Edwin Valero committed a suicide

The ex-champion Edwin Valero killed his wife and committed suicide a few hours later in the jail.

The police said that Valero used his own clothes to hang himself in his cell. During the night the boxer had killed his wife Henifer Viera in a hotel room in Valencia,Venezuela. Valero had confessed the murder of his wife to the hotel employees.

Valero was arrested and few hours later committed suicide. The boxer from Venezuela had a lot of problems with the police because of using alcohol and drugs.

Valero will be remembered as a professional boxer from Venezuela with 27 fights, all of which were wins by KOs. His last fight was on 06.02.2010 in Mexico against Antonio Demarco. The fight was for the WBC lightweight title and Valero won after Demarco`s corner retirement in round 9 .

Klitschko defended his WBC title

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) scored a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Kevin Johnson (22-1-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. Vitali pressed the action and threw most of the power punches, but had trouble catching the crafty Johnson cleanly. Johnson was essentially a one-armed fighter as he relied almost exclusively on his jab. Klitschko became more dominant as the bout progressed, with the late rounds going all Vitali’s way. Scores were 120-108, 120-108, 119-109. Johnson became only the second fighter to go the full twelve with Vitali, the other being Timo Hoffmann.
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Unbeaten heavyweight Alexander Ustinov moved to 19-0 with 15 KOs after a twelve round unanimous decision over Monte Barrett (34-9, 20 KOs).
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Heavyweight Johnathon Banks (23-1, 16 KOs) stopped Marcel Zeller (22-6, 21 KOs) in the first round. Banks is now 3-0 snce moving up to heavyweight.

Source: fightnews.com

David Haye is the new WBA heavyweight champion

Britain’s best David “The Hayemaker” Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) made a history by becoming only the second ever cruiserweight champion to capture a world title in the most prestigious weight class on Saturday night at the Versischerung Arena in Nuremberg, Germany. Haye outpointed WBA heavyweight titleholder Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) in a close and, in some corners, controversial fashion with the scores 114-114, 116-112 and 116-112. WBA #4 Haye followed the path of the legendary Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield, who was, ironically, defeated by Nikolay in his last bout.

Haye started the fight cautiously, circling around much heavier Valuev without throwing any punches. Nikolay tried to set up his jab but failed to do so in the first couple of rounds. Valuev threw almost no power punches to give the Brit a taste of his power. Meanwhile, Haye found some success with his single attack in the round. The second stanza followed in the same pattern but the challenger was just a bit more successful, tagging the champion with the hard right hand at the end of the round; however, neither fighter engaged in heated action but preferred to box cautiously with Valuev’s activity being fairly ineffective. Round three was a better one for the Hayemaker, who scored thrice at least with long left hooks and a straight right hand that found Valuev’s chin while the champion failed to connect to Haye’s chest, which should have been a smart move to accomplish.

The fourth round saw a major change in the contest, as the champion has finally found his rhythm and started to connect to the Brit’s head and body more often. On the other hand, David Haye has lost a bit of his energy and it seemed he was experiencing some problems with stamina. Rounds five through seven were also in Nikolay’s favor as he was able to find David’s head on his way out on several occasions. Haye was too inactive and unwilling to trade punches with the champion to give him any problems but utilized his lateral movement to disappear from the coming onslaught. Valuev, however, was unable to rock or at least cleanly connect to his foe.

Haye caught a second win as the second half of the match up progressed. Round eight was pretty even, as he came back to his usual in-and-out tactics, scoring sometimes with a single left while preventing the slower champion from dealing him any punishment. Valuev became more and more fatigued and it resulted in a number of misses on his behalf in rounds nine and ten. Oppositely, Haye’s confidence and speed gave him the edge down the stretch. Round eleven was a close one in Nikolay’s favor.

The decisive final round started with champion’s aggression but Haye took his time to frustrate the champion and the suddenly connected with a hard left-right combination, which wobbled the Russian fighter for the first time in his career. Valuev was taken to the ropes on shaky legs but except for a short follow-up the British fighter chose not to risk it against the gigantic champion.

At the conclusion of twelve fairly uneventful rounds, judge Juan Manuel Garcia Reyes of Spain scored it a draw 114-114, while Tom Miller (USA) and Stefano Carozza (Italy) both had it 116-112 for the challenger and “the new WBA champion of the world” David Haye. Referee was Luis Pabon of Puerto Rico. Fightnews press row was divided in its opinion, almost resembling the official scoresheet: 112-116 (twice) for Haye and 114-113 for Valuev. All in all, a major shake-up in the heavyweight division and a banner victory for the brash Brit.

“His speed was too much for me”, said disappointed but still classy Niko during a post-fight shortie. “I don’t think it was a one-sided loss for me but it clearly wasn’t the best day in my life”.

“I did it exactly what I had predicted”, exclaimed the flamboyant champion. “I proved myself to be the best heavyweight in the world. Valuev was a tough fighter to overcome but I’ve done it at the end of the day”.

On the same event Kubrat Pulev won agains the Nigerian Gbenga Oloukun.

Source : fightnews.com

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Mayweather won easily against Marquez

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