Ruiz, Byrd retain belts in heavyweight fight card at MSQ
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - John Ruiz retained his World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a controversial but unanimous decision over Andrew Golota on the &quot;The Battle for Heavyweight Supremacy&quot; fight card at Madison Square Garden.
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John Ruiz took winning ugly to new depths last night at Madison Square Garden. In a match so inelegant it inspired more than a half-dozen fights in
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Is Danny Williams a one-hit wonder? Is Vitali Klitschko the best of the heavyweight champions? Those questions could be answered when the two meet on Dec. 11 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That&#39;s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight
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The W.B.C. heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev pulled out of his Oct. 6 title defense against Samuel Peter yesterday, citing a back injury. The decision by Maskaev (34-5, 26 knockouts) to postpone his mandatory defense infuriated Peterâs representatives, who called on the W.B.C. to stage an interim title fight on the same date at Madison Square Garden. Peter (28-1, 22 KOs), a Nigerian boxer considered the sportâs top rising heavyweight, has been pursuing a title shot for two years.
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com. Roy Jones jr., once dubbed as the &#39;pound for pound&#39; best fighter in the sport of boxing, was knocked out for a second consecutive time during a title match on September 25th in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Wladimir Klitschko beat Raymond Brewster with a technical knockout after six rounds on Saturday to successfully defend his IBF and IBO heavyweight titles.
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Bernard Hopkins defended his  undisputed world middleweight championship for the 19th time on  Saturday, knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round of  their scheduled 12-round bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Phase one of promoter Don King&#39;s plan to unify the heavyweight championship kicks off at Madison Square Garden tonight with two of the four widely recognized title belts up for grabs and a host of other boxers jockeying for position.
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NEW YORK - Chris Byrd felt the power and found the canvas. Then Jameel McCline found out what made Byrd a champion. Giving away 56 pounds and several inches, Byrd survived a second round knockdown and a bigger
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Bernard Hopkins has been called the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is boxing&#39;s first undisputed middleweight champion since &quot;Marvelous&quot; Marvin Hagler in 1987 and has won an unprecedented 18 consecutive title defenses.
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NEW YORK -- Andrew Golota insists there is more at stake for him Saturday night than a fight. More even than a title when he faces World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz at Madison Square Garden. His career choice is at stake.
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When Byrd (37-2-1) walks across the ring at Madison Square Garden tonight to defend his International Boxing Federation heavyweight title against McCline (31-3-3), the fighters will see more than just a dangerous opponent.
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Andrew Golota has been in his fair share of wars in the ring, and whether he has it in him to endure another remains to be seen. Not that I expect his bout with John Ruiz to be one.
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Gary Russell Jr. won his bout in the 119-pound division and Raynell Williams won at 125 pounds yesterday to earn the final berths on the United States Olympic boxing team in Houston.The winners in the other nine Olympic weight classes were decided Saturday night: Luis Yanez (106 pounds), Rauâshee Warren (112), Sadam Ali (132), Javier Molina (141), Demetrius Andrade (152), Shawn Estrada (165), Christopher Downs (178), Deontay Wilder (201) and Michael Hunter (201-plus).The world championships will be Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Chicago. The top eight finishers in each division will qualify for Beijing.
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NEW YORK -- Andrew Golota didn&#39;t win the WBA heavyweight championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, losing a unanimous decision to John Ruiz.
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In this photo released by DKP, boxing promoter Don King, center, poses in New York, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 with the eight heavyweight boxers that will do battle in New York City&#39;s Madison Square Graden on Staurday, Nov. 13.