Worldwide Boxing Round-Up - Behind the Results with Eric Armit - 28th Nov
From Mazatlan, where Arce decisions Angkotta in his 18th World title fight, to Jefferson City, where Welliver's 16th win in a row comes by way of DQ - all the worlwide boxing results with Eric Armit.
Pittsburg, USA Light: Monty Meza Clay (30-3,2ND) W PTS 8 Leon Bobo (18-9-1). Cruiser: Andres Taylor (20-1-2) W PTS 8 Gary Gomez (19-13-2).
Clay, 30, wins split decision over Bobo. Clay sluggish, and his jab not working until well into the fight, but picks up the points needed for the win. Clay claims he had over trained including a five week spell as sparring partner to Steve Molitor. Fourth win for Clay since loss to Fernando Beltran in 2009. Clay is rated No 15 by the WBO. Southpaw Bobo, 33, was a good class amateur, competing in the National Golden Glove and US championships, but has not made the transition required to succeed in pro boxing. He is now 2-9-1 in his last twelve fights, including seven losses in a row. Taylor, 32, extends his current unbeaten run to 13 with unanimous verdict over 37-year-old Gomez. Impressive figures for Taylor, but built on poor opposition. Roy Jones Jr, who promoted the show, went three rounds with Bobby Thomas in preparation for his fight with Max Alexander on December 10.
Kempton Park, South Africa Super Middle: Thomas Oosthuizen (17-0-1) W TKO 11 Francisco Sierra (24-5-1). Super Feather: Sipho Taliwe (14-2-1) W PTS 12 Jasper Seroka (19-4). Light Welter: Jason Bedeman (15-1-3) DREW 8 Sam Malinga (22-8-3). Cruiser: Zack Mwakassa (12-2) W KO 1 Kizito Ruhamnye (2-1).
Oosthuizen retains IBO title with a late stoppage of Mexican Sierra. There are still flaws there, but the South African southpaw was always boxing better and hitting harder than Sierra. The South African scored with big shots in every round, and Sierra showed durability-but little else. Oosthuizen was on his way to a comfortable points win when a big left had Sierra badly shaken and the referee stopped the fight. Sierra complained bitterly, but he was just soaking up punishment, and the fight could/should have been stopped earlier. Third successful defence for the 6’3” tall 22-year-old, and win No 12 by KO/TKO, as Oosthuizen adds to his prestige after his win over Aaron Pryor Jr in September. Sierra, 23, a former Mexican champion, has only lost to good opposition: Jesus Gonzales, Rigo Alvarez twice and Edison Miranda.
Taliwe, 30, makes successful second defence of his WBC International title with unanimous verdict over former South African champion Seroka. Not a thrilling fight, lacking excitement and littered with fouls. WBC No 13 Taliwe always in command and Seroka not able to get his game plan going. Scores 117-111 twice and 118-111, Taliwe now 2-1 up in his series with Seroka, who has lost 3 of his last 4. Bedeman, 22, fights draw with the more experienced Malinga. A good learning fight for the youngster, even if former South African champion Malinga is on the down slope. Scores 78-74, 76-76 and 75-77. Third fight for Bedeman since his shock kayo loss to Argentinian Dorrego a year ago. Malinga has only two wins in his last seven fights, but in better days he took Kaizer Mabuza to a majority decision and beat Colin Lynes in eight rounds. In a fight between two boxers from the Congo (DRC) “Black Warrior” Mwekassa makes it 11 wins by KO/TKO as he ignores defence and goes after Ruhamnye and scores the kayo with just one second left in the round. Mwakassa had beaten the previously undefeated South African champion Thabiso Mchunu in six rounds in September.
Panama City, Panama Fly: Ricardo Nunez (23-2 W DIS 7 Juan Esquer (27-9-2).
Not a satisfactory win for Nunez, 23, but a win is a win. Nunez better skills frustrate Mexican Esquer and Panamanian on his way to retaining his WBC Latino title. Low blows from Esquer a feature of the fight, and the referee takes a point from him in the sixth. More low punches in the seventh see Esquer thrown out. Only one loss in his last 14 for Nunez, but that was a big one to Drian Francisco in a WBA super fly eliminator. Nunez now WBC No 5, needed three tries to make the weight. Esquer lost to Ivan Calderon in a challenge for the WBO light fly title in 2007.
Kawasaki, Japan Light Fly: Masayuki Kuroda (21-3) W PTS 10 Hayato Yamaguchi (7-3-1).
Kuroda, 25, retains Japanese title with split decision over previously unbeaten Yamaguchi. Third defence for Kuroda, rated No 9 by the WBA. Scores 97-94, 96-94 and 94-95.
November 24
Enghien, France Light Middle: Cedric Vitu (33-1) W PTS 6 Konstantins Sakara (9-21-2). Super Middle: Rachid Jiktou (20-0) W PTS 6 Mike Algoet (32-39-1 ND). Bantam: Redouane Asloum (7-0-1) W PTS 6 Thomas Barbier (2-7).
This should have been an easy, uneventful fight for European Union champion Vitu. However, just after the bell for the first round, a clash of heads saw the 26-year-old French southpaw with a bad cut on the bridge of his nose. From then he boxed cautiously against Latvian Sakara until the fifth round when he tried for the kayo. It did not come so Vitu had to settle for a points win. Scores 60-54, 59-55 and 59-56. Vitu unbeaten in his last 15 now. Same story for French champion Jiktou. An easy fight turns into a bloody struggle. Again a clash of heads in the first has blood flowing from a cut by his right eye. Another head clash in the third sees a vertical cut open by his left eye. “The Lion” Jiktou, 26, trying to finish this one inside the distance, scoring heavily with hooks from both hands in fourth and fifth, but Belgian southpaw Algoet, 37, with his own face swollen, gets applause for his brave showing. Jiktou wins on scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55. Algoet has only failed to last the distance four times in his 39 losses. Asloum, the younger brother of former Olympic gold medalist and WBA light fly champion Brahim, showed his skills in countering the aggression of Barbier and ran out a comfortable winner on scores of 59-55 twice and 60-55. The show was held in the ballroom of the luxurious Grand Hotel.
November 25
Buenos Aires, Argentina Feather: Jesus Cuellar (18-1) W TKO 4 Ramon Esperanza (16-5-1). Super Middle: Jose Clavero (32-9-1) W DIS 5 Pablo Farias (19-1).
Easy night for WBO No7 Cuellar in an all-southpaw match. Scoring with hard shots from both hands Cuellar takes the first round. He has the Paraguayan in trouble in the second and the referee deducts a point as Esperanza resorts to holding to get some relief from the punishment. More heavy shots from Cuellar in the third and only the bell saves Esperanza. In the fourth a right from Cuellar opens a deep cut on Esperanza’s right eyelid. When another right lands in the same area, and has Esperanza staggering the referee stops the fight. The 24-year-old Cuellar has 15 wins by KO/TKO and bounces back from his first loss to Oscar Escandon in October. Controversial ending sees “Pokemon” Farias, 23, lose his unbeaten tag. Clavero, 36, is faster out of the blocks and a right cross in the first has Farias in trouble and the referee gives him a standing count. Farias gets his act together in the second and he scores heavily in this and the next two rounds but Clavero very much in the fight. In the fifth, with the fighters in a clinch, the referee, calls “break” and Farias instead of stepping back lands a left and a right to the unprotected chin of Clavero. Clavero was flat on his back and did not rise for some time, but it was difficult to know how badly he was hurt. There was some confusion but the referee then disqualified Farias for hitting on the break. Clavero was booed out of the ring, and Farias cheered out. There will be an appeal against the decision.
Mendoza, Argentina Light: Daniel Brizuela (23-1-2) W PTS 8 Miguel Cacares (26-32-7).
Comfortable points win for 25-year-old Brizuela. Southpaw Cacares has some success in the middle rounds, but Brizuela wins early and late rounds for unanimous verdict. Scores 79 ½ -72 ½, 78-73 ½, 78-74. Brizuela, who represented Argentina at the 2004 Olympics, is 6-0-1 since losing his unbeaten record on a shock one round kayo by Daniel Dorrego. Cacares is durable with only one of his 32 losses coming inside the distance.
Sydney, Australia Welter: Victor Chernous (14-1) W PTS 8 Joel Dela Cruz (16-11-2). Welter: Adrian Campbell (10-9-1) W TKO 4 Chad Roy Naidu (3-13-4).
A great little fight sees Ukrainian Chernous outpoint Filipino Dela Cruz. The aggressive style of 27-year-old Chernous, and the counter-punching of DeLa Cruz, made for a good mix. Chernous was throwing bombs, but Dela Cruz belied his poor record as he took the punishment and fired back. The Filipino lost a point at the end of the fourth round for a punch after the bell, and in the sixth for a head butt. Chernous was edging every round, but only just, and takes the unanimous verdict. Now 11 wins in a row for Chernous. Fourth fight in the series goes to Campbell, 33, but in a disappointing end. Naidu twisted his knee in the fourth round and could not continue. Campbell wins the vacant WBFoundation Asia Pacific title. He is now 3-0-1 in four fights with Malaysian-born Naidu, 32, including a draw for this same title. A fifth fight needed after this ending.
Richmond, Australia Feather: Joel Brunker (21-0) W PTS 12 Ti Yamagat Aguelo (15-7-1).
A great battle sees Brunker coming from behind to win unanimous decision. After a quiet first round Filipino Aguelo takes charge. Scoring well with body punches he sweeps rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 with Brunker under pressure in each round. Brunker finally wakes-up in the sixth and starts to score with good jabs and rights. As Aguelo tires from his exertions in the first half of the fight Brunker starts to eat into Aguelo’s lead. Plenty of toe-toe exchanges, but Brunker edging the rounds. Brunker has a big eleventh as he bangs away at exhausted Filipino. Both fighters throwing plenty of punches in the last, but again Brunker’s round. Scores 116-112 twice and 115-114. The 25-year-old Brunker, a former undefeated Aussie champ, retains interim WBO Orient title. He is No 5 with the WBO. Adones (his real name) has lost 4 of his last 5, but won plenty of fans with this showing.
Moncton, Canada Middle: Steve Boyd (11-3-1) W TKO 5 Paul Clavette (15-3-1).
This was expected to be a close fight, but it ended up a one-sided win for Boyd. In the first Boyd was controlling the fight with sharp jabs and good combinations from both hands. Body shots hurt Clavette in the second and more of the same saw Clavette on the floor twice from body punches. Boyd was on top in the fourth and punishing Clavette in the fifth when the towel came in from Clavette’s corner. In his first fight since March 2010, the 36-year-old from Toronto wins the vacant NABA Canadian title, and gains revenge for a split decision loss to Clavette in 2007. This was Clavette’s first fight since April 2009. His only other inside the distance loss was to Ronald Hearns in 2008.
Pompeii, Italy Light Welter: Samuele Esposito (9-1) W PTS 10 Renato De Donato (7-1). Middle: Endrit Vuka (3-3-1) W PTS 6 Elio Cotena (18-7-5).
Good battle between two relative novices, as Esposito retains Italian title in his third defence. With De Donato at 5’10 ½ “, having height and reach advantage, Esposito has to work his way inside. Southpaw De Donato boxing cleverly slightly ahead after three rounds, but Esposito gets through with some hard shots in the fourth. Fifth sees Esposito, 25, still pressing. In the sixth he traps De Donato on the ropes and scores with a hard volley which sees the referee give De Donato a standing count. Esposito gets through heavily again in the seventh resulting in another standing count. De Donato edges eighth and ninth, but Esposito on top in the last. Scores 97-92, 97-93 and 96-92. Esposito’s only loss was due to an injury. De Donato, 25 can come again as he has good skills. Upset sees Albanian Vuka outpoint Italian Cotena. Vuka was without a win in his previous four fights. Cotena, the nephew of the promoter, lost to Henry Coyle for the vacant WBFoundation title in August.
November 26
Mexico City, Mexico Light Middle: Saul Alvarez (39-0-1) W TKO 5 Kermit Cintron (33-5-1). Middle: Gilberto Ramirez (20-0) W TKO 4 Sam Miller (24-5). Middle: Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6-2) W TKO 1 Edson Espinoza. Feather: Salvador Sanchez (27-4-3) W PTS 12 Alex Monterrosa (17-8-3. Light: Daniel Estrada (27-2-1) W TKO 3 Carlos Parra (14-7-2). Bantam: Andres Gutierrez (19-0-1) W TKO 7 Franklin Varela (19-7). Super Fly: Leo Santa Cruz (18-0-1) W TKO 3 Jorge Romero.
Alvarez retains WBC title for third time as his power proves too much for game Cintron. Alvarez starts well, letting his punches go and pressurising Cintron. The Puerto Rican uses his reach advantage to stick his jab in the face of Alvarez to try to spoil the Mexican’s momentum. Alvarez, the stronger fighter, dangerous with his overhand rights and in the fourth as thunderous right puts Cintron down. The former IBF welter champion makes it to his feet but is caught with more power shots and is left draped over the ropes at the bell, and only just manages to walk back to his corner. Alvarez looking to finish it in the fifth. He walks forward throwing hard shots from both hands, but is caught with a left from Cintron that makes him take a few steps back. He then just gestures for Cintron to try it again. Alvarez stalks Cintron from corner to corner. Cintron looking exhausted tries to fire back but Alvarez just marches forward looking to land that overhand right. When it does explode on Cintron’s chin the Puerto Rican begins to tumble but the referee jumps in, holds him up, and waives the fight over. The 21-year-old “Canelo” makes it 29 wins by KO/TKO. He has defensive faults, but he is relentless with tremendous power, and a good chin. Cintron, 32, who himself has 28 wins by KO/TKO, and drew with Sergio Martinez in 2009, showed lots of courage, but did not have the strength to keep Alvarez off.
Prospect Ramirez had to climb off the floor to beat Colombian Miller. Having overcome that shock, the 6’2 ½” southpaw proceeded to punish Miller until the fifth. With Miller trapped in a neutral corner and taking heavy punishment the referee stopped the fight. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for 20-year-old Ramirez, the last13 in a row. Miller, 32, was a tough test on paper. He had gone the distance with Marco Antonio Rubio and David Lopez, lost a majority decision to Brian Vera, and won the WBC USNBC title in October 2010 with a stoppage victory over previously unbeaten Isaac Rodrigues in Verona.
Not previously considered a puncher Ishida made it two first round wins in a row as he flattened late sub Espinoza with a right. The 36-year-old Japanese fighter, a former WBA interim light middle champ, put away James Kirkland in 112 seconds in April. Salvador Sanchez “Sal II” gives value for money, but sometimes seems to want to win the hard way.
Over twelve exciting rounds Sal II and Colombian Monterrosa fought a hard toe-to-toe battle. Sal II had to bounce back from a knockdown in the eighth and stage a big finish to just get the close unanimous decision. Scores 115-113 twice and 115-112. The 26-year-old nephew of the great Salvador Sanchez retained his WBC Cabofe title and makes it eight wins in a row. Monterrosa is better than his record suggests as he failed to win any of his first five bouts, and after that poor start has only lost to good quality opposition. He has never been stopped. WBC No 4 Estrada, 26, had to recover from the shock of finding himself on the floor in the first round of his fight with Parra. He recovered and a right in the third had Parra out on his feet when the fight was halted. Estrada has 20 wins by KO/TKO and has lost only one of his last 24 fights. Fellow Mexican Parra was unbeaten in his last seven fights. Parra was the fourth victim in Tim Bradley’s career being stopped in the first round by “Desert Storm” in 2005.
Teenager Gutierrez wins the vacant WBC Fecarbox title with a stoppage of Varela. The 18-year-old Mexican took the fight inside and had Varela on the defensive from the opening bell. In the seventh Gutierrez had Varela trapped in his own corner, and in deep trouble when the referee stopped the fight. Gutierrez has 16 wins by KO/TKO. Venezuelan Varela, 34, has lost 3 of his last 4, including losses to Scott Quigg and Cuban Alexei Collado. Santa Cruz extends his unbeaten run with a stoppage of Romero. A sustained body attack from the 23-year-old Californian-based Mexican was just too much for Romero. In the third a left hook to the body put Romero down on his knees in pain and the referee stopped the fight. Ten wins by KO/TKO for Santa Cruz. The last eight in a row.
Mazatlan, Mexico Bantam: Jorge Arce (59-6-0,2ND) W PTS 12 Angky Angkotta (25-6). Super Fly: Juan Alberto Rosas (36-6) W PTS 12 Zolani Tete (15-2). Light: Mahonri Montes (24-0-1) W KO 4 Jorge Pimentel (24-134. Light Welter: Ricardo Alvarez (12-1-2) W TKO 6 Victor Dominguez (7-15-2).
No feeling-out in this fight. Indonesian Angkotta scores with two hard rights early in the first and war commences. Arce throwing lots of punches in the second, but gets a warning for a low blow. Arce has a big third round with a volley of punches that has Angkotta reeling, but Angkotta fires back at the end of the round. The pace then dropped for a couple of rounds but in the seventh Angkotta scores with a hard overhand left and a clash of heads sees Arce with a slight cut on his left eyebrow. Angkotta has a good eighth rocking Arce with two rights. From the ninth, feeling he was well in front, Arce changes his tactics and boxes more. Arce picking up the points despite another warning for a low blow in the tenth. Back to a war footing in the eleventh as Arce batters Angkotta around the ring, but Angkotta is brawling back at the end of the round. Arce just trying to keep out of trouble in the last with Angkotta trying to find a punch to turn the fight. A clash of heads sees Angkotta badly cut but too late to have any impact of the fight. Scores 117-112 twice and 118-110. Arce, 32, in his 18th world title fight (not counting interim title fights-which I don’t) wins vacant WBO bantam title. His fourth in different division (fifth if you count interim titles-which I don’t). An amazing career when you consider that he won his first world title in 1998. Indonesian Angkotta was looking for revenge after losing on a technical decision to Arce for the vacant WBO super fly title in January 2010. Angkotta had had only one fight since then.
Rosas gets very debatable majority verdict over South Africa southpaw Tete. The tall, slim Tete controls the fight with his jab and good movement when it on the outside with Rosas doing better work inside. Despite a strong finish from Rosas, and the deduction of a point for a low punch in the last round, Tete looked to be worth at least a draw. Scores 115-112 twice and 113-113. Former IBF champion “The Monster” Rosas, 26, has won 8 of his last 9 fights. In the loss he dropped his IBF title to Cris Mijares in December. Tete’s only other loss was to IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane in September 2010. IBF No 12 Montes, 22, hits too hard for soft-chinned Pimentel and puts him away in round four to make it 19 wins by KO/TKO. One of the best fights on the card sees “Dinamita” Alvarez stop late substitute Dominguez in six rounds. Ricardo is the elder brother of Saul Alvarez.
Cincinnati, USA Super Feather: Adrien Broner (22-0) W KO 3 Vicente Rodriguez (34-3-1). Super Bantam: Gary Russell Jr (19-0) W KO 1 Heriberto Ruiz (47-12-2). Heavy: Deontay Wilder (20-0) W KO 1 David Long (11-2-2).
Broner, 22, wins vacant WBO title. The hometown fighter shows good skills against modest Argentinian. Rodriguez has a good second round but Broner closes the show in the third. Turns Rodriguez onto the ropes and lets go a barrage of punches. Rodriguez ducking and weaving but hurt with a right and put down and out with a left hook to the chin. “The Problem” has 18 wins by KO/TKO and looked a class act, both in defence and in power. He has now won 12 of his last 13 fights by KO/TKO. For Rodriguez, 26, it was his first loss inside the distance. The form book said Broner for sure. Rodriguez had lost to Australian William Kickett and Broner floored Kickett twice on the way to a sixth round kayo win. Olympian Russell look sensational in flattening experienced Ruiz in just over two minutes. Ruiz opens with a body attack and southpaw Russell looking to counter with his right hook. As Ruiz comes in close a right hook slams into his jaw and he is out cold. Russell, 23, won the National Golden Gloves and US championships at the age of 16. He won an Olympic berth, but lost consciousness in the dormitory and missed his weigh-in, so never got to fight. Ruiz, 34, a pro since 1994, lost to Rafael Marquez for the IBF bantam title in 2004. Another rubbish match for Wilder. Long hardly throws a punch. The first punches Wilder, 26, throws in anger, a left and a following right, put Long out and the referee does not even bother to count. Wilder has won all 20 of his “fights” by KO/TKO (Tyson won his first 19 that way, but fought James Tills in fight No 20). The 6’7” tall Olympic bronze medalist is trained by Olympic gold medalist Mark Breland, but there is no substitute for fighting a real opponent in the ring.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico Light Welter: Humberto Soto (57-7-2,1ND) W KO 4 Adailton De Jesus (29-7). Welter: Jose Luis Castillo (63-11-1) W TKO 2 Sammy Ventura (26-22-1,1ND). Light: Marvin Quintero (24-3) W TKO 3 Virgilio Ramirez (4-4-2). Light Fly: Luis Ceja (20-1-3) W TKO 3 Jose Aguilar (10-4-2). Bantam: Julio Ceja (17-0) W TKO 2 Elvis Guillen (7-5-2).
Soto just rolls over Brazilian. The former undefeated WBC super feather and light champion looking to take De Jesus out from the first bell. De Jesus tries to stem the tide but does not have the power to match Soto. In the third round punches from Soto cause a swelling by the left eye of the Brazilian and he is floored at the end of the round, and saved by the bell. Another barrage of punches in the fourth dumps De Jesus on the floor and the referee stops the fight without a count. Now 34wins by KO/TKO for the 31-year-old Soto. De Jesus, 33, went the distance with Marco Antonio Barrera last year, but was also stopped in two rounds by Ric Dominguez. Oldie Castillo has no trouble putting away fellow-veteran Ventura in two rounds. Southpaw Quintero makes it four wins since kayo loss to Daniel Attah in November last year. The Ceja brothers both scored quick wins. Elder brother Luis, 21, made it 17 wins by KO/TKO and Jorge, 19 moved to 16 wins by KO/TKO, the last 15 in a row.
Trabzon, Turkey Welter: Selcuk Aydin (23-0) W PTS 12 Ionut Dan Ion (29-2). Middle: Ben Simon (22-1) W TKO 1 Ruslan Rodivich (8-5).Heavy: Ondrej Pala (30-2) W PTS 12 Darnell Wilson (24-13-3). Heavy: Erkan Teper (7-0) W TKO 2 Cisse Salif (24-19-2).
“Mini-Tyson” Aydin goes over old ground and again outpoints Romanian Jo Jo Dan. Dan, 27, has the reach and height edge, but Aydin the speed and power. The classic example came in the very first round. Dan was jabbing his way to putting the round into the bag when a two punch combination floored him. Up quickly he took the standing count, and then went back to work with his southpaw right jab and straight lefts. The pattern was almost the same in every round. Dan was the busier fighter throwing 3 or 4 punches to each one thrown by Aydin. The 28-year-old Turk was the heavier puncher and caught most of the punches from the Romanian southpaw on his high guard. The fight was untidy at times and the refereeing fussy beyond belief. Aydin floored Dan again in the eleventh, but lost a point in the last for holding. Scores 113-112 twice and 115-111. Those two knockdowns were the deciding factor. Dan could be excused for feeling unlucky as he both threw, and landed, many more punches than Aydin, but did not have the power to impose himself on the fight, and Aydin was always dangerous with his right crosses. Dan had cuts around both eyes and it was said that he may have also suffered a fractured jaw. These two had fought each other in June 2010 when Aydin won a split decision for the WBC Silver Belt. Despite winning that fight Aydin has not had a sniff of a title shot and finds himself at No 2 in the WBC ratings, behind Devon Alexander-who has never had a fight at welterweight!
“Iron Ben” Simon pads his record with a one round stoppage of Belarus southpaw Rodivich. Simon has 21 wins by KO/TKO and has won his last 18, but the opposition has been modest at best. Rodivich has lost 4 of his last 5 fights, and this was his second kayo loss in 21 days. Czech Pala makes first defence of his WBO European title by beating American Wilson! Pala too big and strong for Wilson who is really just a beefed-up light heavy. Scores 118-110 twice and 120-111. Now 19 wins in a row for Pala. Wilson, 37, has won only one of his last nine fights. That was a win over an injured Juan Carlos Gomez. Germany heavy Teper, 29, halts late sub Salif in two. The 6’5” Teper was a good class amateur. Salif, 40, has won only one of his last ten fights, but the last time he failed to go the distance was against Ray Austin in 1999.
Geneva, Switzerland Light: Guillame Frenois (24-0) W PTS 12 Patrick Kinigamazi (16-1).
Excellent match-up for this fight for the UFB title. It was a hard fought battle featuring the sharp accurate punching of Frenchman Frenois against the constant pressing of Ruanda-born, Swiss based Kinigamazi. The skills came out on top with the unanimous verdict going to unbeaten Frenois on scores of 116-112, 116-113 and 115-113. The UFB stands for the Union Francophone de Boxeo. This is not yet another “world” title. Rather it is like the Commonwealth title as it is open to fighters from the 56 French speaking countries around the world. The Honorary President is Jean-Claude Bouttier. The Francophone tournament has been a regular fixture in amateur boxing for many years.
Buenos Aires, Argentina Welter: Diego Chaves (20-0) W KO 3 Jorge Miranda (44-13). Light Middle: Javier Maciel (20-2) W KO 1 Nestor Faccio (15-4-2,1ND).
“The Jewel” Chaves, 25, keeps his winning run going as he kayos outclassed Miranda in three rounds. It was pain for Miranda from the first round. He was sent reeling by a right cross and hurt by body punches. More in the second as Chaves adds straight rights and more body shots. In the third Chaves gets through with a left hook to the body, a right uppercut and then a left hook to the body that left Miranda gasping on the floor for the full count. Fifth defence of his WBO Latino title and win No 16 by KO/TKO. Chaves represented Argentina at the 2005 and 2007 World championships, but losses to Erislando Lara and Demetrius Andrade in the Americas qualifiers cost him a spot at the 2008 Olympics. Maciel, 27, gets the job done inside a minute. A left hook to the body, a right to the chin and another left hook to the body and Uruguayan “Bonehead” Faccio unable to rise before the ten. “La Bestia” has 14 wins by KO/TKO and retains his interim WBO Latino title. His only loss in his last ten fights was a good, but unsuccessful, challenge for the WBO middle title against Dmitry Pirog in March. He then moved down to light middle and this was his second one round finish since then.
Nadi, Fiji Super Middle: Joseph Kwadjo (21-5) W KO 2 Zulfikar Joy Ali (31-13-6). Light Welter: Farzan Ali Jr. (27-5-2) W PTS 8 Oli Filimaua (6-1-1).
Ghanaian Kwadjo, 26, just too strong and powerful for Fijian Ali and scores kayo in second. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Kwadjo as he bounces back from two consecutive losses in Australia. He beat Ali on points in December 2009. Kwadjo is said to be facing WBFoundation champion Francesco Passanante in his next fight. The 32-year-old Ali is 2-4 in his last six. Younger brother Farzan saves the night for the family by taking unanimous decision over Samoan Filimaua. The 31-year-old Furzan has been Fijian champion at bantam, super bantam, feather and at light welter, and is current welter champion.
Saint Maur, France Welter: Loic Foure (17-8-2) W PTS 10 Stefan Worth (12-2-1).
Hometown fighter gets a close unanimous verdict over German Worth. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93. Foure, 31, in best condition of his career, needs all of his strength to win against younger Worth in close, exciting contest. Despite losing four of his last five fights going in Foure is now WBFederation Intercontinental champion. Worth, 26, had won his last seven.
Saint-Nazaire, France Light Welter: Abdoulaye Soukouna (13-10-6) W PTS 10 Bastien Laforge (14-2-1).
Soukouna, 31, retains French title for third time with unanimous decision over official challenger Laforge. The challenger coming forward all the time and Soukouna boxing cleverly on the counter. The experienced Soukouna uses every trick in the book to break up the attacks of hometown fighter Lafarge, 33, and picks up enough points to take the unanimous decision. Scores 97-93, 96-93, 96-94. Soukouna lost to Lee McAlister and Gavin Rees .
Podgorica, Macedonia Super Middle: Nikola Sjekloca (23-0) W PTS 12 Peter Mashamaite (19-9-1).Light: Dejan Zlaticanin (14-0) W PTS 12 Godfrey Nzimande (22-4-3).
Sjekloca makes third defence of his WBC International title. The 33-year-old Montenegrin started well and had a good lead after the first four rounds. Former South African champion Mashamaite, 29, came into the fight more over the next four, but was behind by three points on two cards and six on the other going into the last four rounds. As Sjekloca tired Mashamaite began to close the gap and Sjekloca lost a point for holding, but took the majority decision on scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 114-111. First fight since July 2010 for Mashamaite. Zlaticanin wins vacant WBC International title with decision over South African feather champion Nzimande. Zlaticanin, 27, in charge due to his higher work rate and more accurate punching. Wins wide unanimous verdict, but many rounds were close and scores do reflect the effort put in by the South African. Scores119-110 twice and 119-109. Zlaticanin represented Montenegro at the 2003 World championships and was a quarter finalists at the 2006 European championships. Nzimande is in his second reign as South African champion.
Bialystok, Poland Light Heavy: Doudou Ngumbu (28-3) W PTS 12 Aleksy Kuziemski (22-4). Light Heavy: Dariusz Sek (14-0-1) W PTS 8 Mantas Tarvydas (18-12).
Minor upset as French-based Congolese boxer Ngumbu wins vacant WBFederation title with unanimous verdict over Kuziemski. The speed and accuracy of Ngumbu always gave him the edge. Scores 118-111 twice and 116-113. The intent had been to import an easier opponent for the Pole, but TV refused to accept the nominated opponent and insisted on a better match. It proved too good a match for Kuziemski, who blamed a lack of suitable sparring partners for his loss. Of the two of the losses suffered by Ngumbu, one was a majority decision and one a split decision. All three of his losses have been in the opponent’s backyard. Kuziemski lost to Juergen Braehmer for the WBO interim title in 2009 and for the full title to Nat Cleverly in May. Prospect Sek, 25, who represented Poland at the 2007 World championships, makes it six wins by KO/TKO with stoppage of Lithuanian Tarvydas who has lost 4 of his last five fights by KO/TKO.
Jefferson City, USA Heavy: Chauncy Welliver (51-5-5) W DIS 7 Galen Brown (36-18-1,4ND).
Brown gets thrown out in the seventh for excessive holding. Now 16 wins in a row, and sixth defence of his WBC Continental Americas title, for 28-year-old Welliver.
Mexico City, Mexico Welter: Pablo Munguia (13-3) W TKO 9 Juan Jesus Rivera (9-6).
“The Gravedigger” Munguia retains Mexican title for the first time with stoppage of Rivera. Fight is even over the first four rounds, but then Munguia puts on his usual pressure show, wearing Rivera down, with the referee saving the exhausted challenger in the ninth.
