UFC middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva returns to the Octagon on Saturday, April 18th to defend his crown against number one contender Thales Leites in the main event of UFC 97. The pound for pound king has already defended his title more times than anyone in UFC middleweight history and will battle Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Leites - winner of five in a row.
Winky Wright failed to overcome both his opponent and a two year layoff as the 37 year old former IBF light middle champion was handled by ex-WBO welter kingpin Paul Williams over 12 rounds at middleweight. The pair exchanged leather last night at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas and it was clear from the start that Wright's once highly vaunted defense was not as sharp as it once was.
On Saturday, April 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Junior Middleweight World Champion Winky Wright will look to stop the meteoric rise of two-division World Champion Paul “The Punisher” Williams in a 12 round middleweight bout that is destined to land the winner on the list of boxing’s best, pound-for-pound, beginning at 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT.
Edwin Valero made an emphatic statement to the Lightweight division as he won the WBC Lightweight title with a second round knockout over Antonio Pitalua at the Frank Erwin Events Center in Austin, Texas.
Casino/SHOWTIME -- MONTREAL, Canada (April 5, 2009) – Fists were flying in Montreal as Timothy Bradley and Kendall Holt exchanged fierce blows for 12 electrifying rounds to unify the 140-pound World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles on Saturday evening’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING. In the end, Bradley won a close unanimous decision with two judges scoring the bout 115-111 and the third 114-112.
“Lightweight Lightning” which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Southwest Airlines, will air live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. The unprecedented four-bout pay-per-view card features Edwin Valero vs. Antonio Pitalua in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC World Lightweight Crown, Jesus Chavez vs. Michael Katsidis in a 10 round lightweight bout, Carlos Hernandez vs. Vicente Escobedo in a 10 round lightweight bout and Julio Diaz vs. Rolando Reyes in a 10 round lightweight bout. The four-bout lightweight extravaganza will take place on Saturday, April 4th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX.
CHOKO Boxing in association with Gillett Entertainment Group, Top Rank and Gary Shaw Productions are thrilled to present the first world championship unification bout ever staged in Montreal! On April 4th in today’s boxing most exciting weight division, witness two of the world’s best boxers in the fight of their lives. WBC light welterweight champion Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley will face WBO light welterweight champion Kendall "Rated R" Holt, live in SHOWTIME at the Bell Centre in Montreal at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann aren't the biggest stars in the UFC. But on Wednesday night, they put on a fight worthy of its main event status at UFC Fight Night 18 in Nashville, Tenn. In the end, the former WEC welterweight champion Condit lost to Kampmann via split decision in a very balanced, competitive bout.
