Results: Friday September 5th-Wallisch Wins!

The most notable of the Heavyweight's in action was the promising Michael Wallisch (13-0, 8) who was surprisingly taken the 8 round distance by the very limited Edgars Kalnars (27-31, 18). Prior to this fight had suffered 19 stoppage losses including an opening round retirement to Fabrice Aurieng earlier this year. We want to like Wallisch but this result really makes us think twice about his potential.

Results: Saturday August 23nd-Briggs Bum of the Month continues!

There was a disappointing lack of Heavyweight action this past Saturday, though there was actually just a lack of action through out the day regardless of weight.

In North Carolina fans got the chance to see the heavy handed Shannon Briggs (56-6-1, 49) continue his "bum of the month" competition as he made very light work of the under-sized Cory Phelps (16-7-1, 8). Phelps, who really isn't a Heavyweight, was blasted out inside a round as Briggs defended the NABA and interim WBC Latino Heavyweight titles. We know Briggs is expecting to get a world title fight but instead we feel he deserves ridicule for these type of fights. If he wants to call out the champion he should earn a shot the old fashioned way, by beating contenders, not beating people we'd fancy our chances against.

Another American who picked up a win was the heavy handed and relatively promising Joe Cusumano (8-1, 6). Cusumano, whose only loss has come to Daniel Martz, took a second round KO against the usually durable Randy Easton (2-4-1, 2). For Easton this was his first stoppage loss whilst Cusumano scored his 6th straight win and put the loss to Martz well behind him.

In another US bout the debuting Antonio Pugh (0-0-1) fought to a draw with Lonnie Kornegay (1-11-2) in what will be a disappointing start to Pugh's career. The bout, a majority draw, ended a 6 fight losing streak from Kornegay which began back in 2011.

Results: Tuesday August 19th-Only low level European action

Mid week fights aren't usually great and this Tuesday proved to be no exception to that rule as some European fans got the chance to catch some Heavyweight action.

In Budapest, Hungary fans saw the unbeaten Zoltan Csala (2-0, 1) extend his winning record with an opening round stoppage against the debuting Jozsef Daszkan (0-1). The bout was the main event of a small "ProfiBox-Promotion" card and it's likely that Csala is being built up to challenge Hungarian champion Zoltan Petranyi, who just so happened to be the promoter of this show.

In Slovakia there was another couple of Heavyweight bouts tucked away on a free-open air show. The fans who made it out to Sturovo saw local fighter Ladislav Slezak (5-28-2) score a rare win with a dominant victory over Hungary's win-less Zsolt Magyar (0-2) whilst in the other bout Peter Erdos (8-4-3, 3) held Istvan Ruzsinszky (12-11-2, 8) to a majority draw.

Results: Saturday August 16th-US fighters all score blow outs

This past weekend wasn't a great one for Heavyweight action but it did feature a number of promising fighters who all scored relatively easy wins.

The highest profile Heavyweight bout of the weekend saw Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32) scoring his 32nd victory inside as he forced the 4th round retirement of the out of shape Jason Gavern (25-17-4, 11). Wilder fought as if he wanted rounds though picked an opponent unable to give him then in what proved to be little more than a waste of time for fans and Wilder himself. If rounds are what Wilder needs it would make sense to fight someone able to go rounds rather than someone taking a fight on a weeks notice.

On the same card as the Wilder/Gavern bout was another Heavyweight mismatch as Dominic Breazeale (12-0, 11) made light work of veteran Billy Zumbrun (27-14-1, 16). Zumbrun, who is in his 40's, was down twice in the opening round before being stopped in the second and unfortunately left us wondering the purpose of the bout for Breazeale who proved little and developed nothing. A real waste of time for all those involved.

Another unbeaten American Heavyweight in action was novice Trey Lippe (4-0, 4), the son of Tommy Morrison, who took on the usually durable Emmit Woods (2-10-2, 2) and scored a 43 second stoppage. Lippe may not be as well schooled as his compatriots but he seems to be just as potent against the extremely low level opponents that he has been facing. Just a case of seeing him step up we guess.

In Argentina we only had a low profile bout as teenager Esteban Juarez (3-0, 2) scored his first decision victory and over-came Arnaldo Perez (2-8, 1) in a 4 rounder. Aged 17 Juarez is one of the youngest prospects in the division though unfortunately he hasn't yet started to look like a fighter in terms of physical shape. Hopefully Juarez does get into shape though at the moment we do have apprehensions about the youngster.

Another low level bout took place in Canada as Ty McDougall (3-4-2, 2) stopped Chad Neilson (1-4, 1) in the 4th round of a scheduled 6 rounder.

In Poland we had a another low level bout that ended in a genuine upset as Wlodzimierz Letr (3-3, 2) scored a 6th round stoppage over Ben Wrotniak (5-2, 1).

Results: Friday August 15th-Basile upset!

We had a notable upset in Argentina last night as 44 year old journeyman Walter David Cabral (19-10, 8) over-came Gonzalo Omar Basile (63-9-0-1, 29) with a 6 round split decision. Basile was taking an 8 fight winning streak into this bout though that came to end courtesy of a split decision.

Aged 40 question marks have to arise about Basile's future and although a rematch is plausible we'd like to see both men call it quits on their long careers

Results: Tuesday August 12th-Kristapsons scores first win!

In Riga this past Tuesday Klaids Kristapsons (1-9-1) recorded his first victory as a professional fighter as he stopped the debuting Juris Zamelis (0-1) in just 2 rounds. The 36 year old Kristapsons has now gone unbeaten in 2 fights despite losing his first 9 pro bouts.

Results: Saturday August 9th-Glazkov struggles, Parker impresses and Doroshilov picks up notable debut win

This past Saturday was a major day on the fringes of the Heavyweight division with a number of interesting bouts across the levels.

The most important fight saw Vyacheslav Glazkov (18-0-1, 11) struggling past the limited, but inspired, Derric Rossy (29-9, 14). Rossy, a genuine journeyman, gave his all and really, really pushed Glazkov in a very close bout that as sadly sullied by a a 98-92 card for Glazkov that failed to show just how competitive the bout was. For Glazkov this was another poor showing and it seems clear that he's not the prospect that we once hoped he would be, in fact he's probably not going to go past contender status even in a  post-Klitschko era.

One man, on the same show, who did look tremendous however was Joseph Parker (10-0, 9) who completely destroyed the limited Keith Thompson (7-3, 4) in a show case performance that will have had many in the US wishing to see Parker again. Thankfully Parker will return to the ring shortly to fight Sherman Williams and that should ell us a lot more about Parker.

In a third bout, albeit one we don't recall being televised, Tyrell Wright (6-0, 4) extended his winning run with a 4 round decision over Randy Easton (2-3-1, 2). Easton is better than his record indicates but this was a shut out for Wright who now has to step up.

In Russia we saw the debuting Pavel Doroshilov (1-0) take a 4 round decision over British veteran Danny Williams (46-23-0-2, 35) in yet another part of the ever lasting Danny Williams retirement ceremony. On paper it's a great win for Doroshilov but in reality it was little more than a victory over a living corpse of a fighter who no longer has anything to offer as an opponent.

Results: Friday August 8th-Zhilei blows away Tate

In the US this past Friday night fans got to see the "blink and you missed it" debut of Chinese giant Zhang Zhilei (1-0, 1) who blew out American opponent Curtis Lee Tate (7-5, 6) in just 17 seconds. The bout wasn't long enough to ell us much about Zhilei but did tell us that Tate needs to find a new hobby as boxing isn't for him, in fact we tend to feel that he better not go out when it's windy or he'll topple over quickly, like he did here.

The only other bout of the day ended in a huge shock as the debuting Radim Kuriljak (0-1) was stopped in 2 rounds. A debutant losing isn't typically ground breaking but the man he lost to was Martin Stensky (2-33, 2) who claimed just his second win in 35 fights spread over a decade.  Now lets hope both of these two walk away from the sport with Stensky allowed to go out on a win and with Kuriljak retiring with his brains in tact, if Stensky can beat you then this aint a profession for you.

Results: Sunday August 3rd-Deubtant double in Slovakia

The only Heavyweight action this past Sunday was in Slovakia as we had a pair of all debutant contests.

One of those saw Peter Veselsky (1-0, 1) get off the mark with an early victory over Daniel Hedervari (0-1) in an all-Slovakian contest. The other bout ended just as quickly as Jozsef Daszkai (1-0, 1) defeated Norbert Csaszar (0-1) in an all Hungarian bout.

Results: Saturday August 2nd-Dawejko and Kownacki both score stoppages

This past Saturday was a very quiet day in the Heavyweight division though we did have a couple of bouts.

The most notable of those, at least for us, saw the unbeaten Adam Kownacki (7-0, 7) extend his stoppage record to 7 straight stoppages as he over-came the big punching Charles Ellis (9-2-1, 8) in the 5th round a scheduled 6 rounder. For Kownacki this was easily the best win of his career though we're still unsure just how good he is given that Ellis was a 39 year old without a notable win in almost 7 years.

On the same card there was also a win for the under-rated Joey Dawejko (11-3-2, 4) who made extremely light work of David Williams (7-9-2, 2) who was stopped in just 108 seconds. We'll admit we have a soft spot for Dawejko and hope that he gets to show his skills against a decent fighter on the lower end of a televised card, though we also know that he's never going to be a contender.

Results: Friday August 1st-Browne fortunate to over-come Rudenko

This past Friday certainly wasn't the busiest or best night of Heavyweight action but it was an interesting day, at least on paper.

The interest didn't come from the days first bout which was in Australia and saw Patrick Eneanya (2-0, 2) over-come fellow unbeaten Joel Clifton (1-1, 1) in just 2 round. Eneanya is a former amateur fighter who appears to have solid skills and power, considering his inexperience, and could well step up a bit from this level of fights.

On paper the interesting bout came in the UK as fringe world level fighters collided in a bout for a pair of regional titles. Unfortunately however the bout stunk. That's because the popular Lucas Browne (21-0, 18) came in over-weight and looking under-trained in for his battle with Ukrainian Andriy Rudenko (24-1, 16). On paper the bout was great but in reality it was poor with Browne looking very slugging and Rudenko looking too limited to make the most of Browne's poor conditioning.

In the end Browne took a unanimous decision, very luckily for him, but perhaps found his level. Funnily if Browne lost another 10-15lbs he would probably be able to make himself a contender but it appears his love of the game has gone. A real shame considering how close he is to a major pay day.

Results: Tuesday July 29th-Robert Sucks as Geller scores stoppage

Earlier today in Slovakia fans got the chance to see a low level bout as the once beaten Istvan Geller (6-1, 4) over-came the wonderfully named Robert Szucs (3-9, 3) with a 4th round TKO. For Szucs this was  9th stoppage loss and he has now won just 1 of his last 10 contests!

Results: Saturday July 26th-Jennings sees off Perez whilst Tyson pulls out

At the start of this week we were all expecting to see some great Heavyweight action on Saturday. Sadly as boxing fans we don't seem to get what we want and that was certainly the case again this weekend when we got nothing that wanted.

Firstly Dereck Chisora pulled out of a much anticipated and highly hyped rematch with Tyson Fury. That was "fine" when Fury was the matched, at late notice, with the gigantic Alexander Ustinov. Unfortunately on Saturday morning Fury was forced out of the bout after his uncle was reported to be gravely ill. Fury and his uncle-trainer Peter Fury were unable to be at the venue and this in term caused another to be called off, that of Eddie Chambers who is also part of the Fury stable.

Effectively we had seen one card dismantled in what looks, on reflection, like a card that will be remembered as a cursed card.

We did still get a bout that we anticipated later on in the day as Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10) took on former Cuban amateur star Mike Perez (20-1-1, 12)  and claimed a huge split decision win. The bout, a WBC world title eliminator, looked great on paper though sadly it turned out to be a dud with Perez only about to fight for 6 rounds before tiring. Jennings took a well deserved win though we need to wonder if Perez is going to be another wasted Cuban talent. He looked out of shape, disinterested and did more holding in second half of the fight than a happy couple. It was a second successive disappointing performance from Perez following his tragic bout with Magomed Abdulsalmov and it looks like Perez is lacking the fire needed to become anything more than a one time prospect.

Another fighter who kept his unbeaten record was the rotund Akhror Muralimov (16-0, 13) who stopped Jason Bergman (23-11-2, 16) in 2 rounds to claim the NABA USA title. We think Muralimov has plenty of talent but he really does need to get in shape and being a 5'11" Heavyweight will certainly work against him

Talking about prospects it was a good day for unbeaten German Tom Schwarz (8-0, 6) who scored an opening round victory against Olegs Lopajevs (8-10, 7). The 20 year old Schwarz is highly regarded in Germany and with good size, skills, speed and power it's hard to deny his potential though there are worries that he will be the next Edmund Gerber.

Over in Latvia fans got the chance to see two veterans going at it as Denis Bahktov (38-9, 25) took a well earned decision victory over Konstantin Airich (21-9-2, 17). We won't pretend this was a thriller but it was a well made bout and we can't complain about that.

The earliest bout of the day took place in Australia as Kyle Brumby (4-9-2, 1) took a split decision, over 3 rounds, against Herman Ene Purcell (2-3, 1).

In New Caledonia fans saw a small surprise as Tafa Misipati (2-3) scored a 6 round points victory over the previously unbeaten Temoo Tamaititahio (5-1, 3),

Results: Friday July 25th-Chinese action

This past Friday saw very little Heavyweight action though we did get two bouts in China.

The most significant of hose bouts saw Romanian giant Razvan Cojanu (11-1, 6) claim the WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight title as he defeated Argentina's Manuel Alberto Pucheta (37-10, 30). Pucheta's team threw in the towel to save their man after he had been dropped and this is likely the end of his dreams of making a mark on the international scene. For Cojanu this is his 11th straight win and whilst no one will be talking about him as a future world beater it was the best win of his career so far.

The second Heavyweight bout on the card saw China's Xia Shunkai (2-0, 2) taking a very comfortable win over Indian debutant Harinder (0-1). Shunkai had size and height advantages and made things look easy against his totally mismatched foe.

Results: Wednesday July 23rd-Martin stops Manswell

When we talk about unbeaten American Heavyweights we tend to over-look the very promising Charles Martin (18-0-1, 16) who has actually been a fresh air in recent times. Martin, unlike many fights, is active, takes a few risks in terms of opponents and seems determined to progress as a fighter and become a contender through sheer hardwork.

On Wednesday night Martin ran up his 9th win in less than 12 months as he defended his WBO NABO Heavyweight title for the first time and stopped the heavy handed, though limited, Kertson Manswell (24-9, 18).

Manswell, once viewed as a contender, was dropped several times by Martin who still showed off some rough edges to his boxing but also showed some very nice touches.

It was one sided almost from the off before Manswell was stopped in round 3 though he's not the talking point, Martin is and Martin looks like one to keep a very close eye on, especially if he can continue to improve.

Results: Sunday July 20th-Modugno retains Italian title

Boxing on a Sunday isn't unusual but it's rare for us to get an interesting bout of note. That didn't quite change this past weekend though their was a national title fight amongst the day's Heavyweight action.

The aforementioned national title fight took place in Italy as unbeaten Italian champion Matteo Modugno (15-0, 8) successfully defended his title courtesy of a 6th round DQ victory over the limited Gianluca Mandras (9-3, 5). In our eyes Modugno, who has now all but run out of national rivals, needs to give up his title an go chase the European title as defending this belt any longer is a waste of time. He's the Heavyweight king of Italy and doesn't need to prove it any further.

The only other Heavyweight bout saw Tibor Balogh (15-6-2, 11) take out novice Peter Palovic (1-3, 1) in 2 rounds.

Results: Saturday July 19th-Lewison can't lay out Kisicek

This past Saturday was a great day for boxing, especially out in the East where a show in Macau stole the headlines. Sadly for the Heavyweight division it was a division that lacked attention though their was one or two fights.

On paper the most notable of those contests took place in the UK where the exciting Ian Lewison (10-2-1, 6) took on busy journeyman Hrvoje Kisicek (8-12, 2). Unfortunately for Lewison he was unable to replicate the result of compatriots Anthony Joshua and Gary Cornish, who both stopped him in 2 rounds.

In Australia we did see a stoppage as the debuting Jordan Bell (1-0, 1) made light work of fellow debutant Rhys Sullivan (0-1) who was stopped in the second round of their scheduled 4 rounder.

In Germany fans got to see the debuting Bobby Jovanovic (0-0-1) fail to make the most of over 60lbs weight advantage as he battled to a draw with Juri Zizer (2-8-1)

Results: Friday July 18th-Dong impresses whilst Rodriguez slumps!

This past Friday was a hugely interesting day in the Heavyweight division despite the fact no major title contender level fighter was in action.

Part of the interest was based around the debut of Chinese giant Taishan Dong (1-0, 1) who had his debut televised on Fox Sports 1 in the US. Dong, a man mountain at 6'11" took on Alex Rozman (2-7, 1) and dropped Rozman numerous times en route to a 2nd round TKO victory. Whilst seeing giant Heavyweights isn't something new it does still get us excited and Dong is certainly a fighter to get excited about, as shown when he dropped Rozman with a jab!

Obviously Dong isn't the complete fighter but for a debuting fighter who is appearing on TV in a new country he made a perfect start to his career.

One man who things didn't go well for was former ranked contender David "Nino" Rodriguez (36-2, 34). Rodriguez began his career perfectly and ran up a 36-0 (34) record before suffering a huge set back last year to the always dangerous Darnerl Wilson. It was expected that Rodriguez would put that loss behind him and over-come Raymond Ochieng (25-17-3, 20). Instead Ochieng blasted Rodriguez out in just 80 seconds! The win for Ochieng, easily the biggest of his career, saw him claiming the interim WBC Latino heavyweight title in one of the biggest surprises of 2014.

Staying in the US, American fans also got the chance to see Nick Kisner (13-1-1, 5) take a 4 round decision over the limited Pedro Martinez (7-8, 3). With 15 fights on the records of both men it's probably time they moved beyond 4 rounders.

Two men who should remain at the 4 rounder level are Weber Sou (0-0-1) and Mitch Therle (0-0-1) who fought to a 4 round draw in the first Heavyweight bout of the day which took place in Australia.

A second draw took place in Cananda as Shane Andreesen (12-4-1, 7) was held to by the once beaten Rob Nichols (6-1-1, 4) over 6 rounds. The bout was Andreesen's first in almost 2 years though it was also Nichol's first in more than a year. With both having ring rust a rematch later this year could make plenty of sense for both men.

For those who want to see Dong's debut a video is available here of the full fight.

Results: Saturday July 12th-Joshua stops Skelton but leaves us with questions

Saturday was an incredibly busy day in the world of professional boxing though, surprisingly, it didn't feature much in the way of Heavyweight action.

The highest profile Heavyweight bout of the day took place in the UK as 2012 Olympic champion Anthony Joshua (7-0, 7) defeated the 47 year old Matt Skelton (28-9, 23) in the second round. This bout, on paper, looks like a good win but when you consider the age and recent form of Skelton, who had lost his previous 2 and was win-less in almost 2 years it really was a forgone conclusion and answered next to no questions that fans have about Joshua. Although Olympic champions do tend to get hyped there needs to be some worries that Joshua is just Audley Harrison Version 2.0 and fights like this do allow those doubts to linger.

Joshua wasn't the only unbeaten Heavyweight who scored an easy and quick victory as American Terrance Dumas (6-0, 5) did the same taking out Willie Kyles (2-9) inside a round. For Kyles this was a 9th stoppage loss and, as with Joshua, it was a clear knock over job. On the same card fans got to see another opening round blast out as Steven Moreno (6-1, 6) stopped Quincey Palmer (6-4, 6).

Another stoppage, again in the US, saw Chazz Witherspoon (31-3, 23) take out the limited Tyyab Beale (9-5-1, 3), though this bout lasted 8 rounds making it the second longest fight in Beale's 15 fight career.

In Hungary fans got two extremely low level fights. One of those saw Tamas Bajzath (10-11-1, 5) scoring a clear 6 round decision over Gabor Farkas (7-31-6, 3). The other bout was the more competitive contest though it was won by the debuting Zoltan Csala (1-0) defeated the very experienced Csaba Olah (5-82-3, 4) via a 4 round split decision.

Results: Friday July 11th-Darch beats Little

There wasn't much Heavyweight action this past Friday but in Wales the local fans got the chance to see their very Dorian Darch (8-3, 1) claim a victory and end a 2 fight losing streak. Darch, fighting against fellow Brit Tom Little (4-3), scored a knockdown in round 2 en route to taking a 4 round points victory.