Behind The Results 18/01/2010

Eric Armit goes 'Behind The Results' to give us the stories behind the statistics in his weekly global boxing digest...

January 14

Cebu City, Philippines: Light Fly: Milan Melindo (20-0) W PTS 10 Anthony Villareal (9-3). Bantam: AJ Banal (21-1-1) W KO 4 Cecilio Santos (24-12-3). Super Feather: John Bacon (13-1) W KO 4 Thitichon Singwancha. WBO No 1 Melindo, who turned pro at 17, floors tough Californian in first but is made to fight all the way and staggered in the last before winning close unanimous decision. Southpaw “Bazooka” Banal, WBA No 5, impressive as he hits too hard for experienced Mexican (Santos has had three world title shots) and floors and finishes him in fourth. Bacon, just 19, puts away Thai with body shots.

January 15

Laredo, USA: Juan Carlos Burgos (24-0) W TKO 12 Juan Carlos Martinez (17-12-1). Light Middle: Demetrius Andrade (9-0) W KO 1 Bernardo Guereca (15-10-1). WBC No 2 Burgos wins all the way, punishing Martinez steadily before flooring and halting him in the last round. Burgos, 22, is the nephew of former IBF light fly champ Victor Burgos. Mismatch sees former world amateur champion Andrade halt poor Guereca in just 78 seconds.

Tokyo, Japan: Light: Takeo Shimada (24-5-1) W PTS 10 Alexis Salinas (11-4-2). Shimada, 38, and a former WBA secondary title challenger, has just too much skill for tough Mexican and jabs his way to a unanimous decision on scores of 99-93, 97-93 and 97-94.

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand: Bantam: Medgoen (64-6) W TKO 2 Amnart Patanakan Gym(6-1). Fly: Panomroonglek (28-0) W KO 2 Ego Yohan. Too easy for experienced Thai’s as they brush aside awful Indonesian victims.

Yinchuan, China: Super Feather: Rey Labao (18-2) W TKO 2 Michael Sigarlaki (12-8-2). Impressive win for 25-year-old Filipino Labao who floors and halts Indonesian to win WBO Asia Pacific title.

January 16

Las Vegas, USA: Light Middle: Vanes Martirosyan (27-0) W PTS 10 Kassim Ouma (26-7-1,1ND). Super Feather: Diego Magdaleno (13-0) W PTS 8 Gerardo Robles (9-9). Light Heavy: Ismayl Sillakh (10-0) W TKO 1 Julius Jackson (3-6,1ND). Light Welter: Jose Benavidez (1-0) W TKO 1 Steve Cox (1-1). Armenian-born Martirosyan too fast, sharp and accurate for former IBF champion Ouma. Ugandan come on in middle rounds, scores flash knockdown in ninth and looks strong, but Martirosyan has big tenth round to seal the win. Scores 97-93 twice and 97 92, but some felt this was harsh on Ouma. Now five losses in last six for Ugandan. Martirosyan retains NABF and NABO titles. Magdaleno has too much class for game Robles and takes unanimous decision but is pushed hard. Ukrainian Sillakh finishes poor Jackson (not one of the Julian Jackson clan) in 87 seconds. Highly touted Benavidez takes only 81 seconds to register first win.

Torreon, Mexico: Middle: Marco Antonio Rubio (45-5-1) W TKO 9 Rigoberto Alvarez (23-2). Super Feather: Nery Saguilan (14-0) W PTS 10 Jose Osorio (8-2-2). (Bantam: Tomoki Kameda (12-0) W KO 3 Rodolfo Garay (26-17-1). Rubio, in trouble from uppercuts in rounds three and five and behind on two cards, finally finds the punch in the ninth to halt Alvarez. A loser in nine rounds against Kelly Pavlik for the WBC and WBO titles last February, Rubio retains WBC Latin title and now hopes to land eliminator with No 1 Gennady Golovkin for WBC challenger slot. “Pantera” Sagulian stays unbeaten with unanimous decision. No knockdowns, scores 97-95, 97-93 and 96-94 . Mexican reports give Saguilan’s record as 21-1-2 and Osorio as now 20-3-2? “Mexicanito” Kameda, brother of WBC fly champion Koki Kameda, floors Garay in second and ends it with body punches in third to win WBC Fecarbox title.

Pinamar, Argentina: Light: Guillermo De Jesus Paz (16-19-3,1ND) W PTS 8

Leonardo Gonzalez (15-2-1) . Mild upset as Gonzalez cut just after first bell but continues to lose unanimous decision to modest southpaw Paz.

Mississauga, Canada: Welter: Victor Lupo (17-1-2) DREW 8 Ulises Jimenez (16-12-1). A rusty Lupo, out almost 2 years, is floored in first but does enough to get a draw with Mexican veteran Jimenez.. Scores 77-75 for Lupo, 76-75 Jimenez and 76-76.

Tokyo, Japan: Light: Ryuji Migaki W (14-2) TKO 10 Kengo Nagashima (38-4-2). Light Welter: Hiroshi Nakamori (27-2-1) W PTS 8 Daisuke Sakamoto (5-3-1). Upset as former national champion Migaki floors veteran southpaw Nagashima twice and stops him in tenth to win OPBF title. Nagashima recovers well from flooring in fourth and is slightly ahead before stoppage. Nakamori pushed all the way in a tough fight and just gets by on score of 77-76 from the officials.

San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico: Welter: Jorge Paez Jr ( 24-3, 1ND) W KO 1 Augusto Gamez (12-10-1,1ND). Super Fly: Victor Zaleta (13-1) W TKO 2 Alfredo Montano (9-10). Easy for son of former double world champ. World rated Zaleta also puts his opponent away without trouble.

Singapore: Bantam: Leon Moore (26-2) W PTS 12 Marangin Marbun (19-7-1). Light: Saddam Kietyongyuth (19-0) W TKO 2 Jongyoon Choi (6-1). Moore dominates to win a wide, unanimous decision over Indonesian and collects the PABA title. Near upset as highly touted Saddam floored twice but comes back to stop Korean.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Light: Hoang Sang Nguyen (25-5-1) W PTS 12 Rudy Encarnacion (20-17-2). Vietnamese-born Spaniard wins vacant European Union title with clear points win over Dominican-born Encarnacion.

January 17

Cebu City, Philippines: Fly: Rocky Fuentes (24-7-2) W TKO 3 Pit Anacaya (6-7-2). Easy for national champ Fuentes in non-title fight as he chases Anacaya until third and then catches up in neutral corner and floors and halts him.