BRIEFLY : WOODHALL SURPRISED BY HIS WBC VICTORY.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Richie Woodhall Richie Woodhall (born April 17, 1968) is a former English super-middleweight boxer. He lost his last fight to his friend Joe Calzaghe in 2000, and subsequently retired in 2002. retained the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. super middleweight super middleweight n. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 168 pounds (75.6 kilograms), between middleweight and light heavyweight. 2. A boxer competing in this weight division. title Saturday, outpointing replacement opponent Glenn Catley Glenn Catley (born March 15, 1972 in Sodbury, England), is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight (168lb) division. Known as "Catman", Catley turned pro in 1993 and challenged WBC Super Middleweight Title holder Richie Woodhall in 1998, but lost a majority decision. in Telford, England. While one of the judges scored the fight a draw, the other two gave it to the champion, who even admitted he thought he'd lost his first title defense. Catley hurt Woodhall in the seventh, got through with powerful blows in the 10th and 11th rounds and was never put under any pressure by the much taller champion. ``I boxed awfully and I lost the fight,'' said Woodhall who was due to fight left-hander Vincenzo Nardiello Vincenzo Nardiello (born June 11, 1966) is a retired a world championship Italian boxer, boxing super middleweight division. Amateur Achievements
``I had been training all the time to fight a southpaw.'' Catley said Woodhall told him before the judges' decisions were announced that he'd lost the crown. ``He came over to me and said `You've got the fight.' '' HORSE RACING: Bonapartiste, the 3-1 second-favorite, took the lead midway through the stretch and then held off favored River Bay to win the $250,000 Del Mar Handicap The Del Mar Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run each year at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and three-eighths miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course, and offers a purse of by a head. Ridden by Chris McCarron and carrying 115 pounds, Bonapartiste covered 1-3/4 miles on turf in 2:14 and paid $8.20, $3 and $2.40. River Bay, the 13-10 favorite ridden by Alex Solis and carrying high weight of 123 pounds, crossed the finish line one length in front of Military and returned $2.80 and $2.20. Military, ridden by Corey Nakatani and carrying 113 pounds, was 1-1/4 lengths ahead of Cloud Forest at the wire and paid $2.60 to show. Following Cloud Forest across the finish line in the 59th running of the race for 3-year-olds and up were Dowty and Crystal Hearted. Amerique was scratched. Robbie Davis, a late replacement for injured Mike Smith, rode 9-1 shot Lucky Roberto to a one-length victory in the $200,000 Hopeful Stakes for 2-year-olds at Saratoga in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In the co-feature, the $110,100 Saranac Stakes, the winner was another long shot. Crowd Pleaser, a 28-1 shot, finished strongly in the middle of the turf course to post a four-length victory. |
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