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WBC First Quarter Recap (Upcoming Title Bouts)
Full Of Spectacularity And Big Fights, The World Boxing Council Is Going Through A Great Moment.
January - 3rd / Tokyo, Japan (Ariake Coliseum) Katsushige Kawashima Defeats Jose Navarro By DEC12 A great fight between champion Katsushige Kawashima (Japan) and official challenger Jose Navarro (USA), where Kawashima retained his crown in a fight so close that a direct rematch had to be ordered. The Tokyo
arena was fully packed. Floyd Mayweather Defeats Henry Bruseles By TKO7
In this elimination, double
champion Floyd Mayweather (USA) defeated Henry Bruseles (P. Rico) by TKO7. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Wins By TKO5 over Noriyuki Komatsu Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand) defeated Noriyuki Komatsu (Japan) by TKO5. This was the
Thai champion’s eleventh
successful defense of the title he won in 2001. Arturo Gatti Defeats Jesse James Leija By KO5 Arturo Gatti (CANADA) defeated ex world champion James Leija by KO5 in a very exciting fight held at the Atlantic City Arena.
- 30th / Seoul (Grand Hilton Hotel) Injin Chi Wins By UD12 over Tommy Browne Injin Chi (Korea) made the second successful defense of his title by defeating Youth WBC champion Tommy Browne (Australia) by UD12 in a very close bout where the champion had to resort to all his talent
and skills to overpower his also
skilled challenger. - 5th / St. Louis, Missouri (Sawis Center) Zab Judah Defeated Cory Spinks By TKO9 In a bout held in a roofed stadium, Zab Judah defeated Cory Spinks in his hometown St. Louis, Misouri, and Monte Barret scored a KO over Owen Beck in a dramatic bout witnessed by a huge crowd.
- 10th / Los Angeles, CA. (Staples
Center) held at a fully packed stadium.
- 19th / Los Angeles, CA. (Staples Center) Bernard Hopkins Wins By UD over Howard Eastman Bernard Hopkins made his 20th title defense setting an all-time record and defeating his official challenger Howard Eastman (Great Britain). In the same evening Junior Witter (Great Britain) defeated Lovemore N’dou (South Africa) in an elimination of the superlight division.
March - 5th / Las Vegas, Nevada (Mandalay Bay Resort) Jose Luis Castillo Wins By TKO10 over Julio Cesar Diaz Jose Luis Castillo defended his title against ex champion Julio Cesar Diaz in the champion’s first bout in Las Vegas this year.
- 11th / Mexico City (“Plaza de Toros” /Rest. Arroyo) Eric Ortiz Wins the Title By Defeating Jose A. Aguirre By TKO7 The vacant light fly title was disputed at the new arena of Restaurant Arroyo. The bout where Eric Ortiz defeated ex champion Jose A. Aguirre and conquered the title was very close and exciting. Jorge "Travieso" Arce was the one who presented the new champion with the belt.
- 12th / Zwuickau, Germany (Stadthalle) Markus Beyer Becomes The Undisputed Champion By Defeating Danny Green Markus Beyer defeated interim champion Danny Green by DEC12 in a splendid fight held at a fully packed Zwuickau boxing arena.
- 12th / Las Vegas, Nevada (MGM Grand Garden) Jorge Arce Wins By TKO10 over Hussein Hussein In one of the greatest fights of this year, Jorge "Travieso" Arce defeated Hussein Hussein
Upcoming WBC Title Bouts
April 16, 2005 (Tokyo, Japan) Bantamweight Bout
Champion Veeraphol Nakhonluang
(Thailand) vs. Hozumi Hasegawa (Japan) - Voluntary defense May 7, 2005 (Las Vegas, Nevada) Lightweight Bout Champion Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico) vs. Diego Corrales (USA)
May 14, 2005 (Las Vegas, Nevada) Middleweight Bout Ronald "Winky" Wright (USA) vs. Felix "Tito" Trinidad (Puerto Rico)
May 14, 2005 (Las Vegas, Nevada) Welterweight Bout Champion Zab Judah (USA) vs. Cosme Rivera (Mexico)
May 21, 2005 (Chicago, Illinois) Light Heavyweight Bout (Vacant) Paul Briggs (Australia) vs. Tomasz Adamek (Poland)
June 18, 2005 Heavyweight Bout Champion Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine) vs. Hasim Rahman (USA) - Mandatory defense
June 25, 2005 Super Lightweight Bout Champion Arturo Gatti (Canada) vs. Floyd Mayweather (USA) - Mandatory defense
No Date Yet Super Flyweight Bout Champion Katsushige Kawashima (Japan) vs. Masamori Tokuyama (Japan) - Voluntary defense
Flyweight Bout Champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand) vs. Jorge Arce (Mexico) - Mandatory defense
Lightweight Bout (Eliminator) Michael Clark (USA) vs. Sirimongkil Sigwangcha (Thailand)
Featherweight Bout Champion Injin Chi (Korea) vs. Rocky Juarez (USA) - Mandatory defense
- Press Release issued by the WBC with some editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)
Subject to change
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