Boxing

COLOGNE, Germany, (Reuters) – Vitaly Klitschko  easily retained his WBC heavyweight title on Saturday with a  first-round knockout of Cuban challenger Odlanier Solis.

Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis has no regrets about his life at this point and time.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Plans for a mega-fight  between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Barbados’ Miguel ‘Hands of Stone’ Antoine handed Guyanese Mark Austin his first professional defeat and in the process became the first fighter to own the Regional Commonwealth title in the main event of the Pro-Am card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday night.

Somebody’s ‘O’ will go after the main event of the second Pro-Am card on February 25 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Kurt Bess avenged his loss to Anthony Augustin in destructive style with a first round knockout on Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Marlon Munroe Organisers of the year’s first Pro-Am card boxing card want the event to pack a punch and have added two bonus fights at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on January 28.

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool, in retrospect, believes that the monthly Friday Night Fights were a success but he said this year the board will be upping the ante to improve the career of its boxers.

LONDON, CMC – Former British heavyweight boxing champion Gary Mason has been killed in a road accident at Wallington on the southern edge of the British capital.

WINDSOR, Ontario, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao will  fight Shane Mosley, a former champion in three divisions, on  May 7 in Las Vegas, promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday.

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club yesterday received tangible support from telecommunications giant Digicel for their upcoming Boxing Day horse race meet.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – American Shane Mosley’s  adviser met the promoter of boxing’s number one fighter   Manny Pacquiao yesterday to finalise terms on a May 7 bout in   Las Vegas, the former welterweight champion said.   

-Allicock awarded best boxer Samuel Primo, fighting out of the Guyana Defence Force Gym (GDF),  defeated Republican Gym’s Trelon Munroe by a knockout to win their heavyweight clash when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s Champion of Champions tournament ended Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Britain’s Amir Khan   withstood a furious challenge from Argentina’s Marcos Maidana   to retain his WBA light welterweight title in Las Vegas on   Saturday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former heavyweight champion  Mike Tyson and three-division winner Julio Cesar Chavez of  Mexico were named yesterday to the International Boxing Hall of  Fame.

Barbadian and former Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) champion Miguel Antoine secured a TKO victory over Shawn Pile 1:26s in round three of their four-round encounter on the Friday Night Fights Pro/Am boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Should a highly anticipated clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr fail to materialise, Manny Pacquiao will pick from a shortlist of three opponents for an April 16 bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the Filipino’s promoter Bob Arum has said.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez   recovered from a third round knockdown to stop Australian  Michael Katsidis in the ninth and retain his WBA and WBO  lightweight titles in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) met on Friday and instituted lifetime bans on Clevlon Rock, Dexter Jordon and Devon Boatswain.

ARLINGTON, Texas, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao  cemented his place in the pantheon of boxing greats by  recording an unanimous points victory over Antonio Margarito on Saturday to claim the vacant WBC super welterweight title.