A busy day of action all round sees a bit of everything

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Boxing can be a funny old sport at times and today showed just how funny and odd it can be as we got a bit of everything. There really was nothing missing from what should be considered the night of boxing so far this year.

The first notable action was in the UK as Heavyweight's collided in two separate "UK v US" bouts. Unfortunately for the US these were both won by the British fighters.

The first Heavyweight clash saw the always entertaining Tyson Fury (22-0, 16) stopping the hard hitting Joey Abell (29-8, 28) in an entertaining, if some what clumsy, battle. Abell went over to the UK to win but simply lacked the skills or size to really give Fury too many questions, he did however buzz Fury on at least 2 or 3 occasions.

In the second Heavyweight clash we actually had something a bit more competitive with Dereck Chisora (20-4, 13) out pointing American Kevin Johnson (29-5-1, 14) in a bit of a peculiar bout. It seemed, for many rounds, that Chisora simply out worked Johnson applying constant pressure and and just breaking him down bit by bit. Unfortunately though Johnson showed that he had the skills to beat Chisora he just lacked the desire to do so and instead dropped a clear decision in a bout that he could have won had he managed to find the fire inside of him to actually fight.

The results in the Heavyweight bouts are set to see the winners pitted together in all British Heavyweight bout that could also act as a pseudo world title eliminator. 

Following the fights from Britain we had to wait a little bit before we had action from South America. 

Amazingly the South American action was spread across numerous countries.

The most notable bout in Latin America was in Mexico as Roman Gonzalez (38-0, 32) extended his unbeaten record with a highly entertaining stoppage over Juan Kantun (21-6-3, 15). Kantun, to his credit, came to fight and show no respect to Gonzalez's fearsome reputation unfortunately though he was no match for Gonzalez when the Nicaraguan moved through the gears and broke down the brave Mexican.

This victory for Gonzalez sees him moving a step closer to a fight with WBC Flyweight champion Akira Yaegashi in a bout that we expect to see later this year.

Whilst the Gonzalez/Kantun bout was the main event on a card from Tapachula, Chiapas the highlight of the show was actually the chief support bout which featured a truly sensational fight of the year candidate.

The bout in question saw former IBF Super Flyerweight champion Rodrigo Guerrero (20-5-1, 13) stopping the previously unbeaten Daniel Rosas (17-1-1, 11) in a bout that can only be described as "pure, unadulterated violence". Both men were staggered, stunned, rocked and cut as we had a pure Latino war that saw both men putting it all on the line. If you get a chance to download this one do, you will not be disappointed.

Guerrero may be a familiar name to Asian boxing fans having seen him lose late last year in an IBF title fight to Daiki Kameda. This win just puts into perspective how good Guerrero is and how good, as a result, Daiki actually is despite the hate he seems to get from various corners.

Staying in Mexico for a few more moments, though moving to Jalisco, we had the biggest upset of the night. 

In this bout the WBC #2 ranked Featherweight Robinson Castellanos (19-10, 12) was sensationally stopped by the unheralded Rene Alvarado (20-2, 13). Whilst the records may not make this look like an upset it really was a shock. Alvarado has lost 2 of his last 7 and had never beaten anyone of note, Castellanos on the other hand was unbeaten in 11 and held a notable recent victory over Celestino Caballero, whilst other wins included a decision over the then unbeaten Christopher Perez and a stoppages over Omar Estrella and Orlando Rizo. This was a huge shock and a big shake up at 126lbs will follow this result.

Down in Argentina the former WBA interim Welterweight title holder Diego Gabriel Chaves (23-1, 19) bounced back from the first loss of his career by stopping the over-matched Juan Alberto Godoy (31-14-1, 10) in just 3 rounds. Chaves, a highly entertaining fighter with real power, would make for a great opponent with almost any top Welterweight contender and we'd love to see him in action again even if he'll never manage to become a genuine world champion. He's talented and exciting but also very flawed and could be matched in to some fantastic action contests if promoters want to give him a chance.

Whilst in Panama former world champion, and a man known to every Japanese boxing fan, Liborio Solis (17-3-1, 8) took swift care of the horribly over-matched Alex Olea (10-7, 5). Solis, who has beat both Kohei Kono and Daiki Kameda at Super Flyweight, scored a first KO over Olea in a bout that saw Solis weighting 124lbs, significantly above the Super Flyweight limit that he fought both Japanese fighters at.

Going back up continental America, from the south to the United States we saw yet more fistic action.

The bout that we felt was most noteworthy from this show saw Esquiva Falcao (1-0, 1) make his successful debut in professional boxing as he managed to defeat Joshua Robertson (5-5, 1) by stoppage. Robertson did prove to be tough early on but was swiftly broken down by Falcao who looks like he has the potential to be a world Middleweight champion.

For fans who recognise the name "Esquiva Falcao" it could well have because of his amateur rivalry with Japan's very own Ryota Murata. Murata twice beat Falcao in major international competition, including the 2012 Olympic final, and they are now both promoted in the US by Top Rank.

On the same US card as Falcao's victory there was also a stoppage victory for the much touted Jessie Magdaleno (18-0, 14 KOs) who stopped stopped Mexican Roberto Castaneda (20-6, 15 KOs) in 5 rounds. Castaneda was dropped twice in round 2 before being finished in round 5 by one of the fastest rising US prospects.

The main event on the aforementioned US show saw Jessie Magdaleno's older brother Diego Magdaleno (25-1, 10) in action.

Diego Magdaleno, ranked by bother the IBF and WBO at 130lbs, made light work of the over-matched Jorge Pazos (14-7-1, 8) though looked several leagues below the likes of Takashi Uchiyama and Takashi Miura, both of whom look like they would eat up Magdaleno and spit out the bones any time they wanted.

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