Unbeaten lightweight world champion Robert Easter (20-0, 14 KOs) successfully defended his title for the second time Friday night with a victory over top contender Denis Shafikov (38-3, 20 KOs) in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on Bounce from the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.
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Carlos Negron stops Derric Rossy on Real Deal Promotions debut card
It was a pretty quiet weekend for boxing, but there were a few shows taking place last night. Evander Holyfield’s new Real Deal Promotions had their debut card, taking place at The Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. In the headliner, Carlos Negron scored a minor upset as he halted tough trier Derric Rossy in the 4th round of a scheduled ten.
Tomasz Adamek returns with wide decision win over Solomon Haumono in Poland
Returning to the ring for the first time in well over a year, since suffering a stoppage loss to Eric Molina, Polish great Tomasz Adamek pounded out a wide, near shutout decision over New Zealand’s Solomon Haumono. The 40 year old former light-heavyweight and cruiserweight champ won by commanding scores of 100-90 and 99-91 twice.
Adamek is now 51-5(30). Haumono falls to 24-4-2(21).
Whoever said Guillermo Rigondeaux was boring! Yet more controversy with the Cuban’s after-the-bell KO of Moises Flores
Last night’s big card in Las Vegas seems destined to go down as one of the most controversial boxing events in many a year. We all know what happened in the main event rematch between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev – with the low blows thrown and landed by Ward infuriating Team-Kovalev.
But if that wasn’t enough (and it sure was), the chief supporting bout was also covered in controversy – even if far less people are talking about what happened in the Guillermo Rigondeaux-Moises Flores super-bantamweight title fight.
Andre Ward hit Sergey Kovalev low more than once, but would he have have beaten him anyway?
It seems that controversy, of one kind or another, is always going to rear its head when light-heavyweights Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev fight. Twice now the two top 175-pounders have met, with Ward winning on both occasions, yet fans everywhere are still debating over who is the better fighter of the two.
Andre Ward beats Sergey Kovalev with low blows
Chapter two of Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev vs. Andre “S.O.G.” Ward drama ended in another controversial loss for Kovalev. The referee waived off Kovalev after he struggled to recover from several consecutive low blows from Ward that the official failed to call. Sergey remained on his feet throughout the exchange but nevertheless the referee called a halt to the action at 2:29 of the eighth round.
Andre Ward stops Sergey Kovalev in rematch – Results
Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev 2: “The Rematch” took place on Saturday, June 17 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The championship event, presented by Corona Extra, was produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®.
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Results: Ward stops Kovalev after 3 low blows in another robbery
In another fight that can be called a total robbery, IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Andre “SOG” Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) was given credit for an 8th round knockout after he hit Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) with 3 successive low blows while he was trapped against the ropes at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.