Behind The Results W/E 22 August 2011
Miedzyzdroje, Poland: Cruiser: Krzys Glowacki (13-0) W TKO 9 Roman Kracik (32-7-1). Big win for Pole as he batters experienced Czech to defeat in nine rounds. The 25-year-old southpaw, who fought as a super heavy in the amateurs, started fast punishing Kracik with body shots. However, his own defence was not as tight as it could be, and Kracik was always dangerous with right hand counters. Glowacki had Kracik badly hurt with a couple of body shots in the fourth, but from the fifth went head hunting. As Kracik tired Glowacki got through with a big left hook in the ninth which put the Czech down. He beat the count, but the follow-up attack had Kracik defenseless on the ropes when the fight is stopped. Eight wins by KO/TKO for Glowacki who wins something called the World Boxing Forum International title. Kracik, 39, lost only one of his first 31 fights, but is 3-6 in his last nine.
Toscolano Maderno, Italy: Light: Massimiliano Ballisai (14-0) W TKO 2 Luca Marasco (16-2). Heavy: Matteo Modugno (9-0) W TKO 3 Laszlo Toth (12-5). Ballisai comes out firing from the first bell and puts the slower starting Marasco under pressure. Ballisai forces Marasco to trade and scores a knockdown with a right early in the second. Marasco gets up, but another volley of punches brings the stoppage. The 26-year-old from Turin wins the vacant IBF Mediterranean title, and makes it eight by KO/TKO. Marasco, 27, is a former Italian lightweight champ. Heavy hope Modugno hits too hard for modest Hungarian. A short right floors Toth at the end of the first. He survives a torrid second round, but left hooks put him down twice in the third and the fight is stopped. Modugno, 24, is being carefully matched with all of his opponents being “safe” imports. The 39-year-old Toth was kayoed in 43 seconds by Danny Williams in April.
Ponce, Puerto Rico: Bantam: Cesar Seda (21-1) W PTS 10 Jose Silveira (12-5). Light: Jose Pedraza (4-0) W PTS 6 Pedro Salcedo (3-5). Seda, 25, came to fight, but late sub Silveira to survive. The hand speed and movement of Seda (Silk) were just too much for the Mexican, and Seda, who scored constantly with hard combinations, walked away with the unanimous verdict on scores of 100-90 from all three judges. First fight for Seda since losing to Omar Narvaez for WBO super fly title in April, and first fight at bantam. Mexican Silveira is IBA bantam champ and has beaten Andrew Singh Kooner and lost to Martin Lindsay. Although it was only a six round fight and only the fourth fight for Jose Pedraza, this fight held more interest for the local papers. Pedraza, former amateur star, had won each of his first three fights in the first round. However, Salcedo proved a good test. “The Sniper” scored well throughout although Salcedo did get through with some hard shots in the first. Pedraza, superior skill showed in the middle rounds and, as Salcedo tired over the last two rounds, Pedraza was trying hard to put him away. Pedraza wins on scores of 60-54 from all three judges and this is a name to watch out for in the future.
Muang, Thailand: Super Fly: Suriyan (19-5-1) W PTS 12 Tomas Rojas (36-13-1,1ND).Suriyan lifts WBC title with split decision over Mexican Rojas. The defending champion rocks his 22-year-old Thai challenger with a left hook in the first, but then the aggressive Suriyan overcomes the height and reach advantages of Rojas (5’8” to 5’3”) to work inside with both hands. Rojas just not busy enough and Suriyan, 22, builds a lead. After eight rounds Thai is seven points ahead on one card, five on another and three on the third. Despite a cut over his left eye, Rojas stages a storming finish, but unable to close the gap. Suriyan had emerged as a threat after losing a very close decision to Ponsaklek for the WBC fly title in October when only a point deduction robbed him of a draw. Third defence for “Gusano” who has been a pro since 1996. He only arrived in Thailand five days before the fight and was probably affected by the heat and humidity.
Corona, USA: Super Bantam: Efrain Esquivias (14-0) W PTS 10 Juan Ruiz (23-7). Welter: Artemio Reyes (13-1) W KO 2 Miguel Munguia (20-22-1). Esquivias given a tough night by the experienced Ruiz. Esquivias shows excellent skills as he boxes his way to victory over the rusty Ruiz. Esquivias had to overcome a cut received in the middle rounds and was made to fight hard in every round. His speed and accuracy saw him winning the rounds, but Ruiz maintained his record of never losing inside the distance. Former National Golden Gloves champion Esquivias wins vacant NABF title in his first ten round bout. Scores 99-91 twice and 97-93. Ruiz, 32, a former NABO champion, who beat Wayne McCullough in 2008, had been inactive since February 2010. Reyes finds the experienced Munguia a slippery character early, floors him at the end of the first with a left hook to the body. Reyes, 24, could see a quick night was in prospect and went after Munguia, 29, in the second. A left-right combination put Munguia down on his backside for the count. Reyes has won twelve in a row, ten by KO/TKO since losing to Mike Dallas in his second fight. Only two wins in his last eight fights for Munguia, who lost to John Murray in 2007.
Dover, USA: Heavy: Amir Mansour (15-0) W PTS 12 Dominick Guinn (33-8-1). Light Welter: Edgar Santana (26-3) W TKO 5 Omri Lowther (14-4). Still early days, but southpaw Mansour, 39, may just be a man with a future, instead of one with a past. The former convict beat up on the experienced Guinn for all of the ten rounds scoring with heavy hooks from both hands with “The Southern Disaster” Guinn showing an iron chin and a penchant for survival. “Hardcore” Mansour did all of the pressing but could not find a punch to put Guinn down. He also showed he could take a punch as Guinn scored with some good counters, and also go the distance (4 rounds being his longest previous fight). Scores 100-90 twice and 99-91. Mansour, who spent eight years in jail, wins vacant IBF North America and WBO NABO titles. Guinn, 36, has never lost a fight inside the distance, and had won five of his last six, the loss being to Kubrat Pulev in his last fight in October. After flooring his opponent in the first round, Puerto Rican Santana, 32, then has to come from behind to halt Lowther and win vacant NABA title. After climbing off the floor from that flash knockdown in the first, Lowther builds a good lead with his smarter boxing, and constantly beats a subdued Santana to the punch. However, his lead is wiped out in the fifth by a left hook from Santana. Lowther beats the count, but is under fire on the ropes when the fight is stopped. Santana stopped fighting in 2008 when he was on a run of 19 wins in his last 20 fights. He returned to action in May this year, and this was his second win. Lowther, 27, originally from Georgia (State), but now based in Canada, has lost three in a row, but the other two losses were to Henry Lundy and Brandon Rios, so no disgrace there.
Hammond, USA: Light: Henry Lundy (21-1-1) W TKO 6 David Diaz (36-4-1): Light Middle: Demetrius Andrade (14-0) W PTS 10 Grady Brewer (28-13). Light: Yakubu Amidu (20-2-1) W TKO 3 Marti Tucker (7-10). Cruiser: Montell Griffin (50-8-1) W PTS 8 Deandre Abron (15-10). Good win for Lundy. Constantly switching guards he builds an early lead as he scores well over the first three rounds with overhand lefts and uppercuts to southpaw Diaz. In the fourth a right from former WBC champ Diaz sends Lundy stumbling to the canvas. Diaz goes all out for the finish, but suffers bad gash on his right eyebrow. Big effort in fourth tires Diaz and with the cut pouring blood and causing vision problems he is in trouble. Lundy changes back to southpaw stance and gets back on top in fifth. Doctor examines the injury to Diaz a twice but lets fight go on. The former WBC champion now has no choice but to go toe-to-toe, and a hard combination from Lundy puts Diaz down, and the fight is stopped. Lundy, 27, retains NABF title. He has scored three good wins since losing to John Molina in July 2010. Diaz, 35, just scraped by Robert Frankel on a majority decision in his previous fight, but is not talking retirement. Former World Amateur champion Andrade comes through his first real test and gets an ‘A’ for ability, but a ‘C’ for entertainment. The 23-year-old southpaw was just too fast and skillful for dangerous veteran Brewer and won a wide unanimous decision on scores of 99-91 twice and 99-92. Andrade’s jab broke up any attempt Brewer made to take the fight inside and the speed and movement of Andrade allowed him to stick to that game plan. The downside was that it made for a one-sided boxing lesson, as Andrade took no chances and the crowd (and the TV audience) was looking for more. “Bad Boy” Brewer, 40, has lost only one of his last eleven and in his last fight had stopped unbeaten prospect Fernando Guerrero. On his night Brewer can beat anyone (he has wins over Cornelius Bundrage and then unbeaten Albert Onolunose), but this was not his night. Ghanaian “Black Mamba” Amidu, 26, makes it four wins in his US campaign with a stoppage of overmatched Tucker. Amidu’s losses have been to Ali Funeka, a majority decision in 2007, and to Ricky Burns for the Commonwealth title in November 2008. Five losses in a row for Tucker. Now 41, veteran Griffin, a former WBC light heavy champion (won on a disqualification over Roy Jones), returns to the ring, and in his first fight since May 2010 wins every round against former top amateur Abron to reach 50 victories. Griffin, a pro since 1993, also had shots at the WBO and IBF titles as well as a second shot at the WBC crown. Abron, 39, who did not turn pro until he was 32, won the USA championships, National Golden Gloves, PAL, Army and Inter Services titles, but has now lost his last nine as a pro.
Charenton, USA: Light: Mason Menard (17-1) W TKO 4 Joe Laryea (14-6). Local hero Menard wins “world” title. The two-fisted aggression of Menard, 22, keeps Laryea on the back foot throughout, but the tough Ghanaian lands some good counters. Menard stepped up the pace in the third and fourth with Laryea struggling to stay in the fight. A disappointing end saw Laryea’s corner pull him out with a hand injury at the end of the fourth. Now 15 wins in a row for Menard, all in Louisiana and he collects the vacant Universal Boxing Organisation title. “Mandingo” Laryea, 26, had beaten Paul Appleby, but was stopped in seven rounds by Ricky Burns for the WBO super feather title in March.
New York, USA: Light: Mike Perez (14-0-1) W KO 1 Miguel Rodriguez (7-4). Perez makes it quick. “The Artist”, 21, drops Puerto Rican Rodriguez with a left hook to the body. In pain, Rodriguez gets up, but then goes down again without taking a punch and the fight is stopped after just 49 seconds. Only the third fight for Rodriguez since 2007, and his third loss.
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Caseros. Argentina: Light Heavy: Roberto Bolonti (26-1) W TKO 6 Jose Mazurier (12-11-1). Poor, bad tempered fight with a confusing end. Bolonti, strong, but very crude, bullying Mazurier around the ring with wild swings and slowly wearing him down. By fourth Mazurier, with even more basic skills, not really fighting back. In sixth Mazurier first trapped on the ropes then comes to life and has Bolonti on the ropes. Mazurier punches himself out and is then clubbed to the floor. Literally leaps to his feet at eight and starts to wrestle with Bolonti. This continues after the bell with both fighters tumbling to the canvas. Bolonti first up, but as Mazurier starts to rise the referee stops the fight-well after the bell. Bolonti wins vacant Argentinian title, but the WBC No 8 is slow and crude and vastly overrated. Mazurier, having won only two of his last eight fights, fighting for the Argentinian title and 23 fights experience did not even know how to throw a right. Very poor.
Osaka, Japan: Fly: Rocky Fuentes (29-6-2) W PTS 12 Hirofumi Mukai (5-1). Filipino “Road Warrior” Fuentes, 25, continues his winning run and retains OPBF title with wide points victory over local favourite Mukai. Fuentes always pressing against his taller southpaw opponent and scoring well to head and body on the inside. Mukai clever in defence, but not doing enough scoring. Ahead on all three cards after eight rounds, Fuentes dominates the last four rounds to win on scores of 118-110, 118-111 and 117-111. Fourth defence of his OPBF title, and the third in Japan. Relative novice Mukai, also 25, and WBC No 12, had beaten former WBA flyweight title challenger Sonny Boy Jaro.
Medicine Hat, Canada: Heavy: Ken Frank (6-3-1) W PTS 10 Sheldon Hinton (11-8-1). “One Tuff Indian” Frank makes it two wins over Hinton as he takes wide unanimous verdict. Scores 100-90, 99-92 and 99-91. Frank, 32, is now 3-3 in his last six. He beat Hinton on points over seven rounds in a Canadian title eliminator in January, so this was his first ten round fight. Hinton, 38, won the World Boxing Board title by beating Andreas Sidon in 2009. This fight was billed as for the Universal Boxing Hall of Fame title!
Mexicali, Mexico: Light Middle: Alfredo Angulo (20-1) W T KO 1 Joe Gomez (17-5-1). Too easy for Angulo. Gomez circles the ring throwing light jabs whilst Angulo walks him down. Traps Gomez on the ropes and lands two shots to the body and two more to the head as Gomez is on his way down. Referee counts to seven and as Gomez is attempting to get back onto his feet the referee halts the count and stops the fight after 105 seconds. Now 17 wins by KO/TKO and first fight for WBO interim champ Angulo since stopping Joachim Alcine in WBC eliminator in July last year. Gomez has lost four of his last five.
Ensenada, Mexico: Super Bantam: Fernando Montiel (46-3-2) W KO 3 Alvaro Perez (21-4-1,3ND). Light: Aaron Herrera (21-0) WPTS 10 Carlos Wilson Velazquez (18-12-1,1ND). Welter: Jorge Silva (16-1) W TKO 8 Alvaro Robles (11-1). Super Fly: Alfonso Lopez (11-0-1) W KO 1 Leroy Savala (0-2). Montiel spends the first round studying the southpaw style of Nicaraguan. In the second Perez comes out blazing and takes the fight to Montiel. Scores well, but Montiel shows he has the power with some wicked counters. In the third a left hook puts Perez down and very much out. The referee stops the count at five to get some medical attention for Perez. This was no walk in the park for Montiel. Perez came to fight and had Montiel down only for it to be ruled a slip. He also shook Montiel a couple of times with hard lefts, but was stationary and in range in a exchange when nailed by the left hook. Second win for Montiel since crushing defeat by Nonito Donaire in February. Montiel, already a champion at fly, super fly and bantam will now go for a title at super bantam to try to be Mexico’s first four division world champion. Perez lost in four rounds to Hozumi Hasegawa for the WBC bantam title in 2009 and to Hugo Ruiz on a technical decision for the WBA interim title in January 2011. Herrera retains 100% record, but only just. Nicaraguan Velazquez ran him close. In the end the cleaner punching and better mobility just gave Herrera the edge and the split decision. Scores 97-93, 96-94 and 95-97. Velazquez had beaten Mexicans Ramon Ayala (17-1) and Misael Casillas (20-0) so it was a tough opponent for the youngster from Yucatan. The Silva vs. Robles fight for Tijuana bragging rights was always going to be explosive as each had scored an impressive percentage of inside the distance wins. It almost ended in the fifth as “Tyson” Robles floored Silva. He beat the count, but was in a bad way and was saved by the bell. In the seventh Silva, 19, was on top and had Robles in trouble. In the eighth a big left from Silva had Robles out on his feet and the referee stopped the fight. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Silva. Robles had won ten of his eleven the same way. “Finito” Lopez, the son of the great Ricardo Lopez, crushes novice Savala with a left hook.
Colima, Mexico: Super Feather: Rafael Guzman (28-3-1) DREW 12 Rafael Hernandez (13-3-2,1ND). Super Fly: Juan Jose Montes (20-2) W TKO 2 Sammy Reyes. The WBFederation title remains vacant after these two battled to a draw. Venezuelan Hernandez made the better start, taking the first two rounds. Guzman had him rocking in the third, but let Hernandez off the hook. From then on it was a close battle and the draw seemed a fair result. Guzman, 25, had been knocked out by Miguel Angel Garcia in his last fight, but still qualified somehow to fight for the title. Hernandez, 29, had been stopped in nine rounds for the interim WBA secondary super bantam title in 2009 and had been inactive since November of the same year. “Goofy” Montes floors Reyes in the first but can’t get the job done before the bell. Continues the massacre in the second and floors Reyes three times for the win. Only loss in his last 14 for Montes was a stoppage by Tomas Rojas in a challenge for the WBC super fly title in May. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old from Guadalajara.
Berne, Switzerland: Yves Studer (27-0-1) W PTS 12 Siarhei Khomitski (24-9-1). Toughest test yet for 28-year-old “Pit Bull” Studer. The contest was very competitive and fast from the beginning. Studer made up for the superior skill of “The Belarus Ghost“ with his pride and big heart, and, by clearly winning the last round on all three scorecards, to earn a draw, and retain his IBC-title. Studer started well, but in the second half of the contest Khomitzki, 36, became stronger, rattling off fast combinations. In round nine Studer got cut on the left eyebrowe, but overcame this difficult situation in order to finish strongly. This was very good European level fight and both contestants proved that they had the quality to challenge for the EBU title.Scores 115-114, 112-117 and 114-114. Khomitski has been matched tough having fought Khoren Gevor, Gennady Golovkin, Max Bursak, Martin Murray, Lukas Konency and Avtandil Khurtsidze. He also brought the curtain down on Jamie Moore’s career with a stoppage in 2010, so this was a brave match for Studer to take.
Houston, USA: Heavy: Oliver McCall (56-11,2ND) W PTS 10 Damian Wills (30-3-1). Light Heavy: Cedric Agnew (18-0) W TKO 2 Ty Jackson (8-36-3). No frills here. “The Atomic Bull” McCall, now 46, lets Wills exhaust himself over the first three or four rounds. Wills scoring freely, but McCall not shaken or stirred. After four rounds as Wills tires McCall takes over and opens up Wills with his jab and shows his extra power shaking Wills with every punch, having him hurt over the later rounds and cutting him around both eyes. McCall claws back the early rounds, but unable to find a finisher. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93. Former WBC champ McCall (back in 1994 he stopped Lennox Lewis in two rounds, and in 1995 lost the title to Frank Bruno) wins vacant WBFoundation title. Wills, 31, had won his last eight but has been carefully matched. His other losses are to Chris Arreola and Kevin Johnson, so he loses whenever he tries to step up. Wills was only eight years old when McCall turned pro. McCall’s next fight will be against Kali Meehan in Australia. Former top amateur Agnew remains unbeaten as he floors and halts outclassed Jackson in two rounds. Ten wins by KO/TKO for 24-year-old former Chicago Golden Gloves champion. Jackson without a win in his last nine fights.
Worcester, USA: Light Heavy: Edwin Rodriguez (19-0) W TKO 3 Chris Trietti (10-3). Light Middle: Joachim Alcine (32-2-1) W Jose Medina (14-9-1). Fighting up at light heavy, and under new trainer Ronnie Shields, Rodriguez, 26, not really tested by overmatched Trietti. “La Bomba” takes first two rounds with strong jabs and body punching. In the third a right to the body takes the fight out of Trietti who retires at the end of the round. Now 14 by KO/TKO for Dominican-born Rodriguez, a former United States and National Golden Gloves champion, but a step down in opposition as he had beaten James McGirt and Aaron Pryor Jr in his last two fights. This was the first main event for Trietti. Former WBA light middle champ Alcine, 35, struggles to throw off 13 months of rust. Medina gets the better start with his busy style and scores well with his jab and right hands. Realising he is behind “Ti-Joa” Alcine goes all out over the closing rounds, but still seems lucky to get a draw. Scores 78-75, 74-78 and 76-76. First fight for Haitian-born Canadian since being halted in a round by Alfredo Angulo in July 2010. “Stinger” Medina lost to Matthew Hatton on points in 2006.
Virginia Beach, USA: Light: Dorin Spivey (39-6,1ND) W PTS 8 Damon Antoine (9-32-2,1ND). Heavy: Travis Kauffman (22-1) W TKO 1 Sean Williams (8-16,1ND). Local hero Spivey, 38, returns after a year out and breezes past durable 38-year-old Antoine. Spivey was able to score easily throughout. He had Antoine down in the seventh, but could not finish the job and settled for winning every round. Scores 80-71 from all three judges. Only one win in his last nine for Antoine. Disgraceful mismatch sees Kauffman, 25 (26 the following day), finish late sub Williams inside a round. Now with 17 wins by KO/TKO the “GWHope” is still rebuilding after kayo loss to Tony Grano in 2009 and trying to stay out of trouble with the police. Williams, a late sub for Bert Cooper, is 43, had not fought since 2005, and has lost his last twelve fights! As an amateur Kauffman lost twice to David Price when representing the USA against England in Liverpool in 2003.
