Review: 2009-11-14, one of the headlines of this boxing event was “Old school warriors, modern day heros”, and we are fully agreed that Pacquiao and Cotto are two warriors and heros, as they demonstrated in this fight. Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2), having won the IBO light welterweight title versus Ricky Hatton (another great fight of 2009), tried to win the 7th title in seven different weight classes. His opponent this time was Miguel Angel Cotto (34-1-0) that, for the second time, defended his WBO welterweight title. Even in the face of one of the strongest boxers in recent years as Cotto, Pacquiao dominated him in one of the best boxing fights of 2009. Watch the video!
Review: 2009-05-09, Marco Huck (24-1-0) won the EBU (European) cruiserweight title against Jean Marc Monrose in 2008 and, in 2009, defended his title for the third time against Vitaliy Rusal (23-0-0), undefeated Ukrainian boxer who fought for the first time out of his homeland. In the fifth round, the referee Guido Cavalleri counted Rusal after a fierce action of Huck and then, after a few seconds, suspended the fight: impressive victory of Marco “Kapt’n” Huck. Watch the video!
Review: 2009-05-27, Daniel Geale (21-0-0) had won the IBO middleweight title versus Daniel Dawson (in 2007) and he had to defend it against the experienced Anthony Mundine (35-3-0). Even if they came from the same country, the fight turned in an exciting battle, Mundine defeated Geale by split decision after a very balancd match (first defeat for Daniel Geale). Watch the video!
Review: 2009-08-15, Nonito Donaire (21-1-0) had won, in 2007, the IBF and IBO flyweight titles against Vic Darchinyan, and after having successfully defended three times, he wanted to win also the interim WBA World super flyweight title. His opponent was Rafael Concepcion (13-3-1), who had already won this title in 2008 against AJ Banal, but then he lost it facing Jorge Arce. “El Torito” Concepcion, in this fight, was more aggressive and threw more punches than the Philippine, but Donaire was much more accurate and won the match. Watch the video!
Review: 2009-05-02, the fight between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2) and Ricky Hatton (45-1-0) lasted only 2 rounds, but it were six minutes very exciting. Hatton, after losing against Floyd Mayweather Jr (in 2007), trying to win the welterweight title, had returned in his light welterweight division winning the IBO‘s belt versus Juan Lazcano (in 2008). So Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton defended his title against Manny Pacquiao who tried to win a world title in the light welterweight category, even though he had just fought and won against Oscar De La Hoya at the welterweight limit. Pacquiao knocked down Hatton two times in the first round and knocked him out at the end of the second round, surely one of the best KO of 2009. (After this fight Hatton retired). Watch the video!
Review: 2009-08-15, Roy Jones Jr (53-5-0), in 2009, was 40 years old but still managed to amuse the public, thanks to his explosive and spectacular way of fighting. A few months before Roy Jones Jr won the WBO NABO light heavyweight title against Omar Sheika, and in this fight he defended this title versus Jeff Lacy (25-2-0), a good boxer who was also world’s champion in the super middleweight division. Roy Jones Jr dominated virtually every round and won the younger Jeff Lacy (99-91, 100-89, 98-92). Watch the video!
Review: 2009-05-29, undefeated Oleydong Sithsamerchai (30-0-0) defended for the third time his WBC minimumweight title, which had won in 2007 against Eagle Den Junlaphan. His opponent this time was Muhammad Rachman (62-7-5), very experienced Indonesian boxer who was almost 38 years old and was the (IBF) world champion of the minimumweight division until 2007, when he lost versus Florante Condes. The fight ended in the eleventh round for a headbutt and the winner of this great battle was Sithsamerchai (technical decision). Watch the video!
Review: 2009-04-04, in just two years, since Edgar Sosa (34-5-0) won the WBC light flyweight title against Brian Viloria (in 2007), the Mexican had already defended his title seven times. In this fight he faced the Thai Pornsawan Porpramook (21-2-0), who fought for the first time in the light flyweight division. Edgar Sosa defeated Porpramook by TKO after a great and tough fight. Watch the video!
Review: 2009-02-07, the fight between Vic Darchinyan and Jorge Arce was one of the best boxing fights of 2009. Darchinyan (31-1-1) had just won the WBA and WBC super flyweight titles against Cristian Mijares and, during the previous fight (also in 2008) he had beat Dmitry Kirillov, winning the IBF belt. So Darchinyan was the king of the super flyweight category, but another warrior wanted to steal his titles: Jorge Arce (51-4-1), interim champion for the WBA. The bout was very exciting, but in the eleventh round, doctor stopped the fight for the cuts to Arce’s eyes, all three judges gave the victory to Darchinyan, 109-100. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-05-21, good fight between George Groves (12-0-0) and James DeGale (10-0-0), bout valid for the British and the Commonwealth super middleweight titles. Both boxers are very young (Groves was born in 1988, while DeGale in 1986), undefeated and really fast! Many were expecting the victory of the gold medalist DeGale, but after a very balanced fight, Groves won by middle decision. Watch the video!
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Review: 2009-11-14, one of the headlines of this boxing event was “Old school warriors, modern day heros”, and we are fully agreed that Pacquiao and Cotto are two warriors and heros, as they demonstrated in this fight. Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2), having won the IBO light welterweight title versus Ricky Hatton (another great fight of 2009), tried to win the 7th title in seven different weight classes. His opponent this time was Miguel Angel Cotto (34-1-0) that, for the second time, defended his WBO welterweight title. Even in the face of one of the strongest boxers in recent years as Cotto, Pacquiao dominated him in one of the best boxing fights of 2009. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-05-21, good fight between George Groves (12-0-0) and James DeGale (10-0-0), bout valid for the British and the Commonwealth super middleweight titles. Both boxers are very young (Groves was born in 1988, while DeGale in 1986), undefeated and really fast! Many were expecting the victory of the gold medalist DeGale, but after a very balanced fight, Groves won by middle decision. Watch the video!
