:boxing: Boxing Bits ::11.13.08:: Calzaghe Runs Through Jones

Joe Calzaghe laid a beatdown on Roy Jones, Jr. and Arthur Abraham took care of business on an eventful weekend (and an old ghost from Jones' past scores an ironic victory on Tuesday...).

:Sat.11.08.08:
[C] IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham RTD6 Raul Marquez [PPV]
--No surprise here, despite Abraham's excitement over fighting Marquez. The challenger and former champion was no real threat to Abraham to begin with.

Joe Calzaghe UD Roy Jones Jr. (Light Heavyweight) [PPV - HBO]
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:Sat.11.08.08:
Dmitriy Salita UD Derrick Campos (Light Welterweight)
--Originally scheduled to be against WBA Light Welterweight Champion Andreas Kotelnik until he dropped out of it, leading to Campos stepping in...

Albert Sosnowski TKO8 Danny Williams (Heavyweight)
--With the TKO loss, that end-of-the-month meeting with Francois Botha for the "interim World Boxing Federation title" is now [NIXED].


:Tues.11.11.08:
Glen Johnson TKO4 Aaron Norwood (Light Heavyweight)
--On the Tuesday after Roy Jones, Jr., who he pummeled and viciously KO'd in 2004, got outgunned by Joe Calzaghe on Saturday night, Johnson scored a win by TKO over a lesser opponent in Norwood.

[NIXED] Edison Miranda vs TBA (Light Heavyweight)

Buddy McGirt, Jr. M-D Marcus Upshaw (Super Middleweight)


Not Previously Mentioned
:Sat.11.08.08: Zab Judah UD(10) Ernest Johnson
:Sat.11.08.08: Francisco Figueroa SD(8) Emanuel Augustus
:Sat.11.08.08: Dominick Guinn UD(8) Gabe Brown
:Sat.11.08.08: Joseph Judah TKO2 Richard Heath
--Younger brother of Zab Judah, just starting out...
:Sat.11.08.08: Junior Witter KO3 Victor Hugo Castro