Behind the Results, w/e 23rd January 2011
This week, Eric takes us from Saut Songkhram to Bay St Louis. No, me neither.
January 19
Samut Songkhram, Thailand: Light: Saddam Kietyongyuth (21-0) W KO 2 Eddy Comaro (23-10-4). Bantam: Tabitimdaeng Na Rachawat (35-2) W PTS 6 Anis Ceunfin (14-13-5). “Da Bomb” pads his record with an easy win over Indonesian, who has won only one of his last eight. Fourth defence of his WBC Asian Council title for WBC No 13, and win No 17 by KO/TKO, but still to face a real test.
Same for Tabitimdaeng bouncing back from shock stoppage loss to Roli Gasca in November. Tabitimdaeng seems to find banana skins as his other loss was a kayo by modest Tanzania opponent Anthony Mathias in 2005. Five losses in a row for Indonesian Ceunfin.
January 21
Las Heras, Argentina: Light Welter: Lucas Matthysse (28-1,1ND) W TKO 8 DeMarcus Corley (37-16-1). Fly: Juan Reveco (26-1) W PTS 10 Miguel Tellez (20-14-1). Matthysse makes easy work of halting former WBO champion Corley. Scores eight knockdowns in all, three in the eighth round when the fight is stopped. Corley never in the fight as Matthysse, 26, dominates from the first with his heavy punching. Now 25 wins by KO/TKO for Matthysse, who had Zab Judah on the floor before losing a split decision in November. Southpaw Corley, 36, had given Marcos Maidana a good fight for the interim WBA title in August, but could not live with the power of Matthysse, who wins vacant WBO Inter-Continental title.
Reveco defied the WBA by engaging in a non-title fight when he was overdue on a defence of his interim WBA light flyweight title. Routine day at the office for him as he easily outpoints Nicaraguan winning 100-89 on all three cards. Eight wins in a row for Reveco since losing his WBA world title to Brahim Asloum in 2007. Only two wins in his last eleven fights for Tellez. Reveco now waits to se whether he will be stripped of the interim title by the WBA.
Moreno, Argentina: Welter: Diego Chaves (17-0) W PTS 12 Omar Weis (40-11-4). Close run thing for prospect Chaves. He is floored and badly hurt in the seventh by veteran Weis. In the tenth Weis suffers bad cut by his right eye. Both stage a strong finish, but Chaves just edges it on scores of 115-112 twice and 114-113. “La Joya”, 24, rated No 6 by the WBO, makes second defence of his WBO Latino title. “Tito” Weis, 38, was once looked upon as a prospect when winning his first 28 fights.
Mexico City, Mexico: Super Fly: Johnny Garcia (10-2-1) W PTS 12 William Urina (17-1). Bantam: Angel Aguilar (14-6-1) W PTS 8 William Gonzalez (25-4). Garcia retains WBC Fecarbox title for third time and wins WBO Latino title with wide unanimous verdict over Colombian Urina. Garcia dominates with his harder punching. Floors Urina in fourth and things get worse for Colombian when he suffers a cut on his forehead after a clash of heads in sixth. Switch-hitting Garcia also cut, but his less severe. Urina survives Doctor's examination in eleventh and tries to turn fight around in the last as he floors Garcia, but too little too late. Scores 117-109, 116-109 and 116-110. Seven wins in a row for Garcia who beat prospect Jesus Ruiz in September. Urina's record flattering. The record of his last opponent was 0-23!
Huge upset in what was supposed to be just an easy payday for WBO No 1 William Gonzalez. Mexican prelim fighter Aguilar climbs off the floor in the first to win a split verdict over Nicaraguan southpaw. “Chirizo” only lost to Joseph Agbeko on a majority verdict for the IBF bantam title in 2008, and was unbeaten since then. Scores 76-75 twice for Aguilar and 76-75 for Gonzalez whose only other losses have been to Ricardo Cordoba and Jhonny Gonzalez.
January 22
White Sulphur Springs, USA: Heavy: Evander Holyfield (43-10-2,1ND) ND 3 Sherman Williams (34-11-2,1ND). Heavy: Cedric Boswell (33-1) W TKO 2 Dom Alexander (19-10-1). Heavy: Monte Barrett (34-9-2) DREW 8 Charles Davis (19-21-3). Heavy: Kevin Johnson (24-1-1) W PTS 8 Julius Long (15-15,1ND). Light Welter: Miguel Gonzalez (13-2) W TKO 3 Ramon Guevara (9-21-2). Holyfield had the better of the first round as Williams appeared to have a falling out with the referee and ended the round with bruising by his left eye. Williams had a much better second round and probably outscored Holyfield. However, a clash of heads saw Holyfield cut by the left eye. Williams, 38, again had the better of the third, staggering Holyfield at the end of the round. Holyfield’s cut had worsened and in the interval the fight was stopped as Holyfield's vision was being impaired by blood from the cut. Because the cut was caused by an accidental clash of heads, and the fourth round had not been completed, the outcome was a no decision. Holyfield, 48, retains his WBFederation title, but proposed fight with Brian Nielsen may now be in jeopardy.
Easy win for Johnson over 7'1” tall, aptly named, Long. Johnson fought mainly on the back foot but his sharp jab was too good for Long to deal with. As the fight progressed “Kingpin” Johnson, 31, began to get through with heavy counters. In the eighth he opened up and floored 33-year-old Long twice, but ran out of time to finish the job,and had to settle for a points win on scores of 79-71 from all three officials. Johnson, who holds a win over Charles Davis, lost by a mile against Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title in 2009. Long has lost seven in a row.
Boswell, 41, retained the NABA title with a stoppage of poor Alexander in two rounds. After softening him up with a variety of punches in the first, Boswell then floored Alexander three times in the second, all with body punches. Takes his tally of wins by KO/TKO to 26. Boswell has stayed well away from any real opposition and his stoppage loss to Jameel McCline in 2003 says more about him than his 33 wins. Alexander, 28, has lost 7 of his last 10, all seven by KO/TKO, and all where he has been thrown in way above his head.
In his last fight in July, Barrett had become the first man to floor David Tua as fought the WBO No 2 to a draw. His opponent Charles Davis had won just two of his last 16 fights. Easy for Barrett? No way. Barrett started slowly but probably edged the first two rounds. However, southpaw Davis, 39, had big rounds in the third, fourth and fifth, and seemed to hurt Barrett in the sixth. Barrett woke up and pushed the action in the last two untidy rounds. One official scored it 77-75 to Davis but the other two spared Barrett's blushes with scores of 76-76, making it a majority draw. Barrett lost in five rounds in London to David Haye in 2008, and also lost on points to Nikolai Valuev for the WBA title in 2006.
Gonzalez looks too strong for Guevara in first. An eventful second sees Guevara cut in a clash of heads and warned for a low blow. Gonzalez, 21, gets to work in the third and scores three knockdowns to bring the towel flying in from Guevara's corner. Now twelve by KO/TKO for Gonzalez, but Dominican Guevara just one win in his last thirteen.
Levallois-Perret, France: Light-Heavy: Danny McIntosh (13-1) W TKO 11Thierry Karl (28-5). Middle: Rachid Jkitou (17-0) W PTS 8 Ivan Maslov (6-8-1). Light Welter: Chris De Busillet (24-8-2) W TKO 6 Chris Sebire (21-6). Undercard. Up against a modest Russian opponent Jkitou, 25, just does not find any real rhythm, but still has too much for durable Maslov, and wins unanimous verdict on scores of 80-73, 79-73 and 78-74. Jkitou's opposition has been poor and he has not yet been tested. After five fairly equal rounds Sebire pulls out with a dislocated shoulder. De Busillet, 35, lost on a fourth round kayo to Jon Thaxton for the WBFoundation light title in 2005. Sebire, a former French champion has lost three in a row, including a points defeat at the hands of Peter McDonagh in April.
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico: Bantam: Hugo Ruiz (27-1) W T DEC 9 Alvaro Perez (19-3-1, 3 ND). In front of a huge crowd, “Cuatito” Ruiz wins the interim WBA title with a majority technical decision over Nicaraguan southpaw Perez. Nicaraguan cut over the right eyebrow and Ruiz tries for a finish but it goes to a technical decision. Scores 87-83, 86-84 and 85-85. Perez was deducted a point for butting in the ninth round which show how tight this one was. “Little Twin” from Los Mochis has won 18 in a row, 16 of those by KO/TKO. He started his career with nine first round wins. Perez, 28, made a fight of it, but had no right to be fighting for the WBA title. Perez was stopped in four rounds by Hozumi Hasegawa in a challenge for the WBC bantam title in December 2009.
Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Super Bantam: Jonathan Oquendo (20-2) W KO 1 Cecilio Santos (25-17-3). Heavy: Carlos Negron (11-0) W PTS 8 Willie Herring (12-8-3). Bantam: McJoe Arroyo (7-0) W TKO 4 Eduardo Melendez (4-8). Impressive punching display by prospect Oquendo who finished experienced Mexican with one body punch. Now 13 by KO/TKO as he retains his NABO title for the first time. The two losses for Oquendo were a disqualification and a stoppage by two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez back in 2008. Santos, 32, drew with Dmitry Kirilov for the IBF super fly title in 2008, and also lost to Fernando Montiel for the WBO title and to Veeraphol Sahaprom for the WBC bantam title. Although he has won just three of his last 14 fights he counts Anselmo Moreno, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., Jorge Arce, Koki Kameda and other top fighters in his list of opponents.
The tall Negron, 22, in his first fight at heavyweight scores wide unanimous verdict over Herring. Scores 79-73 twice and 80-72. Early days, but Negron winning without really impressing. Floridian Herring, 32, holds a 2005 win over Troy Ross, but has won only one of his last seven, although the opposition has been tough. Former top amateur Arroyo floors Melendez twice in the second and once in the fourth for stoppage win. Southpaw Arroyo, 25, was a bronze medalist at the 2007 World championships, competed in the 2009 World championships and also in the 2008 Olympics, where he beat Ireland's Ryan Lindberg.
Las Vegas, USA: Super Feather: Diego Magdaleno (18-0) W TKO 5 Marcos Jimenez (18-3), Feather: Robert Marroquin (18-0) W TKO 4 Eduardo Arcos (16-3-1). Light Welter: Jose Benavidez (10-0) W PTS 6 Fernando Rodriguez (5-2). Middle: Abraham Han (12-0) W TKO 2 Orphius Waite (5-3-1). This was a showcase for the next generation of Top Rank stars and they all came through with wins. Magdaleno never gave Jimenez a chance to get into the fight. Sitting down on his punches more, Magdaleno floored Jimenez in the first and dominated the fight with his aggression. Jimenez held out until the fifth when he again shipped some heavy punishment and retired in his corner at the end of the round. Southpaw Magdaleno, 24, who was US amateur champion in 2007, wins the vacant NABF title. Dominican “El Tigre” Jimenez, 26, had only previously lost to Edel Ruiz (which he reversed in a return) and Daniel Jimenez, so was a good test-on paper.
Texan Marroquin also made it 18 wins, 15 by KO/TKO, as he waited-out the early storm of Mexican Arcos, then crashed home a left hook to the temple. Arcos beat the count but another left hook put him down again and brought the finish. Still only 21, Marroquin looks a real prospect. Arcos has a flattering record as he won his first 15, but has won only one of his last five. Class told as 18-year-old Benavidez refused to be taken out of his stride by the brawling Texan Rodriguez. Benavidez boxed his way to a comfortable victory interspersed with flashes of real class, and also got some useful rounds under his belt. Scores 59-55 twice and 58-56. It was the first time that the tall youngster had gone beyond three rounds.
Han, another former top amateur like Magdaleno, Marroquin and Benavidez, did a job on over matched Waite. Han floored Waite in the first and again in the second and Waite in trouble when the referee stepped in. Han, 21, has ten wins by KO/TKO.
New York, USA: Feather: Emmanuel Lucero ( 25-6-1) W PTS 10 Oscar Cuero (13-5). A tougher comeback fight for 32-year-old Lucero than the scores might suggest. “The Butcher” given ten hard, competitive rounds by Colombian, but his better boxing and a stronger finish see him through. Unanimous decision for Lucero in his first fight for three years as the officials score it 98-92 twice and 99-91 for Lucero. Manny was unbeaten in his first 22 fights before losing in three rounds to Manny Pacquiao for the IBF super bantamweight title in 2003. Three losses in a row for Cuero, but all against tough opposition.
Bay St Louis, USA: Light Heavy: Blake Prevost (16-2-1) W PTS 10 Willie McIntyre (40-5-1). “Candyman” Prevost, 29, takes split verdict over experienced McIntyre. Record of southpaw Prevost deceptive as this was only his second fight outside the Louisiana circuit, so opposition poor. McIntyre, 35, inactive since 2008, lost to Joe Calzaghe in four rounds for WBO super middle title in 2001.
