In the newest installment of Dibella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series, Shaun George was slated to face the tough test of Jaffa Ballogou. George was coming off of his career best victory when he stopped former Heavyweight titleholder, Chris Byrd. Ballogou, meanwhile, was hoping to make a strong showing after a disappointing loss to Daniel Judah.

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Follow all the action from the Toyota Center in Houston when Juan Manuel Marquez risks his Ring Magazine Lightweight championship when he takes on Juan Diaz. The action begins at 10pm eastern/ 7 pm pacific with Chris John defending the WBA Featherweight title against Chris John

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February 27th 2009 (Hollywood Florida) Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood Florida saw light heavyweight Glen “The Road Warrior” Johnson knock Daniel Judah 23- 4 (10KO’s), down with a straight right in round one en route to a hard fought convincing unanimous decision in the main event. Johnson, 40, a former light heavyweight world champion and Fighter of the Year, has won five of his last six fights. The loss was a controversial decision to Chad Dawson in April. This fight was a lot of Johnson stalking the Brooklyn based Judah and often landing his shots. Judah spent most of the night getting punched and taunting Johnson with his hands down and seldom hitting The Road Warrior Johnson. The official scores were 89 -99 and 90-99 twice

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The much anticipated rematch between defending champion Rendall “Two Tone” Munroe 20-1(8) against the man he deposed last March Kiko “La Sensacion” Martinez 20-2(15) took place at The Metrodome in Barnsley, Yorkshire. It pitted the clever boxer Munroe against the bull like puncher from Spain Martinez.
Things got off to an exciting start in a lively first round when both guys traded at close quarters neither man backed off. Both men were cut in the first Martinez over the right eye whilst the Southpaw champion was cut over the left eye. Neither cut ended up being a factor as they were both managed by the corners. The second saw Munroe take a step back and box more taking the round even managing a smile whilst covering up from a burst of Martinez punches. The third saw Martinez bully Munroe and take the round with a higher work rate. The fourth was closer where both men had there moments. Martinez was clearly looking to break Munroe down with body shots and that was reflected with stats of him out landing Munroe 21-9. Munroe making his fourth defence had the fight for his taking when he elected to box not stand and trade as well as out boxing his foe he actually managed to even put him on the back foot. The pattern was set and followed in the sixth and seventh. In the eighth Munroe seemed to take a breather allowing the Spaniard to push forward winning a quite round. The Leicester bin man got back on his game in the ninth continuing the trend in the tenth and eleventh. Desperate to make the ultimate statement Munroe charged out of his corner looking stop his man, though Martinez was trapped in a nutreal corner looking spent he did see the final bell.
The scores were announced 116-112, 116-113 & 118-110 all in favour of Munroe. 15 rounds.com scored the fight also in favour of Munroe but by 117-112. Munroe threw 709 punches and landed 156 punches with a connect rate of 22% while his Spanish adversary Martinez threw 547 landing 102 a connect rate of 18%.
Afterwards a jubilant Munroe who still works a day job as a bin man said “I’m ready for however they put in front of me”. He maintains his humility saying “I’m back to work on Tuesday”. Proving he really is a working class hero!

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If last season’s Contender finale was all about who would fall first, this seasons Contender finale between Troy Ross and Ehinomen “Hino” Ehikhamenor was all about who would land first as both fighters struggled to connect with their punches throughout the bout. It certainly wasn’t for lack of trying as each fighter threw a high number of punches, but contrasting styles led to a myriad of missed and grazing blows in each of the four rounds the fight lasted. In round one both Ross and Ehikhamenor slowly felt each other out; Ross behind a snapping right jab and “Hino” behind a pawing left. After the first minute Ehikhamenor started to open up and began charging in attempting to land left hooks. Ross was initially tentative and tried to retreat behind the jab but eventually began to launch hooks of his own. Half way through round one, both fighters made a conscious decision to stay inside and began firing punches laden with bad intentions. The problem was, not much was landing for either fighter and it made the round difficult to score. The second round started where the first left off with “Hino” charging in headhunting and Ross following suit. Ross landed a few good body shots midway through the round but again, the round was difficult to judge simply because neither fighter was landing clean.

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