Behind The Results October 25

The eagle-eyed Eric Armit clocks up some more air miles in his comprehensive weekly worldwide round-up.

October 22 San Diego, USA: Light Welter: Mercito Gesta (20-0-1) W TKO 2 Ivan Valle (28-10-3). Super Feather: Mike Franco (17-0) W PTS 8 Adolfo Landeros (20-16-1). Too easy for Filipino puncher Gesta. The hard-punching southpaw took a look at Valle and then went to work, scoring two knockdowns and almost ending it in the first. Valle was taking a beating on the ropes in the second when his corner man climbed on the apron and called for a halt. Valle has mixed in good company, but has seen better days. Gesta, 23, has still to be really tested. Prospect Franco, 23, shows some ring rust in his first fight since beating Kermin Guardia eleven months ago, but is too fast and busy for Landeros. No knockdowns but plenty of action with Franco dictating. Scores 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74. Landeros has lost eight of his last nine, but is a good test.

Padua, Italy: Welter: Antonio Lauri (34-4-3) W PTS 10 Rocco Di Palmo (7-2-1). Cristian Sanavia (42-5-1) W PTS 8 Hadillah Mohoumadi (7-1-1). Tough title defence for Italian champ Lauri. Despite his relative inexperience southpaw Di Palmo takes the fight to the champion, but Lauri uses his skill and experience to see him through. Scores 97-92, 96-93 and 95-94. Southpaw former WBC and European super middle champ Sanavia 35, scores second win after a 14 month break. Outscores Frenchman Mohoumadi, 30, who won French national tournament, but was going beyond six rounds for the first time.

New York, USA: Light Welter: Jorge Luis Teron (24-2-1) W TKO 4 Jim Hope (6-6-1). It looked as though it might be a bad night for Bronx favourite “The Truth” as he suffered a bad cut over his right eye in the third. He took a few rounds to catch up with “victim” Hope but had him on the ropes and hurt when the referee stopped the fight. Teron, 24, had lost two of his last three so this was meant to be an easy night, and it was, apart from the cut. Now 16 by KO/TKO for Teron, but only two wins in last eight for Hope.

Miami, USA: Welter: Jesus Pabon (16-1) W TKO 8 Genaro Trazancos (22-13-1). Puerto Rican southpaw Pabon, 30, had an early shock against late sub Trazancos, but recovered to win. Being floored by a right in the second was a wake up call for Pabon who proceeded to batter away at willing Trazancos with fast, powerful combinations, scoring a knockdown in the sixth. A two day sub for Antonio Pitalua, Trazancos, 36, absorbed a steady diet of punishment from the third and was not fighting back when the referee stopped it in the eighth. Pabon retained his WBO Latino title, but was floored four times in winning his last bout so needs to do something about his defence. Trazancos has lost eight of his last nine, seven by KO/TKO.

Glendale, USA: Bantam: Khabir Suleymanov (11-0) W KO 9 Javier Gallo (16-3-1). Great little fight. Typical Bull vs. Matador as Mexican Gallo swarmed in and took the early rounds with his all-out aggression. Mexican's style and height difference sees heads clashing and both fighters badly cut. Russian Suleymanov content to counter and box. Finally Gallo starts to tire and Suleymanov lands big right to floor Gallo. Mexican beats the count but in no condition to continue. Suleymanov wins vacant NABO title.

Toa Baja, Puerto Rico: Light: Jose Gonzalez (13-0) W TKO 7 Andres Navarro (4-4-1). “Chela” has the height, reach and power and Navarro is never in the fight. Gonzalez, 27, floors him in seventh and referee stops one-sided contest in eighth. Nine by KO/TKO for prospect Gonzalez.

October 23 Warsaw, Poland: Light Heavy: Dawid Kostecki (35-1) W TKO 4 Sean Corbin (14-3). Cruiser: Lukasz Janik (21-1) W KO 1 Prince Anthony Ikeji (9-3). Maciej Miszkin (12-0) W PTS 6 Styilian Keli (2-3). Kostecki too strong and punches too hard for Guyanan. Has a bit of trouble catching up with the tall Corbin, but puts him down with combination in second. Corbin, 35, gets up but experienced Belgian referee Daniel Van de Wiele rightly stops it. “Cygan” Kostecki,29, wins vacant WBC Baltic title, boy I bet he was excited, and makes it 24 by KO/TKO in a row since stoppage loss against Rachid Kanfouah in May 2006. Kostecki also holds the WBF (ederation) and IBC titles. Corbin lost in two rounds to Karo Murat in January. The 6'3” tall Janik, 24, puts away Nigerian in first round. Miszkin remains unbeaten with wide points verdict over Belgian, but again shows his lack of a punch.

San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida, Mexico: Straw: Sammy Gutierrez (26-5-2) W TKO 3 Luis Carillo (10-2-1). Feather: Eduardo Escobedo (30-3) W PTS 10 Cesar Soto (63-21-3). Feather: Nery Saguilan (21-0) W PTS 10 Eduardo Lazcano (21-2). Feather: Andres Gutierrez (15-0) W PTS 10 Andres Romero (15-4). “ Guty”, 24 tries to end it in the first and has lanky Colombian hurt. Carillo fires back in the second, but the power is with Gutierrez. A right puts Carillo down in the third. He beats the count but helpless when the referee stops it. Fighting in his hometown, “Guty” wins vacant WBA interim title. Triumph of sorts after losses to Raul Garcia for IBF title and Nkosinathi Joyi for IBO title. Now 17 by KO/TKO for Guty. Colombian had no credentials, but this is the WBA. Escobedo given good ten rounds by veteran former WBC feather champ Soto.

Escobedo,26, always winning, but Soto dangerous to the end. Texas-Based Mexican wins on scores of 100-91, 99-92 and 97-94. Nine wins in a row since loss to Daniel Ponce De Leon in December 2007 for WBO super bantamweight title for Ignacio Beristan trained Escobedo. “La Cobrita” Soto, 39, lost his WBC title to Prince Naseem Hamed in 1999. Great little fight between two prospects. Saguilan hurts Lazcano with left hook in third, but Lazcano works his way back into the fight. Stronger finish for “Panther” Saguilan, 22, wins him decision on scores of 97-93 from all three judges as he moves down from super feather to win WBC Latino title. Southpaw Lazcano, 25, had lost only one of his last 17. Prospect Gutierrez come through toughest test so far and passes with flying colours as he wins unanimous decision on scores of 100-90 twice and 100-89. “Little Jaguar” is only 17 and one to watch.

Riesa, Germany: Heavy: Timo Hoffmann (39-7-2) DREW 12 Alex Petkovic (39-4-4). Light Heavy: Haxhi Krasniqi (33-2) W PTS 8 Kanstantsin Makhankou (15-22).It was tall against fat, and neither won. The 6'7 ½” tall Hoffmann, 36, went forward but Petkovic seemed to do the more effective work with his counters and looked unlucky to have to settle for a majority draw. Scores 114-114 twice and 115-113 for Petkovic, 30, so the WBO European title remains vacant. Hoffmann won and lost ion bouts with Michael Sprott and lost to Henry Akinwande in 2003. Petkovic lost a majority decision to Johnny Nelson for the WBO cruiser title in 2003. In those days he weighed 190lbs, now he weighs 251lbs, and he isn’t any taller, so you know where the extra weight is. Krasniqi continues to pad his record with easy wins. Makhankou, from Belarus, has won just two of his last nine. He went the distance with George Groves last November. Longchamps,

Argentina: Welter: Matias Gomez (19-0) W TKO 3 Victor Zampatti (3-16-2). “Tsunami” Gomez keeps his 100% record as he forces Zampatti to take a standing count in the first and two more in the third before the referee had seen enough. All 19 wins have come by KO/TKO for Gomez, 22, but opposition the kind that has to be carried into the ring as well as out. Gomez is trained by former Argentinian and South American champion Marcelo Di Croce who beat Darren Dyer here in 1993 and lost to Gary Jacobs in 1994.

Salto Argentino, Argentina: Heavy: Marcelo Nascimento (13-0) W KO 1 Gonzalo Basile (48-5,1ND). Feather: Jesus Cuellar (14-0) W TKO 8 Diego Sanaco (16-10-3). Brazilian Nascimento, 30, ignores 48lbs weight gap, hits 6'6” tall Basile, 36, with a two punch combination and it is all mover after just 34 seconds. “The Hammer” wins WBO Latino title in his first fight outside Brazil. Cuellar puts Sanaco under pressure from the first bell. A southpaw style, power and speed and an attack constantly switching from head to body and back was too much for Sanaco to deal with. He took a standing count in the seventh and did not come out for the eighth. Cuellar, 23, retains WBO Latino title and has eleven by KO/TKO.

October 24 Tokyo, Japan: Super Bantam: Toshiaki Nishioka (37-4-3) W PTS 12 Rendall Munroe (21-2). Light Fly: Roman Gonzalez (27-0) W KO 2 Francisco Rosas (21-8-2). Light: Jorge Linares (30-1) W TKO 4 Jesus Chavez (44-8). Welter: Yoshihiro Kamegai (17-0) W KO 6 Jose Alfaro (24-7,1ND). Super Bantam: Shinsuke Yamanaka (13-0-2) W TKO 9 Jose Silveira (11-3). Nishioka, 34, easily won this battle of southpaws as he was just too fast and too smart for challenger Munroe, and retained his WBC title for either the fourth or fifth time (depending on whether you count interim titles) with a wide unanimous points verdict on scores of 119-109 on all three cards.

Nishioka started fast and was well ahead in the early going. He hurt Munroe with a body shot in the seventh, and already had a winning margin under the open scoring at the end of the eighth. Munroe tried to get into the fight over the last four rounds, but Nishioka continued to score freely and the margin reflected his superiority. Now 14 wins in a row for Nishioka. Munroe, the former undefeated Commonwealth and European champion had won his previous eleven but the step up in class proved too steep.

Another devastating display by “El Chocolatito” as former undefeated WBA straw champ Gonzalez moves up to light fly and wins the vacant WBA interim title. The 23-year-old Nicaraguan had been held to a majority points win in a defence of his straw title by Rosas in Mexico in February 2009, but at the higher weight he was devastating putting Rosas down three times for an automatic kayo in the second and took his total of KO/TKO wins to 23. Could be that the talented youngster will sit up there with Alexis Arguello and Rosendo Alvarez as one of the best fighters produced by Nicaragua.

Venezuelan Linares could be a force at lightweight. The former WBC featherweight and WBA super featherweight champion handed out a solid beating to former WBC super feather and IBF lightweight champion. Chavez, 37, suffering his fourth loss in a row, claimed a shoulder in jury and retired on his stool at the end of the fourth round. Third win in a row for “Golden Boy” Linares, 25, who is rebuilding after his shock one round loss to Juan Carlos Salgado in October, which cost him his WBA title. Japanese champion Kamegai made it nine by KO/TKO in his last ten fights, 15 in total, as he battered former WBA secondary lightweight champion Jose Alfaro, to defeat. After taking solid punishment all the way a volley put Alfaro down on one knee in the sixth. It looked as though the Nicaraguan could have gotten up, but stayed there as the referee counted him out. Now three losses in last four fights for Alfaro, who was champion for only five months.

National champ Yamanaka makes it a good night for the home nation as he halts Mexican Silveira. Southpaw Yamanaka, 28, has beaten his last seven inside the distance. Silveira was fresh from a technical decision win over Andrew Singh Kooner in May, but lost to Martin Lindsay in Canada in 2007. Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Light: Pat Malinga (27-6-2) W TKO 8 Vusumzi Tyatyeka (6-2). Malinga retains national title in third defence. Has trouble early with inexperienced opponent, but right in eighth has Tyatyeka badly hurt and corned throws in the towel. No 24 by KO/TKO for Malinga, who had stopped Tyatyeka in one round in his previous title defence in September 2009.