Eric Armit has thankfully sent up his year ending report with the results for the final big week of fights outside of Asia, hopefully you'll enjoy this as much as we did.
December 19 Quebec City, Canada: Welter: Ionut Dan Ion (34-2) W PTS 12 Kevin Bizier (23-2). Super Middle: Andre Dirrell (24-1) W PTS 12 Derek Edwards (27-4-1). Light Middle: Sebastien Bouchard (9-1) W TKO 6 Cedric Spera (11-3). Light Middle: Custio Clayton (1-0) W PTS 4 Sophyan Haoud (3-3-1). Ion vs. Bizier This seems to be one of those pairings who could face each other a dozen times without a decisive outcome as Ion/Jo Jo Dan gets another split decision win over Bizier. Many rounds were close with southpaw Dan relying heavily on a body attack and Bizier jabbing and head hunting. Both had successes Bizier was getting through with the jab and Dan countering with body shots. In the sixth a clash of heads saw Bizier suffer a cut over his right eye but in the seventh the Canadian blasted back to floor Romanian Dan with a left hook. Dan got up and was under heavy pressure but survived the round and had the better of the eighth and ninth as the blood running into his right eye seemed to deflate Bizier. Both were tired but fought hard over the closing three rounds with not much between them but Dan just having been slightly the busier. Scores 115-112 and 114-113 for Dan and 114-113 for Bizier. The 33-year-old Romanian was IBF 2(1) so now moves into mandatory challenger spot for crack at Kell Brook’s IBF title once the Brit recovers from his injuries. His two losses were disputed decisions against Selcuk Aydin in Turkey and he has won five fights in a row since the last loss to Aydin in 2011 including the split verdict over Bizier in November last year. Bizier, 30, a 4-time Canadian amateur champion who competed at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games was IBF 6 (5) and he can come again. Dirrell vs. Edwards Dirrell easily decisions a disappointing Edwards. Fighting southpaw Dirrell had his jab working early and from then never let Edwards into the fight until a brief flurry in the closing round. Dirrell made it a bit harder than it should have been by occasionally standing and trading instead of using his superior skills to outbox Edwards. It was a one-sided fight with Dirrell having Edwards hurt in the sixth, eighth and tenth rounds but to his frustration, and that of his trainer Chris Byrd and the crowd he was unable to close the fight out early. Edwards put in an effort in the last two rounds and landed two lefts in the twelfth that momentarily buzzed Dirrell but aside from that he was never competitive. Scores 120-108, 119-107 and 118-109. Dirrell reportedly suffered an injury to his right hand during the fight. “The Matrix” was in the super middle mix after losing a split decision to Carl Froch for the WBC title in 2009 and then in 2010 winning over Arthur Abraham when the Armenian/German was disqualified for hitting Dirrell when he slipped to he floor on a wet patch of canvas. That head punch led to a spell of only one fight in three years but Dirrell, 31, had recorded wins this year against Vlad Biosse and Nick Brunson and going in was rated IBF 7(6)/WBC 7/WBA 14 and with his brother Anthony holding the WBC title Dirrell is after Froch’s IBF/WBA titles after losing that split decision in Froch’s home city. “The Black Lion” Edwards, 35, was toothless and clawless in this one in contrast to his 61 second blow out of Badou Jack in February. He had been 1-3-1 going into the Jack fight but the losses were to top notch opposition in Marcus Johnson (18-0), Adonis Stevenson and Matt Korobov. Going into this one he was rated WBC 4/WBA 7(6)/WBO 10 and IBF 12(11). Bouchard vs. Spera Bouchard returns with a win. Faced with a potential banana skin the Canadian hope used a concerted body attack to slow and then stop the Belgian. Spera was competitive over the opening rounds but then slowed under the body shots and was floored twice and halted in the sixth. Bouchard, 27, had lost his unbeaten tag in May with his defeat by unbeaten Frank Galarza. He now has 3 wins by KO/TKO. Spera, 25 had outpointed Canadian Stephane Ouellet in an upset in September. Clayton vs. Haoud Olympian Clayton turns pro and is given four hard rounds by French novice Haoud. Clayton had the class but Haoud came to fight and pressed the Canadian hard. Clayton made good use of his jab and hand speed to win on scores of 40-36 twice and 39-37. Nova Scotian Clayton, 27 who is promoted by Yvon Michel was Canadian amateur champion in 2009 (where he beat Mike Zewski), 2010 and 2012. He competed at the Commonwealth Games and World Champions and at the 2012 Olympics where he beat Oscar Molina and Cameron Hammond before being 14-14 with Fred Evans in the quarterfinals only to lose on count back. He is one of the best Canadian prospects to turn pro recently. Haoud, 23 was having his first fight outside France. Repentigny, Canada: Middle: Renan St Juste (25-4-1) W TKO 8 Mohammed Akrong (20-8). Light: Jesus Singwancha (20-9) W PTS 6 Roody Pierre-Paul (9-3,1ND). St Juste vs. Akrong St Juste gets a win/win. The veteran southpaw shook of ring rust to halt Ghanaian Akrong in eight rounds and had a successful first outing as a promoter. First fight for a year and only the second in two years as the 42-year-old decides to rebuild after back-to-back inside the distance losses to Anthony Dirrell in 2011 and Allan Green in 2012. Akrong, 31, was having his first fight since losing in five rounds to Canadian Schiller Hyppolite in Montreal in June. Singwancha vs. Pierre-Paul Local boxer Pierre-Paul continues his switchback performances. The Canadian southpaw came out of the pack to beat prospects Ibrahim Kamal and Baha Laham early in the year but was then a wide decision loser to emerging Mexican Cris Uruzquita in June. Pierrer-Paul continued the downward spiral with a majority decision loss to Thai-based DCR fighter Singwancha (that’s his sponsor’s name, his real name is Kibunde Kakonge), The 34-year-old Singwancha won on scores of 60-54, 58-56 and 57-57. He started his career 2-7 in his first 9 fights so is a respectable 18-2 in his last 20. Pierre-Paul needs to win his next one as going 0-3 would be a real set back. Magangue, Colombia: Cruiser: Shawn Cox (18-5) W TKO 3 Santander Silgado (25-3). Light Middle: Jose Miguel Torres (30-6) W RTD 5 Hector Santana (23-6). Welter: Janer Gonzalez (17-0-1) W TKO 2 Gabriel Martinez (27-9-1). Feather: Miguel Marriaga (20-0) W TKO 3 Carlos F Perez M (14-4). Super Bantam: Luis Melendez (41-9-1) W TKO 2 Juan C Vega (11-4-1). Marriaga vs. Perez “The Scorpion” stings again but this was no real match. Marriaga, perhaps the best current Colombian prospect took a round to study the Mexican and then floored him twice in the second round with hooks to the body. Early in the third Marriaga again used the hook to the body and when Perez went down the referee stopped the fight. Marriaga, rated WBC 7/WBA 14/IBF 15 has 18 wins by KO/TKO and has won 12 of his last 13 fights by KO/TKO. He scored good wins over Jesus Galicia in Mexico and Chris Martin in California so can win away from home. He was a Colombian national amateur champion and competed at the World Championships in 2005.Perez was having his first fight since February 2013 and was just a sacrificial offering. Cox vs. Silgado Beware late substitutes who can punch. Cox was pulled in late for this one but failed to read the script. After flooring the 39-year-old Barbadian “Sniper” twice it looked as though Brooklyn-based Silgado had this one in the bag and could end it as and when he liked. That changed dramatically in the third when a hard combination from Cox put Silgado down. The Colombian made it to his feet but another barrage from Cox left the local on the canvas with blood leaking from a cut on his right eyebrow. Silgado was down for more than two minutes and needed medical attention before leaving the ring. With 17 of Cox’s 18 wins coming by KO/TKO this was always a possibility. In fact only 2 of Cox’s 23 fights have gone the distance. On paper he looked to be on the down slope with 4 losses in his last 5 fights with all 4 losses being by KO/TKO and all inside three rounds. Behind the stats you find that he lost by kayo to Denis Lebedev for the interim WBA title, a poor loss to Danie Venter and understandable losses to unbeaten punchers in Dmitry Kudryashov and Oscar Rivas so not as bad as it seems on the surface. “Sugar” Silgado, 29, had only lost inside the distance once previously and that also was to Lebedev for the WBA title and he was coming off a points loss to Rakhim Chakhkiev for the WBC Silver title in May. Torres vs. Santana Torres halts late sub Santana. Torres the hometown fighter, found the Argentinian more than willing to trade and it was an exciting scrap. Torres took the first two rounds with good body punches with Santana banging back to take the third. Torres was in control again in the fourth gradually breaking Santana down and a series of hard shots in the fifth saw the referee stop the fight. The 35-year-old Torres has won 9 of his last 10 fights and now has 26 wins by KO/TKO. Unfortunately he loses the big ones with defeats against Charlie Navarro, Joe Greene, Yudel Jhonson and David Lemieux de-railing him. Santana, 30, now has 4 losses by KO/TKO. Melendez vs. Vega Experienced Colombian southpaw Melendez had an easy night with Ecuadorian novice Vega overwhelming Vega and forcing the stoppage in the middle of the second round. The 35-year-old Melendez was unsuccessful in shots at the WBO super fly and IBO bantam titles but is hoping his 7 wins in a row can keep his hopes alive. Three losses by KO/TKO for 33-year-old Vega. Gonzalez vs. Martinez Gonzalez was taking part in the last fight of the evening and he made it 4-1 for Colombia over imports. He dominated this one from the first bell with Martinez immediately under pressure. That pressure told late in the second with the referee stepping in to save the Mexican from further punishment. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for Gonzalez a former Colombian amateur champion and South American Games bronze medalist. “El Rey” Martinez, 27, a former Mexican welter champion, was 27-1-1,1ND of his first 28 fights but has since nosedived with 8 losses in a row. Guidonia, Italy: Light: Massimiliano Ballisai (18-2) TKO 8 Manuel Lancia (11-1-1). Middle: Massimiliano Buccheri (18-1-1) W PTS 6 Jon Bertonnier (18-12-3,1ND). Ballisai vs. Lancia Ballisai wins the Italian title with his strength and stamina proving the winning combination. In the early rounds it was Ballisai the boxer using a stiff jab to try to keep the advancing champion out in a fast-paced bout. Lancia started well getting inside and working the body, but that jab and some body punches saw Ballisai edging the first two rounds. Lancia fired home some nice combinations to take the third. It was felt the middle rounds would be Lancia’s territory but over the fourth and fifth it was Ballisai dominating with that jab and landing some hard, short rights. Lancia banged back to take the sixth but it is a last throw of the dice. Ballisai was in charge in the seventh with Lancia fading fast and shipping some heavy digs to head and body. Ballisai closed the show in the eighth flooring Lancia with a thunderous right. Lancia somehow got up and spit out his mouthpiece to buy time. He got an official warning for that but was put down again by a right. He got up again but with Ballisai landing more heavy punches the fight was stopped with just two seconds left in the round. Ballisai wins the title in his first attempt. The 30-year-old suffered knockout losses to Felix Lora in 2012 and to Brunet Zamora in July 2013. He then took a break before returning with a win in June. He has 11 wins by KO/TKO. Lancia, 27, was making the third defence of his national title and had home advantage but Ballisai was just too strong. Buccheri vs. Bertonnier Former Italian champion Buccheri is also on the comeback trail and made it three wins since returning to action in July with a unanimous decision over Frenchman Bertonnier. The 30-year-old “Boom Boom” won the Italian super middle title in June 2013 but did not defend it and did not fight for 13 months. He is unbeaten in his last 12 fights and should be moving up from 6 round fights. Bertonnier had won 4 of his last 5 fights Boquete, Panama: Welter: Aristides Quintero (19-4-1) W TKO 4 Fidel Monterrosa M. (34-12-1,1ND). Super Bantam: Jorge Sanchez (14-0) W TKO 1 Danny Erazo (6-12-2). Feather: Manuel Vides (16-3) W TKO 2 Jose L Prado (0-4). Feather: Jezreel Corrales (17-1,1ND) W TKO 1 Edgar Guillen (2-8-2) Quintero vs. Munoz Quintero has to battle hard to win this one. “The Rifle” was in the firing line early as Colombian Monterrosa put the local fighter down in the first round. He then fired back to put Monterrosa down in a frantic opening round. The Colombian was floored again in the second and third rounds and a clash of heads saw Monterrosa cut on his right eyebrow but he banged back to put Quintero down in the fourth. During the round Monterrosa was complaining of butts and being ignored by the referee and he just decided to stop fighting and the referee halted the fight. Now 15 wins in a row for the 23-year-old Quintero with 13 of those wins by KO/TKO. Monterrosa, 26, lost on points to Humberto Soto for the WBC light title in 2010 but is now 5-5 in his last ten fights with all 10 fights ending by KO/TKO. Sanchez vs. Erazo The Quintero fight was the only competitive match on the card. “El Bufalo” Sanchez floored poor Nicaraguan Erazo twice on his way to a 103 second stoppage. The 24-year-old Panamanian & South American (well one version anyway) champion makes it 9 wins by KO/TKO. Six losses and a draw in his last 7 fights for Erazo who came in at late notice. Vilches vs. Prado Former WBA title challenger Vilches returned with a win as he halted fellow-countryman Prado in the second round. First fight for Vilches since being knocked out in two rounds by Juan C Reveco for the secondary WBA title in March. Three losses by KO/TKO for novice Prado. Corrales vs. Guillen Another abysmal match saw southpaw Corrales floor Guillen twice for a win in 128 seconds. The 23-year-old Corrales is unbeaten with 16 wins and a no decision in his last 17 fights. He is rated WBC 13. Panamanian Guillen is 1-5-1 in his last 7 fights with 4 of those 5 losses by KO/TKO. December 20 Shelton, WA, USA: Feather: Jesus M A Cuellar (26-1) W TKO 5 Ruben Tamayo (25-5-4). Light Middle: Julian Williams (18-0-1,1ND) W TKO 8 Jamar Freeman (13-3-2). Super Middle: Julius Jackson (19-0) W TKO 9 Jonathan Nelson (19-2). Feather: Gary Russell (25-1) W PTS 10 Chris Martin (28-5-3). Middle: Dominic Wade (16-0) W Grady Brewer (32-19). Middle: Tony Harrison (19-0) W KO 1 Tyrone Brunson (22-4-1). Feather: Miguel Flores (13-0) W Jose L Ariaza (31-9-1). Welter: Fabian A Maidana (5-0) W TKO 2 Omar Avelar (3-12) Cuellar vs. Tamayo Cuellar retains his interim WBA title with crushing of Tamayo. The Argentinian used a vicious body assault to weaken and finish Tamayo. Cuellar was relentless in hunting down Tamayo from the first and there was little the Mexican could do to stem the tide. He survived the first three rounds but was put down by a right to the chin in the fourth. He got up only to be caught with a body punch which put him down for the second time. He only just survived to the bell. The doctor visited the challenger’s corner at the end of the round but the fight continued. It was all over in the fifth when another body punch put Tamayo down and the fight was halted. The 27-year-old Cuellar is crude but strong and after being virtually unknown before beating Claudio Marrero for the vacant interim WBA title his wins over Rico Ramos and Juan Manuel Lopez have lifted his profile but whether it is high enough to interest Nicholas Walters remains to be seen. Southpaw Tamayo is a reasonably competent fighter but not title challenger level. Williams vs. Freeman Williams continues to impress as he halts late stand-in Freeman. Williams had this fight well in hand outboxing and outscoring Freeman but it took him into the seventh round to make that dominance tell. He floored Freeman twice in the seventh with rights and jumped on him at the start of the eighth with another knock down bringing the referee’s intervention. Philadelphian “J Rock”, 24, is ready to move up. He already has wins over Joachim Alcine, Orlando Lora, Freddy Hernandez, Michael Medina and unbeaten Eliezer Gonzalez and was giving Hugo Centeno all the trouble he could handle when their fight was ruled a no decision due to a cut. It could be that 2015 will be his break through year. He wins the WBC Continental Americas title. Freeman had won his last 3 fights but against a lower level of opposition. Jackson vs. Nelson Jackson started well and finished well but was a bit flat in the middle. The son of the former world champion Julian, put Nelson on the floor in the first and it looked as though Nelson might not make it to his feet in time but a stuttering count gave him some extra seconds. Jackson pocketed the next three rounds but then Nelson had a good spell outpunching Jackson in the sixth. Jackson found his range again in the eighth and floored Nelson for the second time. Once more Nelson barely beat the count and made it to the bell. A Jackson barrage in the ninth had Nelson in trouble and the fight was stopped. The 27-year-old “Chief” now has 15 wins by KO/TKO including the last 9 in a row and is rated IBF 5/WBA 9. He has been a traveler having fought in Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Argentina and his home in the Virgin Islands. His brother John is also a pro and as an amateur Julius competed for the Virgin Isles at both the World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. Nelson, 29, has mostly plied his trade in the boxing backwaters of the Southern States where he ran up 18 wins before losing on points to Brandon Gonzales in November last year. He was also a good class amateur winning silver and bronze medals at both the US Championships and the NGG’s. Russell vs. Martin Russell returns with a win. The Capitol Heights southpaw was just too quick for Martin who spent too much time eating jabs and quick combinations to do much scoring of his own. Punches were bouncing of the head and body of Martin in every round with Martin trying to get in some body work of his own to slow the former Olympian. The only thing missing was power punching with Russell able to score at will but not really shaking Martin at any stage. Russell wins on scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91. The 26-year-old is looking for another shot at Vasyl Lomachenko to get revenge for his split decision loss in June for the vacant WBO title. He is rated WBO 6/WBA 7 so he has some work to do. Twenty-eight-year-old Martin, “The S.D. Kid” was unbeaten in his first 25 fights but is now a disappointing 5-5-1 in his last 11 Wade vs. Hunter Routine win for prospect Wade as he halts substitute Hunter in two rounds. The Largo 24-year-old has 12 wins by KO/TKO and was coming off a good test in beating Nick Brunson over ten rounds in June. A World Cadet silver medalist he is yet another Al Haymon fighter. Three losses in a row for Hunter whose best win was a stoppage of Ronald Hearns in January. Harrison vs. Brunson Detroit’s Harrison flattens Brunson in just 62 seconds to go to 8 wins in a row by KO/TKO all of the wins inside three rounds. He has great potential and I would love to see him get all the way to the top as he was a protégé of Manny Steward and I was a big fan of Tony’s grandfather Henry Hank. Brunson started his career with a well orchestrated record 19 first round wins in a row . Realty dawned when he was stopped by Carson Jones in 2009. He did not return to the ring until 2012 and is now 1-3 since his return. Maidana vs. Avelar Maidana keeps the family tradition going as he halts another substitute Avelar in two rounds. The 22-year-old Argentinian had Avelar down twice in the first round before forcing the stoppage early in the second. Four wins inside the distance in a row for the 22-year-old brother of Marcos. Nine losses in his last 10 fights for poor Avelar. Cancun, Mexico: Super Feather: Bryan Vasquez (34-1) W TKO 9 Sergio Thompson (30-3). Straw: Ricardo Perez (7-2) W KO 9 Carlos Ortega (10-3-2). Welter: Silverio Ortiz (34-14) W TKO 2 Juan Jesus Rivera (27-12). Super Feather: Luis Sanchez (15-3-1) W PTS 8 Miguel Beltran (29-4). Welter: Ivan Alvarez (18-5) W TKO 4 Alejandro Quintero (8-3-3). Vasquez vs. Thompson Vasquez losses the WBA interim title on the scales but beats local hero Thompson. Vasquez was just too strong, mobile and accurate for Thompson. Vasquez was scoring with good combinations in the first and in an important second round the Costa Rican landed a big right that broke the nose of the Mexican. That nose bled heavily throughout the remainder of the fight making it difficult for Thompson to breathe. The Mexican had a better third round but then Vasquez took control of the fight and built a big lead. Falling way behind on points Thompson was reduced to trying to find one punch to pull the fight out of the fire. He did score heavily in the ninth but lacked the power to hurt Vasquez. Thompson’s nose was continuing to flow blood and he was also carrying bruises around both eyes and his corner retired him before the start of the tenth round. The 27-year-old Costa Rican is yet another example of a careless boxer never being close to making weight. He came in 3lbs over the limit and made no attempt to take the overage off. He was a class above Thompson and will be a force at lightweight. His lone defeat was at the hands of Takashi Uchiyama in a shot at the real WBA title and he was coming off a close decision victory over previously undefeated Jose Felix Jr (26-0-1) in a defence of his interim WBA title in April. Second unsuccessful title challenge for 31-year-old “Yeyo”. Going in to this one his only loss in his last 17 fights was to Takashi Miura in August last year for the WBC super feather title. Since then he had scored wins over useful opposition in Cesar Chavez (21-4), Ric Alvarez (23-2-3) and Adonis Aguelo. He was rated WBC 2/WBO 8, but not rated at all by the WBA! Perez vs. Ortega Big win for inexperienced local as he collects the WBC Silver title with kayo of No 1 rated Ortega. Perez had the power in this one and put the Panamanian down in the third and fourth rounds. “Little Spider” Ortega did well to survive and get back into the fight but a fierce combination in the ninth put the visitor down and out and he needed some attention before recovering. The 23-year-old “Little “Bull”, a former WBC Youth champion, was rebounding from a close decision loss to Nicaraguan Byron Rojas in Managua in May. Collecting the WBC Silver title will get him a huge boost in their ratings. He has 6 wins by KO/TKO. Ortega, 25, was making the first defence of the Silver title and this is his first loss by KO/TKO. Ortiz vs. Rivera Another inside the distance win for “Chamaco III” . The Yucatan fighter had Rivera hurt and under pressure in the first. He ended the fight late in the second trapping Rivera in a corner and unloading until the referee stopped the fight. The 32-year-old has lost only one of his last 15 fights and that was to Humberto Soto in February 2013. He has won 8 on the bounce since then and has 16 wins b y KO/TKO. Rivera, 34 , has lost 3 of his last 4 fights with the other two losses being to Dierry Jean and Samuel Vargas in Canada and the win being over former WBC champion Cesar Bazan. Sanchez vs. Beltran A big upset hidden down the card as Sanchez outclasses former IBF and WBO title challenger Beltran. The local fighter dominated from bell to bell and won on scores of 80-72, 80-73 and 79-71. The 22-year-old has rebounded from a 2-3 run in 5 fights with four wins in a row but nothing in this class so it was a big step-up for Sanchez. Beltran, 25 had seen a challenge to Juan Carlos Salgado for the IBF title end in a no decision and in September 2012 he lost a very debatable split decision to Roman Martinez for the vacant WBO title. However danger flags were flying earlier this year when he was knocked out in six rounds by newcomer Carlos Diaz Ramirez so the signs are not good. Alvarez vs. Quintero Alvarez extends his winning run to five fights as he halts Quintero in four. Southpaw Alvarez floored Quintero in the second and then ended the fight with a left hook in the fourth. Quintero got up but was in no condition to continue so the fight was stopped. Now 13 wins by KO/TKJO for Alvarez. First loss by KO/TKO for Quintero. Carolina, Puerto Rico: Light: Roman Martinez (28-2-2) W KO 2 Herbert Quartey (12-9). Light Jose A Gonzalez (23-1) W TKO 2 Antonio Joao Bento (27-15-2). Martinez vs. Quartey Former WBO champion Martinez overcomes a slow first round to finish Quartey in the second. Martinez was having his first fight for 13 months and was slow out of the starting gate allowing Quartey to have a useful first round which he ended with a flurry of punches. Reality came in the second when a left hook to the body put Quartey down and out. The 31-year-old “Rocky” makes it 17 wins by KO/TKO. He was having his first fight since losing the WBO title to Mikey Garcia in November last year. Ghanaian Quartey 26 is 0-5 in fights outside Ghana. Gonzalez vs. Bento In his first fight since losing to Ricky Burns for the WBO title in May 2013 Gonzalkez eases back with destruction of Bento. A left hook from Gonzalez put the Portuguese fighter down early in the first and later another shot floored Bento who also lost his mouthpiece. A hard right in the second round put Bento down again and the referee stopped the fight. The 31-year-old “Chelo” makes it 17 wins by KO/TKO and lifts the vacant WBO Latino title. He was in front 87-84 on all three cards before retiring against Burns so will be looking for a title shot late in 2015 or in 2016. Bento, 38, had rebounded from a run of 5 losses with three wins but was in over his head here. Phoenix, AZ, USA: Heavy: Andy Ruiz (24-0) W PTS 10 Siarhei Liakhovich (26-6). Light Heavy: Trevor McCumby (18-0) W TKO 6 Milton Nunez (28-12-1). Feather: Oscar Valdez (14-0) W TKO 5 Jean Javier Sotelo (19-14-2). Super Bantam: Joet Gonzalez (8-0) W KO 3 Jamie Gutierrez (4-10). Ruiz vs. Liakhovich Ruiz remains unbeaten with a unanimous decision over a very faded Liakhovich. The Mexican hope made a fast start having Liakhovich under heavy pressure in the first two rounds but then seeming to run out of steam. It was a slow paced fight with few highlights and with Ruiz making it much harder for himself than it needed to be. Neither fighter is quick of foot and there was very little skill on display. Ruiz has lost some weight but is still carrying too much (267.8lbs on a 6’2” -188cm- frame) and although he was the aggressor and has quick hands after that promising start he allowed himself to be dragged into a brawl filled with too many clinches. What clean work there was was coming from Ruiz but with Liakhovich improving on some recent performances. Ruiz wins on scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 96-94 so protects his WBO 3/WBC 8/IBF 13 ratings but this was a step down from his winning shows against Joe Hanks, Tor Hamer and Manuel Quezada. Belarusian Liakhovich, 38, a former WBO champion, had seemed to be on his way out of the sport after a spell of fighting just once a year over three years which saw him losing in 2011 to Robert Helenius, in 2012 to Bryant Jennings and in 2013 against Deontay Wilder. He is still a name so I guess there are still some pay days around for him. McCumby vs. Nunez McCumby got in some rounds against veteran Nunez on his way to a sixth round stoppage. The Arizona prospect had Nunez down in the third and fourth rounds from body punches and Nunez’s corner retired their man before the start of the sixth round. The 22-year-old former top amateur makes it 14 wins by KO/TKO. Colombian Nunez, 27, was wiped out by Gennady Golovkin for the interim WBA title in 2010 and is 7-9 in his last 16 fights. Valdez vs. Sotelo Valdez outclasses Sotelo to make it 6 wins in the year, 5 by KO/TKO. The former Mexican amateur star outclassed the Colombian veteran outboxing and out scoring him in every round. He was increasing the pressure and punishment with Sotelo never in the fight. After four round of pain Sotelo wisely retired before the start of the fifth. The soon to be 24 year-old Valdez (on December 22), now has 13 wins by KO/TKO and will be one to watch in 2015. Sotelo, 39, is 3-7-1 in his last 11 fights with 6 of those 7 losses by KO/TKO. Gonzalez vs. Gutierrez Californian youngster Gonzalez continues his winning run with stoppage of Mexican Gutierrez. The 21-year-old Gonzalez easily dominated the first two rounds before flooring Gutierrez twice in the third. The game Gutierrez got up each time but the fight was stopped after the second knockdown. Gonzalez, a former NGG silver medal winner who lost at the 2012 US Olympic trials, gets only his second win by KO/TKO. For Gutierrez it is 5 losses in a row, 4 by KO/TKO. Echevarria vs. Lopez Mexican southpaw Echevarria wins in his US debut as he take unanimous decision over useful test Lopez. The 22-year-old from Gomez Palacio boxed sensibly against an experienced opponent and won on scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55 to take the decision which ends his run of 6 wins in a row by KO/TKO. Lopez, also Mexican, has been in with good class opposition such as Gary Russell, Luis Orlando Del Valle and Ronny Rios and had won his last 9 fights. Munich, Germany: Light Heavy: Robin Krasniqi (43-3) W PTS 12 Dariusz Sek (21-2-1). Light Heavy: Dominic Boesel (17-0) W TKO 2 Mohamed Merah (12-2-3). Middle: Domenic von Chrzanowski (16-0-1) W TKO 2 Eduards Gerasimovs (5-1). Heavy: Tom Schwarz (10-0) W KO 1 Adnan Buharalija (31-24-2). Krasniqi vs. Sek Krasniqi gets close decision over Sek. Krasniqi fought a cautious, careful fight using his superior skills to outbox the more active Pole. Sek was looking to get inside and force Krasniqi to trade but the Kosovan stuck to his game plan and worked on the outside. It was frustrating for the Pole who was the busier but not the most accurate and that may have swayed the judges who scored it for Krasniqi by 116-112 twice and 115-113 with the latter being a better representation of Sek’s efforts. The 27-year-old Krasniqi retains the WBO International and WBA Continental titles. He has lost only one of his last 43 fights and that was to Nat Cleverly for the WBO title in 2013 since when he has scored 4 wins over a good level opposition. He is high in the ratings at WBA 2(1)/ WBO 2/ IBF 13 but I don’t believe he justifies those ratings. Sek, 28, had lost to German Robert Woge in May 2013 and then taken a year out before returning with two wins. Boesel vs. Merah Boesel hits too hard for French opponent. The German hope was scoring with hard combinations to the head and body in the first against a slow, easy target and he was exhibiting good skills. In the second with the bell imminent he produced a great combination to put Merah down and force the stoppage. The 25-year-old local makes it 6 wins by KO/TKO as he retains his WBO Inter-Continental title. He is rated No 6 by the WBO because he is their Inter-Continental champion and not because of the quality of his opposition. Merah, 26, was 2-1-3 in his first 6 fights but had then run up 10 wins including a useful victory over Denis Simcic (29-2) in November. Von Chrzanowski vs. Gerasimovs “Blue Blood Nic” Von Chrzanowski was faced by a poorly conditioned opponent and made the portly body of Gerasimovs his target. He did not find the spot in the first round by in the middle of the second a hard body punch put Gerasimovs down and out. Still no real tests for the Berlin 23-year-old who is managed by his wife. He has 9 wins by KO/TKO. Latvian Gerasimovs’s 5 wins had been scored over fighters with combined records of 0-5 so a meaningless win for Von Chrzanowski Schwarz vs. Buharalija This one was all over in 64 seconds. Schwarz landed a couple of hefty shots with the last landing well back on the head of Buharalija. The B & H fighter collapsed to the canvas claiming a rabbit punch but was counted out. Now 7 wins by KO/TKO for the 6’5 ½” (197cm) 20-year-old German but a lot of habitual losers on his CV. Southpaw Buharalija does not do distance fights. He is 8-16 in his last 24 fights with all 24 ending by KO/TKO. Rome, Italy: Super Middle: Andrea Di Luisa (17-2) W TKO 11 Roberto Cocco (16-12-1). Middle: Emanuele Blandamura (23-1) W PTS 6 Matiouze Royer (10-18-5). Super Feather: Devis Boschiero (35-3-1) W TKO 1 Jorge Luis Munguia (10-3). Cruiser: Mirko Larghetti (22-1) W TKO 3 Peter Hegyes (8-11). Di Luisa vs. Cocco Italian champion Di Luisa wins the vacant European Union title with late stoppage of Cocco. Di Luisa is coming forward throughout the first round and lands some good rights with Cocco responding with body punches as Di Luisa edges that round. Cocco boxes neatly on the retreat in the second with Di Luisa making good use of his jab in another close round. Di Luisa takes the third with Cocco showing some good defensive movement but being nailed by a right uppercut. The fourth sees Cocco warned for coming in with his head down but he is more competitive and Di Luisa is under some pressure. In the fifth and sixth Di Luisa is in control and with Cocco seemingly tiring he gets though with hooks and uppercuts. The seventh is also Di Luisa’s and he even has time to plant a kiss on Cocco’ s mouth which won’t get him any additional points. Perhaps galvanised by that romantic moment Cocco has a better eighth round but the ninth is a big one for Di Luisa as has Cocco badly shaken by a right uppercut and also opens a cut over Cocco’s right eye with a punch. Cocco survives the tenth but only because Di Luisa takes a breather after his exertions in the ninth. Di Luisa goes on the attack again in the eleventh and the referee calls the doctor to inspect Cocco’s cut and the doctor advises the fight should be stopped, and it is. The 32-year-old Di Luisa wins the EU title at the third attempt. In previous tries he was halted in twelve rounds by Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye in 2011 and Chris Rebrasse in 2012. He took a year out after the Rebrasse loss and then when he returned he won the Italian title for the second time before registering this win. Cocco, 37, also a former Italian champion, had lost to Spaniard Mariano Hilario for this same title in May. It took him four attempts to win the Italian title so if at first you don’t succeed …….. Blandamura vs. Royer The rest of the fights were just “Christmas money” fights. Easy opposition over six rounds to get that little bit extra to spend a Christmas. Blandamura got his Christmas money with a comfortable points win over French prelim fighter Royer. First fight for the 34-year-old “Sioux” since losing his European title to Brit Billy Joe Saunders in July. Royer keeps his record of not losing by KO/TKO. Boschiero vs. Munguia It has been a bad year for Boschiero with two loses to Romain Jacob taking away his European title and denting his world rating. He took his frustration out on poor Honduran Munguia who failed to last out the first three minutes. The 33-year-old “Boom Boom” is still a class fighter and should have a better 2015. First loss by KO /TKO for Munguia who had been beaten on points by Stephane Jamoye six weeks earlier. Larghetti vs. Hegyes Larghetti makes it 14 wins by KO/TKO with stoppage of Hungarian. First bout for the 32-year-old Italian since losing on points to Marco Huck for the WBO title in August. Sixth loss by KO/TKO for Hegyes. Oshikango, Namibia: Light: Paulus Moses (35-2) W TKO 4 Jorge Luis Rodriguez (17-10-1,1ND). Feather: Paulus Ambunda (22-1) W PTS 12 Tshifhiwa Munyai (24-4-1). Moses vs. Rodriguez Moses retains the WBO International title with stoppage of Argentinian Rodriguez. It was a disappointing ending. The Namibian had floored Rodriguez in the third and opened a bad cut over the Argentinian’s left eye. Moses was getting close to a kayo win in the fourth when the referee decided the cut was too bad and the fight was halted. The 36-year-old Namibian, a former holder of the secondary WBA title, makes it 7 wins since losing a wide decision to Ricky Burns for the WBO title in 2012. He is still rated No 2 by the WBO. Rodriguez, 33, is the FAB No 8 at super feather. Ambunda vs. Munyai Ambunda just scrapes through in this one. As with many opponents he found the South Africa “Atomic Spider” a difficult opponent. Ambunda had Munyai down three times in the first round. The initial knockdown was from a body punch and the other two stumbles from Munyai as he was under pressure and were not counted. After building an early lead Ambunda found himself under pressure for much of the remainder of the fight and Munyai looked to have deserved at least a draw. However the judges scored it 117-112 and 116-113 for Ambunda and a more representative 113-112 for Munyai. The 34-year-old “Rock” was having his first fight for seven months. He is rated No 2 by the WBO and looking to get a chance to regain the WBO title he lost to Tomoki Kameda in August last year. Two losses in a row for former undefeated CBC bantam and IBO super bantam champion Munyai. The other was a second round stoppage when he came in as a late substitute to challenge Scott Quigg for the secondary WBA title April. Managua, Nicaragua: Light Heavy: Ricardo Mayorga (31-8-1) W TKO 5 Andrik Saralegui (7-2). Oliver Flores (25-1-2) W PTS 8 Moises Castro (31-23-4). Super Fly: Jose Perez (13-0) W KO 7 Roberto Lopez (31-25-1). Mayorga vs. Saralegui Someone who used to be Ricardo Mayorga got a win here. The 41-year-old former WBA/WBC welter and WBC light middle champion was up at light heavyweight for this fight. Fortunately Mexican “Loco” Saralegui though younger was fatter and slower. It was more farce than fight as Mayorga teased and taunted the Mexican before flooring him in the fourth with Saralegui failing to answer the bell for the fifth. Second win in three months for Mayorga who was inactive from losing to Miguel Cotta in March 2011 until returning in September this year. It was his first fight in his native country since 1998. The fatter version of Mayorga, he weighed 173lbs for this one, has a very limited shelf life. Saralegui was well chosen. The 33 year-old Mexican was having his first fight for a year and only his second one in 8 years! Flores vs. Castro Southpaw hope Castro given a tougher than expected night by oldie Castro and only just avoided defeat. Scores 77-75 twice and 79-73. The 23-year-old from Leon has now beaten Castro three times but their ten round fight in May was just as close. A kayo by Mexican Miguel Berchelt in November 2012 is the lone loss on the record of Flores. Castro, 36, is 2-5 in his last 7 fights but just seems to have the style to trouble Flores. Perez vs. Lopez Teenage hope Perez remains unbeaten with stoppage of Mexican Lopez. After six one-sided rounds Perez finally broke Lopez down flooring him and halting him in the seventh. Now 8 wins in a row by the 19-year-old Nicaraguan and 11 wins in total by the short route. The 41-year-old Lopez has lost 5 of his last 6 fights but was coming off a useful win over Arturo Badillo in May. Huntington, NY, USA: Light Heavy: Joe Smith Jr (17-1) W TKO 1 Maxell Taylor (18-10-1). Smith vs. Taylor Smith overwhelms Taylor in just 37 seconds. Smith came out firing and drove Taylor into a corner where he scored with a barrage of punches and with nothing coming back from Taylor the fight was stopped. The 25-year-old “Irish Bomber” from Long Island now has 11 wins in a row, 9 by KO/TKO. Taylor, 30, the brother of pro Emmanuel Taylor, was a high class amateur but has not cut it as a pro and this is his sixth loss in a row, five by KO/TKO. Abbreviations ABC=Asian Boxing Council an affiliate of the WBC ABF=Asian Boxing Federation. I assume this is an affiliate of the IBF ABU=African Boxing Union an affiliate of the WBC ACC=WBC Asian Council Continental title ANBF=Australian National Boxing Federation who administer Australian titles BBB of C=British Boxing Board of Control BBB of C Southern/Central/Midlands/Scottish Area etc. British Area titles BDB= Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer one of the German boxing bodies B & H=Bosnia & Herzegovina BSA=Boxing South Africa responsible for administering boxing in South Africa CBC=Commonwealth Boxing Council a sanctioning body for titles competed for by citizens of Commonwealth countries CISBB-WBC title covering the rump of the USSR and the Slovenian Boxing Board DRC=Democratic Republic of the Congo EBU=European Boxing Union FAB=Argentinian Boxing Federation FFB=French Boxing Federation GAB=Philippines Games & Amusement Board responsible for administering boxing in the Philippines GBC= Global Boxing Council a sanctioning body IBA=International Boxing Association a sanctioning body IBF=International Boxing Federation a sanctioning body IBO=International Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body JBC =Japanese Boxing Commission NABA=North American Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate NABF=North American Boxing Federation a WBC affiliate NABO= North American Boxing Organisation, a WBO affiliate NCC=National Championships of Canada NGG=US National Golden Gloves NZPBF=New Zealand Professional Boxing Federation a national sanctioning body OPBF=Orient & Pacific Boxing Federation PABA=Pacific & Asian Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate PBF=Philippines Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body in the Philippines UBF=Universal Boxing Federation a sanctioning body UBO=Universal Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body USBA= United States Boxing Association, an IBF affiliate USBO=United States Boxing Organisation an WBO affiliate WBA=World Boxing Association a sanctioning body WBC=World Boxing Council a sanctioning body WBFed=World Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body WBFound=World Boxing Foundation, a sanctioning body WBU=World Boxing Union, a sanctioning body IBF WBA Rating=Both bodies leave vacancies in their ratings so when showing a IBF or WBA rating for a fighter where there is a vacant position ahead of them in the rankings which affects his rating I will put his numerical rating i.e. No 6 and in brackets and his rating based on the number of fighters ahead of him so IBF 6 (5) shows his numerical position is 6 but there are in fact only 5 fighters listed ahead of him due to one or more of the higher rating positions being vacant.
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This coming Saturday is a great day for American fans who get a wonderful choice of events with two exciting looking cards going head to head. On Showtime we get a really interesting triple header headlined by a WBC Silver Welterweight title fight between Britain's Amir Khan (29-3, 19), the defending champion, and Devon Alexander (26-2, 14). Both men are former world champions and both know that a win here could well help them move towards a massive payday against Floyd Mayweather. Khan is the betting favourite but to us this is as close to a 50-50 match up as you'll find and it's great to see the two finally getting it on, several years after they should have fought. In one of the support bouts on this card fans will see the much touted and heavy handed Keith Thurman (23-0-0-1, 21) defending the WBA interim Welterweight title against Leonard Bundu (31-0-2, 11). Like the main event this appears to be a great bout though Thurman is the clear favourite given his edge in youth and power. The third part of this card will see Jermell Charlo (19-0, 15) fighting against Lenny Bottai (22-2, 9) in an IBF Light Middleweight title eliminator, with the winner moving towards a shot with Cornelius Bundrage. Sadly this is much weaker than the other two bouts and Bottai really should be brushed aside with ease by the talented Charlo. The other show is headlined by a non-title bout between former 2-weight world champion Timothy Bradley (31-1-0-1, 12) and Argentinian brawler Diego Gabriel Chavez (23-2, 19). This is expected to be a thrilling contest and a real brawl which could potentially be a FOTY contender though could well be a disappointing bout if Bradley ends up relying solely on his superior skills. Another great bout on this card will see WBA interim Light Welterweight champion Mauricio Herrera (21-4, 7) defending his belt against the unbeaten and much touted Jose Benavidez (21-0, 15). This is a real test for Benavidez who was tipped as a future star though has yet to show those magical touches against a decent level of foe. Sadly with the two shows clashing fans will need to make a choice one way or another, though both do look like great cards. (Image courtesy of http://roundbyroundboxing.com) The Light Middleweight division has been an odd one recently. The best fighter in the division, Floyd Mayweather Jr, isn't actually in the division and neither is the division's cash cow, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. That leaves the division lacking a big name despite plenty of notable talent. Sadly what hasn't helped is the division's top remaining fighters picking up losses with no one being able to establish themselves as the best of the rest. This Friday we see two men battling in their attempts to move into the clear position as "best of the rest" as Cuba's Erislandy Lara (19-2-2, 12), the current WBA "regular" champion, attempts to defend his belt as the talented but frustrating Ishe Smith (26-6, 12). Unfortunately both of these men have suffered recent defeats with Lara suffering an "above the limit" decision loss to Alvarez whilst whilst Smith was beaten 2 bouts back by Carlos Molina, with Molina himself recently losing to Cornelius Bundrage. On paper the bout between the two Light Middleweight's is the highlight of the night though is sadly likely to feel like a disappointment with neither man having an exciting style, in fact both are frustrating fighters who are, at their best, counter punchers. Effectively what we're likely to have is a bout between two men who are waiting for the other to fire before they counter. This could well be a sleep inducing bout despite the skills of both men. December 3
Moore Park, Australia: Middle: Daniel Geale (31-3) W PTS 12 Jarrod Fletcher (18-3). Super Middle: Jake Carr (9-0) W PTS 10 Renold Quinlan (8-0). Cruiser: Mark Flanagan (17-4) W PTS 10 Shane Quinn (10-2-1). Heavy: Willis Meehan (2-0) W KO 1 Alofa Solitua (0-5). Geale vs. Fletcher Geale wins this battle of friends by a big margin on all cards. These two had been teammates in the Australian national side at World Championships and Commonwealth Games and had sparred hundreds of rounds together so knew each other well.“ Left Jab” Fletcher made a good start working his jab well with Geale slower to get into the fight but with more variety in his work. From the third Geale upped the pace and was working the body and putting his punches together. The fourth was Geale’s again. He was getting inside Fletcher’s jab attacking the body and Fletcher was showing a small cut on his right eyelid. The fifth was big round for Geale. He landed a hard right that put Fletcher down. He was up quickly but Geale was able to work him over on the ropes and score with a sharp uppercut. The sixth saw Geale building on his success being first to the punch and again landing a good uppercut. Although the fight was not one-sided the referee checked Fletcher’s corner to ensure they were happy with their man continuing. The ninth was another big round for Geale as he battered away at Fletcher’s body and had him trapped on the ropes and staggered Fletcher badly with a right with Fletcher hanging on to survive. At the end of the round Fletcher’s corner warned their man that if the same thing happened in the tenth they would throw in the towel. Fletcher showed guts to get through the last three rounds even landing a hard right just before the final bell. Scores 119-108 from all three judges. Former IBF champion Geale, 33, wins the vacant PABA title and the interim WBO Asia Pacific title but more importantly keeps his career alive in his first fight since losing in three rounds to Gennady Golovkin in July. Right now his only rating is at No 9 with the WBA but he is still a big name in the division. Geale dedicated his win to his mother who is fighting lymphoma cancer. Fletcher, 31, was coming off a fifth round stoppage loss against Daniel Jacobs for the vacant secondary WBA title in August so he has a reconstruction job ahead of him. Carr vs. Quinlan Carr retains the Australian title with a unanimous decision over Quinlan but it was a close run thing. Quinlan looked to make the better start but once he got going Carr was the busier and it was his work rate and a strong finish that got him the decision. Quinlan fought well enough to make most rounds close and Carr had enough bumps and bruises to know he was in a fight but Quinlan was going past the eighth round for the first time and tired late. Scores 96-95 twice and 96-94 for the champion. The 23-year-old Carr had a harder task than expected but came though with the win and remains one of the top prospects in Australia. Quinlan, 25, the ANBF No 3, at last seems serious about his career. After turning pro with one fight in 2008 he was inactive in 2009 and 2012. Since returning to action he has scored wins over Joseph Kwadjo and Joel Casey and gave Carr his toughest fight so far. Flanagan vs. Quinn Flanagan retains his national title mainly due to two knockdowns. The champion made a slow start and it was the third round before he really got into the fight. He did that by flooring Quinn heavily but the challenger fought back hard in the fourth. Although not letting his punches go as much as usual Flanagan had Quinn down again in the fifth. Again Quinn got up and was competitive over the closing round only to lose the unanimous decision on scores of 97-92, 96-94 and 95-93 showing the importance of those two knockdowns. “Bam Bam” Flanagan, 24, has won six in a row since moving up to cruiser and is WBA No 14. Quinn, 38, did not turn pro until he was 36 and was unbeaten in his last 9 fights winning 8 by KO/TKO. He was rated No 3 by the ANBF. Meehan vs. Solitua Luckily this poor bit of matching was over early as Meehan knocked out Solitua in 88 seconds. The 6’5” (195cm) southpaw Willis is the 19-year-old son of former heavyweight title challenger Kali Meehan. Solitua is 43 and has lost 4 of his 5 fights by KO/TKO. Meehan is a novice but this was a poor match even to be fed to a novice. December 4 San Diego, CA, USA: Welter: Alan Sanchez (15-3-1) W PTS 10 Ed Paredes (35-5-1). Light: Will Tomlinson (23-1-1) W TKO 8 Miguel Zamudio (31-6-1). Sanchez vs. Paredes Sanchez continues to progress as he gets unanimous decision over Paredes. Sanchez had the edge in height and reach and it was a case of Paredes trying to work his way inside and Sanchez making him pay a price for trying. Sanchez built an early lead with these tactics with Paredes having some success in the middle rounds before Sanchez took over again in the sixth, seventh and eighth scoring continually with left counters and occasional rights to the head. Knowing he was behind Paredes was going for broke in the last two rounds. It almost paid off in the ninth when he caught Sanchez with a right which shook Sanchez and had him holding on until his head cleared. Paredes was still trying to force things in the last and near the end of the round left himself open to a left hook which put him down. He beat the count with the bell going before Sanchez could follow-up. Scores 98-91 twice and 97-92. In 2009/2010 the 23-year-old Sanchez went 1-2-1 in a four bout sequence against good local level opposition. He then won 7 in a row reversing one of his losses before losing on points to Luis Collazo in September last year. This is his third win since then. The 29-year-old Paredes had a good run of form from 2009 through to July this year with 14 wins and a draw and victories over Joey Hernandez, Antonio Pitalua, Manuel Leyva, Vivian Harris, Hector Munoz and others. He came unstuck against Alfonso Gomez flooring Gomez twice but losing on points and this loss makes it two in a row so a bad spell for “The Lion Tomlinson vs. Zamudio “Wild Will” continues his reconstruction project with a stoppage of Zamudio. The Australian had to survive a first round butt from Zamudio which saw the referee deduct a point from the Mexican. Once those pleasantries were over Tomlinson took control and began to break Zamudio down scoring easily with his right even when using it as his lead. Zamudio got home with an occasional swinging shot but Tomlinson was working on the Mexican’s body and when he switched to the head hardly seemed able to miss. Just when it looked as though Zamudio might make it to the final bell Tomlinson unleashed a thunderous right uppercut that had Zamudio badly hurt and after another hard right the referee stopped the fight. The 28-year-old former IBO super feather champion was 21-0-1 with wins over Alan Herrera, Daniel Ruiz, Irving Berry and Malcolm Klassen but then blew his world rating by losing a clear unanimous decision to Jerry Belmontes in March. This is his second win since then. Zamudio, 23, has had 7 fights this year and is 4-3 but the wins were over poor opposition and the losses have been to tough challenges in unbeaten Saul Rodriguez, for title challenger Sharif Bogere and Tomlinson. December 5 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: Cruiser: Mateusz Masternak (34-2) W PTS 10 Jean Marc Mormeck (37-6). Cruiser: Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf (20-4-1) W PTS 12 Toni Visic (15-15-1). Masternak vs. Mormeck Masternak wins majority decision that should have been unanimous and brings the curtain down on the career of Mormeck. The Frenchman went on the attack from the outset but “The Master” Masternak was countering well and edged the first two rounds with his better skills. Mormeck stepped up the pace in the third and fourth but again Masternak was boxing well and defending well. The Pole began to take control from the fifth and it was Mormeck who was having to look towards his defence as Masternak took the sixth and seventh. In the eighth a big right saw Mormeck buckle at the knees badly hurt and Masternak fired punch after punch but Mormeck survived. Mormeck was hurt again in the ninth but got a break when the wrapping on his glove came loose. Masternak was pressing in the last but a hard right from Mormeck stopped him in his tracks but he finished the round strongly. Scores 98-92 twice and a ridiculous 95-95. Masternak, 27, gets a badly needed win. After 30 victories in a row he was stopped in eleven rounds in October 2013 by Grigory Drozd, a loss that cost him his European title and his high world rating. His second loss came in June when he was beaten on a split decision by Youri Kayembre Kalenga for the interim WBA title. He could not afford another loss and will now be hoping to improve on his WBA No 6 rating and get recognition from the other three bodies. For the 42-year-old Mormeck, a former WBA/WBC cruiser champion and heavyweight title challenger this is the end of the road. He will now work with the FFB where his experience will be invaluable. Benmakhlouf vs. Visic Benmakhlouf wins the WBFed Intercontinental title with close decision over Visic. Algerian Benmakhlouf just had the edge in this one but it was a fight that never really caught fire. Benmakhlouf did what pressing there was with Croatian Visic content to defend and look for openings. Many rounds were close with Visic staging a strong finish but not doing enough to convince the judges. Scores 115-113 twice and 115-112. The 37-year-old Benmakhlouf has won 10 of his last 11 fights with the loss being to Roy Jones Jr in December for the German version of the WBU title. Visic an in and out performer of modest skills nearly pulled this one off. Milan, Italy: Welter: Antonio Moscatiello (18-2-1) W TKO 10 Riccardo Pintaudi (9-1). Welter: Renato De Donato (14-2) W PTS 6 Jozsef Gerebecz (7-12-2,1ND). Moscatiello vs. Pintaudi Moscatiello retains the Italian title and wins the local bragging rights with dramatic late knockout of challenger Pintaudi. Over the opening four rounds Pintaudi built a lead with his strong jab and quick movement with Moscatiello not really able to get into his stride and only having success when he could catch Pintaudi on the ropes. The champion came into the fight in a big way in the fifth finally getting through with some hard punches with Pintaudi in trouble at the end of the round. As Pintaudi slowed Moscatiello was able to cut down the ring and force Pintaudi to the ropes more often and after being on top throughout the eighth had evened up the scoring balancing Pintaudi’s good start. Pintaudi tried to reverse the tide in the ninth standing and trading with Moscatiello but a punch sent his mouthpiece flying and he was is in difficulties as the round ended. Moscatiello attacked hard in the last with Pintaudi forced to trade and with just six seconds left in the round a classic three-punch combination from Moscatiello had Pintaudi reeling and the referee stopped the fight. The 32-year-old “Big” makes it 13 wins by KO/TKO. The former EBU title challenger was making the first defence of his national title and is currently rated No 20 in the EU rankings. Pintaudi, 31, had won his last six fights by KO/TKO but this was the first time he had gone beyond the sixth round. He was taken to hospital for observation but later reported to be ok. De Donato vs. Gerebecz “The Surgeon” extends his run of good form with unanimous decision over Gerebecz. Not a puncher, the Italian did manage to floor Gerebecz but was not able to keep him there and had to settle for a points win. The 28-year-old former Italian light welter champion and EU No 21 has won 7 of his last 8 fights. Hungarian Gerebecz, 36, is 2-9, 1ND in his last 12 fights. Differdange, Luxembourg: Cruiser: Ilunga Makabu (18-1) W TKO 3 Gabor Halasz (36-16). Chris Rebrasse (23-3-3) W PTS 6 Istvan Orsos (9-26-2) Makabu vs. Halasz Just a keep busy fight for Makabu as he halts Hungarian in three rounds. The DRC southpaw is rated WBC 3/WBA 5/WBO 8 and now has 17 wins by KO/TKO. Not bad for a guy who was stopped inside a round in his first pro fight. First loss inside the distance for 36-year-old “Big Daddy Fisherman” Halasz who had won his last 9 fights against opposition who would be flattered to be described as modest. Rebrasse vs. Orsos Low level return for “Iceberg” Rebrasse as he wins every round against Hungarian southpaw Orsos. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. First fight for the 29-year-old Frenchman since losing his EBU title to George Groves in September. Orsos usually goes the distance. Wieliczka, Poland: Cruiser: Lukasz Janik (28-2) W KO 7 Franco Raul Sanchez (18-11-2). Light Middle: Krzys Kopytek (9-0) W PTS 8 Patryk Litkiewicz (14-6). Middle: Kamil Szeremeta (9-0) W PTS 8 Jose Yebes (12-5-1). Janik vs. Sanchez A win for Janik but he nearly throws it away. The Pole was getting caught early with shots from the Argentinian and despite having both height and reach over Sanchez did not look comfortable. It was a lot worse in the third. Late in the round Sanchez landed a ponderous right to the head which suddenly had Janik’s legs wobbling badly. Luckily the bell went before Sanchez could capitalize on his success. In the fourth Janik was out boxing Sanchez and the Argentinian started to go into survival mode. Janik dictated the fight in the fifth and by the sixth Sanchez was warned for holding as he began to wilt. In the seventh a right to the body from Janik saw Sanchez go down in agony and he failed to beat the count. A win but not an impressive one for the 28-year-old Pole who was ahead 58-55 on all three cards. He lost a decision to Mateusz Masternak in 2009 but then had a good run and has lost only one of his last 14 fights and that to Ola Afolabi for the vacant IBO title in November last year. He was coming off a win over Rico Hoye in June and is the official challenger for the EU title. Sanchez, 35, moves to 8 losses by KO/TKO and is 6-3 in his last 9 fights. Kopytek vs. Litkiewicz Kopytek gets unanimous decision. Litkiewicz took the first round forcing the fight and surprising Kopytek with a couple of rights. That was about it for Litkiewicz’s success. From the second Kopytek was able to impose his better technique and despite some spurts of aggression from Litkiewicz Kopytek was able to edge the rounds. Litkiewicz tired over the last two rounds and the tempo of the fight dropped. Scores 79-73 twice and 79-74. First 8 round fight for Kopytek (his name translates as dumplings. I throw these asides in for free) and he made hard work of it. “Shadow” Litkiewicz, 23, was a good level amateur but a modest pro. Szeremeta vs. Yebes Szeremeta gets unanimous decision but as usual Yebes makes him fight hard. The Spaniard showed good work with his left both in jabs and hooks and Szeremeta was trading instead of using his superior skills. Over the second half of the fight Szeremeta boxed better and was switching his attack from head to body but was unable to stop Yebes from pressing forward. Szeremeta boxed his way to a deserved decision with a sound defence and good counters particularly to the body and Yebes lost but with honour. Scores 78-75 twice, which looked about right, and 80-72 which did not. The 25-year-old Pole is making good progress and has a useful win over Lukasz Wawrzyczek (19-2-2). As an amateur he was Polish champion in 2009 and 2010 and runner-up in 2011 and 2012 and represented Poland at the 2010 European and 2011 World Championships. Yebes keeps his record of never losing inside the distance and in his previous fight in September had taken Matthew Macklin to a majority decision. The tall 35-year-old was a three-time Spanish amateur champion and represented Spain at the World, European and European Union Championships. Bristol, England: Bantam: Lee Haskins (30-3) W PTS 10 Willy Velazquez (17-4-1).Feather: Robbie Turley (14-5) W PTS 10 Jamie Speight (12-7). Haskins vs. Velazquez Haskins outclasses Velazquez to keep his hopes of a world title fight alive. Once again Haskins put on a brilliant exhibition of silky southpaw skills being too quick for the young Mexican to get into the fight. Firing from the hips as usual Haskins was in, landing, and out before the Mexican could counter. Velazquez tried hard and had a little success here and there catching Haskins in the first and third round with rights but never troubled the local favourite. Velazquez was down from an accidental low punch but recovered to go the distance. Referee’s score 100-90. Haskin’s next engagement will be in February against Omar Lamiri for the vacant EBU title and he hopes to go on from there to challenge for a world title after having the frustration of seeing two of his victims Stuart Hall and Martin Ward contesting the IBF title. The 25-year-old Velazquez was 9-1-1 in his last 11 fights going in but was outclassed here. Turley vs. Speight Turley wins British title eliminator with unanimous decision over Speight. Turley was able to use his better range of skills to outpoint Speight who never stopped trying but was open to counters in every round and was out boxed by Turley. Scores 100-91 twice and 100-90. Turley had lost to Dai Davies for the Welsh title in July so this was an important win. He had two years out after failing a brain scan and temporarily losing his license. Speight, 26, had rebounded from a run of 4 consecutive losses in title fights to win the BBB of C Southern Area title in May. December 6 Montreal, Canada: Light Heavy: Jean Pascal (29-2-1,1ND) ND 2 Roberto F Bolonti (35-3,1ND). Super Middle: Schiller Hyppolite (14-1) W TKO 11 Norbert Nemesapati (15-2). Heavy: Bogdan Dinu (12-0) W KO 1 Mickael Vieira (14-5-1). Light Welter: Yves Ulysse Jr (5-0) W PTS 8 Lukasz Janik (12-8-1). Super Feather: Joel Diaz Jr. (18-0) W KO 4 Pedro Navarrete (28-20-3). Light Welter: David Theroux (5-0) W PTS 6 Maurycy Gojko (22-45-3). Light Middle: Steven Butler (9-0) W TKO 5 Lyes Chaibi (12-8-2). Pascal vs. Bolonti Very controversial ending for this one as Pascal puts Bolonti down with punch on the break. After a first round of feeling each other out Pascal turned up the heat in the second. He floored Bolonti early in the round with a short jab with it looking as though the Argentinian was also off balance. Bolonti was up immediately and as the action resumed Pascal wrestled the Argentinian across the ring with Bolonti landing a couple of light punches as they went, one landing behind Pascal’s head and the other on his right ear. As they were tangled the referee stepped round Pascal’s left shoulder and put his arms between the fighters attempting top pull them apart. As he was doing so Pascal landed a short-armed punch with his right to the left side of Bolonti’s chin. It did not look a hard shot but the Argentinian went down heavily. The referee pushed Pascal away and his body language and the fact that he did not go over to start a count seemed to indicate he was going to disqualify Pascal. Bolonti was down on the canvas for quite a few minutes whilst oxygen was being administered and he was eventually stretcher from the ring. Meanwhile Pascal was indicating he had not heard the break call. Total confusion reigned for a while but eventually the result was give as No Decision. A cop out. Either Pascal landed a punch on the break and should have been disqualified, or it was a legal blow in which case Bolonti lost on a kayo. Pascal claimed that whilst he was herding Bolonti to the corner Bolonti had landed a punch on his left ear-which he did-and that affected his ability to hear the referee call break but that does not explain why he threw the punch even as the referee had his hands between them trying to pries them apart. On the other hand the punch did not seem hard as Pascal was unable to get any leverage on it and Bolonti may have vastly overplayed his hand looking for a disqualification win. A very unsatisfactory ending which will just be forgotten and Pascal’s plans will go forward and Bolonti will go home and complain about a perceived injustice. Hyppolite vs. Nemesapati Haitian-born Hyppolite wins vacant WBC International Silver title with late stoppage of young Hungarian. The Canadian was in command in this one being much the quicker man and having a distinct edge in punching power and stamina. Nemesapati is a good technical fighter but just could not hurt Hyppolite enough to keep the Canadian off him. Hyppolite scored a knockdown with a right hook to the head in the third and had the Hungarian hurt again in the seventh. By the eleventh Nemesapati had nothing left and was soaking up punches when the referee stopped the fight. Now 9 wins in a row for the 28-year-old Hyppolite with 7 of those wins by KO/TKO. He has victories over former CBC champion Jermain Mackey and Ghanaian Mohammed Akrong and is rated No 15 by the IBF. Nemesapati is only 19 and is being pushed too fast. He had his first fight in the USA in August climbing off the floor and being outpointed by Jason Escalera. Dinu vs. Vieira Short night’s work for Romanian Dinu but Vieira unlucky. The Frenchman injured his shoulder early in the first round but chose to continue. The result was two knockdowns, the second from a body shot and he was unable to beat the count. Dinu, 28, has 8 wins by KO/TKO including wins over CBC title challenger Eric Martel Bahoeli and Kertson Manswell. As an amateur he was World Cadet champion, World Junior bronze medalist, European Junior silver medal winner and competed at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships where he was eliminated by a Russian and then banned from amateur competition for being caught shoplifting in Chicago. Now two first round losses in a row for Vieira who was kayoed in one round by Francesco Pianeta in May. Ulysse Jr vs. Janik Ulysse remains unbeaten as he takes every round against durable Janik. The 26-year-old Canadian won all the way out boxing the Pole but being unable stop him and taking the unanimous decision on scores of 80-72 from all three judges. The Montreal prospect was Canadian Amateur champion in 2011 and 2012 and competed at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games where he beat Ghanaian Fred Lawson but lost to Brit Bradley Saunders. Janik, 25, is 2-4 in his last 6 fights. Diaz vs. Navarrete Californian Diaz rolls on. The 22-year-old was given a good fight for three rounds but won all three. He found the finish in the fourth when a left to the body put Mexican Navarrete down and he could not beat the count. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for Diaz who had a good win over Canadian Tyler Asselestine in May. “Vaquero” Navarrete is 2-10 in his last 12 fights and 0-6 in trips to Canada but this is only his third loss by KO/TKO. Theroux vs. Gojko Theroux wins wide unanimous decision over Polish southpaw Gojko. The Quebec 20-year-old had Gojko down twice in the second but could not keep him there and had to settle for a points win. Scores 60-52 from all three judges. The former Canadian Youth champion looks a good prospect. Gojko, 37, is 1-9 in his last 10 fights and 0-5 in Canada but he gave Theroux some much needed rounds. Butler vs. Chaibi Young Butler finishes a busy nine months with a stoppage of French southpaw Chaibi. Butler slowly broke Chaibi down and was scoring with heavy combinations throughout. He was handing out punishment in the fifth when the referee stopped the fight. The 19-year-old has crammed in 10 fights in 9 months and has won his last 7 fights by KO/TKO. He was Canadian Amateur champion in 2013 and 2014 and is the son of Marshall Butler who took away John H Stracey’s unbeaten record in 1972 at the Albert Hall. First loss by KO/TKO for FFB No 9 Chaibi. Oldenburg, Germany: Light Heavy: Juergen Braehmer (45-2) W KO 1 Pawel Glazewski (23-3). Light Middle: Jack Culcay (19-1) W PTS 12 Karim Merroudi (13-4-2). Super Middle: Tyron Zeuge (16-0) W TKO 5 Stjepan Bozic (29-9). Heavy: Denis Boystov (35-1) W PTS 8 George Arias (55-12). Super Middle: Haertel (3-0) W PTS 6 Zoltan Surman (15-12-1). Heavy: Otto Wallin (9-0) W TKO 4 Ivica Perkovic (20-26). Cruiser: Deion Jumah (4-0) W KO 2 Josef Krivka (6-9). Braehmer vs. Glazewski Braehmer retains secondary WBA title in fight lasting just 43 seconds. Braehmer came out fast bouncing on his toes and trying to find a way around the high guard of Glazewski. The German landed a couple of southpaw left hooks to the body and backed Glazewski to a corner where he dug in another left hook to the body. Glazewski went down on both knees in agony and was counted out. Third title defence for 36-year-old Braehmer and win No 33 by KO/TKO. Pole Glazewski, 32, is better than this but just got caught with a devastating punch before he even managed to get into the fight. Glazewski’s other losses are a split decision against Roy Jones Jr and a seventh round stoppage by Hadillah Mohoumadi. Culcay vs. Merroudi Culcay keeps his EBU title with unanimous decision over Frenchman Merroudi. Culcay was a clear winner but credit has to go to Merroudi. The Frenchman came in as a very late substitute after original opponent Ruben Varon pulled out due to an eye injury in training. One thing that helped Merroudi was the advantages he had in height and reach but Culcay was by far the better boxer and quicker. The German was outscoring Merroudi but was catching counters and he was lucky that Merroudi is not a puncher (one win by KO/TKO). Culcay’s corner man Joey Gamache was telling Culcay that he could take chances as Merroudi was far below Culcay’s class and “Golden Jack” made this harder than it needed to be. Scores 119-108, 118-110 and 116-113. First defence of the EBU title for Culcay who is rated WBA 4(3)/WBO 5/IBF 10 (8) but is a long way from being ready for the likes of Saul Alvarez, Erislandy Lara and Demetrius Andrade. “Lion Heart” Merroudi, 29, rated FFB No 1 was 7-1-1 in his last 9 fights and did more than could have been expected given the short notice call he received. Zeuge vs. Bozic Zeuge progresses with win over experienced Croat veteran. Zeuge was just too quick for the older man and had Bozic in deep trouble as early as the second round. Bozic soaked up a lot of punishment and after a one-sided fifth the Croatian’s corner would not let their man come out for the sixth. The 22-year-old Zeuge, the WB O No 6 keeps hold of his IBF International title and has won 5 of his last 6 fights by KO/TKO. He was a gold medal winner at the European Junior championships in 2009. Bozic, 40, lost to Dmitri Sartison for the vacant WBA super middle title in 2009 and had lost inside the distance to Arthur Abraham, James DeGale and Fedor Chudinov. Boystov vs. Arias Boystov continues to rebuild with win over Brazilian veteran. Both fighters were tentative over the early rounds. Boystov was just prodding with his jab and throwing hooks to the body eventually opening a cut over the right eye of Arias (not by the hooks to the body naturally). The big Brazilian was just walking forward behind a high guard and not really doing much else. It improved a little over the second half of the fight with both opening up more and Arias scoring with a few shots below the belt and being deducted a point in the sixth. Scores 79-72 twice and 78-73. The loss to Alex Leapai in November saw the 28-year-old German-based Russian go from No 1 to nowhere in the WBO ratings-which is pretty ridiculous. Arias, 40, lost to Johnny Nelson for the WBO cruiser title in 2001 but would have to cut a leg off to make that weight again. Sticking strictly to domestic/South American opposition he had won his last 13 fights but was predictable and slow here. Haertel vs. Surman Routine win for Haertel as he adjusts to the pro game. He was in control all the way easily winning every round but a big effort in the last to stop Surman was foiled by the crafty Hungarian. Scores 60-54 from the three judges. The 26-year-old trainee schoolteacher is looked on as a very good prospect based on his amateur achievements. He was German Junior and Senior champion won a bronze medal at the European Union Championships and was a quarter-finalist at both the World Championships and the 2012 Olympics. The 38-year-old “Sunboy” Surman gave him some useful work Wallin vs. Perkovic Wallin forces late replacement Perkovic to retire after four round. The Swedish southpaw had trouble piercing the high guard of Perkovic so went to the body and wore the Croatian down. Perkovic decided he had had enough and retired after four one-sided rounds. Seven wins by KO/TKO for the 24-year-old Wallin who was a good level amateur. Second inside the distance loss in three weeks for 40-year-old Perkovic who has lost 8 of his last 9 fights. Jumah vs. Krivka London southpaw Jumah returns with a win up at light heavy. Jumah put Czech Krivka down four times before the referee decided to stop the fight. The 25-year-old Jumah was having his first fight in just over 13 months but hopes to be more active now. Krivka is 2-6 in his last 8 fights with 5 of those losses by KO/TKO. New York, NY,USA: Middle: David Lemieux (33-2) W TKO 10 Gabriel Rosado (21-9,1ND). Light Middle: Hugo Centeno Jr (22-0,1ND) W KO 5 James De la Rosa (23-3). Light Welter: Thomas Dulorme (22-1) W PTS 10 Henry Lundy (25-4-1). Light Middle: Eddie Gomez (17-1) W PTS 10 James Winchester (16-11,1ND). Super Middle: D’Mitrius Ballard (8-0) W TKO 3 Tylon Burris (5-3). Lemieux vs. Rosado Lemieux gets the big exposure he wants and the win he needs if he is to catch the attention of Gennady Golovkin or Miguel Cotto. Over the first two rounds Rosado showed no respect for the punch power of the Canadian and was landing heavy punches of his own with Lemieux gladly joining him in the trading and getting through with some hard lefts as the fight warmed quickly. Rosado was a bit more conservative in the second looking to outbox Lemieux rather than mix it but the Canadian hard other ideas. In the third round a hard left from Lemieux wobbled Rosado and an uppercut put him down. Rosado got up and Lemieux bundled forward trying to finish the fight with Rosado forced to hang on to the bell. The knockdown and a 10-8 round were bad enough but worse was the damage done to Rosado’s left eye which was swelling rapidly and would hamper Rosado later in the fight. However, there was no sign of that hampering Rosado in a frantic fourth which saw both fighters throwing punches in bunches in an attempt to gain control. In the fifth and sixth with Rosado’s left eye almost closed Lemieux was forcing the action but his work rate dropped in the seventh and despite having to survive a doctors examination of the eye Rosado was able to score with quick accurate punches and the impetus seemed to swing his way. Rosado had to get though the doctors examination at the end of the eighth and the start of the ninth. Rosado started the ninth round well only for Lemieux to bang back and have Rosado rocking at the bell. Rosado could hardly see the punches coming in the tenth but it was a surprise when the doctor climbed on to the ring apron to tell the referee to stop the fight. The 26-year-old Lemieux has taken on board the lessons from his consecutive losses to Marco A Rubio in 2011 and Joachim Alcine in 20-12 and his eight wins since then have taken him up the ratings to WBC 2/IBF 5(3)/WBO 8/WBA 15 but his best immediate chance of a title fight would probably be against Daniel Jacobs for the secondary WBA title or the WBA title depending on what happens with Jermain Taylor. He retain his NABF title and has 31 wins by KO/TKO. “King” Rosado now has four losses and a no decision in his last five fights (the no decision was a loss to J’Leon Love which was changed when Loved tested positive for a banned substance). He is still an entertaining fighter so there are paydays there but he also suffered cuts in losing fights against Peter Quillin and Jermell Charlo which may influence his decision. Centeno vs. De la Rosa Perhaps a break through win for Centeno. The tall Californian had height and reach over De la Rosa and they started cautiously with Centeno trying to get the jab working and De la Rosa looking for a way inside. De la Rosa thought he had found an opening in the first round but a stiff jab put him down. He did not seem too shaken and began to get inside to work the body over with Centeno still relying on the jab to keep the fight open. The action was fairly even until a sudden ending in the fifth. Centeno caught the advancing De la Rosa with a stunning left and De la Rosa went down heavily with the referee immediately stopping the fight. “The Boss” Centeno, 23, had looked to be on his way to defeat against Julian Williams in September last year until a clash of heads resulted in a No Decision. He had come back with two wins over modest opposition so had to make a statement in this one-and he did. He gets his twelfth win by KO/TKO. Texas-based Mexican De la Rosa, 27, had certainly made a statement in his last fight by easily outpointing Alfredo Angulo. However after 20 straight wins he is now 3-3 in his last 6 fights so he goes back a step and needs a win in his next fight. Dulorme vs. Lundy Dulorme holds off strong finish from Lundy to win deserved split decision. Dulorme got the perfect start when he floored Lundy in the first with a right. Lundy got up and fought back. Dulorme kept the impetus going and took the second with Lundy for some reason having fought in both the first two rounds as a southpaw. Orthodox Lundy did a bit better in the third and fourth but Dulorme was picking up points with his jab and after a good fifth was clearly way out in front. Lundy had a good sixth seeming to stun Dulorme with a right and was getting inside Dulorme’s longer reach and working the body and took the seventh. The Puerto Rican put in some good work in the eighth using his jab to keep Lundy out and with the knockdown and his good work over the early rounds only really needed to stay on his feet to win. Lundy staged a strong effort in the ninth and tenth swarming forward as Dulorme tired but just came up short on two cards. Scores a harsh 97-92 and 96-93 for Dulorme and a 96-93 for Lundy. Dulorme holds on to his WBC NABF title and wins the vacant WBO NABO title. Now five wins for the 24-year-old since his stoppage defeat against Luis C Abregu in 2012. He is right up there at WBA 2/IBF 4(3)/WBC 4/WBO 5 so should land a title fight in 2015. Lundy,30, had suffered important back-to-back losses to Ray Beltran and Viktor Postol but rebounded with three wins including a wide points victory over Ajose Olusegun. But this will see him tumble down the IBF ratings from his No 6(5) position. Gomez vs. Winchester Gomez gets back to winning ways with a wide points victory over Winchester. It looked as though it might be a short fight when Gomez floored Winchester with a body punch in the first round. However Winchester has only lost once inside the distance so he did not crumble but stayed in the fight. Gomez was just too quick and slick for the game but limited North Carolina fighter and an increasingly frustrated Winchester lost a point in the seventh for holding. Scores 100-88 from all three judges. The 22-year-old Bronx “EBoy” a former NGG champion lost to more experienced Francisco Santana in June. “Shotgun” Winchester , 36, has lost 7 of his last 8 fights but only big puncher Jorge Melendez has stopped him. Ballard vs. Burris Ballard, another former NGG champion, goes to 5 wins in a row by KO/TKO. As with the Gomez fight a first round knockdown scored by favourite Ballard put the possibility of an early finish on the table. Burris got up but would not be staying around too long. Burris got some pain and some respite when floored by a low punch in the second but a sustained attack from Ballard in the third forced the stoppage. The 21-year-old Ballard, a four-time PAL champion, has 7 wins by KO/TKO all delivered within the first three rounds but so far the opposition has been low level. Three losses in a row now for 37-year-old Burris. Glendale, CA, Light: Jose Felix Jr (28-1-1) W TKO 3 Luis Solis (15-6-4). Super Feather: Saul Rodriguez (14-0-1) W Juan Ramon Solis (21-8). Middle: Esquival Falcao (6-0) W TKO 5 Lanny Dardar (2-2-2). Felix Jr vs. Solis Felix is also looking for another title shot. “Josesito” got his second win along that path with stoppage of Solis. The young Mexican allowed Solis a bit of success in the first round but then got serious in the second. A left to the chin floored Solis early in the round. After that it was a matter of time until it was over. Felix ended it in the third with a left to the body and the referee did not even bother to count but halted the fight immediately. The 22-year-old Felix boxed well below expectation when he lost a close unanimous decision to Bryan Vasquez for the interim WBA super feather title in April. He has disappeared from the ratings so has work to do to get back in contention. Now four losses in a row for Solis. Rodriguez vs. Solis Rodriguez makes it a bad night for boxers named Solis. “Kid Dinamite” found himself in a tough fight in his second eight rounder. Rodriguez was edging the rounds but Solis was competitive and there were some good exchanges. Rodriguez made a breakthrough in the third wobbling Solis with a left, but the Argentinian survived. Rodriguez was pressing in the fourth and fifth with Solis fighting hard to stay in the fight. Those hopes disappeared in the sixth when a hard combination from Rodriguez put Solis down on his knees and he stayed there for the count. Trained by Robert Garcia, the 21-year-old Rodriguez has won his last 7 fights by KO/TKO. The draw on his record was the technical variety. He is a prospect worth following. Solis, 32, is the current interim WBC Latino super feather champion and rated FAB No 5. This is his fifth loss by KO/TKO. Falcao vs. Dardar Brazilian Olympian Falcao makes it three wins in a row by KO/TKO. The 24-year-old southpaw broke Dardar down with a sustained body beating and although the Louisiana novice tried hard he was in over his head. Falcao handed out punishment steadily for four rounds until in the fifth when a succession of shots from Falcao got through and the referee stepped in to save Dardar. The 24-year-old Falcao won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and his brother Yamaguchi won a bronze. First six round fight for Dardar who was in way over his head but did more than could be expected. Monterrey, Mexico: Super Feather: Adrian Estrella (20-0) W KO 1 Edwin Lopez (21-4-1). Light: Miguel Roman (48-11) W TKO 3 Ricardo Castillo (40-13-1,1ND). Light Middle: Oscar Molina (11-0) W TKO 3 Adrian Torres (5-3). Light: Abdiel Ramirez (23-1-1) WTKO 3 Ismael Segovia. Light: Jairo Lopez (16-3) W TKO 5 Randy Lozano (8-5-2). Estrella vs. Lopez Estrella dismisses Lopez in just 115 seconds to retain his WBC Fecarbox title for the eighth time. After these two banged heads early in the first round Estrada landed a right to the body and Lopez never looked like getting off his haunches. 22-year-old Mexican banger now has 18 wins by KO/TKO. He is hoping to challenge Takashi Miura for the WBC title early in the new year. After suffering three inside the distance losses in a row the 39-year-old Lopez was inactive for over three years until returning in October 2011. After that he won 21 fights in a row 19 by KO/TKO against absolutely atrocious opposition in what passes for boxing matches in the Dominican Republic so his record is very heavily padded. Roman vs. Castillo Mickey Roman halts veteran Castillo in three rounds. The popular former WBC light title challenger hunted down Castillo for two rounds and then put him down with a body punch in the third. . Castillo took the count on one knee finished for the night. Back down at super feather Roman has now won 10 in a row 9 of them by KO/TKO including inside the distance wins over former champions Juan Carlos Salgado and Daniel Ponce De Leon and is rated No 7 by the WBC. Castillo, 35, lost in challenges for the IBO, WBA and IBF super bantam titles and a challenge to Cristobal Cruz for the IBF feather title ended in a technical draw. Now it is just 2 wins in his last 10 fights. Molina vs. Torres Just some Christmas money really for Molina. The Olympian landed a hard left in the third round which brought the finish. Oscar, the 24-year-old twin brother of Javier and brother of Carlos, has 8 wins by KO/TKO. He was a World Youth gold medalist and competed at the 2012 Olympics where he represented Mexico although born in California. The 35-year-old Torres turned pro in 1998 but was inactive from June 1999 until returning in May this year. Ramirez vs. Segovia Poor match sees big puncher “Mortar” Ramirez halt Segovia in three. Only three of Ramirez’s 25 fights have gone the distance. Unfortunately one fight that did not go the distance was a loss to Rene Gonzalez in 2012. Ramirez has won 9 in a row since then including two good victories over Lupe Rosales. No credible record for Segovia. Lopez vs. Lozano Lopez gets his second win in a row as he halts Lozano in the fifth round. The Doberman” had a streak of nine wins, eight by KO/TKO before losing to Nery Saguilan on a split decision in May. Lozano was unbeaten in his last 5 fights. Hermosillo, Mexico: Middle: Juan Macias Montiel (13-1-1) W KO 2 Fidel Lopez (10-15). Super Fly: Hernan Marquez (37-5-1) DREW 8 Ricardo Roman (9-5-3). Super Bantam: Daniel Rosas (18-2-1) W PTS 8 Mario Villela (6-3). Fly: Luis Nery (15-0) W TKO 8 Carlos Fontes (17-3). Super Feather: Adrian Young (20-1-2) W TKO 3 Jovanny Soto (38-18-1). Montiel vs. Lopez Los Mochis prospect Montiel does not do points wins. He made it 13 wins by KO/TKO by knocking out late substitute Lopez in two rounds. The 20-year-old Juanito has 10 wins and a draw in his last 11 fights but against very low level opposition. Southpaw Lopez was a late fill-in and has lost 9 times by KO/TKO. Marquez vs. Roman A mark of how far Marquez has slipped as he has to fight hard to get a draw with modest opposition. “Tyson” Marquez was scoring best on the inside and Roman at a distance and although Marquez seemed to be landing the heavier punches Roman was worthy of the split draw. Scores 77-75 for Marquez, 78-76 for Roman and 76-76.The 26-year-old former WBA flyweight champion lost only two of his first 36 fights but is now 3-3-1 in his last 7. Losses to Brain Viloria and Giovani Segura could be expected but losing inside the distance to McJoe Arroyo and now this draw are not good. “Bam Bam” Roman (who thinks these things up?) is now 1-3-3 in his last 7 fights so there was nothing there to make one think he was in Marquez’s class. Rosas vs. Villela As with Marquez Rosas makes heavy work of beating an opponent he should be able to brush aside. Rosas used a systematic body attack to try to wear down Villela. For six rounds it was a close, hard fought bad tempered fight but over those last two rounds Villela gradually tired and Rosas just did enough to walk away with the majority decision. After being unbeaten in 18 fights “Bad Boy” Rosas, 25, lost two big fights in a row earlier this year being stopped in seven rounds by Rodrigo Guerrero and outpointed in a fight for the interim WBO title by Alejandro Hernandez. He will have to improve on this showing if he is to climb back into the ratings. Villela really just a prelim fighter who had lost his last two fights. Nery vs. Fontes “Pantera” Nery extends his unbeaten streak with late knockout of useful Fontes. Nery was the slight outsider in this but there was really not much between the two. In the end Nery had the harder punch and he finally broke though in the last round flooring Fontes twice before the referee stopped the fight. The Tijuana southpaw makes in 10 wins by KO/TKO and is ready to move up to ten rounds. Fontes had a 12 bout winning run ended in February when he lost a technical decision to Luis Concepcion for the WBC Silver title. Young vs. Soto Young gets a win after a couple of bumps in the road. The 21-year-old from Los Mochis halted veteran Soto in the third to move to 16 wins by KO/TKO. “Chinito” was unbeaten in his first 20 fights before losing on points to Oscar Gonzalez (21-2) in July last year. He was then inactive for almost 15 months before returning in October with a creditable draw against Edgar Monarrez (18-2) so can rebuild with this win. He has good wins over Raul Hirales and Silvester Lopez. In the past 12 months Soto has lost 4 of his last 5 fights but with opposition such as Cris Mijares, Tyson Cave and Jorge Lara (25-0-1) that’s no surprise. Hurtsville, Australia: Super Feather: Billy Dib (39-3) W TKO 2 Isaias Santos Sampaio (19-10). Light Middle: Ahmed Dib (15-0) W TKO 2 Elly Pangaribuan (3-5) Dib vs. Sampaio No real test for Dib as he disposes of overmatched Brazilian. After taking the first round to settle Dib ended it in the second. He floored Sampaio with a left hook and it looked like the end. However Sampaio managed to get to his feet only to be nailed by a right. He made it to the vertical again and his corner threw in the towel. Now up at super feather Dib makes it 23 wins by KO/TKO. The 29-year-old wins the vacant WBA PABA title. The former IBF feather champion is already rated IBF 7(60/WBO 6 and is now looking for a WBA rating to give him as many routes as possible to a title shot. Sampaio had been knocked out in two rounds by Jack Asis in Australia so a predictable outcome. Split, Croatia: Cruiser: Bilal Laggoune (18-0-1) W PTS 12 Stjepan Vugdelija (10-4). Belgian Laggoune wins the EU title as he beats the champion in his own backyard. The Belgian triumphed on scores of 115-112 twice and 115-111 in his first fight outside Belgium. The 22-year-old Belgian champion was rated EBU No 6 going in and rounds off a good year which has seen him acquire 6 wins. Vugdelija was not a strong champion having lost to Ismail Abdoul, Mirko Larghetti and Mateusz Masternak and this was his first defence of the title. Vignes aux Bois, France: Welter: Ahmed El Mousaoui (21-1-1) W PTS 12 Aitor Nieto (15-3). Light Heavy: Patrick Bois (13-3-1) W TKO 8 Damien Retif (5-19-21). El Mousaoui vs. Nieto El Mousaoui wins the vacant EU title with unanimous decision over Spaniard Nieto. It was a good, fast-paced fight with El Mousaoui being the bigger and stronger man and Nieto prepared to take the fight to him. El Mousaoui had Nieto down in the fourth but Nieto got up and got back into the fight. He hurt El Mousaoui in the eighth but the Frenchman was always in front whilst Nieto with sharp counters was able to sneak some rounds without ever really looking a likely winner. At the end the judges rightly gave it to El Mousaoui but Nieto came away with a great deal of credit in his first fight outside Spain. Scores 117-110. 115-111 and 114-112. The 24-year-old former undefeated French champion now has 11 wins and a draw in his last 12 fights. Nieto, 30, the Spanish champion had won his last 6 fights. Bois vs. Retif Bois retains the French title on a night of double wins for Bois as he also proposed in the ring to his partner and was accepted. In the fight he was just too strong for Retif who retired before the start of the eighth round. A rare inside the distance wins for 23-year-old Bois who is in his second reign as French champion. He was not in the EBU ratings but was on the edge at No 13 in the EU ratings. Retif was not an outstanding challenger having lost his last four fights going in. He was rated No 4 super middle by the FFB. Eberswalde, Germany: Welter: Rico Mueller (18-1-1) W KO 1 Mike Miranda (42-6). Mueller takes only 98 seconds to dispense with Brazilian Miranda. Mueller floored Miranda with a shot to the head and after the Brazilian made it to his feet a right hook to the body from Mueller and it was over. The 26-year-old local retains the IBO Inter-Continental title and makes it 9 wins in a row and 13 by KO/TKO. Miranda, 42, was knocked out in one round in his last fight in May which is a bad habit to acquire. Budapest, Hungary: Heavy Francesco Pianeta (31-1-1) W PTS 12 Ivica Bacurin (18-7-1). Cruiser: Imre Szello (4-0) W KO 5 Vlad Idranyi (5-16-2). Super Bantam: Zsolt Bedak (23-1) W TEC DEC 8 Ruslan Berchuk (10-5). Light Middle: Attila Kovacs (35-4) W PTS 6 Karlo Tabaghua (18-5,1ND). Pianeta vs. Bacurin Pianeta retains the WBO Europe title but is given a hard fight by unfancied Bacurin. Scores for the German-based Italian 116-112 twice and 115-113. Not an impressive performance by the 6’5” (196cm) southpaw who had height and reach but did not use them as well as he should and made it difficult for himself. Third win for the 30-year-old since losing in five rounds to Wlad Klitschko for the IBF/WBA/WBO titles in May last year. Croatian Bacurin, 32, is really just a pumped up cruiser and had been knocked out by Dmitry Kudryashov in seven rounds in May. Szello vs. Idranyi Szello much too good for this standard of opposition. The former top amateur put Idranyi down in the second and knocked him out cold in the fifth with Idranyi going to hospital as a precaution. The 31-year-old “Imo” had over 300 amateur fights and competed at the World Championships and the Olympics but having turned pro at 30 has no time to lose. Slovak Idranyi has won only one of his last 12 fights so a poor match. Bedak vs. Berchuk Bedak well on his way to victory when a clash of heads brings a premature finish and he gets the technical decision. He had very little trouble in subduing the modest Russian. Bedak was only rarely troubled by Berchuk who was willing but limited. In the eighth a clash of heads saw Bedak suffer a bad cut over his left eye and the cut was too bad for the fight to continue. It went to the scorecards and Bedak was the winner by 80-72 twice and 79-73.The 31-year-old “Mr. Left Hook”, the WBO No 4, retains his WBO Europe title for the second time. Typical for the low standard that the WBO accept for their European title Berchuk had been knocked out in one round by Chinese fighter Qiu Xiao Jun in September. If you don’t respect your titles you can’t expect others to do so. Kovacs vs. Tabaghua The “Viper” nearly gets bitten. Swede Tabaghua rocked the place when he floored the former IBO champion in the second. Kovacs fought back hard and staged a big effort flooring Tabaghua in the last round but Tabaghua looked unlucky not to come away with a draw. Scores 57-55 twice for Kovacs and 56-56. The WBO European champion has won his last 10 fights but against opposition that was so mediocre that Tabaghua was a big step up. He was a former Swedish amateur champion and has a win over former EBU champion Jackson Osei Bonsu and in his last fight had lost a split decision to Ayoub Nefzi in another on the road job. Bellaria, Italy: Middle: Matteo Signani (21-4-3) W PTS 12 Ahmed Rifaie (13-5-2). Signani wins the vacant EU title with points victory over Frenchman Rifaie. Neither applied great skill here but it was a tough twelve rounds for both. It was close over the opening rounds with Signani just having a slight edge. The Italian suffered a set back in then seventh when hr was deducted a point for carless use of the head but he then began to take control out boxing the Lebanese-born Rifaie in the eighth and then fighting on the inside and scoring with good hooks and uppercuts. The “Jaguar” already had it won but put it beyond doubt in the last flooring Rifaie with a left to erase any doubt about the verdict. Scores 116-110 twice and 118-110. The 35-year-old former Italian champion had fought a technical draw with Istvan Szili for this same title in May and has lost only one of his last 18 fights. Rifaie, the FFB No 8, had won his last 6 fights. Hamilton, New Zealand: Heavy: Parker (12-0) W KO 4 Irineu Beato Costa Jr (15-2). Jeff Horn (8-0-1) W Robson Assis (14-0). Parker vs. Costa Jr Parker finishes the year with a bang as he flattens Brazilian with a tremendous right cross. From the first round the unbeaten young New Zealander was able to use Costa Jr for target practice as he thumped home three-punch combinations always punctuated with sizzling left hooks to the short ribs. Costa Jr was almost static behind a high guard and threw very few punches of his own. When he did Parker slammed shots through the gaps in the Brazilian’s guard. The end came dramatically in the fourth. Parker landed a hard left hook and as Costa Jr leant back from that Parker hit him with a right cross he never saw coming and the Brazilian was dumped on the canvas on his back and the fight was stopped immediately. The 22-year-old 6’4” (193cm) makes it 10 wins by KO/TKO. He has wins over Frans Botha, Brian Minto and Sherman Williams fair tests but not enough for the WBA 11/WBO 14 rating. But he is young, improving and can punch so it will be interesting to see how he develops next year. “Gigante” Costa, 34, was bigger and heavier and also a lot slower. His record had been built on poor to moderate opposition at home in Brazil and he was coming off a points loss over twelve rounds to Christian Hammer in Germany in October where he lost every round, but ended on his feet. Horn vs. Assis He is not a heavyweight but Horn may be every bit as good as a prospect. The Australian “Hornet” outclassed Brazilian Assis. He won every round opening a cut over the Brazilian’s left eye in the second, flooring him twice in the fourth and ending the fight with a crunching body punch in the fifth. The 26-year-old Brisbane schoolteacher has 7 wins by KO/TKO. He did not take up boxing until he was 18 and was an outstanding amateur winning the Australian title in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and represented Australia at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. One to watch. Assis, the interim WBO Latino champion scored a couple of useful wins back home but was in over his head here. London, England: Super Feather: Martin J Ward (10-0-2) DREW 10 Maxi Hughes (13-1-2). Ward remains undefeated with hard fought draw against Hughes. Ward started well taking the first round with some quick punches and good movement. It seemed to be going to plan in round two until a clash of heads seemed to stun Ward and a right put him down. He got up and survived and had his jab working again in the second. Hughes was pressing hard in the third and in the fourth he had Ward down again although there was also the suggestion of a slip as the reason for Ward going over. Hughes was dominant in the fifth and sixth scoring well with rights and southpaw lefts and with the knockdowns building a good lead. Ward had ground to make up and over the last four rounds he did just that using a crisp jab and body punches. Final scores 95-94 Ward and 95-95 and 94-94 making it a majority draw. This was BBB of C eliminator and the first ten round fight for the Leeds-born Ward. Hughes had lost to prospect Scott Cardle in 2013 but rebounded with 5 wins. Philipsburg, Sint Maarten: Bantam: Elton Dharry (17-5-1) W PTS 12 Jose Rios (12-2-1,2ND). Brooklyn-based Guyanan Dharry wins vacant IBF Inter-Continental title with wide unanimous decision over Nicaraguan Rios. Scores 118-109 from all three judges. Dharry 29, makes it 14 wins in a row and five years since his last loss. He has really turned his career around after being 3-5-1 in his first 9 fights. Nicaraguan champion Rios was unbeaten in his last 10 fights. Abbreviations ABC=Asian Boxing Council an affiliate of the WBC ABF=Asian Boxing Federation. I assume this is an affiliate of the IBF ABU=African Boxing Union an affiliate of the WBC ACC=WBC Asian Council Continental title ANBF=Australian National Boxing Federation who administer Australian titles BBB of C=British Boxing Board of Control BBB of C Southern/Central/Midlands/Scottish Area etc. British Area titles BDB= Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer one of the German boxing bodies B & H=Bosnia & Herzegovina BSA=Boxing South Africa responsible for administering boxing in South Africa CBC=Commonwealth Boxing Council a sanctioning body for titles competed for by citizens of Commonwealth countries CISBB-WBC title covering the rump of the USSR and the Slovenian Boxing Board DRC=Democratic Republic of the Congo EBU=European Boxing Union FAB=Argentinian Boxing Federation FFB=French Boxing Federation GAB=Philippines Games & Amusement Board responsible for administering boxing in the Philippines GBC= Global Boxing Council a sanctioning body IBA=International Boxing Association a sanctioning body IBF=International Boxing Federation a sanctioning body IBO=International Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body JBC =Japanese Boxing Commission NABA=North American Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate NABF=North American Boxing Federation a WBC affiliate NABO= North American Boxing Organisation, a WBO affiliate NCC=National Championships of Canada NGG=US National Golden Gloves NZPBF=New Zealand Professional Boxing Federation a national sanctioning body OPBF=Orient & Pacific Boxing Federation PABA=Pacific & Asian Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate PBF=Philippines Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body in the Philippines UBF=Universal Boxing Federation a sanctioning body UBO=Universal Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body USBA= United States Boxing Association, an IBF affiliate USBO=United States Boxing Organisation an WBO affiliate WBA=World Boxing Association a sanctioning body WBC=World Boxing Council a sanctioning body WBFed=World Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body WBFound=World Boxing Foundation, a sanctioning body WBU=World Boxing Union, a sanctioning body IBF WBA Rating=Both bodies leave vacancies in their ratings so when showing a IBF or WBA rating for a fighter where there is a vacant position ahead of them in the rankings which affects his rating I will put his numerical rating i.e. No 6 and in brackets and his rating based on the number of fighters ahead of him so IBF 6 (5) shows his numerical position is 6 but there are in fact only 5 fighters listed ahead of him due to one or more of the higher rating positions being vacant. December 6th-An American triple header, Pascal in action, Breahmer defends and Estrella fighting!12/5/2014 This weekend isn't a huge one but it's a genuinely exciting one with a number of notable bouts on the fringes of world class. The biggest show of the night comes from New York where Golden Boy Promotions will be putting on a really good triple header. The main event from the US show will see the heavy handed David Lemieux (32-2, 30) battle against former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado (21-8-0-1, 13) in what promises to be an explosive encounter. Lemieux is very exciting but very flawed and will be attempting to stop Rosado from the off, if he fails to win early then Rosado will fancy his chance to score his first win in more than 2 years. In a Light Middleweight bout on the same show the unbeaten Hugo Centeno Jr (21-0-0-1, 11) battles against the promising James De la Rosa (23-2, 13). For De la Rosa this is a chance to build on his upset win over Alfredo Angulo earlier this year whilst for Centeno this allows him a chance to score his second win of the year and continue his development. The third interesting bout on this show will see two contenders in action each looking to moves towards a world title bout next year. This bout will see the much touted Thomas Dulorme (21-1, 14) battling against Henry Lundy (25-3-1, 12). We're expecting that this could be a genuinely great bout in the ring and although it's likely to be over-shadowed by the Lemiuex/Rosado bout it should still be a great bout with both men real skills and under-rated power. In Canada fans will see the popular Jean Pascal (29-2-1, 17) battle against Argentinian veteran Roberto Feliciano Bolonti (35-3, 24) in what is a bit of a stay busy bout for the talented Canadian based Haitian. If Pascal wins here, as is expected of him, he will meet Sergey Kovalev early next year in what looks to be a brilliant contest and another chance for Kovalev to prove that he's the best fighter at 175lbs. Continuing with Light Heavyweights German fans will also get the chance to see a highly regarded Light Heavyweight in action as WBA “regular” champion Juergen Braehmer (44-2, 32) battles against Pawel Glazewski (23-2, 5). This will be Braehmer's third defense of the bout, strangely following a defense over the previously mentioned Bolonti. In Mexico Super Featherweight hopeful Adrian Estrella (19-0, 17), a possible future opponent for Takashi Miura, will be defending his WBC FECARBOX title against the heavy handed but limited Edwin Lopez (21-3-1, 19). From what we understand Estrella has shown an interest in a bout with Miura for next year and it would certainly be an exciting contest between two fearsome punchers. Of course Estrella will need to get past Lopez first. (Image courtesy of Barclays Center) Excellent British writer Eric Armit has again be wonderful enough to send us his "Weekly Reports" that we've used below. Thank you again Eric!
(Note-All opinions expressed and research included is that of Mr Armit) November 26 Quincy, MA, USA: Super Feather: Ryan Kielczweski (21-0) W TKO 3 Ernesto Guerrero (17-14). Cruiser: Chris Traietti (17-3) W TKO 2 Rafael Valenzuela (8-4). Heavy: Steve Vukosa (10-0) W PTS 6 Solomon Maye (1-4). Kielczweski vs. Guerrero “The Polish Prince pleases his hometown fans with stoppage of Mexican Guerrero. The 25-year-old former New England Golden Gloves champion and NGG silver medal winner makes it five wins by KO/TKO. Now 9 losses by KO/TKO for Guerrero and 6 losses in a row. Traietti vs. Valenzuela Traietti makes it a double for Quincy boxers as he halts inexperienced Mexican Valenzuela. The 29-year-old former High School wrestling star and Iraq war veteran also promoted the show which brought him his 13th win by KO/TKO including the last 7 on the bounce. Valenzuela, 32, has lost 4 of his last 5 fights. Vukosa vs. Maye “The Gentle Giant” Vukosa gets a win and retires. Despite suffering a fractured hand Vukosa boxed his way to a unanimous decision. Now 37 Vukosa was a gold medal winner at the 2000 NGG’s and turned pro in 2001. He was then in active from May 2002 until returning in July this year to outpoint another former NGG winner Jason Estrada for the New England title. Now he is retiring permanently. Maye breaks a streak of 3 losses in a row by KO/TKO. November 28 Quilmes, Argentina: Light Heavy: Isidro Ranoni Prieto (22-0-3) W TKO 2 Mauricio Barragan (11-1). Ranoni Prieto keeps his WBO Latino title safe by destroying the much taller Uruguayan Barragan in two rounds. It was almost all over in the first as Ranoni Prieto twice used a left hook to the ribs followed by a right to the chin to put Barragan down. The Uruguayan looked reluctant to come out for the second and did not stay around too long. For a third time Ranoni Prieto landed his left to the body right to the chin combination and Barragan’s corner chucked in the towel. Argentinian-based Paraguayan Ranoni Prieto now has 18 wins by KO/TKO. This was his third defence of his WBO Latino title and that organization has him at No 11 in their ratings. Despite his 6’3” height (190cm) Barragan was just not any match for Ranoni Prieto and was not ready to move up to ten rounds. Junin, Argentina: Light Middle: Jose C Paz (16-1) W TKO 3 Cristian D Serrano (16-7-2). Middle: Billi F Godoy (31-3) W TKO 3 Francisco M Gonzalez (13-27-2). Paz vs. Serrano Paz blows away his challenger Serrano in three rounds and retains the WBC Latino title. Paz put Serrano down in the first with a hook to the body and a right cross to the jaw. Serrano was badly shaken and spit his mouthpiece out to get a few more seconds recovery time. He lasted out the round and survived the second but was floored twice in the third and even his once again spitting out his mouthpiece did not save him and the fight was stopped. Now 15 wins in a row and nine wins inside the distance for the 24-year-old FAB No 6. Serrano is 3-4 in his last 7 fights. Godoy vs. Gonzalez Godoy gets second win in a row as he rebuilds after back-to-back losses to Jorge S Heiland and Martin F Rios. After winning his first 26 fights and being rated No 2 by the WBO Godoy hit a bad patch and was 3-3 in his next six fights. Now the 28-year-old has to rebuild from No 5 in the FAB rankings. Gonzalez is 3-10-2 in his last 15 fights. Olsztyn, Poland: Super Middle: Przemyslaw Opalach (16-2) W TKO 4 Slavisa Simeunovic (15-10). Light Middle: Yavuz Ertuerk (16-1) W TKO 3 Adil Rusidi (6-5). Cruiser: Damir Beljo (19-0) W TKO 2 Alek Kuvac (5-12-0). Opalach vs. Simeunovic Opalach takes a couple of rounds to warm-up and then turns up the heat in the third and ends it in the fourth. The 28-year-old local went to town in the third putting Simeunovic down twice with body punches. Simeunovic made it to the bell but was taking heavy punishment in the fourth when the towel came flying in from Simeunovic’s corner. Opalach, 28, wins the vacant WBC Baltic title, the vacant WBFound title and the Polish International title. Only one loss, on points to Geard Ajetovic, in his last 7 fights for Opalach. German-based B&H fighter Simeunovic, 35, is 3-4 in his last 7 fights with the 4 losses all being inside the distance. Ertuerk vs. Rusidi A poor fight sees “Johnny England” Ertuerk win the WBC Baltic and WBFound titles with stoppage of German-based B&H fighter Rusidi. Despite having won his last four fights Rusidi who came in as a late sub gave a distinctly unimpressive performance almost looking for the canvas at times. After he had “gone down” twice his corner threw in the towel. No one is the winner in “contests” like this. First fight for Ertuerk in 11 months and only his second in 31 months. All 5 of Rusidi’s losses have been by KO/TKO. Beljo vs. Kuvac Meaningless win for 30-year-old B & H fighter Beljo as he halts Kuvac in two rounds. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for him against very mediocre opposition with oldie Epifanio Mendoza the only recognizable name on his record. Kuvac, also from B&H, has 12 losses by KO/TKO, ten of them coming in the first three rounds. November 29 Omaha, NE, Light: Terrence Crawford (25-0) W PTS 12 Ray Beltran (29-7-1). Feather: Evgeny Gradovich (19-0-1) DREW 12 Jayson Velez (22-0-1). Light Welter: Mike Reed (12-0) W PTS 8 Oscar Valenzuela (8-1-1). Super Fly: Johnny Determan (9-0) W KO 3 Manuel Galaviz (8-15).Welter: Alex Saucedo (16-0) W PTS 6 Dan Calzada (10-12-2). Bantam: John Franklin (9-0) W PTS 6 Andre Wilson (14-8-1). Crawford vs. Beltran Crawford outclasses Beltran to retain his WBO title and then says it is his last defence. Despite Beltran being competitive over the first four rounds the local hero was always in control. He confused Beltran with constant switches of guard and bossed the fight with his jab being the weapon of choice. When Beltran did manage to land it was single shots and Crawford was always able to get home with counters. Inside or outside Crawford was winning the rounds with Mexican Beltran beginning to mark-up around his left eye. Beltran had a good fifth round but that was all. The challenger tried to pressure Crawford but the technical excellence of the champion made it difficult for Beltran to get any kind of rhythm in his work. Crawford turned up the heat in the tenth and eleventh trapping Beltran on the ropes and pounding away trying to deliver a knockout for his home fans but Beltran was still there at the end of twelve painful rounds. Scores 119-109 twice and 120-108. Crawford will now move up to light welter and with his outstanding talents he will be a champion there as well. The 33-year-old Beltran has a chance of winning a title at the third attempt as the lightweight division is in a state of flux but the chance needs to come soon as he is not getting any younger. Reed vs. Valenzuela Southpaw Reed gets a win but has to fight hard against Mexican Valenzuela. The former top amateur mixed his punches up well to head and body but Valenzuela was able to score enough good shots of his own to keep the fight close and it was only Reed’s higher work rate that swung this one. Scores 77-75 twice and 79-76. The 21-year-old “Yes Indeed” Reed was the 2011 NGG champion and won a silver at the US National Championships. He was moving up to eight rounds for the first time. Texas-based Valenzuela, 24, the State champion, just came up short. Determan vs. Galaviz “Wite Boi” Determan makes it eight wins by KO/TKO. The Texan put away Galaviz with a hard combination in the third. The 23-year-old was a good level amateur representing the USA at the World Cadet Championships and getting bronze medals at the US Under-19 and NGG’s. His dad was a pro who boxed out of Nebraska. Now 6 losses in his last 7 fights for Mexican Galaviz with all six losses by KO/TKO. Saucedo vs. Calzada Prospect Saucedo dishes out plenty of punishment but a gutsy Calzada whilst losing every round lasted the distance. Saucedo had the much smaller Calzada down in the second and badly cut but the New Mexico fighter has good survival skills and was there at the end. Scores 60-53 from all three judges. The 20-year-old Saucedo had won 5 of his last six by KO/TKO. Calzada has only failed to last the distance once and that was back in 2010. Franklin vs. Wilson Franklin remains unbeaten but has to work hard to get by Wilson on a majority decision. Franklin had the skill and seemed to have out boxed the aggressive Wilson. Two judges saw it that way but one judge saw it as a draw so it ended up as a majority decision for Franklin. The 30-year-old Franklin left it late to turn pro. He was US Inter-Services champion, won a silver medal at the World Military Games, a silver at the NGG’s and a gold at the US National Championships but did not make it through the Olympic Trials. Wilson is 3-7 in his last ten fights but apart from this good effort he also took Teon Kennedy to a split decision in an earlier fight. London, England: Heavy: Tyson Fury (23-0) W RTD 10 Dereck Chisora (20-5). Middle: Billy Joe Saunders (21-0) W PTS 12 Chris Eubank Jr. (18-1). Welter Frankie Gavin (21-1) W PTS 12 Bradley Skeete (18-1). Super Feather: Liam Walsh (17-0) W PTS 12 Gary Sykes (27-3). Super Bantam: Lewis Pettit (15-1) W PTS 12 Santiago Allione (21-10-1). Super Middle: Frank Buglioni (15-1) W PTS 10 Andrew Robinson (13-1). Super Feather: Mitchell Smith (10-0) W PTS 10 Zoltan Kovacs (11-4). Heavy: Eddie Chambers (41-4) W TKO 3 Dorian Darch (8-3). Welter: Ahmet Patterson (14-0) W PTS 8 Sullivan Mason (10-0). Chisora vs. Fury This was supposed to be a potential fight of the year but in the end it was a one-sided disappointing fight. The scorecards say it all with not one of the judges giving Chisora a single round. Fury came out throwing his jab and Chisora was stuck on the end of it for most of the fight and was hurt by a right in the first round. From the second Fury chose to box southpaw and was still able to land jabs with ease and was also getting through with straight lefts. Chisora had brief success with a left hook in the third but was being outpunched and when he did get past the jab he was just not letting his hands go. Fury continued to control the fight banging home the jab and shaking Chisora with a left hook of his own in the fifth and raising a swelling under Chisora’s right eye. The punishment continued in the sixth with Chisora’s team actually asking their man if he wanted to continue. Chisora said he did but was unable to do anything to change the flow of the fight and was just eating jabs and lefts with his right eye almost closed. Fury piled on the pressure as Chisora wilted and at the end of the tenth round Chisora’s corner stopped the fight. At that time all three scorecards read 100-90 and it was a sensible decision to call it a day. Now Fury, who nearly pulled out of the fight due to a viral infection in training, naturally wants a fight with Wlad Klitschko. With Chisora rated WBO No 1 and Fury WBO No 4 this was a final eliminator so Fury will be their mandatory challenger and will fights for the WBO title, but whether he fights Klitschko is in Klitschko’s hands. If Klitschko wants the Fury fight it will happen. He has a fight scheduled for March with no opponent named yet. If after that he decides he wants the winner of the Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder WBC title fight then he will relinquish the WBO title if he has to. Either way the 26-year-old Fury who also wins the British and European titles will fight for WBO title fight. It is more difficult to read the tea leaves for Chisora. The 30-year-old “Del Boy” was highly rated by all four sanctioning bodies but is seems likely that he may have to settle for domestic competition and rebuild for another challenge. Saunders vs. Eubank Saunders builds an early lead and then holds off a strong finish from Eubank to win this one. Southpaw Saunders took the first two rounds boxing an intelligent careful fight stabbing Eubank with his jab and refusing to get involved in too much trading. Eubank had some success with body punches in the third but the quicker and more accurate punches were still coming from Saunders who again made good use of his jab to edge the fourth. At that point the cards read 40-36, 39-37 and 39-38 for Saunders and he was busier in the fight and increased his lead. Eubank finally came awake in the sixth getting inside Saunders jab and scoring with some searing body punches. Saunders upped his own pace but Eubank was on a roll and although wild with some of his punches his were the heavier shots and he was closing the points gap so that at the end of the eighth the scores were 77-76 and 78-74 for Saunders and 77-76 for Eubank. Many observers felt that the gap was wider but nevertheless Saunders needed to fight hard if he was to win this one and it got tighter with Eubank continuing his charge and taking the ninth. Saunders needed to dig deep and he did by outpunching Eubank to collect the points in the tenth which proved vital as Eubank staged a big finish taking the last round as he threw punch after punch looking for the big one he now needed to win. Scores 115-114 and 115-113 for Saunders and 113-116 for Eubank. It was close and naturally Eubank felt he won but no one was yelling robbery and it was good to see both boxers, grudgingly, showing mutual respect. It was those early rounds that gave 25-year-old Saunders the victory. A faster start from Eubank could have made a difference, but more effort early may have caught up with him later as this was the first time he has gone past eight rounds. Saunders experience made a difference. He retains his British, European and CBC titles and now with good wins over Jarrod Fletcher, John Ryder and Emanuele Blandamura on his record he can look towards a world title shot. He is WBO 2/ WBC 3/IBF 8(6)/WBA 12 so a shot at the winner of vacant WBO title fight between Matt Korobov and Andy Lee could be the way forward. Eubank came out of this with his prestige greatly enhanced and at 25 he will only get better and perhaps a world title fight will be in his future-just like his dad. Gavin vs. Skeete Gavin wins the battle of two former top amateurs and wins the vacant CBC and British titles. This was an interesting rather than exciting fight as both are good technical boxers but neither really an explosive puncher. The difference was the better use of his jab by Gavin as the southpaw kept popping it in Skeete’s face and blunting Skeete’s attacking efforts. Gavin was marked up with a swelling by his right eye from early in the fight and a small cut on the bridge of his nose but he was the busier fighter with Skeete’s efforts largely one punch at a time. Some of those were solid shots with a right hurting Gavin in the tenth but Skeete failed to follow that up with a strong eleventh and Gavin finished the stronger. Scores 116-113 twice and 116-112. The 29-year-old former World Amateur champion gets his second win since losing a split decision to Leonard Bundu in August. That loss cost him his world rating with only the WBA still recognising him at No 10(9) in their ratings so he has some rebuilding to do. Skeete, 27, disappointed in this one but has some good level wins on his record and can come again. Walsh vs. Sykes Walsh remains unbeaten with wide unanimous decision over Sykes to retain his CBC and win the vacant British title. Walsh got the perfect start dropping Sykes with a right in the first but Sykes defied his attempts to end the fight then. Walsh then settled down to box his way to victory. He was just too quick for Sykes and dominated the fight with the exception of a couple of middle rounds where the Norfolk southpaw let his work rate drop. However Walsh picked the pace up again and shook Sykes with a combination in the ninth as he worked towards a convincing points victory. Scores 119-108, 118-109 and 118-111. The 28-year-old Walsh already has wins over Scott Harrison, Joe Murray and Kevin Hooper and is ready to move up. He is WBO No 9. Sykes, 30, was making the first defence of his British title in his second reign as champion and had won his last 5 fights Pettit vs. Allione Pettit retains his WBA Inter-Continental title with unanimous decision over Argentinian Allione. First defence of the title for the 24-year-old fighter from Erith and seventh win in a row. That title entitles him to a No 7 rating with the WBA. Allione, 30, was kayoed in three rounds by Scott Quigg in 2010 then took two years out from April 2012 to April 2014 and was 1-2 in three fights since his return. Buglioni vs. Robinson Buglioni regains the WBO European title. After absorbing some hard punches from Robinson in the first round Buglioni started to dish out some of his own and was generally the harder and more accurate puncher. His defence remains suspect with Robinson also scoring well in the fifth. Buglioni’s power was evident in the eighth as he floored Robinson with a fierce left hook. The “Wise Guy” tried to end it then but Robinson survived and although Buglioni finished a clear winner Robinson stayed in the fight and was competitive to the end. Scores 97-92 twice and 97-93. This was a smart move as winning the vacant WBO Europe title almost guarantees Buglioni a return to the ratings irrespective of the standard of the opposition so the loss to Sergey Khomitsky becomes irrelevant but should not be overlooked. “DAnimal” Robinson, 30, a Jamaican did well considering all except one of his fights had been over either 4 or 6 rounds with just one eight round fight-which ended in the fifth. He looked dangerous at times and was not overawed. Smith vs. Kovacs Just as with Buglioni Smith also puts himself in line for a rating as he outpoints Hungarian Kovacs to win the vacant WBO European title. The 22-year-old “Baby Faced Assassin” had Kovacs down in the second round but the tall, rangy Hungarian got up and Smith was never able to repeat that success. He might have done so in the late rounds but boxed from the sixth with a hand injury and had to settle for a points victory. Scores 97-92 twice and 100-89. Once again winning the WBU European title could get Smith a top 15 rating with that body but that is boxing today. His real dream he says would be a British title and a Lonsdale Belt. Hungarian champion Kovacs has won his last 8 fights but only two of his victims had positive records so low level opposition. Chambers vs. Darch Another mark-time fight for Chambers. Since losing back-to-back fights to Tomasz Adamek and Thabiso Mchunu the former world heavyweight title challenger has scored five wins in a row in 6 and 8 round fights down the card and has dropped out of the world ratings. At 32 he needs to get his career moving again and he won’t do that in fights like this. Welshman Darch is now 2-4 in his last 6 fights with three of those losses by KO/TKO. Patterson vs. Mason Turkish-born “Punch Picker” Patterson makes it 14 wins with a decision over the taller Mason. Referees score 79-74. The 27-year-old English champion is making steady progress. Second eight round fight for Midlander Mason. San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: Light Middle: Ramon Alvarez (2014-2) W KO 7 Vivian Harris (32-10-2,1ND). Super Bantam: Horacio Garcia (28-0) W TKO 5 Jose Silveira (15-12). Middle: Bruno Sandoval (17-1) W PTS 10 Josue Ovando (13-5-1). Alvarez vs. Harris Alvarez floors Harris twice and wins vacant IBF North American title. Alvarez was forcing the fight over the first three rounds with Harris having to work hard to counter the strong attacks from Alvarez. Harris finally got his jab working in the fourth and had a good fifth scoring with hooks as Alvarez seemed to slow. However the sixth saw Alvarez coming on strong and Harris struggling to cope with the younger man’s attacks. The end came in the seventh when a left hook to the chin from Alvarez saw Harris collapse to the canvas. Somehow Harris managed to drag himself up only to be floored again by an overhand right followed by another left hook from the Mexican and this time he could not beat the count. The 28-year-old “Inocente” had brother Saul cheering him on. He makes it 13 wins by KO/TKO and is 14-1-1 in his last 16 fights having won his last 7 fights, 6 by KO/TKO. He was coming off an impressive win over Omar Chavez in September. Brooklyn-based Harris , 36, a former WBA light welter champion, looked on his way down the slope after a run which read 0-6-1-1ND but had bounced back with impressive wins over Danny O’Connor and Jorge Paez Jr. Garcia vs. Silveira Garcia pushes Silveira a bit further down the slope with a stoppage victory. “Violento” Garcia , 24, is certainly living up to his nickname as he gets win No 20 by KO/TKO and retains his WBC Continental Americas title. The WBC No 13 has a win over Filipino Fernando Lumacad but needs to step up to stronger opposition. Now 35, Silveira is 3-9 in his last 12 fights but the opposition has been strong. Sandoval vs. Ovando “Shark/Jaws” Sandoval gets unanimous decision over inexperienced Ovando. Second victory for 23-year-old Sandoval since having a winning streak of 15 fights broken with a loss on points against Esau Herrera last November. Ovando did well to last the distance as he is just an average ability six round fighter pushed up to ten rounds to give Sandoval a win. Hamilton, New Zealand: Middle: Gunnar Jackson (20-5-3) W TKO 1 Kurt Bahram (13-5-1). “Stunna” Jackson gets a quick win but on a cut. The fight had hardly started when Jackson threw a series of punches. None of them were hard enough to stun Bahram but one opened a nasty gash over Bahram’s right eye and the fight was stopped. The 28-year-old New Zealander retains his WBO Oriental title. Second win for Jackson since he stepped in as a very late substitute to fight Anthony Mundine in January when Shane Mosley pulled out and took Mundine the distance. New South Wales State champion Bahram had been 4-2-1 in his last seven fights. Managua, Nicaragua: Super Fly: Jose Perez (12-0) W TKO 2 Guillermo Ortiz (22-8-2). Quick win for Perez over late sub Ortiz. Perez floored Ortiz in the first and Ortiz decided not to come out for the second round. Now 10 wins by KO/TKO for the 19-year-old Perez. First loss inside the distance for Ortiz who was parachuted in when Carlos Rueda decided he would not make the weight and pulled out at short notice. Mijas, Spain: Light Welter: Luca Giacon (26-1,1ND) W TKO 6 Ville Piispanen (19-6-3). Feather: Ruddy Encarnacion (32-23-4) W PTS 8 Angel Lorente (5-7-1). Welter: Jorge Fortea (11-0-1) W TKO 6 Sergio Abad (1-4). Light Welter: Marius Jacheanu (1-2) W PTS 6 Ignacio Mendoza (39-10-2). Giacon vs. Piispanen Giacon returns to Andalucía, the land of his birth for the first time for eight years, and retains his WBA Continental title with stoppage of Finn Piispanen. It was the challenger who had the better of the first round scoring well with his jab and already marking up the face of Giacon. From the second the Italian-based Giacon began to find a home for his punches and the variety of his attacks saw him build a good lead. Piispanen started the fourth round well but by the end of the round Giacon was unloading punch after punch and it looked as though the fight might be stopped but Piispanen lasted to the bell. The pace dropped a little in the fifth but Giacon was still in charge. In the sixth body punches accounted for two knockdowns and over the protests of the fighter his corner retired their man at the end of the round. WBA No 13 Giacon,26, has 23 wins by KO/TKO. His only loss was in a thrilling European title encounter with Emiliano Marsili in March 2013 which saw both fighters on the floor with Marsili winning on a second round stoppage. Fifth win in a row for Giacon who won the vacant WBC Continental title with a stoppage of Steve Williams in July. Former European Union champion Piispanen, 30, loses inside the distance for the third time. He is now 4-5-1 in his last 10 fights but there has been some tough jobs lately against Lenny Daws, Michele Di Rocco and Bradley Saunders. Encarnacion vs. Lorente The “Black Wolf” gets another win. The 35-year-old Dominica-born Encarnacion took the unanimous decision. He has turned his career around with a run of eight wins and a draw winning both the Spanish super feather title and the European Union featherweight title. However, he is at No 4 in the EBU ratings and negotiations are ongoing for champion Josh Warrington’s mandatory fight against Alex Miskirtchan so it looks like his only chance of a shot at the EBU title will be as a voluntary challenger. It would be a nice reward for an experienced fighter who has taken his “have gloves will travel” campaign to Russia, Germany, Denmark,, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy and Holland and often a short notice taking on top local fighters. Former Spanish super bantam champion Lorente is in a bad patch being 1-6 in his last 7 fights. Fortea vs. Abad The tall Fortea halts game Abad in six. The promising 24-year-old makes it 4 wins by KO/TKO. The draw was of the technical variety. The 5’10” (178cm) from Sueca has good technical skills and is a switch-hitter with a solid defence so it could be worth seeing how he develops in 2015. Three losses in a row for Abad, all on points. Jacheanu vs. Mendoza Spanish-based Romanian Jacheanu wins unanimous decision over Mendoza. Nothing is certain in boxing and this is a case in point. It looked like an easy keep busy fight for Mendoza against a fighter who had lost his only two fights but instead it was Jacheanu who won on a unanimous decision. Mendoza had won the Spanish light welter title in June and had some good performances in the past such as a draw with Petr Petrov and a one round win in Ukraine over Volodymyr Kravets (24-0) but he took his eye of the ball here. Torrelavega, Spain: Light Middle: Sergio Garcia (16-0) W TKO 3 Jose M Lopez C (5-1-1). Welter: Ceferino Rodriguez (17-0) W PTS 8 Giorgi Ungiadze (28-22). Garcia vs. Lopez “El Nino” wins the vacant Spanish title with stoppage of Lopez. Garcia could not miss Lopez in the first round. Nearly every punch he threw landed and for a while it looked as though it would end inside those first three minutes. Lopez survived and did slightly better in the second staying off the ropes and using his jab, but Garcia was still landing with hard punches. In the third a right from Garcia unhinged the legs of Lopez and after Garcia cut loose with a barrage of punches the referee stopped the fight. Ten wins by KO/TKO for the lanky 22-year-old Sergio G Martinez managed fighter. Garcia collapsed and was taken to the hospital by ambulance but returned later to take the post fight tests. He shows plenty of promise. Too big a step up for Lopez Rodriguez vs. Ungiadze Former undefeated EU champion “Ferino V” returns to action after a six month rest and outpoints Georgian. Ungiadze made the better start with his busy, aggressive approach and getting home some good shots whilst Rodriguez had trouble getting his act together. Once the Canary Islands fighter warmed up he had too much skill and strength and over the late rounds Ungiadze tired rapidly. Rodriguez ran out a clear winner taking the unanimous decision. The 26-year-old is EBU No 3 so will be hoping for a shot at the EBU title as the only fighters currently in front of him are Leonardo Bundu and Frankie Gavin. Georgian Ungiadze is still trying for his first win outside Georgia in 20 tries. Mexico City, Mexico: Light: Fermin De los Santos (29-14-2) W PTS 12 Raul Hinojosa (11-4-1,1ND). De los Santos retains the WBC Mundo Hispano title with majority verdict over Hinojosa. The champion got off to the better start but throughout the fight had problems with the southpaw style of Hinojosa. After four rounds De los Santos was in front 39-37 on two cards with the third having it 38-38. Hinojosa boxed well over the next four rounds having a good eighth but with De los Santos the heavier puncher and the busier of the two holding on to his lead at the end of the eighth by 77-75 twice and the third having Hinojosa ahead 74-78. De los Santos took the ninth but Hinojosa battled back to clearly take the tenth having De los Santos wobbling with a right. De los Santos just did enough over the last two rounds to hold onto his title on scores of 115-113 twice and 114-114 but Hinojosa looked unlucky not to come away with a draw. De los Santos has lost only one of his last 21 fights, a wide points defeat against Ghislain Maduma, and despite having won 5 fights since that loss he has dropped out of the ratings. Hinojosa had a run of ten wins, but is now 1-3,1ND in his last 5. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Super Fly: Luis A Lazarte (51-11-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Elias D Coronel (5-8). “The Mosquito” moves up a couple of divisions and gets a unanimous decision over Coronel. The former IBF light fly champion won clearly but was not impressive. Scores 97-93, 97-95 and 97-95 ½ . Second win for Lazarte on his comeback. After losing his fight with John Riel Casimero for the interim IBF title in February 2012 he was out until July this year. His name may get him another title shot but at 43 he is not going to have a lot of time to waste. Southpaw Coronel, 24, the interim Argentinian fly title is 3-6 in his last 9 fights. Frederiksberg, Denmark: Super Middle: Tim-Robin Lihaug (9-1) W PTS 10 George Beroshvili (14-4-2). Heavy: Otto Wallin (8-0) W TKO 2 Vjekoslav Bajic (8-8). Middle: Abdul Khattab (9-0) W PTS 8 Laurent Ferra (16-18-4). Middle: Conrad Cummings (5-0) W PTS 6 Norbert Szekeres (16-37-3). Lihaug vs. Beroshvili Norwegian Lihaug wins the vacant WBO Youth title with unanimous decision over Beroshvili. Both fighters started cautiously with the Georgian edging the first round but Lihaug taking the second. After that the fight never really caught fire and the Norwegian was just doing enough to take most rounds. Beroshvili was losing but remained competitive and dangerous with his hooks through the middle rounds with Lihaug finishing the stronger. Scores 97-93 twice and 99-91. Six wins in a row now for the 22-year-old who as an amateur was runner-up at both the Norwegian Juniors and Seniors. Beroshvili, 23, won his first 12 bouts-all inside Georgia-now he is 4-4 with losses in Germany, Ukraine, Finland and Denmark. Wallin vs. Bajic Easy night for Swedish southpaw Wallin. He put Bajic down on his knees with a southpaw left. The Croatian made it to his feet but took more punishment and only just made it to the bell-and then retired. The 24-year-old Swede has 5 wins by KO/TKO. This was his first eight round fight but the distance proved academic. He was a runner-up in the Swedish amateur championships but failed to get through the European qualifiers so missed out on the 2012 Olympics. Bajic’s record built on some very low level opposition. Khattab vs. Ferra Since Norway and Sweden had a winner it was only fair the Denmark should get one. Palestinian-born Khattab, a former Danish Junior and Youth champion won ever round against Frenchman Ferra, but the fight was closer than that makes it appear. The young Dane needed all of his defensive skills to keep out the aggressive Ferra and was countering well enough to edge each round. However, Ferra had not come just to be an opponent and he made Khattab work hard and had the Dane under pressure as the home fighter tired in the latter stages of his first eight round fight. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. The tall 21-year-old Dane looks a good prospect. Ferra made up in energy what he lacked in technique and despite his poor record he was coming off an upset win over experienced former French champion Julien Marie Sainte. Cummings vs. Szekeres Craigavon prospect “Dynamite” Cummings gets clear points win over experienced Hungarian. The Northern Ireland boxer was in charge all the way and had Szekeres broken and busted but just could not put the durable trial horse away. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. The 23-year-old from the Cyclone Promotions team is worth watching as he has real talent. Szekeres, 28, usually goes the distance. Toulon, France: Super Bantam: Jeremy Parodi (36-2-1) W PTS 8 Cris Sujevic (4-7-3). Cruiser: Faisal Ibnel Arrami (16-5) W PTS 6 Jakov Gospic (15-10). Parodi vs. Sujevic Parodi returns with a win in front of his home fans as he outpoints Serb oldie. Referee’s score 80-72. The 27-year-old former EU and French champion was having his first fight since being knocked out by Carl Frampton in a EBU title fight in October last year. Italian-based Sujevic, 43, has now lost 5 of his last 6 fights. Arrami vs. Gospic Arrami makes it a home double as he also returns with a win. The 30-year-old French-born “African King” won on the referee’s card by 79-73. He is a former French and WBC ABU champion who suffered consecutive losses to Jeremy Ouanna and Denton Daley with the loss to the Canadian being due to a dislocated shoulder which led to this 17 months of inactivity. Croatian Gospic usually finds himself having to face heavyweights such as Gary Cornish and Carlos Takam so it must have been a change not to be giving away so much weight. Abbreviations ABC=Asian Boxing Council an affiliate of the WBC ABF=Asian Boxing Federation. I assume this is an affiliate of the IBF ABU=African Boxing Union an affiliate of the WBC ACC=WBC Asian Council Continental title ANBF=Australian National Boxing Federation who administer Australian titles BBB of C=British Boxing Board of Control BBB of C Southern/Central/Midlands/Scottish Area etc. British Area titles BDB= Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer one of the German boxing bodies B & H=Bosnia & Herzegovina BSA=Boxing South Africa responsible for administering boxing in South Africa CBC=Commonwealth Boxing Council a sanctioning body for titles competed for by citizens of Commonwealth countries CISBB-WBC title covering the rump of the USSR and the Slovenian Boxing Board DRC=Democratic Republic of the Congo EBU=European Boxing Union FAB=Argentinian Boxing Federation FFB=French Boxing Federation GAB=Philippines Games & Amusement Board responsible for administering boxing in the Philippines GBC= Global Boxing Council a sanctioning body IBA=International Boxing Association a sanctioning body IBF=International Boxing Federation a sanctioning body IBO=International Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body JBC =Japanese Boxing Commission NABA=North American Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate NABF=North American Boxing Federation a WBC affiliate NABO= North American Boxing Organisation, a WBO affiliate NCC=National Championships of Canada NGG=US National Golden Gloves NZPBF=New Zealand Professional Boxing Federation a national sanctioning body OPBF=Orient & Pacific Boxing Federation PABA=Pacific & Asian Boxing Association, a WBA affiliate PBF=Philippines Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body in the Philippines UBF=Universal Boxing Federation a sanctioning body UBO=Universal Boxing Organisation a sanctioning body USBA= United States Boxing Association, an IBF affiliate USBO=United States Boxing Organisation an WBO affiliate WBA=World Boxing Association a sanctioning body WBC=World Boxing Council a sanctioning body WBFed=World Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body WBFound=World Boxing Foundation, a sanctioning body WBU=World Boxing Union, a sanctioning body IBF WBA Rating=Both bodies leave vacancies in their ratings so when showing a IBF or WBA rating for a fighter where there is a vacant position ahead of them in the rankings which affects his rating I will put his numerical rating i.e. No 6 and in brackets and his rating based on the number of fighters ahead of him so IBF 6 (5) shows his numerical position is 6 but there are in fact only 5 fighters listed ahead of him due to one or more of the higher rating positions being vacant. |
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