Former amateur star George Groves continued his education in the professional ranks Saturday night when he scored an eight round shutout victory over journeyman Konstantin Makhankov on the Haye vs. Valuev undercard in Nuremberg, Germany.
Archive for November, 2009
Groves Continues To Learn
Sunday, November 15th, 2009Dawson Defeats Johnson on Points Once Again
Sunday, November 15th, 2009 By Paul Upham: Almost two years after their first fight, light heavyweights Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson battled for a second time with the same result. Once again, Dawson won a unanimous twelve round points decision at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday night, televised in the USA on HBO World Championship Boxing. The twelve round match was for the WBC Interim / IBO light heavyweight world titles.
Namibia edge towards RWC
Sunday, November 15th, 2009Namibia will take a slender five point advantage into the home leg of their African play-off for a place at RWC 2011 in two weeks’ time.
Henry and Mallett engage in scrum war
Sunday, November 15th, 2009Graham Henry and Nick Mallett had distinctly opposing views of the scrum laws after New Zealand’s 20-6 win over Italy on Saturday.