Behind The Results W/E 25 September 2011
September 21
Disgraceful match sees former World amateur champion Andrade beat up 38-year-old Mexican Duran for three rounds.
Southpaw Andrade, 23, could not miss poor Duran with his right hooks. Duran down at the end of the second and the third, and at the end of the round Duran stayed on his stool. Now ten wins by KO/TKO for Andrade, and his second fight in just over a month, but a big step down in opposition from his last fight when he beat Grady Brewer. Duran was once a good fighter, he drew with Takanori Hatakeyama for the WBC super feather title in 1999, and lost to Stevie Johnson for the WBC light title in 1997, but had won 4 of his last 15 fights. Rare early kayo win for former top amateur O’Connor. The 26-year-old southpaw, who was both US champion and National Golden Gloves champion in 2008, came out firing and a right to the body and a big left to the chin and it was all over in 80seconds for the Mexican as the referee waived it off. O’Connor, now trained by Ronnie Shields, bouncing back from loss to Gabe Bracero in April. Poor Del Cid, that’s three TKO/KO losses in a row. All of his losses have come in the first or second round. If he hears the bell for the third-he wins.
September 23
Villa Balester,
Too easy for 28-year-old “El Chino”. In the first Maidana just sticking out jabs and Petrov retreating behind his high guard. Late in the round Maidana trapped the Russian on the ropes and Petrov took a mandatory eight count after his gloves touched the canvas. Much the same in the second, with Petrov occasionally stopping to throw some flurries and Maidana lunging with lefts and rights. Maidana takes third but the Spanish-based Russian Petrov, also 28, stops now and then to trade with Maidana. All over in the fourth as Maidana lands a heavy right cross and Petrov goes down. At the end of the mandatory eight count a left to the body puts Petrov down again and when he gets up the referee stops the fight. Maidana, a former WBA interim champion was to have fought Robert Guerrero, but Guerrero was injured in training, and Petrov came in as a substitute. Maidana retains WBA secondary title that he won by beating Erik Morales in April. Now 28 wins by KO/TKO for Maidana, and the first time that Petrov, who had lost only one of his last 25, has failed to last the distance. Naturally Pertrov made his appearance in the WBA ratings just in time to qualify for the title fight.
This was supposed to be a routine win for Argentinian No 3 “El Savage” Pereyra, but no one told Aguirre. Both fighters eschewed defence and went for the kayo. “Angel” Aguirre, 28, drew first blood flooring Pereyra in the second. Pereyra deliberately spits out his gum shield to add his recovery time, and has a point deducted. The bell goes before Aguirre can get at him again. Both fighters were on the floor in a wild fourth. Aguirre went down first. He also was deducted a point for spitting out his gum shield. Pereyra then went mad throwing wild punches to try to finish the fight, and walked into strong counters from Aguirre, and was down again. Pereyra was still shaky at the start of the fifth and taking heavy punishment without fighting back and the referee jumped in very late. The first time Pereyra has been stopped and the sixth win by KO/TKO for Aguirre.
Tough, close fight with both fighters having good moments. Finn Haapoja, 30, on top when he boxes but gets drawn into fighting inside too much by the Frenchman. Haapoja builds early lead, flooring French champion “The African King” Arrami briefly in fourth, but Arrami puts in a good finish over the last three rounds. Haapoja wins European Union title on scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 114-113. Haapoja now unbeaten in his last twelve fights. Italian Lauri fails in his fourth attempt to win the European title.
Russian southpaw “Djingis Khan” Shafikov, 26, just too fast and too strong for the game 35-year-old Lauri and wins the vacant European title. Lauri is floored in the eighth and does not come out for round nine. The Italian eats the right jabs and left hooks of Shafikov for most of the rounds. Former European Union champion Lauri rallies to win at least a share of the second and sixth, in which Shafikov seemed to be taking a breather. A tired Lauri was floored with a left in the eighth, but managed to see out the round before retiring. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for Shafikov and, although he drew with WBA No 2 Brunet Zamora in October, he is not in their ratings. Lauri lost twice to Ted Bami and once to Paul McCloskey in shots at this title. His nickname is “The End” and that might just be an accurate description after this loss.
Light punching prospect Tatli, 24, wins every round against experienced Dominican. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. Tatli was Finnish amateur champion at 48kg and 54kgs. Nolasco 36 has been the distance with Steve Luevano. Jason Litzau and Andy Murray. Southpaw Rosberg, 30, another top amateur also wins every round against durable Butlin. Rosberg puts Butlin down with a very low blow, but it is Butlin who finally loses a point for low blow in last round. Scores 59-54 from the judges.
Francisco, 28, wins, but only by changing his usual tactics, and fighting a more mature fight. The former interim WBC super fly champion decided to box instead of going toe-to-toe as he usually does, and with 32-year-old “Bruce Lee” Domingo being a counter puncher it, was a close, but not exciting battle. Francisco takes the early rounds, but both fighters are shaken in a fiery fifth. Domingo picks up a cut on his left eyebrow in the eighth, but makes a strong finish. Francisco just has the edge through his busier style and cleaner punching, and takes the decision on scores of 96-93 twice and 95-94. First fight for Francisco since losing his WBA interim title to Thai Tepparith in May. Only the second loss in his last twelve fights for Domingo.
The Gonzales vs. Bangoyan was another close bout. The fight seemed about even until Bangoyan floored Gonzales in the sixth. That spurred 21-year-old Gonzlaes into action and he swept the remaining rounds, leaving “The Davao Hitman” Bangoyan with a badly swollen face. Split decision.Scores 97-93, 95-94 and 93-96. Bangoyan, 24, lost to Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC super bantam title in April 2010 and with this loss has now won only one of his last five fights. The fight between Magboo, 24, and Bestudio only really hotted-up when Bestudio was badly cut in the sixth. He then went all out for a win but left himself open and in the eighth a left hook from southpaw Magboo put him down and out. Only one loss in his last eight for “Tornado” Magboo. Bestudio had won five straight and this was his first loss inside the distance.
Escobedo wins a bout that was important for the careers of both former Olympians. Making use of his height and reach advantage Escobedo, 29, was in command over the early rounds with his jab. He also floored
In his first fight since 2008 Carrera floors Mexican trial horse Landeros in second and third rounds, but Landeros is in his face for all six rounds and gives 28-year-old Carrera a tough test. Carrera deducted a point in the fourth. Scores 58-53 twice and 57-54. Carrera retired after losses to Mike Oliver, Juan Carlos Burgos and Bernabe Concepcion. Only one win in his last 14 fights for Landeros, but has fought the very best prospects
An amount of chaos here. Bahamian Cherry, 29, scoring well on veteran Aiken in the first. Right on the sound of the bell, or just after, depending on whose claim you believe, Cherry throws a left hook which puts “Mighty Mouse” Aiken down and out. Initially it looked as though Cherry was being disqualified, but after consultation it was ruled a no decision. Cherry unbeaten since losing to Tim Bradley for the WBC light welter title in 2009. Only the second fight since 2008 for former IBF feather champ Aiken. Cuban southpaw Frias, 35, slowly breaks down a rusty 30-year-old Crawford. Eventually a badly swollen, and almost closed left eye, severely affects southpaw Crawford’s ability to see the punches coming and he is taking a beating when the fight is stopped. Ten wins by KO/TKO for Frias. First fight in almost two years for once promising Crawford.
Pole Fonfara disposes off 42-year-old Spearman inside two rounds. Spearman tries to make a fight of it in the first, but Fonfara already picking him apart. A right hook from Fonfara in the second saw Spearman down on his knees. He beat the count but could not continue. Fonfara, 23, in unbeaten in his last ten fights, but needs to find tougher opposition At 42 “Seek And Destroy” Spearman, with just one win in his last nine fights, needs to seek another profession. Spearman lost to Brian Magee for the IBO super middle title in 2002
Wright, 32, makes it two wins over 26-year-old Puerto Rican Ruiz, but not an easy win. Wright floored in the first, but then uses his height and reach to keep Ruiz at bay. The physical differences make for an untidy scrap, but Wright gets on top and floors a tiring Ruiz in seventh and ninth. Scores 98-90, 97-90 and 99-91 as Wright wins NBA Intercontinental title. Wright had beaten Ruiz for the NY State title in May.
September 24
Body attack from “The Razor” too much for inexperienced Naiti and referee saves exhausted boxer in seventh. First defence of Fijian welter title for 31-year-old Ali. He has also been Fijian champion at bantam, super bantam, feather, light welter.
Not exactly a barn burner as Dimitrenko retains European title with unanimous verdict over Sprott. Each round very much like the one before as the 6’7” Ukrainian uses his jab to keep Sprott on the outside and occasionally throws three or four punch combinations before going back to the jab again. Sprott has some success with rights in sixth and late in the fight, but otherwise is short with his attempts to get inside. Sprott loses a point in the tenth for low blow and again in the last for throwing Dimitrenko to the canvas. Dimitrenko badly marked around both eyes, but clear winner on scores of 119-108, 117-111 and 116-111. On this showing Dimitrenko is no threat to either Klitschko or Povetkin.
Chakhkiev wins in dreadful parody of a fight. Simms just a sparring partner and not a very good one. Southpaw Chakhkiev has no trouble scoring with heavy punches to head and body as Simms is totally passive, standing in range, with hands held high, just prodding out with his jab and occasionally letting go with a flurry of slaps. A heavy right puts Simms down at the end of the second. He gets up at nine as the bell goes. For the first 30 seconds of the third Simms goes forward and lets some punches go, but only light ones of course. More of the same in the fourth until a volley from Chakhkiev finished by a body shots puts Simms, 37, down and the towel is throw in even before the count starts, a farce. The former 28-year-old World silver and Olympic gold medal winner goes to nine wins by KO/TKO, but no glory in this other than being the first man to beat Simms inside the distance. Two wins in his last 13 fights for Simms.
Big upset as experienced trial horse
Russian Boystov, 25, takes a while to warm-up, but is too strong for the overweight Greer. The American throws a few punches briefly in the third. The referee checks on Greer at the end of the fifth and although not hurt badly, Greer is open mouthed with exhaustion and dropping his hands when the referee stops the fight in the sixth. First fight in a year for Boystov, but still rated No 3 by WBA and in line for a shot at Alex Povetkin. Former WBC super champ Tajbert returns in his first fight since losing his title to Takahiro Ao in November. Plenty of ring rust on show as Tajbert wins every round against durable Russian, but shows no sparkle. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. Meyerdiercks, in his first fight since March, also far from top form. Struggles against Georgian teenager and just edges Avakian in a fight that could have gone either way. Scores 77-75 twice and 77-76.
Nuri Seferi, 34, retains WBO European title as Belgian Ingelrest, 37, suffers injury to his left hand in second and is pulled out by his corner. The Albanian-born Swiss resident, whose last loss was to Herbie Hide in 2008, is managed by former European light welter and welter champion Oktay Urkal who lost only four fights, all in shots at a world title against Kostya Tszyu, Vivian Harris twice and Miguel Cotto.
Usual swarming start from Arce as he sought both to retain his WBO title and gain revenge for a loss to the South African for the IBF super fly title in 2009. After two minutes of eating jabs from Nongqayi, Arce, 32, has former IBF super fly champ Nongqayi on the floor in the first from a combination. Some more wild attacks by Arce in the second. Nongqayi manages to get in a few punches of his own, but the main danger to Arce is from Nongqayi’s head. Arce is cut on forehead and right eye by a butt in the third, the Doctor examines the cuts but lets the fight continue and Nongqayi is deducted a point for the butt. After the deduction the bloodied Arce launches a big attack and has Nongqayi on trapped in his own corner and in trouble when the referee stops the fight. Now 45 wins by KO/TKO for “Travieso” and world title fight No 17. Nongqayi had been inactive since losing his IBF title to Juan Alberto Rosas in July 2010, but conveniently found himself at No 15 in the WBO September ratings.
Terrazas too good for substitute Becerill. After edging the first two rounds “The Viking” puts Becerill down in the third. Becerill loses his gum shield and then the bell to save him-but not for long. A sustained attack by Terrazas has Becerill helpless and the referee stops the fight. The WBA No 1 super bantam has won six in a row since stoppage loss to Rendall Munroe in April 2010.
Morales, 21, hits too hard and accurately for brave Nicaraguan. Velasquez, 31, in the fight early but it changes in the fifth with Morales staggering Velasquez and opening a cut on his left eyelid. Velasquez in trouble again in the seventh and a deliberate butt sees him lose a point. The left eye of Velasquez is a mess in the eighth and the Doctor recommends a stoppage, and the referee follows his advice. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for Morales who scored an impressive points victory over Hector Velasquez in June.
Fourth win in a row for Beltran who is rebuilding after kayo loss to Joksan Hernandez last year. An early shock for Beltran as he is floored in the second by a left from veteran southpaw Perez. Although badly shaken, Beltran survives, and from then on there is only one winner, despite some headwork from Perez. Scores 77-74 twice and 78-72. Filipino Mepranum, 24, given a good fight by the experienced
Poor title match. “El Confessor” Hernandez, 25, spends the first round finding out what southpaw Buthelezi had to offer before going to work in the second and overwhelming the South African. Buthelezi, also 25, is chased around the ring but can’t escape. Buthelezi is trapped in a corner and Hernandez unloads until Buthelezi slips down to sit on the bottom rope. Up at seven he is again trapped on the ropes taking punishment and not fighting back when the referee stops the fight. First defence of his WBC title by Hernandez, his eighth victory in a row, and he has 14 wins by KO/TKO. Buthelezi had won the IBO title by beating Hekkie Budler in January. IBO title becomes vacant.
Usual wild swingfest as Cuadras is dumped on the canvas in the first by a left hook, but survives. In the second Cuadras storms backs back to floor useful Garcia twice for stoppage. The 23-year-old Cuadras has 19 wins by KO/TKO and wins vacant WBC Continental Americas title. Garcia had won his last eleven fights. The lanky Estrada, 5’ 10 ½” tall, shows good skills against the dangerous Nicaraguan Gonzalez. The Mexican outboxes the aggressive Gonzalez and then turns on the power. The Nicaraguan out on his feet in the eighth, but survives. Ninth is another bad round for Gonzalez. A blistering attack has him in trouble again at the end of the tenth and Gonzalez does not answer the bell for the eleventh. Now 20 wins by KO/TKO for 26-year-old Estrada who wins the vacant WBC Fecarbox title. First loss inside the distance for Gonzalez.
Southpaw prospect Ramirez, 20, makes second defence of his WBC Youth title with fifth round stoppage of Argentinian Funes. That’s 17 wins by KO/TKO for Ramirez, the last twelve in a row. Funes lost a split decision to former WBC welter champion Carlos Baldomir last year. Luis”El Gallito) Ceja, 21, beats up on Lara for four rounds and the loser stays in his corner at the start of the fifth. These two had fought a draw in July 2010. Carlos Zarate Jr, 25, stops novice
The Lopez vs. Ibarra fight was always going to be a war and so it proved. Filipino Lopez, 23, made the better start and was ahead on all cards at the end of three rounds. Ibarra, 25, then started to get rolling and had almost evened things up by the start of the eighth. However, a sustained attack by Lopez saw Ibarra fall apart and the referee stepped in to stop the fight. Only one loss, on a technical decision, for WBC No 1 Lopez in his last 14 fights as he lifts WBC Silver title. Ibarra, rated No 2 by the WBC, was making the fourth defence of the title and had won eleven of his last twelve.
Massacre as “Sugar” Salgado floors southpaw Armenta three times and the fight is stopped. Now 24 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old Salgado. His last eight fights have lasted less than 19 rounds in total. Armenta was a late sub.
Great little scrap sees Mexican southpaw Jimenez, 27, and Colombian Tamara, 28, all even at the end of twelve rounds. These two were in constant exchanges with both landing heavily throughout the fight. Tamara a bit ahead at the half way point, but Jimenez is scoring heavily in the seventh only for Tamara to bounce back in the eighth and split open a cut on the right eyebrow of Jimenez. Tamara takes the ninth, but is badly shaken and only just survives the tenth. It’s Tamara’s turn to have Jimenez wobbling in the eleventh and they battle to the bell in the last. Scores 114-113, 112-116 and 114-114. The right result. Jimenez lost to Jean Piero Perez for the interim WBA title in January. Tamara briefly held the IBF light fly title last year. He is a former Pan American Games silver medal winner, and competed at the 2004 Olympics.
Kameda wastes no time with poor
WBA top rated flyweight, Nunez, 23 puts himself in line for a fight with Hernan Marquez with a stoppage of Blanquet. Even fight but heads banging together too much. In the third a clash of heads leaves Blanquet with a cut on his right eyebrow, and he is also hurt and almost floored. Blanquet gets careless trying to get back into the fight and is hurt again in the sixth. In the seventh a big right from Nunez cuts Blanquet on his left eye lid and sends him back into a corner where Nunez is unloading when Blanquet’s manager climbs onto the apron to get the fight stopped. This was never going to go the distance. Only three Nunez fights have gone the distance, and he has won 18 of those by KO/TKO, and Blanquet has 20 by KO/TKO, having won his previous twelve inside the distance. The Panamanian Nunez was floored twice and kayoed in five rounds by Filipino Drian Francisco in a WBA eliminator in April 2010.
Filipino southpaw Cuello destroys late sub Arcos in three. Cuello looking to take Arcos out from the bell. In the second a right puts Arcos down on his knees. The Mexican gets up but is floored again with a left. Arcos survives but in the third a right, left combination puts Arcos down for the count
Tough night for former WBA secondary champ Moses. Starts ok but 34-year-old Brazilian has him badly hurt in the third and again with body shots in the six. Moses, 33, gets his act together again from the seventh and boxes his way to victory. Scores very divided at 100-90, 98-92 and 96-94!
Easy for “The Rock” Ambunda, 31, as he floors Kenyan in second and puts him down again with a right hook in the third, and the fight is stopped. Ten wins for Ambunda by KO/TKO. “Black Prince” Haikali makes successful fifth defence of his WBO African title with unanimous points win over Kenyan. Again very strange scoring at 120-108, 117-112 and 115-113. Eight wins in a row for Haikali. Oluoch went the distance with Uushona in June. “The Prince” Naidjala wins WBO African title with a kayo over Zambian Simbeye. Shihepo has too much power and also big physical advantages over Nigerian and scores second round kayo. Now twelve wins by KO/TKO for Shihepo who has a win over world rated Isaac Chilemba on his record
Southpaw Rizo wins Nicaraguan title with controversial split verdict. Alvarado has Rizo shaken in first but suffers a cut on his right eyebrow in third. Rizo also suffers facial damage with both cheeks sporting swellings. Rizo has his best round in the ninth, but Alvarado takes the last and looks a winner. Scores 96-94 twice and 94-96. Alvarado had beaten Rizo on a majority decision in June 2010.
National champion van Heerden gets a big win as he takes a close, unanimous verdict over Mabuza to win the vacant IBO title. A hard-fought exciting battle with the southpaw right jab of van Heerden picking up the points. The action was continuous with both fighters willing to trade. Mabuza, 31, lost a point in the sixth for hitting 24-year-old van Heerden behind the head, but it did not materially affect the outcome as van Heerden was declared the winner on scores of 117-112, 116-113 and 114-113. Only loss for van Heerden was split decision to local Nikola Stevanovic in
Former IBO light fly champ “The Hexecutiioner” Budler moves down to Straw and wins vacant IBO title. The 24-year-old Filipino Landero puts in his usual all-action showing and Budler, 23, meets him and matches him. Despite a cut under his left eye, Budler stayed in the pocket and got the better of the exchanges in most of the rounds. Scores 119-109 twice and 118-110 show the dominance of Budler, but do not reflect how close some of the rounds were. Landero was unbeaten in his last nine.
Shock result has former South African cruiser champ Venter doing a demolition job on “ The Demolition Man” from the
Spanish champion Cespedes wins vacant European Union title with stoppage of fellow-countryman Morote. Second shot at the title for Cespedes who drew with Frenchman Jerome Thomas in December in his first shot.
September 25
Mismatch of a title fight. All Martirosyan had to show was guts, and he had lots of that. With height, reach and speed advantages over a crude walk-in swinger Pirog could not help but look good. He scored at will as Martirosyan kept swarming in with hooks which Pirog blocked or avoided. In the third the cheek under the right eye of Armenian Martirosyan began to swell and got steadily worse. Pirog was teeing off with jabs, straight punches from either hand and hooks. Despite the punishment Martirosyan just kept coming and swinging. He was still there because Pirog was not sitting down on his punches but just throwing with no real leverage. By the ninth Pirog was showboating. He was also resting his outstretched left on Martirosyan’s forehead and using it as a range finder for his right. Martirosyan made a desperate effort in the tenth having been told he would need a kayo-or his corner would stop the fight. He swung wildly but by the end of the round was exhausted, could not see out of his right eye, and was being pounded. Thankfully his corner retired him at the end of the round, but either the referee or his corner should have stopped it earlier. Second defence of his WBO title for 31-year-old Pirog, but it shows how bad the WBO is that they had Martirosyan at No 1. He was there because he won the WBO European title, and the only quality fighter he has faced (Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam) kayoed him in eleven rounds. WBO No 2 is Andy Lee.
Prospect Allakhverdiev easily beats a washed up
