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2003 Boxing Results
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WBA International Heavyweight Title
December 20, 2003 Germany
WBA International Heavyweight Title Bout Wladimir Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO's) retained his title with fourth round TKO over Danell Nicholson (42-5, 32 KO's)
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WBA Super Bantamweight Title
December 16, 2003 France
WBA Super Bantamweight Title Bout Mahyar Monshipour (24-2-2, 15 KO's) wins by seventh round TKO over Jairo Tagliaferro (10-1, 8 KO's) - Tagliaferro did not answer the bell for the eight round - Monshipour retains title
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Showtime Championship Boxing Results
December 13, 2003 Manchester, England
WBU Jr. Welterweight Title Bout Ricky "Hitman" Hatton (34-0, 25 KO's) wins by 12 round unanimous decision (118-110, 120-109,
120-109) over Ben "Wonder" Tackie (24-5, 15 KO's) - Hatton
retains title Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy (16-0, 13 KO's) wins by eighth round TKO over Donnell "Cadillac" Wiggins (20-3-2, 11 KO's)
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HBO Undisputed PPV Results
December 13, 2003 Atlantic City, New Jersey
12 Round WBA Heavyweight Title Bout John Ruiz (39-5-1, 27 KO's) wins by unanimous decision (118-110, 115-114, 116-112) over Hasim Rahman (35-5, 29 KO's) - Ruiz wins interim WBA heavyweight title
12 Round Unification Middleweight Title Bout Bernard Hopkins (43-2-1, 31 KO's) wins by unanimous decision (119-109, 118-109, 119-108) over William Joppy (34-3-1, 25 KO's) - Hopkins retains his WBC and IBF titles and wins the WBA title
12 Round Unification Welterweight Title Bout Cory Spinks (32-2, 10 KO's) wins by 12 round majority decision (114-112, 117-110, 114-114) over Ricardo Mayorga (26-4-1, 23 KO's) - Spinks wins WBA and WBC title and retains his IBF title - Mayorga was penalized one point in the fifth and one point in the 11th
12 Round WBO Jr. Welterweight Title Bout Zab Judah (30-1, 22 KO's) wins by first round knock out over Jaime Rangel (29-5-1, 25 KO's) - Judah retains title
12 Round WBC Cruiserweight Title Bout Wayne Braithwaite (20-0, 17 KO's) wins by first round knock out over Luis Andres Pineda (17-4, 15 KO's) - Braithwaite retains title
12 Round WBA Jr. Middleweight Title Bout Travis Simms (23-0, 18 KO's) wins by fifth round knock out over Alejandro Garcia (27-1, 27 KO's) - Simms becomes new WBA Jr. middleweight champion
12 Round IBF Jr. Bantamweight Title Bout Luis Perez (22-1, 14 KO's) retains his title with a unanimous decision win (119-109, 117-111, 115-113) over Felix Machado (23-5-1, 12 KO's)
12 Round Unification Jr. Flyweight Title Bout WBA Champ Rosendo Alvarez (32-2-2, 20 KO's) and IBF Champ Jose Victor Burgos (35-13-3, 20 KO's) fought to a draw
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"Ferocious" on the Comeback
December 12, 2003 Casino Del Sol Tucson, Arizona
10 Round Middleweight Bout "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas (24-2, 22 KO's) wins by seventh round TKO over Tony Marshall (36-12-6, 12 KO's)
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HBO World Championship Boxing Results Klitschko vs. Johnson
December 6, 2003 Madison
Square Garden
Heavyweight Bout - 10 Rds Joe Mesi (28-0, 25 KO's) wins by majority decision (94-94, 94-93, 95-93) over Monte Barrett (29-3, 16 KO's)
Heavyweight Bout - 12 Rds Vitali Klitschko (33-2, 32 KO's) wins by TKO at 2:54 of the second round over Kirk Johnson (34-2-1, 25 KO's)
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WBO Featherweight Title
November 29, 2003 Scotland
WBO
Featherweight Title Bout regains title after losing it to Medina back in July via split decision.
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Showtime Championship Boxing Results
November 22, 2003 Houston, Texas
Lightweight
Bout (34-5-2, 20 KO's)
Jr.
Welterweight Bout 118-109) over Juan Carlos Rubio (30-7-2, 12 KO's)
Featherweight Bout - Main Event Rocky Juarez (19-0, 14 KO's) wins by 12 round unanimous decision (115-113, 117-111, 118-110) over Hector Velazquez (37-10-1, 27 KO's) - closer fight then scores indicated
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HBO Boxing PPV: Fiesta De La Hoya The Night of the Aztec Warriors Results
November 22, 2003 Grand
Olympic Auditorium HBO Pay-Per-View
Lightweight
Bout Lara (3-1, 3 KO's)
IBA Super Flyweight Title Bout / WBC Super Flyweight Title Eliminator Jose Navarro (19-0, 7 KO's) wins by 12 round unanimous decision (120-108, 116-112, 117-111) over Reynaldo Hurtado (36-5-1, 27 KO's) - Navarro wins title
IBF Lightweight Title Bout (vacant) Javier Jauregui (47-10-2) wins by TKO (ref stoppage) at :06 of the 11th round over Leavander Johnson (32-4-2, 25 KO's) - Jaurequi wins title
WBC Super Bantamweight Title Bout Oscar Larios (50-3-1, 35 KO's) wins by TKO at 2:26 of the 10th round over Napapol Kiatisakchokchai (22-2, 18 KO's) - Larios retains title
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HBO World Championship Boxing Barrera vs. Pacquiao
November 15, 2003 Alamodome
Jr.
Welterweight Bout
Flyweight
Bout
Bantamweight Bout Julio Zarate (20-2-1, 13 KO's) wins by 10 round unanimous decision over Oscar Andrade (31-23-1, 18 KO's)
Super
Featherweight Bout
Middleweight Bout Miguel Martin (16-0, 6 KO's) wins a six round unanimous decision (60-53, 58-55, 58-55) over Sebastian Hill (8-6, 6 KO's)
Jr.
Welterweight Bout
Featherweight Bout Manny Pacquiao (38-2-1, 30 KO's) wins by TKO (corner stoppage) at 2:56 of the 11th round over Marco Antonio Barrera (57-4, 40 KO's)
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Boxing Results November 14, 2003
Texas - Featherweight Bout: former WBA bantamweight champion Paulie Ayala (35-2, 12 KO's) won a 10 round unanimous decision over Edel Ruiz (22-11-3, 13 KO's)
New York - Heavyweight Bout: Andrew (the nut crusher) Golota (38-4, 31 KO's) fought his second bout in three years and came away with his second victory with a sixth round TKO win over Terrence Lewis (31-14-1, 21 KO's) - Golota was warned for low blows during the fight
France - Flyweight Bout: Omar Narvaez (15-0-2, 9 KO's) retains his WBO flyweight title with a 10th round TKO of Alexander Mahmutov (42-7, 21 KO's)
Thailand - Flyweight Bout: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (49-2, 27 KO's) retains his WBC flyweight title with a 12 round unanimous decision win over Hussein Hussein (23-1, 17 KO's)
November 15, 2003
Korea - Jr. Flyweight Bout: Bebis Mendoza (30-2, 24 KO's) wins the interim WBA Jr. flyweight title with a 12 round unanimous decision win over Yo-Sam Choi (26-3, 15 KO's)
References: Fox Sports, Boxing Archives, WBA, WBC, WBO, Spanish TV Channel 22
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HBO PPV Results Jones vs. Tarver
November 8, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
10 RD Middleweight Bout Jermain Taylor (18-0, 13 KO's) wins by TKO (corner stops fight) at 1:42 of the seventh round over Rogelio Martinez (13-5-1, 5 KO's)
IBF Jr. Middleweight Title Bout - 12 Rds. Ronald "Winky" Wright (46-3, 25 KO's) wins by unanimous decision (119-109, 118-110, 117-111) over Angel Hernandez (26-5, 16 KO's) and retains his IBF title
WBC / IBF Light Heavyweight Title Bout - 12 Rds. Roy Jones Jr. (49-1, 38 KO's) wins by majority decision (114-114, 117-111, 116-112) over Antonio Tarver (21-2, 17 KO's) and regains his WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles - crowd booing (yelling bullshit)
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HBO Boxing Results
November 1, 2003 Grand Rapids, MI
WBA / IBF Featherweight Unification Title Bout - 12 Rds Juan Manuel Marquez (42-2, 33 KO's) wins a seventh round decision (70-63, 69-64, 70-63) due to an accidental head butt over Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (39-6, 24 KO's) - Marquez becomes new WBA featherweight champ and retains his IBF featherweight title - Gainer could not continue after the head butt but looked like he didn't want to fight throughout the bout (perhaps his previous injury was not properly healed?)
The HBO crew interviewed Roy Jones Jr. after the Marquez / Gainer bout and basically he said he's ready to whoop anyone's ass who wants a piece of him. Jones. Jr. gave a pretty funny interview.
WBC Lightweight Title Bout - 12 Rds Floyd Mayweather Jr. (31-0, 21 KO's) wins by TKO at 1:50 of the seventh round over Phillip N'Dou (31-2, 30 KO's) - N'Dou's corner was ready to throw in the towel after he went down but N'Dou was gesturing not to but the ref stepped in and stopped the bout anyway - Mayweather retains title - Very Good Fight
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Boxeo
De Oro Results Houston, TX
Middleweight Bout - 10 Rounds Raul Marquez (35-2, 24 KO's, 1 NC) wins by fourth round knock out over Humberto Aranda (28-12, 17 KO's)
12
Round IBF Super Bantamweight Elimination Bout
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Boxing Title Results
October 18, 2003
Hamburg, Germany WBO Light Heavyweight Title Bout Julio Cesar Gonzalez (35-1, 22 KO's) wins a 12 round split decision (116-112, 116-112, 113-115) over Dariusz Michalczewski (48-1, 38 KO's) - Gonzalez becomes new champion
Manchester, England WBC Featherweight Title Bout (vacant) In-Jin Chi (27-2-1, 16 KO's) and Michael Brodie (35-1-1, 22 KO's) fought to a controversial draw - Apparently, it was determined that a scoring error had occurred and a point was deducted from Brodie in the early rounds when it shouldn't have - Chi was declared the winner but the bout was shortly thereafter declared a draw after the error was detected
WBF Welterweight Title James Hare (28-0-1, 15 KO's) wins by 10th round TKO over Jozsef Matolcsi (17-4, 12 KO's)
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Butterbean vs. Dan Severn Boxing Result
October 10, 2003 Lakeside Casino Resort Osceola, Iowa
TheFightGame.tv would like to send a big Thank You to Ron M. from InsideFighting.com for sending us the results.
It looks like Dan "the Beast" Severn was able to last two rounds with Butterbean before getting frustrated in the third which lead to him being disqualified. Looks like this was the weekend for DQ's (check K-1 results for Oct. 11, 2003).
Heavyweight Bout Eric "Butterbean" Esch wins by disqualification in the third round over Dan Severn
Super
Featherweight Bout
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Morales vs. Espadas Results
October 4, 2003 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA HBO PPV
IBF Bantamweight Championship Title Bout - 12 Rounds Rafael Marquez (30-3, 27 KO's) wins a unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110, 117-111) over IBA Champ Muaricio Pastrana (30-4-1, 19 KO's) - Marquez retains IBF title
WBC Super Featherweight Elliminator Bout - 12 Rounds Erik Morales (45-1, 34 KO's) wins at 2:58 of the third round by knock out over Guty Espadas (37-6, 23 KO's)
Super Welterweight Bout - 4 Rounds Jesus Gonzales (2-0, 2 KO) wins by knock out at :26 of the first round over Josh Peters (1-2, 0 KO)
IBF Jr. Lightweight Championship Title Bout - 12 Rounds Carlos Hernandez ( 40-3-1, 24 KO's) wins by technical 10 round unanimous decision due to accidental head butt (97-93, 97-94, 98-92) over Steve Forbes (23-2, 6 KO's) - Hernandez retains his title
IBF Light Flyweight Championship Title Bout - 12 Rounds Daniel Reyes (33-1-1, 28 KO's) wins by sixth round TKO over Edgar Cardenas (30-11-2, 16 KO's) - Reyes becomes new IBF Light Flyweight Champ
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Holyfield vs. Toney Results
October 4, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada Showtime PPV
12 Round WBO Bantamweight Title Bout Cruz Carbajal (24-11-1, 20 KO's) wins by eight round TKO (left to the body) over Gerardo Espinoza (25-5, 23 KO's)
12 Round Jr. Lightweight IBF Title Eliminator Bout/ IBA Championship - Joel Casamayor (30-1, 19 KO's) wins by sixth round TKO (doctor stoppage from cut) over Diego Corrales (37-2, 31 KO's)
12 Round Heavyweight Bout James "Lights Out" Toney (67-4-2, 43 KO's ) wins at 1:42 of the ninth round by TKO (corner throws in the towel) over Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (38-7-2, 25 KO's)
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WBA Super flyweight Title Bout Results
October 4, 2003 Tokyo, Japan
WBA Super flyweight Title Bout Alexander Munoz (24-0, 23 KO's) wins a unanimous 12 round decision (116-112, 118-110, 119-109) over Hidenobu Honda and retains his title
WBA Interim Bantamweight Title Bout Hideki Todaka wins by split decision (116-114, 115-113, 113-115) over Leo Gamez - second fight between the two - Gamez won the first by seventh round knock out
WBC Bantanweight Title Bout Veeraphol Sahaprom and Toshiaki Nishioka fought to a draw (116-112 V, 113-114 N, 115-115) - Sahaprom retains title - Third fight between the two - Sahaprom won first by unanimous decision and the second fight ended in a draw.
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SHOBOX on Showtime Results
October 3, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
Fight 1 - Heavyweight Bout Jameel "Big Time" McCline (30-3-3, 18 KO's) wins by 10th round TKO over Cedric "The Boss" Boswell (21-1, 16 KO's) Fight 2 - Middleweight Bout Daniel Edouard (14-0, 7 KO's) wins a majority decision (96-94, 96-94, 95-95) over Miguel Espino (9-1-1, 3 KO's)
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HBO Results HBO Boxing After Dark
Saturday September 27, 2003 Buffalo, New York
10 Round Heavyweight Bout Joe Mesi (27-0, 25 KO's) wins by knock out at 1:37 of the first round over DaVarryl Williamson (18-2, 16 KO's)
10 Round Heavyweight Bout Juan Carlos Gomez (37-0, 31 KO's) wins a 10 round unanimous decision (98-91, 99-90, 97-92) over Sinan Samil Sam (18-1, 11 KO's)
10 Round Heavyweight Bout Dominick Guinn (23-0, 17 KO's) wins a 10 round unanimous decision (97-93, 98-92, 97-93) over Duncan Dokiwari (22-2, 19 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Result
Uncasville, Connecticut September 20, 2003
IBF Heavyweight Championship Bout - 12 Rounds Chris "Rapid Fire" Byrd (37-2, 20 KO's) retains his title with a unanimous decision win (115-113, 116-112, 117-111) over Fres Oquendo (24-2, 15 KO's) - Yet another controversial decision - crowd was yelling BS - HBO announcer George Foreman was upset stating fighters need to speak up about bad decisions.
WBA Super Welterweight Title Bout - 12 Rounds Alejandro Garcia (27-0, 26 KO's) retains his title with a 10th round TKO over Rhoshii Wells (17-1-2, 10 KO's)
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Boxing: De La Hoya vs. Mosley Results
Fight 1 - 12 Round WBC Lightweight Bout Eliminator WBC # 1 Juan Lazcano (33-2-1, 25 KO's) wins by TKO at 2:18 of the 11th round over WBC # 2 Stevie Johnston (35-3-1, 17 KO's)
Lazcano was penalized two points for low blows (one point for each low blow) on Johnston during the bout. Johnston down in first, 10th and 11th - Lazcano down in second round.
Fight 2 - 12 Round WBA Super Lightweight Bout Eliminator WBA # 9 Miguel Angel Cotto (17-0, 14 KO’s) wins by TKO at 2:28 of the seventh round over WBA # 13 Demetrio Ceballos (26-5, 17 KO's) - Cotto now ranked # 1 by WBA
Fight 3 - 12 Round Super Welterweight Title Bout Shane Mosley (39-2, 35 KO's) wins by unanimous decision (115-113, 115-113, 115-113) over Oscar De La Hoya (36-3, 29 KO's) and becomes new champion
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WBA / WBC Title Fights
September 7, 2003 Nagoya, Japan 12 Round WBC Super Bantamweight Title Bout Oscar Larios (49-3-1, 34 KO's) wins by second round TKO over Kozo Ishii (31-4, 21 KO's) to retain his title
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September 6, 2003 Erfurt, Germany 12 Round WBA/IBF Super Middleweight Title Bout Sven Ottke (32-0, 6 KO's) retains his WBA and IBF titles with a majority decision win (115-115, 115-113, 115-113) over Mads Larsen (44-2, 37 KO's) - BORING
Kiev, Ukraine Heavyweight Bout Oleg "The Big O" Maskaev (25-5, 20 KO's) wins by ninth round TKO over Sedrick Fields (19-21-1, 13 KO's)
12 Round Vacant IBF Intercontinental Super Middleweight Title Denis Inkin (15-0, 12 KO's) wins by seventh round TKO over Jose Hilton Santos (10-4-1, 7 KO's)
12 Round IBF Interim Intercontinental Title Bout Wladimir Virchis (14-0, 12 KO's) wins a unanimous decision over Julius Francis (23-13-1, 12 KO's)
Szeged, Hungary 12 Round WBO Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title Bout Zsolt Erdei (17-0, 12 KO's) wins a 12 round unanimous decision (118-111, 117-111, 117-111) to retain his title over Juan Nelongo Perez (15-5-1, 5 KO's)
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WBA Super Middleweight Title
September 3, 2003 Sydney, Australia
Anthony Mundine (19-1, 14 KO's) wins the vacant WBA Super Middleweight Title over Antwun Echols (29-5-1, 26 KO's) by unanimous decision (117-112, 117-112, 115-114)
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August 30, 2003
Munchen, Germany
Heavyweight contender Wladimir Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO's), the younger brother of Vitali Klitschko (32-2, 31 KO's), beat Fabio Eduardo Moli (29-3, 17 KO's) by first round knock for the vacant WBA International heavyweight title.
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ALI - She Bee Stingin'
August 23, 2003 Biloxi, Missouri
IBA Super Middleweight Title Bout Laila Ali (16-0, 13 KO's) wins by fourth round KO over Christy Martin (45-3-2, 30 KO's)
Martin was giving up at least 6" in height and about 20 lbs. in weight in this fight. Martin went up two weight classes to face Ali. Martin never hurt Ali who just hammered away at Martin until she succumbed in the fourth round. Now let's see if she'll face Lucia Rijker.
Hollywood, Florida: Heavyweight Bout Michael Moorer (45-3-1, 35 KO's) wins by first round KO over Rogerio Lobo (31-8, 26 KO's)
Heavyweight Bout Ray Mercer (31-5-1, 23 KO's) wins by third round KO over Mario Cawley (22-10, 16 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday, August 16, 2003
WBO Jr. Super Flyweight Title Bout Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson (42-3, 27 KO's) wins the WBO title with a 12 round majority decision win (114-114, 115-112, 117-110) over Fernando Montiel (26-1-1, 20 KO's)
Featherweight Bout IBF Featherweight Champ Juan Manuel Marquez (41-2, 332 KO's) wins by TKO in the ninth round over Marcos Licona (20-4-1, 7 KO's)
Marquez was a late substitute for WBA Featherweight Champion Derrick "Smoke" Gainer who injured a pectoral muscle
- Markus "Boom Boom" Beyer (28-1, 11 KO's) retains his WBC Super middleweight title with a disqualification (head butt) win over Danny Green (16-1, 16 KO's) in the fifth round.
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Showtime Boxing Results
Saturday, August 9, 2003
Super Featherweight Title Bout Acelino Freitas (34-0, 31 KO's) retains his WBO/WBA titles with a TKO at 50 seconds of the 12th round over Jorge Barrios (39-2-1, 29 KO's) - some felt it was a premature stoppage - Both fighters went down twice during the fight - scorecards at end of stoppage (106-104 Barrios, 106-103 Freitas, 105-105)
Undercard: Welterweight Bout Teddy
Reid (26-5-1,
16 KO's) wins by 4th round TKO over Elio Ortiz (24-6, 18 KO's) Jr. Welterweight Bout Francisco Bojado (13-1, 11 KO's) wins a 10 round unanimous decision (98-91, 99-90, 99-90) over Lemuel Nelson (25-7-1, 13 KO's)
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SHOBOX Results
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Fight 1 - Welterweight Bout Ishe Smith (13-0, 7 KO's) wins a unanimous 10 round decision (98-92, 97-92, 97-93) over David Estrada (15-1,
7 KO's) Fight 2 - Lightweight Bout Koba Gogoladze (10-0, 5 KO's) wins by knock out in the fourth round over Miguel Angel Torrecillas (13-4, 6 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday, July 26, 2003 Los Angeles, CA
Jr. Middleweight Bout Fernando Vargas (23-2, 21 KO's) wins at 2:36 of the sixth round by TKO (ref stoppage due to punches) over Fitz Vanderpool (24-5, 13 KO's)
12 round Super Bantamweight title bout Manny Pacquiao (37-2-1, 29 KO's) retains his IBF title with a third round TKO over Emanuel Lucero (21-1-1, 12 KO's)
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HBO BOXING
Saturday, July 26, 2003 Los Angeles, CA
Jr. Middleweight Bout Fernando Vargas (22-2, 20 KO's) vs. Fitz Vanderpool (24-4, 13 KO's)
This is Vargas' first fight back since his loss to Oscar De La Hoya back in September of 2002. He served a nine-month suspension and paid $100,000 for testing positive for steroids after the De La Hoya fight. He has a new trainer, former light welterweight / welterweight champion Buddy McGirt and is looking to make a fresh start. Vanderpool is riding a three fight win streak.
Undercard: 12 round Super Bantamweight title bout IBF Champion Manny Pacquiao (36-2-1, 28 KO's) will take on # 10 contender Emanuel Lucero (21-0-1, 12 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday July 12, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
12 Round WBA Super Welterweight Title Bout Vivian Harris (23-1-1, 16 KOs) retains his title with a unanimous decision win (117-110, 116-111, 116-111) over Souleymane “The Sensation” M’Baye (27-1, 18 KOs)
12 Round WBO Jr. Welterweight Title Bout Zab "Super" Judah (29-1, 21 KO's) wins a split decision (112-115, 115-112, 115-112) over DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley (28-2-1, 16 KO's) to win the WBO Jr. Welterweight title
12 Round WBA/WBC Welterweight Title Bout Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (25-3-1, 22 KO's) retains his titles with a majority decision win (114-114, 115-114, 116-112) over Vernon "The Viper" Forrest (35-2, 26 KO's)
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Saturday, June 28, 2003
WBO Super Middleweight Title Bout Champion Joe Calzaghe (36-0, 29 KO's) retains his title with a second round TKO (ref stoppage due to punches) over former two-time WBA super middleweight champ Byron Mitchell (25-3-1, 18 KO's).
WBA Flyweight Title Bout Eric Morel (33-0, 18 KO's) retains his championship with a 12 round unanimous decision win (115-111, 115-111, 116-110) over Isidro Garcia (22-3-2, 7 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday June 21, 2003 Los Angeles, CA
WBC Heavyweight Title Bout Lennox Lewis (41-2-1, 32 KO's) retains his title (with a bit of luck) with a win over Vitali Klitschko (32-2, 31 KO's) when the doctor stopped the fight after the sixth round because of a cuts around the left eye of Klitschko
Super Middleweight Bout Laila Ali (15-0, 12 KO's) wins by TKO (ref stoppage due to punches) over Valerie Mahfood (13-6, 7 KO's) at 1:17 of the sixth round
Super Featherweight/ Lightweight Bout Phillip N'Dou (31-1, 30 KO's) wins by TKO over Yoni Vargas (24-5, 12 KO's) after the corner of Vargas stopped the fight after the fourth round
Bantamweight / Featherweight Bout William Abelyan (23-4-1, 12 KO's) wins by KO in the third round over Alejandro Estrada (26-3-3, 19 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
June 7, 2003 Atlantic City, New Jersey
10 Round Jr. Welterweight Bout Arturo Gatti (36-6, 28 KO's) wins a unanimous decision (96-93, 96-93, 97-92) over Micky Ward (38-13, 27 KO's) to win the rubber match. Gatti suffered a broken right hand during the fight and fought about six rounds one handed. Ward possibly broke his right hand during the fight.
10 Round Heavyweight Bout Dominick Guinn (22-0, 17 KO's) wins by TKO in the seventh round over Michael Grant (38-3, 29 KO's)
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday May 3, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
Fight 1 - WBC Light Flyweight Title Bout Jorge Arce (34-3-1, 25 KO’s) retains his title with a unanimous technical decision win (59-55, 58-56, 59-55) over Melchor Cob Castro (67-9-4, 31 KO’s) - Doctor stoppage after six rounds due to eyebrow cut on Arce from accidental head butt
Fight 2 - WBC Featherweight Title Bout Erik "El Terrible" Morales (43-1, 32 KO's) retains his title with a lop sided victory over Fernando "Bobby Boy" Velardez (24-5-1, 6 KO's) - ref stopped the bout at 1:02 of round five after the fourth knock down of the fight
Fight 3 - WBC Super Welterweight Title Bout Oscar De La Hoya (36-2, 28 KO's) retains his title with a win over Luis "Yory Boy" Campas (80-6, 68 KO's) - The corner of Campas threw in the towel at 2:54 of the seventh round
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HBO Boxing Results
Saturday April 19, 2003 Fresno, CA
12 Round Lightweight Title Fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (30-0, 20 KO's) retains his WBC title with a unanimous decision win over Victoriano Sosa (35-3-2, 26 KO's)
10 Round Junior Welterweight Fight Miguel Cotto (15-0, 12 KO's) wins by fourth round knock out over Joel Perez (34-6-2, 20 KO's)
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Saturday, April 11, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
Fight 1 - 10 Round Bout (Non-Title) WBO Bantamweight Champion Cruz Carbajal (23-11-1, 9 KO’s) wins by TKO (ref stoppage before bell rang for third round) over Steve Dotse (22-6-2, 16 KO’s)
Fight 2 - WBA Featherweight Title Bout Derrick “Smoke” Gainer (39-5, 24 KO’s) retains his title with a split decision win (114-112, 117-110 112-114) over Oscar Leon (23-3, 16 KO’s)
Fight 3 - 12 Round Featherweight Bout Marco Antonio Barrera (57-3, 40 KO’s) wins a lop-sided victory over Kevin Kelley (54-6-2, 36 KO’s) by TKO at 1:32 of the fourth round (Ref stoppage due to punches). Kelley couldn't handle the power of Barrera (especially the body shots) that put him down in the first and the fourth round (twice).
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Saturday, March 22, 2003
12 Round Featherweight Title Bout In Scotland - Scott Harrison (19-1-1, 9 KO's) retains his WBO Featherweight Championship with a win by unanimous decision (120-108, 119-109, 119-108) over former WBC Bantamweight Champion Wayne McCullough (26-4, 17 KO's)
12 Round Welterweight Title Bout In Italy - Cory Spinks (31-2, 10 KO's), the son of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks , won the IBF Welterweight Title with a win by unanimous decision (117-112, 117-111, 115-113) over Michele Piccirillo (37-2, 23 KO's)
12 Round Mini-Flyweight Title Bout In Las Vegas - Miguel Barrera (20-0-2, 12 KO's) wins by KO over Roberto Leyva (21-2-1, 18 KO's) at 1:07 of the third round to retain his IBF Mini-Flyweight Title
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HBO Boxing Result
Saturday, March 8, 2003 Hanover, Germany
12 Round Heavyweight Title Bout Corrie Sanders (39-2, 29 KO's) wins by TKO (ref stoppage) over Wladimir Klitschko (40-2, 37 KO's) in 27 seconds of the second round to capture the WBO Heavyweight Title.
Klitschko was unable to defend his title for the sixth time.
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HBO PPV Results
Saturday, March 1, 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada
12 Round WBA Heavyweight Title Bout Roy Jones Jr. (48-1, 38 KO’s) wins by unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 118-110) over John Ruiz (37-5-1, 27 KO’s) - Jones Jr. becomes new WBA heavyweight champion
12 Round IBF Heavyweight Elim. Bout Fres Oquendo (30-1, 15 KO’s) wins by KO over Maurice Harris (19-13-2, 10 KO’s) in 2:12 of 10th round
12 Round IBF Jr. Middleweight Championship Bout Ronald “Winky” Wright (45-3, 25 KO’s) retains his title with a win over Juan Candelo (25-5-3, 17 KO’s) by unanimous decision (117-111, 117-111, 118-110)
4 Round Bout Vonda Ward wins over Marta Salazar by split decision (37-39, 39-37, 39-37)
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HBO After Dark
Saturday February 15, 2003
12 Round IBF Bantamweight Title Bout Rafael
Marquez (29-3, 27
KOs) wins the title by TKO (ref Stoppage due to punches) in round eight over
former champion Tim Austin (25-1-1, 22 KOs)
Juan Valenzuela (16-6, 6 KOs) wins by decision over Olympic silver medallist Ricardo Williams, Jr. (8-1, 5 KOs).
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Boxing Upset
Pechanga Resort & Casino Saturday January 25, 2003
WBA champion Ricardo Mayorga (25-3-1, 23 KOs) wins by TKO (Ref Stoppage) over WBC champion Vernon Forrest (35-1, 26 KOs) in 2.06 of the third round.
The 2002 Fighter of the year, Vernon Forrest, has a rematch clause in his contract which he will probably ask for since this was the first fight in a six fight deal with HBO. Forrest is best remembered for his two victories over "Sugar" Shane Mosley
10 Round lightweight Bout Joel Casamayor (29-1-0, 18 KOs) win a unanimous decision over Nate Campbell (23-1-0, 21 KOs)
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Showtime Welterweight Title Fight Result
January 18, 2003 Melbourne, Australia
12 Round Championship Bout Undisputed Champion Kostya Tszyu (30-1-1, 24 KOs) wins by TKO over Jessie "James" Leija (43-6-2, 1 NC, 17 KOs) when Leija could not answer the bell in the 7th round due to an injury to the ear.
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