June 8
Tuburan, Philippines: Bantam: Marco (Demecillo) Singwancha (12-0-1) W PTS 10 Rex Olisa (7-7-1). These two exchanged hard punches from the start with 20-year-old Singwancha having the edge on power and wearing down game Olisa. A right put Olisa down in the ninth and he was in trouble for the rest of the round. Singwancha could not find the finish so had to settle for a unanimous verdict on scores of 100-89, 99-90 and 98-91. Olisa, 22, without a win in his last seven.
June 10
Santa Ynez, USA: Cruiser: Lateef Kayode (17-0) W PTS 10 Matt Godfrey (20-3). Super Bantam: Chris Avalos (19-1) W PTS 10 Khabir Sulyemanov (11-1). Light: Art Hovhannesyan (14-0-1) W KO 6 Archie Ray Marquez (12-1). Welter: Rashad Holloway (12-2-2) W PTS 8 Jhon Berrio (15-10). Too easy for Nigerian Kayode, 28, against a slow and sluggish Godfrey. Kayode in charge all the way, cutting the ring down on “Too Smooth” and scoring well to head and body. Too much clinching to be a great scrap. Kayode floors Godfrey with a straight right in the first, then again in the fifth and ninth rounds on the way to a wide unanimous decision. Scores 98-89, 98-90 and 97-90. Godfrey, 30, had minor success in the fourth when he seemed to hurt Kayode, but did his standing no good by spitting in the face of Kayode as he saw defeat looming. “The Power”, rated No 2 by the WBA, already holds the NABO and NABF titles and added the vacant NABA title. Godfrey lost in five rounds to Marco Huck for the WBO title in August. Avalos continued his rebuilding with a unanimous verdict over Russian Sulyemanov.
Avalos, 21, had the Russian on the floor in the first from a short left, and put him down again in the third. However he ruined any advantage by hitting Sulyemanov when he was down, and the referee deducted a point. Avalos continued to be the busier whilst NABO champ Sulyemanov, 30, looked for single shots. Scores 97-90, 96-91 and 95-92. Avalos wins vacant WBO Inter-Continental title with his third win since losing to Chris Martin for the same title in August. Armenian “Lionheart” Hovhannesyan gets good win in battle of unbeaten fighters. Two left hooks put Marquez down at the end of the first round. Hovannesyan also scores knockdowns in the third and fifth and a left uppercut finishes the fight in the sixth. Hovannesyan, 29, who represented Armenia in the 2005 World championships, has now won six of his last seven by KO/TKO. Holloway did some rebuilding also as he took a unanimous verdict over Colombian Berrio, scoring a knockdown in the seventh along the way. Scores 79-72 twice and 78-73.
Las Heras, Argentina: Fly: Juan Carlos Reveco (27-1) W KO 2 Jean Piero Perez (18-4-1). Feather: Sergio Medina (36-4) W PTS 12 Carlos Ricardo Rodriguez (24-5). “Coton” Revelco, 27, moves up to flyweight and wins WBA interim title. Although giving away height and reach, the former WBA light fly champ Reveco scores well in the first, particularly with left jabs, hooks and uppercuts. Venezuelan Perez, 30, is shaken at the end of the first after what looked like a clash of heads. Perez gets his jab working more in the second, but again the fast hooks and uppercuts from Reveco getting through. Suddenly in an exchange a devastating left hook hits Perez in the solar plexus and he is down and rolling in agony on the canvas with no chance of getting up. Weight making difficulty, arising from a kidney problem, led Reveco to move up, and he now has eleven wins in a row since losing his WBA title to Brahim Asloum in 2007. Perez was unbeaten in seven going in.
New York, USA: Welter: Kenny Galarza (15-1) W PTS 10 Irving Garcia (17-7-3). Welter: Tom Delorme (12-0) W PTS 10 DeMarcus Corley (37-18-1). Galarza, 25, does not impress in this showcase fight. Starts well but never really seems to get into his stride or let the punches flow. Garcia, 32, boxes well scoring with his jab and with enough rights to mark up the young prospect. Galarza just the busier, but split decision not popular with some of the crowd as Puerto Rica does not show expected firepower. Scores 97-94, 96-94 and 94-96. Second win for Galarza since loss to Brad Solomon a year ago, and first points win. Garcia now one win in last seven. In his first ten round fight, the lanky Delorme, 21, just too young and aggressive for 37-year-old Corley. Scores a knockdown with a left hook in the third and his aggression dominates, but he looks tight and looking for big punch too often. Scores 99-90 from all three officials. Only one win in his last eight fights for former WBO light welter champ.
Calais, France: Super Feather: Romain Jacob (13-0) W PTS 10 Sebastien Cornu (9-8-3). Jacob wins vacant French title in his hometown with unanimous verdict over taller southpaw Cornu. After a couple of quiet rounds, Jacob, 22, gets into his stride and knocks Cornu, 27, down for an eight count in the fourth. “The Scorpion” survives and then bangs back scoring well in rounds 5 and 6 with Jacob losing a point for spitting out his gum shield three times. Both are tired, but Jacob finishes the stronger and wins on scores of 98-90, 98-92 and a much more representative 95-93. Just over 24 years ago Romain’s father Thierry won the same title. Thierry went on to win the European bantam and WBC super bantam titles, and also had shots at the IBF bantam and IBF and WBA super bantam titles.
San Bernardino, Italy: Super Bantam: Giuseppe Di Micco (10-0) W PTS 10 Daniele Limon (5-1) .Great little fight between two unbeaten young fighters for the vacant Italian title. Di Micco, 25, works inside against taller Limon, 26, and takes the early rounds. Limon’s tactic of switching guards does not work, but as Di Micco tires Limon, despite never having gone beyond six rounds, stages a strong finish to make it a close fight. Scores 97-95, 96-94 and 94-96.
June 11
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Super Fly: Omar Narvaez (35-0-2) W PTS 12 William Urina (17-2). Welter: Hector Saldavia (38-2) W KO 2 Carmelito De Jesus (14-3). Super Fly: Roberto Domingo Sosa (21-0) W PTS 6 Santiago Acosta (17-8-2). Bantam: Nestor Narvaez (18-0-2) W KO 3 Ariel Alassia (13-7-1,1ND). Role reversal here for “El Huracan” as it is the tall Colombian who is the aggressor and Narvaez, 35, boxing defensively. Urina scoring well in the opening rounds builds an early lead and silences the Luna Park crowd. Urina had height and reach advantages and used then well, but threw away a point in the sixth with one his frequent low blows. The skill, movement and counter-punching of southpaw Narvaez came into it from the seventh, and although he was badly rocked in the eighth, over the last three rounds the champion scores heavily on the tiring Colombian and retains his WBO title for the third time on scores of 117-110 from all three judges. Now 21 world title fights for former WBO fly champ Narvaez, more than Urina’s total fights, but the cracks are beginning to show as this was a tougher than expected defence. Urina won a gold medal at the South American Games and competed at the 2007 World championships.
“El Tigre” hunts again as a perfect uppercut from 27-year-old Saldivia flattens modest Brazilian. Now 32 win by KO/TKO for WBA No 12 Saldivia, the last six in a row since his disastrous 107 seconds blow-out loss to Said Ouali in May last year. WBO No 3 Sosa, 26, remains unbeaten with win over former Olympian Acosta. Sosa faster to the punch and too sharp for Acosta. Scores 58-56 ½, 59 ½ -56 and 59 ½ - 55. Sosa had beaten Acosta on a split decision in 2009, but since then Sosa has improved and Acosta has gone backwards. Once a prospect, Acosta has now lost 7of his last 8. Controversial win for brother Nestor. After two quiet rounds he floors Alassia with a body shot. Alassia beats the count, but a very low punch puts him down again. Alassia writhes on the canvas for five minutes as Narvaez is disqualified. However an hour later the decision is changed to a kayo win for Narvaez.
San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Light Middle: Austin Trout (23-0) W PTS 12 David Lopez (40-13). Super Bantam: Arturo Santos (10-1) W TEC DEC 9 Alex Espinoza (9-5). Feather: Eduardo Escobedo (31-3) W TKO 3 Mauricio Martinez (35-12-1). WBA secondary title holder Trout, 25, boxes his way to victory over fellow southpaw Lopez in his first defence. Trout has the hand and foot speed to stay away from the strong Mexican and ties up 33-year-old Lopez whenever he gets close. Trout’s fast jabs and counters piling up the points. Both fighters on the canvas in the eleventh, but only the trip for Lopez is counted as a knockdown. Trout retains on scores of 119-109, 118-109 and 117-110. Good to see Lopez get a title shot as he went from “opponent” to world rated and had won his last 16, and lost only one of his last 22.
Former Olympian Santos, 25, gets revenge for an amateur defeat as he beats Venezuelan Espinoza on technical decision to win the vacant WBA Fedecaribe title. Santos was a World Junior silver medalist and a quarter finalist at both the World championships and the 2008 Olympics. WBA No 3 and WBC silver belt titilist Escobedo halts the rapidly sliding Martinez in three rounds. “Canilla” now has 22 wins by KLO/TKO and also wins a WBA Fedcaribe title. Escobedo has won ten in a row since losing to Daniel Ponce De Leon for the WBO super bantam title in 2007. Southpaw Martinez, 36, a former WBO bantam champion has lost his last four.
Cebu City, Philippines: Feather: Rey Bautista (30-2) W TEC DEC 7 Heriberto Ruiz (46-10-2). Fly: Edrin Dapudong (22-3) W TKO 4 Benja Loemoli (11-2). Light Welter: Jason Pagara (27-1) W KO 4 Juan Carlos Gallegos (16-5). A win but not an inspiring one for “Boom Boom” Bautista. The 24-year-old forces the fight but the jab and movement of the experienced Mexican give him trouble. However, the real trouble is with the headwork of Ruiz, 33, as clashes see Bautista cut on the right eyebrow in the third, on the forehead in the fifth. When later another cut was opened on Bautista’s right eyebrow the Doctor recommended the fight be stopped. It went to the scorecards and Bautista gets the unanimous technical decision on scores of 68-65 twice and 69-65. Some measure of revenge for Bautista who lost to “Cuate” Ruiz in 2008. Now five wins for Bautista since a one round blow-out loss the Daniel Ponce De Leon for the WBO super bantam title in 2007. Ruiz has been in with seven men who have held world titles, and beat two of them so he is a tough competitor.
“The Sting” Dapudong has too much power for 17-year-old Indonesian “Rhinoceros. The WBC No 11 scores a knockdown in the first and despite a gutsy performance by young Leomoli he is floored again in the fourth and the referee stops the fight. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for Dapudong who scored a big win in beating Jesus Jimenez for the WBC Silver belt in June last year, but then lost to Wilbert Uicab. Sensational 18-year-old prospect Pagara was given a tough test by his first Mexican opponent. He just could not seem to get untracked and with a big bump appearing under his right eye looked to be in trouble. All that changed at the end of the fourth when a three punch combination put Gallegos down and out. Pagara is unbeaten in his last 15 and it is 16 wins by KO/TKO for the WBO No 10.
Brakpan, South Africa: Super Bantam: Jeffrey Mathebula (24-3-2) W PTS 12 Oscar Chauke (27-5-2). Super Fly: Zolani Tete (15-1) W TKO 7 Olebkeng Motseki (8-2). Not a great fight, but as it was an IBF eliminator the result was important. “Golden Boy” Chauke makes the better start as the busier fighter, but former Olympian Mathebula, IBF No 8, takes over in the middle rounds and is the quicker and more accurate. Builds a lead and looks to have done enough to win clearly, but one official disagrees. Scores 116-112, 115-113 and 112-116. The 31-year-old Mathebula’s only losses since 2003 were split verdicts to Celestino Caballero for the WBA super bantam title and to current IBF champion Takalani Ndlovu in September. Chauke is a former South African and World Boxing Federation champion. IBF No 6 Tete takes a while to shake off seven months of ring rust but catches up with novice Matseki in seventh and has him in trouble when the towel comes flying in. Tete is a former WBU flyweight champion.
New York, USA: Feather: Luis Del Valle (13-0) W PTS 10 Dat Nguyen (17-2). Middle: Jonathan Gonzalez (13-0) W PTS 10 Rich Gutierrez (26-7-1). Light Welter: Gabriel Bracero (16-0) W TKO 1 Memo Valdes (12-4). Del Valle, 24, wins wide unanimous decision. His precision boxing, and fast right hand punching gave him the edge in the early rounds over the aggressive wide-swinging Nguyen. Del Valle has Nguyen close to a knockdown in the sixth. From the sixth onwards Del Valle was totally in control and Vietnamese-born 28-year-old, Buddy McGirt trained, Nguyen had his left eye swelling badly and was shipping constant punishment. Impressive display by Dell Valle and a gutsy, but limited one from Nguyen. Scores 99-91 from all three judges. Puerto Rican Del Valle is a former US National Golden Gloves champion.
Puerto Rican prospect Gonzalez is taken the distance for the first time in unanimous verdict over experienced Colombian Gutierrez. Not a pretty fight with plenty of bad blood and some decidedly ungentlemanly tactics from both fighters. After bombs away start, Gonzalez goes over to boxing and generally dominates, scoring well with head shots and deserves 98-92 twice and 99-91 scores. “Mantequilla”, 21, wins vacant NABA title. Gonzalez represented Puerto Rico at the 2007 World championships and 2008 Olympics. Third loss by KO/TKO in a row for Gutierrez. Bracero, making up for lost time, takes only 40 seconds to halt 38-year-old Valdes. This was only the second win by KO/TKO for the 30-year-old Puerto Rican, who is trying to put some prison time behind him, and was coming off a good win over previously unbeaten Danny O’Connor in April. Valdes has now lost 4 of his last 5.
Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Cruiser: Nenad Borovacanin (28-0) W PTS 12 Konstantin Semerdjiev (29-13-2). Despite breaking the thumb on his right hand in the fourth round Serbian Borovacanin, 32, easily outscores 39-year-old Bulgarian. “Neso” wins every round and has Semerdijev reeling at times, but with the use of only his left, can’t find the punch to put him away. Borovacanin wins WBO European title.
Chandler, USA: Light Welter: Jose Benavidez (12-0) W TKO 4 Corey Alarcon (14-18-1). Light Oscar Meza (22-4) W TKO 3 Kelly Wright (4-8). Outstanding prospect Benavidez returns to his hometown to destroy game late sub Alarcon in three rounds. The 5’11” tall, 19-year-old Benavidez floors Alarcon, 33, with a right in the second and twice more in the third for a stoppage. Poor match sees Meza floor Wright in the second and three times in the third. Now 17 by KO/TKO for “The Student” Meza and seven losses in a row for Wright.
Remilly, France: Light Middle: Sebastien Madani (31-1) W PTS 12 Franklin Mamani (9-1). A walk in the park for French champion Mamani as pleases his home crowd by he flooring and outpointing Bolivian novice Mamani to win vacant World Boxing Federation Inter-Continental title on scores of 120-107 twice and 118-110. Now 24 wins in a row for Madani.
Hamburg, Germany: Cruiser: Alex Alexeev (21-2) W TKO 2 Damian Norris (16-7). Middle: Rafael Bejaran (13-1) W TKO 8 Goekalp Oezekler (10-1). Kai Kurzawa (26-4) W TKO 3 Armin Dollinger (21-2). Middle: Ante Bilic (24-2) W PTS 8 Mike Schubov (13-6). Easy for Uzbek-born Russian southpaw Alexeev as he wins vacant WBO Asia Pacific title. He shakes tall Cuban Norris, 29, in the first and jumps on him in the second and forces the stoppage. Second win for Alexeev, 30, since loss to Denis Lebedev in July. Oezekler, 29, gets the better start, but then the superior skills of Dominican give him control. German International champ Oezekler seems to tire and a right puts him down and out in eighth. Dominican wins WBO European title!! Kurzawa, 34, gains revenge for earlier defeat as he outclasses Dollinger with the 39-year-old’s corner throwing in the towel in the third. Kurzawa, a former European champion, makes it four wins since returning to the ring, and 18 wins by KO/TKO. Tough fight for Croat Bilic, 27, against modest Russian and just squeezes through on a majority verdict. Now eight wins in a row for Bilic. Schubov has lost four of his last five.
Merida, Mexico: Light Middle: Jose Pinzon (20-2-1) W PTS 10 Edvan Dos Santos Barros (11-11-1). Light: Aaron Herrera (20-0) W TKO 6 Alirio Rivero (21-9-1). Light: Ramon Maas (25-1) W PTS 8 Juan Carlos Medellin (5-2-2). Not all plain sailing for Pinzon. Looks like an early night as Pinzon floors Brazilian in first, but Dos Santos survives. An over confident Pinzon, 24, walks into a right and is floored in the third. Pinzon thrown out of his stride for a while, but Dos Santos, 32, soon shipping heavy punishment again and is floored in the sixth. Brazilian survives but Pinzon wins on scores of 97-89 twice and 98-88. First win for Pinzon since loss to Pawel Wolak in December. Dos Santos has lost 5 of his last 6. “The Jewell” Herrera looks a real talent as he outclasses Venezuelan and scores knockdowns in the second and sixth round when the fight is stopped. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Herrera. Three losses by KO/TKO in a row for Mexican-based Rivero. Supposed to be an easy fight for “The Cobra” Maas, but turned out to be anything but as Medellin pressed him all the way. Maas just the busier, but his split decision win on scores of 67-66 twice and 66-67 shows how close it was.
Fukuoka, Japan: Super Bantam: Super Fly: Kenji Oba (21-0-2) W TKO 3 Rungniran. Too easy for Oba, 27, against unknown Thai as he moves to 16 wins by KO/TKO with stoppage late in the third round. Now 8 wins by KO/TKO in his last 9 fights and all of his last 14 opponents have been Thailanders.
Iztacalco, Mexico: Light Fermin de los Santos (15-13-1) W KO 1 Manuel Aguilar (15-2). For about a minute it looked as though southpaw Aguilar was going to give de los Santos a tough night. A devastating left hook to the body ended that impression and Aguilar, who had trouble making the weight, was counted out after just 106 seconds. Fourth defence of his CABOFE title for WBC No 8 featherweight de los Santos and win eleven by KO/TKO. De los Santos has really turned his career around. After a spell of four straight losses he has now on his last six, but third one round loss in his last five fights for Mexican Aguilar.
Windhoek, Namibia: Welter: Bethuel Ushona (23-1) W PTS 12 Peter Oluoch (10-3-2). Bantam: Paulus Ambunda (15-0) W KO 12 Emilio Norfat (7-4). Light: Julius Indongo (8-0) W TKO 10 Peter Malaki (8-9-1). Ushona eases back with wide unanimous points win over durable Kenya. Concentrating on the body Ushona always in control but Oluoch stays there to the end. Ushona wins on scores of 120-108 twice and 119-110. Ushona, who lost his unbeaten record in a challenge for the Commonwealth title against Denton Vassell in March, wins interim WBO African title.” The Rock” Ambunda, 30, wins every round against Kenyan. Scores knockdown in the second but Emilio is game. Little Ambunda finally finds the punches in the last and body shots put Emilio down for the count. Ambunda retains WBO African title and goes to nine wins by KO/TKO. This fight was in the balance until the last round. The 5’10” tall Indongo broke through in the last and had “The Butcher” Malakai reeling and defenseless when the referee stepped in. Indongo retains Namibian title. Third unsuccessful title shot for Malakai.
Camana Bay, Cayman Islands: Middle: Charles Whittaker (37-12-2) W PTS 12 Keenan Collins (13-6-2,1ND). Local favourite Whittaker makes another of his rare appearances and wins vacant USBA title with unanimous verdict over modest Collins. Whittaker, 37, is unbeaten in 13 fights stretching back to 2004, but had only two fights in 2009, one in 2010 and this is his first in 2011.
General Santos City, Philippines: Fly: Fernando Lumacad (23-3-3) W KO 1 Ricky Sabia (8-6-1). Light Fly: Randy Petalcurin (13-1) W KO 1 Yodchingchai (2-1). A left hook to the ribs from “Trigger” Lumacad ends this one in the first. Lumacad , 25, wins vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council title. Lumacad, 25, has lost only to Wandee Singwancha, Jorge Arce and Juan Jose Montes, all on the road. Petalcurin, 19 finishes poor Thai in quick time. Hooks to the body had the inexperienced Yodchingchai writhing on the canvas, and it was almost five minutes before he got up. Now 13 by KO/TKO for Petalcurin who wins vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council title.
Kiev, Ukraine: Middle: Avtandil Khurtsidze (25-2-2) W KO 1 Dionisio Miranda (21-7-2). Light Welter: Viktor Postol (14-0) W PTS 10 Tarik Madni (14-2). Cruiser: Dmytro Kucher (12-0) W TKO 7 Ali Ismailov (18-7-1). Georgian “Tornado” Khurtsidze, 32, suffers a cut in a clash of heads then produces two left hooks to floor Miranda twice and it is all over inside a round. First defence of his IBO title for 5’4” tall Khurtsidze and win No 15 by KO/TKO. Colombian Miranda, 28, who lost a tooth and may have suffered a fractured jaw, is known as “Mister Knockout” unfortunately in seven of those he has been on the receiving end, but on the plus side he had beaten Lujan Simon in December. Former University student Postol, 27, gave Madni a boxing lesson and won easily on scores of 100-89 twice and 100-90. Belgian Madni, who has never won or lost a fight inside the distance, just could not get near the 5’11” Postol. Impressive performance by “The Coachman” as Kucher hands out punishment to former WBO title challenger Ismailov who retires at the end of the seventh round.
Southhaven, USA: Middle: Patrick Majewski (17-0) W PTS 10 Marcus Upshaw (13-6-1). Heavy: Hasim Rahman (50-7-2,1ND) W TKO 6 Galen Brown (35-17-1,4ND). Impressive win from Pole Majewski. After a couple of slow rounds “The Machine” starts to get inside the long reach of Upshaw and dictates the fight from then. Floors Upshaw in both the fifth and sixth rounds, and eases to a wide unanimous verdict. Scores 100-88 twice and 100-89. Majewski wins NABO title. Upshaw had scored an upset win over Renan St Juste in May last year, but then lost to Osumanu Adama in March. Former WBC champ Rahman, 38, weighs heaviest of his career as he halts late substitute Brown. At 284lbs a very chubby Rahman just wears down 30lbs lighter southpaw Brown. An exhausted Brown goes down on his knees four times in the sixth and the referee stops the fight. Four wins in a row for Rahman, but just seems to be getting fatter rather than fitter. Brown now 3-7 in his last ten.
June 12
Osaka, Japan: Light Fly: Ryo Miyazaki (14-0-3) W PTS 12 Mabao D.Singwancha (16-18-1). Miyazaki, 22 makes successful second defence of his OPBF title as his pressure tactics and strong right hand shots are too much for game Filipino. The three draws for WBA No 5 Miyazaki are all of the technical nature. Scores 119-110, 118-111 and 117-111. Mabao (his real last name) has now lost 7 of his last 8.
Batangas, Philippines: Super Feather: Roberto Gonzales (18-0) W KO 3 Amor Tino (12-9-2). Light Fly: Lolito Sonsona (14-0-2) W TKO 6 Marvin Avila. Southpaw Gonzales flattens Tino with two rights. Now ten wins by KO/TKO for 20-year-old “Calibre”. Sonsona always in control. Avila retires in his corner at the end of the sixth with a bad cut caused by a punch. Lolito is younger brother of world rated Eden Sonsona.
Johannesburg, South Africa: Light: Bongani Dlamini (12-2) W TKO 3 Samkeloi Fani (10-5). Prospect Dlamini hits too hard for modest Fani. Dlamini looking for an early finish from the first bell finally nails Fani in the third and has him in deep trouble when the referee stops the fight.
June 13
Tokyo, Japan: Light: Nihito Arakawa (20-1-1) W TKO 4 Masanori Shoda (14-8-1). Middle: Makoto Fuchigami (16-6) W TKO 5 Hidenori Tajima (13-8-1). Super Fly: Yohei Tobe (2-0) W KO 2 Wandee Singwancha (66-14-1). Successful third defence of his national title by southpaw Arakawa. His fast, accurate combinations too much for Shoda until a left drops the challenger in the fourth and the referee stops the fight. Arakawa, 29, unbeaten in eleven now. Fuchigami, also a southpaw, retains his national title for the first time as Tajima takes a beating and retires in his corner at the end of the fifth. I don’t usually bother with six round bouts, but 24-year-old Tobe looks special. He destroyed the experienced Thai flooring him heavily at the end of the first and putting him out cold with a right in the second. In his first fight Tobe beat South Korean champion Jinki Jun in 71 seconds. One to watch.
