Saturday July 11, 2008 Boxing Results
Here are last night’s boxing results which involved Top Ten Ring Magazine fighters in the respective weight classes
Tomasz Adamek vs. Gary Gomez
Ring Magazine #3 cruiserweight Tomasz Adamek (35-1) def. Gary Gomez (18-10-1) when Gomez refuses to enter the ring in at the start of the seventh. Below is the third round of this one-sided beating. Not too much excitement here just a clinical dismantling by the Pole on a far inferior opponent.

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Alex Bunema vs. Walter Dario Matthysse
Ring Magazine #6 light middleweight Alex Bunema (30-5-2) def. Walter Dario Matthysse (26-4) by KO in the …read more

Contender Season Number Four Contestants: The Favorites
Here’s our first set of Contender Season Four Contestant Info profiling the clear set of favorites in the best season ever (TM).
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Vadim Tokarev
boxrec.com ranking: #8
Record: 24-1-1 (17)
Age: 36
Nationality: Russian
Birthplace: Ekaterinaburg, Russia
Height: 5′10 1/2″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: Darnell Wilson, Win by 10-round Unanimous Decision, October 18, 2005
Notable Opponents: Marco Huck (L); Felix Cora, Jr. (W); Firat Arslan (D)
Titles Held: NABF Cruiserweight
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B.J. Flores
boxrec.com ranking: #9
Record: 21-0-1 (13)
Age: 29
Nationality: American
Birthplace: Chandler, Arizona
Nickname: El Peligroso
Height: 6′ 2″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: Darnell Wilson, Win by 12-round Unanimous Decision, February 8, 2008
Notable Opponents: None
Titles Held: USBA Cruiserweight
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Image details: Tomasz Adamek v Paul Briggs served by picapp.com
Polish hero Tomasz Adamek got Saturday’s boxing night off to a cracking start with a surprisingly one-sided victory over Jamaican O’Neil Bell, Ring Magazine’s #3 ranked cruiserweight. After seven rounds of steady punishment Bell’s corner stopped the fight just before the eighth round’s start.
Bell’s body and face did not appear particularly damaged but his downhearted expression told a decidedly different story. He looked like a defeated man, head down, spirit removed, and his trainer responded by giving Adamek a premature TKO.
Adamek looked quick for a cruiserweight, knocking Bell down early, stymieing …read more

Ring Magazine’s #3 ranked cruiserweight O’Neil Bell (26-2) faces a daunting task this Saturday as he travels to the industrial heart of Poland to face national hero Tomasz Adamek. The winner gets a shot at Philadelphian Steve Cunningham, the IBF title holder.
During Adamek’s last fight in the Katowice’s Spodek (Saucer) Arena during June of 2007 he tore apart Panamanian Luis Andres Pineda with a seventh round TKO. As you can tell in the embedded youtube video the Polish crowd was feverish and rowdy.
Bell isn’t that intimidated. He’s the higher ranked boxer, he’s already knocked out the #2 ranked Jean …read more