Sturm and Drews win

The card's main event was the rematch between Felix Sturm and Javier Castillejo for the WBA World Middleweight Championship.

Their previous title fight ended in the tenth when Sturm was stunned by a left hook followed by three unanswered, neck-whipping uppercuts.

The opening rounds took up where the previous fight left off. Sturm enjoyed an advantage with a quick jab and sporadic combos from the outside; but, clammed up and took punishment to the body when Castillejo drove him to the ropes.

In round seven, Sturm opened up with an uppercut that stood Castillejo up. Sturm followed with a flush left hook and three consecutive snapping jabs, which he landed all evening.

By the eight, Sturm had found his rhythm, letting Castillejo drop his guard to swing at the body, then scoring inside with cleaner punches to Castillejo"s jaw. In the ninth, Sturm also measured an overhand that found a gap around Castillejo's guard.

In round ten, the fighters went noggin-to-noggin, scoring evenly at the pace that characterized the fight: Castillejo more active with body shots; Sturm landing cleaner punches to Castillejo's jaw.

Sturm avoided engagement in the final two rounds, snapping jabs while backpedaling; and, Castillejo couldn't find Sturm often enough to make-up the narrow distance in scoring.

When the final bell rang, both fighters were hoisted onto the shoulders of their corner team and paraded around the ring; but, Sturm walked away with a unanimous decision and the belt to the overwhelming delight of the crowd.

Drews, the reigning EBU light heavyweight titlist, rematched WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Silvio Branco.

In the first three rounds, the taller southpaw, Drews, cranked his left hand like a grandmother in Vegas and came up "jackpot" against Branco"s skull more often than not.

Branco charged forward in the fourth round, frustrating his Croatian opponent; but, by the fifth round Drews established a jab with his straight left, keeping the bull at bay.

Towards the end of the sixth round, Branco stunned Drews with a left hook. Branco's corner pleaded the Italian in gold trunks to close on his vulnerable opponent; but, the bell rang before Branco could capitalize. Again in the seventh, Branco unloaded while Drews complained to no avail about a low blow, shutting him down for the rest of the round.

The eighth sizzled as Branco led off with a right hook that drove Drews into his corner. Drews retaliated with a one-two combo, then pushed Branco's head up with both gloves as he ducked.

Drews poured more on, driving Branco into his own corner so quickly he ran into the camera man and the referee stepped in to break the fighters. Branco charged forward from the break, driving Drews back into the corner and landing an uppercut as he stepped on Drews's foot, causing Drews to trip. The referee ruled no knockdown.

Drews got on his bicycle in the ninth and began pot-shotting Branco from his heels. Branco could never catch-up with the sprier fighter. As the bell ended the twelfth and final round, Drews hopped onto the ropes in the corner and raised his arms in victory. Drews won unanimously on the judges score card.