Behind The Results February 16, 2010

Eric Armit goes 'Behind the Results' to give us the lowdown in his weekly global boxing digest.

February 11

Temecula, USA: Light: Jihoon Kim (20-5) W TKO 5 Ty Harris (24-6). Light Welter: Ruslam Provodnikov (15-0) W TKO 8 Javier Jauergui (53-17-2). Light Heavy: Max Vlasov (16-0) W KO 1 Julius Fogle (15-2, 1ND). Kim, the IBO super feather champ, starts slowly, but his relentless pressure wears down southpaw Harris who is floored and stopped in fifth. Twelve KO/TKO wins in last 13 fights for Korean. Russian prospect Provodnikov too young and strong for 36-year-old former IBF light champ and forces stoppage in eighth. Tall Russian Vlasov takes only 162 seconds to kayo 38-year-old Fogle, who had his best days as an amateur.

February 12

Thaima, Thailand: Prawet Singwancha (38-3-2) W KO 5 Eusebio Baluarte (15-2). Super Feather: Terdsak Jandaeng (38-3-1) W KO 4 Stevie Ferdinandus. Fly: Nethra Sasiprap (19-1) W KO 1 Rino Ukru (7-8). Prawet, 32, retains WBC International tile as he stops game Filipino champ. Prawet a former two-time challenger for WBA secondary light title given tough two rounds by Baluarte but takes control and floors Filipino twice for kayo win. Former WBO title challenger has easy time with poor Indonesian and former WBA light fly challenger shakes off three years of rust to kayo another poor Indonesian.

February 13

Las Vegas, USA: Super Fly: Nonito Donaire (23-1) W KO 3 Manuel Vargas (26-5-1). Bantam: Fernando Montiel (40-2-2) W KO 1 Ciso Morales (14-1). Bantam: Eric Morel (42-2) W PTS 12 Gerry Penalosa (54-8-2) Feather: Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1) W PTS 10 Mario Santiago (21-2-1). Light: Diego Magdaleno (14-0) W PTS 8 Floriano Pagliara (10-4). Welter: Mark Melligen (17-2) W TKO 6 Ray Gatica (11-1) . Super Middle: Matt Korobov (10-0) W TKO 1 Lamar Harris (6-5-3). Interim WBA champ Donaire has it easy against three day late sub light fly Vargas in non-title bout. Takes a couple of rounds to settle and then kayos him in third with left uppercut. Another poor match as Montiel finishes Filipino novice with right to the head and left to body after just 126 seconds. Morel wins interim WBO title. Filipino southpaw Penalosa, 37, cut badly by head clashes in sixth round finishes strongly and looks unlucky. Split verdict, scores 116-112, 115-113, 113-115. Puerto Rican Morel, 34, is a former WBA fly champ whose career was interrupted by a jail term. Important victory for Concepcion who floors Puerto Rican southpaw Santana in sixth. Despite strong finish by Santana Filipino does enough to win unanimous decision. Scores are 97-92, 98-91 and 96-93. Both are former WBO title challengers, Concepcion losing on disqualification to Steve Luevano and Santiago drawing with Luevano. Former top amateur Magdaleno, a southpaw, too busy and strong for willing Italian and wins unanimous verdict on scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74. Twenty-three-year-old Filipino southpaw Melligen floors Gatica twice and halts him in sixth. Former world amateur champion Korobov finishes Harris in just 65seconds for ninth win by KO/TKO by southpaw hot prospect.

Los Cobos, Mexico: Light Fly: Raul Garcia (12-1-1) W T KO 2 Michael Arango (29-8-3). Super Fly: Hugo Ruiz (23-1,1ND) W TKO 3 Francisco Reyes. Victor Proa (27-1-2) W TKO 6 Alfredo Banaga. Southpaw Garcia hurt by right hand in first, but overpowers Colombian in second to retain WBC International title. Ruiz, just 21 makes it 14 wins in a row with twelve by KO/TKO, flooring and stopping Reyes with a right uppercut in third.

Epping, Australia: Light Heavy: Tim Bell (18-5-1) W PTS 10 Togasilimai Leota (11-4). Super Feather: Will Tomlinson (11-0-1) W PTS 8 Flash Villacura (23-27-2). Welter: Dilshold Mahmudov (3-0) W KO 1 Opeti Tagi (14-7). Australian champ Bell, cut in first round given good test by Samoan but wins unanimous verdict 98-92, 97-94 and 96-94. Prospect Tomlinson overcomes cut and is too young, strong and fast for former Filipino champ, who is deducted a point for holding. Scores 80-72 twice and 77-74. Uzbek Mahmudov, a former World silver medal winner, crushes Fijian in first.

Edmonton, Canada: Cruiser: Ryan Henney (15-3) W PTS 10 Frank White (7-3-1).Henney goes 2-1 ahead in series with White and regains Canadian title in exciting scrap as he wins unanimous decision with all three officials scoring it 96-93. Henney floored in third and hurt again in fourth but boxes his way to title.

Noginsk, Russia: Middle: Anton Novikov (15-0) W PTS 10 Karama Nyilawila (11-7-1) . Light Middle: Timur Nergadze (13-1-1) W PTS 10 Khanlar Azizov (6-3-1). Southpaw Novikov, 22, has an easy night against Tanzanian and boxes his way to wide unanimous verdict and retains WBC Youth title. Hurt in the sixth, Nergadze proves too smart for aggressive Azizov and wins Russian title on unanimous decision.

Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México: Bantam: Chris Esquivel (16-2) W KO 1 Reynaldo Cajina (7-3-2,1ND). Esquivel floors and halts Nicaraguan Cajina in 123 seconds to retain WBC Youth title.

Maldonado, Uruguay: Light Fly: Juan Revelco (23-1) W KO 5 Emerson Carvalho (10-1-1). Super Fly: Jonathan Barros (28-0-1) W PTS 6 Lazaro Santos de Jesus (11-4). Easy for WBA interim champ Revelco who forces Brazilian novice to take a standing count in first and finishes him with a body shot at the end of the fifth. Barros has problems with string bean southpaw from Brazil and looks crude. Low blows slow Brazilian down but he lasts the distance. Both fighters constantly slipping on ring surface. Amusing sight of the referee using broom and towel between rounds on ring surface - who said men can’t multi-task?

February 15

La Tuna, Uruguay: Super Middle: Jorge Rodriguez Olivera (19-1) W PTS 8 Miguel Angel Arroyo (86-18-5). Local hero, “The Black Pearl” gets close verdict over Argentinian veteran as southpaw Arroyo, at the age of 44, and out of the ring for five years, takes part in fight No 109.