This past Saturday was an interesting day in world boxing, though it was far from a key date for international fans. The one man who it as a very important day for was WBO Cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (38-2, 26) who made a record equalling 13th defence of his world title by out pointing the previously unbeaten challenger Mirko Larghetti (21-1, 13). The bout ended in confusing fashion with Huck looking like he had knocked out Larghetti at the end of the bout though the referee decided that the punch had come after the bell and we went to the cards which all favoured Huck. Although Huck was successful in the ring we felt he was disappointing and it appears he is struggling to continue at Cruiserweight. Although he likely wants to set a Cruiserweight record for most defences he really needs to pick his opponent carefully then move up rather than continue to drain himself to 200lbs. Whilst Huck retained his title we saw another man picking up a title. That man was the newly crowned WBA interim Bantamweight champion Yonfrez Parejo (16-1-1, 7) who scored an 11th round stoppage over Luis Hinojosa (25-8-0-1, 15) to claim the title. The loss for Hinojosa was his first loss in 27 bouts whilst it extended Parejo's current winning run to 5 bouts following his sole loss to Hugo Ruiz back in 2012. In a 10 round non-title bout WBA interim Super Flyweight champion David Sanchez (26-2-2, 20) stopped Anuar Salas (14-3, 10). The bout, which ended in round 5 after Salas was dropped and failed to fully recover, saw Sanchez move 1 step closer to getting a world title fight with Kohei Kono though at the moment the WBA have the issues surround Koki Kameda standing in the way of any prospective title fight. We suspect Watanabe would pay big money to get a Kono/Sanchez bout made for New Years Eve though at the moment they would still need the WBA to show some flexibility on the Kameda situation. In female title action fans in Venezuela saw Mayerlin Rivas (10-3-1, 7) stop Arely Valente (12-2-1, 6) in 9 rounds to claim the WBA interim Female Bantamweight title. A second female world title bout saw Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca (11-2-1, 3) retain her WBA interim female Super Flyweight title with a decision victory over Mexico's game but limited Guadalupe Martinez (7-7, 3). (Image courtesy of http://www.boxnews.com.ua)
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Last weekend was disappointing for boxing fans though this week we do have some interesting fights with various implications for the winner, the losers and those not involved in the bouts themselves. For many fans the most significant bout of the day takes place in Germany as the always fun to watch Marco Huck (37-2-1, 26) defends his WBO Cruiserweight title against the unbeaten but unproven Mirko Larghetti (21-0, 13). Huck, looking for his 13th title defence, is thought to be in easy here though Larghetti is unbeaten, confident and will know that this is his big chance to become a real player on the world stage. We favour Huck, we have to, though we always enjoy watching him and it's clear that this could be incredibly fun to watch, as long as it lasts anyway. Another notable male bout will see Yonfrez Parejo (15-1-1, 6) fighting against Luis Hinojosa (25-7-0-1, 15) in a bout for the interim WBA Bantamweight title. Yes adding another of the WBA's now prolific "interim" titles in the. The 28 year old Parejo has previously fought for the WBA interim Bantamweight title, though he was stopped in 8 rounds by Hugo Ruiz and since then his sole win of note came against Angky Angkotta. As for Hinojosa his record is very misleading and you'd look at it and suspect he wasn't a particularly good fighter, amazingly however he has gone 24-0-0-1 (15) in his last 27 fights following a 1-7 start, sadly however he hasn't beaten anyone of note. Ranked #5 and #6 by the WBA this bout really is a joke and should be little more than an eliminator. A poor, poor move from the WBA but it should be an interesting fight. On the same show as the Parejo/Hinojosa bout is a WBA interim female Bantamweight bout between the very under-rated Mayerlin Rivas (9-3-1, 6) and the promising though unproven Arely Valente (12-1-1, 6). This bout looks like one where Valente will start as the favourite but Rivas really is much better and we can't help but suspect Rivas will easily over-come Valente. Another female world title bout will take place in Peru as Linda Laura Lecca (10-2-1, 3) defends her interim WBA Super Flyweight title against the under-rated Guadalupe Martinez (7-6, 3). This looks like a serious test for the popular Lecca and we'd be shocked if Lecca took a comprehensive win here. (Image courtesy of http://www.boxnews.com.ua) Acuna and Chavez both pick up wins; Mike Jones shocked! Antonio DeMarco dropped but comes out on top8/25/2014 This past Saturday was one of the weakest in boxing this year. It really was lacking in terms of fighters and excitement. Thankfully however 4 world class ladies gave us two memorable bouts whilst some men gave us some interest action.
For us the most important bout of the day was in Argentina where female veteran and female boxing legend Marcela Eliana Acuna (42-6-1, 18) successfully defended her WBO female Super Bantamweight title with a 10 round decision over WBA female Featherweight champion Edith Soledad Matthysse (12-7-1, 1). The bout was the second meeting between the two world class females though the skill level between the two was clear with Acuna taking a unanimous decision against the cruder Matthysse who never stopped trying even when the fight looked to be a lost cause. We do tend to view Acuna as one of the greatest females to lace up the gloves and although she is getting to the end of her career we cannot ignore the fact she is still one of the most talented out there. The other two females in action were the amazing Jessica Chavez (21-3-3, 4) and the little ball of aggression Melissa McMorrow (9-5-3, 1). Like Acuna we saw Chavez using her skills to over-come an aggressive and highly determined foe via a unanimous decision. Although Chavez won on all 3 cards she'll be well aware that she was in a fight. Sadly for McMorrow this further muddies her record though she is one of those fighters with a very misleading record and although she's suffered back-to-back losses she is very difficult to beat. As for men the big story was in the US as former world title contender Mike Jones (26-2, 19) suffered a huge shock loss to Jaime Herrera (12-2, 7). Jones, a former sparring partner of Ryota Murata, was fighting for the first time in over 2 years and was supposed to blitz Herrera. Instead what we saw was Herrera scoring his 5th straight win. Herrera was in serious trouble in rounds 2 and 3 though gritted his teeth and fought back valiantly eventually forcing Jones to quit in his corner. With this loss we imagine Jones's career really is close to over barring something major changing in his. In Mexico former world champion Antonio DeMarco (31-3-1, 23) was given a real scare in the opening round against the tough and under-rated Lanardo Tyner (31-11-2, 20). DeMarco was dropped in the opening round though fought back well to win every other round and take a clear decision over the talented though frustrating Tyner. It's a shame Tyner has never managed to make the most of his skills though he is one of the US's best journeymen right now and a man we do enjoy seeing, just a shame he doesn't seem capable of picking up the wins any more. This coming Saturday is certainly not a great one for fight fans looking for amazing fights in the west though we do have 2 very under-rated contests in female boxing. We know many fans don't care about female boxing but we can safely say that those fans are genuinely missing out on some great fights and fighters, just like the fans who refuse to watch the lower divisions.
The better of the fights, at least in our eyes, takes place in Mexico as popular Mexican Jessica Chavez (20-3-3, 4) battles the always fun to watch American Melissa McMorrow (9-4-3, 1) in a bout for the WBC International female Flyweight title. If you've never seen these two in action you've really missed out. McMorrow is an all action girl who throws relentlessly and enjoys a "good old fashioned tear up". Not only does McMorrow enjoy all action fights but she's happy to fight the best anywhere on the planet and has travelled to Mexico and Germany in the past for big fights, a real credit to the sport. Chavez is the more talented fighter and has fought a who's who of female boxing including Tenkai Tsunami, Irma Sanchez, Arely Mucino and Yesica Yolanda Bopp. Although neither McMorrow nor Chavez are big punchers they both extremely hard in the ring and put on amazing fights with a lot of punchers and a lot of action. We expect to see that again this weekend in what could well be the fight of the weekend. The other female bout sees Argentinian legend Marcela Eliana Acuna (41-6-1, 18) defending her WBO female Super Bantamweight title against fellow Argentinian Edith Soledad Matthysse (12-6-1, 1). Matthysse is the sister of Lucas and although she lacks her brothers concussive power she does boast a really impressive work rate and desire to win, both traits that we expect to see here as she attempts to avenge a previous loss to Acuna. The champion however is one of the true greats of female boxing and combines skill, speed and power very well and will clearly be favoured over Matthysse. Strangely if Acuna loses we imagine that she will wave good bye to boxing due to the fact she is fast approaching 40, it would be a shame to lose to such a great though we do expect her to pass the torch sooner rather than later. Saying that it's unlikely that the torch will be passed to Matthysse here. Boxing is, at it's heart, a fighting sport. Fights of course aren't always pretty and not very fight is a fun to watch war like the recent Minimumweight unification bout between Katsunari Takayama and Francisco Rodriguez Jr. This weekend we saw the ugly side of boxing with 2 very ugly world title fights that saw the title change hands though left no one wanting to see the former champion given a chance at redemption. The first of the ugly fights was fought at Super Middleweight and saw the teak tough Sakio Bika (32-6-3, 21) lose the WBC Super Middleweight title to the unbeaten Anthony Dirrell (27-0-1, 22). The fight was a second meeting between the two men and no one wants to see fight #3 after this was filled with hugging, holding, head butts and spoiling. The clean shots, from both men, were at a premium and it was the perfect example of the issue that arise from having too many world titles out there. Neither Bika nor Dirrell are in amongst the top 3 or 4 fighters in their division and neither really should be able to call themselves a world champion. The second of the ugly fights was down at Welterweight as Kell Brook (33-0, 22) claimed the IBF title with a messy majority decision over Shawn Porter (24-1-1, 15). The bout was plagued by holding, mauling, head clashes and rabbit punches with the styles failing to gel at any point. At the end of the bout Brook did deserve the win and now deserves big money fights, including a much talked about British super fight with Amir Khan, but the fight really wasn't much better than the Bika/Dirrell contest. We know British fans will be thinking it was a great contest, and in fact Sky commentator Nick Halling said "It's one you'd want to see again", we need to be honest and say no one wants to see it again. Had it not been for the fact that Brook finally got his chance we doubt anyone would have a nice word to say about the bout. It really was a stinker. Thankfully not all the big fights were hard to watch and in fact prior to the bouts we've already mentioned there was 2 great contests, one on the same card and one in Germany. The one on the same card saw WBC Lightweight champion Omar Figueroa (24-0-1, 18) prove his championship heart as he stopped Daniel Estrada (32-3-1, 24) in a thoroughly entertaining contest that had it all. At the start the bout was a war with both men trading shots at will. After a few rounds Estrada began to back off and we got a bit of boxing from both. Then, in round 8, we got real drama as Figueroa suffered an horrendous cut over his left eye. The cut looked like it could possibly have been a fight ender though thankfully it wasn't, at least not directly. The cut seemed to give Figueroa a sense of urgency in the following round and he went to town on Estrada dropping the Mexican before following up with a vicious assault that forced the referee to end the bout. For many Figueroa is best known for his war with Nihito Arakawa and just like that fight the contest with Estrada again proved what an offensive machine Figueroa is though it's also likely to be his final bout at Lightweight with the fighter himself making it clear he struggles to make 135lbs. That leaves a huge opportunity for Teiken promoted Jorge Linares who will now be the top contender. We wouldn't like Linares's chances against Figueroa but against another top contender, for example Hank Lundy (WBC #3) or Javier Prieto (WBC #5), we'd imagine Linares would easily become a 3-weight world champion. The other memorable bout of the night came, as mentioned above, in Germany as Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14) narrowly held on to his IBF Cruiserweight title with a split decision victory over Firat Arslan (34-8-2, 21). The bout was genuinely a thriller with Arslan starting slowing, giving away the first 2 or 3 rounds, then coming on strong in the middle rounds before Hernandez fought back late on. It was one where the close rounds really did decide the winner and 116-112 either way wouldn't have garnered any sort of complaints. A genuinely well matched bout that had styles that gelled and again proved how thrilling the often over-looked Cruiserweight division is. We'll be honest we wouldn't mind a rematch of this one. Back in the US, though not at the world level, fans also saw unbeaten Heavyweight Deontay Wilder (32-0, 32) record his 32nd stoppage with a 4th round retirement of the popular but limited Jason Gavern (25-17-4, 11). Gavern had taken the fight on late notice and it showed as he came in at one of the highest weights of his career and looked exhausted after just 4 rounds. We know some American fans are really high on Wilder but with fights like this he is leaving himself very open to criticism. We know it was a stay busy fight and we know he's getting close to a world title fight but those are no excuses to continually fight out of shape journeymen. At the end of the day we want to be fans of boxing around the world but we can't pretend we enjoyed much of the action tonight. There was highlights but there was also a lot of unmemorable rounds which appeared to feature more holding and mauling than punching. A bit of shame really considering that the bouts looked very good on paper. (Image courtesy of http://www.proboxing-fans.com) If you've been a boxing fan in Britain over the last 4 or 5 years you will have been told, repeatedly, about Kell Brook (32-0, 22), a man many believed would rise quickly to the top and become the next great British fighter. Those 4 or 5 years have sadly been wasted with little substance to actually go with the promise that "Special K" has. In fact if anything numerous British fighters have managed to climb over Brook who went from the hottest thing in British boxing to being seen as a man unwilling to take the step up. It was partially unfair considering that Kell and his supposed opponent both had issues but that sort of reputation does stick. This coming Saturday sees the Sheffield man finally getting his long awaited shot at a title though, unfortunately for him, he will be facing the fast improving Shawn Porter (24-0-1, 15). Porter, the current IBF Welterweight champion, has been sensational recently and did real jobs on Devon Alexander and Paul Malignaggi who were both frozen by Porter's aggressiveness, strength and power. For many the Porter/Brook fight the fight of the weekend, for others it's a chance to see one man exposed as a fraud. We tend to feel that Porter will over-come Brook though the fight should certainly be exciting for as long as it lasts. On the same card we will have 2 other world title fights. One of those will be a rematch as WBC Super Middleweight champion Sakio Bika (32-5-3, 21) tries to settle the score with the talented but frustrating Anthony Dirrell (26-0-1, 22). The two men fought last December and Dirrell, at times, looked like he was going to be the first man to stop Bika. Unfortunately at other times he looked lazy and like he couldn't be bothered. That laziness was most clearly seen in the final round when he ran away from Bika and effectively cost himself the title with the bout resulting in a split decision draw. The other world title fight on the same card will see WBC Lightweight champion Omar Figueroa (23-0-1, 17), a fan friendly puncher best known for his war with Nihito Arakawa, battling against tough Mexican Daniel Estrada (32-2-1, 24), also a fighter well known for fighting Arakawa. Figueroa looked very fortunate to retain his title last time out, taking a much debated decision over Jerry Belmontes, though should find himself in with a more willing dance partner here and we should end up with a very fun brawl between two free swinging fighters with similar mentalities. This could be very fun. The only other world title bout takes place in Germany as IBF Cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (28-1, 14) attempts to defend his belt against veteran Firat Arslan (34-7-2, 21). This will be the 4th defence from Hernandez who, despite his record, blows hot and cold and could come undone against Arslan. On the undercard of this Germany show will be the professional debut of the much touted Stefan Haertel (0-0) who will be taking on the experienced but very limited Olegs Fedotovs (18-14, 12). For Japanese fans Haertel maybe memorable as one of Ryota Murata's foes at the 2011 World Amateur Championships. (Image courtesy of www.proboxing-fans.com) This past weekend, for many fans, has been a write off and a chance to vent at Al Haymon, Showtime, Golden Boy Promotions and various other American boxing personnel. We're not going to rant and rave about how bad the action was and how badly matched up the 3 televised bouts on Showtime were, instead we're just going to give you the results in succinct manner. You've already read the rants and anyway, why should we waste your time and why should we pretend the card was actually worth caring about? So here we go. Daniel Jacobs (28-1, 25) claimed the WBA "regular" Middleweight title with an easy 5th round TKO over Australian Jarrod Fletcher (18-2, 10). Jacobs will now paraded around the world with a paper title whilst Fletcher will be feeling relieved that he wasn't forced into a fight with Gennady Golovkin, as was looking likely at one point early this year. Lamont Peterson (33-2-1, 17) put on a 1-sided beating against Edgar Santana (29-5, 20) with Santana looking more like a punch bag than a legitimate challenger for the IBF Light Welterweight title. It was one-sided from the opening round and eventually the doctor stopped it to protect Santana from further punishment. Danny Garcia (29-0, 17) almost beheaded the criminally over-matched Rod Salka (19-4, 3). This bout, fought at 142lbs, looked similar to seeing a college kid beating up a high school kid and Salka, despite being a really charming guy, had no real reason to be in the ring. That's all we are going to say on that stinking, awful and ridiculous card. Thankfully there was more action from the US as NBCSN put on an interesting card that featured a number of notable fighters. The most competitive of the action here saw Heavyweight hopeful Vyacheslav Glazkov (18-0-1, 11) struggle past journeyman Derric Rossy (29-9, 14) in a bout that was significantly more competitive than it looked on paper. The only black mark here in terms of the fight was the outlandish 98-92 score card from judge Pierre Benoist, a card that would have been shamed had it not been tucked away on a card many fans didn't seem to watch. Another Heavyweight on the same card was Joseph Parker (10-0, 9) who again very deservedly got rave reviews. Parker, fighting for he second ime in he US, dismantled the over-matched Keith Thompson (7-3, 4). Parker did what he was supposed to do but still generated the great feedback from fans who appear to be warming to him more than many other Heavyweight prospects. In female action we had a pair of world title bouts. At 105lbs fans in Mexico saw Victoria Argueta (13-1, 4) out point fellow Mexican Alondra Garcia (9-2, 1) in what appeared to be a relatively one sided bout, unless you were judge Joe Garcia who some how had Garcia winning 97-93, a scorecard even a close relative would have struggled to have had considering the dominance of Argueta. The other female world title bout saw historic Chilean fighter Carolina Rodriguez (13-0, 1) become the first Chilean in history to successfully defend a world title as she took a split decision over Colombian teenager Dayana Cordero (13-5-1, 9). The bout was very close despite an outlandish scorecard of 99-91 to Rodriguez. We understand that Rodriguez is a national boxing icon in Chile but the least she should do is offer a rematch to Cordero who was very unfortunate here. (Image courtesy http://foxsports.com.au) One of the big problems with boxing today is the fact the promoters tend to think that fans are stupid and that the boxing media will just peddle what ever line they want us to. The problem for the promoters is that we, as fans and media, know what a fight isn't worth our time. Sadly the promoters have yet to cotton on to the fact that our loyalty does have it's limits and if you keep feeding up with mismatches we will take our business else where. It's been his mentality that has seen boxing lose some fans to UFC, not as many fans as some reports suggest but still some fans. Sadly this weekend is going to be one of those weekends where the main stream boxing public will feel a little bit ripped off due to a show in America that leaves a bitter taste before a punch is even thrown. The show in question is a triple header on Showtime. The biggest name on the card is unified Light Welterweight champion Danny Garcia (28-0, 16) who will be fighting in a non title fight against Rod Salka (19-3, 3). Salka is a massive under-dog and rightfully so given that he's moving up in weight, lacks power and lacks much in terms of world class experience. We do believe Salka is better than his record but not good enough to give Garcia any problems. Before we go any further let us just make everyone aware, we do not mind stay busy fights, in fact we're very supportive of fighters wanting to stay busy and fighting in "gimmes" as a result. What we're not fans of is a fighter who fights every 5 or 6 months having a "stay busy fight". A stay busy fight should be just that, a fight to stay busy, like Srisaket Sor Rungvisai's bouts against the likes of Joel Kwong. It shouldn't be a bout given air time on a major network in the US that customers are paying for. The Light Welterweight division is awash with better match ups but they've ended up bringing up a Lightweight who is unranked? Awful move from Garcia's team. Thankfully non of the world bodies will be sanctioning the Garcia fight though the IBF will be sanctioning a different Light Welterweight bout on this card. That's because IBF champion Lamont Peterson (32-2-1, 16) will be facing Edgar Santana (29-4, 20). Santana is pretty fun watch and has very respectable power. He is not, however a world class Light Welterweight and he's certainly not come close to earning a shot at a title holder. Thankfully is a better bout than the Garcia bout, but only just. We would all have loved to have seen Garcia Vs Peterson in a triple title unification bout and Santana Vs Salka in a show opener but instead we've ended up with 2 bouts that people really have shown a disdain for and are left wondering why the promoter is treating us like fools. The third bout on the show is the highlight of the card as Daniel Jacobs (27-1, 24) fights against Jarrod Fletcher (18-1, 10) for the WBA Middleweight title. On paper this is an interesting fight and a chance for Jacobs to cap off an amazing story from being a cancer patient to a world champion. Sadly however it's a bout for one of the many numerous WBA paper belts that are going around pretending to be real title belts. The real champion, Gennady Golovkin, defended his belt just a few weeks ago against Daniel Geale yet the WBA, in their infinite wisdom, have managed to create a fake belt for this bout. It's a real shame that this, like a possible Salka/Santana bout, isn't being fought as an eliminator. In Mexico we get a couple of notable bouts, though the first of those suffers from the same issue as the American card. That's because WBC #1 contender at 122lbs Andres Gutierrez (29-0-1, 22) will be fighting in a total mismatch against complete no-hoper Mario Macias (26-12, 13). Some of you may recall Macias as a former Koki Kameda opponent and you'd be right, you'd also be right if you said Macias was the last fighter Koki has stopped. It'd be a massive shock if Macias manages to survive more than 3 or 4 rounds. The other bout will see IBF female Minimumweight champion Victoria Argueta (12-1, 4) defending her belt against Alondra Garcia (9-1, 1) in a much, much better match up than many of the others taking place over the weekend. Thankfully, for once, we have a relatively well matched bout! (Image courtesy of http://explorebk.com) It seems that every week we end up talking about the judges as opposed to the fighters and fights. Disappointingly this has happened again this weekend after American referee Vic Drakulich stole the headlines and destroyed what looked to be a great, but rough and tough, fight. The fight in question was a cracking Welterweight contest between former Lightweight champion Brandon Rios (32-2-1, 23) and former interim Welterweight champion Diego Gabriel Chaves (23-2, 19). The fighters in the ring were certainly bending the rules, both men,but the fight, for what it was worth, was certainly entertaining with both men landing bombs on each other. Sadly Drakulich managed to deducted 2 points from Chaves and a point from Rios before disqualifying Chaves, in round 9, for what appeared to have been a mystery foul only visible to himself and Rios. Prior to the controversial disqualification Chaves was winning, by a point, on 2 of the cards with and with just a round and a half left it appears that Drakulich's behaviour bailed out Rios who have suffered a third successive defeat had he not been saved. By saved we don't just mean the DQ but also the 2 deductions when in reality only 1 was legitimate. In all honesty however it was a rough and dirty fight that the referee never managed to get on top of. Heads were colliding through out, each man was swearing at the other and various minor fouls seemed to occur almost incidentally as they took lumps out of each other. Annoyingly Drakulich's decision following some poor judging in the card's chief support bout, which some how had an American fighter winning a near shut out in a bout everyone could see was close. That bout, between Jessie Vargas and Anton Novikov, should have all 3 judges brought in for review just like Drakulich should be for his horrible job here. The only other international bout of note saw talented contender Isaac Chilemba (23-2-2, 10) make light work of Cory Cummings (17-7-1, 13) as Chilemba attempted to make a statement to the top fighters in the 175lb weight class. The win was an expected one from Chilemba though not one that will put him amongst the mix by it's self. (Image courtesy of TopRank.com) This past Friday was a somewhat interesting day of fights in the "sub" world level with several very intriguing contests. The first of the bouts of note took place in the UK as unbeaten Heavyweight collided. The bout on paper looked great as the heavy handed and very affable Lucas Browne (21-0, 18) battled against the very capable Romanian Andriy Rudenko (24-1, 16). Sadly the bout ended up looking more like a mauling contest than a boxing contest and although both men took some heavy leather, and marked up notably, it never really caught fire for any sustained time. As well as the messy mauling action the fight also saw some very poor scorecards which may well have left a poor taste in the mouth of Rudenko. On the same British card there was another all-unbeaten bout as Leonard Bundu (31-0-2, 11) successfully defended his European Welterweight title with a very good win over Britain's Frankie Gavin (19-1, 12). Gavin had gone in to the bout as a big favourite and was being tipped for stardom from when he turned professional more than 5 years ago sadly however he failed to live up to his potential and although this was only a split decision win for Bundu he was a well deserving winner. We dare suggest that Gavin has been let down by his team who haven't helped develop his skills or turn him into a "proper professional" and have instead made excuse for poor performances rather than made him feel responsible for them. In the USA we saw the return to the ring of the talented but frustrating Andre Dirrell (22-1, 15) who easily over-came Vladine Biosse (15-5-2, 7). Dirrell, fighting for the first time in 18 months, looked sharp from the off and on this performance he's a handful for anyone at 168lbs though of course the question is always "how will Dirrell do when the going gets tough?" Interestingly the American called out Carl Froch, the only man to beat him as a professional and that's a bout that could be interesting if Dirrell can get some big money on the table. In the main event in the US former world champion Gabriel Campillo (24-6-1, 11) stopped the highly touted Thomas Williams Jr (17-1, 12). Early on it looked like Williams was in control but Campillo made the most of his experience and eventually cut Williams who seemed to mentally crack after being cut. Soon after the injury Williams was stopped on the advice of the doctor, though it appeared his team wanted the doctor to stop the bout and made no protest to the stoppage like a fighters team usually would, especially considering the fact the cut wasn't a serious one. Many are describing this as a major upset, though in all honesty it was just proof that Campillo isn't a done fighter as many are suggesting and whilst he's not likely to beat any of the top champions he is very capable at the level below world class. (Image courtesy of http://www.boxeomundial.com) |
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