BoxingScene.com caught up with Nonito Donaire Jr. as he celebrated his victory over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Donaire broke his hand as he picked up the WBO super bantamweight title. After the fight was over Donaire’s hand wraps on his left hand were soaked with blood read more ...
«I’m not happy with my performance today,» stated newly-crowned WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, who just defeated former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. via slit decision at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Despite the fact that one judge surprisingly scored the bout 115-112 in favor of Vazquez, Donaire dominated the majority of the action. Nevertheless, the 4-division world champion wasn’t completely pleased with his performance read more ...
Nonito Donaire, although loading up all night, outlanded Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in 11 of 12 rounds. 115-112 Vazquez? Really Judge Ruben Garcia, really? Donaire landed 60% of his power shots and dropped Vazquez in round nine. Donaire won a twelve round split decision and the vacant WBO super bantamweight title read more ...
In a clash for the vacant WBO super bantamweight belt, pound-for-pound star Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) effectively used his left hand and combinations throughout the entire fight and went on to score a hard fought twelve round split decision over former champ Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 17 KOs). The bout too place Saturday night as the Chavez Jr.-Rubio co-feature before 14,120 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas read more ...
WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) successfully defended his title with a twelve round unanimous decision over mandatory challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-6-1, 47 KOs) on Saturday night before 14,120 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Rubio put forth a valiant effort, however the effort wasn’t enough to capture the title as the judges at ringside scored the bout 118-110, 116-112, and 115-113 read more ...
Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1, 13KOs) retained his IBF cruiserweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Steve Cunningham (24-4, 12KOs). The scores were 116-110, 116-110 and 115-111. Last October, Hernandez captured the title with a controversial six round technical decision over Cunningham. Afterwards, the IBF ordered an immediate rematch read more ...
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. looked calm and confident as he spoke to the press at Alamodome in San Antonio. The undefeated Chavez promised a convincing victory over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio, the mandatory challenger for Chavez’s WBC middleweight title read more ...
Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father and former trainer of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs), spoke to BoxingScene.com about his son’s upcoming fight with WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (37-0, 32KOs), which takes place on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...
Former champion Amir Khan (26-2, 18KOs) is giving WBA/IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1, 15KOs) «two to three days» to accept a lucrative rematch offer. If Peterson rejects the offer of $1.5 million dollars, with a 50/50 split on the worldwide revenues, Khan will move forward with a new championship campaign at 147-pounds read more ...
WBC #6, WBA #13, and WBO #14-rated light heavyweight Isaac «Golden Boy» Chilemba (19-1-1, 9 KOs) scored a bloody ten round unanimous decision over Edison «Pantera» Miranda (35-7, 30 KOs) on Friday night at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas. Miranda was hampered by a cut on the side of the left eye that bled profusely after an unintentional headbutt in round three. Scores were 97-91, 96-92, 96-92 read more ...