Saturday Night Boxing Results: Oct 15

 

  • Saturday night 15th October, at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California 

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Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson - WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2, 32 KOs) lost his title against Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KOs) in a highly controversial decision - The bout ended when in round two when the 29-year-old Dawson hurled the 46-year-old boxing legend Hopkins to the deck and Hopkins injured a shoulder. Referee Pat Russell ruled there was no foul, therefore the California Commission ruled it a TKO win for Dawson. After the fight Dawson accused Hopkins of faking the injury. Dawson said he wants to finish his business with Jean Pascal and will not give Hopkins a rematch.

Lightweight - Antonio DeMarco def Jorge Linares by TKO 11 / 12  - Time: 2:32 - Vacant WBC lightweight title

Light welterweight - Danny Garcia def Kendall Holt on SD 12/ 12 - Vacant WBO Inter-Continental light welterweight title

Light middleweight- Paul Malignaggi def Orlando Lora on UD 10/ 10

 

  • Saturday Night 15th October, at the Calpulalpan, Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Mariana “La Barbie” Juarez successfully retained her WBC world flyweight title by technical knockout in four rounds against Uruguayan Gabriela Bouvier The Mexican star defended her belt with powerful right hand uppercuts, which exploded in the face of Bouvier. In the third round, the Uruguayan and South American champion already had a swollen left eye.

 

  • Saturday Night 15th October, at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round majority decision over previously unbeaten Tony Bellew (16-1, 10 KOs). In was a very good action fight and the bout seemed very close entering the championship rounds Cleverly had more in the final rounds and got his win by scores of 114-114, 116-113, 117-112.

Light heavyweight - Nathan Cleverly     def Tony Bellew on  MD 12 / 12 - WBO light heavyweight title (supervisor: Dennis Gilmartin)

Super middleweight - Piotr Wilczewski lost to James DeGale on MD12/12       -EBU (European) super middleweight title (supervisor: Jean-Marcel Nartz)-WBO Inter-Continental super middleweight title

Middleweight    Billy Joe Saunders def Norbert Szekeres by TKO 1 / 8

 

  • Saturday Night 15th October, at the Heartland Events Center, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States

Lightweight - Brandon Quintana def Sook Siyajuck by TKO 2/ 6 - Time: 1:23

Middleweight - Abel Perry def Patrick Thompson on UD 6 / 6 

Heavyweight - Kevin Ferguson def Tay Bledsoe by KO 1 / 4 - Time: 1:52

 

  • Saturday Night 15th October, at the Drury University, Springfield, Missouri, United States 

WBO #4/WBA #14 cruiserweight and local favorite BJ “El Peligroso” Flores (26-1-1, 16 KOs) pounded out a ten round unanimous decision over Paul Jennette (11-4-1, 8 KOs). Flores beat the 43-year-old Jennette to the punch all night in winning a 100-90 verdict on all cards.

 

  • Friday Night 14th October, at the Mehrzweckhalle, Obertraubling, Bayern, Germany 

Bosnian Alexander Petkovic won a very controversial win over Cisse Salif. Prior to this fight Petkovic said that the victory it will be a stepping stone to fight with the Klitschko brothers.