Behind The Results Week Ending February 2

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

January 27

New York, USA: Heavy: Derrick Rossy (23-2) W TKO 1 Alexis Meijas 10-3). Mismatch sees Rossy floor poor Meijas twice for stoppage with eight seconds left in first round. This a Winky Wright promotion.

Mexico City, Mexico: Super Fly: Oscar Ibarra (20-4) W KO 2 Juan Esquer (25-7-1). Ibarra hurts and floors Esquer with body shots in the first and finishes him with more of the same in the second.

January 29

Las Vegas, Nevada: Light Heavy: Beibut Shumenov (9-1) W PTS 12 Gabriel Campillo 19-3). Middle: Erislandy Lara (10-0) W TKO 10 Grady Brewer 26-12). Super Feather: Eloy Perez (16-0-2) W PTS 10 David Rodela (14-2-2). Having lost a disputed majority verdict in his home country, 26-year-old Kazak Shumenov wins WBA title in only tenth fight, with another hotly disputed decision, over champion Campillo, a 31-year-old Spanish southpaw making his second defence. Shumenov aggression against Campillo skill. Campillo cut in fifth but has Shumenov hurt a few times and on the verge in ninth only for challenger to look stronger at the finish. Campillo unlucky as even Shumenov looked surprised at the decision. Scores show contrast 117-111, 111-117, 115-113. Campillo management demanding a return and also an investigation of 117-111 score for Shumenov. Class and youth of Lara too much for game Brewer, 39. Brewer cut by clash of heads in sixth. Cuban southpaw streets ahead going into last scores knockdown and halts Brewer in follow-up attack. Brewer unbeaten in his previous eight with wins over Steve Forbes, Cornelius Bundrage and unbeaten Albert Onolunose in that streak. Important win for “The Prince” as he takes unanimous verdict over Rodela on scores of 98-92 and 97-93 twice.

Uncasville, USA: Middle: Peter Manfredo Jr (34-6) W PTS 10 Matt Vanda (42-10). Feather: Matt Remillard (21-0) W TKO 3 Rafael Lora (11-2) .Light Welter: Arash Usmanee (5-0) W T DEC 5 Jorge Ruiz (7-11-1). Joe Calzaghe victim Manfredo, fighting down at middle, too much for Vanda. Scores knockdown and almost ends it with body punch in sixth, but can’t find finisher. He lifts vacant NABF title on scores of 100-89 twice and 99-90. Remillard retains NABF title and clears up any controversy over previous win over Lora as outclassed Dominican takes a beating and Doctor pulls him out at the end of the third. Former Canadian amateur star Usmanee controversially wins on points after clash of heads brings early finish. As an amateur Usmanee lost to Akash Bhatia and beat Mike Robinson.

Reno, USA: Super Middle: Jesse Brinkley (35-5) W PTS 12 Curtis Stevens (21-3). Welter: Ray Serrano (12-0) W PTS 8 Ronnie Warrior Jr (13-3-1, 8 ND). Super Middle: Brandon Gonzales (10-0) W TKO 2 Dumont Welliver (18-20-1). “Showtime” Stevens starts well and hurts Brinkley early with left hooks. However, Brinkley strength tells as he floors Stevens in sixth and twelfth and wins wide unanimous verdict in IBF eliminator for No 2 spot. Scores 119-107, 118-108,117-109. Nine wins in a row for Brinkley since 2007 loss to Robin Reid. Brinkley’s trainer, Peter Manfredo Snr, thrown out of corner for pushing Stevens at end of fifth round. Serrano has no trouble with veteran southpaw Warrior winning 79-73 on all three cards. Warrior’s eight “no decisions” reflect bouts in States where there is no recognised Commission, so results not considered official by Association of Boxing Commissions. Body punch finishes outclassed Welliver.

Embalse Rio Tercero, Argentina: Welter: Rodolfo Martinez (36-3-1, 1ND) W KO 8 Juan Pablo Lucero (11-3). Martinez uses body attack to slow down and then finish Lucero and retain WBC Latin title.

Levallois-Perret, France: Light Welter: Anthony Mezzache (17-5-3) W TKO 8 Ariak Sachbazjan (12-11). Light Heavy: Chris Rebrasse (13-1-1) W PTS 6 Tony Prunier 9-6). Easy enough for European light champ Mezzache but confusion as the referee first seemed about to stop the bout in the seventh but it went into the eighth. Mezzache, who has made only one defence of his European title that he won against Jon Thaxton last February, scores two knockdowns. Rebreasse wins well and Prunier announces his retirement.

Mexico City, Mexico: Bantam: Jesus Ruiz (20-2-2) W PTS 12 Luis Melendez (26-5-1). Ruiz, 20, climbs off floor to pressure former WBO super fly challenger from Colombia. Floors Melendez in ninth and wins on scores of 115-111, 117-109,115-111 to lift vacant WBC Latino title.

Albuquerque, USA: Bantam: Chris Avalos (15-0) W KO 4 Jose Nieves (17-2-3). Super Feather: Archie Ray Marquez (10-0) W PTS 8 Derrick Campos (20-8). Puerto Rican southpaw Nieves starts well, but 20-year-old prospect Avalos takes control with ferocious attacks. Catches up with Nieves on ropes in fourth and floors him twice for impressive kayo. Twenty-one-tear-old local boy Marquez gets wide workman-like unanimous decision over Campos on scores of 80-71, 79-72 and 77-74, but room for improvement.

Savignano, Italy: Middle: Matteo Signani (9-3-1) W TKO 8 Gaetano Nespro (15-6). Signani wins Italian title when champion Nespro cut too badly to continue after good scrap. Fourth defence for Nespro including previous win over Signani.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Bantam: Francis Miyeyusho (24-8-2) W TKO 5 Ramadhan Shauri (4-2-1). Easy domestic win for Miyeyusho who was kayoed in two rounds for Commonwealth super bantam title by Isaac Ward in 2007.

January 30

Mexico City, Mexico: Super Fly: Jorge Arce W T DEC 7 Angky Angkota. Feather: Eduardo Escobedo W PTS 10 Joksan Hernandez. Super Feather: Miguel Angel Garcia W TKO 5 Arturo Gomez. Fifth “world” title for Arce as he wins vacant WBO crown. Arce going to the body with the Indonesian countering with uppercuts. Arce cut in third but not badly. A clash of heads in seventh saw Angkota badly cut above his left eye and Arce took the technical verdict on scores of 58-56 and 60-54 twice. Smart boxing from Escobedo who counters the aggressive Hernandez, floors him with a left hook in fourth and wins on scores of 96-93 and 97-92 twice. “Mikey” Garcia too strong and talented for Gomez, no knockdowns but Gomez taking punishment at stoppage.

Puebla, Mexico: Straw: Roman Gonzalez (25-0) W TKO 3 Ivan Meneses (14-6-1). Light Fly: Francisco Rosas (21-7-2) W PTS 12 Juan Landaeta (25-7-1). Nicaraguan Gonzalez retains WBA title for fourth time as he gives poor Mexican challenger a bloody nose, closes his left eye and floors him to force stoppage. Twenty-one by KO/TKO for “Chocolatito”. Rosas, who lost to Gonzalez on a majority decision last year, and also to Juan Revelco for interim WBA at light fly, wins WBC eliminator between WBA’s Nos 3 and 4, with majority verdict over Venezuelan former WBA interim champion on scores of 118-112, 115-113 and 114-114.

Neubrandenburg, Germany: Middle: Sebastian Sylvester (33-3) W TKO 10 Billy Lyell (21-8). Light Heavy: Karo Murat (21-0) WTKO 2 Sean Corbin (13-2). Heavy: Robert Helenius (11-0) W TKO 8 Lamon Brewster (35-6). Heavy: Kubrat Pulev (5-0) W KO 4 Matt Skelton (22-5). Heavy: Edmund Gerber (10-0) W KO 2 Rene Dettweiler (25-3). An easy defence for Sylvester as he retains his IBF title against game late sub Lyell. Sylvester takes first two rounds. Lyell has his moments from third to sixth, but from start of seventh he starts to tire. Sylvester dominates and forces stoppage as Lyell’s trainer, Jack Loew, who also trains Kelly Pavlik, threw in the towel. Two left hooks from WBC No 3 Murat enough to force stoppage against Guyana in Corbin. “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius floors former WBO champ Brewster with a heavy right in second. Turns it on again in eighth and batters Brewster for big stoppage win. Helenius good right hand puncher, but still a lot of amateur in his style. Brewster just going through the motions. In only his fifth fight Bulgarian Pulev impressive again as he stops veteran, and former WBA title challenger, Skelton in four rounds. Three losses inside the distance in a row for oldie Skelton. Surprise as Gerber floors and halts more experienced Dettweiler.

Aarhus, Denmark: Super Middle: Brain Magee (33-3-1) W TKO 7 Mads Larsen (51-3). Super Middle: Lolenga Mock (29-12-1) W PTS 12 Giovanni De Carolis (11-3). Light Martin Kristjansen (21-2-4) DREW 8 Felix Lora (11-6-4). Heavy: Claus Bertino (12-2) W PTS 8 Paolo Vidoz (26-8). Welter: Christian Bladt (34-10-2) DREW 8 Giuseppe Langella (17-5-2). Favourite Larsen, rated No 8 by both the WBA and WBC, starts well and wins early rounds. However, Magee, No 14 with the WBC, takes over and scores knockdown in fifth, two knockdowns in sixth, and fight is stopped in seventh with Larsen down again. Magee wins vacant European title. Mock and Italian have a close match with Mock taking a majority verdict to win the vacant European Union title. Kristjansen has trouble shaking off ring rust and settles for a draw with Dominican. Big win for Bertino over Italian veteran. Bladt and Langella end all even on scores of 77-75, 75-78 and 76-76.

Saint Quentin, France: Super Feather: Guillaume Frenois (17-0) W PTS 12 Gildas Gracia (12-7 . Feather: Cyril Thomas (36-3-4) W PTS 12 Angel Salinas (13-5-1). Light Heavy: Thierry Karl (26-4) W TKO 1 Daniel Regi (11-5). Bantam: Jerome Thomas (8-0) W PTS 8 Hassan Azaouagh (5-6). Excellent boxing from Frenois, but a pity he can’t punch. Wins all the way against Gracia for WBC Mediterranean title with all three judges seeing it 119-109. Bleeding badly from a clash of heads in the eighth, Cyril Thomas, a 2004 loser to Nicky Cook, in control against tough Mexican and wins on scores of 117-110,115-112 and 114-111. Said to be a WBC eliminator, but with a 13-5-1 record ! Karl scores two knockdowns for easy win. Double Olympic medallist Jerome Thomas given eight good rounds by modest Azaouagh.

Mexico City, Mexico: Light Middle: Amilcar Funes (22-8) W PTS 10 Marco Reyes (13-1). Argentinian scores knockdowns in second and sixth and wins WBC Youth title on scores of 97-92, 96-92 and 95-93. Amilcar, 27, now a “Youth” champion. Farcical.

Trelew, Argentina: Welter: Hector Saldivia (33-1) W TKO 4 Ricardo Cano (16-7-5). Easy for “Tigre” as he forces Mexican southpaw to take three standing eight counts in first, and towel comes in in fourth. Saldivia WBA No 5, retains WBA Latino title.

Laval, France: Welter: Stanislas Salmon (20-1-1) W PTS 8 Nicolas Guisset (20-17-1).Tough non title bout for French champ who takes split verdict 78-77, 77-75 and 75-77.

San Martin Texmelucan, Mexico: Straw: Sammy Gutierrez (23-5-2) W KO 4 Sammy Reyes. In front of his home crowd, WBA No 11 Gutierrez retains Mexican title with brutal kayo of Reyes.

Tunica, USA: Feather: Gary Russell Jr (7-0) W TKO 1 David Cano (1-7). Super Middle: Jonathan Nelson (13-0) W PTS 8 Clarence Taylor (14-24-4, 1ND). Former Olympian Russell gets an easy night in poor match. Lanky Nelson wins unanimous decision over experienced trial-horse Taylor.

Georgetown, Guyana: Welter: Iwan Azore (13-3-1) W PTS 6 Laurex Benn (0-2).

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Middle: Maneno Oswald (32-20-2) W PTS 6 Mada Maugo (9-5, 1ND). Light Welter: Chaurembo Palasa (20-16-1) W PTS 4 Mussa Hassan (2-8). Veteran former Commonwealth light middle challenger Oswald wins clearly on scores of 60-57 and 59-57 on other two cards. Palasa, a former Commonwealth light title challenger wins 40-37 on two cards and 40-36.

February 1

Tokyo, Japan: Straw: Yasutaka Kuroki (23-3-1) W TKO 6 Takumi Suda (10-6-2). Southpaw Kuroki, No 1 with the WBA has easy warm-up for challenge to WBC champ Oleydong in March. However, he looked bad in this fight and it was cuts that brought the stoppage.