Upset for Molitor in Johannesburg

Our Steve Molitor faced a great upset today in Johannesburg, giving up a unanimous decision to Takalani Ndlovu after their third bout against each other. Judges Alfred Buqwana, Alan Davis and Valerie Dorsett scored the fight in Ndlovu’s favour 118-110, 116-112 and 118-110, respectively. Molitor drops to 33-2 (12KOs) while Ndlovu improves to 32-6 (18KOs), and earns the IBF Junior Featherweight World title.


Molitor Defends IBF Title Today

african_glory21-large Steve Molitor will defend his IBF Junior Featherweight title today against South Africa’s Takalani Ndlovu, for the third time.

While the first two fights took place here in Ontario, tonight they will be facing off in South Africa at the Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. Stay tuned for the results.


McFadden’s Opponent Fails Medicial

From The Boxing Examiner: 43 year old Vancouver, British Coulmbia native Mike Buccanan (0-0-1) failed his pre fight medicals today and will not be fighting Colin (Fish) McFadden (pictured left) tonight on the Bute vs Magee card at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Unfortunately McFadden will not be fighting either,  it was too short notice to find another opponent for McFadden who would have been making his highly anticipated professional debut. McFadden is managed by Cameron Dunkin and promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Boxing out of Las Vegas, Nevada.


The Boxing Examiner has posted a new One-on-One With Steve Molitor.


cfish From Top Rank - Colin Fish McFadden — a big strong light-heavyweight from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada — will make his Top Rank debut on the Montreal card (Bute-Magee, March 19, 2011).  McFadden, a four-time Canadian champion and Most Outstanding Boxer at the 2010 Canadian National Championship, will take on Mike Buccanan, 0-0-1, of Vancouver in a four-round bout. McFadden, 20, had an amateur record of 69-7.