Behind The Results February 9, 2010

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

 

 

Fort Lauderdale, USA: Light Heavy: Glen Johnson (50-13-2) W TKO 6 Yusaf Mack (28-3-2). Super Bantam: Guillermo Rigondeaux (5-0) W KO 1 Adolfo Landeros (20-13-1). Welter: Ed Paredes (24-3-1) W KO 2 Joey Hernandez (15-1-1). Light Middle: Yudel Jhonnson (5-0) W TKO 1 Dorian Beaupierre (12-6-2). Light Heavy: Yordanis Despaigne (5-0) W TKO 3 Demetrius Davis (19-19-5). After slow first two rounds, Johnson, a former IBF champion who was 1-1-1 in his series with Clinton Woods, and is now 41, slowly breaks down Mack in IBF eliminator and finishes it with three knockdowns in sixth. Former amateur star Rigondeaux finishes experienced Mexican in 28 seconds with southpaw left to the body. After quiet first round, another quick finish as Paredes puts away southpaw Hernandez with a left hook in just 119 seconds. Theses two fought a controversial draw in August. Paredes has lost only one of his last 16. Tall former Olympic silver medallist Jhonnson floors and halts rusty Dominican Beaupierre. Despaigne halts 40-year-old Davis.

 

Fuscaldo, Italy: Silvio Branco (60-10-2) W KO 4 Laszlo Hubert (24-6). Middle: Domenico Spada (30-2) W KO 1 Norbert Nagy (7-3). Cruiser: Vincenzo Rossitto (38-6-2) W KO 4 Mihaly Kratki (5-27-4). Light: Emiliano Marsili (20-0-1) W PTS 6 Zsolt Nagy (14-13). Super veteran Branco, now 43, moves up to cruiser and wins vacant WBC International title with stoppage of experienced Hungarian southpaw. Silvio was halted by Richie Woodhall back in 1995 and beat Robin Reid in 2000. Spada and Rossitto, a David Haye victim in 2005, blow away poor Hungarian opposition and Marsili wins wide points verdict over Nagy who lost to Troy James in his last fight.

 

Santa Ynez, USA: Welter: Freddy Hernandez (28-1, 1ND) W KO 5 DeMarcus Corley (36-13-1) .Heavy: Lateef Kayode W KO 2 David Whittom (10-12-1). Light Welter: Francisco Contreras (13-0) W KO 1 Juan Castaneda (16-3-1). Main event close and competitive, judges had it even, until lanky Mexican Hernandez overcomes cut and puts veteran Corley out cold with big right hand. Hernandez unbeaten in last 12. Corley, a former WBO champion, lost to Junior Witter for WBC title in 2006 and to Ashley Theophane in 2008. After close first round, Nigerian hope Kayode floors and halts Canadian. Twenty-five-year-old Dominican Contreras impressive as he finishes Mexican with volley of punches in 98 seconds, but Castaneda claims ankle injury meant he could not get up.

 

Philadelphia, USA: Light Middle: Derek Ennis (20-2-1) W TKO 5 Edwin Vazquez (22-15-1). Feather: Eric Hunter (12-1) W KO 1 Roberto Bonilla. Heavy Andreas Gustafsson (4-0) W TKO 2 Levay King (0-2). “Pooh” Ennis rips game Vazquez with body punches and floors him twice in sixth as corner throws in towel. Eight wins in a row for guy from Germantown as he beats former Matt Hatton victim. “The Outlaw” Hunter former 2004 Olympic alternate, kayoes Nicaraguan with a left to the body in first, and switch-hitting Swede Gustafsson, who lost to David Haye in the amateurs, halts King at end of second

 

 

Monterrey, Mexico: Light: Edwin Valero (27-0) W TKO 10 Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1). Welter: Luis Abregu (29-0) W PTS 10 Richard Gutierrez (24-4-1, 1 ND). Light: Marvin Quintero (19-2) W TKO 2 Luis Gonzalez (14-2-1). Middle: Jose Luis Zertuche (21-5-3) W TKO 6 Antonio Arras (20-7,1ND). Light Welter: Juan Pablo Lopez (15-0) W TKO 5 Leonardo Resendiz (22-23).  A bit more skill mixed with a typical blood and thunder show from southpaw banger Valero as he retains WBC title for second time and makes it 27 in a row by TKO/KO. Giving away height and reach, cut under right eye in first and badly gashed on the forehead in the second(by an elbow which caused a point deduction against interim champ DeMarco, also a southpaw). Valero outboxes and batters away at game Mexican until DeMarco’s corner calls it off before the start of the tenth. Argentinian Abregu impressive in taking unanimous verdict over useful Colombian. Abregu down and badly hurt in second and cut in seventh, but floors and almost finishes Gutierrez in third and wins clearly on scores of 98-90 and 97-91 twice. Southpaw Quintero too fast and powerful for local favourite Gonzalez. Scores knockdown in second and forces finish at end of round. Veteran Zertuche well in front when Arras stopped on cut. Lopez scores two knockdowns for stoppage win.

 

Newark, New Jersey: Heavy: Tomasz Adamek (40-1) W PTS 12 Jason Estrada (16-3, 1ND). Middle: Peter Quillin (21-0) W PTS 10 Fernando Zuniga ((28-10). Light Heavy: Ismayl Sillakh (11-0) W TKO 4 Larry Pryor (6-7). Former double world champion Adamek unimpressive in latest fight at heavyweight. Pole’s face lumped up, but judges prefer Adamek quantity over Estrada quality and his inside work during middle rounds gives him the edge, but scores widely different at 118-110, 116-112 and 115-113. “Kid Chocolate” Quinlan takes safety first approach and boxes his way to unanimous verdict over 37-year-old Colombian in a sloppy fight on scores of 100-90 twice and  98-92. Ukrainian hope Sillakh scores two knockdowns in third and another in fourth for tenth win by KO/TKO.

 

Merida, Mexico: Super Feather: Jorge Solis (38-2-2,1ND) W KO 7 Likar Ramos (21-3).  Super Bantam: Ramon Maas (19-0) W PTS 10 German Meraz (25-14-1,1ND) . Solis finally wins a title of sorts after 12 year as a pro. Climbs off the floor in the third to floor WBA interim champion Ramos in sixth and puts him down for the count with a devastating body shot at the end of seventh. First defence for Ramos. Younger brother Ulises Solis is a former IBF light fly champion. The two losses Solis has suffered were against Manny Pacquiao, and in his last fight a points loss to Cristobal Cruz for the IBF feather title. “La Cobra” Maas wins WBA Fedlatin title with clear points victory over experienced Meraz who tries to turn it into a wrestling match.

 

McAllen, USA: Light: Brandon Rios (24-0-1) W TKO 4 Jorge Luis Teron (23-2-1). Feather: Tomas Villa (21-6-4) W DIS 10 Juan Ruiz (23-5).. Super Bantam: Robert Marroquin (12-0) W TKO 1 Robert Guillen (5-5-3). Feather: Jerry Belmontes (11-0) W PTS 6 Morris Chule (11-10-2). Big win for Rios as he hurts New Yorker Teron from the start and cuts and batters him and knockout his gum shield and referee halts it. Rios wins interim NABF title. Villa takes early lead, but Ruiz gets back into it only to be thrown out in last round for yet another of numerous infractions of the rules. Southpaw prospect Marroquin scores two knockdowns and wins in 150 seconds. Despite being cut in first former top amateur Belmontes wins every round against Kenyan Chule for scores of 60-54.

 

Montreal, Canada: Light Welter Herman Ngoudjo (18-3) W TKO 6 Silverio Ortiz (20-13). Super Middle: David Lemieux  (21-0) W PTS 10 Jason Naugler (18-12-1) . Welter: Manolis Plaitis (15-0-1) W PTS 6 Jhonny Navarrete (12-3-1) . Welter: Kevin Bizier (8-0) W TKO 1 Mike Springer (7-6-1). Cameroon-born Ngoudjo, a two-time world title challenger returns for first time since January 2009 loss to Jose Urango. Too good for Mexican who absorbs heavy punishment and just stops fighting in sixth. Lemieux cuts Naugler and scores knockdown in second. Limited Naugler takes a beating, but becomes first man to take Lemieux the distance. Scores 100-89 from all officials as Lemieux wins vacant Canadian title, but intends to continue at middle. Canadian champ Plaitis starts slowly but dominates with body attack to win unanimous decision. Former Canadian amateur champion Bizier ends fight after just 118 seconds as he floors man from Trinidad and Tobago with body punch.

 

Rzeszow, Poland: Light Heavy: Dawid Kostecki (33-1) W TKO 7 Dario Cichello (18-7-2). Cruiser: Tomasz Hutkowski (17-0-1) W TKO 2 Jozsef Nagy (21-6).Cruiser: Cruiser: Lukasz Janik (17-1) W PTS 6 Kristztian Jaksi (6-14-4). Cruiser: Krzysztof Glowacki  (9-0) W TKO 3 Jonathan Pasi (2-13-2). Dawid “Gypsy” wins vacant IBC title as he stops Italian journeyman. Pole ahead 60-53 on all cards at stoppage. Hutkowski has it easy as Nagy has now lost 4 of his last 5. The lanky Janik and prospect Glowacki stop poor Hungarian opponents. Jaksi a loser to Terry Dunstan, David Dolan and Enzo Maccarinelli in 2009.

 

Moscow, Russia: Heavy: Timur Ibragimov (27-2-1) W TKO 3 Awadh Tamim (11-2,1ND). Middle: Dmitry Pirog (15-0) W TKO 5 Eric Mitchell (22-7-1). Welter: Vitaliy Demyanenko (18-0) W PTS 12 Jorge Miranda (34-8,1ND).Easy for 35-year-old Uzbek Ibragimov as he floors over matched Tanzanian three times to win vacant IBA Intercontinental title. WBO No 2 Pirog starts slowly but wears down 40-year-old Mitchell who is stopped on a cut in the fifth. Eric comes in as a late replacement for twin brother Aaron.  Kazak southpaw Demyanenko retains PABA and WBO Asia Pacific titles as he outboxes aggressive Argentinian and wins wide unanimous decision by twelve points on two cards and eleven on the other.

 

Accra, Ghana: Super Feather: Emmanuel Tagoe W PTS 12 Thompson Mokwaan (10-4). Light Heavy: Braimah Kamoko (19-0) W TKO 7 Emmanuel Martins da Silva (16-9). Welter: James Armah (16-1) W TKO 6 Ruben Silva Diaz (35-17-4). Welter Joshua Okine (19-4-1) W TKO 1 Ricky Torrez (15-4-1) . Middle: Osumanu Adama (17-1) W TKO 7 Josival Lima Teixeira (14-5). Tagoe, Ghanaian feather champ, wins vacant WBO African title. Kamoko returns with a win for the first time since 2007 as he beats 33-year-old Brazilian. Former undefeated double Commonwealth champion Armah (he won the light title by beating Charles Shepherd in 2001 and the light by beating Bobby Vanzie in 2001) and former Commonwealth welter champ Okine beat imports easily as does ABU middle champ Adama. Okine won Commonwealth welter title by stopping David Barnes but lost it on points to Kevin Anderson. Southpaw Joshua was Overseas Fighter of the Year at BBB of C awards in 2005.

 

Mar de Ajo, Argentina: Super Middle Pablo Farias (14-0) W TKO 4 Eduardo Cardoso (10-2). “Pokemon” managed by former WBC cruiser champion Marcelo Dominguez, softens Brazilian with jabs then finishes him with speciality body punch for interim WBC Latino title.

 

Managua, Nicaragua: Super Feather: Santos Benavides (18-2-2) W KO 1 Carlos Maireno (20-13-2). Straw: Carlos Buitrago (14-0) W PTS 8 Jose Martinez (8-14). Benavides now 2-0-1 up in series with Maireno. Eighteen-year-old prospect Buitrago injures hand when flooring Martinez in third and then boxes his way to one-sided unanimous decision.

 

Tokyo, Japan: Super Feather: Takashi Miura (18-1-2) W PTS 10 Seiichi Okada (10-1). Feather: Ryol Li Lee (15-1-1) W PTS 10 Kazunori Takayama (17-6-4). Third defence of national title for southpaw Miura who seems to dominate inexperienced challenger all the way but only gets split verdict. Scores 96-93, 96-94, 94-96. South Korean Lee wins vacant Japanese title but looks crude and wild in doing it on scores of 98-94, 97-94, 97-95.

 

Chihuahua, Mexico: Super Feather: Cesar Soto (61-19-3) W KO 1 Eden Marquez (17-11-3).. Light Middle: Mauro Lucero (46-13-1) W KO 1 Armando Campas (8-30-4). Super Fly: Victor Zaleta (14-1) W TKO 1 Juan Carlos Jacobo (11-9-1), Soto, now 38, a former WBC feather champion puts away poor opponent in just 110 seconds. Former WBC light welter challenger Lozano even quicker as he ends it in 52 seconds. Third disgraceful “match” sees WBC No 4 Zaleta crush Jacobo with a left to the chin in 107 seconds. Soto lost his WBC feather title to Naseem Hamed in 1999.

 

Berlin, Germany: Benjamin Simon (17-1) W PTS 12 Rashid Matumla (14-12-2). Simon wins vacant IBF international title with wide points win over experienced 41-year-old Tanzanian. Scores 119-110 twice and 118-110. Simon record deceptive with 16 wins by KO/TKO, as most opposition has been awful. Matumla was stopped in two rounds by Paul Smith last year.

 

Mungyoeong, South Korea: Bantam: Malcom Tunacao (25-2-3) W PTS 12 Seungsuk Chae (16-2). Thirty-one-year-old southpaw “Eagle Eye” Tunacao, a former WBC fly champ, regains OPBF title with a split decision over tough Korean champion. Scores 115-114 twice and 114-115.

 

 

Kobe, Japan: Fly: Daiki Kameda (16-2) W PTS 12 Denkaosan Kaovichit (48-2-1). Awful fight full of clinches and sloppy work as WBA champ Denkaosan deducted two points for holding. Thai, 33, starts well but then tires and 21-year-old Kameda wins all of the late rounds. Scores 116-110 twice and 114-112 as Daiki wins WBA title and makes it a family double as he joins brother Koki who is WBC fly champion. Third defence for Denkaosan who loses for the first time since 2002.