Sunday, March 29, 2009
CHAMBERS TOO FAST FOR PETER
(From March 27 - From Sportinglife.com)
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'Fast' Eddie Chambers beat Sam Peter with a majority decision after their 10-round heavyweight encounter at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles on Friday.
It was a workmanlike performance from Chambers (34-1 with 18 KOs) who just edged the competitive bout with Peter (30-3 with 23 KOs).
Jabs were aplenty in the opening two rounds before Peter had Chambers on the ropes in the third.
It was pretty tight after four rounds but from then on Chambers began to fight more effectively and he dominated the closing stages.
The judges scored the fight 95-95, 96-94, and 99-91 in favour of Chambers.
Chambers was delighted with his performance. He told the Los Angeles Times afterwards: "The jab worked great. I slipped his punches, worked for it. I also jabbed a lot to his body. I had him leery of that.
"A lot of people didn't think a puncher could hold off a big, strong guy like that, but I proved I could."
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'Fast' Eddie Chambers beat Sam Peter with a majority decision after their 10-round heavyweight encounter at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles on Friday.
It was a workmanlike performance from Chambers (34-1 with 18 KOs) who just edged the competitive bout with Peter (30-3 with 23 KOs).
Jabs were aplenty in the opening two rounds before Peter had Chambers on the ropes in the third.
It was pretty tight after four rounds but from then on Chambers began to fight more effectively and he dominated the closing stages.
The judges scored the fight 95-95, 96-94, and 99-91 in favour of Chambers.
Chambers was delighted with his performance. He told the Los Angeles Times afterwards: "The jab worked great. I slipped his punches, worked for it. I also jabbed a lot to his body. I had him leery of that.
"A lot of people didn't think a puncher could hold off a big, strong guy like that, but I proved I could."
JONES STOPS SHEIKA
(From March 21 Associated Press)
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Roy Jones Jr. says he is still addicted to boxing. Knocking out lightly regarded Omar Sheika did nothing to convince him that it's time, at 40, to hang up his gloves.
"Don't you understand?" Jones said after the referee stopped the fight at 1:45 of the fifth round Saturday night. "I haven't learned that yet. I'm going to rehab."
A hometown crowd roared its approval as Jones captured the North American Boxing Association's vacant light heavyweight championship.
Jones said he wants to fight again in two or three months and he's not particular about who or where as long as he has an opportunity to seek another world title.
"I'm not going to call any people by their names, but if you've got a belt tied to your waist you already know," Jones said.
He was asked if he'd like to drop down to super middleweight.
"I would like to, but if I told you I was doing that I'd be lying to you, because if somebody called me and told me they wanted me to fight for the heavyweight title tomorrow, I'd be on my way back to 199," Jones said.
That's one of the four weight classes Jones has dominated as an eight-time world champion.
Jones bloodied Sheika's face with a flurry of punches, but Sheika never went down and wanted to continue. Sheika kept Jones backed up in the ropes for much of the fight, but Jones did most of the damage.
"I'm glad the referee did stop the fight before I messed him up even more," Jones said.
It was the first title victory of any kind in nearly two years for Jones, once acclaimed as the world's best pound-for-pound boxer.
The win was Jones' 53rd, including 39 knockouts, against five losses. The 32-year-old Sheika of Patterson, N.J., fell to 27-9 with 18 knockouts.
The Jones-Sheika fight was the main event of a combination card of boxing and mixed martial arts fights promoted by Jones.
Jones fought for the first time in 10 years in Pensacola, where his professional career began two decades ago.
It was another comeback fight for Jones. In his last outing four months ago, he lost a lopsided unanimous decision to then-super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, who retired with a perfect 46-0 record.
Before the loss to Calzaghe, Jones had put together three straight wins. They included unanimous decisions over Felix Trinidad last year and Anthony Hanshaw in 2007 to claim the vacant IBC light heavyweight title.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Roy Jones Jr. says he is still addicted to boxing. Knocking out lightly regarded Omar Sheika did nothing to convince him that it's time, at 40, to hang up his gloves.
"Don't you understand?" Jones said after the referee stopped the fight at 1:45 of the fifth round Saturday night. "I haven't learned that yet. I'm going to rehab."
A hometown crowd roared its approval as Jones captured the North American Boxing Association's vacant light heavyweight championship.
Jones said he wants to fight again in two or three months and he's not particular about who or where as long as he has an opportunity to seek another world title.
"I'm not going to call any people by their names, but if you've got a belt tied to your waist you already know," Jones said.
He was asked if he'd like to drop down to super middleweight.
"I would like to, but if I told you I was doing that I'd be lying to you, because if somebody called me and told me they wanted me to fight for the heavyweight title tomorrow, I'd be on my way back to 199," Jones said.
That's one of the four weight classes Jones has dominated as an eight-time world champion.
Jones bloodied Sheika's face with a flurry of punches, but Sheika never went down and wanted to continue. Sheika kept Jones backed up in the ropes for much of the fight, but Jones did most of the damage.
"I'm glad the referee did stop the fight before I messed him up even more," Jones said.
It was the first title victory of any kind in nearly two years for Jones, once acclaimed as the world's best pound-for-pound boxer.
The win was Jones' 53rd, including 39 knockouts, against five losses. The 32-year-old Sheika of Patterson, N.J., fell to 27-9 with 18 knockouts.
The Jones-Sheika fight was the main event of a combination card of boxing and mixed martial arts fights promoted by Jones.
Jones fought for the first time in 10 years in Pensacola, where his professional career began two decades ago.
It was another comeback fight for Jones. In his last outing four months ago, he lost a lopsided unanimous decision to then-super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, who retired with a perfect 46-0 record.
Before the loss to Calzaghe, Jones had put together three straight wins. They included unanimous decisions over Felix Trinidad last year and Anthony Hanshaw in 2007 to claim the vacant IBC light heavyweight title.
KLITSCHKO STOPS GOMEZ
(From March 21 itn.co.uk)
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Klitschko makes light work of Gomez
Vitali Klitschko successfully retained his WBC world heavyweight title with a ninth-round stoppage of Juan Carlos Gomez in Stuttgart.
The 37-year-old knocked down Gomez, a former WBC cruiserweight champion, three times, the last of which prompted referee Daniel van de Wiele to stop the fight.
"After the sixth I became bit impatient but I knew he did not have much fuel after that" - Vitali KlitschkoIt was Klitschko's first defence of the belt he won in October against Samuel Peter. That bout marked his return to the sport after four years in retirement.
Klitschko said: "I knew Gomez very well and knew this was not going to be easy.
"After the sixth I became bit impatient but I knew he did not have much fuel after that."
The Ukrainian, 10cm taller than his opponent, who is 35, began cautiously in the first few rounds but gradually went on the attack to the delight of some 12,500 spectators in Stuttgart's sold-out Schleyer Hall.
© Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved.
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Klitschko makes light work of Gomez
Vitali Klitschko successfully retained his WBC world heavyweight title with a ninth-round stoppage of Juan Carlos Gomez in Stuttgart.
The 37-year-old knocked down Gomez, a former WBC cruiserweight champion, three times, the last of which prompted referee Daniel van de Wiele to stop the fight.
"After the sixth I became bit impatient but I knew he did not have much fuel after that" - Vitali KlitschkoIt was Klitschko's first defence of the belt he won in October against Samuel Peter. That bout marked his return to the sport after four years in retirement.
Klitschko said: "I knew Gomez very well and knew this was not going to be easy.
"After the sixth I became bit impatient but I knew he did not have much fuel after that."
The Ukrainian, 10cm taller than his opponent, who is 35, began cautiously in the first few rounds but gradually went on the attack to the delight of some 12,500 spectators in Stuttgart's sold-out Schleyer Hall.
© Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved.
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