Manfredo Jr. Tames “Toro” in Ten
Stephen Tobey at Ringside: UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Peter Manfredo Jr. and Angel Hernandez both threw and landed a lot of punches in their fight for the vacant International Boxing Organization middleweight title on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Casino.

Clark Decisions Pires in First Ever Nine-Round Title Fight
Stephen Tobey at Ringside: LINCOLN, R.I. – As far as anyone can tell, Friday’s North American Boxing Association U.S. junior welterweight title fight between Michael Clark and Jason Pires made history

Rodriguez Breaks Losing Streak with Win Over Arnaoutis
Stephen Tobey at Ringside: Connecticut- Delvin Rodriguez snapped a two-fight losing streak with a 12-round unanimous decision over Mike Arnaoutis Friday at the Mohegan Sun Casino.

O’ Connor Beats Gonzalez in Rhode Island “Shamrock’d” Card
Stephen Tobey: In his first main event, Danny O’Connor won an eight-round unanimous decision against Franklin Gonzalez of New York Friday at the Twin River Events Center.

Alexander Stops Urango in Eight to Unify WBC and IBF 140-Pound Titles
Stephen Tobey: UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Devon Alexander landed 173 punches on Saturday, but two of them in particular got the job done. Two right uppercuts that Alexander landed in the eighth round sent Juan Urango to the canvas twice, prompting referee Benji Esteves to stop the junior welterweight title unification fight at 1:12 of the eighth at Mohegan Sun Casino.

Manfredo Wins Big in Middleweight Return
Stephen Tobey: UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Peter Manfredo, Jr. won the vacant North American Boxing Federation middleweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Matt Vanda, Friday at the Mohegan Sun Casino.

Here it is again...
Stephen Tobey: In the last few years, many American boxing fans haven’t seen John Ruiz. His last fight, a seventh-round stoppage of Adnan Serin on Nov. 7, was on a pay-per-view broadcast of David Haye’s victory over Nikolay Valuev.

Griffin defeats McCreedy
LINCOLN, R.I. – Light heavyweight Otis Griffin of Sacramento, Calif. won an eight-round unanimous decision over Joe McCreedy Friday at the Twin River Events Center. Wayne Lima scored it 78-75; Clark Sammartino scored it 77-76 and Robin Taylor scored it 78-74 for Griffin, who is now 21-6-2 (8 KO s).

Dawson wins Johnson Rematch
By Stephen Tobey (Photo © Will Hart/HBO): HARTFORD, Conn. – When it’s a battle of legs, the man with the younger legs usually wins. Chad Dawson gave Glen Johnson a moving target for most of Saturday’s rematch at the XL Center and came out with a 12-round unanimous decision in front of a crowd of 5,230. Duane Ford and Michael Pernick scored the fight 115-113. Glenn Feldman scored it 117-111. Dawson, of New Haven, Conn., retained his International Boxing Organization light heavyweight title and

Rhode Island fight Results
By Stephen Tobey - LINCOLN, R.I. – Former two-time US national amateur champion Edwin Rodriguez won an eight-round unanimous decision against Darnell Boone Saturday at the Twin River Events Center

Sheika rallies to stop Krugerin
By Stephen Tobey: After a slow start, Omar Sheika rallied to stop Theo Krugerin the eighth round of a scheduled 10-round light heavyweight bout Wednesday at the Verizon Wireless Arena