June 3
Toa Baja: Puerto Rico: Feather: Jonathan Oquendo (21-2) W TKO 1 Adolfo Landeros (21-20-1). Light: Jose Gonzalez (16-0) W TKO 6 Pipino Cuevas Jr (14-7). “Polvo”, 27, overwhelms veteran Mexican. Hurts Landeros, 31, early and finishes him with a body shot. All over after just 107 seconds. Now 14 by KO/TKO for Oquendo and seven in a row by KO/TKO since loss to Juan Manuel Lopez in 2008. “El Terror” (he should change his nickname) has lost ten of his last eleven.
After a couple of feel-out rounds, Gonzalez on top and Cuevas soaking-up punishment. Son of the great Pipino Cuevas does not answer the bell for the start of the sixth. Now twelve wins by KO/TKO, the last seven in a row for “Chelo”, who wins vacant NABO title. Gerard, the real first name of Cuevas, 31, has now lost five of his last six, including a first round blow out by Filipino Jimrex Jaco in his last fight in August. All of the Mexican’s losses have been by KO/TKO.
Indio, USA: Bantam: Leo Santa Cruz (16-0-1) W TKO 5 Jose Lopez (39-9-2). Light Welter: Luis Ramos Jr (19-0) W PTS 8 Francisco Lorenzo (36-9,1ND). Super Bantam: Randy Caballero (11-0) W TKO 4 Sergio Cristobal (3-2). Mexican Santa Cruz takes a big step up in class and wins through. The 22-year-old boxed when he could, and traded when he had to, against former WBO super fly champion Lopez. The 39-year-old Puerto Rican scored well with body shots when he got inside, but Santa Cruz was picking up the points. Finally the pace got to Lopez and, as he tired in the fifth, a volley of punches put him down. Lopez was obviously finished and the referee did not bother with the count. First time in his career that Lopez has failed to go the distance. Big win for “Earthquake” and his sixth in a row by KO/TKO. Southpaw Ramos give a stern test by former WBC super feather champion Lorenzo, 39, as Dominican pushes him all the way. Ramos just edges it on scores of 77-75 twice and 79-73. Nicaraguan-born prospect Caballero, 20, floors Cristobal in first and rights to the chin put the Mexican down again in fourth. Now seven wins by KO/TKO for Caballero.
South Brisbane, Australia: Light Middle: Tyrone Tongia (16-2) W TKO 8 Pat Rullo (12-3-1). “The Cyclone” comes from behind to retain his Australian title as he finally breaks down Rullo and halts him. Second defence and seventh win in a row for Tongia, 28, who hails from Papua New Guinea, and runs a fitness gym in Brisbane. Third unsuccessful shot at winning an Australian title for Rullo.
Mount Claremont, Australia: Cruiser: Adam Forsyth (10-0) W PTS 8 Oscar Siale (13-10). Looked like being an easy night for former top amateur Forsyth, 30, as he swept early rounds against southpaw Siale. However, New Zealander Siale, 39, makes it very close as he puts in a strong finish, with Forsyth going down on one knee from tiredness in the fifth. Olympian Forsyth wins unanimous verdict on scores of 78-76, 78-77 and 77-75. Toughest fight so far for Forsyth with a question mark over his stamina. Siale has lost 7 of his last 8, but is better than those figures suggest.
Castelvolturno, Italy: Middle: Gaetano Nespro (17-7) W PTS 10 Ilir Mustafa (27-12-3). Good test for 31-year-old Italian champion. Has problems with tough Ilir in the early rounds. Ilir overcomes eye injury to stay in fight, but Nespro finishes strongly and sweeps last three rounds for points win. Albanian Ilir, 40, had beaten Nespro on a stoppage in 2006 but has now won only one of his last seven.
Rome, Italy: Light Middle: Emanuele Della Rosa (27-1) W PTS 12 Daniel Urbanski (20-6-3). Light Welter: Vittorio Oi (15-1-1) W T DEC 7 Ville Piispanen (15-2-3). Brilliant exhibition by 31-year-old “Ruspa”. Scores easily against slower Pole getting through with hooks and straight rights. Urbanski, 26, who had trouble making the weight, loses a point in the fifth for a butt, and is floored by a left to the body in tenth. Della Rosa retains WBC International title. His only loss was to Sebastian Zbik for the WBC interim middle title in 2009. Urbanski was unbeaten in his previous eleven. Oi gets very controversial win. Finn Piispanen generally boxing better. Oi suffers cut by right eye in fourth. Piispanen deducted points twice for use of the head. Doctor orders fight stopped at end of seventh due to Oi’s eye injury. Goes to scores cards with Oi winning on scores of 69-63, 66-65 and 67-64. The “Time Machine” Oi wins European Union title and is unbeaten in his last twelve, but to some Piispanen, 27, was robbed in this second defence of his title.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico: Super Bantam: Rodolfo Hernandez (21-2-1,1ND) W TKO 1 Josimar Olivares (15-9). Light Middle: Alejandro Barrera (16-0) W KO 9 Alfredo Hernandez. “Fofo”, the Mexican bantam champ, floors “Balon” Olivares, 25, early and then the follow-up attack sees the referee stop the fight. Hernandez has 19 wins by KO/TKO as he tries to rebuild after shock loss to Jesus Galicia last year. “The Chosen One” Barrera, given a good test by the strong, but limited Hernandez, takes a while to find the range but then hurts and then puts Hernandez down for the count in ninth. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for Barrera, the last eleven in consecutive fights.
Tampa, Florida: Welter: Yudel Jhonson (11-0) W PTS 10 Jose Miguel Torres (21-5). Heavy: Luis Ortiz (10-0) W KO 1 Jason Barnett (12-14). Cuban southpaw Jhonson, 29, wins clearly, but does not impress. Hurts Torres in first and last rounds, but does not really follow-up on either occasion. Colombian Torres, 31, scores well with right hands over first three rounds, but Jhonson tightens up and never again looks troubled as he cruises along, showing too much class for Torres, who does very little. Both lose a point for indiscretions. Torres in seventh for low blow and Jhonson in last for rabbit punch. Clear but unexciting win for Olympic silver medalist on scores of 96-92 twice and 97-91. Only the second fight in almost three years for Torres who is the brother of former IBF light welter champ Ricardo Torres. Cuban Ortiz, 32, and 6’4” tall, is nicknamed “The Big Thing”, and he was too much for late sub Barnett who is floored twice, with the fight then being waived off. Ortiz has eight wins by KO/TKO, but this was a bad mismatch. Barnett has now lost his last four by KO/TKO, three in the first round and one in the second.
June 4
Atlantic City, USA: Super Middle: Carl Froch (28-1) W PTS 12 Glenn Johnson (51-15-2). Light Heavy: Zsolt Erdei (33-0) W TKO 6 Byron Mitchell (28-8-1). Light Heavy: Edison Miranda (34-5) W PTS 8 Rayco Saunders (20-14-2). Brilliant tactical fight by “The Cobra” sees Froch outpoint Johnson to win his way into the Super Six final, and retain his WBC title. Johnson gets off to a flying start pressurising Froch and landing heavily with rights, hurting Froch on occasion, particularly in the third. Froch, 32, sticks to his game plan, with his left hand almost at thigh level, and using the jab and countering with fast, two-handed combinations. Because of Froch’s success with the combination punching, Jamaican Johnson, 42, goes off his game plan and starts looking for a one shot finish but the former IBF light heavy champ can’t match the speed of those combinations and Froch looks a clear winner despite majority verdict. Scores 117-111, 116-112 and 114-114. Froch goes on to meet Andre Ward in the final. Johnson is a true warrior and has never been in a bad fight. He has suffered five losses in the last eight years, and they have all been to world champions. Hungarian Erdei, 37, returns to form with a crushing of former WBA super middle champ Mitchell. Dominates all the way and floors Mitchell twice in sixth for stoppage. “Firebird” is a former undefeated WBO light heavy and WBC cruiser champion, and is unbeaten in over ten years as a pro. Third loss by KO/TKO in a row for Mitchell who lost in two rounds to Joe Calzaghe for the WBO super middle title in 2003.Good workout for Colombian Miranda. He sheds 14 months of ring rust, but can’t find the punch to finish the durable Saunders. Now up at above the light heavy limit, Miranda, 30, lost to Arthur Abraham for the IBF middle title and to Lucien Bute for their super middle title. Saunders, 36, has only lost once inside the distance.
Los Angeles, USA: Middle: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (43-0-1,1ND) W PTS 12 Sebastian Zbik (30-1). Light Middle: Vanes Martirosyan (30-0) W TKO 7 Saul Roman (34-9). Feather: Miguel Angel Garcia (26-0) W KO 4 Rafael Guzman (28-3). Chavez wins WBC title with majority verdict over German. Zbik makes the better start, scoring well with jab and quick counters and keeping fight at a distance as he builds an early lead. Chavez, coming forward all the time starts to get through with hooks to the body. Chavez strength and stamina tell as Zbik, 29, tires. Scores after nine rounds 87-84, 86-85 and 85-86 for Zbik, but the young Mexican sweeps the last three rounds on all three cards to take the decision on scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114. Chavez, 25, wins WBC title in the same city that his father won his first world title in 1984. First defence of full WBC title for Zbik. Nearly a nightmare for “The Nightmare” as Martirosyan in a real war. Roman lives up to his “Fire” nickname as he starts fast and floors the Armenian-born Martirosyan in first. Troubles mount for Martirosyan as he suffers a gashed left cheek and a cut by his left eye. Martirosyan toughs it out and wears Roman down who also is also cut. In the seventh Martirosyan sends Roman down on his knees with a right and, although the Mexican beats the count, he is no condition to withstand the follow-up attack. Gutsy win for Martirosyan, who has 19 victories by KO/TKO, and wins the vacant WBC Silver title. He is now in line for a shot at the winner of the Saul Alvarez- Ryan Rhodes fight.
Spectacular win for “Mikey” Garcia. After fairly even action in the first two rounds, the 23-year-old Mexican took over from the third, having Guzman trapped in the corner and under punishment as the round ended. Garcia again on top against a shaky Guzman in the fourth until a powerful straight right to the temple puts Guzman down for the count. Now 22 by KO/TKO for Garcia who retained the NABF and NABO titles he won by beating Matt Remillard in March. Guzman, also a banger, who came in as a late sub, had lost only one of his last eleven.
Copenhagen, Denmark: Super Middle: Mikkel Kessler (44-2) W TKO 6 Mehdi Bouadla (22-4). Light Welter: Kim Poulsen (18-1) W KO 3 Tarik Sahibeddine (12-9). Middle: Patrick Nielsen (10-0) W TKO 3 Joe Rea (7-4-1,1ND). Light Heavy: Dustin Dirks (21-0) W TKO 4 Juan Nelongo (21-12-1). Heavy: Edmund Gerber (16-0) W PTS 8 Zack Page (21-36-2). Light Welter: Kasper Bruun (11-0) W PTS 6 Jay Morris (14-19-2). “The Viking Warrior” makes an impressive comeback with a stoppage of useful Frenchman Bouadla. After taking two rounds to shake of the rust of over a year out of the ring, Kessler puts Bouadla down with a right in the third. Bouadla spits out his gum shield to buy some time. Bouadla down twice more in the sixth and referee stops the fight. Plan now seems to be for Kessler to fight IBF champ Lucien Bute in October or November, with the winner fighting the winner of the Super Six early in 2012 in a title unifier involving the IBF, WBC and WBA titles. First time that Bouadla had failed to last the distance.
Poulsen, 24, uses fast combinations to keep Sahibeddine under pressure from the start and referee finally saves Moroccan as he sits on canvas in the third. Poulsen now has 14 wins in a row, but the Moroccan has lost 5 of his last 6. Nielsen, still only 20, outclasses Rae. Dane scores a knockdown with a left in the second and scores two more knockdowns in the third, the first looked a push, but the second a hard left and the Irishman’s corner have seen enough. Six wins by KO/TKO for Nielsen. Rae has now lost 4 of his last 5. German prospect Dirks, 22, hits too hard for Spanish veteran Nelongo and makes it 15 wins by KO/TKO with 11 of his last 12 fights ending that way. Nelongo, 41, lost to Clinton Woods for the European title in 2000 and has now lost 7 of his last 8. Gerber, 22, makes it a double for Germany as he floors veteran survivor Page twice, but has to settle for a points win on scores of 80-70 on all cards. Prospect Bruun thrown out of his stride by fast, aggressive start by Brit Morris and needs a strong finish to take the decision on scores of 58-56 twice and 59-56.
Caseros, Argentina: Heavy Gonzalo Basile (51-5,1ND) W PTS 10Miguel Morales (11-11-1). Welter: Diego Ledesma (10-5-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Rodolfo Martinez (39-5-2).The 37-year-old, 6’6” tall “El Paton” wins this fight by using his reach to keep the fight on the outside against the smaller aggressive Morales. Basile always in control and scoring heavily with right crosses. Morales, 42, whilst never discouraged and always pressing, just not getting through enough to threaten Basile’s dominance. Scores 98-92 twice and 99-91. Third points win over Morales for Basile, and seventh defence of his interim WBC Latino title. Mild upset as Ledesma outboxes former IBF title challenger Martinez. Ledesma boss from the start against a slow and static Martinez. Scoring well with hooks to the body and right crosses. Ledesma, 28, well ahead, and although the pace slows from rounds seven to nine, and hometown fighter Martinez , 29, stages a rally in the last, no doubt about the winner. Scores 99-94 ½, 98-94 and 97-94. These two had fought a six round draw in March. Martinez lost to Jan Zaveck in an IBF title challenge in April last year.
Tokyo, Japan: Fly: Toshiyuki Igarashi (14-1-1) W TEC DEC 8 Kenji Yoshida (17-10-1). Light Welter: Yoshihiro Kamegai (18-0-0) W KO 2 Joel dela Cruz (12-11-1). Southpaw Igarashi retains Japanese title in his first defence with majority technical decision over former champion Yoshida. Challenger dangerous with his head throughout. Clash of heads sees champ Igarashi cut over the right eye in the second and Kamegai suffers a gash on his forehead. With the fight in the balance, a clash of heads again in the eighth sees Igarashi down and dazed. Igarashi Unable to continue so it goes to the scorecards and he retains his title on scores of 78-77 twice and 76-76. A left hook from prospect Kamegai in the second sends Filipino dela Cruz out through the ropes, and he is counted out. Now 16 by KO/TKO for national champion Kamegai. Tall Filipino dela Cruz has won just two of his last ten.
Mexico City, Mexico: Super Feather: Dante Jardon (17-1) W TKO 3 Claudio Tapia (20-11-4). Middle: Marco Antonio Rubio (51-5-1) W TKO 3 Ric Ramallo (11-4-1,1ND). Light Middle: Marcos Reyes (21-1) W TKO 4 Chris Solano (23-21-4). Light Welter: Antonio Pitalua (51-5) W KO 3 Javier Hernandez (6-13-1). A right from Jardon seals this win. “Crazy” firing big guns from the first bell with Argentinian banging back with hooks. In the second an uppercut floored Tapia who spat out his gum shield to gain additional recovery time. It did no good as a right to the jaw put Tapia down just a split second before the ball at the end of the third and the referee stopped the fight. Now 15 by KO/TKO for Jardon and the first defence of his interim WBC & WBO Latino titles. The WBC No 6 is unbeaten in his last 15. Only the second time that Tapia, 30, has been beaten inside the distance. Rubio, 30, now in line for a shot at new WBC champion Chavez, hits too hard for another Argentinian. A right cross stuns Ramallo, 29, in the second and he is given a standing count. A two-punch combination puts him down again in the third and the fight is stopped. “El Veneno”, WBC No 2, makes it seven wins in a row, including a crushing victory over Canadian David Lemiuex, and 44 wins by KO/TKO. Ramallo was unbeaten in his last nine going in.
Reyes, 23 hits too hard for veteran Solano and now has 19 wins by KO/TKO and eight in a row since upset loss to Amilcar Funes in January 2010. Colombian Pitalua, now 41, still has his punch and he flattens Hernandez to make it 45 wins by KO/TKO. Pitalua lost to Artur Grigorian in a challenge for the WBO light title in 2000, and nine years later lost to the late Edwin Valero in a challenge for the WBC title. Quite a gap.
Kempton Park, South Africa: Welter: Chris van Heerden (16-1-1) W PTS 12Bongani Mwelase (14-2). Super Middle: Thomas Oosthuizen (15-0-1) W PTS 12 William Gare (27-15). Light Heavy: Tshepang Mohale (8-3) W TKO 3 Johnny Muller (9-1-2). Heavy: Thabiso Mchunu (10-0) W PTS 8 Daniel Ventner (11-5). Heavy: Francois Botha (48-5-3,1ND) W TKO 6 Flo Simba (10-1). “The Heat” beats “The Cyclone” in the fight of the night as this all-southpaw battle sees South African champion van Heerden beat favourite Mwelase in IBO eliminator. This was always going to be a punch-up as Mwelase does not seem to know any other way to fight. Mwelase always dangerous but Van Heerden punched with him, and was generally the faster to the punch, and won the later rounds as Mwelase tired. Scores 116-113 twice and 115-113. The only loss for van Heerden was a split decision to Nikola Stevanovic in Serbia. Mwelase was trying to bounce back from loss to Lovemore Ndou for the IBO title in September.
Boring IBO title fight as Oosthuizen, 23, uses his considerable height (6’4” to 5’9 ½), and reach advantages to keep fight at a distance. Veteran Gare, 35, trying to force the action and occasionally scoring with good rights to southpaw Oosthuizen, and has the champion cut in a clash of heads in the seventh. However, Gare not able to cut the ring down or catch up with the back pedaling IBO champion, who retains his title in his first defence with a unanimous verdict on scores of 119-110, 117-111 and 116-112. Gare is the WBF federation champion and a former South African champion at light middle and middle. He lost to Steve Roberts for the same WBFederation title back in 2001.Upset as Mohale halts champion Muller to win South African title.
Muller looks to be on the way to victory when he hurts Mohale in the second. In the third a right puts Muller down he beats the count, only to be nailed again with a right. Muller somehow makes it back to his feet, but the fight is rightly stopped. Second title defence for Muller and first defeat. The 6’3” tall Mohale, a former South African super middle weight champion, had been inactive since a kayo loss to Oosthuizen in October 2009.
Not much skill on show here as both fighters wild with their punches over the early rounds. Simba, 21, seemed to be getting on top in the fourth and the 42-year-old Botha was catching some heavy rights. With Flo still on top and Botha showing signs of tiring the fight came to an unexpected end in the sixth when a barrage from Botha had Simba reeling defenseless when the fight was stopped. A loss here might have ended Botha’s career, but now “The White Buffalo” is very much in the picture. First fight for Botha since losing his WBF foundation title to Evander Holyfield in April 2010. The only fighters to have beaten Botha are Michael Moorer, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Wlad Klitschko and Holyfield. After beating Axel Schulz in 1995 he was even briefly the IBF heavyweight champion, until his tests showed positive for steroids. It was a case of “The Demolition Man” demolished for Congolese Simba who must rebuild.
Southpaw Mchunu , the South Africa cruiserweight champ struggles against the much heavier former South African champ Ventner and has to settle for a majority verdict on scores of 78-74 twice and 76-76. Ventner, 6’4 ½“tall, was almost 30lbs the heavier.
Hollywood, USA: Cruiser: Richard Hall (30-8) W KO 2 O’Neil Bell (26-3-1). Heavy: Cedric Boswell (35-1) W PTS 10 Kertson Manswell (20-3). Middle: Dom Dolton (11-0) W PTS 10 Donatas Bondoravas (12-3-1). Light: Daniel Attah (26-7-1,1ND) W PTS 6 John Trigg (18-36-5). The fight between two Jamaicans, former IBF/WBC/WBA champ O’Neill, 36, and Richard Hall, 39, was bombs away from the first bell. Both were looking for a kayo. Bell scored heavily with rights at the start of the first round and southpaw Hall came back with right hooks and had Bell under pressure at the end of the round. The fireworks continued in the second until a huge left from Hall had Bell reeling helpless on the ropes when the referee saved him. This was Bell’s first fight since his loss to Tomasz Adamek in April 2008. Hall, who had lost in shots at the titles of all four sanctioning bodies, had been inactive between 2007 and early 2010 and lost to Cuban Yordanis Despaigne in his last fight in May last year.
Boswell, 41, extends his winning run with a close points verdict over Trinidadian Manswell. Boswell floors Manswell in the second but after starting the count the referee decides the punch landed on the back of Manswell’s head and he deducts a point from Boswell. Things get worse for the Detroit-born heavy as he reinjures his right shoulder, and by the fourth is boxing with just the left for the rest of the fight. Even though one handed, Boswell continues to score freely using only left jabs and hooks. Manswell comes into it in the later rounds, switching guards to find a way to take advantage of the injury, but the trash-talking Boswell wins on scores of 98-96 from all three officials. Boswell has won 14 in a row since losing with the same shoulder injury to Jameel McCline in 2003. Manswell lost to Mike Perez in the Prizefighter tournament in London last month. Boswell retains WBC Latino and NABA titles.
Detroit’s Dolton, 21, finds it tough against Lithuanian. His better boxing offsets the aggression of Bondoravas and he takes an early lead after opening a cut over the left eye of Bondoravas in the first. The Kronk fighter continues to outbox the Lithuanian despite being floored by a low blow in the sixth. As the pace slowed the strong Bondoravas, 31, came into the fight scoring well with rights and stages a strong finish. Dolton just about deserves majority verdict on scores of 95-93 twice and 94-94. Bondoravas, who won bronze medals at three consecutive World Military championships and competed in the 2005 and 2007 World championships, had lost only one of his last 15 going in, so an excellent match .
Veteran Nigerian southpaw Attah has a torrid time with Trigg who never stops coming. Trigg pays the price with a stream of right jabs catching him coming in. Trigg suffering cuts in the first and second rounds. Attah starts to tire from the sixth as Trigg keeps up the pressure and suffers a knockdown in the last. “The Prophet takes the verdict on scores of 78-73 twice and 79-73. Great match making all the way by Johnny Bos.
Rayne, USA: Light: Mason Menard (16-1) W PTS 8 Aaron Anderson (2-11). Local favourite Menard, 22, extends his unbeaten run to 13 as he floors Anderson in first and wins every round, Scores 80-69 from all three officials. Rayne is a former US championships bronze medalist and competed in the 2008 Olympic trials. Anderson retains record of never losing inside the distance.
Albuquerque, USA: Johnny Tapia (58-5-2) W Mauricio Pastrana (35-15-2). Hector Munoz (19-4-1) W TKO 2 Jorge Reyes (21-30-3). In hopefully his last fight the great Johnny Tapia wins a unanimous decision over Pastrana (who should also make this his last fight). The 44-year-old Tapia was down in the sixth, and Pastrana in the last, as Tapia wins on scores of 77-73 twice and 76-74. The former WBO/IBF super flyweight, WBA and WBO bantamweight and IBF featherweight champion’s biggest battles have been with his own demons, but his achievements in the ring, which include taking part in 19 world title fights, speak for themselves. Let’s hope he really does retire. Colombian Pastrana, 38, the former IBF light fly champion, has also had his problems, and with nine losses in his last ten fights, he should also retire.
La Paz, Mexico: Feather: Chris Perez (20-1) W PTS 12 Carlos Guzman (10-3-1). Good fight between two fast and technically skilled young fighters. Early rounds even, but Perez pulls away in the middle rounds with left hooks to the body. Guzman stages strong finish over last two rounds but decision goes to Perez on scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113. Perez wins vacant WBC Fecombox title, having lost the interim title, and his unbeaten tag, in upset defeat against Robinson Castellanos in February.
Baden, Switzerland: Welter: Dzmitri Tarenka (8-8-1) W KO 1 Robert Belge (26-2-1). Super Middle: Blas Martinez (15-4) W TKO 4 Carlos Caicedo (4-3-1). Middle: Ardian Krasniqi (10-0) W PTS 6 Yauheni Abdurazaku (8-6). Major shock for local favourite “Rubi”. Unheralded Belarus southpaw Tarenka takes just 104 seconds to put the Swiss down and out. Last year Belge was unsuccessful in an ambitious challenge to Matthew Hatton for the European title, but now his career may be over. Tarenka had lost three of his last four and his only previous stoppage win had been over a novice. Spaniard in a tough fight until Ecuadorian-born Caicedo injures foot and fight is stopped. Best fight of the night sees Albanian Krasniqi takes split verdict thanks to a point deduction against Belarusian for spitting out his gumshield in the last round. Scores 59-55, 57-56 and 56-58.
June 5
Henderson, New Zealand: Middle: Anthony Mundine (42-4) W TKO 7 Xavier Toliver (23-7). Light Heavy: Warren Fuiava (12-0) W KO 5 Daniel Banff (12-2-1). Easy payday for former WBA secondary champ Mundine. Toliver does fairly well over the first four rounds as Mundine seems to be in cruise mode. The Australian picks up the pace from the fifth, and with Toliver taking punishment, the American’s corner throw in the towel in seventh. Toliver’s record deceptive as it is built on the third rate Southern US circuit. Samoan Fuiava gets a good win as he halts lanky Australian No 7 Banff.
Stintino, Italy: Cruiser: Salvatore Erittu (20-0) W TKO 4 Mihaly Kratki (6-33-4). Middle: Lorenzo Cosseddu (26-5-5) W PTS 6 Gordan Glisic (6-12-2). Tore, 30, takes an easy one after a year out of the ring due to health problems. Shakes the Hungarian in both second and third and floors him twice in fourth for stoppage. Cosseddu wins easily but Croatian shows durability. Badly shaken a number of times in the early rounds and saved by the bell in the fourth, Glisic last the distance. Cosseddu wins every round.
