By Peter Wells: In recent breaking news former World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion of the world Jermain Taylor has dropped out of the Super Middleweights Super Six tourney after the 1st stage of the tourney. Jermain Taylor told reporters that he was going to give his body time to heal and will be back very [...]

Promoter Lou DiBella confirmed to BoxingScene.com that the winner of Allan Green vs. Sakio Bika, scheduled for February 5 on Showtime, will face WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward in the second stage of the Super Six tournament on April 17.

Ward had been scheduled to fight Jermain Taylor, who announced his withdrawal from the tournament on Tuesday.

With fans currently taking in the recent news that former middleweight king Jermain Taylor has decided to withdraw from the "Super Six" super-middleweight tournament he was scheduled to next fight in in April, one obvious question has surely sprung to mind - who will replace the warrior known as "Bad Intentions?"

Teak-tough Cameroon-born Australian Sakio Bika has complained bitterly in the recent past about how he has been unable to get himself a big fight. Accusing the top names of avoiding him, "The Scorpion" has been forced to remain relatively idle lately (just two fights in 2008, just one last year - all quick stoppage wins). But now, according to BoxRec and a number of other whispers on the net, the 30-year-old super-middleweight is set to get a fight the kind of which he has been hoping for.

IBO super middleweight champion Sakio Bika (28-3-2, 19 KOs) blasted out Nestor Casanova (22-16, 10 KOs) of Argentina in round one at the Orion Function Center, Campsie, NSW, Australia Thursday. Bika connected with a solid right hands to drop the import twice and the referee Gary Dean crowned the Australian based Cameroon boxer.

USA The Contender series three champion Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika sent out an ominous warning to Australian rival Anthony Mundine and the entire super middleweight division with a brutal 1st round knockout win over Nestor Casanova on Thursday night at the Orion Centre in Campsie, NSW. Bika’s win headlined a card by Fidel Tukel’s The Empire group, televised live around Australia on ONE HD.

“Can you please call Anthony Mundine and ask if he wants to fight me,” said Bika. “I have challenged him many times. If you are the Man, come and challenge me. Try to say you are the Man and come to fight me.”

IT WAS only a matter of time, Sakio Bika says. The money, the titles, the knockouts, the fanfare: all waiting to be grabbed by his cement hands.

Both Sakio “The Scorpion” Bika and his opponent, “The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo Jr. entered into an important and intriguing super middleweight crossroads fight on Manfredo Jr.'s home turf at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI on Thursday night.

BIGGER doors have opened for Rockdale professional boxer Sakio Bika after he captured the vacant International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-middleweight world title in the US.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)—Sakio Bika captured the vacant International Boxing Organization super middleweight title Thursday night, stopping Peter Manfredo, Jr. in the third round of a scheduled 12-rounder.

The 29-year-old Bika (27-3-2, 17 knockouts) dropped the 27-year-old Manfredo with a straight right hand early in the third round. Manfredo got up and Bika resumed his attack. He wobbled Manfredo with a right uppercut, then drilled him with another right hand, almost sending Manfredo through the ropes.

The winner of the third season of "The Contender," IBF #4, Sakio "The Scorpion" Bika (27-3-2, 17 KOs) captured the IBO super middleweight title with a third round stoppage of "The Pride of Providence" Peter Manfredo Jr. (31-6, 16 KOs). Time of the stoppage by referee Ricky Gonzalez was 1:50 in Manfredo's backyard at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI.

A kid from the slums and a battling boxing trainer make famous - sounds great for television, writes Andrew Webster.

THE fighter's story starts like many others: with a girl, in a big city, a glance across a crowded nightclub floor.

The trainer's story starts like few others: in a nondescript gym, in the heat of the Philippines, with street kids trying to punch their way to a better life.

If you're still looking for a fight of the year, you probably don't have to look any further.

In a grueling, non-stop action battle, Sakio Bika outlasted Jaidon Codrington, scoring a TKO at 2:18 of the eighth round to win the third-season finale of "The Contender" and the $750,000 grand prize on Tuesday night at TD Banknorth Garden.

"That was almost something out of a Rocky movie," said promoter Lou DiBella, who handles Codrington along with The Tournament of Contenders. "The kid [Codrington] is hanging his head now but he should be proud. They should both be proud. They proved everything you can prove. Both those guys proved their mettle. It was a Rocky movie. It was sick."

The finals are now set for The Contender series after Sakio Bika hammered out an eight round unanimous decision over Australia’s Sam the “King” Soliman. With the victory over Soliman, Bika, who now resides in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia after immigrating from Cameroon, is set to take on Jaidon Codrington on November 6 at the TD Banknorth Garden, in Boston.

The 28-year-old banger Bika (22-3-2, 14 KO’s) controlled the action on all three judges’ scorecard to post a convincing victory. Judge Max DeLuca had it 77-75, while both Jack Reiss and Pat Russell scored the contest 78-74, all for the rangy super middleweight nicknamed “The Scorpion.”

The scores come in as 49-46, 50-45, 50-45 all for Sakio Bika. That puts Bika into 2nd place and makes Wayne more nervous. Donny gets the Rocky treatment from the crowd and even gets hoisted up on Sam's shoulders while the crowd gives up the love. Donny cries but I think it's more due to being touched by the crowd and team reaction to his show of heart. He felt like he let some people down but Sugar Ray lets him know that he won the hearts of the fans.