QUEBEC CITY -- Bernard Hopkins missed a chance to become the oldest boxer to hold a major world title, fighting to a majority draw with Canadian Jean Pascal on Saturday night.

The 45-year-old Hopkins (51-5-2) rallied after being knocked down in the first and third rounds.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Amir Khan successfully defended his WBA 140-pound title with a narrow unanimous decision over Marcos Maidana on Saturday night, surviving the stiffest test of his career with guts and skill.

Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) knocked down Maidana with 10 seconds left in the first round of the British champion's Las Vegas debut with a vicious left hand to the body, and the fight never really slowed down.

The free-swinging Maidana seemed to be close to stopping Khan during a brilliant 10th round, but Khan absorbed every shot to his head and responded with a strong 11th.

Khan answered every question ...

LAS VEGAS (AP)—Victor Ortiz and Lamont Peterson fought to a majority draw Saturday night, with Peterson coming back from two knockdowns to keep alive his 140-pound title aspirations.

Also, Joan Guzman remained unbeaten, stopping journeyman Jason Davis in the second round on the undercard of Amir Khan’s WBA 140-pound title defense against Marcos Maidana at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
 

TACOMA, Washington (AP)—Ghana’s Joseph Agbeko was a unanimous winner and Mexico’s Abner Mares won a split decision Saturday in the semifinals of the Bantamweight Tournament.

Agbeko (28-2) beat Yonnhy Perez (20-2-1) and Mares (21-0-1) edged Vic Darchinyan (35-3-1) in the event, which featured four of the world’s top 118-pound fighters.

Agbeko and Mares will now meet in the championship round next spring.

Nonito Donaire stopped Wladimir Sidorenko at 1:48 in the fourth round Saturday, earning a bantamweight title shot with a dominant performance.

Donaire (25-1, 17 KOs), a Filipino-American making his bantamweight debut, dominated Sidorenko (22-2-2, 7 KOs) from the beginning, putting the Ukrainian down three times with overwhelming power shots.

In the co-feature between two Mexican opponents, Humberto Soto defeated Urbano Antillon by unanimous decision in a thrilling give-and-take fight to retain his WBC lightweight title.  Read on for more..

Shane Mosley Advisor James Prince:  “Hopkins meant he hasn’t fought a brother with soul”
By Sal Varela

EXCLUSIVE: Liverpuncher.com sat down with Sugar Shane Mosley’s advisor James Prince to find out first hand if Mosley was set to fight Manny Pacquiao and his thoughts on a Pacquiao fight. 


Sal Varela: We are here with James Prince who is now advising Shane Mosley is that right?

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Oakland, CA - Andre SOG Ward (23-0, 13KO's) was able to secure a victory over the former Contender 3 champion Saiko "the Scorpion" Bika (28-5,19KO's) but not without a fight on his hands this Saturday night.  With a little over 4100 fans in attendance, Ward was possibly in the toughest fight of his career.  Scores were 118-110, 118-110, 120-108.  The lopsided scorecards however are skewed by a tough and rumble showing by the Cameroon fighter.

The fight itself was sloppy at times.  Lots of holding and hitting with Bika trying to turn it into a  brawl rather than a chess match.  Ward did his best to out muscle Bika on the inside while landing the sharper punches from the outside.  “I’m glad to get the victory but I want ...Click for More...

Juan Manuel Marquez successfully defended his WBA and WBO lightweight titles, stopping Michael Katsidis at 2:14 of the ninth round Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

In the ninth round, Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KOs) landed 36 punches to nine for Katsidis (27-3, 22 KOs). Referee Kenny Bayless halted the bout after Katsidis was hurt by several combinations.

After eight rounds, the three judges had the 37-year-old Marquez leading, 78-74, 76-75, 77-74.

Katsidis knocked down Marquez with a left hook in the third, but Marquez rallied to take the lead before finishing off Katsidis in the ninth.

 Undefeated Andre Ward successfully defended his WBA super middleweight title by unanimously out pointing Cameroon’s Sakio Bika in front of a sparse crowd at Oracle Arena on Saturday.

Fighting in front of his hometown crowd as part of a dual-site co-main event, Ward didn’t land many big shots but repeatedly hit Bika with a stinging left jab that the challenger was unable to counter. Ward won all 12 rounds on one judges scorecard and was ahead 118-110 on the other two.

Ward (23-0) was supposed to be fighting as part of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, but took the fight with Bika after Andre Dirrell pulled out of the tournament because of headaches and dizziness.

Carl Froch dominated Arthur Abraham to win a near-shutout decision and the vacant WBC super middleweight title on Saturday night in the Super Six World Boxing Classic.

Two judges scored the Group Stage 3 bout 120-108 and the third had it 119-109 for England's Froch, who reclaimed the belt he lost to Mikkel Kessler by unanimous decision in an all-action fight in April. Kessler dropped out of the tournament in August, citing an eye injury and was stripped of the belt.  Read on for more...