September 14
Newark, USA: Light Welter: Mike Torres (14-2) W PTS 8 Mark Alexander (10-6). Torres gets back on track with unanimous verdict over Englishman. Torres jab and move tactics give the aggressive Alexander trouble as Torres takes three of the first four rounds. Alexander puts in a big effort in fifth to try to turn the fight around, but it is the last round he wins. Torres is back on the jab and quick movement approach and he holds off a desperate Alexander in the last to win on scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74. For Torres this was his first fight for almost a year, as he took a break after two losses in a row. Londoner Alexander, 26, inactive for over a year after losing inside a round to Ryan Barrett in September 2010.
September 15
El Paso, USA: Feather: Jhonny Gonzalez (50-7) W TKO 2 Rogers Mtagwa (27-15-2,1ND). Super Feather: Antonio Escalante (25-4) W TKO 1 Pipino Cuevas Jr (14-8). Super Feather: Miguel Roman (36-8) W KO 1 Antonio Meza (25-11-1).Light Middle: Javier Molina (9-0) W PTS 6 John Revish (10-5-2).Gonzalez, on his 30th birthday, gets down to business early. Mtagwa, 32, coming forward with wild lunges, and Gonzalez, moving backwards behind a high guard, hardly throws any punches in the first two minutes. Opens up a bit in the last minute and hurts Mtagwa with a left to the body. Second round starts the same as first with Mtagwa lunging forward and Gonzalez looking for an opening. At the two minute mark Gonzalez gets through with vicious left hooks to the body and is then chasing a hurt Mtagwa as the Tanzanian staggers along the ropes. Another barrage on the ropes has Mtagwa hurt. He forces his way into the middle of the ring, but walks into a heavy right to the chin, and is back on the ropes and in no position to defend himself when the referee stops the fight. Now 44 wins by KO/TKO for former WBO bantam champion, and 14th in his last 15 fights. Gonzalez making second defence of his WBC title. Mtagwa had had only two fights in the previous two years so, had no right challenging for the title. In previous title attempts he was outpointed by Juan Manuel Lopez for the WBO super bantam title and destroyed in two rounds by Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA secondary feather title.
Escalante gets the job done quickly. After slipping to the canvas Escalante gets up and quickly takes Cuevas to the ropes and crashes home a barrage of heavy shots with the referee jumping to protect the helpless Cuevas. All over in 108 seconds. Escalante, 26, a Mexican based in El Paso, was world rated after wins over Mike Oliver, Gary Stack, Cornelius Locke and Miguel Roman, but was then derailed by back-to-back kayo losses to Daniel Ponce de Leon and Alejandro Perez, so he is rebuilding. The Cuevas name is all that gets Pipino Jr these fights (Junior!)He is 31. He has now lost six of his last seven, and all of his losses have been by KO/TKO. One left hook to the body after 129 seconds is enough to finish Meza. “Mickey” Roman, 25, makes it three wins since losing to Jonathan Barros for the interim WBA title in March, and win No 28 by KO/TKO. Southpaw Meza, 28, has won only one of his last nine fights. The opposition has been tough, but a big negative turnaround for a guy who won his first 17 fights. Molina remains unbeaten and Revish preserves his reputation as a good class opponent for upcoming fighgters. Molina in control most of the way and takes unanimous verdict on scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 58-56. Molina, 21, lost to Bradley Saunders in the 2007 World championships and was unsuccessful in Beijing, but as an amateur scored wins over Karl Dargan, Brad Solomon and Kevin Bizier. Revish has now lost his last four, but against fighters with combined records of 55-2-1 and with Adrien Broner the only fighter to beat him inside the distance.
Rosarito, Mexico: Super Fly: Julio Cesar Miranda (36-6-1) W TKO 3 Luis Leon (13-5). Fly: Felipe Orucuta (22-1) W KO 5 Devis Perez (14-5-2). Predictable early win for former WBO champion “Pingo” Miranda, now up at super fly. He hurts modest Panama-based Colombian with body shots in the first. The punishment to the body continued in the second, and by the end of the round Leon was ready to opt out, and he did not answer the bell for the third. Miranda 31, makes it 29 wins by KO/TKO. First fight for Miranda since losing his WBO title to Brian Viloria in July. Leon, 28, who has faced opposition such as Juan Palacios and Ulises Solis, suffered his first loss inside the distance. Late substitute Orucuta takes his time against Colombian Perez. Boxes his way cautiously through the first four rounds, and then brings the curtain down in style in the fifth. A quick head/body/head combination finished with a right to the jaw puts Perez down and he is counted out. Mexican Orucuta, 25, has four wins in a row since upset loss to Daniel Rosas in the final of the Campeon Azteca Tecate tournament in December. He has 18 wins by KO/TKO. Perez, 25, is 2-4 in his last six fights.
Siquijor, Philippines: Feather: Adones Aguelo (15-6-1) W TKO 4 Jake Verano (20-16-3). Youth wins out as, with the fight just about equal, Aguelo breaks through in the fourth flooring experienced Verano with a right uppercut. Verano gets up, but is in a bad way, and has also collected a bad cut on his left eyelid. Referee stops the fight and Aguelo retains Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) title as he bounces back from three losses on the road. PBF title is the lesser of two titles in the Philippines with the Games & Amusement Board (GAB) having much more prestige. Only two wins in his last eight fights for Verano, a former GAB super bantamweight champ.
September 16
Las Vegas, USA: Heavy: Seth Mitchell (23-0-1) W TKO 3 Hector Ferreyro (21-11-2). Welter: Felix Diaz (10-0) W PTS 8 Larry Smith (10-6). One-sided fight sees Mitchell scoring heavily with body shots in the first and then floor Texan Ferreyro in the second. Late in the third, with the right eye of Ferreyro almost closed, the referee stops the fight. Mitchell, 29, has 17 wins by KO/TKO and this was his eighth win in a row by that method. Ferreyro, 36, had lasted only 128 seconds with Amir Mansour in April. Mitchell being touted as the next American heavyweight hope, but needs better opposition than this. He is hoping to get a slot on the Amir Khan vs. Lamont Petersen fight on December 10. Dominican southpaw Diaz, 27, a gold medalist in Beijing, outboxes modest Smith and takes a comfortable unanimous verdict on scores of 79-73 twice and 80-72, but lack of real power and lack of inches may make it difficult for Diaz to reach the top. Texan Smith, 32, is 2-5 in his last seven fights.
Caserta, Italy: Welter: Giuseppe Langella (18-6-2) W PTS 10 Rocco Di Palmo (8-3-1). Ugly fight as Langella wins vacant Italian title with unanimous points win over southpaw Di Palmo. Langella, 30, edges the first two rounds, but then it turns into an exciting if rough and untidy fight with heads continually clashing, which led to both boxers sporting cuts. What clean work there was came from Langella and he won on scores of 97-93, 97-94 and 96-94. Langella, who lost to Stephen Haughian in 2008, is now in his second reign as Italian champion. Di Palmo, 35, was having his second shot at winning a national title and had lost only one of his last ten fights going in.
Arzachena, Italy: Cruiser: Giulian Ilie (18-4-2) W TKO 2 Salvatore Erittu (21-1) W. Welter: Nicola Conti (12-0) W PTS 6 Zoran Didanovic (10-17). Major upset as intended victim Ilie, 34, fails to play his part. ”Cobra” Erittu rocks Romanian with rights in the first and is on top in the second. However, the Romanian manages to get inside the reach of his taller opponent, and a combination finished off with a right hook puts Erittu down. The Italian beats the count but was not fighting back and after a few more punches the referee stopped the fight. Romanian wins IBF Inter-Continental title. Former undefeated Italian champion Conti wins every round against game Serbian.
Riga, Latvia: Super Middle: Mehdi Bouadla (22-4) W TKO 1 Dmitri Protkunas (11-34-2,2ND). Mismatch sees Frenchman Bouadla, 29, catch Estonian early and put him down three times for an automatic stoppage. Only loss in his last 13 fights for former French champion Bouadla was to Mikkel Kessler in June, Bouadla’s only loss in his last 13 fights. Only one win in his last ten fights for Protkunas. He was beaten in two rounds by Matthew Macklin in 2002.
Warsaw, Poland: Light Heavy: Pawel Glazewski (16-0) W PTS 10 Doudou Ngumbu (26-3). Welter: Anton Novikov (22-0) W PTS 10 David Makaradze (17-7). Light: Krzys Cieslak (17-2) W PTS 6 Johnny Antequera (11-8). In France Ngumbu might have been given the split decision, but it was in Poland, so it went to Glazewski. The fight was that close. Glazewski, 28, shook the aggressive Ngumbu with a left hook in the first, but in the third Ngumbu returned the favour, only for Glazewski to hit back with another strong left hook. The fight swings one way then the other, and hard to score, as Glazewski boxes and Frenchman always dangerous. Scores 96-94 twice and 94-96 as Glazewski retains WBC Baltic title. Ngumbu, from the Congo, had won his last six. Typical Novikov performance as “The Pick Hammer” jabs his way to victory over 32-year-old “The Georgian Robot” Makaradze. A neat, tidy southpaw , Novikov rarely varies his right jab, left cross approach, but his lack of power and one-paced approach will catch up with him against better opposition. Scores100-90 twice and 98-92. The 23-year-old Russian wins vacant WBC Baltic title-by beating a Georgian!!! In his first fight for almost a year Cieslak is busier and more accurate than Venezuelan. Scores heavily at the end of the third and keeps the pressure on over the last three rounds as both fighters tire. Makaradze is 3-7 in his last ten fights.
Mansfield, Australia: Light Middle: Tyrone Tongia (17-2) W TKO 8 James Giltrow (12-3). Super Middle: Omar Shaick (9-2) W PTS 10 Josh Clenshaw (29-20). Some battle this. Tongia, boxing at range, took the first ,but from then on the sheer aggression of Giltrow denied Tongia the room he needed. Giltrow set an unbelievable pace throwing hooks and uppercuts with both hand and turning the fight into a brawl. It was toe-to-toe for round after round. In the fourth with heads banging together Giltrow was cut over both eyes, with the left being the more serious. Tongia was still unable to find the room for his strong jab, but Giltrow was slowing due to the pace he was setting.
In the seventh there was a break as the Doctor looked at the injury by Giltrow’s left eye, but the fight continued. At the end of the round Tongia finally got through with heavy punches and Giltrow was on shaky legs. Giltrow had a final fling in the eighth but suddenly Tongia had him hurt again, and a right uppercut had Giltrow falling face first to the canvas. The towel came in from Giltrow's corner as the referee was counting. The Papua New Guinea born Tongia is known as “The Cyclone” but it was the brave Giltrow who was all-action and was ahead on all three cards at the end of the seventh. Tongia, 28 is now unbeaten in his last eight fights, and retains the Australian title in his second defence. He has nine wins by KO/TKO. This was the first inside the distance loss for Giltrow, 26 a former Australian welterweight champion.
Southpaw Shaik, 24, picked up the vacant Australian title as he out boxed veteran Clenshaw and won a wide unanimous verdict on scores of 100-91 twice and 100-90. Shaick had been unsuccessful in a shot at the middleweight title. “Chainsaw” Clenshaw is a former Australian light middle and middle champion, but has now lost three of his last four fights.
Lop Buri, Thailand: Straw: Paipharob (18-0) W TKO 1 Jack Amisa (20-19-2). Super Bantam: A piece of rubbish matching sees WBA No 3 Paipharob halt poor Indonesian Amisa inside a round. The Thai, 28, has 16wins by KO/TKO, 13 in his last 13 fights, and this was the sixth defence of his PABA title. Amisa has won only one of his last 15 fights, which says it all about the matching.
San Rafael, USA: Welter: Brandon Hoskins (16-0-1) W PTS 8 Paul Nave (19-9-2,1ND). Hopefully this is the end of the road for Nave (he will be 51 on Sept 20). After two even rounds Hoskins, 24, hurt Nave with an uppercut. Nave had a swelling under his right eye and it turned into a cut in the fifth. Both fighters tired but Hoskins staged the better finish. Scores 78-73, 78-74 and 76-76. Nave, who promotes his own fights, had an early career win over double world champion Greg Haugen, but was inactive from 1999 until March 2009 due to a back problem. He had scored four wins on his comeback. First fight outside of the Missouri/Kansas circuit for Hoskins, so his statistics are meaningless.
September 17
Las Vegas, USA: Welter: Floyd Mayweather Jr (42-0) W KO 4 Victor Ortiz (29-3-2). Light Welter: Erik Morales (52-7) W TKO 10 Pablo Cesar Cano (22-1-1). Light: Jesse Vargas (17-0) W PTS 10 Josesito Lopez (29-4,1ND). Welter: Carson Jones (32-8-2) TKO 7 Said Ouali (28-4,1ND) W. Super Middle: Marco Periban (15-0) W PTS 8 Dhafir Smith (24-21-7).Light: Anthony Crolla (22-2) W PTS 8 Juan Montiel (5-5-3). Super Middle: Adonis Stevenson (15-1) W TKO 1 Dion Savage (11-2). A Controversial ending as Mayweather returns, looking as sharp as ever despite a 16 month lay-off. He had too much of everything for Ortiz and was on his way to a kayo eventually. The fight was shortened because Ortiz forgot the first rule of boxing-protect yourself at all times. In the fourth a frustrated Ortiz had Mayweather backed up to the ropes and after a volley of punches he then attempted an obvious and blatant butt. Cortez broke them up, indicated a point deduction against Ortiz, Ortiz apologized to Mayweather hugging him and seemingly kissing him on the cheek. As Cortez was indicated the point deduction to the judges, Ortiz again apologized to Mayweather and touched gloves. Cortez gave Ortiz a verbal warning, and said “let’s go” as signal that the fight should continue. Despite the instruction to box on, for some inexplicable reason, Ortiz once again tried to embrace Mayweather. Mayweather let him do it. But when Ortiz backed off Mayweather threw a left. Ortiz turned his head towards Cortez as if to ask if they were to fight on. Seeing Ortiz unguarded Mayweather crashed home a right hand that knocked Ortiz down and he failed to beat the count. Ortiz himself admitted that he had forgotten that first rule.
The fight started with Ortiz finding Mayweather an elusive target whilst Mayweather picked up points with fast, accurate rights. The second round was the same although Ortiz did get in a few punches. Mayweather turned up the heat in the third as his right hand counters were getting through easily and a frustrated Ortiz, finding no answer, was already using his head carelessly. Then came the drama of the fourth round. What Mayweather did might be termed “unsporting”, but Mayweather had just received a blatant butt that left him with a cut inside his mouth, and he followed the referee’s instruction, and Ortiz did not. Mayweather regains WBC title and goes to 26 wins by KO/TKO, but this is only the second such win in his last seven fights. A five division champion, this was title fight No19 for Mayweather. At 34 he is still one of the two best fighters around. Now let’s see him fight Pacquiao so we can tell who is the best. Southpaw Ortiz, 24, was making the first defence of his WBC title, which he won from Andre Berto in April.
“El Terrible” Morales wins the vacant WBC title and makes history as he becomes the first Mexican to win titles in four divisions. Although young Cano came in at only one weeks notice, he made Morales fight hard for his victory. Morales, 35, made a slow start and Cano took the first two rounds, and also inflicted a cut over the left eye of Morales. Using his vast experience Morales began to outbox Cano, and by the end of the fourth Cano was also cut over his left eye and there were swellings on both of his cheeks. Cano was still very much in the fight until the end of the sixth, but from then on he took some heavy punishment. Cano staged a recovery in the ninth, but by the tenth the cut on his right eyelid had become a gaping gash and at the end of the round the Doctor ordered the fight stopped. Morales crowns a great comeback. He took almost three years out after suffering four losses in a row. Cano, 21, was rated No 14 by the WBC, even though he had not faced any rated opponents, but after coming in at such short notice he put up a brave showing.
Big, but controversial, win for Vargas. He takes the first two rounds with jabs and counters as Lopez is trying to mount a body attack. Lopez has a good third round as he gets through to the body and has Vargas in trouble at the end of the round. Vargas, 22, takes fourth and fifth as he finds some room for his jab and is the busier fighter. Lopez, 27, bounces back to take the sixth and seventh scoring well inside with hooks and uppercuts. A bad eighth for Vargas as he is deducted a point for a low blow, and is again in trouble at the end of the round. Vargas takes the ninth and as they go toe-to-toe in the tenth Vargas seems to have a slight edge. Scores 96-93, 95-94 and 94-95. WBA No 5 Lopez had won his last seven including wins over Patrick Lopez, Anthony Mora, Marvin Cordova and Mike Dallas.
A fight between two rated fighters saw Carson Jones pull off an upset against Moroccan southpaw Ouali. Jones used a body attack to slow Ouali and then switched to the head. He had Ouali down in the fourth and badly cut by his right eye. With the eye swelling Ouali had very limited vision from it. The Doctor took a look at the cut at the end of the seventh, and the fight was stopped. IBF NO 7 Ouali, 32, had crashed the ratings with first round win over Hector Saldivia, and his only loss in his last 16 fights had been a split decision against WBC No 3 Selcuk Aydin. Jones,25, rated No 12 by the IBF, had done most of his fighting against poor opposition in Oklahoma, but had scored a third round win to burst the bubble of Tyrone Brunson ( 21-0-1). Jones with 20 wins by KO/TKO) had won the USBA title with a win over Mike Clark. Mexican hope Periban gets useful rounds in as he outboxes Smith. Scores 79-73 twice and 80-72. The tall Mexican was a top amateur and represented Mexico at the 2007 World Championships. Smith beat Jeff Lacy in December 2010, but has lost his three fights since then-but to opponents with combined records of 55-2, so tough opposition.
Brit Anthony “Million Dollar” Crolla, 24, was a bit devalued after beating novice Montiel on a split decision. Scores 78-74, 77-75 and 75-77. There was talk of the young British champion fighting Erik Morales, but that was overly ambitious. To be fair to Crolla, he looked to have outboxed Montes clearly in every round and the scores arew deceptive. Despite his indifferent record Montes had drawn with both Carlos Molina and David Rodela. Haitian-born Canadian Stevenson, who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, continued his rehabilitation as he floored Savage with a left uppercut in the first. Savage beat the count, but was shipping punishment on the ropes when the referee stopped the fight. All over in 117 seconds. Two quick wins for Stevenson since shock stoppage by Darnell Boone in April 2010. A bit of losers coincidence here as Stevenson has a stoppage win over Smith and Periban blew away Savage in 33 seconds.
Los Angeles, USA: Light Middle: Saul Alvarez (38-0-1) W TKO 6 Alfonso Gomez (23-5-2). Light Welter: Antonio Orozco (12-0) W PTS 6 Fernando Rodriguez (6-7). Alvarez, still only 21, wins to retain WBC title for second time. When a counter hook floored Gomez in the first it looked as though it was going to be a very short fight. However, Alvarez then took a strangely passive role, allowing Gomez,30,to come forward, whilst he boxed on the defensive. Alvarez seemed to be content in scoring with hard counters, but not looking for a finish. The fourth round typified his tactics as Alvarez fought off the ropes, blocking the punches from Gomez, and scoring heavily with uppercuts. Those tactics failed in the fifth as Gomez got through with some punches of his own. In the sixth Alvarez finally came off the ropes and fought more like the fighter we are used to seeing. A right uppercut had Gomez badly hurt and Alvarez backed him to the ropes and was landing uppercuts and hooks when the referee stopped the fight. Now 28 wins by KO/TKO for "Canelo”. The only other fighter to stop the tough Gomez was Miguel Cotto in a WBA welter title bout in 2008. This was only the second fight in 18 months for Gomez. Mexican “Simple Man” Orozco, 23, remains unbeaten as he wins every round against poor Rodriguez. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. Now six losses in a row for Rodriguez.
San Francisco de Macoris: Feather: Elio Rojas (23-1) W TKO 8 Arturo Gomez (18-18-5). No knockdowns, but former undefeated WBC champion Rojas (Champion in Recess!!) eases back by pounding game Mexican. Gomez comes forward from the start and walks in to punishment from the fast and skillful Dominican. Gomez is game but shipping heavy countering shots in every round. By the eighth Gomez was tiring and in trouble from an all-out attack from Rojas and the referee stops the fight. Rojas, 28, having his first fight since February 2010 due to hand injury now wants a shot at Jhonny Gonzalez for the title he never lost.
Parker, USA: Light Welter: Mercito Gesta (23-0-1) W PTS 10 Manuel Perez (16-7-1). Light Welter: Jesse Benavides (13-0) W TKO 1 Dedrick Bell (6-10). Heavy: Andy Ruiz (11-0) W TKO 2 Ken Frank (6-4-1). Light: Jose Roman (12-0) W TKO 1 Baudel Cardenas (18-23-4).Gesta never quite manages to catch up with Perez who is just there to survive. Now and then Perez stops and score with quick flurries, which earned him a couple of rounds, but apart from that it was all Gesta. The 23-year-old Filipino southpaw had finished 7 of his last 8 fights inside the distance. Hawaiian-born Perez, 27, is durable, having lost only once inside the distance, and that was to Brandon Rios. The most you could say about the rest of the card was that at least people got to go home early. Hot prospect Jesse Benavides floored poor Bell twice and finished him in just 89 seconds. The 19-year-old has twelve wins by KO/TKO. Bell has lost his last six. Mexican Ruiz, 22, had no trouble with 33-year-old Canadian Frank, flooring him in the first and forcing the referee’s intervention in the second. Frank weighed 293lbs and Ruiz 253lbs for this one. Californian Roman, 23, had Mexican veteran Cardenas down three times before the fight was stopped. Cardenas was once a much better fighter, but has now won only one of his last 16 fights. .
Caseros, Argentina: Heavy: Gonzalo Basile (52-5,1ND) W PTS 12 Manuel Pucheta (34-7). The height and reach advantages of 6’6” Basile, 37, just too much for 6’0” tall, 40-year-old Pucheta. Basile generally in command except when Pucheta was able to get inside. Basile scored a questionable knockdown in fifth, and Pucheta twice survived Doctor’s examination of deep cut on his left cheek. Scores 120-107, 119-109 and 118-110. Basile had won a split verdict over Pucheta in April.
Celaya, Mexico: Feather: Robinson Castellanos (13-9) W TKO 3 Aldimar Santos (15-2). Light: Fermin de los Santos (18-13-1) W TKO 3 Alfonso Perez (6-3). Castellanos, 29, retains WBC Silver title for second time as he overpowers Brazilian. After winning the first two rounds, a right from Castellanos causes Santos to touch down briefly. After the mandatory count Castellanos lands a volley of hard punches and the fight is stopped. Now nine wins by KO/TKO for Castellanos and he has won 8 of his last 9 fights. The record of 30-year-old Santos is heavily padded by poor opposition. Unfortunate ending in the other main event as Venezuelan Perez suffers a dislocated right shoulder and is unable to continue. Eight wins in a row and 6th defence of his WBC CABOFE title for de los Santos.
Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Cruiser: David Quinonero (27-0) W KO 4 Levan Jomardashvili (24-5).First defence of his WBC Silver title by 35-year-old Spaniard as he kayos young Georgian. Quinonero has 26 wins by KO/TKO but very poor opposition. Five fights outside Georgia and five losses for 22-year-old Jomardashvili.
September 18
Kanagawa, Japan: Light Middle: Charlie Ota (19-1-1) W PTS 12 Yoshihisa Tonimura (15-6-4). Former US Marine Ota (Bellamy) retains OPBF title for the sixth time with a unanimous verdict over Tonimura. Scores 116-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Ota rated No 7 by the WBA was fighting at a US Army Camp so it must have been a problem for the spectators. They probably have a rule that says you support the US Army-and anyone fighting against the Marines.
