Senchenko defeats Navarro

WBA welterweight champion Viacheslav Senchenko (31-0, 20 KOs) won a unanimous decision win over Charlie Jose Navarro (18-4, 13 KOs) on Monday night at Lenin Square, Donetsk, Ukraine. Judges scored it 115-113 (twice) and 116-112. Fightnews.com scorecard 115-113 for Senchenko.

Boxers have started fight carefully, working jabs. For first two rounds the champion threw few blows while studying the style of his challenger. In the third round, Senchenko shook the challenger with an uppercut and right cross.

Senchenko had the advantage in hand speed, outboxing Navarro, who tried to get in close.

In the sixth round of Navarro dominated, throwing many blows to the head and body. Navarro was faster and aggressive. This was dfficult for Senchenko, who was only able to counter-punch.

In the seventh round, the champion received a cut on his nose. Navarro shocked the Ukrainian boxing fns with his constant pressure on Senchenko.

Senchenko was tired in the championship rounds while Navarro relentlessly moved forward and threw many blows.

Trainer Freddie Roach tried to force Senchenko to box at his full capacity and in the final round thanks to support of his fans, Senchenko showed his boxing skills. The bout ended with an entertaining exchange of blows. The champion looked very tired.

Sturm-Lorenzo heats up

WBA Super Champion Felix Sturm and Giovanni Lorenzo were face to face for the first time at today’s press conference for their middleweight title fight this Saturday September 4 in Cologne, Germany.

“There’s no doubt about me winning the fight and becoming champion of the world”, said Lorenzo who showed up in a jersey of the local soccer team, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Gladbach had won a clash with their local rivals, Bayer Leverkusen with 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. “Gladbach has inspired me. They were the underdogs, they played in front of Leverkusen’s home crowd and they scored a very convincing and impressing win. That’s exactly what I will do next Saturday. Gladbach scored 6 goals; I will score 6 knockdowns. When I heard that Sturm is from Leverkusen like yesterday’s losers, things were very clear to me: I will be the new champion.”

Felix Sturm wasn’t too impressed with Lorenzo running his mouth. “Talk is cheap. I heard he said that he will stop me within five or six rounds. We will see who will be on the receiving end on Saturday. All I can say is that I am very well prepared and all fired up for this fight. It’s a new situation for me because this is the first show I am doing all by myself. Of course, I have a fantastic team. Everybody on Team Sturm has been doing a great job organizing this huge event. I promise all fans that this Saturday will set new standards for boxing and entertainment in Germany.”

Senchenko-Navarro make weights

On Monday night, WBA Welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko defends his titles against Charlie Navarro. Senchenko was ripped and ready to go at 146.3-pounds. Navarro came in at the division limit at 145.8-pounds.

Segura knocks out Calderon, unifies title!

WBA light flyweight champion Giovanni Segura (25-1-1, 21KOs) of Mexico added the WBO title to his waist by knocking out previously undefeated Ivan Calderon (34-1-1, 6KOs) of Puerto Rico in the eight round at the Coliseo Mario 'Quijote' Morales in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Calderon did well with his boxing but appeared to fade in the later rounds. He started to take a lot of punishment and was cut as the fight came to the eight round.

Segura started to overwhelm him with punches and a hard hook to the body sent Calderon down for the full count. The fight was very exciting from start to finish.

Maidana decisions Corley

At Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, WBA interim welterweight champion Marcos Maidana (2.-1, 27KOs) retained his title with a twelve round unanimous decision against a game DeMarcus Corley (37-14, 22KOs). The scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 115-112. The fight was much closer than the official cards.

The first round was slow but at the end they traded punches and nearly exchanged after the bell. Maidana hurt Corley in the second round. Corley held on and tried to throw back hard punches. Corley stayed true to his promise by trading hard punches with the champion. The war continued in the third and the fourth. Corley would not stop trading with Maidana who seemed a bit annoyed that his punches could not put Corley away.

Slowly Maidana began to wear Corley down. He scored a knockdown on Corley in round eight and was trying to finish him off. Madiana was then stunned when he was coming in. Corley got himself out of trouble with that big punch and lasted until to the bell. Corley gave as good as he got in the ninth and tenth rounds.

Near the end of the eleventh, Maidana appeared very tired. Corley was coming on near the end of the eleventh as Maidana was gassed. The final round was a war. Both traded punches until the final bell. Maidana showed heart by trading until the bell as he was clearly very tired.

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