WBA/WBC super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler won every round on the scorecards in an entertaining fight against the tough and iron chinned mandatory challenger Librado Andrade tonight at the Parken Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. All three judges scored the bout 120-108. There were no knockdowns.

It was one-sided but still spectacular and exciting as the bout was fought at a very high pace. Andrade kept moving forward and threw a very high volume of punches. Both fighters fought to control the center of the ring in the first round, wich resulted in a fairly even round. The Mexican challenger bloodied Kessler's nose in the third, but still the champion moved well in the ring and outscored Andrade with harder and more precise punches. Kessler even scored with three and four punch combinations throughout parts of the fight.


Andrade looked visibly shaken in the fourth, but stayed upright showing tremendous heart and kept on punching. Both fighters looked tired in the second half of the fight, but still managed to keep a very high pace. Andrade had a good ninth round, when Kessler took a little rest. In the eleventh and the last round both fighters traded punches toe-to-toe with Kessler getting the better of the exchanges. Both fighters received standing ovation from the audience of 18.000 spectators after the 12th and final round.


The 28-year old Mikkel Kessler is now 39-0 with 29 KO’s and looks more promising than ever. Librado Andrade suffered his first defeat and is now 24-1 (18 KOs), but still had much grace in defeat in this fight.


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Danish based Congolese Lolenga Mock retained his EBU EU super middleweight title, when he stopped Djamel Selini of Belgium in the ninth round. The Belgian was knocked out with a right hook in the ninth round. Mock, who won all rounds prior to the knockout, moves on to a record of 27-10-1 (12 KOs). Djamel Selini falls to 17-5 (12 KOs).


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In a big shocker, journeyman Carlos Donquiz of Venezuela (14-6 and 1-5 in his last six fights) knocked out previoulsly unbeaten Reda Zam Zam in the first round. Zam Zam, ranked WBO #3/WBA #5/WBC #12 in the jr. middleweight division, was caught early into the fight and went down. Donquiz quickly followed up and knocked the Dane out at 2:15 of the first round. Zam Zam was down three times. The referee however wrongfully didn’t count the first time around. This actually proved to be crucial for Zam Zam, as he was still visibly shaken when Donquiz followed up seconds after. Zam Zam, the WBA I/C jr. middleweight champ, is now 23-1 (10 KOs). Donquiz is 14-6 with all victories coming by way of knockout.


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In another upset the previously unbeaten Danish heavyweight Claus Bertino was caught by a left hook from Portugese Humberto Evora and counted out in the third round of s scheduled six-rounder. Bertino falls to 7-1 (5 KOs) while Evora moves on to a record of 3-1 (2 KOs).


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In other action former two-time European welterweight champion Thomas Damgaard returned to the ring tonight after he originally retired last year. He knocked out Belgian Jean Louis Brylla with a devastating southpaw left hook in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder. The Belgian came crashing forward with his head down first and the bout was immediately stopped.


In a middleweight contest Thomas Povlsen of Denmark struggled to get a unanimous points decision against Rafael Chiruta of Romania. The 20 year-old Dane was down in the 3rd round and hurt on few occasions. Still the three judges scored the bout 57-56 and 58-56 (twice) for Povlsen.


Vinni Skovgaard, Denmark clearly outscored Eunice Miranda of Portugal in a jr. welterweight contest over four rounds (females). Skovgaard is now 2-0 (0 KOs) while Mirandas new record is 2-4 (2 KOs).