Japan’s Hozumi Hasegawa keeps bantamweight title by stopping Nestor Rocha of US in 1st round

October 10th, 2009 Vazquez looks shaky, stops Priolo in comeback boutLOS ANGELES — Israel Vazquez overcame a rocky start and a nasty cut to stop Angel Priolo on Saturday night in the ninth round of Vazquez's comeback fight from a 19-month ring absence. Vazquez (44-4, 30 KOs) looked shaky in long stretches of his first bout since concluding his phenomenal rivalry with Rafael Marquez early last year.

September 30th, 2009 Date Krumm becomes oldest WTA winner since KingSEOUL, South Korea — Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm is the oldest winner of a WTA Tour tournament in 26 years, having beaten second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-3 to claim the Korea Open title. The victory on Sunday was Date Krumm's first in 13 years and eighth of her career.

September 26th, 2009 Klitschko stops Arreola in heavyweight tiltLOS ANGELES — Vitali Klitschko pounded Cris Arreola almost at will Saturday night, retaining his heavyweight title when the referee waved the fight to a close after the 10th round. Klitschko dominated from the opening bell, landing punches from almost every angle against Arreola, who was trying to become the first Mexican-American to win a piece of the heavyweight title.

September 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - Sania Mirza's campaign in the US Open ended on Sunday, as she and her partner Daniel Nestor were knocked out in the second round of the mixed doubles event. Mirza and Nestor duo was outplayed by Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott of the USA, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.

September 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - India's Somdev Devvarman lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the men's second round of the US Open on Thursday. The Indian top ranked singles player lost to his German opponent in four sets 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

August 28th, 2009 Pongsaklek retains WBC interim flyweight titleCHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thailand's Pongsaklek Wonjongkam retained the WBC's interim flyweight title with a sixth-round TKO of Japan's Takahisa Masuda on Friday. Referee Brad Vocale stopped the bout 1 minute and six seconds into the round after a flurry of punches by the Thai fighter.

August 23rd, 2009 CINCINNATI - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles crashed out of the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 with a 4-6, 3-6 loss to second seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. Nestor-Zimonjic thus avenged their semi-final loss to the fourth-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair in the Rogers Cup last week.

August 20th, 2009 Lopez signs extension with Top RankNEW YORK — Unbeaten junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez has signed a contract extension with promoter Top Rank, and will defend his title against veteran Rogers Mtagwa this fall. Top Rank president Todd duBoef announced the deal Wednesday, putting Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs) in the main event of the "Latin Fury" card Oct.

August 16th, 2009 Roy Jones knocks out LacyBILOXI, Miss. — Roy Jones Jr.

August 16th, 2009 MONTREAL - India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles dethroned reigning champions Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic, beating the second seeds in the match tie-break to enter the final of the $3-million Rogers Cup here. The Indo-Bahamian pair, third seeds, not only stopped Nestor and Zimonojic from defending the title they won last year in Toronto, but also ousted them from the World No 1 ranking they enjoyed for a week, by beating them 5-7, 6-2, 10-4, Saturday.

July 10th, 2009 Darchinyan, Agbeko ready to put words asideVic Darchinyan's insults sting about as much as his punches, and considering he's a four-time champion in two weight divisions, Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko wasn't surprised at what he heard during the run-up to their bantamweight title fight on Saturday night. "I think after this fight they are going to change my opponent's name to Joseph 'Chimpanzee' Agbeko," Darchinyan railed on a joint teleconference.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic lifted their second consecutive Wimbledon doubles title at the expense of top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 (7), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3. Serbia's Zimonjic and Canada's Nestor produced 121 winners and 25 aces in the victory Saturday, which marked their first match against the Americans in a Grand Slam.

July 4th, 2009 Moreno retains WBA bantamweight titlePOITIERS, France — Anselmo Moreno of Panama has retained his WBA bantamweight title with a split decision over Mahyar Monshipour of France. Moreno (26-1-1) overcame Monshipour's pressure between the eighth and 10th rounds, keeping his composure and then holding on for the victory.

May 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian boxers were off to a flying start in the World Junior Boxing Championships, with Shiva Thapa and Yuriy Shestak outpunching their opponents to advance to the second round in Yerevan, Armenia. Thapa defeated Andranik Hiloyan of Armenia 11-2 in the light bantamweight (52 kg) while Sangwan, too, dominated his bout, thrashing Isarel's Levi Yossi 11-0 in the light middleweight category (70 kg).

May 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian boxers made a formidable start in the World Junior Boxing Championships, with Shiva Thapa and Sumit Sangwan outpunching their opponents to advance to the second round in Yerevan, Armenia. Thapa defeated Andranik Hiloyan of Armenia 11-2 in the light bantamweight (52 kg) while Sangwan, too, dominated his bout, thrashing Isarel's Levi Yossi 11-0 in the light middleweight category (70 kg).