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Written by ozekii
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
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On June 28, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Pacquiao defeated David Díaz
via ninth-round knockout to become the WBC lightweight champion. With
the victory, Pacquiao became the only Asian boxer to win four major
titles in four weight classes and also became the first Filipino
fighter to ever win a world title at lightweight.
The fight ended at 2:23 of the ninth round and was viewed by 8,362
spectators. Bob Arum announced that Pacquiao is most likely to fight
November 8 versus 130-lb Venezuelan champion Edwin Valero, and he also mentioned the name of WBA, WBO, and IBF lightweight champ Nate Campbell. "I can fight in November," Pacquiao stated, "Who I fight is the job of my promoter (Bob Arum)." Diaz had his best payday, $850,000, and Pacquiao earned at least $3 million.
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Written by ozekii
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
It was announced on 13th March 2008 that Locket would be the next opponent for the unified WBC & WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. The bout took place on June 7th, 2008 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and as well as his WBC & WBO belts Pavlik’s Ring magazine belt was also on the line. . Lockett was considered by many  Boxing pundits & fans to be a big underdog going into the fight and few predicted that he would even be able to last the distance let alone have a chance of winning. Ultimately this proved to be true and Lockett was unsuccessful in his attempt to take the titles away from Pavlik, hitting the canvas 3 times before his cornerman Enzo Calzaghe threw in the towel in round 3 to end the fight
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Written by ozekii
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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EliteXC: Primetime was a MMA event promoted by Elite Xtreme Combat taking place on May 31, 2008 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The main card aired live on CBS, marking the first time a MMA event aired in primetime on major American network television.
In terms of ratings, the show averaged 4.85 million viewers and peaked
during the main event at 6.51 million viewers, making it the most
watched MMA show in television history.[1]
The event featured Robbie Lawler defending his EliteXC Middleweight Championship against Scott Smith.
Results
Preliminary card
- Sampieri defeats Groves via TKO (punches) at 4:58 of round one.
- Makovsky defeats Soares by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-26 and 29-26.
- Jones defeats Kattar by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:49 of round one.
- Reis defeats Robbins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:06 of round one.
- Makowski defeats Serra by TKO at 3:57 of round two, when Serra was unable to get back to his feet.
- Haselrig defeats Morena by TKO between the first and second rounds, when Morena was unable to continue.
- Liguori defeats Bova by TKO (cut) at 4:31 of round two.
Main card
- Rogers defeats Murphy via TKO (punch) at 1:01 of round one.
- Villasenor defeats Baroni by TKO (punch) at 1:11 of round one.
- Carano defeats Young by TKO (doctor stoppage) between the second
and third rounds. Young was examined by the doctor after the end of the
second round, who called for the fight to end.
- The fight was ruled in a no contest
at 3:26 of round three. Smith took an inadvertent finger to the right
eye as Lawler was attempting to block punches. Despite being given time
to recover by referee Dan Miragliotta, the doctor called for the fight
to end out of concern for Smith's vision. The rules state that a title
fight must last at least three full rounds, or result in a no contest.
Lawler remains EliteXC Middleweight Champion.
- Slice wins a controversial TKO over Thompson. The third round
started with referee Dan Mirgliotta stopping the bout after a punch
Slice landed to the left side of Thompson's head burst his heavily cauliflowered ear.
Several uncontested shots later, a standing Thompson was deemed to be
TKO'd and the match was called at 38 seconds into the third round;
despite near the end of the second round, Kimbo took several hard elbow
shots from Thompson on the mat with hardly any response.
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Written by ozekii
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 |
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UFC 84: Ill Will was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on May 24, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]
The card featured the return of Sean Sherk, who was suspended and stripped of his UFC lightweight title after he tested for steroids at UFC 73. He faced B.J. Penn, who had since won the vacated title. The card also featured what purportedly was Tito Ortiz's last bout in the UFC in the foreseeable future.[3]
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Written by ozekii
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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The bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Steve Forbes proved to be one of
a seasoned champion working on form and function in preperation for the
next fight. De La Hoya worked endurance and speed for 12 rounds and
came out the winner with a unanimous decision against Forbes.
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