Recap of last nights fights Frampton outpoints Quigg to unify titles Photos: Matchroom Boxing IBF super bantamweight world champion Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KOs) retained his title and added the WBA belt of previously unbeaten Scott Quigg (32-1-2, 23 KOs) with a mostly lackluster twelve round split decision in their long-awaited unification showdown on Saturday night at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Frampton mostly pressed the action while Quigg fought cautiously over the first nine rounds. A fight finally broke out in round ten with good two-way action. Quigg gained the upper hand in round eleven hurting Frampton, but it was too little, too late. Scores were 115-113 Quigg, 116-112 twice for Frampton. Santa Cruz halts Martinez in five; Ruiz destroys Ceja in one By Miguel Maravilla at ringside Photos: Stephanie Trapp / Showtime WBA featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over former world champ Kiko “Sensación” Martinez (35-7, 26 KOs) on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Santa Cruz dropped Martinez twice in round one, but Martinez weathered the storm. The first knockdown came from an overhand right and counter right sent Martinez sprawling a second time. Santa Cruz went down in round two but referee Raul Caiz ruled it a slip, the champ then mixed it up working both inside and outside. The third round saw some brutal infighting with Martinez emerging with a cut below his right eye. Santa Cruz boxed as at a distance in round four as Martinez stalked the champ. The end came in round five when Santa Cruz backed Martinez to the ropes with a flurry of punches convincing referee Raul Caiz Sr. to stop the fight at 2:09. Super bantamweight Hugo Ruiz (36-3, 32 KOs) needed just 51 seconds to dethrone WBC world champion Julio Ceja (30-2, 27 KOs) on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Ruiz dropped Ceja in round one with a right hand, then got a referee’s stoppage with his follow-up barrage. Ceja seemed to suffer an ankle injury when he was knocked down. The win avenges a fifth-round knockout loss to Ceja last August. Crawford stops Lundy in five to retain WBO junior welterweight world title By John DiSanto and Arvin Nundloll at ringside Photos: Emily Harney Unbeaten WBO junior welterweight world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over Philadelphian “Hammering'” Henry Lundy (26-6-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Lundy started fast and held his own against the champion over the first four rounds. However once Crawford, Omaha, warmed up, he began landing hard shots. Midway through the fifth, Crawford nailed Lundy with a left hook that had him wobbly. Lundy fought back but Crawford jumped right on him and scored a knockdown with a vicious barrage. Lundy beat the count, but Crawford was waiting. When the action resumed, the champion stepped right in and hurt Lundy with another combination that trapped him in his own corner. With Lundy reeling, referee Steve Willis intervened to save Lundy. The time was 2:09 of round five. At the time of the stoppage, one judge had the fight even after four rounds. The other two judges favored Crawford 4-0 in rounds. * * * Unbeaten lightweight contender Felix Verdejo (20-0, 14 KOs) stripped Willian Silva’s (23-1, 14 KOs) undefeated record, defeating Silva over 10 rounds in a WBO Latino title bout. Verdejo constantly beat Silva to the punch, controlling the ring and pace of the fight while Silva was content to counterpunch and stay out of harm’s way. News Of The Week Welterweight rising star and 2012 US Olympian Errol "The Truth" Spence Jr (19-0, 16 KO's) will take on former Jr welterweight champion Chris Algieri (21-2, 8 KO's) in a 10-Round welterweight showdown on April 16. The fight will be held at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. The PBC card will be televised on NBC. Canelo-Khan Tour Hits London WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) took time on Sunday, Feb. 28 to kick off their press conference tour week visiting some of London’s most recognizable landmarks. The fighters posed for photos alongside their teams at the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, The Shard, London Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oxo Tower, London Eye and Westminster-House of Parliament. Khan, who held the WBA super lightweight world title from 2009 to 2011, looked comparable in size to Canelo. The press tour will continue for the fighters with a press conference at The Park Plaza Riverbank London on Monday, Feb. 29. The tour will move on to New York on Tuesday, March 1 at the Hard Rock Cafe’s Live Venue in Times Square and will finish off at the Five Tower Stage at Universal City Walk Hollywood on Wednesday, March 2. All events are open to the public. http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/photos-canelo-khan-tour-hits-london-326783 No movement on Fury-Klitschko rematch WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury told Sky Sports on Saturday that not only is there no news on his next fight, he can’t even confirm that he will go through with his contractually obligated rematch with former champ Wladimir Klitschko. “I have no idea when the next fight is,” said Fury. “I don’t know who it’s going to be, no idea, so that is a bit of an update for everybody…I have no confirmation on if it’s going to be Klitschko, Fred Flintstone or Batman. I have no idea.” Wilder-Povetkin likely headed to Russia Today in Miami, the WBC conducted a purse bid for the WBC heavyweight championship with champion Deontay Wilder facing mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin. Povetkin’s promoter Andrey Ryabinski/World of Boxing won with a bid $7,150,000, outbidding Wilder’s promoter DiBella Entertainment by more than $2 million. The bout must take place within 90 days. The WBC has instituted a new rule that for all WBC bouts that go to purse bid, 10% of the total amount is reserved to be paid as a bonus to the winner of the fight. The total amount of the winning bid will be divided as follows: • 10% of the total amount ($715,000) will be reserved in escrow and will be awarded to the winner of the fight. • The remaining 90% of the total bid ($6,435,000) will be divided 70% for champion Wilder ($4,504,500) and 30% for mandatory challenger Povetkin ($1,930,500). Billionaire Ryabinski previously brought then-world champion Wladimir Klitschko to Russia to face Povetkin with a purse bid in excess of $23 million. IBF orders Parker-Takam eliminator The IBF has ordered a heavyweight eliminator between #6 rated Joseph Parker (18-0, 16 KOs) and #5 Carlos Takam (33-2-1, 25 KOs) with the winner to get a shot at the world title against the winner between current IBF champion Charles Martin and Olympic star Anthony Joshua, who collide April 9 in London. The camps have opened negotiations with an eye toward a May bout in New Zealand. Lomachenko-Walters in the works By Karl Freitag Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told reporters in New York City that a clash between WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3 KOs) and former champion Nicholas “Axeman” Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) is in the works for April 30. Surprisingly, new HBO boxing chief Peter Nelson apparently isn’t too enamored with the fight, and there is talk of Top Rank bringing the fight to rival network Showtime. Showtime boss Stephen Espinoza stated via Twitter “We’ve always been open to all promoters,” but he added that as of yet the fight hasn’t been proposed (at least officially). It was noteworthy that when closing Thursday’s Crawford-Lundy HBO press conference, Arum mentioned on the dais about how 30 years ago one of his fights, Hagler-Mugabi, launched boxing on Showtime. Nelson, sitting on stage about six feet away, maintained a poker face but the message was received loud and clear. However this plays out, the network that lands Lomachenko-Walters will be getting a terrific fight. WBC criticizes AIBA Olympic Games project By Gabriel F. Cordero WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman spoke with Fightnews.com by telephone about plans of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to allow professional boxers to participate in the Olympics Games. “The World Boxing Council is really sad, disappointed and dismayed with the level at which the actions of AIBA has reached the lowest point in the history of Olympic boxing. Demonstrating their failure as a sanctioning body, the AIBA has announced its intent to allow the participation of professional boxers in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. They’ve had amateur boxing in a constant crisis in many countries including Mexico. For boxer safety, limits and procedures exist between amateur boxing and professional boxing but they seek to omit these circumstances because their interests lie beyond the safety of the boxer,” said Sulaiman. Hopkins: I want to fight one more time soon Seemingly ageless future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins took to Twitter Tuesday to announce that he would like one more fight before hanging up his gloves. BERNARD HOPKINS EX ?@THEREALBHOP Let’s talk!!! I’m 51 had a great career. I want to fight one more time soon b4 I shut it down!!! BERNARD HOPKINS EX ?@THEREALBHOP I don’t turn down any fights. I’m old school fighter. BERNARD HOPKINS EX ?@THEREALBHOP I fought @KrusherKovalev he’s a great strong tough fighter!!! He’s a great champ and friend. BERNARD HOPKINS EX ?@THEREALBHOP It’s was talk about me and @GGGBoxing!! I would’ve came down and he would’ve came up. I did accept the fight BERNARD HOPKINS EX ?@THEREALBHOP Now this @AdonisSuperman isn’t a real champ!! I said I fight him in Canada. He don’t want to fight me!!! He want to rematch a guy he beat.
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