Boxing Roundup
- Former super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Oscar De La Hoya through 2009. [link]
- This weekend Juan Diaz and Julio Diaz will clash in a lightweight title unification bout. [link]
- Champion Daisuke Naito defeated challenger Daiki Kameda in a unanimous decision Thursday to defend his WBC flyweight title. [link]
- Two-time WBA heavyweight champion John Ruiz’s fight this weekend with former WBO title-holder Serguei Lyakhovich has been thrown into doubt after news broke Lyakhovich has not yet signed a contract for the fight. [link]
- “Despite dropping WBC interim heavyweight champion Samuel Peter once at the end of the second round and twice in a third round in which Peter tumbled around the ring like he was wearing roller skates, McCline found a way to lose a unanimous decision and his fourth shot at the heavyweight title by an almost impossibly wide margin.” [link]
- Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao continued his mastery over veteran Marc Antonio Barrera Saturday with unanimous 12-round decision in their super featherweight fight. [link]
- Steven Luevano emphatically defended his WBO featherweight title Saturday night, unanimously outpointing a bloodied Antonio “T-Rex” Davis on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Marco Antonio Barrera. [link]
- “Daniel Santos sent a steady barrage of punches directly into the face of Jose Rivera in the eighth round Saturday night and Rivera’s corner said “No more.” Santos stopped Rivera with 10 seconds remaining in the round to win their WBA super welterweight elimination fight.” [link]
- Amir Khan successfully defended his Commonwealth lightweight title Saturday night, stopping Scott Lawton in the fourth round for his 14th straight victory. [link]
- Antonio Margarito, Joel Casamayor and rising prospect Victor Ortiz will get their next fights on the undercard of Miguel Cotto’s bout with Sugar Shane Mosley on Nov. 10. [link]
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