The eagerly-awaited rematch between British rivals Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew will take place at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, likely on November 22.
Cleverly successfully defended his WBO light heavyweight title against Bellew with a points win in October 2011 at the same venue, but the second meeting will take place at cruiserweight.Welshman Cleverly, who is aiming to take a massive step towards becoming a two-weight world champion, said: “I cannot wait for this. I beat him in front…
Salido stops Kokietgym in an epic
Orlando “Siri” Salido (42-12-2, 29 KOs) stopped Terdsak “Pit Bull” Kokietgym (53-5-1, 33 KOs) on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, BC, Mexico.
In a fight of the year candidate, both Salido and Kokietgym were more than willing to trade blows and both were knocked down in round one. Southpaw Kokietgym floored Salido with a counter overhand left, but Salido rose from the deck to score a knockdown of his own later in the round on a body shot that appeared to land low….
Kid Galahad dominates Dos Santos
European and Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion Kid Galahad (18-0, 9 KOs) scored a 12 round unanimous decision over Brazilian Adeilson Dos Santos (14-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at Ponds Forge Arena in Sheffield.
The Sheffield fighter won almost every round against a gutsy Dos Santos who deserves great credit for taking the fight the distance after being sent to the canvas in round one and again in round ten. Scores were 119-107, 117-109, 120-105.
Galahad, 24, picked up…