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Boxing: Trout seeks another upset against Alvarez

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 20:32
Austin Trout, who surprised Miguel Cotto for the World Boxing Association light middleweight world title, will look for another upset Saturday in San Antonio when he takes on World Boxing Council champ Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Trout's punishing unanimous decision over Puerto Rico's Cotto at New York's Madison Square Garden saw the 27-year-old US southpaw improve to 26-0 with 14 knockouts and cemented his status as a rising ring star.

"Machito" Camacho says father's death is motivating him to be champ

Agencia EFEApril 18, 2013 13:32
San Juan, Apr 1 (EFE).- Hector "Machito" Camacho, the son of legendary Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho, says his father's murder last November has provided him with "more motivation" to become a world champion. Camacho will fight Mexico's Miguel Munguia on Saturday at Coliseo Manuel "Petaca" Iguina in Arecibo, a city in northern Puerto Rico, marking his first appearance in the ring on the island in 15 years.

Donaire-Rigondeaux to unify WBO, WBA belts

April 15, 2013 15:21
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr.

Boxing: Cuban Rigondeaux snaps Donaires' streak

April 14, 2013 03:45
Cuba's Guillermo Rigondeaux beat Nonito Donaire by a unanimous decision Saturday to retain his WBA junior featherweight world title and hand the Filipino his first loss in 12 years. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Rigondeaux recovered from an earlier knockdown to win the 12-round bout at Radio City Music Hall on all three judges' scorecards, 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111. The 32-year-old Rigondeaux remained undefeated as a pro, improving to 12-0 with eight knockouts. He also took Donaire's WBO version of the belt.

Boxing: Cuba's Rigondeaux snaps Donaires' streak

April 14, 2013 01:30
Guillermo Rigondeaux remained undefeated by beating Nonito Donaire by a unanimous decision in their world title junior featherweight fight Saturday, handing the Filipino his first loss in 12 years. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Rigondeaux recovered nicely from an earlier knockdown to win the 12-round bout on all three judges' scorecards, 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111. Rigondeaux retained his WBA junior featherweight crown and improved to 12-0 with eight knockouts. He also took Donaire's WBO version of the belt.

Boxing: Rigondeaux snaps Donaires' 12-year streak

April 14, 2013 01:00
Guillermo Rigondeaux remained undefeated by beating Nonito Donaire by a unanimous decision in their world title junior featherweight fight Saturday, handing the Filipino his first loss in 12 years. The three judges all had Cuba's Rigondeaux winning the 12-round bout by scores of 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111. Rigondeaux improved to 12-0 with eight knockouts. gph/mk

Boxing: Donaire looks to extend win streak

April 11, 2013 20:00
Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire will put his 12-year, 30-fight win streak on the line when he faces undefeated Guillermo Rigondeaux in a WBA world junior featherweight title bout Saturday. The 30-year-old Donaire will be trying to add the WBA title to his WBO crown when the two face off at New York City's Radio City Music Hall venue. In his last bout in December, Donaire was dominant, successfully retaining his title against Jorge Arce, of Mexico, with a third round knockout.

Boxing: Ageless Hopkins to defend crown against Murat

April 10, 2013 19:45
Bernard Hopkins, the oldest boxer to win a major world title, said Wednesday that he will defend his International Boxing Federation light-heavyweight crown later this year against German Karo Murat. Hopkins broke his own world record by nearly two years last month by winning a unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud at the age of 48 to take the title. "Yes my next fight is the mandatory Murat," Hopkins confirmed in a posting on his Twitter page, later posting that the fight would happen in July or August.

Boxing: Indonesian legend wants to train future champions

April 10, 2013 01:00
World featherweight champion Chris John learnt to box using tatty old gloves in an abandoned football field in rural Indonesia, pushed on by his father who was determined to make him a winner. "My father was very domineering. He would hit me with a book, slap me, and make me do push-ups if I came home late from playing with friends. I had to accept every punishment without resistance," John recalled. "I hated boxing at first, but it somehow grew on me."

Boxing: Japan's Yamanaka maintains WBC bantamweight title

April 8, 2013 10:16
Japan's Shinsuke Yamanaka defeated Malcolm Tunacao of the Philippines by technical knockout to defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title on Monday. Yamanaka, 30, floored the challenger twice in the third round with a straight left. And it was the same straight left shot that knocked a bloodied Tunacao to the canvas one minute and 57 seconds into the 12th, for the referee to top the fight.
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