IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (26-0, 21 KOs) scored a twelfth round knockout over Elvin Ayala (18-3-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, Germany.

Abraham's controlled the contest from beginning to end and scored two knockdowns on route to the stoppage, The last coming in the twelfth round from a great right uppercut that took the wind out of Ayala's sails and ended the contest. The Brave Ayala showed a great deal of heart throughout the fight and proved a very rugged opponent for the classy Abraham's who is now looking to take on Middleweight king Kelly Pavlik.

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Former WBC cruiserweight champion Wayne "Big Truck" Braithwaite (23-3, 19 KOs) scored a spectacular third round TKO over previously unbeaten Cuban Olympian Yoan Pablo Hernandez (14-1, 8 KOs).

Super Middleweight Mads Larsen (50-2, 37 KOs), scored an eight round unanimous decision over Ross Thompson (26-12-2, 16 KOs).

Cornelius Bundrage (28-3, 16 K0s) handed former IBF junior middleweight champion Kassim Ouma (25-5-1, 15 K0s) his third straight loss on Friday night at the Seneca Allegany Casino & Resort in Salamanca, NY. Bundrage outworked Ouma over ten rounds to claim a 96-93, 95-94, 96-93 unanimous decision.

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Mike Jones (13-0, 12 K0s) won an eight round unanimous decision against 38-year-old veteran Germaine Sanders (27-6, 17 K0s).

38-year-old Verno Phillips (42-10-1, 21 KOs) is a world champion for the third time after a split decision win over reigning IBF junior middleweight champion Cory Spinks (36-5, 11 KOs) on Thursday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

The judges scored the contest 116-112, 115-113 to Philips while Spinks took the other card with 115-113.

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Devon Alexander scored a shutout twelve-round unanimous decision over Miguel Callist (24-7-1, 17 KOs) in a bout for both the WBC Continental Americas and WBA FEDELATIN belts.

John Jackson (11-1, 11 KOs) scored a knockout victory over Leroy Newton in just one round.

Marcus "Too Much" Johnson (13-0, 10 KOs) knocked out Jose Medina with a body shot in the opening round

unbeaten cruiserweight Francisco "The Wizard" Palacios (14-0, 7 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Zack Page (14-19-1, 5 KOs)

Andreas Kotelnik (29-2-1, 13 KOs) scored a twelfth round stoppage over previously unbeaten champion Gavin Rees (27-1, 13 KOs), The fight was the first defence of the WBA title which Rees took from Souleymane M'baye but there would be no second as the skilled Ukranian Kotelnik broke down the champion with strong accurate punching.

The stoppage came in the dying second of the last round, Kotelnik hurt Rees with a flush right hook which wobbled him, Rees held on but fell to the canvas, when the noticeable hurt Rees rose from the canvas Kotelnik made no mistakes with the following flurry that gave the referee little choice but to end the contest and announce a new WBA champion Andreas Kotelnik.

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Welterweight Tony Doherty (21-1, 9 KOs) won the Welsh title with a commanding ten round unanimous decision against Barrie Jones. The referee scored it 97-94.

Jr middleweight Matthew Hall (18-1, 12 KOs) scored an eight round stoppage over Kerry Hope (11-1, 1 KO). Kerry was down twice in the bout that was finally stopped by the referee.

Friday night was supposed to be a stepping stone for Andy Lee in his pursuit to be Middleweight champion but it seems no one had told Brian Vera, a former participant of "The Contender" series, because Vera shocked the world and handed Lee his first career loss via Seventh round stoppage.

In an exciting bout that could possible be fight of the year for ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights, saw Lee dropping Vera in the opening round with a hard left hand, Vera made the count but Lee continued the onslaught through the second until the fourth, In the fourth round Vera seemed to figure Lee out and started getting through with some decent shots, Round six witnessed a back and fourth battle with both men connecting, the action continued into round Seven with both men trading bombs, Vera was starting to find Lee with every punch and caught him with flush shot after flush shot until the referee Chiarantano stepped in and stopped the fight.

The crowd turned angry at the stoppage which may have been premature Lee was ahead by 3, 3, and 5 points on the judges’ scorecards heading into the final round before Vera scored the eventual stoppage. Lee's Trainer Emmanuel Stewart has already stated that he wants a rematch with Lee reportedly already signed off on it.

Enzo Maccarinelli will fight again for a world title before the end of the year, The fighter from Swansea is looking to land a title shot against American Steve "USS" Cunningham.

Promoter Frank Warren told various press members "Enzo will fight again in June and, hopefully, for a world title, maybe against Cunningham before the end of the year."

Alex Arthurs dream fight against Joan Guzman will happen on May 3rd, It was announced today The fight will happen in Edinburgh which will no doubt boost the confidence of the Challenger Arthur.

He told FrankWarren.tv "With my fans behind me I know I can beat Guzman and prove that I belong at world level, Make no mistake, Guzman is a dangerous customer and he fully deserves his reputation as one of the pound for pound greats. The bookies will have me as a pre-fight underdog, but that doesn't bother me - I know I've got the beating of him. I've already been training hard for the fight, and the atmosphere in Edinburgh around fight week is going to be incredible. I've had some wonderful nights at the Meadowbank, and hearing the roar of the fans helped me defeat Steve Foster in December."

Arthur, a former European, Commonwealth and British champion, also hit back at disrespectful comments Guzman has been making in the build up to the showdown.

" He reckons that fighting me will be easy money, but I'm going to give him hell for every single penny he earns," said Arthur.

" I've never been so fired up for a fight in all my life. It's been my dream to fight the best in the world, and now I've got the chance to prove myself, I'll take it with both hands."

Promoter Frank Warren added: "I'm delighted that I have been able to deliver a super fight for Alex in his own backyard, and I'm sure it will be a very special occasion."

Ricky Hatton has sold over 50,000 tickets for his homecoming bout with Juan Luzcano.

The fight will take place on May 24th at the City of Manchester Stadium and Hatton is said to be estatic with the sales so far Hatton said "To sell so many tickets in two days has left me speechless. I'm so proud of my fans. I've not fought in Manchester for three years and not everyone can afford to keep watching me in America so it was time I had a homecoming."

In one of the biggest match ups to happen this year it was Manny Pacquiao who took home the spoils and a split decision from the judges to edge out former WBC champion Juan Manuel Marquez.

The fight took place at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas with Marquez's WBC crown on the line, As the bout started both fighters had their high points but Marquez seemed to be landing the crisper shots as he countered the incoming Pacquiao, In the third round Pacquiao again showed the world his impressive punching power knocking down the champion for the fourth time in two contests, At the end of the round Marquez was so dazed from the knockdown that he staggered to the wrong corner, As the fourth started Marquez seemed to clear his head and again found his rhythm and as the pace of the rounds slowed the technically gifted Marquez started to out box The Pacman, Both men suffered cuts in the seventh from a clash of heads, Pacquiao again rocked Marquez in the tenth but the decision went to the scorecards. Scores were 115-112, 114-113 Pacquiao, 115-112 Marquez.

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WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano was dropped on course for a unanimous decision victory against Terdsak Jandaeng.

NABO bantamweight titleholder Abner Mares needed just two rounds to dispose of Diosdado Gabi.

WBC lightweight champion David Diaz won a ten round majority decision against the game Ramon Montano.

Danny Garcia destroyed Charles Wade in under a minute of the first round

Michael Farenas scored a third round TKO over Baudel Cardenas.

This weekend see's two of the biggest names in boxing going head to head in what can only be called a dream fight. Manny Pacquiao will again lock horns with the WBC champion Juan Manuel Marquez at the Mandalay Bay.

This is a rematch of the fight from 2004 which saw Marquez hitting the canvas on three seperate occasions in the first round only to get up and close the fight with a draw.

That fight saw the aggressive Pacquiao firing shots from everywhere while Marquez sat back and counter punched his way through the rounds, Will this fight be any different? Well both men are older and maybe abit more wiser and we should witness a better fight, Pacquiao has become a thorn in the side of Mexican boxers beating former legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales soundly while Marquez also beat Barrera but as also lost to Chris John, Whatever happens this is a NOT TO BE MISSED FIGHT.

Former world champion Ricky Hatton announced yesterday that he will be making his comeback against Juan Luzcano at the City of Manchester Stadium.

the challenger Juan Luzcano came on the scene as a bright prospect which never really materialised, The thirty three year old was soundly beaten last time out against Vivian Harris who in turn was of course the fighter WBC champion Junior Witter knocked out in seven rounds.

Hatton said: 'I want to slam the door on everyone who thinks I am finished. It was always a dream to fight at my beloved Manchester City and now those dreams are real.'

WBC/WBA champion David Haye stunningly stopped WBO champion Enzo Maccarinell in just two rounds last night at a packed O2 Arena in London.

Both men shared a rather even first round with Haye momentarily stunning Haye with a solid left hook but towards the end of the round the power was definitely with Hayes who started to throw his right hand, Round two started and the writing was on the wall for the WBO champ Enzo Maccarinelli who was caught flush with a great right hand that left him backing up against the ropes from which Haye followed up with a good combination that left Maccarinelli on the deck, Enzo did manage to make it to his feet which had given up on him and he unsteadily made it back to the corner for the count but the referee had seen enough and called a halt to proceedings.

WBC Heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev was stopped by "The Nigerian Nightmare" Samuel Peter last night the Plaza De Toros in Cancun.

The fight was supposed to happen a good few month before but Maskaev suffered a injury while training, Last night he may have wished he had put it off again as Peter grabbed his chance with both hands and stopped Maskaev in the sixth round. The best round came in the third round that saw both men rock each other but in round six sensing the end Peter upped his workrate and finished with a barrage of punches that left the referee with no choice but to stop the fight.

Nate Campbell is the new WBA/IBF and WBO champion after he succesfully defeated former champion Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz by Majority decision last night.

Campbell was a heavy underdog for the fight which many thought Diaz would have won but Campbell revelled in the underdog role outworking and out punching Diaz.

The first half of the fight was very even with both men trading shots but the turning point came after Diaz suffered a cut over his eye in round six and although Campbell suffered a point deduction in that same round it was not enough for the champion on the judges scorecards. the scores were 114-113 Diaz, 115-112, 116-111 Campbell.

John Ruiz took a unannimous decision over Jameel McCline.

Ray Beltran (22-3, 14 KOs) won the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight championship after he stopped Moises "Cucharas" Perez (6-5, 5 KOs) by TKO in the ninth round

Adrian "El Confesor" Hernandez (13-0, 11 KOs) took apart former two-time flyweight challenger Gilberto Keb Bass over four rounds

David "Nino" Rodriguez (27-0, 25 KOs) needed just 62 seconds to demolish Josh Gutcher

unbeaten super featherweight Kevin Mitchell (26-0, 19 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO victory over Carl Johanneson

Cruiserweight Rudolf Kraj beat Matt Godfrey by unanimous decision to earn the right to challenge for the WBC world title

Daisuke Naito kept his WBC title by split draw with ex-champ Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

Frank Warren yesterday branded David Haye unprofessional after the WBC/WBO champions no show at the pre fight press conference.

David Haye turned up to the press conference over an hour after it started claiming that he didnt agree to the time, Haye told press members "I'm here when I said I would be here," he said. "They moved the time forward and I never agreed to it. We told them [Warren's company, Sports Network] a week ago when we were prepared to do it. I trained at 2am this morning and wasn't in bed until 6.30am because I need my body to be right for the fight, which will begin at 2am. I have been training in Miami and I need to keep my body clock right for the fight. Many athletes will tell you that sleep is vital and they were trying to break up my sleep pattern."

Frank Warren then responded by saying that Haye was Paranoid "I'd have arranged for a boat to get him to the O2 on time but he'd be worried about submarines," said Warren. "He and his trainer think there is some sort of conspiracy theory going on, which is mad. This is not the 1940s. My name's Frank Warren, not Frank Carbo [a mafia figure who was once a dominant force in boxing]. This is supposed to be a head-to-head and it's a head. Enzo travelled down from Wales to be here on time. I'm paying David Haye a huge amount to fight and I would have thought he would have the courtesy to be here on time out of respect to the promotion and his opponent. His behaviour has been appalling."

Nigel Benn has warned Enzo Maccarinelli he will lose if he goes to war with David Haye in their Battle of Britain.

Maccarinelli's showdown with Haye on Saturday is the biggest all-British world title fight since Benn-Eubank II in front of 42,000 people at Old Trafford in 1993. The Dark Destroyer, who had been stopped in the first fight, drew the rematch with Eubank and claims Big Mac should learn from his mistakes.

Former WBC super-middleweight king Benn claims he boxed with his heart instead of his head and has told Maccarinelli to be patient.

"This really is a 50/50 fight," said Benn. "If the fight is over early then I'd have to go for Haye. But the longer the bout goes on, then I'd have to switch and say that I favour Maccarinelli.

"Mac is a good body puncher, he softens his opponent up with them.

"He will try to work the body for seven or eight rounds, trying to slow Haye down, but before he gets that far he could be taken out with a thunderous right.

"Haye has phenomenal punching power and if Mac decides to go toe-to-toe with him it will be a mistake on his part.

"He shouldn't let pride get in his way in that respect. I let pride get in my way a few times when I was boxing and that's why I had so many wars."

Maccarinelli's WBO cruiserweight crown and Haye's WBC and WBA belts are on the line and Benn feels the winner of their clash at London's O2 Arena could be destined for greatness.

"Both Haye and Macc have dynamite in both hands," said Benn from his home in Spain. "I can't wait for the first bell."

"I am not underestimating Marquez," Pacquiao said in a radio interview from Los Angeles yesterday.

"I know for a fact that Marquez is also training very hard for this very important fight."

On March 15, before an expected overflow crowd at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Pacquiao and Marquez square off not only for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight crown but for the universal recognition of being declared the finest 130-pounder and a pound-for-pound star as well.

The two had battled to a 12-round split draw almost four years ago and Pacquiao and Marquez are aching to prove who is far superior between them.

Pacquiao, 29, revealed that while he has undoubtedly trained like never before, he expects Marquez, 34, to be in top condition as well when they answer the bell for the showdown dubbed "Unfinished Business."

With less than two weeks before the fight, Pacquiao has gone full blast in his sparring and workout and he should taper off beginning late this week in time for his departure for Sin City on March 10.

Before heading to Las Vegas, Pacquiao and Marquez will grace a press conference for the southern California press in a hotel to be determined soon.

"The Beverly Hills won’t be available on that particular time (lunchtime) so they’re trying to look for another venue," Top Rank big boss Bob Arum said yesterday.

"Manny will be joined by Freddie and a few others on the private plane," Arum, who will be on the same flight, said.

Meanwhile, Arum bared that "for the first time in Pacquiao’s career," there’ll be closed circuit TV in at least two Vegas hotels.

"We won’t be selling tickets for the closed circuit until three days before the fight. There are less than a thousand (venue) tickets left and we expect a sellout," said the 76-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer..

Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli says there will be nowhere for David Haye to hide when they clash in London on Saturday night.

WBO champion Maccarinelli will face WBA/WBC strap holder Haye at the O2 Arena on Saturday night in an eagerly-anticipated cruiserweight clash.

There have been reports of 'The Hayemaker' changing gyms and hotels regularly whilst in the USA to avoid being spied on.

Haye has also refused to name where a press event on Tuesday will take place until the very last minute to avoid giving secrets away.

Maccarinelli has taken the opportunity to claim that Haye is running scared, but said there would be no place to hie inside the ring on Saturday.

"It sounds as if Haye is running scared - but there'll be no hiding place on Saturday night," said Maccarinelli.

"To be honest I don't need to spy on Haye because I know exactly how to beat him, and have done for ages.

"Don't get me wrong, he's a great champion and I've got a lot of respect for him, but there's only one winner in this fight and that's me."

In one of the greatest trilogies of modern times both Isreal Vasquez or Rafael Marquez didnt disappoint again as both men put on great displays in front of a packed arena in Carson, California.

At the end of the twelve rounds it was Isreal Vasquez who took the nod from the judges winning the contest by split decision which give him a 2-1 win throughout the three fights.

The fight Itself was everything to be expected with Marquez throwing the more punches but Vasquez landing bombs and in turn both men on the canvas.

The first knockdown was in round four with Marquez connecting with a barrage of punches that left Vasquez on the canvas, after the knockdown the fight went back and fourth with both men digging deep to show some great boxing, The second knockdown was the turning point which saw Vasquez up the ante and left Marquez this time on the canvas, I say the twelfth round was the turning point because the knockdown added with the deducted point Marquez received in round ten took the points on the judges scorecards.

The Scores at the end of the twelve rounds were 113-112, 114-111 Vazquez, 114-111 Marquez. Both men showed after the tactical display of Klitchko last week that this is why we love the sport of boxing so much and again it took two Mexican worrier's to show us this.

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Super lightweight Jorge Paez Jr only needed three rounds to stop Tomas Barragan

Antonio De Marco won an impressive eight round decision over Juan Carlos Martinez. the scores were 78-72, 79-73, 78-74.

In the first defence of his IBF super-middleweight title Lucian Bute was successful in stopping veteran former world champion William Joppy in the tenth round.

In front of a packed Bell Centre in Montreal the fans in attendance witnessed a very one sided fight that saw Joppy visit the canvas a total of three times, The final knockdown came in the tenth round where referee Marlon Wright had seen enough and called a halt to proceedings. With the win Bute moves to 22-0 with his 18th knockout while Joppy may just retire after what was seen as a gulf in class.

IBF featherweight champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero scored a spectacular eighth round knockout over Jason Litzau on Friday night at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, California.

Guerrero showed great patience as he figured Litzau out throughout the early rounds, In round eight Guerrero finally got to Litzau and dropped him to the canvas, Litzau gamely made it to his feet but the impressive finishing skills of Guerrero had Litzau on his back again but this time for the full count.

After the fight Guerrero announced that he would like to take on the winner of Vasquez v Marquez which could prove to be a very good match up whoever wins.

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Travis "Freight Train" Walker scored a second round TKO over T.J. "Top Dog" Wilson.