Behind The Results W/E November 2

Eric Armit goes 'Behind the Results' and gives some insight into the world boxing scene over the last week.

 

Amsterdam, Holland: Super Feather: Innocent Anyanwu (19-0-2) W TKO 3 Sergio Palomo (21-4). Twenty-seven-year old Nigerian remains unbeaten with a third round stoppage of former Alex Arthur victim Sergio Palma.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Welter: Muhammad Abdullaev (18-3) W PTS 6 Alex Bahrov     (2-3). Former world amateur and Olympic champion Abdullaev working his way back in with easy ones.

Saint Nazaire, France: Welter: Stanislas Salmon (19-1-1) DREW 10 Frank Haroche Horta (21-8-4). Salmon retains national title for first time in majority draw in tactical battle against experienced former champion Horta. Scores 95-95 twice and 97-93 for southpaw Horta. Horta lost to Mark Thompson by a single point in Wigan in 2007.

El Paso, USA: Middle: Hector Camacho Jr (50-3-1) W PTS 10 Luis Ramon Campas (92-15-1). Super Feather: Antonio Escalante (22-2) W TKO 2 Carlos Fulgencio (11-4-1). Super Middle: Dave Medina (21-2) W PTS 8 Miguel Hernandez (20-10). Southpaw Camacho keeps fight at distance to take split decision over former WBA light middle champion, despite losing three points for various infractions. Scores 96-91, 95-92 and 92-95. “Yori Boy”, now 38, lost to Matthew Macklin last year. Mexican Escalante floors Dominican Fulgencio with a right and halts him. Southpaw Medina takes a wide, unanimous verdict over 35-year-old Miguel Hernandez, a former “Contenders” competitor.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Super Feather: Cassius Baloyi (37-4-1) W PTS 12 Roberto Arrieta (34-15-4). Former IBF champion Baloyi wins eliminator as he uses superior reach and hand speed to outpoint game but limited Argentinian. Scores 120-107 for all three officials. Arrieta badly cut in eighth and losses point in eleventh for holding.

Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico: Super Feather: Didier Basulto (12-0) W KO 5 Luis Acevedo (17-8).Light: Antonio Lozada (20-0) W TKO 3 Salvador Carreon (2-3). Local hope Basulto dominates all the way and floors Acevedo twice with body punches for count out win and takes vacant WBC Fecarbox title. Only 19, Lozada sweeps aside poor Carreon with two knockdowns. Lozada looks real prospect with 17 by KO/TKO, but opposition rubbish.

Fort-de-France: Martinique: Middle: Julien Marie Sainte (22-2) W TKO 4 Sergey Melis (13-1). Sainte hurts formerly unbeaten Estonian with a right and Melis does not come out for fourth. Sainte lost a split verdict to Tyan Booth in Canada in March.

Edmonton, Canada: Heavy: Ty Fields (43-2) W TKO 3 Galen Brown (32-4-1, 1 ND). Light Heavy: Adam Trupish( 2-0) W PTS 4 James Dearmin (4-6-1).Giant Fields floors poor Brown twice for stoppage, but first round blowout by Monte Barrett puts 6’8” southpaw Fields into perspective. Brown, also a southpaw, was eight inches shorter, but only seven pounds lighter, which says everything about his conditioning. Double Olympian Trupish looks impressive and wins easily. Adam lost to Neil Perkins in 2006 Commonwealth Games but has left it late to turn pro.

Sydney, Australia: Light Middle: King Davidson (11-0) W PTS 12 Virgil Kalakoda (25-5-1). Nigerian Olympian Davidson shows superior skills and accuracy and wins vacant WBO African title with points verdict over useful South African who beat Robert Wright in Wales back in 1999

Las Vegas, USA: Bantam: Yonny Perez (20-0) W PTS 12 Joseph Agbeko (27-2). Light: Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1) W TKO 10 Jose Alfaro (23-5, 1ND). Heavy: Ray Austin (28-4-4) W TKO 4 DaVarryl Williamson (26-6). Light Middle: Nelson Linares (19-0-1) W TKO 4 Archak TerMeliksetian (16-8). Welter: James De la Rosa (20-0) W PTS 10 Lenin Arroyo (20-11-1). Super Feather: Marvin Quintero (17-2) W KO 1 Walter Estrada (35-11). Heavy: Bermane Stiverne (18-1-1) W TKO 7 Jerry Butler (8-7-1). In upset, Colombian starts fast and registers controversial knockdown in tenth to lift Agbeko’s IBF title in good all-action fight. Clash of heads in tenth had Agbeko turning to referee to complain and Perez flooring him and going on to take last two rounds. Scores 117-110, 117-110 and 116-111. It was third defence for Agbeko who was coming off big win over Vic Darchinyan. Mexican southpaw DeMarco, son-in-law of former WBC super bantam champ Raul “Jibaro” Perez, floors former WBA secondary champion Jose Alfaro from Nicaragua three times to win WBC interim title. DeMarco gave a boxing lesson on how to break an opponent apart bit-by-bit, but will find life more difficult against Edwin Valero. Although rocked in first round Austin proves too big and strong for 41-year-old Williamson and floors and halts him in fourth. Southpaw Linares, brother of former WBC featherweight champion Jorge, forces Armenian-born Tek Meliksetian to retire, Mexican hopes, De la Rosa, 21, and Quintero, score wins. De la Rosa scores two knockdowns and takes unanimous verdict over experienced Costa Rican Arroyo and Quintero destroys veteran Colombian in just 25 seconds. See note below re Agbeko.

Uncasville, USA: Light Heavy: Lou Del Valle (36-6-2) DREW 10 Joe Spina (25-1-2). Light Welter: Henry Lundy (16-0-1) W TKO 1 Aldo Valtierra (25-12, 2ND). Southpaw style of Del Valle frustrates Spina in dull bout. Scores 95-95 twice and 97-93 for Del Valle. One left hook puts away normally tough Valtierra.

Kempton Park, South Africa: Light: Mlungisi Dlamini (21-0-1) W KO 3 Zolani Marali (20-4). Light Heavy: Isaac Chilemba (14-1) W PTS 12 Doudou Ngumbu (20-1). Light Fly: Hekkie Budler (13-0) W TKO 1 Motswaki Moselesele (7-2-1). After two messy rounds Dlamini finishes Marali with one powerful, short right to win vacant IBO title. Second stoppage loss in a row for southpaw Marali. In good fight Malawian Chilemba shows better boxing and stronger finish to beat previously unbeaten Ngoumbu from Congo. Scores 118-113, 117-112 and 115-113 as Chilemba wins WBC International and ABU titles. Budler overwhelms novice Moselesele.

St Petersburg, Russia: Middle: Gennady Martirosyan (19-2) W TKO 5 Miguel Angel Pena (28-15-4). Martirosyan floors 36-year-old Spaniard five times on way to winning vacant WBO European middle title. Martirosyan holds 2008 points win over Steve Conway.

Merida, Mexico: Fly: Hernan Marquez (26-0) W TKO 6 Darwin Zamora (16-3-1). Super Feather: Miguel Beltran Jr (21-0) W PTS 8 Abraham Rodriguez (18-9-2). In a battle of southpaws “Tyson” starts slowly then nails Nicaraguan with a big right to force stoppage. In semi-final of Mexican “Reality Show” Beltran wins easily, helped by points deduction against Rodriguez for butt.

Aulnay-sous-Bois, France: Super Middle: Medhi Bouadla (18-3) W TKO 8 Morrade Hakkar (39-7). Hometowner Bouadla makes successful second defence of his national title with stoppage of 37-year-old former European champion who challenged Bernard Hopkins for world title in 2003.

Gomez Palacio, Mexico: Middle: Marco Antonio Rubio (44-5-1) W TKO 1 Jose Rodriguez Berrio (20-3). Middle: Jose Luis Zertuche (20-5-3) W TKO 7 Jose Ramirez. In first fight since losing in February to Kelly Pavlik for world title Rubio makes it 38 by KO/TKO as he blows away Colombian in first round. Zertuche, a loser to both Pavlik and Rubio, and now 36, halts novice Ramirez.

Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina: Welter: Hector Salvadia (31-1) W TKO 7 Luis Rodriguez (26-4-1). “El Tigre” makes third defence of his WBA Fed Latin title with stoppage of useful Mexican.

Walvis Bay, Namibia: Welter: Bethuel Ushona (19-0) W PTS 12 Colin Mayisela (14-9-3). Ushona, who holds a 2004 win over Ali Nuumbembe, wins interim WBO African title. Mayisela stopped in two rounds by Junior Witter in 2001.

Ojinaga, Mexico: Feather: Tomas Villa (21-6-4, 1 ND) W TKO 2 Diego Andrade (13-47-2). Inactive for 14 months, Villa returns to hometown to overpower veteran Andrade who suffers 18^th loss in a row.

 

 

In October 2004 I attended a fight in Accra for the Commonwealth bantamweight between Agbeko and Sumalia Badu. In one of the middle rounds there was a clash of heads. Agbeko promptly stopped fighting. He turned his back on Sumalia and walked over to his corner shaking his head. Both the referee and Sumalia did not know what was happening and there was confusion. Agbeko’s handlers climbed on to the ring apron and it was obvious from the way that Agbeko was shaking his head that he did not want to continue .The referee sent Sumalia to his corner and went over to his Agbeko’s corner and spoke to his handlers and Agbeko. Between them they eventually convinced Agbeko to continue the fight and the action restarted with the bell being rung moments later. It was amazing as the referee should have stopped the fight or disqualified Agbeko for going back to his corner and refusing to fight. I have never seen a referee trying to convince a fighter to return to the fight under those circumstances. It seems that head clashes are a source of controversy in Agbeko fights.