October 4
Tokyo, Japan: Light: Nihito Arakawa (21-1-1) W PTS 12 Jay Solmiano (11-1-1). Light: Yoshitaka Kato (20-4-1) W PTS 10 Takashi Inagaki (13-10-1). WBA No 6 Arakawa, 29, has to climb off the floor to win a split verdict, and retain his OPBF title.
A southpaw left had Arakawa down early in the second, but he beat the count and survived to the end of the round. He also had to overcome a badly swollen left eye. In a great little fight Arakawa was the busier and more aggressive, and Solmiano, 24, had the power. It was close all the way with both fighters staging a big finish. Scores 115-114, 115-113 and 112-115, but it could have gone either way. Kato wins the vacant Japanese title with a unanimous decision over Inagaki. This was another close one, much closer than the scores indicate as Kato takes it on scores of 98-93, 97-94 and 96-95.
October 6
Detroit, USA: Light Welter: Vern Paris (26-0,3ND) W PTS 8 Ruben Galvan (27-18-4,2ND).Super Middle: Darryl Cunningham (24-2) W PTS 8 Dante Craig (18-11-1,1ND). Ahmad Kaddour (24-2-1) W TKO 4 Vance Garvey (8-35-6). Miguel Gonzales (20-2) W TKO 2 Berto Toledo (39-7-2). Heavy: Rich Power (15-1) W PTS 6 Cleo Grover (3-15). Easy night for Paris, 23, almost too easy, as he does not seem to take the fight very seriously. Makes an effort to put Galvan away in the third, but other than that settles for winning every round, and using 39-year-old Galvan for target practice. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. The “Iceman” had registered his best win in August when he stopped Tim Coleman, so this was just a payday. Galvan has failed to win of his last twelve fights.
Southpaw Cunningham, 37, finds Craig a bit more responsive as the former Olympian makes an effort over the late rounds, but never comes close to actually winning a round. All scores again 80-72. Now 17 wins in a row for Cunningham, who saw a potential fight with Kelly Pavlik fall through. Craig was an outstanding amateur winning the National Golden Gloves in 1999 and competing at the 2000 Olympics, but has flopped as a pro, and has won only one of his last ten fights. Lebanese-born Dane Kaddour has poor Garvey under pressure for the whole fight. Scores a knockdown, and with Garvey’s right eye closed his corner pull him out at the end of the fourth. Kaddour’s, only losses came in the 2004 “The Contenders” show, but needs to be more active as this only his second fight in 19 months. Garvey, 33, has won only one of his last eleven. “Silky Smooth” Gonzales, 25, makes it 15 by KO/TKO as he finishes Ecuadorian veteran Toledo in the second. Former Tyson Fury victim Power, 32, wins every round against 36-year-old Grover, who has won only one of his last 15 fights. Scores 60-54 from the officials. Not a decent match on the whole show.
October 7
Wollongong, Australia: Middle: Shannan Taylor (52-10-3) W KO 4 Sintung Kietbusaba (11-8). Welter: Adrian Campbell (9-9-1) DREW 10 Chad Roy Naidu (3-12-4). Fighting in his home town Taylor overwhelms modest Thai to win vacant WBFoundation title. The “Bulli Blaster” had the better of the first two rounds, although Sintung stayed in the fight scoring with body punches. All change in the third as Taylor came out looking to finish the fight. Combinations to the head and body put the Thai down. Sintung beat the count, but was floored again by combinations later in the round. He survived, but a two-fisted attack from Taylor finally put Sintung down for the count. Career saver for 39-year-old Taylor as he had been 3-4 in his last seven bouts. Sintung, 33, was having his first fight for 14 months. Lanky Campbell, 33 fails to win vacant WBFoundation Asia Pacific title as his fight with Malaysian Naidu too close to call. Scores 95-95 twice and 96-94. Campbell had won a split verdict when these two met in June. Naidu, 32, was coming off a win, but it was his only one in his last twelve fights.
Cronulla, Australia: Light Middle: Lee Oti (15-11-1) W TKO 5 Ryan Waters (21-4-2). Big upset sees New Zealander Oti flatten Waters in fifth to revenge a stoppage loss back in 2007. Waters seemed on the road to another wins as he took the first four rounds. In the fifth two over hand rights and a left hook put Waters down. The referee did not even bother to count but stopped the fight. Not a noted puncher, Oti is better than his record might suggest, as he has only lost to good opposition such as Daniel Geale. This was the first fight in almost seven months for 31-year-old Waters, who was rated No 2 by the ANBF. Before this he had lost only one of his last 21 fights, and that loss was to Tony Mundine Jr. Waters has said that he will have one more bout in December and then retire.
Surfers Paradise, Australia: Heavy: Mike Kirby (10-4-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Colin Wilson (35-28-1,1ND). The “Iron Rhino” Kirby wins Australian title at his second attempt with wide unanimous decision over veteran Wilson. Wilson had the height advantage, but at around 270lbs Kirby had the edge in weight. Kirby on top for most of the early rounds taking the fight inside and scoring with body shots. Wilson had some limited success in the middle rounds. Late in the ninth Wilson is floored by a combination topped off by body punches. He beat the count, but was floored again by body punches. Half way through the last yet another body shot put Wilson down again, but he lasted the distance. Scores 98-89 twice and 96-91. Kirby, 29 wins the vacant Australian title, as he bounces back from a 60 seconds blow out loss to Kali Meehan in June. Wilson, a pro since 1992, has been Australian champion three times, but at 39, may not get many more chances.
Edmonton, Canada: Heavy: Tye Fields (49-4) W TKO 6 Raphael Butler (35-11,2ND).”Big Sky” Fields had to climb off the floor for victory. In the first round Butler caught southpaw Fields with an overhand right which deposited Fields on the canvas. Fields got up, took the eight count and never looked back. Round after round it was the long right jab of Fields dominating the fight. In the sixth Butler launched a furious attack, but when Fields blasted back Butler ended up on the ropes. Fields pinned him there and just kept punching away until the referee stopped the fight. The 36-year-old, 6’8” tall, Fields makes it 44 wins by KO/TKO. In fact with all of his losses coming inside the distance, including a 42 seconds blow out loss to Mike Perez in “The Prizefighter”, only five of his 53 fights have gone to the scorecards. Butler, 27, “only” 6’3”, fails again in the Giant Killer role as in his previous fight in April he had been stopped by 6’8” David Price in 107 seconds. Now only one win in his last seven fights for Butler.
Rome, Italy: Middle: Emanuele Blandamura (16-0) W PTS 12 Manuel Ernesti (10-1) W (15-0). In this battle of fighters from Rome after a couple of good rounds, “Sioux” Blandamura completely changes his normal tactics and turns the fight against the favoured Ernesti into an exciting close quarters brawl. He was giving the harder puncher no room in which to work. Ernesti did manage to get home with some hard counters, but nothing deterred Blandamura who stayed right in Ernesti’s face throughout the fight., Scores 116-110, 116-111 and 115-111. The 31-year-old Blandamura wins vacant WBC Mediterranean title. This was the first fight scheduled for more than six rounds for “The Diamond Kid” Ernesti.
Monserrato, Italy: Fly: Giuseppe Lagana (25-9-1,1ND) W TEC DEC 7 Bernard Inom (21-3-1). Welter: Michele Di Rocco (31-1-1) W TKO 1 Laszlo Balogh (13-9-2). Lagana, who will be 40 on October 13, started well scoring frequently against a slow Inom. Lagana took the first two rounds, but then Inom, 38, started to take over and it seemed that the fight would have gone Inom's way from that point on. Lagana regrouped and took control again to win the fourth. Now Lagana controlled the fight from mid range. Lagana was scoring more often with combinations, but Inom stayed dangerous with hard single punches to the body.
The sixth was a quiet round with referee Mark Green urging them on to fight. Later in the round Lagana was cut over the left eye from an accidental head butt and survived a first ringside doctor inspection. The punch worsened in the seventh and it was stopped by the ringside physician. It went to the scorecards with the incomplete seventh scored. Lagana was ahead by 69-64, 68-65 and 67-66. Lagana, who had been inactive for a year, wins vacant European Union title. Frenchman Inom, a former French, European Union and European champion, lost to Omar Narvaez for the WBO title in 2005. This was his first fight for five months.
Now 14 wins in a row for “The King “ Michele Di Rocco as the fight was over before it really got started. A punch opened a cut over the Hungarian’s left eye, and he did not survive the first doctor’s inspection. “The King” Di Rocco, 29, who was Italian amateur champion in 2001/2002/2003, and a quarter finalist at the 2004 Olympics, is now heading for an IBO welterweight title eliminator with Azad Azizov in December.
Bacolod City, Philippines: Super Feather: Mark Gil Melligen (15-4-1) W PTS 10 Rufino Mante (6-12-1). Straw: Rommel Asenjo (21-3) W TKO 5 Arnel Tadena (11-16-3). Fighting in his hometown, southpaw Melligen, 24, made this hard for himself as he lost a point in the second for opening a cut on the right eyebrow of Mante with a butt, and in the sixth for a low blows. In between these episodes it was Melligen on top scoring well, and being the busier. Scores 98-90, 97-91 and 95-93. “Little Assassin” Asenjo, another southpaw, was in charge from the start against Tadena, who seemed only interested in survival. The one-sided fight was ended by Tadena’s corner who retired their man at the end of the fifth. Arsenjo has won 16 of his last 17, with his only loss being to Raul Garcia for the WBO title in April.
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico: Middle: Manny Siaca (23-7) W KO 1 Jhon Berrio (15-10). Bantam: McJoe Arroyo (9-0) W PTS 6 Shawn Nichol (5-7). All over in 81 seconds as Siaca puts Colombian Berrio down with a hook to the body and a right cross, and the Colombian is out. First fight since loss to Danny Green for the IBO cruiser title in April 2010, and win No 20 by KO/TKO for 35-year-old former WBA super middle champion. Fifth loss in a row for Berrio. Brawling Nichol gives southpaw Arroyo a good test as he is aggressive throughout, forcing former top amateur to fight hard in every round. Scores 59-54 twice and 60-54. Arroyo, 25, one of boxing twins, is a former World Championship bronze medalist and represented Puerto Rico in the 2008 Olympics. Denver’s Nichol has lost his last five, all to unbeaten fighters.
Burbank, USA: Middle: Osumanu Adama (20-2) W TKO 9 Roman Karzmazin (40-5-2,1ND. Middle: Eric Mitchell (23-7-1) W PTS 10 Derek Findley (18-7). Super Middle: Joe McCreedy (13-5-2,1ND) W PTS 8 Loren Myers (8-13-1). Huge win for the man from Ghana. Adama, 30, sets a fast early pace as Karmazin tries to use his skill to blunt Adama’s aggression. Karmazin hurts Adama with a good combination in the fourth. Adama returned the compliment early in the fifth with left hook, but Karmazin edged the round with some slick boxing. The fast pace began to tell on the 38-year-old Russian, and Adama was on top in the sixth and seventh, and hurt Karmazin with a heavy right at the end of the eighth.
Adama battered Karmazin to the ropes in the ninth and was pounding away when the Russian’s corner threw in the towel. The referee did not see it until Adama called his attention to it. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for former Ghanaian light middle and middle champ. This was a bout in the IBF eliminator tournament. With the first two spots in the IBF ratings vacant, Adama was the fourth rated (No 6) and Karmazin the fifth (No 7). Former IBF light middle champ Karmazin was having his first fight since losing to Daniel Geale in another IBF eliminator last October.
“Superman Murdered”. That could be the headline for the fight between “Superman" Findley and “Murder” Mitchell. In fact it was a close hard fought battle with Mitchell winning on a split verdict. Scores 96-93, 95-94 and 94-95. Mitchell, 41, was having his first fight since February 2010. Findley has lost 4 of his last 5 but to quality opposition. McCreedy the busier. Takes early and late round s with Myers having his best spell in the middle. McCreedy had Mickey Ward working his corner, Scores 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.
Las Vegas, USA: Light Sharif Bogere (21-0) W KO 3 Cisco Contreras (16-1). Light Middle: Jermell Charlo (16-0) W PTS 8 Cisco Santana (12-3-1). Bogere wins in three rounds but some controversy. Contreras, 27, takes the first two rounds using his height and reach edge to counter the shorter, aggressive Bogere, and hurts him with a good left at the start of the second. Bogere, 22, starts to dominate and has more success by turning the fight into an untidy brawl in the third, and lands a hard right which sends Contreras stumbling back into a corner. Contreras turns away to avoid the follow-up attack but another right from Bogere seems to glance of the Dominican’s shoulder and catch him on the back of the head. Contreras goes face down on the canvas seeming to hit his forehead on the floor, and is counted out. There was some debate over whether it was the first right or the second which caused the knockout. However, although the punch landed on the back of the head of Contreras, it was ruled legal due to Contreras having turned away. Contreras taken from ring on a stretcher and on to hospital. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for “The Lion”.
“Golden Boy” Charlo, one of boxing twins, wins on scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74. His classy boxing and higher work rate offsets the aggression of Santana. In the sixth a right from Santana had Charlo in trouble, but he boxed his way through the round and was never again in trouble. The 21-year-old Charlo, trained by Ronnie Shields, has eight wins by KO/TKO. Santana’s previous losses both came against undefeated Karim Mayfield.
La Coruna, Spain: Fly: Silvio Olteanu (11-6-1) DREW 12 Valery Yanchi (18-2-1) . Two old foes met for the vacant European title, but neither walked away with a win. Southpaw Yanchi, from Belarus, was fighting in his adopted home town, and was well ahead after seven rounds. Romanian Olteanu came strong in the closing rounds to even things up. Scores 114-114 twice and 115-114. Yanchi, who beat Olteanu twice in 2005, was having his second shot at the title. Olteanu, who is based in Madrid, put up a creditable effort when only losing on a split decision against Daiki Kameda for the WBA title in December.
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand: Bantam: Tabtimdaeng (39-2) W PTS 12 Falaxona Fidal. Thai Tabtimdaeng, 28, gets another meaningless win in rough brawl with poor Indonesian. Fidal loses two points for infractions and Tabtimdaeng one. Despite having lost only one of his last 30 fights, and being PABA champion, Tabtimdaeng’s opposition has been so poor he can’t even make the WBA ratings. Fidal has won only two of his last nine.
October 8
Neuquén, Argentina: Middle: Bill Godoy (23-0) W TEC DEC 4 Claudio Abalos (23-12-3). Another controversial ending, but a teddy bear’s picnic compared to when these two fought in May. Godoy had the better start and took the first two rounds and already Abalos had a swelling under his right eye. Abalos was getting into the fight when a clash of heads saw Godoy suffer a bad cut on his right eyelid. It went to the scorecards with Godoy retaining his Argentinian title on scores of 40-37, 40-37 ½ and 39-37 ½. The last time these two fought a butt left Godoy badly dazed and Abalos floored him, and then had him helpless on the ropes when the referee stopped the fight. However, although the referee failed to hear it the bell had gone before the stoppage. A riot ensued with people entering the ring and bottles and chairs flying. When order was restored Godoy could not continue so it went to the scorecards and Godoy won a unanimous decision, but ended up in hospital with a broken nose and a large lump on his forehead.
Tijuana, Mexico: Super Fly: Rodrigo Guerrero (16-3-1) W TEC DEC 6 Raul Martinez (28-2). Welter: Daniel Sandoval (22-2) W TKO 10 Jorge Silva (17-2-1). Great little fight sees Mexican Guerrero win the vacant IBF title with a technical decision over Martinez. The switch hitting Guerrero was the aggressor, but the counter punching Martinez, 29, stayed with him and the fight was full of exciting exchanges. A big moment came at the end of the third when Guerrero floored the Texan with a right hook, straight left. That seemed to galvanise Martinez who attacked hard in the fourth and boxed well in the fifth. An accidental butt in the sixth left Martinez with a bad cut over an already swollen right eye. The referee stopped the fight at the end of the sixth and it went to the scorecards with Guerrero winning on the unanimous decision on scores of 57-56 twice and 59-54.”Gatito” Guerrero had lost on points to Vic Darchinyan for WBA/WBC titles in March 2010. After a bumpy start to his career Guerrero, 23, is now 14-2 in his last 15 fights, with his other loss being on a split decision to Martinez in an IBF eliminator in November. Martinez was also having his second title shot having been stopped by Nonito Donaire for this same title in 2009.
"Galeno” Sandoval, 20, and “El Pantera” Silva, 19, went to war from the first round. Sandoval was cut on his right eyebrow in a clash of heads, but put Silva down heavily. It was Silva’s turn in the second as he had Sandoval reeling with a hard right. Sandoval then started to box and swept the fourth to the six before being staggered again in the seventh. Silva continued the attack in the eighth and looked close to victory until caught with a right hook and floored. Sandoval now had the momentum and in the tenth two rights put Silva down and the referee stopped the fight. All 22 of Sandoval’s wins have come by KO/TKO. Silva had won 15 by that route.
Los Cabos, Mexico: Super Fly: Juan Jose Montes (20-2) W TKO 2 Faustino Cupul (23-6,2ND). In his second fight since his defeat by Tomas Rojas for the WBC title “Goofy” scores three knockdowns on the way to a second round stoppage of sliding Cupul. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old from Guadalajara. Cupul, 26, a former NABF champ, has now lost 5 of his last 6.
Bacolod City, Philippines: Light Fly: Donnie Nietes (29-1-3) WPTS 12 Ramon Garcia (16-3-1). Bantam: AJ Banal (26-1-1) W PTS 12 Mario Briones (20-1-1). Straw: Merlito Sabillo (16-0) W PTS 12 Rodel Tejares (13-20-3). Bantam: Albert Pagara (8-0) W PTS 8 Shabani Madilu (12-7-3). “Ahas” Nietes, 29, fighting in front of his hometown fans, becomes only the seventh Filipino two-division champion, as he outpoints champion Garcia to lift the WBO title. The former undefeated WBO straw champion got a fast start, denying the clever Mexican room. Nietes seemed to be well in front after five rounds, and shook Garcia in the sixth. Southpaw Garcia then started to dominate and had Nietes hurt on a number of occasions as Nietes appeared to tire. The Filipino got back into the fight in the last two rounds and probably just shaded it. Scores 118-110, 117-111 and 115-113. Strangely the closest score came from the Filipino judge, and looked to be the most accurate. Nietes, who was cut on his forehead early in the fight, and also had a cut, which opened in the ninth, turn into a nasty gash after a clash of heads in the eleventh. The Filipino had to survive a Doctor’s inspection. The former janitor is unbeaten in his last 20 fights. This was the first defence of the full title for Garcia and his team yelled robbery and want a return.
Southpaw Banal, 22, showed good skills as he used speed and movement to outbox the taller unbeaten 25-year-old Mexican. Both fighters lost points, Banal one for a low blow, and Briones two for holding and a low blow. Banal tired near the end but was a clear winner. Scores 118-107,117-108 and 115-110. Banal, rated in the top 5 by WBA and WBO, retains WBO Asian Pacific title for third time. Filipino champion “Tiger” Sabillo, 27, lived up to his name as he easily outpointed Tejares to win the OPBF title. The aggression and combination punching of Sabillo saw him dominating. A desperate Tejares lost points in the fourth and fifth for low blows. Scores 118-108 twice and 116-110. Prospect Pagara, 17, streets ahead of game Tanzanian Madilu, but can’t put him away. Pagara has Madilu down in the 1st, 2nd and 4th rounds but has to settle for a wide unanimous decision on scores of 80-69 twice and 78-71. A good night for Team ALA.
St Petersburg, Russia: Light Heavy: Dmitry Sukhotsky (18-1) W TKO 2 Nadjib Mohammedi (24-3). Impressive win by Sukhotsky. A big right in the second has Mohammedi helpless on the ropes and the towel is thrown in by the Frenchman’s corner. First defence of his WBO Inter-Continental title by 30-year-old Russian and twelfth win by KO/TKO. He lost a close decision to Juergen Braehmer for the WBO title in December 2009 and is now rated No 1 by the WBO. Mohammedi, 26, took Nat Cleverly the distance in a fight for the vacant WBO title in December.
October 9
Rosebud, Australia: Heavy: Brad Pitt (11-0) W TKO 4 Hugo Sclarandi (41-43-8). Mismatch as unbeaten Pitt, 29, puts away Argentinian veteran in four. Sclarandi tries to take the fight to Pitt and gets in a few shots, but is too small, and too old, to trouble the Australian prospect. A right floors Sclarandi in the fourth and when he is dumped again with a left hook the towel comes flying in. Nine wins by KO/TKO for former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. The 46-year-old Sclarandi turned pro in 1988 weighing 145 ½ lbs, which says it all.
Liloan, Philippines: Super Fly: Marco Demecillo (15-0-1) W TKO 9 Lowie Bantigue (21-16-7). Bantam: Marlon Tapales (19-1) W PTS 10 Martin Mubiru (8-3). It took 21-year-old Demecillo (Singwancha) a while but eventually he walked down Bantigue. Demecillo’s power made the difference. He put Bantigue down with a series of hook in the fourth. Bantigue survived, but from then it was just a matter of time. The end came in the ninth when Demecillo had Bantigue down three times, and the fight was stopped. Now 11 wins by KO/TKO for Demecillo as he wins the interim Philippines title. Singwancha is the name of his Thai sponsor and he incorporates it into his name when fighting. Third unsuccessful shot at winning a version of the Philippines title for 27-year-old Bantigue.
Southpaw Tapales, 19, given ten hard rounds by Japan-based Ugandan Mubiru. Both showed good technique but Tapales had the staying power. A right to the body put Mubiru down in the fourth. He was down again in the sixth from a hard combination, and after getting up lost a point for a butt. Tapales scored another knockdown in the seventh, and Mubiru again lost a point for a butt, which opened a cut on the right eyelid of Tapales. Both fighters went at it hard over the final two rounds, and Tapales got the decision on scores of 96-90 twice and 96-89. Eleven wins in a row for Tapales. The 26-year-old Ugandan had won four of his five fights in Japan and has also not lost inside the distance.
