The battle of unbeaten fighters was a crowd-pleasing contest with lots of punches thrown in a very fast paced fight. 22 year-old Diaz 29-0 (14) in black trunks opened up in the 1st and 28 year-old Cotto 27-1 (19) from Puerto Rico came firing back The two exchanging jabs and body shots at a slick pace. A nice left hook from Diaz in light blue trunks, had Cotto on the ropes, as the older brother of Miguel Cotto was trying to work his way read more ...
Both Floyd Mayweather and Jab Judah made weight for their IBF welterweight title fight on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas. After the weigh-in Judah had to be restrained from going after Mayweather. "You'll never beat me...you'll never beat me!" Judah yelled. Judah and Roger Mayweather then got into a shouting match. Floyd left the stage, but Judah was kept behind briefley to avoid an altercation read more ...
Interim WBC Flyweight Champion and fan favorite Jorge “El Travieso” Arce, spoke with Fightnews.com about his latest win over Adonis Rivas his up coming bout with Rosendo Alvarez and his plans for the future. Although Arce said he was honored to be WBC interim champion, he stated that he wanted the biggest fights he could get. Arce said he would love to get a title in the process but is more concerned about getting and winning the best fight for read more ...
WBC interim flyweight titlist Jorge "Travieso" Arce (43-3-1, 33 KOs) stopped former two-time WBO champion Adonis Rivas (21-9-2, 10 KOs) for the second time in two months on Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros, Cancún, ROO, Mexico. The rematch made because it was felt Arce's tenth round stoppage of Rivas on December 16 was premature. This time there was no question as Rivas quit in his corner after round six. Arce put on a read more ...
Jorge Arce prevailed over Adonis Rivas when referee Laurence Cole stopped the WBC interim fylweight title bout in round ten due to swelling under Rivas' left eye. It was a great action fight with both fighters throwing caution out the window the whole time. Arce put Rivas, normally a bantamweight, down in round two with a perfect overhand right. Arce threw more and constantly came forward landing the harder shots but Rivas was game and landed some very good shots of his own. However, none of Rivas' punches read more ...
This time, Jose Luis Castillo never gave Diego Corrales a chance to come back.
Castillo landed a vicious left hook in the fourth round Saturday night to stop Corrales, avenging his defeat from their dramatic first fight with a punch that landed so flush he threw up his hands in victory even as Corrales fell.
Castillo left the ring without the lightweight titles Corrales brought in read more ...
Former jr flyweight champ Jorge "Travieso" Arce destroyed Бngel Priolo to take the WBC interim flyweight title outdoors Saturday night before 10,000+ at the Arturo C. Nahl baseball stadium in Las Paz, BCS, Mexico. Arce (40-3-1, 30 KOs) overpowered Priolo (30-3, 20 KOs) in round three, dropping him twice read more ...
In a WBC flyweight eliminator, Jorge Arce (39-3-1, 29 KOs) scroed a tenth round TKO over Hussein Hussein (26-2, 20 KOs). Arce nearly stopped Hussein in round one, but Hussein weathered the storm and the fight evolved into a bloody toe-to-toe slugfest. After nine rounds of war, Hussein finally crumpled to the canvas... read more ...