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Boxing Results - Saturday 16 October 2024

O2 World Arena, Altona, Hamburg, Germany

Vitali Klitschko Dominates Shannon Briggs

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WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KOs) punished game and brave but outclassed former world champion Shannon Briggs (51-6-1, 45 KOs) over twelve one-sided rounds on Saturday night at the o2 Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The first round was all Klitschko as he landed several hard right hands. More domination for Klitschko as the bout progressed with Briggs was unable to get untracked offensively. Strong round for Vitali in round five, while Briggs displayed a world class jaw. Klitschko continued to break down Briggs, staggering him in the seventh. Briggs wobbled back to his corner after being punished further in round nine. Vitali beat Shannon from pillar to post in round ten but the bloodied Briggs somehow absorbed it and then weathered the storm to the final bell. Scores were 120-107, 120-107, 120-105.

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Other Results From Germany

Cruiserweight - Ola Afolabi def Sandro Siproshvili by UD 10 / 10

Heavyweight - Alexander Ustinov def Oezcan Cetinkaya by TKO 2 / 8

Middleweight - Zaurbek Baysangurov def Eugenio Monteiro by RTD 3 / 8

Heavyweight - Nenad Borovcanin def Patrick Berger by TKO 1 / 6

Cruiserweight - Hizni Altunkaya def Mathias Reinhardt by TKO 1 / 4

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Former cruiserweight world title challenger Ola Afolabi (15-2-3, 6 KOs) rebounded from his loss to Marco Huck with a ten round unanimous decision over Sandro Siproshvili (24-7, 11 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 98-92, 100-90.

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Unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Ustinov (22-0, 17 KOs) easily stopped Oezcan Cetinkaya (18-8-1, 12 KOs) in two rounds. Ustinov scored three knockdowns in round one and two more in round two before the bout was stopped.

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Unbeaten cruiserweight Hizni Altunkaya (13-0, 7 KOs) blew away Mathias Reinhardt (3-1, 2 KOs), flooring him three times in round one

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Former amateur star and professional Italian super middleweight champ Andrea Di Luisa (10-0, 10 KOs) proved once again to be in a different league than his domestic counterparts. Yesterday night at the PalaMalè in Viterbo, Italy, Di Luisa destroyed challenger Giuseppe Brischetto (8-1, 4KOs) in less than six minutes and retained his 168lb national crown with a stunning KO win in the second round.

On the undercard of a show staged by Rosanna Conti Cavini young light middleweight Walter Fiorucci (3-0, 3KOs) showed an impressive big punch and scored a spectacular first round TKO over Rosario Trovato (0-1), while veteran light middleweight challenger Giammario Grassellini (18-4-2, 10KOs) won a hard fight outpointing after six entertaining rounds of boxing stablemate Luca Michael Pasqua (15-4, 10KOS) in a very good and balanced contest.

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Donofrio Boxing, in association with Jackie Kallen, proudly presents “WAR OF 1812 - THE REMATCH” a night of world-class professional boxing at The Palace of Auburn Hills, featuring a cross-border war pitting Detroit’s Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner (24-3-1, 15 KOs) vs. Windsor, Ontario, Canada’s Andre “Gorgeous” Gorges (9-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round welterweight battle.

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Featured on the undercard will be Waterford, Michigan’s “Pistol” Pete Cantu (16-6-1, 10 KOs) taking on Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Robert “The Wolf” Jones (7-8-1, 2 KOs); plus Ypsilanti’s Garvin “Chico” Crout (11-9-1, 6 KOs) going against Jackson, Michigan’s Rasool Shakoor (3-8-1, 1 KO).

In a very special showcase attraction, Bakersfield, California, light welterweight Michael “The Silent Assassin” Dallas (15-0, 5 KOs) will face an opponent that is TBA, as will undefeated Chicago-based middleweight Ramon Valenzuela Jr. (2-0, 1 KO).

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Canadian (NCC) Heavyweight champion Neven Pajkic has been added to the Rumble at Rama card on October 30th, taking on Andreas Sidon (34-9, 28KOs) of Giessen, Germany. Sidon (34-9, 28KOS) will make his second trip to Canada, having been stopped by Sheldon Hinton a year ago in Edmonton. Pajkic (14-0, 5KOs) will climb through the ropes for the 5th time this year, recently winning a tough 10 round decision victory over Raphael Butler back in September. Also added is a 4 round bout featuring two Ontario Cruiserweights, John Mercante of Brantford (1-0, 1KO) takes on Milos Pantelic of Toronto (Debut).

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THE WORLD BOXING COUNCIL JOINS THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

The World Boxing Council joins the worldwide Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign; the WBC is requesting promoters to have a pink ribbon placed in their advertising and on the canvas of rings where WBC bouts will be staged.

All referees are also being advised to wear a pink ribbon on their sleeve, and pink boxing gloves are also available for boxers to use during October, which is the month of this campaign.

We are very happy to be part of this great job to make people be conscious of the importance of breast cancer detection.

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• Randall Bailey — 35-year-old American Randall Bailey (41-7, 36 KOs) will hold clash with Moroccan boxer Said Ouali (3.27, 19KO), on the 10^th of December. The fight will take place in Belgium, where at the beginning of this year Bailey won his last victory, with a first round KO of Osea Bonsu. At stake will be vacant IBF Intercontinental title and the right to challenge IBF titlist Ian Zavekom.

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• Australian-based South African heavyweight Pieter Cronjie (10-4-1, 6 KOs) stopped Colin Wilson (35-26-1, 21 KOs) at the Mansfield Tavern, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Wilson suffered a knee injury and the referee called it off at 1:29 of round four. Cronjie previously defeated Wilson via six round points decision in 2007. Cronjie is now scheduled to meet Alex Leapai (20-3-3, 16 KOs) in a rematch on December 4 at the Gold Coast Convention Center, Broadbeach, Queensland.

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• Floyd Mayweather and Amir Khan — Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer reportedly has interest in putting together a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Amir Khan, should Khan get by a very real test against Marcos Maidana in December. “It’s in that same sense of putting big fights together,” Schaefer told BoxingScene.com in regards to the fight. “If you have Amir Khan who is going to clean up the 140-pound division and be the last man standing there. with his speed and power I can imagine this is a fight fans want to see.”

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• Ricky Hatton - has been discharged from hospital after being treated for depression and alcohol abuse. Hatton, who spent between 2/3 weeks in rehab was released this week, and even stopped in at a local pet shop on his way home to pick up a new dog. People in the shop said he was laughing and joking, and both he and fiancee Jennifer were smiling.

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• Four-time light heavyweight world champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KOs) of Tampa, Fla., will make his debut at heavyweight when he faces Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KOs) of Newburgh, N.Y. by way of the Dominican Republic, in the 10-round main event tomorrow/Friday, Oct. 15, on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). In the co-feature at Buffalo Run Casino, unbeaten Shawn Porter (16-0, 12 KOs) of Cleveland, Ohio, will make his fourth appearance on ShoBox in 10 months when he drops down a notch in weight to take on Hector Munoz (18-3-1, 11 KOs) of Albuquerque, N.M., in a 10-round welterweight bout. - Tarver, 41, is making the move from the SHOWTIME broadcast booth back to the ring, where he hasn’t fought since May 2009. He is attempting to become only the third light heavyweight to win a world heavyweight title. The others were Michael Spinks, in 1985, and Roy Jones Jr., in 2003. - WEIGHTS: Tarver 221 pounds, Aguilera 232; Porter 146.4 pounds, Munoz 146.8.

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• Shumenov - Braehmer — According to BoxingScene.com a deal is very close to being finalized for a light heavyweight unification between WBA champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6KOs) and WBO counterpart Juergen Braehmer (36-2, 29KOs). Both the WBO and the WBA have reportedly approved the fight to move forward. No exact details on the location, or date, have been disclosed. Shumenov’s promoter Dan Goossen was unavailable for comment.

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• Jean Pascal - Bernard Hopkins - Showtime Networks Inc. has announced the World Light Heavyweight Championship fight between future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins and young upstart WBC World Champion Jean Pascal will be televised live on SHOWTIME. The 12-round world championship bout, originally proposed as a pay-per-view event in the United States, will be held in Pascal’s home of Quebec, Canada—at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City—on Saturday, Dec. 18, and be televised live on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET. The event is co-promoted by Group Yvon Michel Inc. and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Casino Montreal and Quebec Tourism.

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• IBO Middleweight Champion “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo Jr. returns to his roots November 12, headlining in a 10-round, non-title fight at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Manfredo (35-6, 19 KOs), who will fight Colombian Jhon Berrio (15-7, 11 KOs), hasn’t fought in his native Rhode Island in two years. The star of The Contender, Season I reality television series has a 16-1 (10 KOs) pro record in Rhode Island, including 3-0 (3 KOs) at Twin River.

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• Ishe Smith - Fargo, ND- light middleweight contender, Ishe Smith, will have an opportunity to stay active and put himself in position for a major bout in the 154 lb. division when he returns to the ring on November 5, at Scheels Arena in Fargo, ND. Smith will participate in the non-televised portion of Showtime Boxing’s first appearance in North Dakota, presented by Lou Dibella Entertainment. The televised portion of the card will be headlined by Edwin Rodriguez (16-0) taking on James “Buddy” McGirt Jr. (23-2-1), and Marcus Johnson taking on an opponent to be named. Tickets will go on sale Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at 11 a.m. and are available by calling the Scheels Arena box office or at ticketmaster.com.

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• Showtime Boxing’s first appearance in North Dakota will take place on November 5, at Scheels Arena in Fargo, ND. The televised portion of the card will be headlined by Edwin Rodriguez (16-0) taking on James “Buddy” McGirt Jr. (23-2-1), and Marcus Johnson taking on an opponent to be named. Light middleweight Ishe Smith (21-5) will stay active on the non-televised portion of the DiBella Entertainment-promoted event. Shobox alumni Mickey Bey and Antwone Smith, as well as upper Midwest boxing stars Andy “Kaos” Kolle and Javontae Starks are also scheduled. Tickets went on sale today and range in price from $20-$65.

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IBO Middleweight Champion “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo Jr. returns to his roots November 12, headlining in a 10-round, non-title fight at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Manfredo (35-6, 19 KOs), who will fight Colombian Jhon Berrio (15-7, 11 KOs), hasn’t fought in his native Rhode Island in two years. The star of The Contender, Season I reality television series has a 16-1 (10 KOs) pro record in Rhode Island, including 3-0 (3 KOs) at Twin River.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. possibly fighting Manny Pacquiao next year — In a statement to Mexican news outlet Notimex, WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao, in 2011, was the reason he ruled out a trip to the Philippines to spar with the Filipino fighter. Both Pacquiao and Chavez are trained by Freddie Roach and promoted by Top Rank. Chavez,

“I’m getting ready for my fight against Alfonso Gomez on December 4 in Anaheim, California. I was supposed to go to the Philippines and do sparring with Pacquiao, which is something very important for me, but at the same time, it has been said that Manny could be my opponent next year, and I think in helping him with sparring would be complicated,” said Chavez Jr.

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• Odlanier Solis vs Ray Austin — It’s official: unbeaten Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis will face tough veteran Ray Austin on December 17th in Miami, with the winner set to face WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko some time next year. — Solis promoter Ahmet Oner announced the fight today, reports Fightnews.com, and the WBC final eliminator is, in his opinion, a fight the Miami-based Cuban will win in commanding style.

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• Bute-Brinkley Presser — IBF super middleweight world champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KOs) faced off with mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley (35-5-5, 22 KOs) at a news conference Wednesday in Montreal for their world title clash on Friday at the Bell Centre. “I’m ready,” vowed the unbeaten champion. “We spent six weeks in Florida to train. I’m prepared. I took it seriously and it will be quite a show.” Brinkley warned Bute not to count him out. “It doesn’t bother me that people think I’m the underdog,” said Brinkley. “Lucian has his hands full with me.”

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• Maritime Heavyweight Championship — On October 16, heavyweights Emile Arsenault (2-0-0) of Shediac, NB, and Julien Colette (4-1-0) of Bouctouche, NB, come together for New Generation Productions’ vacant Maritime heavyweight championship at Louis-J-Roubichaud high school in Shediac, New Brunswick. Despite being a ‘title’ fight, the contest is only scheduled for six rounds. New Generation’s cruiserweight Maritime title will also be on the line, as defending champion Guy Desforges (3-2-0) of Dalhousie, NB, takes on undefeated challenger Chris Norrad (5-0-0) of Boisetown, NB, in another six round affair.

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• Bill Caplan joins Golden Boy — Golden Boy Promotions has announced that Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan, who has over 40 years of experience in boxing and sports publicity, has joined Golden Boy Promotions as a Public Relations Consultant. Caplan has worked with virtually every major fighter over the years and is known for his long-standing relationships and work with George Foreman and Oscar de la Hoya. “We are extremely excited to add Bill to our public relations team at Golden Boy Promotions,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. “He has the experience, knowledge and expertise to bring Golden Boy’s public relations efforts to the next level.”

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• Vitali Klitschko looks really slow in media workout By Dave Lahr: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) looked as slow as molasses in the media workout today in Frankfurt, Germany. Klitschko, 39, danced around the ring, with music playing and tons of reporters snapped photos and took video of it. But Klitschko’s foot movement and hand speed were totally missing. Vitali honestly looked like he was punching in slow motion as he flicked out painfully slow arm punches. That’s pretty much all Vitali threw was arm punches as he danced to the music and frolicked around. He threw punches for awhile at his trainer while was holding puncher’s mitts, but it was still mostly arm punches that Vitali was throwing. (Source Boxingnews24).

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• Tarver vs. Aguilera on Friday: light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver (27-6, 19 KO’s) begins Friday what he’s hopes will lead to a big money title shot against the world champion Klitschko brothers when he takes on Nagy Aguilera (16-4, 11 KO’s) at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. Tarver will be turning 42 on November 21st, and yet he hopes to get a world title shot if he can beat two or three heavyweights to prove himself.

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• James DeGale vs. Paul Smith on December 11th — 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) will be taking a slight step up in competition on December 11th against British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (29-1, 15 KO’s) in a bout at the Echo Arena, in Liverpool, according to The Mirror.

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Boxing News Updates 13 October 2024 For: Featherweight Prizefighter, Manny Pacquiao, Zab Judah, Lucas Matthysse, Wladimir Klitschko, Derek Chisora, Odlanier Solis, Ray Austin, Victor Ortiz, Pieter Cronjie, Colin, Wilson, Evander Holyfield, Andre Ward, Sakio Bika, Shannon Briggs, Nonito Donaire, Fernando Montiel

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Next “Prizefighter” announced: The super featherweights get their first outing in the Prizefighter series in the next event at York Hall, Bethnal Green on November 20. The biggest name so far is 39-year-old Choi “The Mongolian Warrior” Tseveenpurev (29-4, 21 KOs) heading the initial line-up for the 15th edition of Barry Hearn’s eight-man, one night tournaments live on Sky Sports. Other names are Gary Buckland (18-2, 6 KOs), Kevin O’Hara (17-6, 5 KOs) and Scott Lawton (27-6-1, 6 KOs. The rest of the lineup will be announced shortly.

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Manny Pacquiao Update: According to Boxingscene - Celebrated trainer Freddie Roach wants Manny Pacquiao’s weekend trips to Manila stopped and said no matter whether Pacquiao rests by sleeping in his car “it is definitely tiring and won’t do him any good.”

Roach told BoxingScene.com/Inquirer after Pacquiao’s workout at the Shape Up Gym in Baguio City on Tuesday that one other issue he’s been upset about, Manny’s playing basketball almost nightly and skipping roadwork the following morning, will also stop.

Roach said “tomorrow is his last day playing basketball.” - With growing concern over his trips to Manila, playing basketball and missing his morning run, Pacquiao clearly got cracking in training Tuesday.

Pacquiao, this week with be sparing with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan who has been training alongside the pound-for-pound king both in Baguio City and at the Rizal Memorial track last Monday when strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza pushed Pacquiao in a variety of drills which he said were “tough but only the beginning.”

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Zab Judah News: Former welterweight and junior welterweight Champion Zab Judah has taken his training to a new level in preparation for his Nov. 6th match-up with Argentine Knock Out artist Lucas Matthysse at Newark’s Prudential Center. Known in boxing circles simply as “Super Judah,” the 32-year old Brooklyn native has given a whole new meaning to the word “Super” in recent weeks. “I’ve been running Mt. Charleston every other day since I heard that Matthysse is coming to fight me on HBO in front of my hometown crowd,” Judah enthused. “I am so excited about this fight. I have never been in better shape in my life. I could fight this kid right now!”

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Will Haye still fight Chisora even if Wladimir destroys him? — One of the reasons that IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) decided to fight the green Derek Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) is to remove one more potential opponent that WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) could look to fight after he gets past Britain’s Audley Harrison (27-4, 20 KO’s) next month in their fight on November 13th. By fighting Chisora, Wladimir would make Haye look silly if he decides to get sloppy seconds and fight someone that Wladimir destroyed. I can see how it would possibly take Chisora out of circulation for Haye. However, I don’t think it will work. Haye is already fighting Harrison, who has been exposed by a number of 2nd tier heavyweights. Harrison has been beaten by B level heavyweights during his career, yet Haye is still fighting him. (William Mackay: Boxingnews24)

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Odlanier Solis vs. Ray Austin — Promoter Don King is working on putting together a WBC heavyweight eliminator bout between top contenders Ray Austin (28-4-4, 18 KO’s) and former 2004 Olympic heavyweight Gold Medalist for Cuba Odlanier Solis (16-0, 12 KO’s) for December 17th, according to Dan Rafael. - The winner of the bout would then be the mandatory challenger for World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko or Shannon Briggs, if he’s able to pull off an upset of Klitschko this Saturday on October 16th.

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Victor Ortiz to get another chance at title bout — Oxnard’s Victor Ortiz will have the opportunity to gain another world title shot when he meets Lamont Peterson on Dec. 11 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, a junior-welterweight bout announced by Ortiz’s promoter Monday. — The 23-year-old Ortiz (28-2-1, 22 knockouts) was destined for a title shot last year before suffering a surprising technical-knockout loss to Marcos Maidana in a Staples Center main event. Ortiz has since rallied with four victories, including a third-round KO of veteran Vivian Harris on Sept. 18 at Staples Center. “He got his confidence back from the scene of the crime, and we believe he’ll show in December that he’s ready now to fight anyone at 140 pounds,” promoter Richard Schaefer said, referring to boxing’s most talented division.

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Pieter Cronjie Vs Colin Wilson — Australian based South African heavyweight Pieter Cronjie ( 9-4, 2 KOs) will return to ring action on Thursday of a nationally televised promotion when he will clash with former Australian heavyweight champion Colin Wilson (35-26-1, 21 KOs) at the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Cronjie came to Australia in 2007 and defeated Colin Wilson via split six round decision and since then was in the best Australian bout for 2008 losing a close decision to Alex Leapai.

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Evander Holyfield — Stubborn old warhorse Evander Holyfield refuses to call it quits and retire, and the 48-year-old (on Oct. 19th) is set to fight again on November 12th, when he will meet durable journeyman Sherman Williams at The Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Incredibly, this fight will take place eighteen years and a day on from “The Real Deal’s” first epic war with arch-rival Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe.

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Andre Ward Vs Sakio Bika — World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) is likely to be facing #7 ranked IBF super middleweight contender Sakio Bika (28-4-2, 19 KO’s) next on November 27th, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael at ESPBN.

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Shannon Briggs News — Trainer Herman Caicedo, who is going to be in the corner of former world heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs on Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany, tells reporter Alexander Pavlov that he can’t see any way that his fighter will be beaten by WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. Caicedo is expecting a big upset and a new champion on Saturday.

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Donaire-Montiel February 2011 Face-Off in Peril — MANILA, Philippines — Fate seems to be playing a very untimely joke just when Nonito Donaire, Jr. was about to rejoice on the news of finally facing a big name foe on top of the ring. — Unified bantamweight titlist Fernando Montiel of Mexico figured in a motorcycle accident on Sunday (Monday in Manila) during a recent visit to Alamos, Mexico, according to a report by ESPN Boxing.

“me cai en una moto y me fragmente la tibia y pss un cortadon ya viste vrd (I fell on a bike and fractured my Tibia),” Montiel was quoted as saying in his official Twitter account, “amig@s djenme informarles q lamentablemente sufri un accidente en moto y me hospitalizaron (Friends I must inform you that unfortunately I suffered a motorcycle accident and was hospitalized)”

Montiel (42 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws, 32 knockouts), who is coming off a stunning third round knockout victory against Rafael Concepcion last July, reportedly suffered bad cuts and bruises on his legs and arms. No fracture was observed on his left leg, where he incurred a “very deep wound” that would require heavy bandage for almost a month, contrary to what previous reports claim.

“He got very scared and is very sad by the accident, but the leg is not fractured,” Top Rank spokesman Ricardo Jimenez said. — Montiel was originally scheduled to defend his belts against a still unnamed opponent on November 20

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Latest Boxing News For: Kazuto Ioka, Masayoshi Segawa, Lucian Bute, Pacquiao, Ryan “The Irish Outlaw”, Don Thibodeaux, Mayweather, Jesse Brinkley.

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• Unbeaten 21-year-old Kazuto Ioka a Japanese light-flyweight prospect, WBC#7/WBA#9 (6-0, 4 KOs), 108, impressively acquired the vacant Japanese national 108-pound belt in a display that proved that boxing is indeed the “Sweet Science” boxing scientifically, hitting without getting hit by Masayoshi Segawa (19-3, 8 KOs), a durable southpaw, whom he floored in the third and was finally awarded a TKO win because of Segawa’s bad gash caused by a legal shot at 1:57 of the tenth and final round on Sunday in Osaka, Japan.

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• Lucian Bute Vs Jesse Brinkley — Montreal — On October 15th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, current IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute, will fight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley. For Brinkley, not only is it his shot to become champion, it’s also chance to make history in his home state. Yerington is a small farming town in Northwestern Nevada. A population of about three thousand, this is where Brinkley was born and raised

Boxing has practically become Nevada’s state sport. Thousands of world-title fights have taken place there over the years, and most agree that Las Vegas is currently the Mecca for big fights. So many title fights, yet it is believed that not one of the great champions who fought in Nevada was a Nevadan. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Southern California, all hotbeds of boxing have their home champions and legends. Curiously enough, this is not the same for the “Silver State”. Brinkley wants to change that. - “I want to bring a world title home.” says Brinkley. “It would mean so much to me. My family, friends, fans and supporters back home deserve it too.”

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• Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” — Undefeated WBC USNBC cruiserweight titleholder Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne (16-0 6 KOs) will next appear in the ring on the Devon Alexander-Tim Bradley undercard on January 29th. “I will fight anybody out there. This was a stay busy fight and I did what I had to do and I took care of business,” Coyne stated minutes after his second round KO over Shane Steele (7-3, 5KOs) on Saturday in his hometown of St. Louis , MO.- “I want to step up my level of competition on Devon’s (Alexander) undercard,” he added. “Let’s see who wants to step up and fight me on January 29th. Anybody who wants it, can get it.” Coyne is looking to face a top 20 challenger in his next fight. It is rumored that the Alexander-Bradley unification title bout will land in Miami, Florida.

Coyne successfully defended his title, destroying challenger Shane Steele by way of a crushing, 2nd round knockout. Coyne, who concentrated on both his defense and power in training for this fight, displayed the new focus, picking off shots with his gloves, sitting down on his punches and firing his ripping right hooks.

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• Don Thibodeaux, who helped Emanuel Steward in training and guiding the early careers of Kronk stars Thomas Hearns, Hilmer Kenty, Mickey Goodwin and others, passed away Friday night here in Detroit. Thibodeaux had been in ill health for much of the last 20 years, suffering a variety of aliments including heart trouble and diabetes. He was 69 years old.

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• Mayweather to Pacquiao: “Let us both take the test!” — In a radio interview at SIRIUS Satellite Radio yesterday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. insisted that both of them undergo blood test before the mega fight could happen. - “I’m not saying Pacquiao is on nothing, I never said Pacquiao was on something. The only thing I’m saying is this, If I’m cheating or he’s cheating, then we’re cheating the fans, so let’s show the fans that the sport of boxing is clean. Let us both take the test!”, said Mayweather Jr.

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