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Boxing on Television – Friday 20^th July to Friday 27^th July, 2012 – Broadcasting on: Argentina Direct TV, Argentina TV Pública, United States ESPN2, United States Showtime, Argentina TyC Sports, Australia Main Event, Mexico Televisa, FOX Espanol, United States HBO, United States ESPN2, United States TeleFutura

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Friday 20 July 2012 – Club 9 de Julio, Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Television: Argentina Direct TV

X10 cruiserweight – Rogelio Omar Rossi vs Alejandro Emilio Valori – Argentina (FAB) cruiserweight title

Friday 20 July 2012 – Club Sportivo Escobar, Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Television: Argentina TV Pública

X10 light middleweight – Mateo Damian Veron vs Javier Francisco Maciel – Argentina (FAB) light middleweight title (supervisor: Luis Arturo Doffi)

Friday 20 July 2012 – Edgewater Casino, Laughlin, Nevada, United States

Television: United States ESPN2

X10 super featherweight – Juan Carlos Burgos vs Cesar Vazquez

X8 welterweight – Aaron Martinez vs Prenice Brewer

Friday 20 July 2012 – Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California, United States

Television: United States Showtime

X10 lightweight – Miguel Acosta vs Art Hovhannisyan

X8 super bantamweight – Roman Morales vs Alexis Santiago

X8  welterweight – Francisco Santana vs Larry Smith

Saturday 21 July 2012 – Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia de Villa Ballester, Jose Leon Suarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Television: Argentina TyC Sports

X12 welterweight – Ismael El Massoudi vs Diego Gabriel Chaves – interim WBA World welterweight title (supervisor: Renzo Bagnariol)

Wednesday 25 July 2012 – Challenge Stadium, Mt Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

Television: Australia Main Event

X10 light heavyweight – Danny Green  vs Danny Santiago

X10 cruiserweight – Pieter Cronje vs Oscar Siale – International Boxing Organization International cruiserweight title

Saturday 21 July 2012 – Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Television: Mexico Televisa   United States FOX Espanol

X12 light welterweight – Johan Perez vs Pablo Cesar Cano – interim WBA World light welterweight title – vacant WBC Latino light welterweight title

X10 lightweight – Rodolfo Lopez vs Jorge Romero

X10 welterweight – Jose Miguel Cotto vs Manuel Perez

Saturday 21 July 2012 – U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Television: United States HBO

X12 super featherweight – Adrien Broner vs Vicente Escobedo – WBO super featherweight title (supervisor: John Duggan)

X10 welterweight – Keith Thurman vs Orlando Lora

X10 light welterweight – Omar Figueroa vs Dominic Salcido

X10 super featherweight – Brandon Bennett vs John Nater

Saturday 21 July 2012 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States

Television: United States TeleFutura

X12 super featherweight – Argenis Mendez vs Martin Honorio

X10 light welterweight – Joan Guzman vs Jorge Pimentel

X10 welterweight – Ed Paredes vs Vivian Harris – WBC Latino welterweight title – interim WBO Latino welterweight title

X10 featherweight – Claudio MarreroSC Juan Jose Beltran

X10 bantamweight – Juan Carlos Payano vs John Alberto Molina

Friday 27 July 2012 – Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Television: United States ESPN2

X10 lightweight – Henry Lundy vs Raymundo Beltran – NABF lightweight title

X10 super middleweight – Farah Ennis vs Richard Pierson

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Boxing Results & Notes For Saturday 7^th July From: Argentina, France, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquen, Neuquen, Argentina

Middleweight – Billi Facundo Godoy beat Jorge Sebastian Heiland on UD 12 / 12 – Vacant WBC International middleweight title

Welterweight – Juan Alberto Godoy beat Ricardo Ezequiel Quinones on TD 8 / 10 – Interim WBC Latino welterweight title.

Unbeaten WBC #1 ranked middleweight Billie “El Nino” Godoy (26-0, 13 KOs) unanimously decisioned Argentine countryman, former world title challenger, and WBC #15 ranked Sebastian Heiland (19-3-2, 9 KOs) after 12 thrilling rounds. The official judges’ scorecards read 115-111 twice and 114-112 all in favor to Godoy. The bout was a WBC middleweight title final eliminator.

Saturday 7 July 2012 –  Salle du Mouzon, Auch, Gers, France

Middleweight – Damien Bertu beat Kamel Abdesselam on UD 10 / 10

Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Bantamweight – Ryosuke Iwasa beat Kentaro Masuda by TKO 7 / 10 – Time: 1:49 – Japanese bantamweight title

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Estadio Arturo C. Nahl, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Bantamweight – Hugo Ruiz beat Jean Sampson by KO 9 / 12 – Interim WBA World bantamweight title (supervisor: Miguel Prado)

Flyweight – Arely Mucino beat Ana Fernandez by TKO 2 / 10 – Time: 1:40 – Interim WBA female flyweight title

Lightweight – Abdiel Ramirez lost to Rene Gonzalez by TKO – Rd 2 – Time: 2:06 – Vacant WBA Fedelatin lightweight title

Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland

Heavyweight – Wladimir Klitschko beat Tony Thompson by TKO 6 / 12 – Time: 2:56 – WBO heavyweight title (supervisor: Francisco Valcarcel) – WBA Super World heavyweight title (supervisor: Gilberto Jesus Mendoza) – IBF heavyweight title (supervisor: Lindsey Tucker) – International Boxing Organization heavyweight title (supervisor: Edward S. Levine)

Super bantamweight – Aniya Seki beat Eva Marcu on UD 10 / 10 – Vacant WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation super bantamweight title – Vacant Global Boxing Union Female super bantamweight title

IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (58-3, 51 KOs) scored a one-sided sixth round KO over Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (36-3, 24 KOs). Klitschko was in command from the beginning. Wlad muscled the 40-year-old Thompson around the ring and landed most the hard shots. Thompson tried to surprise Wladimir at the start of the second but the Klitschko was prepared with his right hand followed by a combination. Later in the round another Klitschko unleashed a series of big rights and backed the challenger into the ropes. Klitschko superior strength was evident through out. Klitschko dropped Thompson in round five with a big right hand. Another knockdown in the sixth and the bout was waved off.

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Hand Arena, Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom

Heavyweight – Tyson Fury beat Vinny Maddalone by TKO 5 / 12 – Time: 1:35 – Vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title

Bantamweight – Lee Haskins beat Stuart Hall on UD 12 / 12 – Vacant EBU (European) bantamweight title (supervisor: Enza Jacoponi)

Unbeaten 24-year-old heavyweight contender Tyson Fury put on a faultless display in hammering out a 5th-round TKO over the always-game Vinny Maddalone. The heavily-hyped 6’9” Fury hit an advancing, brave Maddalone with every shot in the book, finally prompting the referee, Ian John-Lewis to stop it in the 5th. Bantamweight Lee Haskins (26-2. 11 KOs) outpointed Stuart Hall (12-1-1, 7 KOs) over twelve rounds to claim the vacant EBU belt. Scores were 118-111, 117-111, 118-110.

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Welterweight – Kell Brook beat Carson Jones on MD 12 / 12 – IBF International welterweight title

Middleweight – Kerry Hope lost to Grzegorz Proksa by TKO 8 / 12 – Time: 2:59 – EBU (European) middleweight title (supervisor: Charles Giles)

Lightweight – Gavin Rees beat Derry Mathews by TKO 9 / 12 – Time: 1:27 – BBBofC British lightweight title – EBU (European) lightweight title (supervisor: Charles Giles)

Welterweight – Lee Purdy beat Chris Johnson by TKO 1 / 10 – Time: 2:18 – BBBofC English welterweight title

Middleweight – Ryan Aston lost to Curtis Valentine by RTD 2 / 10 – Time: 1:05 – Vacant BBBofC Midlands Area middleweight title.

In an IBF welterweight eliminator, #4 rated Kell Brook (28-0, 18 KOs) won a hard fought twelve round majority decision over #3 rated Carson Jones (34-9-2, 24 Kos). Brook built up an early lead, then withstood a furious late assault by Jones to win by scores of 114-114, 116-113, 115-113. - Middleweight Grzegorz Proksa (28-1, 21 KOs) knocked out Euro champion Kerry Hope (17-4, 1 KO) in round eight. Time was 2:59. - Former world champion and reigning Euro lightweight king Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KOs) scored a good action ninth round KO over Derry Mathews (30-7-1, 16 KOs). Rees battered the game Mathews, finally decking him at 1:20 of round nine.

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Home Depot Center, Carson, California, United States

Super bantamweight – Nonito Donaire beat Jeffrey Mathebula on UD 12 / 12 – WBO super bantamweight title (supervisor: Richard De Cuir) – IBF super bantamweight title (supervisor: Aaron Kizer)

Super middleweight – Kelly Pavlik beat Will Rosinsky on UD 10 / 10

Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Jeffrey Mathebula (26-4-2, 14KOs) to unify the WBO/IBF super bantamweight titles. The scores were 117-110, 118-109 and 119-108. Mathebula was throwing a very lazy jab and left himself wide open for DOnaire’s power shots. Donaire was landing almost at will and staggered Mathebula several times in the first round. Mathebula stood firm in the second, trading punches but taking more damage as Donaire’s faster punches were easily catching the target. - In the co-main event, Kelly Pavlik (40-2, 34 KOs) looked sluggish and unimpressive in defeating Wil Rosinsky (16-2, 9 KOs) via unanimous decision with two scores of 98-91 and one score of 97-92. While Rosinsky was effective at times with the overhand right, ultimately, Pavlik’s size and ability to walk through Rosinksy’s power lead to a knockdown in the second and a wide unanimous decision on all scorecards.

Saturday 7 July 2012 – Bally’s Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Middleweight – Patrick Majewski beat Chris Fitzpatrick on TKO 5 / 10 – Vacant NABF middleweight title.

Middleweight Patrick Majewski (19-1, 13 KOs) claimed the vacant NABF belt with a fifth round stoppage of Chris Fitzpatrick (15-2, 6 KOs)the bout was halted after round five due to a cut suffered by Fitzpatrick, who wasn’t happy about the stoppage. - In the co-feature, jr welterweight Naim Nelson (7-0, 1 KO) outpointed Esteban Rodriguez (5-2-1, 1 KO) over six. Scores were 59-55, 59-55, 60-54 for Nelson.

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Boxing Schedule On Television – 30^th March to 6^th April – From Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama, United Kingdom, United States

·         Friday 30 March 2012 – Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama

Television: Panama TV Max Channel 9 – Argentina TyC Sports

X11 super bantamweight – Roberto Vasquez vs Mario Briones – vacant WBA Fedelatin super bantamweight title

X11 bantamweight – Marcos Cardenas – WBA Fedelatin bantamweight title

10×2 lightweight – Cecilia Comunales vs Maribel Santana – vacant WBA female lightweight title

X10 welterweight – Azael Cosio vs Tomas Mendez – WBC Latino welterweight title

X9 lightweight – Ismael Barroso vs Julio Camano – WBA Fedebol lightweight title

·         Friday 30 March 2012 – Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States

Television: United States ESPN2

X10 lightweight – Henry Lundy vs Dannie Williams – NABF lightweight title

X10 middleweight – Elvin Ayala vs Hector Camacho Jr – WBC United States (USNBC) middleweight title

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 – Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Television: Germany ARD   Hungary DigiSport

X12 super middleweight – Arthur Abraham vs Piotr Wilczewski – WBO European super middleweight title

X12 light heavyweight – Eduard Gutknecht vs Tony Averlant – EBU (European) light heavyweight title (supervisor: Charles Giles)

X10 cruiserweight – Mateusz Masternak vs Felipe Romero

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 BoxNation

Live from Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany – The WBO European Super Middleweight Championship – Arthur Abraham vs Piotr Wilczewski – 33 – 3 reigning WBO European Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham defends his crown for the first time, after winning it in January 2012 against Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias. The Armenian-born German fighter, 32, will make his first title defence against Polish 33-year-old Piotr “The Wilk” Wilczewski, who will bring a 30 – 2 record to the ring.”King” Arthur Abraham will have the home crowd backing for the fight, which will come to you LIVE on BoxNationTV on Saturday 31st March from Kiel, Germany.

·      Saturday 31 March 2012 – Indosiar Studio, Jakarta, Indonesia

Television: Indonesia Indosiar

X12 super featherweight – Afrizal Cotto vs Irvan Barita Marbun – Indonesia Boxing Commission (KTI/IBC) super featherweight title

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 – Gimnasio Auditorio, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Television: Mexico Televisa

X12 bantamweight – Hugo Ruiz vs Yonfrez Parejo – interim WBA World bantamweight title (supervisor: Miguel Prado)

10×2 super flyweight – Ana Maria Torres vs Maria Andrea Miranda – WBC female super flyweight title

10×2 flyweight – Ava Knight vs Hongfah Tor Buamas

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 – Oasis Hotel Complex, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Television: United States FOX Espanol

X12 lightweight – Jorge Linares vs Sergio Thompson

X10 super middleweight – Marco Antonio Periban vs Gerardo Diaz

X10 super bantamweight – Jose Rubio vs Miguel Chi

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 – Illusions Theater, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Television: United States Azteca America

X10 light heavyweight – Kelly Pavlik vs Aaron Jacobout

X10 featherweight – Evgeny Gradovich vs Francisco Leal

·         Saturday 31 March 2012 – Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Television: United Kingdom SKY

12×3 light middleweight – Brian Rose vs Max Maxwell – BBBofC British light middleweight title

8×3 welterweight – Rick Godding vs Martin Welsh

·         Wednesday 4 April – BoxNation

Live from Vodova Arena, Brno, Czech Republic – The WBO World Interim Light Middleweight Championship -Lukas Konecny vs Salim Larbi - Reigning WBA World Interim Cruiserweight Champion Denis Lebedev defends his title for the first time against 37-year-old Barbadian Shawn Cox. Lebedev, 32, has an impressive 23 – 1 record, with his only career reversal coming in a 2010 split decision loss to Marco Huck when challenging for the WBO World Cruiserweight Championship. The Russian has since recorded wins over Roy Jones Junior and James Toney, the latter bout seeing him win the Interim strap that he defends in the picturesque Crocus City Hall. For Cox, this bout represents a first shot at a world title, albeit an interim one. The Caribbean southpaw, who brings a 16 – 1 record into the ring, has previously held the WBC Caribbean title, while he has also won 15 of his 17 bouts by way of knockout.

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Boxing Results – Saturday 24^th March – From: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 – Salón de los Bomberos Voluntarios, General Villegas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Light welterweight – David Emanuel Peralta beat Jose Luis Rodriguez by TKO 3 / 10 – Time: 2:34

Light welterweight – Claudio Alfredo Olmedo beat Rosbel Montoya by KO 6 / 10 – Time: 2:06 – Vacant WBO Latino light welterweight title (supervisor: Luis Arturo Doffi) – Interim WBC Latino light welterweight title (supervisor: Luis Arturo Doffi)

·        Saturday 24 March 2012 – Palacio de Deportes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Super bantamweight – Ada Velez lost Katy Wilson Castillo on SD 10 / 10 – IBF female super bantamweight title

·       Saturday 24 March 2012 – Gimnasio Municipal, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Welterweight – Alvaro Robles lost Antonio Pitalua by TKO 8 / 12 – Time: 2:10 – Vacant WBC FECARBOX welterweight title

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 – Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Bantamweight – AJ Banal beat Raul Hidalgo by TKO 1 / 12 – Time: 2:29 – WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight title (supervisor: Leon Panoncillo)

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 – Oswiecim, Poland

Lightweight – Krzysztof Cieslak lost Felix Lora on UD 10 / 10 – Vacant WBC Baltic lightweight title

Super middleweight – Lukasz Wawrzyczek drew with Christian Pawlak on MD 10 / 10 – Vacant Polish International super middleweight title (supervisor: Krzysztof Krasnicki)

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 – Tabor Arena, Maribor, Slovenia

Welterweight – Jan Zaveck beat Bethel Ushona  by UD 12 / 12 – Vacant WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title (supervisor: Istvan Kovacs)

Light heavyweight – Denis Simcic beat Fatjon Murati on UD 12 / 12 – Vacant WBO European light heavyweight title (supervisor: Istvan Kovacs)

Former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (32-2, 18 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Bethuel Tyson Ushona (25-2-1, 8 KOs). Scores were 117-109, 117-109, 119-110. Zaveck said afterward that the victory is the first step towards re-capturing the world championship he lost to Andre Berto last September.

Light Heavyweight Denis Simcic (28-1, 14 KOs) outpointed Fatjon Murati (13-2-2, 3 KOs) over twelve rounds to claim the WBO European championship. Scores were 117-110, 117-111, 116-111. Murati deducted a point in round eleven.

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 – Carnival City Casino, Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa

Super bantamweight – Takalani Ndlovu lost to Jeffrey Mathebula   on SD 12 / 12 – IBF super bantamweight title

Lightweight – Thompson Mokwana beat Patrick Malinga on SD 12 / 12 – South African lightweight title

·       Saturday 24 March 2012 – Ponds Forge Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Super featherweight – Gary Buckland beat Paul Truscott on UD 12 / 12 – BBBofC British super featherweight title

super middleweight – Patrick Mendy lost to Bradley Pryce on PTS 10 / 10

Heavyweight – Richard Towers beat Harold Sconiers by TKO 5 / 8 – Time: 0:27

Light middleweight – Sergey Rabchenko beat Ronny Gabel by KO 1 / 8 – Time: 0:21

Middleweight – Adam Etches beat Stilian Kostov by TKO 3 / 6

Super featherweight Gary Buckland sent a warning to Europe’s top 130-pounders in Sheffield, England Saturday night. The Newport traveller made a successful first British title defense with a unanimous points win against brave Paul Truscott at sold-out Ponds Forge Arena. Buckland dropped his Middlesbrough challenger with a body shot in round ten and took his record to 25-2 with the judges’ scoring 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110.

·      Saturday 24 March 2012 – Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Heavyweight – Mariusz Wach beat Tye Fields by TKO 6 / 12 – WBC International heavyweight title

Super featherweight – Kamil Laszczyk beat Tevin Farmer on UD 8 / 8 – Vacant WBO Youth super featherweight title

·         Saturday 24 March 2012 n- Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Light welterweight – Zab Judah beat Vernon Paris by TKO 9 / 12 – Time: 2:27

Heavyweight – Siarhei Liakhovich lost to Bryant Jennings by RTD 9 / 10 – Time: 3:00

Heavyweight – Tomasz Adamek beat Nagy Aguilera on UD 10 / 10

Former two-division world champion Zab Judah (42-7, 29 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO over previously unbeaten Vernon Paris (26-1, 15 KOs). Time was 2:27. Judah was fast and powerful as he dominated the fight, which was an IBF jr welterweight eliminator.

Former WBC light heavyweight and IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz “Goral” Adamek (45-2, 28 KOs) made successful return to the ring in his first bout since challenging Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight title, winning a ten round unanimous decision over Nagy Aguilera (17-7, 12 KOs). Scores were 100-90 (2x) and 99

·        Saturday 24 March 2012 – Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, United States

Light welterweight – Danny Garcia beat Erik Morales on UD 12 / 12 – Vacant WBC light welterweight title (supervisor: Alberto Guerra)

Light middleweight – Carlos Molina lost to James Kirkland by DQ 10 / 12 – Time: 3:00 – WBC Continental Americas light middleweight title (supervisor: Gary Hubble)

Unbeaten Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs) claimed the vacant WBC super lightweight world title with a twelve round unanimous decision over four-division world champion Erik Morales (52-8, 36 Kos). Garcia outworked Morales over the second half of the fight knocking down him down with a left hook in the eleventh to win by scores of 117-110, 116-112, 118-109. Morales lost the WBC super lightweight world title on the scale Friday.

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Saturday Night Boxing Results From: Germany, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, United States & United Kingdom

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko beat Jean-Marc Mormeck by TKO 4 / 12 – WBA Super World heavyweight title – IBF heavyweight title (supervisor: Lindsey Tucker) – WBO heavyweight title (supervisor: Francisco Valcarcel) – International Boxing Organization heavyweight title (supervisor: Edward S. Levine)

Cruiserweight Ola Afolabi beat Valery Brudov by TKO 5 / 12 – Time: 3:00 – Interim WBO cruiserweight title (supervisor: Andrew Smale)

Heavyweight Alexander Ustinov beat Kertson Manswell by TKO 3 / 8 – Time: 1:18

35-year old lineal World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 50 KO) of Kiev, Ukraine, made easy work of 39-year old former World Cruiserweight Champion (36-5, 22 KO) of Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France , on route to an easy fourth round knockout.  Klitschko retained his Ring Magazine, IBF, WBO, and WBA Super belts.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Bantamweight – Ryosuke Iwasa beat Yuki Murai by KO 1 / 10 – Time: 3:00 – Japanese bantamweight title

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Central Gym, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Super flyweight Ryo Akaho beat Yoshihito Ishizaki on MD 12 / 12 – OPBF super flyweight title

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Super bantamweight Tomas Rojas beat Julio Zarate on UD 10 / 10

Light flyweight Raul Garcia beat Michael Landero by TKO 3 / 10 – Time: 1:49

In the main event Rojas (38-13-1, 25 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Julio “Sombra” Zarate (28-6-2, 17 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93, 99-92.  Twice former champion García (32-2-1, 20 KOs) did not let up on Michael Landero battering away (15-6-4, 5 KOs) until the fight was stopped at 1:49 of round three.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Gimnasio German Evers, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Super bantamweight  Fernando Montiel  beat Angky Angkota by KO 9 / 10 – Time: 2:32

Light flyweight Sammy Gutierrez beat Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz on UD 10 / 10

Three-division world champion Fernando “Kochulito” Montiel (47-4-2, 37 KOs) scored a ninth round KO over Indonesian Angky Angkota (25-7, 14 KOs) in a jr. featherweight clash. Montiel dropped Angkota for the count with a body shot in the ninth to get the win at 2:32. “Tonight I showed that I am back. And to all of the people who believed in me, I want to tell you that we’re once again going after the big fights. I hope that later this year I will get a world title opportunity and capture the fourth title that we both desire,” Montiel said.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

Featherweight Rey Bautista beat Genaro Garcia by KO 2 / 10 – Time: 1:24

Jeremy Lantz : In a mixup of sorts, respected philippine promoter Michael Aldeguer expected Genaro ‘Poblanito’ Garcia, not Genaro ‘El Panteriya’ Garcia, a lightweight with a 10W-11L record to be the opponent of Rey Bautista to arrive into the philippines. Due to the setback the promoter refunded all of those in attendance what they had paid; making this a free event. (Boxrec) - ALA Promotions has announced it is “taking legal action against the person behind this act of deceit” in reference to a Mexican agent identified as Victor Hugo Correa who was contracted to send Genaro “Poblanito” Garcia who had a record of 38-8 with 22 knockouts and had fought eight world champions  but instead switched fighters and sent an incompetent fighter known as Genaro “Panterita” Garcia.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Welterweight Anton Novikov beat Bogdan Mitic by RTD 8 / 12 – Time: 3:00 – Vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) welterweight title (supervisor: Miroslav Popovic)

Welterweight Konstantin Ponomarev beat Luis Alejandro Moreno by RTD 5 / 10 – Time: 3:00 – WBC Youth Intercontinental welterweight title (supervisor: Marina Milovanova)

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

Super middleweight Thomas Oosthuizen beat Serge Yannick by TKO 6 / 12 – Time: 0:47 – International Boxing Organization super middleweight title

Light welterweight Kaizer Mabuza beat Steven Wills by TKO 6 / 12 – Time: 0:40 – Vacant International Boxing Organization light welterweight title

Super featherweight – Sipho Taliwe beat Joey Stiglingh by UD 12 / 12 – WBC International super featherweight title

Tommy Oosthuizen battered Serge Yannick to defeat in the sixth round to retain his IBO super middleweight belt. This was his fourth successful defence. Southpaw Oosthuizen (18-0-1, 13 KOs) gave a great performance as he dominated from the first round against Yannick (14-2, 7 KOs) who was born in Cameroon but fights out of Australia.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Bantamweight  Jamie McDonnell beat Ivan Pozo by KO 2 / 12 – Time: 2:11 – EBU (European) bantamweight title (supervisor: Pertti Augustin)

Heavyweight Matt Skelton beat Tom Dallas by TKO– Round 5.

In the main event, European bantamweight belt holder Jamie McDonnell (19-2-1, 8 KOs) scored a second round knockout over former flyweight world title challenger Ivan Pozo (32-7-1, 20 KOs). After McDonnell connected with a body shot, Pozo went to a knee for the count. Time was 2:11. 45-year-old former world heavyweight title challenger Matt Skelton (26-6, 21 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over 6’6 British prospect Tom Dallas (15-2, 11 KOs). Skelton, a former British, Commonwealth and European titleholder, beat Dallas in a one sidedshow. The fight was waved off at 1:00 of the fifth round as Skelton had Dallas on the ropes. Dallas has now registered two straight losses.

• Saturday 3 March 2012 – Woodland Community Senior Center, Woodland, California, United States

Super featherweight Vicente Escobedo beat Lonnie Smith by KO 1 / 10 – Time: 2:20 – Vacant WBO NABO super featherweight title (supervisor: Richard De Cuir)

Vicente Escobedo (25-5) won very convincingly against Lonnie Smith (14-3-2) of Las Vegas with three quick-succession knockdowns en route to a first-round TKO in their junior-lightweight main event. It was the 15th KO victory for the 2004 Olympian, who responded to Smith’s initial attack by unleashing a series of precise punches which had Smith down twice he then became defenceless sagging under a volley of blows in Escobedo’s corner when the referee mercifully ended it.

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