Frampton stops Cazares whilst Maderna retains and Cunningham and Mansour gives us a thriller

4/5/2014

It's fair to say that Friday nights can be a very mixed bag in terms of boxing. Sometimes we get firecrackers, other times we get duds. This past Friday gave us a bit of something special, a bit of something messy and a bit of confusion as we had a Friday to remember.

The first bout of note was in Belfast, Northern Ireland as the unbeaten and hugely popular Carl Frampton (18-0, 13), pictured, stopped Mexican veteran Hugo Fidel Cazares (40-8, 27) in 2 rounds. On paper it looks like a fantastic result though in reality it left us all with more question than anything else. Cazares, who was genuine knock down, appeared fine through out the count though casually took the 10 before arguing with the referee. It seemed like a bizarre mistake from such a veteran and left us not just wondering about what Cazares was doing but also whether or not Frampton could have finished him. Very odd and unsatisfactory ending we're afraid.

The victory for Frampton, we think, makes him the mandatory contender for the WBC Super Bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz so could well be a man in the sights of Shinsuke Yamanaka if the Japanese fighter fancies facing the winner either later this year or early next year.

Whilst Cazares made a rookie mistake it appeared that in Argentina we had real rookies in action as WBO female Lightweight champion Maria Elena Maderna (12-8-3, 1) stopped Dalia Vasarhelyi (7-5, 1) in a bout that could only be described as awful. The challenger looked inept whilst the champion showed a lack of skill though some how managed to force the referee to step in after a series of clean shot did manage to connect. For the poor fans watching this they had to wonder if either fighter was lacing up the gloves for the first. Awful.

For something special we turned to the US for a Heavyweight contest between former Cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (26-7, 13) and the previously unbeaten Amir Mansour (20-1, 15). The hard hitting Mansour managed to twice drop Cunningham hard in round 5 though gassed himself out with wild and wide swings that were avoided by Cunningham. Cunningham managed to put the nightmare round 5 behind him as out won the remaining rounds to take a wide decision over Mansour. Although he lost Mansour certainly made new fans due to both his performance and style as well as his very classy post fight interview. We're really looking forward to seeing both men again, hopefully before the year is out.

(Photo courtesy of boxrec.com)

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April 4th-Carl Frampton meets Hugo Fidel Cazares to decide the mandatory challenger for Leo Santa Cruz

4/4/2014

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If you've been following the Japanese boxing scene with real conviction over the past year or two you will be fully aware that Shinsuke Yamanaka wants to fight WBC Super Bantamweight champion Leo Santa Cruz. Unfortunately for Yamanaka he'll have to wait for that opportunity.

Instead of Yamanaka/Santa Cruz we'll instead see the exciting Mexican fighting either Carl Frampton (17-0, 12) or fellow Mexican Hugo Fidel Cazares (40-7-2, 27). Frampton is the big favourite and is a hugely popular fighter in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This bout does however promise to be one of the toughest fights of his career and Cazares, who is known to Japanese fight fans for bouts with Nobuo Nashiro, Hiroyuki Hisataka and Tomonobu Shimizu, will not have travelled half way around the world to just make up the numbers.

The Frampton/Cazares bout is easily the biggest of the day internationally though we're also going to be keeping an eye on action in Argentina where we get two fights of note.

One of those fights puts bangers against each other as Luis Carlos Abregu (35-1, 28) fights the unbeaten Jean Carlos Prada (30-0-1, 21) in what is sure to feature bombs from both men. We've seen more of Abregu and fancy him to win though Prada is on a 30 fight winning streak and will feel confident he can stretch it to 31. Admittedly Prada has faced weak opponents but this is a tough, tough test and he knows what a win would mean to his career.

The other Argentinian bout is a female bout as WBO female Lightweight champion Maria Elena Maderna (11-8-3) defends her belt against Dalia Vasarhelyi (7-4, 1). We can't imagine Maderna losing and despite her less than stellar record she is a genuinely good fighter who should be successful her in a tough drawn 10 round out bout.

(Image courtesy of Cyclone Promotions)

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Frampton stops Cazares whilst Maderna retains and Cunningham and Mansour gives us a thriller

April 4th-Carl Frampton meets Hugo Fidel Cazares to decide the mandatory challenger for Leo Santa Cruz

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