Belgian Michael Henrotin came from the canvas to get a close but deserved split decision against Roman Shkarupa. It was scored 115-110 for the Ukrainian, while the 2 other judges scored for the visitor by 114-111 and 114-112. The local, roared on by 2000 spectators, started well to win the first two rounds and dropped Henrotin with a right hook in the 3rd round. The Belgian was not hurt but seemed more out of balance and the count read more ...
Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing has announced that Andrey Tsurkan will headline an eight-fight card on December 8 at the the Paradise Theater in the Bronx, New York City. Tsurkan (24-2, 15 KOs) will be fighting in a 12-round defense of his NABF light middleweight championship against an opponent to be named read more ...
Also, unbeaten Ukrainian super middleweight Roman Shkarupa (11-0-1, 4 KOs) will face Shay Mobley (14-6-1, 6 KOs), of Chicago, IL in a ten-round bout for Shkarupa's Polish super middleweight title. The card is loaded with established international prospects in evenly matched bouts. The promoter of the show is the International Boxing Corporation read more ...