Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

At the start of the first round, Kauffman came out boxing with Alexander and looking to work more on the inside. Alexander was landing shots, but then Kauffman landed a huge right hand on the inside that sent Alexander down hard in the first.

Alexander was able to shock things off and then in the final ten seconds he blasted Kauffman down even harder with a perfect left hook. Kauffman got up on very unsteady legs, but the round was already over before Alexander could follow up.

Kauffman was applying a lot of pressure in the second round, and they were trading some solid punches. The same scenario in the third round, with both landing good punches on the inside. Kauffman was landing the bigger shots.

Alexander with the better boxing and combinations in the fourth round. The action was close in the fifth and sixth. During the sixth round, Kauffman seemed to really slowed down and he was being affected by the body work of Alexander.

Alexander took off the seventh round, which let Kauffman win the round. In the eight, Alexander buzzed Kauffman coming in. He started working Kauffman over, but the veteran fought him off. They were going back and forth, shifting the momentum in the ninth.

During the tenth round, they were both trying to close the show by trading punches on the inside to the head and body until the final bell.

 

In a battle of big 6'6 heavyweights, Gerald Washington (19-2-1, 12 KOs) got back on track with a ten round unanimous decision over a game Wes Nofire (20-2, 16 KOs). The scores were 98-91, 97-92, 97-92.

Coming in, Nofire had bounced back from his first career defeat after getting stopped by Joey Abell in three rounds back May of 2016.

Washington suffered back to back stoppage defeats after getting put away by Deontay Wilder in five rounds in February 2017, and then a few months later in July, he was stopped in eight rounds by Jarrell Miller.

Washington came out firing a lot of big shots from the very first round and placed a lot of pressure on Nofire. Things slowed down in the second round, with Washington still having the clear edge.

In the third round, Nofire buzzed Washington from a series of hard shots. Washington recovered and started tagging Nofire with big shots. Nofire appeared to be winded by the fourth round, as Washington was controlling the fight.

Washington controlled the fifth, but it was Nofire who came out landing solid shots in the sixth. During the seventh round, Nofire lost a point for excessive holding in the contest. But when the action restarted, Nofire was landing short punches on the inside. Noire once again looked very tired in the eight, but the workrate of both was very even.

After a lackluster ninth, Washington came out swinging at the start of the tenth and rocked Nofire. They were trading punches, with Nofire landing the bigger shots and doing more damage. Nofire was so tired in the final minute that he was barely able to stand and was hanging on for dear life.

 

Trey Lippe Morrison vs. TBA set 6 or 8 rounds for June 30th on Ramirez/Roamer Alexis Angulo undercard.

 

"Tyson needs to lose even more weight before he fights on Carl Frampton's card at Windsor Park on August 18. He is also aware there will be a higher calibre opponent," Warren told Daily Mail.

"We didn't try to kid anyone that Seferi was anything other than someone to help him ease into his comeback. Taking off all those stones in less than three months is physically draining and he also had to start shaking off the ring rust after such a long lay-off.' The clamour for Fury to set about regaining the several belts he gave over to Anthony Joshua will be resisted until next summer. Tyson needs more time and more fights."

"I was enjoying myself so much. I loved being back in the big time, beneath the big lights, in front of a big crowd. He might have added: 'Under the big top.' It was a circus until he opened up in the fourth. He ended that round with an uppercut so solid that Seferi chose to quit on his stool. I could have knocked him out in the first ten seconds. But I was saving him for the fifth, which was the round I had told everyone I would stop him."

 

Tyson is still young, he doesn't need to rush his comeback. Getting back in shape and fighting fringe contender types or not bad. Fury will go for WBC belt.

 

Tyrone Sponge is 12th in the new WBO rankings. 11 wins, 11 KO's, 7 in the first round.

 

Amateur boxing:

Results round up from the President's Cup:

Super heavyweights in action!

Kamshybek Kunkabayev beat Mou Haipeng CHN 5:0 and Maxim Babanin beat Ulugbek Mubinov UZB 5:0 to advance to the semi final stage.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev beat Ayboldy Daurenuly(KZK) by RSC 3 and Maxim Babanin beat Nurlan Saparbay by 5:0 score to advance to the final of President's cup un Kazakhstan.

Kamshybek Kunkabayev beat Maxim Babanin to win President's Cup.

This is looking to be huge year for Kamshybek Kunkabayev!

 

Michal Cieslak/Dusan Krstin on 16th June

 

Andy Ruiz Jr/Kevin Johnson set for July 7th

 

Kuzmin loses to Hrgovic every time apart if he is in blazing shape.