In their highly anticipated rematch, undefeated IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) won a convincing twelve round unanimous decision over Joseph King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) on Saturday at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Mares suffered a cut over his right eye from a punch in round two, but still got the better of most exchanges read more ...

The weights are in for tomorrow night. WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34KOs) stepped on scale, ripped and ready, and was 118-pounds on the nose. Challenger Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17KOs). stepped on the scale next and was also in excellent shape, weighing in at the division limit of 118-pounds read more ...

In a direct rematch, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (30-1-1, 10 KOs) again won a close split decision over former interim champ Nehomar Cermeño (19-2, 11 KOs) at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama City. Again it was a close, hotly contested affair riding on the perspective of the judges. Scores were 117-112, 115-113 Moreno, 115-113 Cermeño. Moreno won their first fight by split decision in Venezuala five months ago read more ...

Anselmo Moreno 117.7 vs. Nehomar Cermeño 117.7 ( WBA bantamweight world championship) Gennady Golovkin 159 vs. Milton Núñez 158 (WBA Interim middleweight world championship) Luis Concepción 114.5 vs. Wilfredo Valdez 114.5 Alberto Mosquera 140 vs. Nelson Lara 140 read more ...

Ex-WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko is following his dream of becoming a star in America. He wants to recover from a bad 2009, where he lost his title and two close decisions to Anselmo Moreno. Sidorenko is now training with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California read more ...

WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (29-1-1, 10 KOs) retained his title by split decision over previously unbeaten interim champion Nehomar Cermeño (19-1, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at teh Polideportivo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela. Judges had Moreno ahead 114-113, 115-112. Cermeño was up 115-112 on the third card read more ...

WBA bantamweight Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno (27-1-1, 9 KOs) successfully defended his title against challenger Frederic Patrac (26-8-1, 13 KOs) of France by eleventh round TKO read more ...

Panamanian Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno successully defended of his WBA bantamweight world title against Mahyar Monshipou by split decision on Saturday night at the Parc of Expositions in Poitiers, France. The scoring of the judges was Nelson Vásquez of Puerto Rico 116-113 in favor of Moreno, Stanley Christodoulou of South Africa 116-112 in favor of Moreno and Erkki Meronen of Finland 115-113 in favor of Monshipour read more ...

WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno will make his fourth title defense against former WBA 122lb champion Mahyar Monshipour of France. The fight will be held in Monshipour’s hometown of Poitiers on July 4th. An agreement was reached by both parties soon after Moreno’s successful title defense against ex-champ Wladimir Sidorenko in Germany. “It should a very interesting clash of styles,” declared boxing manager Jacques Deschamps who brokered the deal read more ...

“We had prepared very intensely and wanted to prevent a close result and win. We have done this,” said WBA bantamweight world champion Anselmo Moreno after his split decision win over former champion Wladimir Sidorenko on Saturday night. “I am very satisfied. Wladimir fought hard – if it is wished, I’m open to a third fight!” Trainer Michael Timm represented the deeply disappointed Sidorenko at the press conference: “Moreno had to read more ...