Garden, Mormeck will become the first undisputed champion at the weight class since Evander Holyfield in 1988. But don't expect him to hold that distinction for too long. Mormeck is already discussing (should he beat Bell) a move up to the heavyweight division. For a division that was widely populated by big men read more ...

Showtime begins its New Year with an exciting world championship doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). In the main event, one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers, undisputed welterweight champion Zab “Super” Judah, will put his World Boxing Council/International Boxing Federation/World Boxing Association (WBC/IBF/WBA) titles on the line against WBC 147-pound mandatory challenger read more ...

2005 was a rough year for O'Neil Bell. He gained the vacant IBF Cruiserweight strap in one of the most controversial decisions of the year when he won a unanimous decision over Dale Brown in May. Bell followed that up with a tougher than expected eleventh round knockout against Sebastian Rothmann in a fight he was losing in August. read more ...