Ikeke retains NABA title
By Shamus Young, FightNews.com
Kingsley “Sharp Knuckle” Ikeke retained his NABA Super Middleweight title via a 10 round majority decision over Zane Marks at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA. After a slow start, Ikeke (now 27-3) controlled the fight with his height and reach. Marks (now 17-5) picked spots and lunged in with short combinations and stunned Ikeke in the 7th. Ikeke was able to ride out Marks’ brief bursts of offense and outwork him from distance. Scores were 95-95 and 97-93 twice. Fightnews scored it 96-94 for Ikeke.
April 4, 2010
McEwan stops Andrews in 8th
(Source: Andreas Hale, FightNews.com)
Deep on the undercard of the much anticipated Roy Jones - Bernard Hopkins rematch, Canadian Light Middleweight king Kris "The Hitman" Andrews saw action, taking on undefeated middleweight prospect Craig McEwan in an 8 round showdown.
The Freddie Roach trained McEwan passed his toughest test to date, stopping the Canuck at 2:11 of the 8th round. While there were no knockdowns, Andrews (15-9-2, 4KOs) was rocked by a right hand and the followup barrage ended his night with less than a minute to go in the fight. McEwan, with the victory, moves to 18-0, 10 KOs.
April 4, 2010
by Lev Jackson, FightNews Canada
2010-04-04
The return of the Rumble At The Rock series at the River Rock Casino also marked the return of current Canadian light heavyweight champion Junior “The Real Deal” Moar. In his return, Moar faced durable American Billy Bailey over eight thrilling rounds.
For Moar, it seemed business as usual on his way to the ring. His native drums have become a true crowd pleaser in his adopted hometown for Richmond, BC. The bout began with Moar throwing consistent work to the body, outboxing his opponent. Moar stayed busy in the early going showing little to no ring rust from his year absence. Though Bailey would come on putting together strong combinations at the end of the second round, it was Moar who weathered the storm and stayed in control. Moar would continue to out work and out hustle his tough adversary hurting Bailey with a body combination in round 4, and rocking him to the head in round 5. After being thoroughly out boxed for the first 5 rounds of the fight, Billy Bailey resorted to roughhouse tactics and nailed Moar with a drilling low blow in round 6. After a few seconds of recovery Moar once again took complete control of the fight. Moar would continue to out work his opponent all the way through the 8th and final round and would not stop swinging until the final bell.
“It was a very good fight, with a very tough opponent” Moar told Fightnews after the win. “The guys head was made of cement, I had to hurt him to the body, which I did. I felt great in there and I want to be back as soon as possible. I had a lot of inspiration (referring to the birth of his new born daughter), I wanted to go home and hold her at the end of the night and say Daddy is a winner”.
With the win, the new father improves his record to 8-2 (2Ko’s) and showed the country there is a reason he is champ. Moar showed the grit, skill, stamina and heart of a true champion. Billy Bailey for his best efforts falls to 10-6 (4Ko’s).
The semi main event featured the comeback of former amateur standout Steve Lowry. Lowry who had not fought since 2002 looked to shake off the ring rust against American Will Williams. In the early going Lowry looked very good, boxing and moving around his tall, rangy opponent showing exactly why he had such success in amateurs and his short pro career. Things were looking as though they were going his way until 2.06 into the first frame when Lowry got caught with a straight left that he (nor the crowd for that matter) didn’t see coming. He hit the canvas hard before coach Dave Shuck threw in the towel. With the win, Will Williams goes back to the States with a 3-1 (2Ko’s) record, while Lowry slips to 4-2-1 (2Ko’s).
Dave Petryk stole the show and picked up the first win of his pro career as he battered and bruised debuting Dwayne Welsh in a welterweight contest. Petryk was consistent throughout and won by scores of 40-36. With the win Petryk picks up his record to 1-1-1.
Other bouts of the night saw Ty McDougal score a technical knockout against Victor Wang after Wang could not answer the bell for the 3rd round. McDougal improves to 1-1-1 (1Ko), while Wang losses his pro-debut.
In heavyweight action Jaime Walton and Sandy Pembroke clinched and held to a 4 round stalemate. In the relatively uneventful contest it was Pembroke’s pressure versus Walton’s countering. With the draw Walton is now 3-2-3 (2Ko’s) and Pembroke is 0-0-1.
Wendy Roy picks up the first win of her career as she outworked debuting Sarah Marshal. For Roy is at seventh times a charm and she has come so close but yet so far in all her previous contests. With the win she moves her record to 1-7.
_____________________________________________________________________Lemieux blows out Smichet!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
2010-04-03
It was lights out for both Walid Smichet and the Montreal Casino as twenty-one year-old David Lemieux closed the show with a TKO victory at the :57 second mark of the second round Saturday night as boxing returned to the venue for the final time.
The 700-seat facility which was home to forty-five shows will go dark for the next four years as extensive renovations take place to the facility. Lemieux ended things with bang though as he took the usually rugged Smichet and battered him from the opening bell to a quick ending, staggering the Tunisian born fighter several times along the way.
Lemieux who scores his 21st knockout in his 22nd fight retains his Canadian super-middleweight title with the victory and moves onwards and upwards, and is set to headline on June 11th at 10,000 seat Uniprix Stadium against an opponent to be named on Tuesday by promoter Yvon Michel. It was fitting that Lemieux closed the doors on the Casino, as like many headliners who appeared before him, he seems to have outgrown the small but vibrant room.
Smichet who fell short in a close majority decision loss to then undefeated John Duddy in 2008 has now lost five of his last eight and falls to 20-7-2 with the loss.
Lemieux was able rock his opponent several times in the opening round, the first time coming a minute in after following a pair of right hands with a short left to the temple that Smichet never saw coming. A right hand to the body that almost jack-knifed Smichet in two and a left uppercut later in the round also proved to do serious damage.
The second round began much the same way the first round ended, with Smichet eating a ton of leather. The former Canadian middleweight champion was a bit more aggressive to start the round, perhaps knowing the end was near, but that only allowed Lemieux more openings than he already had. A final left hand followed up by two right hooks put Smichet down to the canvas, staggering to his feet at six and stumbling sideways to his corner.
Referee Gerry Bolen gave Smichet every chance to continue but it was clear that this one was over. “If he had of kept going, he would have been hurt badly,” said the referee. “He couldn’t answer me or walk towards me, better the fight be stopped and think of his career.”
Lemieux stated that he was surprised that Smichet was willing to trade punches with him from the beginning. “My main objective was not tot get hit, I got hit by one shot I wasn’t expecting, but that was it. He surprised me though, anytime I was able two or three punches, he was always able to come back. He wasn't doing it coming in, but anytime I’d unload and think I had him, he’d come up with something.”
Lemieux who has seen two-thirds of his twenty-one fights at the Montreal Casino stated he’ll be sad to see the facility close. “It’s close to my house and enjoy coming here,” said the powerful fighter, “The fans are great and always supported me, I’ve grown as a fighter since starting here.”
Trainer Russ Anber agrees, stating that the last seven months that Lemieux who will campaign at middleweight on the world stage has grown exponentially. “He has been growing at an incredible rate,” said Anber, “I believe he’s outgrown the Casino, every time out he brings something new to the table.”
It was an emotional night according to promoter Yvon Michel who put on 45 cards and a staggering 260 fights. “People were skeptical at the beginning,” said Michel, “They thought that facility and doing monthly shows here would not be viable. But we had a regular season, doing monthly fights that were able to move our boxers through the rankings and have them gain valuable experience.
“I believe it helped build boxing in Quebec. It was a transitional place where we saw boxers move on. Otis Grant came within one fight of a world championship, and we saw both Joachim Alcine and Jean Pascal both go on to world championships. Sebastien Demers, Hermann Ngoudjo and Olivier Lontchi also went on to world title fights. We’re going to miss it.”
Bizier domiantes Negron
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Kevin Bizier needed rounds and got them as he defeated Wilfredo Negron 80-70 on all three scorecards. Bizier who had scored three consecutive first round knockouts coming in was put on notice from the opening bell as the initial handshake turned into an ill-fated left hook. Negron missed on the sucker-punch attempt but did serve up a steady diet of low blows on the night, being deducted points in both the 4th and 8th rounds.
The Puerto Rican fighter who has gone the distance with both world title challenger Cosme Rivera and Henry Brusseles was also warned a half dozen times by referee Marlon Wright.
Bizier who went eight for the first time was able to land his left to the body that has crippled lesser opponents in the past and when Negron was still standing, was able to land the rest of his repertoire, sustaining a body attack for the duration and showing a dexterity in throwing some good uppercuts and right hooks in a complete effort. Negron was set on survival though and this one ended up going the distance with Bizier dominating throughout.
April 3, 2010
Lupo pounds out decision
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Canadian welterweight champion Victor Lupo won an eight round 80-72, 80-71, 78-74 unanimous decision over Antonio Soriano setting the stage for a title defense with undefeated Montreal boxer Kevin Bizier in June. This one was all Lupo who came out of the gates with an aggressive body attack in the first two rounds and when Soriano tried turning the tables in the third with his own work to the body, Lupo was able to land a massive left counter off the ropes, backing up the Mexican and following up with a barrage for the duration of the round. Lupo loaded up with the right hand and went after Soriano from the bell in the fifth, leaving the fighter a bloody mess as the fight progressed into the final rounds. Lupo did his best to close the show in the eighth, deliberately going to the body before viciously coming back upstairs. Lupo’s aggressiveness did almost hurt him in the final round as Soriano did momentarily land a left hand counter that did stun Lupo and had him backing off for a few seconds before regrouping and reloading for the final minute.
April 3, 2010
Lafreniere settles for draw
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
It didn’t quite go the way he anticipated, but Howard Grant trained junior-middleweight Francis Lafreniere escaped with a majority draw in his pro debut to trial horse Patrick Tessier whose record now reads 3-11-1. On the one scorecard that didn’t read 38-38, Lafreniere who rocked by a pair of lefts in the final seconds, got the nod by 38-37 score.
April 3, 2010
Vargas downs Corona
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Fighting in his first six rounder, welterweight Samuel Vargas scored a 59-55 decision on all three scorecards and notched his third victory in as many tries versus Jose Leonardo Corono who falls to 8-11. Both fighters stood toe-to-toe in the first half of this one with very little in the way of defense. Vargas settled down and got back to boxing in the second half in the fight, showing an effective jab that helped fend off an aggressive attack from Corona. Vargas seemed fatigued in the final, the only round given to his opponent on the night.
It was the fifth straight appearance in Montreal for Corona who has now lost four in a row since upsetting Stephane Desormiers via knockout in 2007. Since that time, Corona has now lost to Jo Jo Dan, Phil LoGreco, Kevin Bizier and now Vargas.
April 3, 2010
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by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2010-03-27
After what was by far the most entertaining undercard in eleven tries at Casino Rama, the main event was warmly welcomed by the Canadian fans awaiting the arrival ringside of Steve Molitor who would finally get his chance at redemption, and his shot to get his IBF junior featherweight title back. The 'Canadian Kid' did not disappoint, scoring a unanimous 116-112, 117-111, 115-113 decision over the IBF #1 ranked contender, Takalani Ndlovu of South Africa, the same fighter Molitor stopped in his first ever world title defence some 3 years earlier!
The fight started typical of Steve Molitor, slow...however Molitor landed more than his counterpart in combat, and landed by far the hardest punch of the round, a straight left hand! The second round wasn’t much different as both boxers appeared to be going through a thorough feeling out process. Molitor slightly picked up the pace in the 3rd round, yet both fighters continued to fight with a lot of hesitation. Molitor still appeared to edge out what was a lack-lustre round. The slow paced continued in the 4th round, with both fighters slightly stepping up the pace. By now the fans at Rama were well into asking for more from both boxers in the ring.
Up to this juncture of this world title fight, round 5 undoubtedly packed the most punch! Molitor began letting his fists fly in flurries, scoring at his highest rate in this bout. Ndlovu also let his hands go at a higher rate this round and caught Molitor with the best punch of the round, right before the bell, a beautiful straight right hand that landed flush. Molitor absorbed the punch well.
Ndlovu continued to turn the tide with a much improved showing in the 6 round. Neither fighter was hurt during the rounds many exchanges, but Ndlovu definitely showed improved confidence and the ability to land on his quicker opponent. Molitor was able to turn the tide his way in the 7th round. A defensively sound Molitor began utilizing his superior footwork and hand speed to out-score the #1 ranked South African, while making Ndlovu miss repeatedly. The action continued in the 8th round, and the Rama crowd responded chanting “Stevie” repeatedly. It had been a while since the Canadian fans showed this kind of love for Steve Molitor, and Molitor responded with a solid round.
In fairness, so did Ndlovu! The 9th and 10th rounds were simply put, more of the same; Molitor doing just enough to seemingly edge out the round, and for his part Ndlovu just shy of doing enough himself for the most part. Molitor began to show glimpses of “The Canadian Kid” of old in the 11th round, fighting off many different angles, and landing some of the best combinations of the fight thus far as a result. In the final minute of the final round, the hometown crowd really made some noise for “The Canadian Kid” and Molitor responded by once again letting his hands go.
When everything was all said and done, the officials at ringside scored the bout, 116-114, 117-111, and 115-113, all in favour of the NEW IBF Super Bantamweight World Champion, Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor! With the win, Steve Molitor's impressive record now sits at 32-1, with 12KO’s while Ndlovu in defeat sees his record fall to 30-6.
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by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2010-03-27
The Canadian heavyweight title was on the line at Rumble XI, pitting two undefeated fighters for the first time in Canadian history against one another for the coveted golden strap of Canada! Both Neven Pajkic and the defending champion Greg “The Steel Pole” Kielsa came into this fight with identical record at 11-0 (5KOs) and both would show why they are considered two of the best heavyweights in the country. It would be the challenger Pajkic who would prevail, winning a convincing 100-90, 99-91, 99-91 decision over Kielsa.
The first round shockingly saw Neven Pajkic as the more complete boxer, landing very efficiently to Kielsa’s body, and outlanding Kielsa to the head as well. As in most Pajkic fights, there was some rough housing in the openning round, to which Kielsa responding throwing a few wild haymakers of his own, all of which missed their mark.
Round 2 was more of a wrestling match early on. Pajkic and Kielsa then did what every fan in attendance was hoping for, stood their ground and bang away. Kielsa definitely caught the worst of the exchanges and appeared to be somewhat hurt by Pajkic’s power! Unbelievably, it was Pajkic still throwing and landing the majority of the punches in round 3. Kielsa did land an awesome straight left hand to Pajkic’s head at the end of the round to which Pajkic just seemed to shake off. The fourth round saw both fighters continuing to move at the same pace as the previous rounds. Pajkic was seemingly pitching a shut-out at this early juncture of the fight!
Fatigued began to set in for both fighters early in the 5th round. Just when it appeared that Kielsa was getting back into the fight, Pajkic stopped the momentum and went back to pummelling his Polish counterpart for the last minute of the 5th. Blood could be seen slightly flowing from Pajkic’s forehead as the bell rang to mark the half way point of this fight. The bout continued as a topsy-turvy affair in a tight 6th round! However Pajkic went back to dominating his foe through-out the vast majority of the 7th and the 8th round.
In the 9th round things got even worse for Kielsa! Pajkic’s punches landing percentage may have hit an all time high in that round, as Pajkic punished Kielsa for most of that round! After Pajkic dominated the final round to cement the victory, most in attendance could see the difference in the two boxer’s demeanour before the scores were read. It was an easy tell of who won the battle! The official scores were unanimous. One judge scored it a shut-out 100-99, and the other two seeing the fight at 99-91, all in favour of Canada’s NEW Heavyweight Champion, Neven Pajkic! Pajkic’s undefeated record now sits at 12-0, with 5Ko’s, while Kielsa slips to 11-1 with his first ever defeat
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by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2010-03-27
The 1st of two world title fights scheduled to go down at Rumble at Rama XI would see the WIBA and IFBA World Champion, Lisa “Bad News” Brown scoring a convincing 99-92, 99-91, 100-90 over a bloodied and battered Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton, capturing the vacant WBA Super Bantamweight World Title.
As the fight opened, it was apparent that Julaton was the much faster fighter. But give “Bad News” her due, she was the much busier fighter in the opening round, she landed solid to Julaton’s body, and definitely landed the more telling blows.
Brown continued to set the pace in rounds two and three. Julaton though having better rounds than her first one against the craftier Brown, still Julaton bore the brunt of the vast majority of damage done in these two rounds. Round 4 was all “Bad News” as Lisa made target practice of her opponent. Julaton was rocked a few times this round, but give her due credit as well, Julaton proved her toughness.
The onslaught continued in the 5th, and at the mid point of the round, the action was halted for a few minutes as a very bad cut had opened on Julaton's left eyelid. The ringside physician cleared Julaton to continue. That turned out to be bad news as Julaton walked right back into the line of fire.
The 6th was like a re-run of the previous rounds, Brown completely owning Ana Julaton. As the round finished, Julaton’s right eye began to stream blood. Though Julaton smiled at the fans ringside after every round, her face was covered in lumps and blood, one had to wonder how long this fight would go on. Round 7,8 and 9 Lisa Brown continued to destroy the blood covered fighter. The final round finished with both women standing at center ring, just letting bombs go.
The crowd at Rama erupted at the final bell, both for Lisa Brown’s outstanding performance, and equally for Julaton’s heart in making it to the final bell. Brown improves to 17-4-3 (5KO’s) with the huge victory, while Julaton sees her record decline to 6-2-1 in defeat!
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Fountain drained quickly!By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
In the only knockout of the night Justin “The Matrix” Fountain was dispatched quickly by tough Mexican import Fabian Ramirez at 2:59 of the first round. Fountain opened strong, landing heavy body shots, and occasionally upstairs as well. Two minutes into the opening round, both men began to trade combinations to the delight of the Rama crowd who responded loudly. During the exchange, Ramirez landed a solid punch to Fountain’s chin, dropping the Canadian to the canvas. Fountain beat the 10 count, only to have the pummelling continue. A right hook on the button dropped Fountain for a second and final time. Fountain was able to beat the count, but the fight was waived off immediately by the referee. Ramirez improves to 10-1-1 (7Ko’s), while Justin Fountain drops to 6-2-3.
March 27, 2010
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Boyd dominates DouglasWins all-Ontario match-up!
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
In an all Ontario match-up at super-middleweight, Toronto’s Stephan Boyd scored a unanimous decision over Kitchener’s Jason “Friday the 13th” Douglas. The fight opened up as a chess match, both fighters boxed smartly, not giving the other many chances to land anything clean or of significance. Douglas came out as the aggressor in round two, and though he never landed anything major, he definitely caught Boyd’s attention.
This bout got a little sloppy in the 3rd round, thanks in part to the referee jumping in often, with vague instructions for both men. This definitely was a close fight midway through the contest. Douglas upped the tempo, setting a new and faster pace in the 4th. The referee still managing to find a way to slow things down, was greeted with boo’s from the fight fans at Rama a few times this round as well. As the fourth round wore down, both men began trading low blows; the referee oblivious, never gave out one warning for the infractions. Boyd looking to respond to a solid fourth round for Douglas, became the aggressor himself in round 5. Boyd landed numerous solid shots, eventually sending Douglas stumbling off balance.
But Jason Douglas would remain on his feet, shaking his head at his own performance as he returned to his corner. After a great combination landed in a wore torn battle of a final round, the referee somehow decided that Douglas was the only one landing low blows and took 2 points, mere seconds apart.
After what was a pretty entertaining bout with solid performance from both Canadian boxers that was marred by questionable refereeing, the official scores read; 59-53, 57-54, 59-53 unanimously in favour of Stephan Boyd. Boyd now sports a 10-3-1 record with 4KO`s, while Douglas slides back to 7-2-2 in defeat.
March 27, 2010
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Mercedes still running smoothly!By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
In the opening bout at Rumble at Rama XI, prospect Felix “El Destino” Mercedes scored a 59-55, 59-55. 59-54 decision over Mexican import Ivan Flores in a six rounder at welterweight. The fight started somewhat slow, with Mercedes stalking his opponent, landing several strong jabs and finding a home for the right hand upstairs repeatedly. The second round saw more of the same, until midway through when Mercedes caught his Mexican counterpart with a strong jab to the body, which he followed with a brutal right hand to Flores’ temple.
A hurt Flores withstood the attack of Mercedes until he was hammered with a low blow late in the round. The delay ran out the remainder of the round. Mercedes continued to punish Flores throughout the 3rd round, bloodying Flores nose. The fourth and fifth rounds were all Mercedes; as a bloodied Flores was literally taking a beating at this point in the fight. The route continued for the 1st half of the final round, until Flores caught Mercedes with a right uppercut that put Mercedes back on his heels.
Flores fought hard for the remainder of the round; blood flowing from his nose a Mercedes answered some of his shots. Yet another right hand seemed to rock Mercedes slightly, but it was too little too late for Flores. With the win, Mercedes improves to 5-0, (3KO) while Flores moves to 6-5-2 in defeat.
March 27, 2010
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Trupish wins Canadian title!
By
Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada
Edmonton's Adam Trupish won the Canadian Boxing Federation Middleweight title last night with a hard fought unanimous decision over fellow prospect Michael Walchuk in Edmonton, Alberta. The bout was actioned packed from the openning bell as expected. In the end, all three judges saw it the same way 97-93, all for Trupish, giving the former Canadian Olympian his first professional title. The victory moves Trupish to 5-0 with 3 KOs while Walchuk slips to 8-2 with 2 KO victories
On the undercard, former Canadian Cruiserweight champion James Cermak (16-2, 12KOs) stoppped Minnesota's Matt Anderson (6-5-1, 5KOs) at 2:05 of the 2nd round. Following his victory, Cermak called out the current King of the Canadian Cruiserweights, Ryan Henney. Edmonton Super Featherweight CJ Borden (2-0, 2KOs) stopped Longueuil, Quebec's Gerald Audate (0-2) at 2:42 of round 2. Brad Marks (3-1, 3KOs) dropped Ryan Ince (0-1) three times in the openning round to collected the TKO victory. IN a battle of lady Light Welterweights who were making their pro debut, Vennessa Bradford scored a 4 round unanimous decision over Heather Huchins by scores of 40-36 x 3. Rounding out the card had Edmonton Cruiserweight Clayton Gladu (0-4-1) and Burnaby, British Columbia's Jaime Walton (3-2-2, 2KOs) battling to a 6 round draw.
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Demers retires Joppy!
By
Dave Spencer, FightNews
Canada
Super-middleweight Sebastien Demers scored a tough fought majority decision over former three-time world champion William Joppy by 97-93, 97-93, 95-95 at the Casino de Montreal Saturday afternoon. The veteran Joppy was the busier of the two fighters for much of the afternoon but Demers saved his best for last, pounding out and securing the decision over the last two rounds. As was the case the last time Joppy appeared in Montreal (February 2008 versus Lucian Bute) Joppy announced to his retirement to the crowd in attendance, congratulating his opponent on his victory.
Saturday March 6, 2010
Poulard gets by Sharpe!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Nicholson Poulard (14-4 6KO) scored a knockdown of former Canadian middleweight champion Larry Sharpe (24-8-1 12KO) in the opening seconds of their eight round encounter and stayed strong throughout for 78-73, 79-72, 79-72 victory.
A straight right hand up the middle put a squared up Sharpe on his backside about twenty seconds in. The Manitoba fighter was able to escape without any further damage. With a 10-8 already in the bank and a history of fading in the past, Poulard was quite happy to ride out the remainder of the first three minutes with the early lead.
Sharpe was able to get himself back into the fight in the third round, avoiding the powerful right hand of Poulard who was content to load up with powerful hammer for most of the afternoon. The southpaw was able to reach Poulard along the ropes and unloading some nice left hands. Poulard though was able to snatch back momentum in the fourth with Sharpe content to stay back at a comfortable distance and the Montreal fighter content to look the one big shot and often finding it in a round that had limited exchanges. Sharpe was able to win the fifth on all three judges’ scorecards, but the workrate wasn’t enough to slow the hard hitting Poulard who finally upped his production over the final three rounds.
Referee Jean Guy Brousseau did his best to ruin what was a good fight. On a half-hearted ordered break in the 7th round, Sharpe was tagged with a flagrant late right hand. Somewhat disoriented and getting no help from the officials on the day, Sharpe who had to endure a series of low blows that went with little or no warning in the early going pulled a veteran move and took a knee in the corner, taking full advantage of time allotted to him to recover, having doctors check him out. The strategy seemed to work for the southpaw who landed his best right of the day when action finally resumed. It wasn’t enough though to sway the round or the fight as Poulard went onto the decision win.
Saturday March 6, 2010
McGuinness remains undefeated!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Lightweight Logan McGuinness fought his toughest fight to date and notched his 10th victory in as many attempts, coming away with a 77-75,77-75, 79-74 decision over a determined Pedro Navarrete (24-7-3 13KO). This one was not easy for the Orangeville fighter who was on the wrong end of Navarrete’s combinations in the early going, having a tough time establishing position for the first half of the fight. The fourth round belonged all to the Mexican fighter who has proved to be very tough in the past, including taking former world champion Jorge Linares the distance. The final three rounds would prove to be key for Mcguinness who looked to be in his best shape to date and came in at a career low, 129.75 pounds. Down the stretch the Canadian was able to fire back and walk through any combinations that were previously backing him up. McGuinness was able to stay in the pocket, firing away and eventually slowing down and backing up Navarrete who was the first fighter with a winning record to step in the ring with the undefeated fighter. It was a large step up for McGuinness and an impressive victory against a quality opponent.
Saturday March 6, 2010
Bizier takes care of business!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
It took little time for welterweight prospect Kevin Bizier (9-0 6KO) to take care of business, stopping the usually tough Noel Cortez (17-17 12KO) at just 1:29 of the first round. A left hook to the body that was heard throughout the Casino de Montreal brought down the tough Mexican fighter who was making his third Montreal appearance. Cortez remained on his knees for the full ten and well beyond as Bizier celebrated his third first round knockout victory in a row. Cortez in his previous two visits to Montreal had dropped a tight decision to Canadian champion Manolis Plaitis and pushed undefeated Phil Logreco to a majority decision.
Saturday March 6, 2010
Vargas strong in 2nd win!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Welterweight Samuel Vargas remained perfect, moving to 2-0 with a six round decision over Pascal Leonard, sweeping the scorecards with a 60-52, 60-54, 60-54 decision. The Toronto fighter rode a powerful right hand to the body in the early rounds and was able to dominate his Quebec counterpart throughout. It was the first time past four rounds for either fighter and Vargas who had scored an early knockout in his only other bout remained strong throughout. A badly fatigued Leonard battled a cut over his left eye was able to hang on for the final round, doing his best to time his opponent with his right hand, but with little success. Leonard who had been idle for the past eighteen months falls even to 2-2.
Saturday March 6, 2010
___________________________________________________Canadian Super Featherweight champion Pier Olivier Cote moved his record to a perfect 10-0 (6KOs) with a hard fought 6 round unanimous decision over Willshaun Boxley Saturday night at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. Scores of the bout read 57-56 (twice) and 58-56, all in favor for the 25 yr old Canuck. Boxley slips to 5-5.
On the undercard, former Canadian amateur standout Mikael Zewski won his pro debut with a 3rd round stoppage of Kevin Kibler (0-1-1). Time of the stoppage was 1:13.
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By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
In a hard fought 4 rounder in Verona, New York, at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino; Quebec based fighter Lucia Larcinese, with a corner notably void of her trainer Otis Grant, dropped a hard fought contest to New York based fighter Amanda Serrano by way of unanimous decision. Larcinese definitely had her moments, landing many solid punches against her much touted American counterpart. However, with speed, power, and execution all favoring Serrano through-out the bout, Larcinese just did not score enough points to win this very exciting fight, and wound up on the short end of official scores that read 58-56(x2) and 59-54 by ring announcer Discombobulating Jones. With the loss, Larcinese now slips to 4-5, while Serrano moves to 4-0-1 with the victory.
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by Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada
2010-02-15
Saskatoon’s Ryan Henney regained his Canadian Cruiserweight title after outboxing Sarnia, Ontario’s Frank White (7-3-1, 5KOs) over 10 rounds Saturday night in Edmonton, Alberta. It was the third time these two warriors have fought each other. Henney stopped White in 6 rounds in a non title affair in the initial encounter. In their rematch a year later, White took away Henney’s Canadian Cruiserweight title by way of unanimous decision. Saturday night’s rubber match, with the title on the line, was action packed.
The openning round had both men feeling each other out. White attempted to intimidate the former champ but to no avail. Round two brought some excitement to the table as both combatants went toe to toe, landing plenty of leather on the other. An overhand right from White exploded on the chin of Henney half way through round three, sending him to the canvas, something that many other have failed to accomplish. Henney easily beat the count, then wisely hung on to White until his legs returned. The additional time served him well as he was able to escape the round.
Henney again felt the power of White midway through the 4th. During an exchange in the centre of the ring, White's overhand right made Henney’s legs buckle once again. Hurt, Henney fought gallantly through White’s power punches and even managed to turn the round into his favor by putting pressure on White. That would signal the turning point in the bout. Round 5 had White swinging and missing while Henney would dart in, landing a quick combo then moving out of harm’s way.
Henney began to pick White apart over the course of round 6 however, late in the round, White attempted to steal the round by landing some massive punches at the end of the frame. Round 7 had both men in an all out war in the center of the ring. This time Henney attempted to steal the round by landing an impressive combination that sent White stumblin back into his own corner.
Over the next three round (8, 9 and 10) White began throwing caution to the wind, using every punch in his arsenal to get Henney out of there. Henney, in turn, would punch himself out of whenever trouble would arise. When the final bell rang to end the bout, the decision would fall upon the judges to determine the winner. All three judges saw it the same, 96-93 all in favor of Henney who once again is the Cruiserweight champion of Canada.
On the undercard, Edmonton boxing fans had the opportunity to see their own Amy Johnson, who has not fought since Dec 2007 due to injuries, take on Calgary's Peggy Maerz in a 4 round Lightweight female affair. Johnson (5-2-3, 1 KO) looked a little rusty while Maerz taking the action to Johnson and fighting the better fight of the two. Maerz, who was making her pro debut, showed her inexperience by letting Johnson steal away the 4th round and it proved costly as Johnson was able to earn a draw.
Kyle Matuk make his pro debut a winning one but in an odd and bizarre fashion. Matuk was in an all out battle with fellow Edmonton Super Middleweight Justin Berger when, in round 3, Matuk landed a left, right combo that dropped Berger to the canvas. Berger (3-5) immediately rose to his feet and then literally walked out of the ring before his corner could stop him. Left with little choice, referee John Braak ended the bout, awarding the victory to Matuk. Once the official decision was announced as a stoppage victory (TKO3) for Matuk, Berger, who was now back in the ring, dropped to his knees in disappointment. It’s always entertaining to watch Berger fight with his George Foreman cross armed defensive style and his intense eyes that stare right through his opponent but hopefully for his own safety the boxing commission will take a good look at this fight.
Undefeated Calgary prospect Steve Claggett (6-0-1, 1KO) scored a quick knockout of Chicago’s Michael Maley. Claggett landed a devastating right, followed by a left hook to the chin that drove Maley to the mat. Maley (3-7, 3KOs) tried to beat referee Don Smart’s count but the contest was waved off at the 1:31 mark $of the first round.
In a heavyweight showdown, Ryan Ford, a local MMA star and son of former Canadian Lightweight Champion Al Ford, made his pro debut against former Canadian Cruiserweight champion Willard Lewis. Lewis, a onetime world title challenger now on a 20 fight winless streak, showed his experience and granite chin by taking Ford’s best punches over the course of the 4 rounds. Even though Lewis (17-24-3, 9KOs) continued to get rocked every time Ford connected, he kept to his plan of boxing without engaging the younger Ford in a brawl. Judge Craig Metcalfe scored the bout 38-38, William Warwick Jr had the fight 39-37 for Ford while Mark Edel scored all four rounds for Ford.
Edmonton's Anthony “Hits Hard” Lessard (8-5-2) was scheduled to fight Vancouver’s Antonio Dos Santos (2-2) however when Santos' CT scan detected q possible head injury, the fight was cancelled.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Whittom KO'd by Kayode
by Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com
Heavyweight Lateef Kayode remained unbeaten with a second round knockout over David Whitton in a scheduled six round bout before a sold-out crowd of 1,400 last Friday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, CA.
The former amateur star Kayode used good ring generalship and fast hands to keep the advancing Whitton at bay throughout the first round. Undeterred, Whitton threw right hands to the head, at times catching Kayode flush to the head.
Kayode began to counter Whitton, hoping to land after finding openings in Whitton’s defense. Suddenly, a left hook to the temple area of Whitton’s head dropped the normally-durable fighter to the canvas. Referee Jerry Cantu counted Whitton out at 1:23 of the second round.
Kayode, from Hollywood, CA by way of Lagos, Nigeria, improves to 10-0, 9 KO’s. Whitton, from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, drops to 10-12-1, 6 KO’s.
Wednesday February 10, 2010
Lemieux, Ngoudjo victorious!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Knockout sensation David Lemieux (21-0 20KO) entered unchartered territories Saturday as he forced to go the distance against Jason Naugler (18-12-1 11KO), easily scoring a 100-89 victory on all three scorecards in his first headline appearance Saturday at the Casino de Montreal. Lemieux captures the vacant Canadian super-middleweight championship with the victory after dispatching his first twenty opponents in less than five rounds. Lemieux scored a knockdown in the second round, catching Naugler who has only been stopped once with a right hand and sending the Nova Scotian feet flying out from under him. Naugler proved to be a tough nut to crack as he absorbed the best that Lemieux had to offer and was able to offer back giving the Montreal fighter his toughest fight to date.
Former two-time world title challenger Hermann Ngoudjo (18-3 10KO) returned to the ring for the first time in over a year and posted a TKO victory at 1:43 of the 6th round over Silverio Ortiz of Mexico. Ortiz proved to be nothing if not tough for the duration of this one, absorbing the best the Montreal fighter had to offer then inexplicably turned his back on the action and walked to his corner after receiving a right uppercut from Ngoudjo.
“I think he just quit,” explained referee Michael Griffin who was forced to stop the action. “I just wanted to make sure he wasn’t claiming a thumb or something, but I think he just had enough. I can’t give him a timeout, so I had to call the fight.” Ngoudjo was returning for the first time since fighting with a broken jaw for nearly the duration in an IBF championship fight last January versus Juan Urango. It was Ngoudjo’s first fight with new trainer Marc Ramsay and the fighter exhibited an aggressive and busy approach, following good rounds with better rounds. He found the target time and again with a right hand that just couldn’t miss his opponent, peppering Ortiz with uppercuts in the later rounds. It proved to be a good comeback fight for the Cameroon born fighter who used his entire toolbox over the course of the five plus rounds.
Canadian super-lightweight champion Manolis Plaitis (15-0-1 7KO) survived a slow start to post a 59-55, 58-56, 58-56 decision over rugged Mexican opponent Jhonny Navarrete (12-3-1 7KO) and remain undefeated. Plaitis was all too hittable in the early going, standing straight up and not being able to get inside. As the fight wore on though Plaitis found a home for his hooks to the body including the fifth, where the Canadian champ landed some thudding right hands in his most convincing round of the fight. Navarrete provided good opposition and forced the Montreal fighter to work hard for the victory which kept entertaining fighter undefeated.
Toronto fighter Samuel Vargas made his pro debut a successful one as the Toronto fighter stopped Todd Furler at 1:15 of the second round. The Chris Johnson trained welterweight had everything go his way for as long as it lasted sending his Alberta opponent who seemed winded at about the thirty second mark swaying down to the canvas to end the first round. With little coming back his way, Vargas was able to have his way in the second and finished things with a monster right hand to the jaw of Furler that had the fighter stumbling along the ropes and referee Gerry Bolen wisely stepping in and ending things. Furler remains winless as he drops to 0-2-1.
In an exciting local heavyweight matchup, Wayne John (3-0 1KO) outlasted longtime amateur Taffo Asongwed who was making his pro debut by scores 0f 39-37, 39-37, 40-36. Asongwed was able to make things difficult for John in the early going, using the whole ring and countering with some quick counter combinations. But the undefeated John quickly took control over a tiring Asongwed who seemed more concerned mugging to fans and watching himself on the big screen as the fight wore on, offering little over the last two rounds.
Saturday February 6, 2009
__________________________________________________________________________DeLaronde stops Walker
Canadian Light heavyweight prospect Jason DeLaronde returned to the ring for the first time in 15 months, stopping Hannibal, Missouri's Steve "The Spoiler" Walker in the 4 round Saturday night at the Palace Banquet Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. DeLaronde, ranked #6 by the Canadian Boxing Federation at Super Middleweight, collects his 2nd stoppage victory of his career (second in a row), moving his record to 11-0. Walker falls under the .500 mark, sliding to 23-24. On the undercard, Edmonton's James Cermak (15-2, 11 KOs) wasted little time in destroying Alston "Tiny" Brown (3-6-1), stoppping the Vancouver based southpaw in the openning round. Former Canadian title challenger Omar Valdez looked impressive in stopping journeyman Mike Dobbs (11-19, 8KOs) in the second round. Valdez improves to 6-2-3 with 3 KO victories. Undefeated Super Middleweight prospect and former Canadian Olympian Adam Trupish keeps rolling along. Trupish collected his 3 stoppage victory in 4 bouts, halting Halifax's Juan Sanchez in the 3rd round of a scheduled 6 round contest. Trupish moves to 4-0 3 KOs while Sanchez, drops his second in a row, moves to 3-5-1, 2 KOs. Rounding out the card had CJ Bordon winning his pro debut, scoring the KO victory over Dave McQuaker (1-2, 1KO) in the 2nd round in an all Alberta featherweight battle.
Monday February 8, 2010
_____________________________________________________________________Mansour stops Welcome
Windsor, Ontario's undefeated heavyweight prospec Ali Mansour needed just 98 seconds to stop Britton, Michigan's Todd Welcome Friday night at Detroit’s Masonic Temple. Both were on the canvas (although Mansour’s visit was ruled a slip) before the Canuck applied the TKO finisher to raise his record to (8-0, 4 KOs). Welcome goes to (1-2).
Saturday January 30, 2010
Usmanee decisions Ruiz
by Scott Ploof, FightNews.com
Red Deer, Alberta's Arash Usmanee won a controversial unanimous decision over Jorge Ruiz. on Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. A clash of heads caused a halt to the bout in the fifth round of their scheduled six round contest. Since the bout was called to a halt, commission rules stated that the fight go to the scorecards. It was there that Usmanee ultimately won by scores of 50-45, 49-45, and 48-47. The former Canadian amateur standout improves to 5-0 (2KOs) while Ruiz slips to 7-11-2.
Saturday January 30, 2010
____________________________________________________________________Cave defeats DaLuz!
Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Tyson Cave moved his record to 10-0 as a pro, defeating journeyman Robert DaLuz by unanimous decision Friday night at the Palooka’s Boxing Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cave took each of the scorecards by scores of 79-73 and 78-74 (twice). DaLuz drops to 12-24-3.
Sunday January 24, 2010
_____________________________________________________________________by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2010-01-19
In the Main Event at Mississauga, Ontario’s Hershey Centre, in front of about 4,000 spectators, Canadian Welterweight Champ Victor Lupo (17-1-2, 9KOs) entered the ring to battle an opponent in Mexican Ulises Jimenez (16-12-1). Jiminez had been Koed 7 times in those 12 defeats so on paper, the fight looked like a walk in the park for the returning national champion. However, paper can be decieving as Mr. Lupo quickly found out. The fight would see a very rusty Victor Lupo earn himself a draw after 8 rounds in his first bout in nearly two years. In fairness to Lupo, he truly did control the pace for almost the entire bout and he definitely inflicted more damage throughout. A fair case could be made that he deserved the victory. After being dropped on what, from ringside, appeared to be very poor footwork, Lupp found himself in a hole early on. As Lupo slightly stumbling forward directly into the path of a solid right hand from Jiminez, right on the button, that dropped Lupo on the seatof his trunks to produce the first and only knockdown of the fight. From that point on, Lupo’s timing and accuracy issues became apparant. The Canadian champ threw many wild shots while eating his share of leather after opening himself up. It was enough for the officials at ringside to call this battle even (76-75 Jiminez, 77-75 Lupo, and 76-76).
The co-main event rematch between Niagara Falls based fighters, Scott Paul and Harrison McBain. Although it was a very close contest,it did not deliver the same energy or intensity of the first meeting of the two, when they both made their pro debuts. McBain would squeak out a 1 point split decision in a slower paced chess match with the fans being asked if they wanted to see a 3rd fight between these two upon the fight's completion. Judging by the crowd’s response level in comparison to the rest of the evening, the answer was a resounding “No” from the paying fans in attendance. McBain improves to 3-2-1 while Paul slips to 5-4.
The strong brawling Canadian (of Serbian descent) Neven Pajkic improved his undefeated record to 11 wins with no loses when he outslugged Florida Heavyweight Jason Gavern (18-7-3, 8Ko’s) over six rounds. This fight was full of electricity and the fight fans in Mississauga, judging from the noise, loved every minute of it! Neven opened up the bout doing just enough to land more often, and more consistently with his power shots, earning him the nod in the early rounds. Both fighters were rough housing in the ring constantly during the brawl with Pajkic being the obvious instigator as he intentionally looked to trade big shots with the smaller Gavern. Gavern however, came to fight his fight and having only ever been stopped once in his career (at the hands of the undefeated top world ranked Heavyweight Denis Boytsoz), he displayed that he had no quit in his heart. Gavern began to win over some fans for his efforts as he came on strong in spurts as the fight progressed even showboating for both Pajkic and the fans. It was definitely an entertaining bout with Pajkic getting the fans riled up one more time in victory upon the fights completion. Following the official ruling, he presented his challenge to current Canadian heavyweight champion's manager, who was also sitting ringside.
Quebec Lightweight Champion Jorge Banos and Steve Marsh,who fights out of Billy Irwin’s Fight Club gym in Niagara Falls, also did not disappoint. Banos boxed well after picking himself off the canvas early in the 2nd round, twice for what would be a single knockdown on the official scorecards. Banos would attest that Marsh was not necessarily at fault for the 2nd knockdown, when Marsh dropped Banos before the referee waved the fighters to resume. Marsh would show flashes of solid boxing throughout this bout, but definitely not as often as the more experienced and more refined Banos. Banos would deservingly go on to outbox Marsh and win a 58-55, and 57-56 (x2) unanimous decision. Though the result was a disappointment for both Marsh and his new trainer Billy Irwin, both were pleased with the effort.
Heavyweight Denton “Dangerous” Daley (with trainer Dewith Frazer at his side) made his pro debut against a man known more as a trainer of Ontario amateur boxers, Irving Chestnut. Daley who is expected to campaign as a Cruiserweight, accepted this heavyweight challenge to start his career without hesitation. While showing extreme poise under pressure for a young up and coming fighter, Daley's punches were often wild and winging, nothing uncommon for those making their pro debuts. It took Daley less than a minute into the contest to realize that his opponent was not at his level as the showboating and haymakers began to rain upon Chestnut. Winding up the right hand (ala Sugar Ray Leonard), then landing it flush sent Mr. Chestnut to the mat, one of many trip for Irving. After 3 very onesided rounds and 4 trips to the canvas for Chestnut, Daley had his hand raised in victory for the 1st time as a pro.
In an unexpected result to open the show, last minute sub Ritchie Reittie scored an impressive 2nd round knockout over Juliusz Bunda, the 3 time OBA Ontario Golden Gloves Champion. Reittie (1-0, 1KO) may have lost the first round on the cards but things would change dramatically in the 2nd. Reittie started round 2 by firing solid flurries while Bunda looked to continue landing the more powerful punches, mostly to the body. That is until Reittie unleashed a the right hand that landed so cleanly, Bunda’s eyes rolled up into his head. Bunda was sent down under the bottom rope completely out cold forcing the ref to stop the bout immediately and call in the doctor.
Two major notes on this card actually took place in 2 of the local Ontario fighter’s corners. The first would be in the corner of Victor Lupo. Lupo is no longer with Atlas Boxing Club and has joined the Chris Johnson Fighting Alliance camp! Lupo had trained under Johnson for only 3 weeks prior to this bout. Lupo is also the 2nd Canadian Champion to operate out of the CJFA gym, the other is Canadian Bantamweight champion Andrew Kooner. The other very noticeable change was in the corner of Neven Pajkic. Pajkic now calls the Cabbagetown Boxing Club his home , a move made before he even knew who his opponent was going to be. Although not in top form, Pajkic was undeniably in better shape than his last outing, coming in 12 pounds lighter.
The kickoff of the United Promotions 2010 Fight Series had to be viewed as a real success. Ironically, it was the undercard of young up and coming fighters and topped off with a good old fashioned heavyweight tilt that came through in the clutch for the newly formed Boxing Promotion. The 8 Promoters of United Promotions; Don MacDonald, Syd Vanderpool, Billy Irwin, Dewith Frazer, Bryon Mackie, Tyler Buxton, Lee Chisholm and Mike Schmit delivered on a very entertaining evening of Professional Boxing, while keeping a focus on developing young local boxing talent! Look for more of the same at the next event on March 27th, once again at the Mississauga Hershey Centre just outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada!!!
____________________Reyes decisions Darby!
Vancouver welterweight Darren "The Deisel" Darby climbed through the ropes under the familiar lights of the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington Saturday night to take on another undefeated prospect, this time to face Francisco Reyes of Seattle. Darby, who is well known for giving up and coming prospects a good test, once again battled his young adversary tough throughout their 6 round contest in dropping a unanimous decision. Judges had it 58-56 and 60-54 twice for the American fighter. The victory moves the 21 yr old Reyes to 4-0 with 2 KO victories while the 33 yr old Canuck dips to 5-12-3.
Sunday January 10, 2010
Trupish is triumphant!
By Tom Herbert, FightNews Canada
Edmonton's Adam Trupish looked dominant last night as the Edmonton middleweight KO'd Etianne Whitaker in a mere 39 seconds into the opening round at the Palace Banquet Centre in Edmonton. Trupish had Whitaker down twice before the Warren, Ohio fighter had a chance to throw a punch. Just 4 seconds into the bout Whitaker had already found himself on his backside. 35 seconds later, Whitaker was sprawled out on the canvas before the crowd knew what was going on. The win moves the former Canadian Olympian to 3-0 as a pro with two of those victories coming by knockout. Whitaker, who`s best days are long gone, suffers his earliest exit in his 67 bout career, slides to 33-32-2.
Brad "The Body Snatcher" Marks, fighting out of Edmonton, suffered his first loss as a pro on the undercard after dropping a unanimous decision to Toronto's Gregio Jimenez. Jimenez (1-1, 1KO) placed Marks on the canvas 55 seconds into round three and bloodied Marks (2-1, 2KOs) until the final bell. Scores of the bout were 39-37 (Judge Chris Loblick), 40-35 (Judge David Hass), and 39-36 (from Judge Mark Edel).
Edmonton's Rory Coveney collected his first win in his pro debut with a 39-37 x 3 unanimous decision over Brantford, Ontario`s Isaac Maich (1-1). Both men fought well throughout with Coveney landing more punches and combinations to earn the victory.
Saturday January 9, 2010
__________________________________________________________________________One armed Pascal retains title
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
2009-12-11
In a local rematch of global proportions, Jean Pascal (26-1) retained his WBC light-heavyweight with a unanimous 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 decision over fellow Montrealer Adrian Diaconu (25-2) at the Bell Centre in Montreal before a crowd of 8,802 fans. This is the second defense for Pascal who utilized his speed and ring movement and bravely fought the last two rounds with one arm as he returned to his corner after the tenth round grimacing in pain with a separated shoulder. In fact his corner was forced to pop the shoulder back into place a total of three times on the night, the first time coming at the end of the third round.
With Pascal not at one-hundred percent, Diaconu who thought he had won the fight despite all three scorecards being almost identical, failed to take advantage of the opportunities that were there for the taking. Pascal threw a punch to end round three and was in obvious pain as he reached his corner after the bell. It took the champion a full twenty seconds to sit down as he was in that much pain with his corner feverishly working on the arm, putting it back into place and icing it down.
Instead of seizing the opportunity, Diaconu let his opponent off the hook, not attacking Pascal who was more than content to lay on the ropes in hopes of recovering, hanging on and clenching whenever possible. It was one of the few rounds that Diaconu would get the nod, but by the end of it, it was Pascal recovering nicely and landing the cleaner and more effective blows.
Diaconu was able to do some effective work in the next round, going to the body with a double fisted attack, forcing Pascal to drop his hands and then coming back upstairs. Too often though the Romanian would lay in waiting, looking for the perfect shot as Pascal would lay on the ropes but disappear by the time it could be delivered. Diaconu’s corner implored their fighter to go to the body, asking for a straight jab into the chest of Pascal who showed great head movement and was able to avoid most of the head shots coming his way, but it was a weapon that was under-utilized as Pascal had enough ring savvy to avoid the right hands coming his way and counter effectively with some nice combinations.
Pascal also showed how strong he can be when in the seventh, flipping off his stout opponent while in a clench and popping him with right hand, all in one motion. Diaconu a gifted puncher with both hands didn’t seem effective throwing his left and when the two went toe-to-toe as they did briefly during the round, the exchanges clearly favoured Pascal.
The champion who had captured the belt from Diaconu in June of this year came out blazing for the eighth round, ripping at his body in rapid succession. Pascal was like a hurricane, ripping into the body of the Interbox fighter and simply not stopping and landing well over a dozen shots before forcing Diaconu into the ropes in the most dominant round of the fight. Pascal had clearly put the shoulder issue behind for the time being and was beginning to dominate.
But just as he was beginning to pull away, the closing seconds of round ten again saw Pascal’s shoulder go out once again, forcing the fighter to run for cover, and even attempting to call time as the round ended.
Entering the championship rounds with an ailing champion should have been the daylight that Diaconu needed to seize back the fight and his belt but Pascal jabbed and used his left almost exclusively, keeping the Romanian born fighter off balance and unable to penetrate with anything effective. What should have been an all out assault in the final round saw Diaconu fight at a slow pace, often complaining about punches to the back of the head instead of trying for the knockout that scorecards and most at ringside felt he needed.
Up next for Pascal might be Chad Dawson who holds the ‘Interim’ version of the WBC belt at 175 pounds. Promoter Michel has already indicated that Dawson would be willing to travel north to Montreal but also left open the possibility of a fight with IBF champion Tavoris Cloud.
________________________________________________________by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
2009-12-12
Bruised and swollen, Adrian Diaconu had little to say after his loss to Jean Pascal, other than he thought he had won the fight. Diaconu spat out his mouthpiece and ran across the ring with his arm raised as the fight ended, only to have the scorecards tell another story. American judges Richard Flaherty and Julie Lederman both saw Pascal winning the fight by scores of 118-110 and 117-111while Claude Paquette of Montreal thought the same and ruled 117-111 for Pascal.
“My feeling is that in my soul, I did not lose this fight,” said Diaconu afterwards, still trying to piece together what happened. “My feeling is that I won about eight rounds, something like that. I won this fight, to me there’s something fishy, I really don’t want to talk about it. I’ve boxed for twenty years and this is my feeling.”
Most ringside media fell into two camps, those who fell in line with the official scorecards and those who saw a much closer fight, but with Pascal still winning. Fightnews scored the bout 116-112 in favour of Pascal. At 26-2, Pascal is the only boxer who has defeated Diaconu after winning the WBC light-heavyweight title against him in June by a closer 116-112, 116-111 and 115-111.
The 31 year-old vowed to continue on in an attempt to regain his title. “I’m not going to quit like this, I’m not going to give up. I’m going to be back, don’t worry about that.”
Diaconu was apologetic for his remarks, saying what he really felt doing his best to make it not sound bitter and gave credit to Pascal. “He’s a great puncher, he’s strong and he’s fast, but for a title fight, it’s normal. I hurt him a couple of times, that’s boxing.” Trainer Pierre Bouchard felt his fighter controlled the action and that Pascal fought only thirty seconds in most of the rounds. “Jean looked flashy at times,” said Bouchard, “It’s disappointing to me though that a flash of ten seconds is enough to win a round, if that’s the case I might have to change my style of coaching. I thought we controlled the action, with the jab, with body shots. I find it tough to agree they gave him that many rounds.
“I don’t see the fight that way, but three judges did, so probably I’m wrong.”
________________________________________________________Lemieux goes 20 for 20!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
David Lemieux made it a perfect twenty for twenty as he absolutely destroyed Delray Raines (17-7 12KO) of Paris Arkansas, knocking him down three times on his way to a 2nd round knockout at 2:51. Lemieux was brutal in his assault on Raines who did his best at trash talking at the weigh-in, despite not be abling to make weight in his first attempt. After going down from a left hand in the first, Lemieux shrugged to the crowd as he walked to the neutral corner, disappointed in the staying power of his latest victim. Raines managed to get up but from that point forward it was Lemieux opening the floodgates and raining down on Raines, knocking him dwon twice more in the second round. The 20 year-old Lemieux captures the WBC Youth belt with the victory.
Friday December 11, 2009
Lucas returns with KO!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Former WBC super-middleweight champion Eric Lucas got a hero’s welcome after returning to the ring for the first time since retiring in 2006 and delivered with a knockout victory at :43 of the fourth round over Ramon Moyano of Argentina. Moyano, son of the Carlos Monzon proved to be the perfect opponent, clapping right along with the fans during the prefight introductions and not posing any real threat for the duration, letting Lucas land his solid jab, a handful of crisp combinations and able to make himself entirely hittable but able to take a punch in the early going until a left hook from Lucas put him down for a full ten.
Friday December 11, 2009
Undercard results from Montreal!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Former world title challenger Benoit Gaudet (21-2 7KO) got things underway at the Bell Centre in Montreal with a TKO victory at 2:11 of the 3rd round over Jorge Banos (4-6-3) as the corner of Banos pulled the after seeing their man hit the canvas twice in rapid succession. It was the first fight back for Gaudet since challenging for the WBC super-featherweight crown earlier this year versus Humberto Soto in Las Vegas. The Drummondville fighter got off to a slow start but did some good body work in the second and by the time he opened up a bit in the third, was dominant over Banos, taking him down twice with right hands.
Heavyweight Eric Martel of Quebec City posted his third win and second stoppage as he stopped Alston Brown of Vancouver British Columbia. Brown had taken a lot of punishment and referee Gerry Bolen wasted no time as he teetered on the ropes absorbing some big shots from Martel who outweighed “Tini” by close to fifty pounds.
Canadian super-lightweight champion Manolis Plaitis (14-0-1 7KO) remained undefeated battling Tebor Brosch (4-3-4 2KO) to a 76-76, 76-76, 77-75 (Plaitis) majority draw. Brosch was riding the momentum of a three fight win streak including two knockout victories in Montreal for the Mississauga Ontario fighter, his only two career stoppages. Brosch was the aggressor throughout but was often short on his punches on Plaitis who exhibited good movement and a solid defense. Brosch was the stronger of the two fighters while Plaitis was the more accurate, making the most of his throws as he countered on the incoming fighter. The draw should theoretically set up a rematch for the two for Plaitis’s Canadian title that was not on the line in this eight round fight.
Light-heavyweight Francy Ntetu posted his second victory in as many tries in a swing bout, hurting debuting Ahmad Selemani with a right hand and putting him down with a left in the second round. Despite the knockdown and dominating the action throughout, scores were announced as 40-36 across the board.
Friday December 11, 2009
_____________________________________________________________Full report: Alcine-Canclaux
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
2009-12-06
Former junior-middleweight champion Joachim Alcine (32-1 19KO’s) took another step towards a shot at a second world title with a hard fought victory over Christophe Canclaux (40-3 25KO’s) of France , winning a unanimous decision that read 117-110 on both Montreal judge's scorecards while Charles Chenouf of France had it a lot closer at 115-113 Saturday night at the Montreal Casino.
This was the second fight back for Alcine since losing his WBA title to Daniel Santos in July 2008 by way of sixth round knockout. Alcine has clearly knocked off some of the ring rust that so prevalent in his first fight back in September versus Eric Mitchell.
“It was an intense bout,” said the victor afterwards, “I’m very pleased with the result, I was happy compared to my performance in my last bout, but I feel I can be better than that.”
The Laval Quebec fighter controlled most of the action from the middle of the ring against a very tough aggressive Canclaux who looked to be fighting the last half of the fight with a possible broken jaw.
“I didn’t expect him to be so rough,” said Alcine. “He was very dirty, always hitting me behind the head.”
Canclaux was clearly the aggressor to start the fight, bull-rushing the Montreal fighter every chance he got and hitting behind Alcine’s head on numerous occasions and being admonished by referee Marlon Wright numerous times, receiving two official warnings. With the antics continuing into the next round, Wright had little choice but to deduct a point from the French fighter.
With Canclaux racking up the warnings and having already been deducted a point, Alcine was able to start to control the action in the second round, establishing distance between himself and his hard charging opponent, landing some solid right hands in the process.
A fairly even third round gave way to a fourth that had referee Marlon Wright pleading with Canclaux to stop the blows behind the head, hoping that the fighters settle things inside the ring and not have the bout decided on point deductions or disqualification. The round saw the Haitian born Alcine stumble his opponent with a right hand and sneak in a pair of effective lefts while Canclaux was pinned on the ropes. The former European champion did his best to jump inside and administering some good work to the body but the pace looked like it was affecting the fighter who was breathing hard as he returned back to his corner.
Alcine was able bring things back to the center of the ring in the second half of the fight, firing off his jab and looking more like the fighter who recently wore the WBA world championship belt.
The victory against Canclaux who was rated top-ten going into the fight by three of the major sanctioning bodies is expected to propel the Montreal back into rankings and into the mix for a second world championship. He is expected to be ranked third by the WBC according to promoter Yvon Michel and winning the WBO Intercontinental belt should also place him close to the top with that organization as well. Canclaux was ranked #4 by the WBC, #6 by the WBA and #9 by the IBF and was European champion between 2003 and 2007.
With Alcine controlling things effectively in the centre of the ring and starting to put his shots together, Canclaux often had a hard time following up anytime he would land anything effective, too tired to press the action further. Alcine ate a big left in the seventh but did an effective job of tying his opponent, preventing any further damage.
Alcine managed a huge right hand in the 8th that brought roars from the casino crowd and showed the power differential between the two a round later when the pair exchanged simultaneous rights with the hometown fighter able to drive Canclaux into the corner with his shot.
In fact, while not scoring any knockdowns on the night, Alcine’s power was written all over his opponents face who had a badly swollen and bruised left cheek and a suspected broken jaw. Canclaux was taken to the hospital after the fight.
The former world champion was able to stumble Canclaux a number of times down the stretch but was forced to the scorecards as the Frenchman put on a tenacious performance, able to absorb the best Alcine was able to offer and coming back a number of times.
________________________________________________________________Ross destroys Bispo!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Cruiserweight Troy Ross (22-1 16KO) destroyed Daniel Bispo (21-12 15KO) at 1:12 of the first round. The former ‘Contender’ star landed six left hands, the first one to the body hurting the Brazilian fighter and the last one in the same spot to put him down for the count of ten. Ross who is ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies (#11 WBC and WBA, #5 IBF, and #8 WBO) remains hopeful of title shot will likely be in pursuit of the vacant IBF title. “Anyone they want to put in front of me, I’ll be ready,” said Ross after the fight. The once durable Bispo has been stopped five times in his thirty-three fight career but seems now on the downside having suffered his fourth early ending in his last five losses.
Saturday December 5, 2009
Early results from Montreal!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
A blistering performance earned lightweight Tony Luis his 8th victory in as many tries against Isaac Bejarano of Mexico. This one was set at a frantic pace with Bejarno matching the speed of Luis in the early going but not being able to keep up with the Cornwall fighter as the progressed. Luis was able to take the Mexican out of it in the fourth round with a brutal body assault that had the fighter noticeably wilting, unable to keep up, absorbing blow after blow to the midsection. Luis almost closed out the show in the final round, wobbling Bejarano, but unable to take him down. Scores on the fight were 59-55, 60-54 and 60-54.
Logan McGuinness (9-0 4KO) slowly amped up the pressure all night to score a convincing 79-72, 79-71, 80-71 over trial-horse Cesar Soriano, knocking down the Mexican fighter in the fifth round and closing strongly. Soriano has become somewhat of a regular in Montreal, having been an opponent for Kevin Bizier, Dierry Jean, Jo Jo Dan and Ali Chebah, going the distance each time. Mark this one down as one the best performance against Soriano who falls to 20-25. Both fighters were coming up short on their punches in the early going, but as things progressed, showed his speed and got the better of the exchanges, wearing down Soriano and hurting him to the body and keeping on him until he was forced to take a knee. Soriano was cut over the right eye and was a beleaguered tired fighter down the stretch, teetering on the ropes in the final round but holding on enough to make it to the final bell.
Heavyweight Wayne John got through the mandatory test that is Stephane “Brutis” Tessier, coming back after a two year absence to score his second victory in as many fights. Scorecards read 39-36, 39-37, 39-37 for John. Almost all Canadian heavyweights and some of the world’s best including Alexander Povetkin have met up with Tessier and exactly two have been able to stop him despite his now 3-24-1 record. John who towered over the 5’10” Tessier began well enough, moving well, firing out the jab and landing solidly in the early going earning a 10-8 score on one of the judge’s scorecards. John landed a thudding body blow in the second to the ample midsection that had his opponent wincing, protecting the spot for the next two rounds, using his head as his best defence to ward off the oncoming blows. Tessier though kept coming forward, kept throwing left hands, and in the fourth round started seeing some results for his tenacity. John was tiring and Tessier was sensing the opportunity and started to come forward with an urgency, still landing the left and throwing the uppercut when close in. The last half of the round saw any semblance of defence go out the window with Tessier taking whatever John had to deliver, blinking, and coming forward and landing his own shots. It was enough to win the round, but not the fight.
Lucia Larcinese evened her record at 4-4-1 with a 60-54, 60-54, 59-55 over Karen Dulin (1-4) of Connecticut. What punches there were belonged to Larcinese who was fighting in her hometown of Montreal for the first time with Dulin content to try and tie-up her opponent throughout the six round contest.
Arash Usmanee (4-02KO) headed east from his Alberta home and got his toughest test to date, scoring a 39-37 unanimous decision on all three scorecards over a tough Willshaun Boxley(5-3 3KO) of Coon Rapids Massachusetts. The bout was announced at ringside as a majority decision but scorecards handed afterwards revealed the Red Deer fighter winning on all cards. Usmanee controlled the bout, using his jab and bing the busier fighter throughout. He did fall victim to a fluid right hand of Boxley who was able to land out of clenches, pushing the Canadian fighter off to establish distance. Usmanee seemed to figure things out in the third where it was him landing to the body when the pair was in close and pushing the action against the American fighter who had cut open over his left eye. Tired and bleeding, Boxley did make things interesting in the last round, once again landing some big right hands that caught the attention of Usmanee.
Saturday December 5, 2009
Kooner, Gorges post victories
By Bob Ryder, FightNews.com
Canadian Bantamweight champion Andrew Singh Kooner overcame a cut near his left eye to take the nod over six rounds against Norman Allen Friday night at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. Kooner (10-2, 4KOs) was coming off a first round cut eye TKO loss in his last fight and had to be thinking “not again” when the blood started to flow early in the third round. He stayed steady and closed strongly, dropping Allen (0-5-1) for counts in both the fifth and sixth rounds to win by scores of 59-53 and 58-54 (twice).
Andre Gorges retured to his winning way as the Windor, Ontario boxer won a five round decision over Neopit, Wisconsin’s Dean Peters, Jr. by scores of 50-45, 49-46 (twice). Both seemed tentative, with often more stares than punches, but Gorges was sharper and more effective when they did exchange. Gorges moves to 9-1. 6 KO’s, Peters loses his first and goes to 1-1. Welterweights.
Saturday December 5, 2009
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Perrott stopped by Bolden!(Source: FightNews.com)
Philadelphia, PA: Former NHLer turned boxer Nathan Perrott found himself on the losing end of a boxing match for the first time in his new career. New York heavyweight John Boldon, making his pro debut, dropped the Canuck 3 times in the opening frame to earn the TKO victory Friday night at the famed Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the 3rd knockdown, the bout was stopped at the 2:06 mark. Perrott's record slips to an even 1-1.
Sunday December 6, 2009
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Sharpe destroys Walters
By
Jesse Kelley, FightNews.com
Former Canadian Light Middleweight champ Larry Sharpe stunned Zach Walters, stopping the hometown favorite fighter just 56 seconds into the first round Friday night at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Sharpe (24-7, 12 KOs) landed a hard straight left to the liver seconds into the contest, a punch that Walters would later admitted he was never able recover from. Sharpe followed up with wild swinging lefts and rights to the head that put Walters down to a knee. Upon arising, Walters was greeted with more punishment (the the body and head) that again dropped him to his knees. The fight was immediately waived off.
After spending a good part of this career at 154lbs, Sharpe said afterwards that he felt much stronger and comfortable at light heavyweight. The pride of Pine Falls, Manitoba also indicated that he would like to return to Minnesota to face Matt Vanda, another local favorite. Vanda was rumored to be looking to face Walters in an all Minnesota battle prior last night.
Walters (24-5, 19KOs), obviously dejected following the quick defeat, indicated that he is entertaining the idea of retirement from the sport
Saturday December 5, 2009
______________________________________________________________________________Bute stops Andrade
by Dave Spencer and John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2009-11-28
Undefeated super-middleweight Lucian Bute (25-0 20KO) avoided any possible controversy Saturday night by knocking the usually ironed jawed Librado Andrade (28-3 21KO) at 2:57 of the fourth round, retaining his IBF world championship in front of an enthusiastic capacity crowd of 16,473 at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. American referee Benjy Esteves counted the full ten after Bute landed a devastating left uppercut to the midsection of Andrade who tried, but couldn’t get up.
“I thought I was okay, but once I tried to get up I just couldn’t,” said Andrade after the fight. “It was a perfect a shot. As long as I see it, they can’t hurt me, but with Lucian, I didn’t see the shots. He hurt me to the body and that was it, I really couldn’t get up.” Bute had scored a knockdown earlier in the round, spinning out of the corner and countering with a perfect short left hook, dropping the rugged Mexican born fighter on all fours. It was a shot that Andrade would not recover from.
“I was thinking I was keeping my hands up, but he really got me with that left hook.”
Bute becomes the first boxer to stop Andrade whose three losses have all come in world championship fights. Former two-time champion Mikkel Kessler is the only other fighter to be successful against Andrade.
“The first thing I told (trainer) Howard (Grant) after we walked into the locker room was, I said Howard, you got to make me a better boxer. I think this taught me tonight that I want to become a better boxer.”
Bute was making the 4th defense of his IBF crown and his second against Andrade who pushed the charismatic left-hander to the limit in their initial matchup 13 months ago, knocking down the exhausted champion with just seconds left. The bout was marred with controversy as the Andrade camp had felt that they had done enough to secure the victory.
Andrade who lives in La Habra California and trains in Montreal under Howard Grant won the right for a rematch with a win this past April in an elimination fight against Vitaly Tyspko.
Confident of his abilities, Bute again echoed what he had been saying leading up to the fight that he was only guilty of making a small mistake the first time round. “I said it was a mistake and tonight I proved that, tonight you saw the real Lucian Bute. Andrade proved to be great opponent, a great fighter and he is a great friend.”
Bute who had dominated the first fight for the first eleven-and-a-half rounds was no different this night, pounding out a stiff jab and scoring crisp combinations.
Andrade pressed the action from the beginning, coming forward but having a hard time catching up to the slick powerful southpaw who used the entire ring circling away from his powerful opponent.
The second rounds saw Bute using his jab more but also firing uncharacteristically wild at times trying to get the respect of his granite chinned opponent. Bute was willing to take one to land four and then was able to get out of harms way. Still, while losing rounds as he had done in the first fight, it looked as if Andrade was landing more and eating less than the first time around, something that might serve him well in the later rounds.
It never got that far.
“I feel that I’m the best super-middleweight in the world right
now,” said the undefeated fighter. “I’m willing to face anybody in
the world.”
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By Dave Spencer and John Robbins, FightNews Canada
Pier-Olivier Cote made his true hometown debut when he stepped through the ropes to face the tough kid from Newfoundland, Jason Hayward for the vacant Canadian Super Featherweight Title. Cote absolutely owned the entire fight as Hayward simply stuck behind his peek-a-boo guard, taking the few and far between opportunities to let his hands go, while a relentless “Apou” didn’t waste any time in racking up an early lead; and Cote never did let up. Hayward deserves full credit for his heart as the much more refined, and extremely superior skilled Cote, laid an absolute beating on the Newfoundlander. But even though he had many opportunities to do so, Hayward never did quit. The impressive performance was reflected on the score cards as 100-90 (x2) and 99-91, the New Canadian Super Featherweight Champion, Pier-Olivier Cote extends his record to 9-0 (6KO). Hayward slides to 6-8-1 in defeat.
Saturday November 28, 2009
________________________________________________________________________________Early blow-outs in Quebec
By Dave Spencer and John Robbins, FightNews Canada
In the opening bout of the massive HBO card at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Montreal`s Leonardo Rojas got taken to school by a far superior Keith Thurman of Largo, Florida. The fight only lasted 2 rounds, as right from the opening bell welterweight Thurman was finding a home for both his straight right hand, and his left hook. The unyielding connects opened up a cut over Rojas’ left eye towards the end of the 1st, and both cheeks on Rojas showed early signs that Thurman was in a class of his own. Thurman dropped his opponent to a knee with a right uppercut early in the 2nd round. Rojas would find himself in somewhat of an ambush, tasting the canvas twice more before referee Alain Villeneuve stopped the punishment at 2:07 . With the win, Thurman improves to 12-0, (11 KO) while Rojas drops to 7-9-3.
Welterweight Kevin Bizier fought for the first time in his hometown of Quebec City and gave his hometown fans plenty to cheer about for just over a minute. Bizier destroyed Patrick Kane, dropping the Minnesota fighter twice before referee Gerry Bolen stepped in and stopped the action. The undefeated fighter hurt and dropped the out-matched Cane with a left to the body quickly and had no problems following up moments later with a second knockdown that stopped the fight. It goes down as the 7th victory and the 4th stoppage for Bizier who was welcomed with a loud ovation from what will be a sold out Colisee crowd.
Saturday November 28, 2009
_______________________________________________________________Full report: Next Great Heavyweight Rd 3!
Collette digs deep for ring victory
(Source: TheNextGreatHeavyweight.com)
2009-11-24
It was far from a textbook performance.
Julien Collette turned in a disappointing show, but still did enough in the eyes of the judges to post a controversial unanimous decision win over Jason Campbell in The Next Great Heavyweight professional boxing card on Saturday night in the CEPS Building at the Université de Moncton.
Collette, a Bouctouche native, spent much of the five-round bout trying to tie up his opponent by wrapping his arms around him. Campbell, of Woodstock, was the aggressor and held the lead after Round 3 as a crowd of 1,300 looked on.
"To be honest, not to take anything away from Jason, I wasn't in top shape," said Collette. "I wasn't in as good a shape as my last fight. I took three weeks off where I didn't train at all.
"He has a long jab. I thought before the fight I could slip his jab, but he hit me with that jab every time. It was a hard fight. I've got a lot of stuff to work on before my next fight. I've got to make sure I'm in the best shape of my life for the championship fight."
Collette and Warren Porter, both 3-0, will clash for the heavyweight championship belt and $5,000 cash prize. The date for that card hasn't yet been determined.
Collette, a 29-year-old plasterer, knew he was in trouble after Round 3 in the semifinal. Campbell landed numerous jabs, dictated the pace and looked to be in control.
The momentum shifted in Collette's favour in the final two rounds as he finished the fight strong. It's questionable whether he did enough to earn the win, but he advanced to the final and that's good for business because he's the top fan draw in the heavyweight division.
"My corner told me I had to win the last two rounds," said Collette. "I had to take the aggressor role in the end. I wasn't sure which way the judges were going. It was a close fight."
Porter, a 33-year-old Doaktown native, advanced to the heavyweight final with a unanimous decision win over Mark Peters.
Peters, of Elsipogtog, was making his pro boxing debut and he looked good early with a slight lead after Round 2. The other three contenders were all in their third fight, but Peters was given a free pass to the semifinal as a wildcard injury replacement.
Porter, a heavy equipment operator, began working the body and landed good shots in Round 3. He took control of the fight from there onward and several times had his opponent in trouble against the ropes.
"It feels really good," he said of advancing to the final. "I didn't know what kind of a road it was going to be to get here, but it was tough. All three of my fights were tough.
"The ring experience is the biggest thing. That was my big advantage over my opponent tonight with this being his first fight. My conditioning was also better than his."
Porter knew he was behind after Round 2.
"He was a pretty good boxer, better than I expected him to be," he said. "He came out hard, but I knew he wouldn't be able to keep it up. The first round my plan was to feel him out and see what kind of power he had.
"I was confident in my conditioning. I was pretty sure he would wear down faster. I knew I had to win the last three rounds. My corner told me that."
The card also served as Phase 2 of The Next Great Cruiserweight tournament.
The final four contenders were determined for this championship belt and $3,000 cash prize.
Denis Martin improved to 2-0 with a knockout win at :54 of round 2. He landed a heavy right hook to Fred Mallery's jaw, sending the Petitcodiac native to the canvas.
Martin is from Riviere Verte, near Edmundston, and he's won both his fights by knockout. Mallery was unable to make the 10 count and his corner threw in the towel.
Jesse Frances, of Eel Ground, improved to 2-0 by picking up a TKO victory when Marshall Norrad's corner threw in the towel at 1:43 of Round 3.
This was one of the most entertaining fights of the night as both came out throwing punches at a furious pace in Round 1. Frances landed a flurry of head shots in Round 2 and Norrad, of Boiestown, was saved by the bell.
Chris Norrad, of Boiestown, is 3-0 after picking up a unanimous decision win over Doaktown's Travis Conners in another entertaining bout. Conners, 1-1, was voted back as the wildcard entry to round out the four contenders for the cruiserweight title.
The six-bout card was rounded out by a non-tournament fight. Emile Arsenault of Shediac picked up a split decision win in his debut against Grand Falls native Pierre St. Amand, who's 1-2
________________________________________________________________________by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
2009-11-23
For Ali Nestor is was to be a coronation. He was the promoter of the event, he was fighting in the main event, he picked the right opponent (a man he previously defeated), and he sanctioned the bout as a CPBC Middleweight championship. All the skilled Quebec champion had to do is duplicate his victory over limited Martin Desjardins over 10 rounds however he found out that Desjardins wasn't cooperative as expected as well as the three judges at ringside.
After a feeling out round to start the bout, things got a little interesting in the second round. Nestor (8-5-2, 5 KOs) threw his first flurry of the bout. Desjardins, who's ability to slip a punch is equivalent to that of a dead guy dodging a bullet, absorbed the salvo but found himself sitting on the canvas. Referee Alain Villeneuve waved off the knockdown once Desjardins regained his footing. Instead of jumping on Desjardins, Nestor took the cautious approach. Using his southpaw jab, Nestor picked away at Desjardins from the remained of the round, allowing his prey to finish the round unscathed.
Round three was a Desjardins round as the 30 yr old started to throw plenty of leather at his tentative stalker. Slapping punches began to rain down on Nestor from various angles and while none of which hurt him, they did keep him in a defensive shell, looking for openings. While he did manage to land a left hook that caught the now back peddling Desjardins flush, it was enough to steal the round.
Nestor returned to the jab as his weapon of choice in round 4, he couldn't match the sheer volume of Desjardins. Still, the punches that he did land, shook Desjardins and sent spray's of head sweat into the crowd. Nestor moved forward landing the right jab and followed it by either a hook to the body or the occasional shot to the head. While Desjardins' chin is noted as durable, Nestor's punches(when he threw them) began to show their effect.
Desjardins opened up in round 5, throwing punches in bunches, even the occasional jab. For his part, Nestor simple shuffled forward and walked through the barrage. His inactivity gave the round away in Desjardins favour.
After throwing plenty of leather, Desjardins started to look fatigue to start the 6th round. His mouth was wide open and he began to suck in much need oxygen. Unfortunately, Nestor recognized that and upped his punch output. Working the body more, Nestor pursued his opponent who wasn't punching back as much as previously before. As a result, it was a big round for Nestor. Same in round 7 with both combatants fighting hard after the bell.
Nestor hammered an exhausted Desjardins with 20 unanswered punches to start round 8 and Desjardins wore the look of survival on his reddened face. Nestor also began to show the effects of Desjardins assault, sporting a small mouse under his left eye. Still, Nestor looked like the stronger fighter with more left in the tank. Although he returned to throwing single punches in the final minute of the round, each punch landed with authority as well as cleanly.
Desjardins dipped into the reserves and started the 9th by again throwing dozens of punches with little behind them. The punches were more to keep the onrushing Nestor in check and little less eager to engage. Desjardins finished the round by throwing a shoulder into the chest of Nestor as the two returned to their respected corners. This did not sit well with the boxer/promoter. (Referee) Villeneuve was quick to jump in a restore order.
Heading into the final round, most on press row had Nestor ahead. Desjardins, who was completely gassed given his output a round early, looked as if surviving to the final bell would be a victory on it's own. He was in full retreat, hands low, mouthpiece sticking out. Nestor tried to end Desjardins night by throwing solid hard punches but Desjardins was not to be deterred. As the bell rang to end the fistic 10 rounder, the result was left to the judges to decide.
One judge saw the contest in Nestor's favour at 97-93, approving of Nestor's power punches and aggression. Judge two scored the bout 98-92 Desjardins, favouring Desjardins volume punching. The third judge scored the bout even at 95, the end result was declared a draw. FightNews Canada scored the bout 98-92 for Nestor. While most in attendance booed and jeered the decision, there were some in the pro Nestor crowd that felt that Desjardins got robbed. This one begs rematch.
The Canadian middleweight title, belonging to the CPBC, will remain vacant.
On the undercard, Mississauga's Tebor Brosch ended Benyamine Besmi's run as an up and coming prospect with an impressive 2nd round stoppage. Brosch (4-3-3, 2KOs) came out very agressive to start the bout, forcing Besmi into the ropes, nullifying his speed and punching room. As Brosch rushed in, he threw left hooks instead of jab and each time he did, they landed. Each time they landed, Besmi's knees buckled. Besmi, who came in off a stoppage loss to Frank Abbiw in April, offered little in return. The majority of the opening round was spent on the ropes with Brosch's punches leaving red welts on the body and face of Besmi. The bell saved Besmi (10-2, 5KOs). Brosch on his way to his corner, gave Besmi a little smile/smirk, knowing that this fight would be over soon. He was right.
Brosch jumped all over Besmi to start the second round, trapping Besmi in his own corner and pummelled him with a variety of hooks and head shots. Only Besmi's courage held him up and when Brosch robbed him of that, Besmi crumbled in this own corner, completely out of it. With the referee counting, Besmi bravely tried to climb to his feet but was in no condition to continue. The referee Claude Cusson waved the bout off immediately giving Brosch, the Ontario welterweight champion, the victory. Brosch, the best 4-3-3 fighter in the country, will return to the ring in January to take on Harrison McBain. Besmi's future in the ring is uncertain.
Longueuil, Quebec's Adbou Sow hammered Tim Watts from the opening bell, until the referee halted the massacre at the 3 minute mark. Watts (0-6) hits the canvas 4 times with only two counting as knockdowns, in reality they all were. Sow was just too big, too powerful, and simply too much for the win-less Winnipegger. Sow improves to 2-0, 2KOs.
Chicoutimi, Quebec's Francy Ntetu made quick work of trailhorse Patrick Tessier, stopping him at 1:58 of the opening round of their 4 round light heavyweight bout. A short right to the temple of the onrushing Tessier (3-11, 2KOs) dropped him along the ropes. Tessier managed to regain his feet at the count of 7 but the fight was immediately waved off. Ntetu, a native of the Democratic Republic Of The Congo, is a winner in his pro debut.
---------------------------------____________________________________________________________________________________________Brosch blows by Besmi!
By Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
Mississauga's Tebor Brosch collected the biggest win of his career so far with an impressive 2nd round TKO of one time prospect Benyamine Besmi. Brosch turned the fight into a street fight, pushing Besmi (10-2, 5KOs) into the ropes and bombing away with hooks. The end came at 1:31 of round 2 when a 2 punch combo followed by another left hook dropped Besmi in his own corner. Besmi did manage to climb to his feet but was in no condition to continue forcing the referee to wave the bout off. For Brosch, he is probably the best 4-3-3 fighter in the country. For Besmi, he suffers his 2nd straight stoppage.
Saturday November 21, 2009
Molitor survives knockdown!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Former super-bantamweight IBF champion Steve Molitor survived a fifth round knockdown and walked away with a 78-73, 79-73, 78-74 decision of Jose Saez of Argentina. Molitor was easily controlling the fight as he towered over his opponent but walked straight left counter that put the Canadian Kid down quickly. Molitor was delivering and landing at a much higher percentage than his Argentine opponent who absorbed the former champion’s shots well. Moliltor seemed highly irritated at the momentary lapse. Molitor controlled the action for the duration, but definitely not in the same confident, aggressive style he had done in the earlier going. /font>
Saturday November 21, 2009
___________________________________________________________________________Undercard results from Rama!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Undefeated super-bantamweight Ciso Morales (14-0 8KO) won a narrow 77-75, 78-74, 76-76 majority over a game Miguel Gonzalez(10-2 4KO) of Mexico in an exciting action fight. Morales, fighting outside of his native Philippines for the first time often looked raw as did his Mexican opponent who was also fighting outside of native country for the first time. Morales was able to do most of his effective work on the inside, able to free his right hand effectively upstairs or dropping down and working the body. Gonzalez could neither tie up or push-off to create distance. Gonzalez grew stronger as the fight progressed, trying to time his opponent coming in, but both fighters despite going toe-to-toe several times in the fight often were low on the accuracy scale. Morales had a large contingent of Philippine fans to cheer him on, most in attendance to support headliner Marvin Sonsona.
Canadian heavyweight champion Greg Kielsa pushed his record to 11-0 with a 60-54 decision over Jason Bergman of Pennsylvania who dropped even to 9-9-2. Kielsa would have has left hand cocked all night, landing, and failing to follow up with anything substantial, but it was more than enough to carry the fight for the chiseled former Olympian who now fights out of Ontario. Bergman was a game opponent, fluid with his round-house punches, forcing Kielsa to control things with his jab. The Canadian found success in the third going to the body where his opponent seemed soft, but despite the results, abandoned all work downstairs for the last half of the six rounder.
In a welterweight rematch, Frank Abbiw got revenge of sorts, managing a 38-38, 38-38, 37-39 majority draw against fellow Ontario fighter Justin Fountain who had won the original match-up in September.
Felix Mercedes of Buffalo New York scored his third stoppage in four fights as he out-classed Todd Furler (0-1-1), halting the Calgary fighter at the :59 mark of the third round. This one should have ended much sooner as Mercedes served up a steady diet of right hands for the last minute of the second round, none of which missed the mark. Unfortunately for Furler, referee John Wiley did not feel the one-sided drubbing warranted a stoppage, instead administering an eight count when he crashed down to the canvas once the round ended. Furler’s corner also did the fighter no favours, sending the glassy eyed fighter back out for another round. Mercedes did what was required of him and kept up the pressure to start the third where the fight was thankfully stopped.
Saturday November 21, 2009
______________________________________________________________________________Clampittt decisions Clark!
(Source: FightNews.com)
Lincoln, RI: Eight months after giving birth to her daughter and 20 months since her last fight, 4-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt (19-4-1, 7 KOs) returned to the ring in triumphant fashion, out-working and out-classing Rachel Clark (4-2-1) en route to victory by way of a one-sided, unanimous 6-round decision.
Saturday November 21, 2009
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by Natalie Dunleavy, FightNews Canada
2009-11-16
Former Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Buzz Grant didn't get the eight round fight he was looking for, but won a four round war against Hamilton’s Dan Slezsak at the Hamilton Convention Centre November 15th.
Grant was originally scheduled to fight Mexico’s Luis Acevedo, who canceled last minute due to visa problems.
It was clear from the first round that Orangeville’s Grant was more skilled than his last-minute opponent, but Slezsak did not give him an easy win.
Grant was focused with consistent energy throughout the fight, while Slezsak gave everything he had to end rounds with flurries of punches. While Grant did a good job blocking and rolling with the punches, he was caught off balance with a short straight right that knocked him down in the second round.
After the knockdown the fight turned into a brawl. Slezsak came back throwing wild punches looking for the knockout. But it was during these clashes that Grant’s experience shone through. His quick hands and head movement fended off most of what Slezsak had to offer.
Grant got down to business in the third and fourth rounds landing some solid body shots that finally seemed to hurt Slezsak. After some a couple of devastating right hands and hooks to the body, Grant picked his shots obviously looking for a knock out.
In the final round, a tired Slezsak seemed to stall with long clinches in between short bursts of energy.
Grant came away with the unanimous decision victory by scores of 38-36, 39-37 and 39-36. Grant improves to 8-3 with 4 KOs while Slezsak slips to 0-4.
Although Grant found victory, he admitted to Fightnews.ca being disappointed with his performance.
“I was slugging too much and letting (Dan) pace the fight,” he said. “I wasn’t digging to the body enough until the third and fourth round.”
Still, Grant was optimistic with the win. Since vacating the Canadian Super Bantamweight title, he moved up to 135 pounds to seek the Canadian lightweight title. There is no word yet on who he will fight next.
“I think I’m the best lightweight in Canada,” said Grant. “I just need the fight.”
In the female featherweight division, world ranked contender Sandy Tsagouris (10-1, 4 KOs) gave justice to the nickname ‘L’il Tyson’ in her victory over Mayorlin Rivas (5-1, 4 KOs) of Venezuela.
Tsagouris’ small frame, fast hands and inside fighting helped her deliver an assault of clean, powerful punches throughout the bout.
While Tsagouris landed several jabs and left hooks that sounded like knockout punches early in the fight, it wasn’t until a devastating left hook in the fourth that finally seemed to faze Rivas. In the same round, Tsagouris was cut on the left temple after a head clash in the corner.
Rivas tried to cash in on the injury with her straight right for the rest of the fight. Tsagouris, however, was relentless with straight punches down the pipe that managed to break down Rivas’ defense and left her hands down by the final round.
On the undercard, Montreal’s Lucia Larcinese (3-4) won a four round majority decision over Kara McLeod (2-1) of Six Nations Reserve. It was a busy fight that went back and forth in the first two rounds. In the end, McLeod was visibly frustrated, walking in to too many Larcinese’s straight rights in the final round.
In his pro debut, James Carpio (1-0, 1KO) stopped Dave Aucoin (0-1) at 1:48 of the opening round.
O'Brien wins!
Matt O’Brien (18-1 7KO) escaped with a narrow 58-57 on the referee’ scorecard in Limerick Ireland as he faced a very game and very awkward Jean Rodrique Kadoum (5-8 3KO). The former Canadian middleweight challenger returned to the ring after a two year absence and into the lions den as he met up with a free swinging Cameroon fighter who threw from anywhere and everywhere with wild and wide shots, some that found their mark and had O’Brien hanging on at times. In the end though it was the Canadian that had his arm raised as he shock off the rust and was able to control much of the action with his boxing ability and was able to connect on an often wide open Kadoum.
Saturday November 14, 2009
Repeat for Saccurato!
By Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada
Repeat or Revenge turned out to be repeat in the Mrdjenovich and Saccurato rematch with the current WBC Lightweight champion holding on to her title with a 10 round majority decision over the Canuck. Scores of the bout read 96-94, 95-93 for the American while the third judge saw it even at 94-94. Mrdjenovich was down in round 4. Saccurato improves to 15-4-2, 6KOs) while Mrdjenovich slips to 23-5-1 with 11 stoppage victories. Former Canadian Cruiserweight champion Ryan Henney (14-3, 9KOs) stopped the always tough David Whittom (10-11-1, 6 KOs) at the end of the 3rd round with Whittom's corner saving their fighter of further punishment. "Lethal" Lindsay Garbatt (4-2, 3KOs) scored an impressive 6 round unanimous decision over Ayana Pelletier (6-2, 4 KOs) by scores of 59-55,58-56, and 60-54. Next for Garbatt is a GBU title opportunity in Germany in January. Steve Claggett (5-0-1, 1 KO) remained undefeated with a 6 round unanimous decision (59-54, 59-54, and 60-53) over Niagara Falls' Scott Paul (5-3, 1KO). Former Canadian title challenger Anthony Lessard (8-5-2, 5KOs) gained a little revenge of his own as he scored a 6 round unanimous decision (59-54, 59-54, and 57-56) over journeyman Darren Kenny (5-28-2, 3KOs). Kenny, who won the initial encounter between the two, was down in round 4. Rounding out the card had Edmonton's Brad Marks moving to 2-0 with an openning round stoppage of debuting Corey Lautischer, who was down twice before the referee halted matters at the 1:32 mark. More to come.
Saturday November 14, 2009
_________________________________________________________________Pucek decisions Johnson!
by Shamus Young, FightNews.com
In support of the main event (Isaev/Campos)at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, junior lightweights Sarah Pucek and Tammie Johnson entertained all in attendance in a 5 round rematch of their draw in April of this year. In their first meeting, Pucek abandoned her fluid boxing style and stood toe to toe with Johnson. In the rematch, Pucek wisely resisted the temptation to slug it out. Johnson waded forward with wide, slapping shots and Pucek picked her apart with superior boxing skills. Pucek won a split decision with scores of 50-45 and 49-46. One judge favored the hometown fighter Johnson with a score of 49-46. Fightnews had it 50-45 for Pucek. With the win Pucek moves to 4-0-1 and Johnson falls to 4-3-2.
Sunday November 8, 2009
__________________________________________________________________Demers storms back!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Sebastien Demers (30-2 11KO) came storming back from a first round knockdown to post a 116-110, 116-110, 115-112 victory over a game Nicholson Poulard (13-3 6KO), capturing the vacant NABF super-middleweight title. Poulard came out strong, capturing five of the first six rounds on one scorecard while taking down the former world title challenger with a right hand at the end of the first and hurting him in the second. Demers though was able to weather the storm, getting a knockdown of his own to end the 7th, a perfect left that Poulard never saw coming. The victory sets up a fight for December 11th on the undercard of Pascal-Diaconu against another local rival, world ranked Renan St-Juste.
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'Da Bomb' bombs Naugler
Ringside by Jacob Chavez
Photos by John Booz
Chicago fight fans were treated to an exciting night of boxing action Friday at the UIC pavilion when local favorite up and coming super middleweight prospect, Donovan "Da Bomb" George (18-0-1, 16 KOs) made a return to Windy City after more than two years, to face veteran Jason Robert Naugler (19-10-1, 11 Kos) in the scheduled for the main event.
This fight was huge step up in competition for George and he delivered big by becoming the first man among many, including Chad Dawson to stop Naugler.
Naugler started off with a quick jab and tended to follow up with overhand rights, but pretty much all of his arsenal was either blocked or dodged by George. George walked him down and also pumped his own jab with a minute in, but, like Naugler, he was unable to land anything significant. Naugler came out looking very sharp in the second, connecting with stinging combinations to the head and body.
George continued to press forward, picking his punches. Midway into the round, he landed a huge right to the head that dropped Naugler hard. He got up and took some more hard blows to the head but managed to survive the round.
Naugler came out just as aggressive and undeterred in the third, but with about 30 seconds into the round, displaying a great deal of waist movement on the inside, Naugler ran into George's elbow and was cut on top of the head. He complained about this for a moment but more pressure and accurate shots by George followed, prompting Naugler to back peddle and looking to counter. Naugler came out briefly as a leftie in the fourth, but George stuck to his game plan and midway into the round, connected with monster of a right cross that staggered Naugler once more. George immediately jumped all over him and proceeded to clobber him with power shots to the head.
After several had connected and Naugler was desperately trying to hold and block further assaults, Referee Geno Rodriguez stopped the match. Naugler tried to complain and convince the ref that he was aright, but to no avail. The official end came at 2:26 round four.
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Lemieux still perfect!By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
It looked as if it was going to be long day for knockout sensation David Lemieux. It wasn’t. The exciting middleweight scored his 19th knockout in as many fights getting things done before the end of the second round. Alfredo Contreras (10-7-1 4KO) took a blitzkrieg of blows in the second round and remained vertical until a body blow crippled the Mexican fighter, taking him down for a count of ten and beyond at the 2:57 mark.
“Actually I was going in, expecting to do some rounds, testing this guy out and seeing what he’s got,” said Lemieux after the fight. “I’m telling you though, he’s a tough guy, if I didn’t get him with that body shot, he would have stayed in there a lot longer.” Contreras had only been stooped twice previously, the last time making it to the seventh round against undefeated Anthony Dirrell who has a pretty impressive knockout ratio of his own. A left hook to the body did the damage that had Contreras sitting on a stool long after this one had ended. “The body shot was key and I finished it, but let me tell you, I shook a few times to the head, but he was solid. But we were able to do what we trained for.”
Saturday November 7, 2009
Early Results from Montreal!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Light-heavyweight prospect Eleider Alvarez (3-0 2KO) heard the scorecards read for the first time as he captured an easy 40-34, 40-35, 40-35 decision over Alvaro Enriquez (9-8-2 3KO) as boxing returned to the Casino de Montreal Saturday afternoon. The Columbian import who now calls Montreal home displayed both patience and power over his opponent, knocking him down in the third round in one of the rare opportunities where the Mexican opened up and threw a punch. For the most part Enriquez who has come to Canada in the past bringing cruiserweights Ryan Henney and James Cermack the distance was simply there to survive, running with each nod and feint from the polished Columbian. Alvarez was content to take what was given to him, jabbing well and throwing to the body before coming upstairs with some crisp right hands.
Alvarez’s Columbian stable-mate heavyweight Oscar Rivas also pushed his record to 3-0 with a convincing 40-36 win across the board over 38 year-old Ramon Hayes of Athens Georgia who drops his 9th in a row and falls to 15-29-1.
Although all three scorecards read an identical 58-56, judges could only agree on one round in a very close fight giving Canadian junior-welterweight champion Manolis Plaitis (14-0 7KO) the nod over Noel Cortez (17-16 12KO). Cortez of Mexico came to fight and had some energized exchanges with Plaitis who was returning to the ring for the first time in over one year.
Hugo Armenta was unable to answer the bell for the sixth round and super-lightweight Dierry Jean moved to a perfect 17-0 scoring his 11th stoppage.
Saturday November 7, 2009
George stops Naugler!
By Jacob Chavez, FightNews.com
Unbeaten super middleweight Donovan “DA BOMB” George (18-0-1, 16 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Jason Naugler (18-11-1, 11 KOs) on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. In a good action fight, George staggered Naugler in round four with a big right hand and followed up with a barrage of hard punches that prompted referee Gino Rodriguez to wave it off. Naugler complained about the stoppage to no avail.
Saturday November 7, 2009
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Hinton
scores big win!
By
Tom Hebert, FightNews Canada
Sheldon Hinton scored the biggest win of his pro career to date with an impressive 3rd round stoppage over former German Heavyweight champion Andreas Sidon last night at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta. Time of the stoppage was 1:06. The victory moved Hinton to 11-6-1 with 4 stoppage victories. It also earned him the WBB (World Boxing Board) heavyweight title. For Sidon, it was his 3rd stoppage defeat in his last 4 bouts, his record slips to 33-9.
In other bouts, Logan McGuinness KO's Mexico's Hugo Pacheco (6-10, 6KOs) at 29 seconds of round 4. McGuinness keeps his record spotless, now at 8-0 with 4 KOs. Red Deer's Arash Usmanee(3-0, 2KOs) won a 4 round unanimous decision over Edwin Perez (1-2) of Mexico by scores of 40-36 thrice. The win proved costly as Usmanee may have broken his right hand. Adam Trupish moved to 1-0 (1 KO) as a pro with an opening round stoppage over Edgar Hernandez (0-2). Trupish scored 2 knockdowns before Hernandez's corner halted the contest. Former Canadian heavyweight title challenger Steve McKay (5-2-2, 1 KO) and Lethbridge, Alberta's Ken Frank (1-0-1, 1KO) battled to a 4 round draw. Scores of the bout were 39-37 McKay, 39-37 Frank, and an even scorecard of 38-38. It was McKay first bout in 5 years. Rounding out the card, Edmonton's Brad Marks won his pro debut by stopping Dave McQuaker (1-1) in just 24 seconds of their lightweight contest.
Friday October 16, 2009
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by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
2009-10-16
Fresh off his opening round stoppage of Bruce Rumbolz, former NABA Light Middleweight champion Larry "Razor" Sharpe was very pleased with both his performance and his new found punching power at Super Middleweight. As a pro boxer for the past 7 years, Sharpe scores his first opening round KO in his 30 bout career. Interesting is the fact that when fighting above the middleweight limit of 160lbs, Razor sports an impressive 14-3 record with 6 of those wins coming by KO. Most of those KO wins come within 4 rounds or less.
"First I want to say how good I felt fighting at super middleweight." Sharpe wrote to FightNews Canada "I felt strong, energized, and hungry (not in the belly like the last couple of years). I went into the ring expecting a lot from my opponent as I haven't had a so called easy fight for awhile. I started with the usual feeling out process for the first minute, but once I started sitting down on my punches, I could see that he couldn't handle it. Coming off 3 straight losses, I wasn't going to try anything special so I went for the kill."
Fighting at his natural weight of between 160lbs and 168lbs, Sharpe has plenty of options right here at home. With Canadian Middleweight champ Sebastien Demers now fighting at a Super Middleweight, there could be an opportunity to try and regain his Middleweight crown. Should the pride of Pine Falls, Manitoba decide to remain at 168, there is a slew of talent within the CBF rankings in Stevenson, Poulard, and Demers to name but a few. Included at 168 is a vacant Canadian championship just waiting for 2 fighters and a promoter to stage the event. Plenty of opportunities indeed.
"I'm looking to make some noise in the new division in Canada. (John) Vernaus and I discussed fighting for the Super Middleweight title and began to throw some names around like Jason Delaronde, Jason Naugler, and Martin Berthiume. That's all great but I will be keeping a close eye on the fight next month between (Nicholson) Poulard and (Sebastien) Demers as future opponents. I'm hoping."
On the undercard, undefeated heavyweight prospect Neven Pajkic proved too big and too strong for one-time Cruiserweight Eddie Dawson, stopping the Maritimer in round 3. Dawson (9-4, 7KOs) was both game and skilled but size proved the difference here as Pajkic (10-0, 4 KOs) eventually wore down his counterpart. Kitchener, Ontario`s Julius Bunda collected his first win as a pro with a 4 round unanimous decision over Halifax`s Juan Sanchez (3-4-1, 2 KOs). Bunda, a skilled fighter to keep your eye on, is being trained by none other than Syd Vanderpool. In a battle of Winnipeg heavyweights, Dana Swan (2-5, 2KOs) stopped Chad Trun in the opening round, ruining Trun`s pro debut.
Friday October 16, 2009
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Brown drops decision to Kim!
Two time world Super Bantamweight champion Lisa "Bad News" Brown moved up in weight to compete for the vacant IFBA Featherweight title but came up short against the much less experienced Hyo-Min Kim in Icheon City, South Korea. The contest went the full 10 round with Kim, who fights out of Icheon City, coming out on top with a unanimous decision victory. Scores of the bout were 96-94 (twice) and 96-95, all in favor of the hometown fighter. Kim collects her second pro title in her brief 4 bout career (she owns the PABA Featherweight strap as well) moves to 3-0-1 with one victory coming by way of knockout. Brown, suffers her first pro defeat in 3 years, slips to 16-4-3 with 5 wins by knockout.
Thursday October 15, 2009
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LO Greco decisions Starikov!
Undefeated welterweight prospect Phil Lo Greco, ranked #15 by the
WBO, scored an 8 round unanimous decision over Albert Starikov
(13-11-4, 5KOs) at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany. Scores of the
bout had the Canadian well out in front by scores of 80-70, 79-71,
and 77-74. Lo Greco, his second bout under the promotional banner of
OPI 2000, moves to 19-0 as a pro, with 10 of the victories coming by
knockout.
Saturday October 10, 2009
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Cave wins Canadian title!
Tyson Cave is the new Canadian Super Bantamweight champion. The
outspoken undefeated Cave went the full 10 rounds in taking a
unanimous decision over Steve Cannell last night at the Halifax
Civic Arena in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cave wins his first
professional title and in the process, goes past the 6 round marker
for the very first time in his career. The "Prince of Hali" moves to
9-0 with 2 KO victories. For Cannell, this was his second bid to
capture the national Super Bantamweight crown having fought to a
stalemate with Edmonton's Omar Valdez back in May of 2008. His
ledger slips to an even 3-3-3.
The only other professional bout on the card had Halifax Super Middleweight Juan Sanchez improved to 3-3-1 (2 KOs) by stopping Hamilton, Ontario's Adam Rochon (0-6) in the fourth round.
Sunday October 4, 2009
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Decarie scores last second knockout!By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Antonin Decarie left things literally to the last second and scored a knockout of Terrence Cauthen (33-6 9KO) at 2:59 of the 10th and final round. The Montreal welterweight who moves 23-0 with his 7th stoppage was the aggressor on the afternoon and went after his New Jersey opponent who was credited by at least one judge of winning the rounds four thru seven. Come round eight though, Cauthen who took the fight on less than a week’s notice seemed to have hit a wall and had noticeably dropped his hands. Decarie took full advantage and landed a right with everything on it that took the southpaw down to the canvas for a count of eight. “The ninth round I tried to finish him but I was just too wide with my shots, said Decarie after the fight. “The 10th round though I just settled down and managed to catch him.” Cauthen ate a right to the body that left him gasping for air and referee Michael Griffin calling it off with the fighter still wincing and quickly making his way to a waiting stool.
Saturday October 3, 2009
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Lemieux destroys McCrary!
By
Dave Spencer, FightNews
Canada
Make it 18 for 18 as middleweight knockout sensation David Lemieux destroyed former ‘Contender’ series star Donnie McCrary (24-10-2 13KO) at 2:40 of the opening round. After exchanging combinations in the middle of the ring, McCrary walked straight back with his hands down and was brutalized by a Lemieux right hand, dropping the Missouri hard to the canvas in a crumpled heap. McCrary managed to beat the count, but Lemieux managed a right to the body and followed it immediately with another to the head which had McCrary down and out and the fight being called immediately.
Saturday October 2, 2009
Brutish Columbians!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
New arrival Elieder Alvarez continued to impress as the newly Columbian amateur star scored his second knockout on as many tries over Willard Lewis 17-22-3. Official time was at 1:40 of the second round after scoring a knockdown to end the first stanza. It was an impressive display of poise and power for the light-heavyweight who exhibited a telephone pole like jab coupled with a damaging right hand. Lewis is now winless in his last 19 fights, not scoring a victory in over eight years.
Montreal’s other new Columbian arrival, heavyweight Oscar Rivas was no less impressive, scoring his second victory and dominating over trial-horse Stephane Tessier and scoring a 40-35, 40-35, 40-34 victory. The loss drops Tessier to an embarrassing 3-23-1, but despite another loss on his record, Tessier comes to fight and provides rounds and rarely goes down or gets knocked out. Rivas was forced to work and work he did, firing off threes and fours for the duration on an always advancing Tessier. Rivas finally did land take down Tessier with an uppercut in the final round and charged until the final bell over an exhausted and bloodied opponent.
Saturday October 2, 2009
McGuinness still perfect!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Logan McGuinness remained perfect, scoring his 7th victory in as many tries by posting a 40-35, 39-36, 39-36 win over Jorge Banos (4-5-3). The Orangeville fighter started strong and finished strong as he went nicely up and down on his Montreal opponent, scoring to the body of Banos and connecting solidly upstairs in the opening round. After some back and forth action in the middle rounds where a game Banos was the more fluid of the two, able to score some nice combinations and taking the seconds round on two of the judges’ scorecards, McGuinness was able to come back strong in the final round, punctuating the victory with a knockdown of his opponent with forty seconds left in the fight. McGuinness was able to put his hands together scoring a nice four punch combination, ending in a left hand that drove Banos down into the corner where he stayed until a count of seven.
Saturday October 2, 2009
Tahdooahnippah decisions Wellby!
Former Canadian welterweight king Brooke Wellby (35-19-4, 11 KOs) dropped a 6 round unanimous decision to undefeated power punching George "Comanche Boy" Tahdooahnippah (21-0, 18 KOs) moments ago at the First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma. More to come.
Friday October 2, 2009
______________________________________________________________________________Alfred decisions DeGroot!
Toronto, Ontario's Corinne Van Ryck DeGroot lost both her undefeated record and her bid to capture her first professional boxing title on Saturday night when she dropped a 10 round unanimous decision to Shondell Alfred in Georgetown, Guyana. The bout was contested for the vacant IBA Women's Bantamweight title. DeGroot, a part-time boxer and part-time actor on the American Gladiators, suffers her first defeat in 12 pro bouts, slipping to 11-1. The bout was her first in 29 months. Alfred, the reigning bantamweight champion of Guyana and now the new IBA champion, improves to 11-5.
Sunday September 27, 2009
Clark defeats Brown!
Mississauga, Ontario's Natalie "Too Bad" Brown dropped a 4 round majority decision to Rachel Clark last night at the Yesha Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scores of the bout read 39-37 x2 for the South Carolina fighter while the third judge saw it as an even fight, scoring it 38-38. The victory moves Clark to 3-2-1 (2KOs) while Brown drops her second straight majority decision, slipping to 5-2.
Sunday September 27, 2009
_______________________________________________________________Pascal retains WBC title!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
2009-09-25
Jean Pascal (24-1 6KOs) retained his WBC light heavyweight world championship with a tenth round technical knockout of 43 year-old mandatory challenger Silvio Branco (59-10-2 36KO) of Italy. The end came at 2:19 with Branco going down for the second time in the round just as his corner were throwing in the towel to end the fight. It was the first defense for Pascal who captured the title earlier this year with his victory over fellow Montrealer Adrian Diaconu. The rematch of that fight with Diaconu is now set to go on December 11th. Pascal also brought Branco down at the very end of the 7th round with a left hook.
It wasn’t the prettiest of fights at times, but Pascal was able to control most of the action after the third round. “I was a bit nervous to start,” admitted Pascal who used the entire ring in the first couple rounds, back-pedaling from an aggressive Branco who was shooting out a stiff jab. Pascal’s punches came from all angles in the early going as he crouched and delivered shots, never really having solid footing under him.
Branco who is a two-time WBA world champion and a veteran of five world title fights going into the contest cut an imposing figure in the ring and at times seemed to dwarf the smaller Pascal who is fighting at light-heavyweight for just the second time. After getting caught in against the ropes in the third round, Pascal managed to shift gears and started countering his charging opponent and earning some respect. Pascal was coming straight up the middle with well placed left-hand counters and managed to catch Branco with a shot that soon had his right eye quickly swelling up.
“He might have caught me,” admitted Pascal of a Branco shot in the third. “It was a hard fight and some tough work, but tonight I gained a lot of experience.”
Trainer Marc Ramsay agreed, “This was the second fight in a row where he applied himself 100% and was able to follow the game plan. We knew before the fight it was going to be a tough fight just because of the mix of styles between the two fighters but we’re very happy, this is pretty much the result we were expecting before the fight.”
Pascal benefitted from a questionable knockdown in the fourth where referee Gerry Bolen was quick to jump in and wave his arms, but then proceeded to reel off an eight count as the bell sounded to ring a second time to end the round. In the end it wouldn’t matter as the champion took control of the fight, landing with increased regularity, particularly from the sixth round on.
Continually beaten to the punch, Branco complained with increasing regularity of being pushed and being hit behind the head as the rounds started to add as the champion continued to put tens on the scorecards. A left hook brought Branco down in his own corner in the seventh and the accusations of foul-play were quickly falling on deaf ears. “This is boxing, not a movie, I think Branco has a lot of skills acting but I went in and did my job.”
That job was almost completed in the ninth round with Branco on the ropes and Pascal connecting solidly. With the Italian hanging on, a foot of tape was hanging off giving the challenger some relief that he tried to parlay into something else as he fell down in the middle of the ring on his way back to the corner claiming a low blow or hit behind the head. Referee Bolen was buying neither as the commissioner in the corner did a quick tape job and ordered the fighter back out.
Branco would survive the round but was quickly caught by an overhand right in the 10th that would put him down officially for the thirds time in the fight. The end would could moments later with Pascal moving in for the kill and Branco’s corner having seen enough, tossing a towel across the ring just as Branco was again going down.
“It was a fight against a very awkward and very skilled opponent,” said Pascal’s promoter Yvon Michel. It was likely his last chance at world championship and he gave everything, but Pascal was just too quick and too good.”
______________________________________________________________________Stevenson captures WBC Int'l title!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Adonis Stevenson (13-0 10KOs) returned to the ring after a one year absence and scored an impressive stoppage over Jermain Mackey (18-4 14KOs) at :20 of the 5th round, capturing the WBC International super-middleweight title. Stevenson who scored a knockdown at the very end of round four was relentless in his attack in the round following, pouncing on his opponent and hammering away until referee Adrio Zannoni was forced to jump in and stop the action with Mackey hanging against the ropes. It was a methodical attack by Stevenson who wobbled Mackey in the first round with a left hook to the body and continued the attack downstairs for the first three rounds. When he started to put his punches together and up his work rate in the 4th round, Stevenson was dominant and was able to land telling blows that had Mackey in retreat mode, scoring the knockdown and subsequent stoppage.
Friday September 25, 2009
Demers destroys Spearman!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Coming in at a career high 169 pounds, former world middleweight title challenger Sebastien Demers (29-2 11KOs) scored a surprising knockout victory over Jose Spearman (25-16-5 11KOs). The end came quickly with a left hook to the body of Spearman that put the fighter down to his knees for a full count of ten, the official time coming at 1:18. Demers who has always relied on his boxing abilities and jab has rarely shown one punch knockout power is the fastest victory since his pro debut. Jose Spearman was a last minute replacement for Henry Buchanan and is now winless in his last six.
Friday September 25, 2009
Handy wins rematch!
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
In a rematch of their 2006 bout, Carl Handy was once again victorious with 60-54, 59-55, 58-56 decision over David Whittom. It wasn’t as close the second time after a close majority decision the first time round going way of the New Orleans fighter who now calls Montreal home. Handy almost finished his opponent in the final round, knocking him across the ring and into the ropes where he remained teetering, trying to hold on until the final bell. Both fighters came in heavy and it showed after the second round, particularly with Whittom who tipped the scales at a career high 193 pounds. The 34 year-old Handy was able to block most of his opponents shots and was able to land more clean shots as the fight progressed, opening up a cut under the right eye of Whittom in round two that would swell up as the six rounder progressed. Handy moves to 24-7-2 with the victory while Whittom falls even at 10-10-1.
Friday September 25, 2009
Bizier, Cote post early victories
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Local welterweight Kevin Bizier (6-0 3KOs) kicked action of from the Bell Centre in Montreal with a convincing 60-54 win on all three scorecards over Jose Lonardo Corona (8-10 6KOs). Bizier was able to connect forcedly with a solid left over an oft retreating Coronona. Not able to land in combination, one punch at a time was more than enough to dominate over Corona who boxing in Montreal for fourth time in his last five fights.
Pier Olivier Cote destroyed Leonardo Rojas (8-9-3 2KOs), knocking down the over-matched super-lightweight three times in just over a minute. Official time was 1:21 for Cote who posted his sixth knockout victory and eighth win to move to a perfect 8-0.
Friday September 25, 2009
__________________________________________________________________________Orr survives Stanislavjevic!
By Francisco Salazar, FightNews.com
Former Canadian Olympian and now middleweight propect Donald Orr survived a fifth round knockdown and a feverish rally by Danny Stanislavjevic to capture a six round unanimous decision last night at the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, CA. All three judges had Orr, now 15-0 with 6 KO’s, winning by scores of 57-56, 57-56, and 58-55. Vancouver's Stanislavjevic (8-17-3, 4 KO’s) worked hard but could not get the victory. More to come.
Sunday September 13, 2009
Perrott wins pro debut
Ex NHL toughguy Nathan Perrott made his professional boxing debut last night at the famed Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, the still youthful 32 yr old looking to test the waters out as a prize fighting heavyweight. The Chatsworth, Ontario fighter, who has had over 350 fights as an enforcer in the world of hockey, is now undefeated as pro boxer. Perrott was able to stop Makidi Ku Ntima (1-1, 1KO) at 2:52 of the 4th and final round to take the victory.
Saturday September 12, 2009
___________________________________________________________________________________Charles, Banos victorious
Ali Nestor Charles won the vacant Quebec Middleweight title with a hard fought 8 round unanimous decision over Paul Tessier Saturday night at the Claude-Robillard Center in Montreal, Quebec. Charles, who actually promoted the event as well, took all three score cards by scores of 79-73. Tessier came out strong in the opening frame, landing a an uppercut and a solid right hand but Charles took over in the second and remained in control to the final bell. Even as the Montreal southpaw started to tire, Tessier was unable to take advantage. The new champion of Quebec improves to 8-5-1 with 3 KOs and makes good on his second attempt at obtaining the provincial title belt. The tough luck veteran from Longueuil, Quebec sees his mark slips to 3-10.
Montreal's Jorge Banos evened his record at 4-4-3 with a 6 round unanimous decision victory over Jean Charlemagne (1-11-2). Banos dominated throughout the contest, scoring a knockdown in round 4 with a left hook to the body. Charlemagne would also lose a point in the 2nd round for a low blow infraction. In the end, Banos, the current Super Feather weight champion of Quebec, took all three scorecards by an identical 60-51 scores.
In the only other boxing match on this MMA/Boxing card was Senegal born but Montreal based Abdou Sow destroying Gerald Audate in a mere 50 seconds. Jean-Guy Brousseau intervened twice, once to administer an 8 count to Audate and almost immediately afterwards to wave off the mismatch. Both boxers were making their pro debut.
Sunday September 6, 2009
___________________________________________________________________________________Molitor KO's Azuaga!
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
The co-Main Event at Rumble at Rama IX showcased Steve “The Canadian Kid” Molitor as he continues his climb to regain the IBF Super Bantamweight Championship! In his way, a very experienced journeyman from Argentina with 64 career KO’s named Dario Azuaga. Before the formal introductions were even complete, it was very evident that Steve Molitor was absolutely beaming with confidence. Accompanied by his “once again” trainer Chris Johnson and an entirely revamped corner, Molitor would get one more chance to answer his critics before getting an expected shot at the IBF crown.
As per usual Molitor was somewhat slow to open the bout. The first round did not see many punches landed by either pugilist, though overall Molitor definitely controlled the tempo and did in fact land the cleaner punches. The second round saw Molitor begin to stalk his shorter foe, moving forward while landing crisp clean punches with both hands. Towards the end of the round, Azuaga tripped up on his own feet and found his way to the canvas, the misstep was correctly ruled a slip. Molitor continued to press right to the bell, easily winning the round. The third round was more of the same with Molitor ignoring the hecklers at ringside while he landed numerous combinations topped with solid straight left hands. Azuaga appeared as though he had been rocked at least a couple of times in the round and he spent most of the third round with his back against the ropes. Molitor pressed forward even more in the fourth and the punishment continued with Azuaga hitting the canvas, for real this time! Azuaga survived the round, barely. “The Canadian Kid” launched a full out body assault to open the fifth round. With the left hand still finding a home like a heat seeking missile, the outcome was inevitable. Molitor then scored back to back knockdowns, and that was all she wrote for Mr. Azuaga! Molitor wins by way of KO in his first fight back with Johnson. The time was 1:50 seconds on the fifth round. “The Canadian Kid” is now 30-1 (12Kos) and potentially, one win away from regaining his World Title. Azuaga slips to 75-16-2 (64Kos) in defeat.
Friday September 4, 2009
_____________________________________________________________________________Kielsa-Montiy ends in No Contest
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
The Canadian Heavyweight Champion, Greg “The Steel Pole” Kielsa, put his perfect record of 10-0 on the line at Rumble at Rama 9, against American Kevin “Big Dog” Montiy. The fight started slow, with both men trading minor punches in spurts. Surprisingly the shorter Kielsa held on while on the inside, but to his credit, the “Steel Pole” did open up more, landing some nice punches to the body to finish the round. Kielsa picked up the pace early in the second round; he landed a few very solid straight left hands right on the chin of Montiy, and began to dictate the action inside the ring. An accidental head-butt then opened up a cut over Montiy’s left eye. With the cut barely bleeding, and Montiy claiming he couldn’t see, and the doctor was forced to allow the fight to be stopped. With the No Contest, both fighters still get a pay check, but the fans loudly let Montiy know that they felt that they had just been robbed!
After the fight, former Canadian Heavyweight Champion Raymond Olubowale entered the ring to challenge current champ Greg Kielsa for Kielsa’s title! Unfortunately for “Big” Ray, not only did Kielsa seem to ignore the legitimate challenge standing right in front of him; Raymond was then actually physically removed from Casino Rama by local police!
Friday September 4, 2009
Fountain decisions Abbiw
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
The much anticipated third contest of the evening showcased two very evenly matched young Canadian boxers, both on solid winning streaks, Justin “The Matrix” Fountain 5-1-2 (2Kos) versus Frankie Abbiw 4-2 (1KO). Both fighters opened up the fight with wild punches, Justin being the wilder of the two, even chasing Abbiw at some points. In the second round, Abbiw landed a devastating but wild left hook that buckled Fountains legs, forcing him to stumble backwards, but Abbiw was unable to finish off his wounded foe. Fountain recovered quickly, and Abbiw began to gas as the fight went into the third round, opening the door for “The Matrix” to increase his punches landed even further. The fourth round saw Abbiw land yet another solid power punch that shook Fountain, but this time Fountain took back control very quickly. After a closely contested fight, the official scores read, 40-36 (x2) and 39-37, all in favour of Justin Fountain. Abbiw smiled at his opponent as the scores were read, conceding the victory in what was action packed fight!
Friday September 4, 2009
Mercedes too much for Caron
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
The second bout which pitted Buffalo, N.Y. prospect Felix Mercedes against Dan Caron of Toronto, was a complete and total mismatch. The fight started with Mercedes landing a solid right hand that snapped Caron’s head back. Caron tried to answer with a right of his own, but his power was nowhere near that of Mercedes’! Felix jumped on Caron immediately, landing solid shots both to the head and body of his counterpart in combat who was making his pro debut. Caron was stunned badly by a Mercedes’ right hand about a minute into the round and stumbled back into the corner pad. The referee counted it as a knockdown (as he should have) and allowed the fight to go on. Unfortunately for Caron, the continuation led to more of the same. Another flurry from Mercedes sent Caron crashing head first to the canvas. With no need to count to ten, the massacre was stopped midway through the opening round. With the KO, Mercedes’ record improves to 3-0 (2Kos).
Friday September 4, 2009
Boyd stops De Melo
By John Robbins, FightNews Canada
Boxing returned to Casino Rama with a thunderous bang Friday night! In the first bout of the evening at Rumble at Rama IX, Toronto’s Stephan Boyd stepped in the ring with Milton, Ontario’s Pedro “Apostle 13” DeMelo. Both fighters hesitated out of the gate, without much authority behind their punches and not much separated these two fighters in the slow opening round. The second round saw, DeMelo beginning to attack Boyd’s body; however it was Boyd who started to relax and open up half way through the round. A series of solid right hands from Boyd throughout the second round caused some swelling on DeMelo left brow, and displayed early that even though Boyd’s power was by no means overwhelming, his boxing skill being on a higher level was undoubtedly taking an early toll on DeMelo. The third round was much more of the same with Boyd out-punching and out-landing the much lesser experience DeMelo. DeMelo after being warned by his corner to “Get to work” came out swing in the fourth. But moving forward without any defence is exactly what Boyd needed to finish this fight off with an exclamation mark. Boyd opened up right away, landing a flurry of punches, including seven unanswered right hands, forcing referee John Wylie to step in and stop the contest at 0:54 seconds of the round. Boyd moves to 9-3-1 (4Kos) with the TKO, while DeMelo slips to 1-1.
Friday September 4, 2009
Trivilino tops Trompowsky
by Bob Caico FightNews.com
Featherweight Jackie Trivilino, fighting out of Plattsburgh, New York scored a 4 round unanimous decision victory over Toronto's Priscilla Trompowsky last Wednesday night at the Mohegan Sun Grandstand at the Syracuse State Fair grounds in Syracuse, NY. Both ladies put on an exciting exhibition but Trivilino was able to land the cleaner, harder punches to win 40-36 on each of the judges scorecards. Trivilino’s record evens out at 1-1-1 while Trompowsky slides to 1-3.
Friday September 4, 2009
Taber Alberta holds its First Event
Dave McQuaker of Lethbridge beat Winnipeg's Tim Watts over four rounds by unanimous decision. The scoring was 40-36 and 39-37 (x2). Michele Nelson of Saskatoon took on Wendy Roy of Vancouver, winning by the same scores of 40-36and 39-37 (x2). Lethbridge heavyweight boxer Ken Frank scored a technical knockout over Jaimie Walton of Abbotsford, BC, stopping him at 1:30of the second round. The next bout ended in the first round as a no contest, as Mark Aparicio received an accidental head butt courtesy of his opponent Tyrell Hendrix of Los Angeles. The fifth fight of the night went the full six rounds as Niagara Falls' Ray Kovinic dropped a unanimous decision to James Dearman of Abbotsford. The scores were 60-54 (x2) and 59-55. The main event saw two cruiserweights battling over over six rounds. Vancouver's Jegbefumere Bone Albert took the six round unanimous decision with all judges agreeing on a 60-64 score over Trevor Stewardson of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The promoter of the event is looking at another event in a few months. The CBF congratulates everyone involved in this event for making it a successful one.
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Andrews defeats Lessard for Canadian Title
by Tom Hebert / FightNews Canada
2009-08-30
For the first time in Canadian boxing history two Edmontonians fought for the Country's Light Middleweight crown. In this historic event, the tall and lanky Kris Andrews (14-8-2, 4KOs) won a 10 round unanimous decision over his union brother Anthony Lessard (7-5-2, 5KOs) to lay claim to the national strap. Both men exchanged some hard punches ealy on, and with about a minute left in the second, Lessard, in trouble and saved by the ropes, was knocked down. In round 3, Andrews lost a point for a low blow yet was able to land punches almost at will on Lessard throughout the entire round. The fourth had Lessard down for the second time in the fight which electrified the crowd. Down 2 knockdowns, Lessard come out charging Andrews in the 5th. During a fury of punches by Andrews, Lessard countered, landing a huge punch which knocked Andrews into the ropes, counting as a knockdown. Roun 6 started with Lessard sporting a cut over his right eye. After eating three hard left’s, Lessard found himself on the canvas for the third time in the fight. He pulled himself upright and was ready for more. Rounds 7 through 9 were much the same with both men brawling in the centre of the ring with Andrews landing the majority of the punches. Heading into the final round, Andrews knew he was winning on the score cards and came out bouncing, circling and jabbing to try and keep Lessard from landing a hail mary punch. Halfway through the round, Lessard stopped chasing Andrews then, with his glove’s by his sides, he yelled for Andrews to come and fight. Andrews accepted the invitation and a beautiful exchange took place in the middle of the ring. With 10 seconds left in the bout, l Andrews raised his hands in victory and a bleeding Lessard hugged him before the final bell sounded. Kris Andrews became the new Canadian Jr. Middleweight champion by scores of 97-89 (twice) and 97-88 on the other.
On the undercard, Alston “Tiny” Brown, from Vancouver, replace an injured Bangaly Kourouma, to take on former Canadian Cruiserweight champion Ryan Henney over 8 rounds. Brown came out throwing everything he had in hopes of catching Henney early. In round two, Henney looked to have become more comfortable with Brown’s style and with 20 seconds remaining in the round, he was able to knock Brown down. Brown was able to make it up before the 10 count and made it through the round. In round 3, Brown came out and threw with everything he had left in the tank. Throwing as hard as he could. Brown fell to the canvas after he missed Henney with a big shot. That would prove to be all Brown had left. Brown was unable to answer the bell for round 4 and Henney was awarded with a TKO victory at 3 minutes of the 3rd round. Henney then announced that he is hoping for a rematch with Frank White who defeated him for his Canadian title last year..
Ayana Pelletier, from Edmonton, avenged her only loss by beating Nicole Woods, from Georgia, in a action packed fight by scores of 58-56 (twice) and 57-57. Woods looks tired in the last couple rounds while Pelletier, bleeding heavy from the lip, looked like she could have gone some more rounds.
In another rematch, Dave Petryk, fighting out of Coverdale B.C took on Steve Claggett from Calgary in a 4 round light welterweight bout. Petryk came out in the first two rounds as the aggressor while Claggett had trouble showing off his boxing skills. In rounds 3 and 4, Petryk looked the role of a tired and bloody fighter. He lost a tooth in the middle of the ring and what appeared to be a broken nose or at least a very bloody one. Claggett was able to take over but ran out of roundsand had to settle for a draw. Judge David Bilocerkowec scored the bout 39-37 (Claggett), Judge David Haas had it 39-37(Petryk) while Judge Ron Hayter had it even at 38-38.
The first fight of the evening had Jorge Ravanal Jr, . from St.Albert, Alberta, making his professional debut against a warrior from Edmonton named Justin Berger. Berger had the George Foreman cross armed defense and the Evander Holyfield style of leading with his head. Berger was warned multiple times by referee lan Koivisto and ended up losing a point in the second round for a head butt. Ravanal could not find a rhythm with the way Berger kept coming towards him and then hanging on, yet that didn’t stop him from landing plenty of punches that caused from some minor swelling’s around both Berger's eyes. Ravanal ended up winning the bout with scores of 39-36 (twice) and 40-35 on another card.
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Ikeke edges Woolnough
by Shamus Young, FightNews.com
Super middleweight Kingsley “Sharp Knuckles” Ikeke (26-3, 14 KOs) won a ten round split decision over Mark “The Machine Gun” Woolnough (19-5, 6 KOs) to claim the NABA 168lb title on Saturday night at the Emerald Queen in Tacoma, Washington. Woolnough pressured Ikeke, and outworked him in most every round, but it was Ikeke landing the harder punches. In the end, judges scores it 96-94, 96-94 for Ikeke and 97-93 for Woolnough. Fightnews had it 95-95.
Ikeke was the seasoned veteran who had a previous title shot and had been ranked highly by every major sanctioning body. Woolnough had something to prove, and was a former Canadian champ who was a good prospect in the early part of this decade, but took a long layoff, and had fought sporadically since coming back in 2007. .....read more
Sunday August 30, 2009
____________________________________________________________________________Alcine defeats Mitchell in clinchfest!
by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
Former WBA light middleweight champion Joachim Alcine, making his first ring appearance in a little over a year, pounded out an uninspiring 10 round unanimous decision over Eric Mitchel moments ago at the Casino de Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec. Scores of the bout were 97-93 (twice) and 96-93 in favor of the ex champ from Montreal. Alcine (31-1, 19 KO's), in his first bout under the watchful eye of new trainer Buddy McGirt, had to deal with both ring rust and an opponent who did nothing but clinch and hold at every opportunity. Unable to create any distance, Alcine was forced to participate in a clinch-filled affair that marred his return and brought boo's and jeers as early as round 5. With the fight much closer on the scorecard, Mitchell proved in the end to be his own worst enemy with multiple warning and finally a point deductions in round 9 for excesive holding. Round 10 brought cheers from the crowd as they knew the bout was almost over. Alcine, 11 months removed from his last fight, was obviously disappointed with the lack of effort by his opponent but was all smiles when his name was announced as the victor. Mitchell, for his efforts, slips to 22-6-1.
Friday August 28, 2009
Lemieux still perfect!
by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
Middleweight David Lemieux is still perfect but it wasn't easy. Baldimir Hernandez proved tough as he took everything Lemieux had to offer and landed his own fair share before walking into a right hook that ended his night in round 5. After dropping Hernandez for an 8 count at the end of round 3, Lemieux upped the pressure in rounds 4 and 5 but found Hernandez unwilling to wilt. Towards the end of the 5th round, referee Gerry Bolen separated the two from a clinch, Hernandez walked away in a half circle then turned around to resume the action, he was meet with Lemieux's right hook before he could bring his hands back up. Dropped hard, Hernandez was able to make it to a kneeling position at the count of 7 but indicated to the ref that he wasn't getting up. Bolen completed the count of 10 to move Lemieux to 17-0 with 17 KOs while Hernandez slips to 18-3.
Friday August 28, 2009
Early results from Montreal, PQ
by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada
Quebec Super Middleweight champion Nicholson Poulard (13-2, 6KOs) outboxed a game but overmatched Jason Naugler over 8 rounds to take a unanimous decision victory. Poulard was able to use a combination of fancy footwork and speedly combinations to keep Naugler (18-10-1, 11KOs) both timid and under control for the duration of the contest, taking all three scorecards by scores of 78-74 (twice) and 79-73. Rounds 4 through 8 all belonged to Poulard as he hammered the Maritimer fighter almost at will, only Naugler's courage and anvil chin allowed him to hear the sound of the closing bell.
Eleider "Storm" Alvarez proved to be too much for Jesse Sanders, dropping "Iron Jaw" for the full 10 count at 2:03 of the openning round. Alvarez caught Sanders (14-7-2, 13KOs) with a straight right to the chin, which dropped Sanders hard to the canvas where he stayed until the full count was administered. Alvarez, fighting out of Montreal by way of Columbia, is a winner in his pro debut.
Quebec Lightweight champ Tony Luis (7-0, 2KOs) made quick work of Cesar Figueroa (2-5, 2 KOs), dropping the Mexican fighter 3 times over the course of 2 rounds to earn the TKO victory. Figueroa's corner threw in the towel at 1:41 of round 2, saving their fighter further punishment.
Oscar "KaBoom" Rivas, Montreal via Columbia, made his pro debut a sucessful one, stopping 31 fight veteran Joe Stofle (11-19-2, 10KOs) at 1:33 of the 3rd round. Stofle was down in both round 2 and 3.
Friday August 28, 2009
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Onolunose no match for Brewer
By Felipe Leon, FightNews.com
Former season two “The Contender” champion Grady Brewer (26-11, 15 KOs) made an early night of it when he destroyed the previously undefeated Albert Onolunose (18-1, 7 KOs) with a second round KO to capture the vacant IBC jr. middleweight title.
Sunday August 23, 2009
Lo Greco crushes Spengler
Undefeated Welterweight prospect Phil "The Italian Sensation" Lo Greco made his European debut a successful one, stopping Frenchman Sebastien Spengler at 1:27 of the second round of their scheduled 8 rounder at the SYMA Sport & Leisure Center in Budapest, Hungary. Lo Greco, now fighting under the banner of OPI 2000, moves to 18-0 as a pro, collecting his 10th stoppage victory while Spengler slips to 14-10-2.
Saturday August 22, 2009
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________McLellan brothers post victories!
by Bruce Paizen
2009-08-09
On Friday August 7, 2009, the Roll-A-Dome in Prince George, BC played host to 10 MMA matches. Promoter Wayne Sponagle was able to showcase some proboxing as well, and the McLellan brothers from Williams Lake did not disappoint.
In the opening boxing match, welterweight Stuart McLellan of Williams Lake posted a 4 round decision (40-36 x 3) over Corey Houston of Winnipeg. McLellan improves to 5-0-1 (1 KO) and Houston, fighting for the first time in over two years, falls to a still respectable 3-4-1 (2 KOs). According to Gary McLellan in a telephone interview, it was a competitive matchup, with Stuart boxing and Corey looking to impose his power. After the fight, Stuart was satisfied with being able to implement the boxing plan and avoid mixing it up with the always dangerous Houston. Gary McLellan said, "Williams Lake, and Interior-BC in general, is a smaller boxing market, so there is not nearly the sparring that you get in in Vancouver. Tonight's win for Stuart over a high-calibre boxer like Houston is a huge confidence booster." It should be noted that Corey Houston was a late replacement. Original opponent, Quebec's Patrick Tessier, withdrew one week ago for undisclosed reasons. Stuart was to fight Tessier at middleweight, and thus the high weight for this one bout.
Lone travelling journeyman Stephane Chartrand arrived from Quebec. And with King John Boxing working his corner, he hoped to pull an upset. In Chartrand's last outing (April 25, 2009), he went into Ted Reno's backyard in Calgary to earn a 6 round victory, so Team McLellan was not taking anything for granted. The action was fast and furious with both fighters mixing it up, then, suddenly, Roberto landed a nice body shot to drop the usually durable Chartrand. The time of the stoppage was 1:36 of the openning round, with Roberto McLellan to moving to 4-0-1 (1 KO) and Stephane Chartrand falling to 3-12-1 (0 KO). Roberto should be 5-0-1 if you include a win in an unsanctioned boxing match 3 years ago in 100 Mile House, BC. Nonetheless, Team McLellan was pumped after the fight: "Chartrand usually goes the distance with everyone and usually puts up a good competitive fight, so we are very happy with the knockout win", exclaimed Gary McLellan.
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Full
report: Larcinese outworks Hultin!
by Chris Cozzone & Natasha Chornesky, FightNews.com
After an extremely impressive pro debut a couple months back, Donatella “DynOmite” Hultin, of Sweden and Las Vegas, slid over to the other side of the spectrum with a less-than-impressive showing at the busier, aggressive hands of Montreal's Lucia Larcinese, who picked up the unanimous decision win.
Barely jabbing, Hultin was outworked by the aggressive Larcinese through round one. Landing lefts every time they were thrown, Larcinese had Hultin missing her barely-thrown rights.
Outworked, outhustled, Hultin huddled into turtle shell mode in the third and, in the fourth, Larcinese had an easy time landing left after left.
All three judges scored the bout 39-37 for Larcinese, who was
cornered by Enrique Ornelas. The win improves Larcinese to 2-4 while
Hultin slides to an even 1-1 as a pro.
(Photo: Chris Cozzone / Fightwireimages.com)
Saturday August 8, 2009
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Full report: Garbatt shocks Shea!
By Billy “Loops” Luppert, Fightnews.com
Super featherweight Lindsay Garbatt (3-2, 3 KOs) scored the biggest upset of the evening with a seventh round TKO over Ireland’s Maureen Shea (13-2, 7 KOs) Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. Shea was looking to get back into the win column after suffering the first loss of her career in her previous bout, that being a shot for a world title.
Both fighters put on a good showing, as neither was willing to move away from fighting on the inside. While the fight lacked any big punches that would please the crowd, it was an entertaining bout as each fighter threw non-stop combinations.
Garbatt however, was stronger than Shea, and as the fight
progressed, was able to break her down. The end came when Garbatt
landed a two punch combination that sent Shea to the canvas on a
delayed knockdown and the fight was waived off at 1:52 of the round.
(Photo: Emily Harney, FightWireImages.com)
Monday August 3, 2009
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Maritime cruiserweight eyes Cermak challenge next!
by Cecil Wright, FightNews Canada
2009-07-20
Friday night in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Eddie Dawson looked to continue his comeback at the expense of Vancouver based Alston "Tiny" Brown. With more than a victory at risk, Dawson pounded out a four round unanimous decision over a game Alston "Tiny" Brown. The victory moved the Maritime cruiserweight to 9-3 and more importantly, set him up for a August 8th date with James Cermak for the vacant WBC Continental Americas title up for grabs. For his effort, Brown sees his ledger slip to 2-3-1.
As the bell sounded to start the openning round, Brown opened using his long right jab and showed pretty good movement. Dawson scored with a nice left hook to the body, countered by a long left to the head by Brown. Dawson was trying to work his way inside, and once he got there, he scored with a couple solid left hooks to the body. He scored with another left hook, this time to the jaw and showed a very nice left hand combination to Tiny’s head. Curiously, Dawson switched to a southpaw stance for the final few seconds of the round.
Dawson started to put more pressure on Brown in round two and started to score regularly with his hooks. He showed a good counter hook to the head and really began to find the range on his hooks to the body. Halfway through the round, Brown changed to an orthodox stance and promptly ate a right hand for his effort. Tiny was able to score with a solid uppercut just before the bell.
Brown stayed orthodox to begin round three while Dawson was content to work on the body. Brown scored with a solid right cross to the head, found another opening and landed it a second time. It seemed to awaken Dawson as he answered with a crunching right to the jaw. Again, Brown caught Dawson with an uppercut but it was not enough to stop the pressure from Dawson, who caught up with Brown along the ropes and landed a flurry of lefts and rights.
Both fighters met in the middle of the ring to start the fourth and final round and immediately exchanged left hands to the head. Brown had switched back to his customary southpaw stance and scored with a beautiful left to the body, right to the head combination. Dawson, ever the stalker, landed a jab and a hook to the head. Brown scored twice with the jab before Dawson nailed him with a short right uppercut on the inside. There was a vicious flurry at the bell with both fighters landing a few with no defense in sight.
With the decision left in the judges hands, the scoring would be a mere formality. Each of the three officials saw it the same way, giving Dawson each round accordingly for a 40-36 x 3 victory.
POST FIGHT COMMENTS FROM EDDIE DAWSON
FN: How are you feeling after the fight and when will you re-enter the gym to prepare for James Cermak?
ED: I feel fantastic and plan on being back in the gym on Tuesday. Can’t wait to get in there.
FN: Most fighters always feel they have something to work on after a bout, so is there anything specifically you found that you want to improve upon after the fight with Tiny?
ED: I think I need to settle down a bit and not be so anxious to get the knockout with each punch. I think I was lunging a little bit to press the action because Tiny moves around the ring a fair amount, so I wanted to be sure that the fans got to see a fight. I want to work on being more patient and letting the fight come to me a little bit. I also want to work on the straight right hand and create a little more separation so I can land cleaner shots.
FN: I noticed that your head movement was very good. That appears to be something you’ve been working on?
ED: Definitely. Bunny Phillips has stressed my head movement from day one. He said that since I was probably a little shorter than most of my opponents, good head movement is essential. The thing I find is that when I use the head movement, it gets me into a good rhythm for throwing my punches and snapping off combination shots.
FN: You look to be in the best shape of your life. Is your conditioning where you want it to be or is there more work to be done in that regard?
ED: I think I’m in excellent shape, and quite frankly, my conditioning is slightly ahead of schedule which is good because I think James Cermak is a different beast. I’ll try to up the tempo a little in this fight because my stamina has been good. I’ll work on recovery conditioning…catch my breath a little more between punches.
FN: If you are successful against Cermak, have you given any thought towards the future?
ED: I would be making a mistake to look past Cermak because I believe he is a formidable opponent, but I wouldn’t have taken this fight if I didn’t think I could beat him. I respect him but I don’t fear him or anyone else. If I win this fight, of course Frank White is the Canadian champion and he’s the man to beat. The old saying is in order to be the man, you gotta beat the man. I know there was some talk in the past about he and I but I think that was more marketing than anything else, to gauge some opinion on such a fight. But I believe I can beat White and look forward to a chance to prove it, but I want to do my talking inside the ring. Talk is cheap. But there are a few other fighters who probably feel they can take him too. I’m sure Kevin Reynolds thinks he can and I think Ryan Henney probably feels deserving of another shot at the title also. The cruiserweight division, I think, is the strongest division in Canada and I want to move on up.
Clarke suffers broken jaw in two places!
by Cecil Wright, FightNews Canada
2009-07-20
When sparring partners meet in the ring, most times the contest resorts to just that, a lackluster sparring match. When Jordan Clarke and Juan Sanchez climbed into the ring last Friday night in Sackville, Nova Scotia, it was anything but lackluster. Two fighters looking to proved to those in attendance and to themselves who the better man was. In the end, the result produced no winner but the bragging rights went to Sanchez .
In round one Clarke came out working the right jab. Sanchez came out with his jab also but it seemed to be more to try to measure Clarke than hurt him with it. About a minute into the round, there was a good exchange of jabs before Clarke tagged Sanchez with a sharp one-two combination hook which slowed him for a moment. But Sanchez came back with a solid right to Clarke’s body. Clarke scored with a left cross to the head and a solid right hook to the body. Sanchez was now trying to find the range with his jab but failed to connect for the most part. Clarke scored again with a right hook to the jaw just before the bell.
To start round two Clarke came out of his corner jabbing and scoring. He landed a couple stiff jabs before Sanchez came right back with one of his own. There was a brief flurry of lefts and rights by both fighters before Sanchez scored with a left hook which was quickly answered by Clarke who followed with a straight left to the head. Sanchez, who was now showing much more purpose, nailed Clarke with a right to the jaw and a right to the body.
Sanchez came out of the corner for round three with much more aggression as he scored with a combination right hand to the head and body. He was now in active pursuit of Clarke and appeared to be looking to land a haymaker with either hand. Sanchez scored with a right hook to the body and then again with the same punch. Clarke was trying to be elusive but was clearly having some difficulty avoiding the onrushing Sanchez. Clarke was able to score with a jab and a nice counter left to the head just before the bell.
As the final round rang, Clarke came out moving and circling. He scored with a right jab before Sanchez landed a stiff combination to the head. Clarke landed a double jab before Sanchez landed a straight right to the body. Sanchez missed with a wild left hook as Clarke avoided it deftly. Clarke landed another jab while Sanchez scored with a right hook to the body at the bell.
With the decision left to the judges, only two of them agreed. Two of the officials was the bout even at 38-38 while the third judges was the contest in Clarke's favor, 39-38.
POST FIGHT COMMENTS FROM SANCHEZ AND CLARKE
Juan Sanchez
FN: Are you pleased with the judge’s decision?
JS: Well it’s better than a loss but I go into each fight intending to win. It’s hard to say that I am pleased but I accept it for what it is.
FN: Seems that you would surely be deserving of a rematch. What would you do differently?
JS: I would throw more punches and stay right in front of him for the whole fight. I was trying to figure him out, see what he was doing over the early part of the fight. I was trying to box with him but that isn’t my game, that’s his. So that’s when I began to go after him a bit more.
FN: What does it mean to have quieted the critics and skeptics who felt you were sure to lose this fight?
JS: I’m glad to quiet the people who didn’t believe I had a shot. I know there was some talk about how Jordan should walk right through me and how I should be an easy win for him. But that’s the thing about boxing. You can make all the predictions you want but it is settled by the two boxers and nobody else. I don’t really concern myself too much with what people say. I listen to my trainer instead.
Jordan Clarke
FN: You told me at the weigh-in that Sanchez was no slouch and that if all goes well, there could be a rematch. When can we expect it to take place?
JC: Well it won’t be for a little while because I have a broken jaw. Juan broke my jaw in two places with one punch so I’ll be on a liquid diet for about six weeks. I told you that this was a dangerous fight for me to take because of Juan’s punching power. He throws fast, hard punches. He and Buddy Askri are the hardest punchers I’ve been in the ring with.
FN: How did the knee hold up?
JC: Actually the knee was great. That ended up being the least of my concern.
FN: Did cutting so much weight in such a short period hurt you?
JC: I think that I am not comfortable fighting at this weight and I wasn’t able to move like I wanted to. It restricted my speed and movement but I took the fight because I wanted to shake the rust off and give Juan a good fight. I know it wasn’t my best performance but I was anxious to get back in the ring. If we have a rematch, I would like it to be at 158-160lbs.
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Mansour defeats Davis!Ali Mansour, Windsor, Ontario`s undefeated heavyweight prospect, saw action Friday night under the bright lights of the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, taking on Saginaw, Michigan`s Lee Davis. Mansour and Davis would go the distance with the Canadian taking the unanimous decision by scores of 40-36 (thrice). The Bomb used a solid body attack to wear down Davis and dominate the contest from start to finish. Mansour, with the win, improves to 7-0 with 3 KOs while Davis drops t0 1-2.
Monday July 20, 2009
_________________________________________________________________________________Rakoczy to much for Mohs
Former WBC Women's Lightweight champion Jessica Rakoczy used her her jab to perfection Thursday night in cruising to a third round TKO victory over Jessica Mohs at the Tachi Place Casino in Leemore, California.
The fight itself was uneventful as Rakoczy controlled the action from the center of the ring, strafing Mohs with jabs and straight right hands as Mohs dutifully followed her around. On a couple of occasions Mohs would close the distance and let her hands go, but Rakoczy was easily able to re-establish her distance and continue peppering Mohs with the one-two.
Rakoczy (31-3, 11KOs) started to sit down on her two-punch combinations midway through round two and into round three, and with Mohs (7-21-2, 2KOs) not appearing to be able to avoid being hit or mount any serious counterattack, Mohs’ corner signaled to referee Jon Schorle to stop the fight at 1:13 of the round.
Saturday July 18, 2009
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Adamek stops Gunn in 4!
by Dave Baggs, FightNews Canada, ringside.
IBF Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek proved why he is among the elite Cruiserweights in the world tonight as he dismantled Bobby Gunn round by round until the ringside doctor waved the fight off at the end of the 4th round. Adamek proved too skilled for Gunn, hitting him almost at will with jabs and right hands right from the opening bell. Gunn tried to answer back but was unable to land anything significant to stop the foward moving champ. Adamek had Gunn reeling with 10 seconds to go in round 4, the challenger tried in vain to clinch but was heading down as the bell saved him. He was greeted in his corner by the ringside doctor who informed the referee Earl Brown that Gunn's night was done, much to the dismay of the Canuck. While, over the course of 4 rounds, Gunn did eat plenty of leather, he never stopped trying to land something that would turn the course of the fight around, unfortunately, that something never came. With the win, Adamek moves to 38-1 with 26 KO's. Gunn falls to 21-4-1 with 18 KO's.
Saturday July 11, 2009
Hayward falls to Marquez!
Former Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Jason "Too Sweet" Hayward travelled to Sunrise, Florida but will return to Canadian with very little to declare. Hayward was dropped 5 times on route to being stopped by undefeated Jr. Lightweight Archie Ray Marquez in four rounds. Time of the stoppage was 1:56. Marquez improves to 5-0 and collects his first professional stoppage victory. Hayward sees his 2 fight winning streak come to an end, slipping to 6-7-1 with 2 victories coming by knockout.
Saturday July 11, 2009
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Michael Walchuk headlined King John Vernaus' fightcard Thursday night at the Gates Restaurant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, looking to collect an impressive victory at the expense of his opponent, New York based Jamaican Anthony Osborne. Walchuk was able to accomplish both feats, stopping Osborne in the 6th and final round to collect the TKO victory. Since his return from a 3 and a half year layoff, Walchuk is now a perfect 2-0, both victory coming by way of knockout. The 30 yr old Canuck moves to 8-1, 2KOs while Osborne drops his 5th straight contest, falling to 7-30-1 as a pro. On the undercard, Winnipeg Light welterweight Matt Gembey (7-2-2, 3 KOs) battled Minnisota's James Wayka (16-8-1, 8 KOs) to a 6 round draw. Also ending in a stalemate was a 6 round Super Featherweight contest between Antwan Robertson (4-1-1, 3KOs) and Hassan Wasswa (5-8-3, 2KOs). Roland Vandall, fighting out of Winnipeg, is still looking for his first win as a pro, now 0-3, as he dropped a 4 round majority decision to Patrick Cape (6-7, 3KOs).
Friday July 10, 2009
_______________________________________________________________________________Hayward falls to Marquez!
Former Canadian Super Bantamweight champion Jason "Too Sweet" Hayward travelled to Sunrise, Florida but will return to Canadian with very little to declare. Hayward was dropped 5 times on route to being stopped by undefeated Jr. Lightweight Archie Ray Marquez in four rounds. Time of the stoppage was 1:56. Marquez improves to 5-0 and collects his first professional stoppage victory. Hayward sees his 2 fight winning streak come to an end, slipping to 6-7-1 with 2 victories coming by knockout.
Saturday July 11, 2009
Arturo Gatti found dead!
Legendary former world champion Arturo Gatti, 37, has reportedly been found dead inside a beachside flat he was renting at the Hotel Dorisol of Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was found by his wife early Saturday with a head injury. Gatti had arrived with his wife and baby on Friday on their honeymoon. Local police consider his death suspicious. A story on his life is available on Fightnews.com by clicking on this link: http://www.fightnews.com/?p=17216#more-17216
Saturday July 11, 2009
_________________________________________________________Gorges defeated by Lozano
by Chris Cozzone, Fightwireimages.com
2009-07-03
Last night at the Plaza Hotel, downtown Las Vegas and in a battle of undefeated welterweights, Las Vegas’ Abdan Lozano (6-0, 1 KO) handed Canadian Andre “Gorgeous” Gorges (8-1, 6 KOs) his first loss, winning unanimously. For the first two rounds, the two gangling pugs fought like squids, entangling one another and knocking noggins every time a punch was thrown. One such headbutt opened up a cut over Lozano’s left orb, but his corner kept things under control. Gorges edged the first, while Lozano tried to figure out his opponent’s awkward attacks. A fight on the inside proved the only way to beat Gorges and, by the third, uppercuts on the inside put him ahead on the cards. With less success in the pocket, Gorges tried to keep to the outside and catch Lozano coming in, with loopy lefts. Success was marginal for Lozano’s constant pressure and cleaner, harder punches on the inside had the gawky Canadian tying up more often than fighting. All three judges scored it for Lozano, 59-55.
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Lontchi stopped after nine!
WBO junior featherweight world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs) scored an impressive one-sided ninth round TKO over previously unbeaten Oliver Lontchi (18-1-2, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Juanma dropped Lontchi in rounds two and nine, and Lontchi remained on his stool after the ninth.
Lontchi although connecting, simply didn't have the power to back up Lopez at any time as the undefeated Puerto Rican was relentless throughout. "It was a mutual agreement with the doctor that the fight should be stopped," said trainer Howard Grant. I don't think there was any point in throwing him back out there for more punishment. We proved we belong and although we didn't win, I think we might of exposed him a little bit."
Saturday June 27, 2009
O'Connor decisions Hamel!
Junior welterweight prospect “Irish” Danny O’Connor (7-0, 2 KOs) continued his winning ways with a unanimous decision victory over Quebec's welterweight champion Sebastien Hamel (10-19, 1 KO) this evening at the Roxy in Boston, MA. All three judges had the bout scored 60-54. In the main event of the evening, Mike Oliver and Castulo Gonzalez ended in a second round no decision
Saturday June 27, 2009
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Saglam
tops Olubowale!
Former Canadian heavyweight champion "Big" Ray Olubowale saw action Friday night in Saarland, Germany, taking on an undefeated but little known German heavyweight in Yakup Saglam. Olubowale, who has been working in Germany as a sparring partner for WBA champion Ruslan Chagaev over the spring, was fighting for the first time professionally overseas looking to build some momentum towards a possible return matchup with current Canadian king of the heavies Greg Kielsa. Unforturnately for "Big" Ray, the 39 yr old would fall short on the scorecards (yet again), this time dropping an 8 round unanimous decision to Saglam, that coming on the same night where Kielsa would look very impressive in dispatching an overmatched journeyman (Brian Polley) back home in Canada. Olubowale, who called out the Canadian champ days before this bout, slips to 8-4-1 (5 KOs) while Saglam improves to 20-0 (17 KOs). Let the record show that in those 20 pro bouts, Saglam has only met 4 opponents with winning records.
Saturday June 27, 2009
Molitor edges Ruiz!
Former IBF Jr Featherweight champion Steve Molitor had a tough night with Heriberto Ruiz in a battle of counterpunchers but in the end, the Canadian Kid was able to escape with the 12 round split decision victory and remain in the hunt to regain his world title. Scores of the close contest had two judges giving Molitor the edge 116-112 while the third favored the Mexican by the same identical score. The battle was a tactical one with neither fighter comfortable in playing the agressor nor committing to throwing plenty of leather. Molitor had the slight edge after 6 rounds before a clash of heads in round 7 opened an ugly gash on his hairline which bled throughout the remainder of the contest. The blood seem to inspire Ruiz through rounds 8 and 9, however Molitor would regain control in the championship rounds to win 2 of the 3 judges card. Molitor, disappointed with his performance tonight, improves to 29-1 (11 KOs) and hopes to be back in the ring in September, hopefully this time with the IBF world title as the prize. Ruiz, for his efforts, slips to 41-8-2 (23 KOs).
Friday June 26, 2009
Trout decisions Garnett!
by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
n the Co-Main Event at Rumble VIII, Junior Middleweights Shawn “The Heat” Garnett (11-6-2, 3Kos) of Brampton, Ontario and “No Doubt” Austin Trout (18-0,13Kos) of New Mexico, USA fought the 8 round distance in a very tactical match-up won unanimously by Trout 78-74, 79-73, 80-72 on the official cards...
The opening round was a chess match with neither fighter staking any claims. Trout began to dictate the pace more in the 2nd round, moving forward behind the jab. While Garnett seemed content to continue the chess game; waiting patiently for opportunities. The best exchange in the 2nd round came at the hands of Trout, waking up the full house of fans in attendance. After Garnett slipped, bring him to the floor to start the 3rd round, Trout began to loosen up and let his hands go. Garnett only managed to muster one solid exchange of his own, undoubtedly conceding the round in favour of Austin Trout. In the 4th round, the leather finally began to fly from both fighters. After a number of solid exchanges, Trout’s boxing skill seemed to be the major difference between these two combatants, keeping Trout as the man constantly depositing rounds in the bank. The same game of Trout simply doing more to score, continued straight through to the 5th round of this fight. The sweet science advantage of Trout became absolutely clear in the 6th round as he began to open up the target practise on Garnett’s face. Garnett though shaking his head informing his opponent he wasn’t at all hurt, obviously had to be taking a beating on the score cards. Trout once again prevailed with punches in bunches in a solid 7th round. Garnett seemed to be finding his range better at this point, landing some nice punches of his own, though Trout was still controlling the pace, and the ring in this fight. The 8th and final round saw very little desperation from Garnett who needed a KO to win, and with Trout again teeing off landing at will for most of the last minute the result of this fight truly was never in doubt!
Friday June 26, 2009
Kielsa destroys Polley!
by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
Kielsa only needed four rounds to dispose of his latest victim Friday night at Rumble at Rama VIII. The undefeated Canadian Heavyweight Champion, Greig Kielsa of Brampton, Ontario started slowly in 1st round, while easily out-boxing his over-matched adversary Byron Polley of Missouri, USA. “The Steel Pole” also found a home for his left hand to the very soft body of the 270lb Polley early in the 1st. The second round started much the same, with Greg Kielsa slamming his opponent with punches at a distance, and clinching on the inside preventing any in-fighting. Polley hit the deck half way through the round as Kielsa pushed the shorter, heavier and much slower Polley right off him and on to the canvas. Kielsa finished the round off with a nice left uppercut punctuating his dominance. After more solid boxing from Kielsa to start the third, a solid left hook to the body sent Polley to the canvas for the 1st time in the fight. With Polley basically turtling, Kielsa cruised his way to the end of the round and a four point lead. Polley came out punching to start the fourth. However, Kielsa quickly resumed control and another left downstairs dropped Polley for the second time in the fight! Moments after getting to his feet for a second time, Kielsa finished the job for Polley on this evening, with a powerful left hook to the chin. Polley collapsed to the canvas with the referee officially stopping the fight at 2:12 seconds into the fourth round! Kielsa moves to 10-0 with 5Kos with the win, while Polley was dropped to 23-10-1.
Friday June 26, 2009
Early results from Rama!
by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
Justin “The Matrix” Fountain of Hamilton, Ontario in a complete slobber-knocker of a fight; upped his record to 5-1, 2Kos with a unanimous decision over Ivan Flores of Mexico who drops to 6-4. Both men, bloodied in round 2, traded from bell to bell in front of an ecstatic and appreciative crowd at Casino Rama. Official scores were 40-36 (x2) and 39-37.
Pedro De Melo from Milton, Ontario, in his pro debut, impressively shut-out Nova Scotian based fighter Juan Sanchez, who fell to 2-3 with the loss. De Melo boxed well landing quite a few more punches than he absorbed in the four rounder, officially winning 40-36 across the board on the official score cards. De Melo also displayed superior power and a bit of flash though Sanchez was never serious knock-out trouble.
In the opening bout of the evening, Natalie Forget (2-0) of Montreal, Quebec completely out-boxed, Amanda Ayotte (0-2) of St. Catherines, Ontario in a four rounder. The obviously much stronger Forget dominated the bout from start to finish with consistently solid left hooks upstairs. Official scores were 40-36 unanimously.
Friday June 26, 2009
________________________________________________________Former Canadian Champ Rocky MacDougall Passes
Former Canadian Featherweight Champion Rocky MacDougall passed away in Antigonish, Nova Scotia at the age of 66. Rocky had a professional boxing career that spanned almost 10 years from 1962 to 1971, during which time he held the Canadian Champion. Rocky fought in a memorable trilogy against Billy McGrandle of Edmonton losing twice and winning once, all for Canadian title. In his last fight, he defended his Championship against McGrandle in what would be his final bout. Rocky went on to be a school teacher for 27 years in Nova Scotia. He was involved in amateur boxing for many years and became an international amateur referee and judge. In 1999 he became a member of the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority, and also served as a Director of the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation. Rocky dedicated over 50 years to boxing in Canada, and his contributions, dedication and spirit will be remembered and appreciated for many years to come. The members of the Canadian Boxing Federation, and all in the boxing community in Canada send their condolences to Rocky's family and friends.
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Hamel drops
decision in Buffalo
Quebec Welterweight champion Sebastien Hamel saw ring action Saturday night at the Convention Center in Buffalo, New York, taking on Rochester, New York's Kenny Abril in a 6 round contest. Hamel, no stranger to fighting in his opponent's backyard, was dropped in the opening round but climb up and finished the full 6 only to fall short on the score card. Judges saw the right 59-55 (twice) and 58-56, all in favor of the American fighter who improves his record to 9-3-1 (5 KOs) as a pro. Hamel, who's motto is 'Have Gloves, Will Travel", sees his record slip to 10-19-1 but his telephone just keeps ringing. The Longueuil, Quebec southpaw is scheduled to fight in Boston on June 27th then overseas in Berlin , Germany on July 24th
Saturday June 20, 2009
________________________________________________________Moar wins Canadian title!
disappointing DQ victory earns BC fighter vacant title
by Lev Jackson, FightNews Canada
2009-06-20
It was a bizarre yet entertaining night at the River Rock casino. From a standup comic dressed as a robot making his way to the ring, to Godzilla in all his glory you would think the night could not have been more interesting. You would think that until the main event. The featured bout of the evening was a battle for the vacant Canadian light heavyweight championship. In a match that saw BC’s Junior Moar and former world title challenger Abdullah Ramadan, the match seemed tailor made for crowd pleasing. From the opening round it appeared that the crowd would get their moneys worth. That was until the forth round when every second punch of Ramadan’s was bellow the belt, whether it was on the knee, the hip or the groin. This would lead to a disqualification of Ramadan, crowning the new champion, Junior Moar.
The main event was to determine the new Canadian light heavyweight champion. Junior Moar was successful in becoming the first of the new crop of BC fighters to win a Canadian title against former world title challenger Abdullah Ramadan of Toronto. In the first round of the bout Moar seemed riddled by Ramadan’s speed, as he was hesitant to throw. Midway through the second round it appeared Junior was getting comfortable as he timed the faster punches of Ramadan. From round three on Junior did a very good job of going to the body, and timing Ramadan upstairs. By round four, Ramadan was getting warnings for low punches, which were landing on the hips of Moar. In the fifth round Ramadan dropped Moar with a picture perfect shot to the groin, and was deducted a point. He would continue the trend from there to the end of the fight which was one round later. When a fighter throws continuous illegal blows it is often a cry for help as for whatever reason, the fighter does not have the desire to continue. At 43 years of age, it looked as though Ramadan had no gas in the tank and needed the first exit he could find.
“I am a little disappointed, I really wanted to win the proper way. I feel pretty sore down there so he must have been hitting me pretty hard” A great spirited Moar tells Fightnews. “By the fourth or fifth round the ref told me he would DQ him, and I said no let the fight continue. Even I told him enough with the no blows. It was obvious what he was trying to do, he did not want to be in there anymore.”
“He told me before the fight, “you haven’t fought the people I fought, you’re dead” and look what he does” Moar explained about the low blows. “Talk is cheap”
With the victory, Junior Moar improves his record to 7-2 (2Ko’s), and a perfect 5-0 upon his return to the ring. West Coast Promotions must hope that Junior’s victory will be the first of many Canadian title fights in the province of British Columbia.
The co-featured bout showcased Olympian and unbeaten prospect Jegbefumere Bone Albert who battled former world title challenger Willard Lewis. From the get go it was Albert that set the pace, appearing to hold back slightly in the early going. Though he would handily outbox Lewis, it was not until the third round that Albert would open up. In the third round it was Albert landing at will with hard long punches. At the end of the round the ringside doctor advised against Lewis continuing. With the victory, Albert moves to 6-0 (4Ko’s), while Lewis falls to 17-21-3.
“I always feel good after my fights” Albert told Fightnews. “I am ready to take anybody in the cruiserweight division”
Paul “Godzilla “ Cheng came out throwing bombs against Devon Garnon of Calgary. Garnon was unable to weather the storm. After being wobbled numerous times Garnon got caught with a shot right on the chin, which left him lying cold on the canvas as the ref counted ten. With the victory, Cheng moves to 2-0; both wins coming in the first frame, while Garnon slips to 0-3.
Stacey Migdley avenged his only career loss to Tiny Brown. Tiny won their first meeting by KO in round three. This time however, Migdley played it more cautious, and boxed his way to a UD victory. Migdley improves to 3-1-1 (2Ko’s)
Jaime Walton, and former trial horse fighter, and standup comedian Brad McPeake set out to do battle next. McPeake walked to the ring with the song Mr. Roboto and was wrapped in tin foil and football pads. McPeake was announced as “Shlomo McPeakstien”. It turned out “Shlomo” had just as little luck as Brad did as a fighter. McPeake was rocked and stopped at 1.35 of round two, being dropped in both rounds. With the win Walton improves to 3-1-1 (2Ko’s), While McPeake falls to 1-11-2.
The night was kicked off with two light heavyweight brawlers. The bout matched Vancouver’s Paul Tryl, and Surrey’s James Dearmin. This was Tryl’s first fight since being stopped in the second round against current Canadian champion Frank White in February of last year. The return proved unsuccessful. Dearmin, a usual game brawler, started boxing. Though looking uncomfortable and awkward at times, Dearmin boxed his way to a UD victory. With the win Dearmin improves to 3-5-1, while Tryl falls to 3-4 (3KO’s).
____________________________________________________________Pascal wins thriller!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
The WBC light-heavyweight belt changed hands Friday night, but not postal codes. Jean Pascal (23-1 15KO) was able to walk away with 115-112, 116-112, 116-111 decision over Adrian Diaconu (26-1 15KO), taking his cross-town rival’s belt and local bragging rights in what was an extremely exciting fight in front of 13,569 ravenous Bell Centre fans. Pascal scored a knockdown in the 5th round over a back peddling Diaconu. Pascal called the shot a left jab, while the Diaconu side saw it more as a hook, but the result was the same, Diaconu down on the canvas taking an eight count from referee Marlon Wright and the momentum beginning to swing Pascal’s way.
Moments later Diaconu was down again, but this time it was due to a push and the combatants were ordered to fight on. Diaconu was able to turn the tables quickly and came back in the same round, buzzing Pascal with power shots and hurting him as the exhilarating stanza came to close.
“It was my plan to dance around, I knew that I was quicker than him and smarter than him and he’d tire, and that’s why I’m the NEW…” said Pascal of the strategy that kept him on his bike for the first four rounds.
“He’s never followed a specific strategy like that,” said trainer Marc Ramsay of his first world champion. “It was a complex strategy and he followed it very well. He learned a lot from the Carl Froch fight, this isn’t the end of something tonight, this is just the beginning of something. You’re going to see Jean Pascal get better and better.”
It was the most impressive performance to date for Pascal who left it all in the ring, so much so that his arrival at the post-fight press-conference was delayed as he recuperated and rehydrated. “I emptied the gas tank,” he said of the championship win. “I did my best, I threw some bombs, he threw some bombs and at the end I was exhausted and I was really happy that was the final round.”
Diaconu tipped his hat to the new champ, congratulating him on the perfect fight and fight strategy. “Jean is smart guy,” said Diaconu who was making the first defense of the belt he won over a year ago versus Chris Henry. He was hitting, moving. I think I did the best I could. I expected Jean to come to fight but it was just throw punch and run, throw punch and run. Smart fight.” The Romanian born Diaconu had trouble catching up with the fleet footed Pascal and was rarely allowed more than one shot at a time. Pascal who moved up from super-middleweight put in an incredible effort on the inside against the strong Diaconu. At times it was a true role reversal as Pascal was constantly the stronger man on the inside, making things physical and negating the power of the former champion who complained of ring rust.
“I was waiting too long for this fight; I’m supposed to have two or three fights a year and I’ve only had three in three years. I’m disappointed, that’s normal, but that’s boxing.”
The faces of each boxer told the tale of this one after all was said and done. Pascal was not looking any worse for wear while Diaconu’s looked like psychedelic kaleidoscope, bruised, battered and beaten. He had his moments, especially in the final two rounds where the fighters fully engaged, bringing the crowd that was split fairly evenly to its feet, but had trouble following up on anything and allowed Pascal to escape.
“What was missing tonight was a couple of combinations,” said Diaconu’s trainer Pierre Bouchard. “He still has some rust in his body like an old car in a garage, but some fluidity at times cost us the fight. He deserved the win, but we want a rematch for sure.” No doubt the two will meet up in the ring again. Up next for Pascal will be mandatory Silvio Branco and there is a rematch clause in the contract. Diaconu’s Interbox promoter now holds options and will co-promote Pascal for three fights.
Friday June 19, 2009
_________________________________________________________Britannia rules cost Kooner!
Canadian bantamweight champion Andrew Singh Kooner (9-2 4KO)clashed heads with Asamoah Wilson of Ghana and came out of it with his second loss in shocking twist of events at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan England. A clash of heads in the opening moments knocked Kooner back into the ropes and opened a cut over his right eye. Ringside officials examined the gruesome laceration and the fight was called at the: 59 second mark. In most any other jurisdiction, the bout would have been called a no-contest, but under British rules, the verdict goes down as a loss for Kooner. The British born Kooner was fully expecting a no-contest and the reality only sunk in when the hand of Wilson was raised as the victor.
England has not been kind to two-time Olympian Kooner, his lone previous loss had come on British soil and the cut suffered Saturday will likely keep the thirty year-old on the sidelines for weeks to come. The record of victor Asamoah Wilson isn't entirely clear, promoters had him at 14-4 and was listed at 12-3-2 before his last fight, a Commonwealth title contest fought at 115 pounds, other record keeping sites list this as his first victory.
Saturday June 13, 2009
_______________________________________________Next Great Heavyweight results!
The search for Canada's next great heavyweight is on! The first round of the event took place under the confines of the Tim Horton's 4 Ice Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick with a full house on hand, no-one would leave disappointed. With Canadian heavyweight legend George Chuvalo looking on, each of the participants had a little extra incentive to perform well, most did. Mark Sock stopped Draper Bruce at 1:41 of the opening frame as did Warren Porter, who halted Ryan Jardine at 1:45 mark of round 1. Chris Norrad finished off Colin Brown just 1:51 into the 2nd while Jason Campbell stopped John Norman at the :27 mark of the fifth and final round. Julien Collette defeated Mark Crandall by way of unanimous decision while Pierre St-Amand edged Anders Frees by split decision. Travis Connors and Fred Mallery also went to the scorecards with Connors taking the split decision victory.
Round 2 of the Next Great Heavyweight will take place this September, no location has been given as of yet. The events are being put together by New Generation Promotions Inc. with former pugilist Dwayne Storey serving as it's president.
Monday June 15, 2009
_____________________________________________________Garside victorious!
Windsor, Ontario's Jeannine Garside scored a much needed victory Saturday night in Duncan, British Columbia, a victory that halted a 3 fight losing streak and re-introduced her into world title contention. Garside (8-3-1, 3 KOs) needed the full 10 rounds against Brooklyn, New York's Dominga Olivo and shortly after the final bell had rung, all three judges were unanimous in choosing the Canadian as the victor. Garside, a 2 divisional world champion, had dropped 3 close decision to world class fighters and was in dire need of the victory over Olivo, a former WBC title challenger herself, in hopes of re-establishing both her boxing career and title aspirations. In addition to the win, she collected the WBC International featherweight title for her efforts. Olivo, who entered the contest as the reigning WBC International Super Bantamweight champion, falls to 7-5-1 as a pro.
Sunday June 7, 2009
______________________________________________________________Decarie retains NABO!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
For the second time in twenty-four hours, a Montreal fighter retained his North American belt against a South American fighter. Antonin Decarie (22-0 6KO) dominated former 2000 Olympian Victor Hugo Castro (29-6 12KO) on his way to a 120-108 decision on all three scorecards, retaining his NABO welterweight belt, much the same way super-lightweight Jo Jo Dan did the night before against another Argentine, Walter Sergio Gomez by identical scores. It was the third defense for Decarie who won the vacant belt thirteen months ago.
Decarie, ranked #2 by the WBO, dominated his smaller opponent who was fighting at welterweight for the first time, constantly going to the body and breaking down his opponent. Decarie was warned for a low blow in the 5th as shot off the hip put Castro to his knees. No knockdown was called but Decarie didn’t hesitate in going right back to the body of his opponent. Castro showed a good beard as he was the recipient of many Decarie right hands as he lay on the ropes for much of the bout.
Saturday June 6, 2009
Demers scores shutout!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Alfredo Contreras (10-5-1 4KO) served his head up on a platter to the right hand of the #7 IBF ranked middleweight Sebastien Demers (28-2 10KO) who was more than happy to oblige and hammer away for the duration of one sided 80-72 (x3) decision for the Canadian champion. Contreras just lay on the ropes, smiled and asked for more and Demers delivered for the duration as if he was in a cage taking batting practice. Demers managed to up the pressure in both the 7th and 8th round as he worked his uppercut into the equation and managed to go to the body with combinations. Contreras offered up a sturdy chin and not much more as he lost all four fights he has travelled outside his native Mexico for.
Saturday June 6, 2009
Earlt results from Montreal!
by Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
An exciting start to action at the Casino de Montreal as lightweight Tony Luis (6-0) scored his first career stoppage at 2:08 of the fourth round against Jorge Banos (3-4-3). “I picked a good time and a good fighter for the first one to come, it feels good,” Luis told Fightnews immediately following the fight. Luis scored big with the left hand to the body, scoring two knockdowns in the fourth and forcing referee Alain Villeneuve step in and preventing a third as Banos lay in the corner absorbing more punishment. “He took a good head shot but was weaker in the body,” said Luis who started digging deep in the third and slowing down the Montreal fighter. Banos was given all the time in the world to recover from the initial knockdown by Villeneuve and also after the second as he lost his mouthpiece. It made no difference though as he would not go the distance for the first time in his career. “I give him credit, he’s a veteran and knows how to survive in there. I just made sure I’d react right away whenever he touched me.” React he did, countering with four or five punch combinations over Banos who was offering up one punch at a time.
Heavyweight Ali Manosur (6-0 3KO) wasn’t at his best, but it was definitely good enough as he scored a 40-36, 39-37, 39-37 over trial-horse Stephane Tessier who falls to a less than desirable record of 3-22-1. Mansour wasn’t quite as busy and quick as he usually is and seemed tired in the final round, one that he lost on two of the judges scorecards.
Super-lightweight Dierry Jean (16-0 10KO) returned to the ring for the first time in eight months and scored an easy 80-72, 80-72, 79-73 decision over Adrian Navarrete (17-7-1 13KO) of Mexico. Jean controlled the action for the duration but failed to follow up any damaging blows he would deliver, taking chunks of many rounds off with no danger of Navarrete offering little in return. For Navarrete, it marked his second trip to Montreal after losing to Benoit Gaudet in 2006.
Super-middleweight Nicholson Poulard (12-2 6KO) scored big at the end of the fourth round, dropping veteran Martin Berthiaume (14-5-2 8KO) for a count of ten. Berthiaume who was having his best round of the fight got knocked back through the ropes by a Poulard left hand as time drew to close in the round. Berthiaume was able to able to right himself to his kness, but stayed there as referee Alain Villeneuve’s count reached ten. Poulard who often gets drawn into slug fests was able to put fourth a nice contained effort, keeping the action centre of the ring and serving up a varied assortment of punches to keep the determined Berthiaume at bay. Poulard managed to score impressively in the first round with a left of the ropes that quickly put his opponent on the defensive. But despite controlling the action and hurting his opponent, it looked as if Poulard would have a tough time denting Berthiaume’s chin whose only previous time being stopped was retiring at the hands of Sebastien Demers after taking that fight on very short notice. The loss for the aging Berthiame is his fourth in a row while Poulard has managed eleven in a row after losing two of three to start his career.
Saturday June 6, 2009
Dan decisions Gomez in Romania!
Junior Welterweight contender Jo Jo Dan won an 12 round unanimous decision against tough journeyman Walter Sergio Gomez. With the win, Jo Jo Dan (#5 WBC, #7 WBA) defended his WBC Continental Americas and NABA titles in front of a packed house in his home town of Bucharest , Romania .
Saturday June 6, 2009
________________________________________________________by John Robbins, FightNews Canada
2009-06-02
Boxing made a thunderous return to Brantford, Ontario this week-end, with six action packed bouts! The Main, and Co-Main Events, also made Canadian Boxing history, as the inaugural Ontario Boxing Council Championship Belts were on the line both at Welterweight, and Lightweight. In addition to crowning Ontario Champions, “The Showdown in Bell Town” also brought the crowd literally to its feet over and over, with an action packed under card of both local Brantford and young Ontario talent!
In the Main Event for the OBC Ontario Welterweight Title, Mississauga’s Tebor Brosch, moved his record up to 3-3-3 with a solid workman like performance versus the hometown fighter, Brantford, Ontario’s Paul Watson who slipped to 2-4 with the loss. This fight had a quick pace to it right out of the gate, with both boxers trading a lot of punches while working off their jab. Tebor had a slight edge in connects, but the game Watson was definitely right there with him every step of the way. Brosch began to distance himself well from the south paw Watson in the second round. Watson’s short jab allowed Brosch to counter with a number of well placed right crosses, and the occasional left hook. It was clear at this point who the more seasoned fighter was, as Watson left himself off balance, and open, quite often missing punches targeted at his elusive opposition.
Watson recuperated well after the second round, and came out as the aggressor in the third. Though Tebor Brosch did land the harder of the punches in that round, it was Paul Watson who landed more, and who landed often. Watson started off the fourth round the exact same way, attacking Tebor right from the beginning, and Paul used his own distancing effectively to keep Tebor short of the target for most of the round. Tebor’s frustration became evident when he popped Watson with a straight right hand after the bell... This was now an even contest for the Ontario Title, going into the final two rounds.
With both boxers breathing heavy, Watson once again tried to rush Tebor as soon as the bell rang to start the fifth round. However, Brosch with both boxers’ punch speed slowing, had found his timing, and began to effectively counter Watson, who left his defence on the stool. Though both men were leaving their hands down and their faces wide open, Tebor definitely landed more effectively this round and took the lead heading down the stretch...
The final round of this card was not disappointing at all. With the Ontario Title hanging in the balance, both fighters emptied their gas tanks, and this brawl for it all had the crowd roaring in appreciation. With Brosch doing more damage in the sixth round, Tebor got caught with a very well placed left hand by Watson; momentarily backing Tebor up on his heals. This seemed to spark Tebor to finish strong, which is exactly what he did earning himself a well deserved victory. The final official judges scores read 58-57, 57-57, and 58-56 as Tebor Brosch became the 1st ever Ontario Boxing Council Welterweight Champion by way of a majority decision!
In the Co-Main Event which pitted former Canadian Super Bantamweight Champion, Orangeville Ontario’s Buzz Grant against Belleville, Ontario native Harrison King-McBain, was undoubtedly more of a one-sided affair. With the OBC Ontario Lightweight Title on the line, Buzz Grant did not let the nearly two year lay-off spoil his return. The opening round of this fight was all Buzz Grant. With Harrison hardly even landing a punch; Buzz swarmed McBain, jumping in and out while circling his more flat footed south paw counterpart. The stick and move tactic did allow Buzz a few opportunities to really stick McBain, who’s head was snapped back a number of times by Grant’s right hand.
Buzz Grant maintained his distinctive edge in round two. Though Harrison King-McBain was getting closer to his always on the move opponent, McBain had no success in cutting off the ring, or keeping Buzz in the corner when he managed to get him there. Grant still landing a lot more often than his adversary; was now mixing his punches up better as well, leaving McBain puzzled. Harrison McBain appeared to have a refined game plan to start the third round as he began stepping more to his right, in order to cut Grant off from consistently circling left around him. Grant responded by letting his hands go more, and stung McBain early in the round. McBain recovered quickly though, but could not recover any points, nor could he seem to find a way to land on Grant, obviously losing his third straight round in this six round tilt for the Ontario Title...
Something put a spark into McBain as he came out swinging to start the forth, catching Buzz Grant with a solid straight left hand on the chin which sent Buzz reeling backwards. But the round quickly turned back into the Buzz Grant show, as Harrison was made to miss many times, while once again eating more leather than his fleet footed opponent. This fight finally became competitive in the fifth round as both fighters exchanged combinations, with McBain starting to pick off and block the slower punches from Buzz. Grant also began to slow down on his lateral movement in the ring, and McBain charged in seeing his opportunity to finally start landing some real shots. This was undoubtedly a much closer round! The last round finally saw a fight break out. The two OBC Lightweight Title Challengers let their hands fly, and with Buzz no longer buzzing around the ring, both fighters landed more in this round than in any other round prior. It was a great way to end the contest which saw Buzz Grant winning by scores of 58-56 (twice), and 59-55. With the win, Grant moves to 7-3 with 4Ko’s, while McBain drops to 2-2-1.
After this fight was over, a heated verbal exchange ensued as words were exchanged from Buzz’s trainer Billy Martin and Team Cotton-McGuiness, regarding a challenge that would have saw the two former Orangeville, Ontario stable mate’s face-off against one another. Look for more on this ongoing Orangeville rivalry to come out in the following weeks!
On the action packed undercard, Ontario’s Frank Abbiw absolutely devastated the hometown Brantford boxer, and super tough Chris Aucoin, staking claim to a potential showdown with the newly crowned Ontario Welterweight Champion Tebor Brosch. It was evident at the weigh-ins that Aucoin had a freshly closed cut over his left eye, but some how that got by the doctors, and Aucoin was cleared to fight. Abbiw spotted the cut as well, and began attacking it right off the hop. In and about the midway point of the first round, sure enough, Aucoin was bleeding over his left eye. But the cut turned out to be the least of Chris Aucoin’s problems; in that he had a hungry fighter full of confidence, just coming off a huge upset victory in Montreal versus a 10-0 fighter, coming straight at him in the ring to deal with. Abbiw had Aucoin beat on speed (both hands and feet), skill level, defence, and reach, and Aucoin was never really a true threat to Abbiw in this bout. Aucoin definitely proved that he has a tonne of heart, and though he was dropped by a solid jab followed by a ruthless right hand in the closing seconds of the opening round, Aucoin quickly jumped up to his feet looking for his chance to return the favour. It didn’t happen.
Abbiw seemed to throw his technique out the window, right at the start of the second round, winging looping punches that one couldn’t even classify as hooks at Aucoin, definitely smelling blood. Aucoin weathered the onslaught for most of the round until being caught while trying to work on the inside, by a serious left look; that left Aucoin clearly dazed! The super tough Aucoin again bounced to his feet before the referee even hit the count of 3, and was able to fend off his attacker. Aucoin even sent Abbiw back on his heels, grimacing, with a solid right hand before the bell sounded to close out the second round. Abbiw continued to apply pressure undoubtedly winning the next two rounds and the judges scored the end result 40-34 (3 times) in favour of Abbiw, who moved to 3-2. Aucoin slid to 1-3-1 in defeat.
The fight of the night, that truly brought the Brantford crowd into an absolute frenzy, was the war between Toronto female Featherweight Priscilla Trompowsky and Brantford, Ontario’s Kara McLeod. These two young women gladiators came out trading leather as soon as this fight started. The non-stop action carried on right to the final bell, in a fight that was hard to pick a winner, or a loser in. McLeod was announced the winner by official scores of 39-37 (twice) and 38-38. The majority decision pushes McLeod to 2-0, while Trompowsky drops to 1-2.
The rematch between Scott Paul of Niagara Falls, Ontario and Dan Slezsak of Brantford was far more competitive than their first meeting, a fight in which Paul won by way of TKO. Scotty Paul took the fight on only two days notice, and certainly dominated the second and final rounds. Slezsak on the flipside; may have won both the opening round, and possibly the third round, as these were the only really competitive rounds of this fight. Scott Paul however when all was said and done, picked up a unanimous decision with scorecards that read, 40-37 and 39-37 (twice) improving to 5-2. Dan Slezsak now 0-3 drops his third straight fight with-out a victory, and will likely need a win out of Province before being allowed to compete in Ontario again, as per OAC rules. Scott Paul on the other hand, will see action again on June 26th when he faces St Johns, Newfoundland native Jason Hayward.
The opening bout of the card saw Iassac Maich of Brantford making his Pro debut versus John LaPere of Toronto, Ontario. Maich used a solid jab and good lateral movement, with decent combination punching, to score a victory in his first time out as a Professional. John LaPere appeared to be out classed in every round, and fittingly lost by way of a shut-out officially, with scores of 40-36 (3 times) all in favour of Maich who of course now sits at 1-0.
__________________________________________________________Prince of Hali victorious!
by Cecil Wright, FightNews Canada
Saturday night under the bright lights of the Palooka’s Boxing Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, undefeated Super Bantamweight prospect Tyson Cave scored a rare knockout victory to the delight of his hometown fans in stopping journeyman Martin Huppe in the 3rd round of their scheduled 6 round contest. Time of the stoppage was 1:12 of the 3rd frame. Cave, fighting for the first time in 6 months, improves to 8-0 (2 KOs) while Huppe's tough luck continues, the Quebec fighter slides to 1-12 as a pro. Ian Gardner's comeback started on the right foot as the one time world light middleweight contender stopped Bridgetown, Barbados' Marcus Thomas at 1:58 of the 4th round of their 8 round bout. Gardner, fighting for the first time since dropping a decision to a German fighter in Germany, improves to 21-4 (9 KOs) while Thomas drops to 10-4 (4 KOs). Former Canadian title challenger Steve Cannell was also a winner on the card as he decisioned Ricardo Blackman over 6 rounds. Scores of the bout were 58-56, 59-55, 59-55, all in favor of Cannell who improves to 3-2-3. Blackman, fighting for the 3rd consecutive time in Halifax (each decision losses), falls to 5-8 (2 KOs) overall.
Sunday May 31, 2009
_______________________________________________________________________Cermak destroys Chartrand!
James Cermak is serving notice to the Canadian Cruiserweight division. The Edmonton, Alberta fighter climbed through the ropes Friday night at the Palace Banquet Centre in Edmonton to take on Winnipeg's Kareem Chartrand in an 8 round contest. The bout proved to be a short one as Cermak destroyed Chartrand (7-8-1, 4 KOs) in 2:09 of the opening round with a nice body shot. Since returning following a losing bid for the Canadian Cruiserweight title, Cermak (14-2, 10 KOs) is 3-0 with 2 KO victories and this convincing win over Chartrand will let the entire division know that C-Mak will be a force to be recogned with among the country's best. On the undercard, former Canadian Super Bantamweight title challenger Omar Valdez stopped winless Tim Watts at 2:44 of the opening frame. Valdez (5-2-3, 2 KOs) get his first win following 3 consecutive draws. Watts, still looking for the elusive first victory, is now 0-4. Vancouver's Alston "Tiny" Brown moved to 2-1-1 (1 KO) with a 4 round unanimous decision over Edmonton's Rob Nichols (2-1, 1 KO). Nichols suffered a ruptured eardrum in the contest. Arash Usmanee, a Canadian amateur standout, improved his mark to 2-0 (2 KOs) with a 2nd KO of John Hofman (11-23, 3 KOs). Arash scored 1 knockdown in round one and 2 more in the second before the bout was over at the 1:26 mark. Niagara Falls, Ontario Cruiserweight Ray Kovinic recovered from an opening round knockdown to score a 4 round unanimous decision over Edmonton's Clayton Gladu. Scores of the bout were 38-37 (twice) and 39-37, all for Kovinic who wins his first pro bout, now 1-2. Gladu drops to 0-4.
Sunday May 31, 2009
___________________________________________4 Fights in 3 Rivers
By Dave Spencer, FightNews Canada
Former Canadian heavyweight champion Patrice L’Heureux (24-4-1 14KO) scored a unanimous 80-72, 79-73, 77-75 victory over rugged Stephane Tessier (3-21-1) as the nearby Shawinigan fighter headlined a pro-am show in neighbouring Trois Rivieres Quebec. It was the fourth consecutive victory for L’Heureux since falling to top-ranked Alexander Povetkin and has refocused the big heavyweight’s goals back to another shot at the Canadian title.
“Another Canadian title or North American title would be good,” L’Heureux told Fightnews after the fight. “I’m 37 but a lot of the top heavyweights out there are already in their 40’s and older than me. I’m happy with my performance tonight, he came here and really wanted to win the Quebec title and show he was serious. But I think I showed I was serious too, I lost a lot of weight and showed I could still do it.” L’Heureux weighed in at 251 pounds, a career low for the heavyweight who usually hovers around the 270 mark.
It marked the second win for L’Heureux over Tessier who scored a victory in the same arena two years ago, ironically by the exact same scores. L’Heureux used his height and reach over the much smaller Tessier who at 229 pounds was also coming in a lot lighter than he normally does. L’Heureux used his jab and some vicious body punches to keep Tessier off him and dictate most of the fight. Tessier who despite twenty losses has only been stopped twice in his career, looked for spots to land his left hand, occasionally catching 'Granite' with either single hooks or uppercuts in the early going. In what was the best round of the fight, the fourth saw both fighters open up, taking turns and landing in combination. Tessier often saw his best work coming at the end of the round, as it did in the 6th, proving to himself that he could sustain the body attack from his opponent and still come forward on L’Heureux, but it was often to little too late to shift the scorecards. Tessier saved his best for last, hoping to catch L’Heureux in the final round, but with only one career knockout in 25 fights, had little chance in turning the tables in this one.
In other action, Stephane’s brother Patrick Tessier (3-9) also fought as he dropped a six round decision to Martin Desjardins (7-15-3). Both fighters who came in with winning percentages of approximately 25% and are career opponents had trouble shifting into offensive mode from the survival mode they’re so used to. It was the bigger Desjardins though who prevailed as Tessier who usually campaigns closer to the 154 mark simply didn’t have the size in this battle contested just under the light-heavy limit. Final scorecards read 60-54, 60-54, 59-55 all for Desjardins who while missing a lot along the way, did manage to score the more telling blows over the six round fight.
Light heavyweight Pasteur Mbuyi notched his second win in as many tries with a knockout victory of Martin Hudon (2-3-1) at 2:00 of the opening round. Both fighters tumbled over each other in the opening seconds but after they righted themselves, it was pretty much all Mbuyi who easily solved Hudon who for as long as he lasted, switched from orthodox to southpaw. Both were equally ineffective for the Plessisville fighter who got caught with a short right hand that put him down heavily to the canvas. Hudon was able to rise from the canvas but was not fully recovered as the Congo born Mbuyi unloaded on him as he lay on the ropes. Hudon figured the best thing to do was flee but was caught with another right as he did, this one putting down face first against the canvas, forcing referee Jean Guy Brosseau to halt proceedings immediately without any count.
It’s been a long time between fights for local Trois Rivieres product Jason Diamond who was fighting in front of his hometown fans Thursday night, and even longer between wins. The 38 year-old returned to the ring for the first time since 2002 and scored only his second win and his first stoppage victory in seven career fights over Dominic Patrice who was making his pro-debut at 34. Diamond was highly charged in this comeback in front of his hometown fans and went right after his opponent. He was warned for holding and hitting in the early moments as he fired off four right hands but it was clear he wasn’t going to stop firing on his rookie opponent. Diamond continued to attack and quickly had his opponent reeling up against the ropes where it was ruled a knockdown as the ropes were keeping Patrice up. Five successive rights and this one was history as a jubilant Diamond leapt up onto the corner post to celebrate the victory with his fans.
Friday May 15, 2009
___________________________________________________________________________________No luck in Vegas for Whittom
Forner Canadian title challenger David Whittom travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada, looking for a little bit of "Lady Luck" to come him way. No stranger to fighting in his opponents backyard, Whittom has yet to collect the first victory out side of Canada. There has been some very good performances such as the close decision loss to the then 16-0 Mikhail Nasyrov in Moscow, a split decision loss to Joe Spina in Lincoln, Rhode Island, and a competitive decision loss to Manny Siaca in Puerto Rico. Last night in Vegas, Lady Luck was in the other corner opposing the tough Canuck as Ismayl Sillakh, an undefeated power punching Ukrainian, managed to do something that only one other has thus far, stop Whittom inside the distance. Sillakh (8-0, 7KOs) finished off Whittom at 2:25 of the 6th and final round of their matchup deep on the undercard of the Dawson-Tarver Light Heavyweight championship card. The only other able to duplicate Sillakh accomplishing was James Cermak who stopped Whittom in the 2nd round of their contest back in September 2005. Whittom, who has now lost 4 in a row, slips to 10-9-1 with 6 KOs.
Sunday May 10, 2009
Shiver decisions Larcinese
Montreal featherweight Lucia Larcinese took on Jenna Shiver Friday night in Shiver's hometown of Tampa Bay, Florida in a 6 round bout on a 6 bout fightcard at the A La Carte Event Pavilion. After 6 rounds were complete, the judges were all in agreement, 60-54 thrice, giving the unanimous decision victory to the American fighter. Shiver improves to 9-4-1 2KOs while Larcinese dips to 1-4.
Sunday May 10, 2009
Gorges dominates Del Real
By Chris Cozzone & Natasha Chornesky, FightNews.com
At the Plaza Hotel & Casino.in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Windsor Ontario's Andre Gorges (8-0, 6 KOs) proved too busy, too awkward, too good for Gabriel Del Real (3-1, 2 KOs), of Fairfield, Calif. For the first two rounds, Gorges kept Del Real on the defensive, jabbing and setting up a sneaky snakelike right hand. Del Real tried to counter in spurts, with little success. In the third and fourth, Del Real had better luck playing the aggressor, but Gorges, in a new role as counterpuncher, continued to dominate the fight. The long arms of Gorges were not put to optimal use fighting in the pocket, but his busy-ness and determination had him outlanding the desperate Del Real. All three judges saw it for Gorges, 40-36 twice and 39-37.
Saturday May 9, 2009
______________________________________________________Full report: Soto stops Gaudet
By Andreas Hale, www.fightnews.com
(Photo: Chris Cozzone / Fightwireimages.com)
2009-05-04
Humerto Soto (48-7-2, 31 KOs) showed why he one of the most dangerous fighters in the super featherweight division by putting away Canadian Benoit Gaudet (20-2, 7 KOs) in the ninth round and successfully defending his WBC super featherweight crown.
Soto’s first punch of the fight was devastating as he clocked Gaudet with a brutal left hook that sent the Canadian flat on his back.
Gaudet would recover quickly showing great resolve as he could have very easily crumbled under the pressure.
Instead, the Canadian would settle into a very slick and elusive mode as he slowed the pace down considerably throughout the middle rounds and opted to attempt and outbox Soto.
Things looked to be going Gaudet’s way as he moved and landed quick combinations throught the middle rounds.
This wouldn’t last too long as Soto would catch Gaudet flush with a ripping right uppercut that dropped Gaudet in the ninth round.
Gaudet would rise but wouldn’t make it out of the right as a smashing left, right combination caught Gaudet flush as he awkwardly languished against the ropes.
He was all but out as Soto flicked a jab for good measure to sent him flailing into the ropes as Jay Nady waved a halt to the fight at 2:25 in round nine.
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Mansour,
Gorges KO foes!
A pair of Canadians saw action Friday night under the lights of the
Majestic Theatre in Detroit, Michigan and both Canucks remained
undefeated, posting stoppage victories. Windsor, Ontario's Andres
Gorges improved his ledger to 7-0 (6 KOs) by stopping Milwaukee,
Wisconsin's Matt Ellis, who was making his pro debut the hard way.
Time of the stoppage was 2:20 of the third round of their scheduled
4 round contest. Ali "The Bomb" Mansour, also fighting out of
WIndsor, needed less than a round to dispatch Indianapolis,
Indiana's John Smith (1-5, 1KO). In fact, the 30 yr old Lebanese
born Canadian needed just 2:50 to collect his 3 KO in moving to a
perfect 5-0.
Monday May 4, 2009
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McLellan brothers post victories
Saturday night at the Elks Hall in Williams Lake, British Columbia boxing took centre stage with local prospects Roberto and Stuart McLellan headlining the event. Roberto McLellan was in tough when he climbed into the ring to face former Canadian title challenger Cody Hanna of Winnipeg in a 5 round middleweight bout. The contest went the distance with Roberto taking the unanimous decision to improve his record to 3-0-1 while Hanna slips to 7-4-2 (2KOs). Brother Stuart had an easier evening as he stopped winless Roland Vandal in the third round of thier 4 round welterweight affair. The undefeated welterweight improves to 4-0-1 (1KO) while Vandal falls to 0-2. In the only other bout of the evening not to include a member of the McLellan family was a 4 round Cruiserweight matchup between amateur standout Jegbefumere Bone Albert taking on Kareem Chartrand with the Nigerian born Canadian taking the unanimous decision by scores of 40-36 (twice) and 40-37. Bone improves to 5-0 (3KOs) while Chartrand evens out at 7-7-1 (2KOs).
Monday May 4, 2009
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Gareth Sutherland Retires as Canadian
Champion
May 1, 2009
Gareth
Sutherland, the reigning Canadian Super Welterweight Champion has
decided to retire from professional boxing. Sutherland, who won the
vacant Canadian in an excellent match in Edmonton in April 2007
against Kris Andrews, retires with a very respectable 19-7 record.
Not one to back down from a tough challenge, he fought the toughest
available matches of his time in Canada, and leaves the ring having
never been stopped. Despite offers to defend his Canadian crown, and
offers to fight overseas for the Commonwealth, Sutherland decided
that his career outside the ring left him without the proper time to
commit to his training, and therefore decided it was best to leave
the sport while still Champion. He plans to remain active in the
sport as a trainer of upcoming talent in Winnipeg.
The Canadian Boxing Federation, and the National Championships
Committee wish Gareth all the best in the future, and salute him for
his two years as our national Canadian Champion.
Results from Calgary
Boxing returned to the Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary, Alberta Saturday night with plenty of action featuring some of the country's best prospects. In the main event of the evening, Cruiserweight Nick Ring (4-1, 2 KOs) collected his biggest win of his career so far when he stopped former Canadian Cruiserweight champion Willard Lewis (14-20-3, 9 KOs) at 3:00 minutes of the 4th round of thier scheduled 8 rounder. The win was Ring's first following his competitive loss to fellow prospect Kein Reynolds last December while Lewis, a one time prospect and former world title challenger himself, has lost his last 10 bouts. Albert Onolunose continues his climb into contention for a possible world title opportunity and his return to Calgary was an easy one when he stopped Steve Walker (22-22, 16 KOs) in at :53 seconds of the second round of their 8 round Middleweight bout. Onolunose improves to 18-0 with 7 KO victories. In other bouts, Quebec's Stephane Chartrand (3-11-1, 0 KOs) defeated Ted Reno (3-3-2, 0 KO's) by majority decision, Dustin Sutley (3-0, 3 KOs) stopped winless Adam Rochon (0-5) while heavyweights Mick Nee (1-1-1) and Elston "Tiny" Brown (1-1-1) battled to a 4 round draw.
Monday April 27, 2009
____________________________________________________________________________By Jacob Chavez, www.fightnews.com
2009-04-26
Oscar De La Hoya’s, Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s, 8 Count Production presented an explosive night of boxing action, Friday at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. The fights were televised on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” and had fans in attendance enthralled with knockout action.
Welterweight Ivan Popoca (10-0-1, 7 KOs) had all he could handle in Quebec Welterweight champion Sebastian Hamel (10-18-1, 1 KO), as he fought hard for six hard rounds to win a unanimous decision.
Both fought in the left-handed stance, but showed very different styles. Hamel looked to counter throughout and used good footwork. He had quicker hands than Popoca, but was too conservative with his punches most of the fight. Popoca showed true grit and constantly looked to pressure and walk his opponent down. Popoca was at a disadvantage from the start as moments into the fight, an accidental clash of heads opened a cut at the hairline. There were no knockdowns in the fight but there were plenty of spectacular exchanges.
Popoca was rocked in the fifth after eating a quick three punch combination to the head. Hamel, too, was hurt in the final round after a hard left hook to the head put him on the defensive and on survival mode.
The judges scored it 59-55, 58-56 and 60-54, all for Popoca.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(Source: Goosen Tutor press release)
2009-04-24
After giving birth to a baby boy and taking a one year layoff from boxing, former WBC lightweight champion, Jessica "The Ragin" Rakcozy (30-3, 10 KO's), returned to the Tachi Palace Casino where she was victorious wining a unanimous decision against Belinda "Brown Sugar" Laracuente.
In the opening round, Rakoczy started off slow while trying to find her timing. As the fight continued, Rakoczy used her jab more effectively and found a home for her left hook. Laracuente had some brief moments where she landed some nice overhand rights that won her a couple of rounds. Entering the final stages of the bout, it was clear Rakcozy had found her rhythm and started to land at will. Rakoczy won on all scorecards which read 58-56 across the board.
After the fight, Rakoczy the current NABF lightweight champion stated, "I felt I had some ring rust early, but started to feel more comfortable as the fight kept on. I'll be ready to defend my NABF title in my next fight, then move toward a world title bout"
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Manfredo's back to reaility!
By Dave Spencer,
FightNews Canada
In a tremendous action fight, former Contender star Peter Manfredo (31-7 17KO) scored a knockout victory over Walid Smichet (20-6-3 14KO) at 3:00 of the 7th round as boxing returned to the Casino de Montreal. Smichet came as advertised as an extremely hard nut to crack but Manfredo who would often go toe-to-toe with the tough Tunisian boxer had his boxing skills and power win out. A sweeping left hook put Smichet down and out just as the ten-second warning was sounded. “I was just too strong for him,” said Manfredo after the fight. “I only had three weeks to prepare for this but I felt good in there. I’m on my way back to 160 and right now John Duddy is the guy we’re after. Manfredo scored a third round knockdown of Smichet who tried his best to hold on but went down to his knees. Despite the setback, Smichet remained in pursuit throughout and managed to comeback on Manfredo in the round as The Pride of Providence couldn’t put the finishing touches on his opponent. But the damage was done and Manfredo proved to be unrelenting, staggering Smichet in the sixth before eventually ending things in the seventh.
The headline bout of the day featured Ali Chebah (30-1-1 23KO) scoring a second round knockout of Joel Juarez (23-6-1 22KO) with a straight right hand at 1:40 of the second round. Chebah from France, captures the NABF super-lightweight title and retains his WBC Youth title over 30 year-old Juarez.
Not fighting for five months certainly wasn’t a problem for welterweight Kevin Bizier (4-0 3KO) who wasted no time at all in destroying Ulisses Duarte (18-20-1 16KO) at just: 15 of the opening round. A left hook to the body on the fight’s first exchange had the Mexican crumpling down to the canvas where he would remain prone for the next two minutes. The fight that referee Marlon Wright called as Duarte laid on the canvas goes down as one of the quickest fights in Canadian history.
Heavyweight Ali Mansour (4-0 2KO) of Windsor, Ontario overwhelmed Ken Murphy (22-25-2 16KO) of Chicago, stopping the veteran at 2:23 of the second round. Murphy back-peddling from a busy Mansour had finally had enough and waived his right hand to signal ‘no more’; it was the most effective use of his right on the day. The fight returns Mansour who hopes to have ten fights by the end of the year back to Montreal to where he made his pro debut five years ago. “I throw between 100 and 120 punches a round which is huge for a heavyweight,” Mansour told Fightnews after the fight. “The plan today was to begin slowly and keep that rate going for the whole six rounds.”
There was no quit in London Ontario welterweight Frank Abbiw (3-2 1KO) who after losing the first five rounds on the scorecards to Benyamine Besmi (10-1 5KO) came back and scored a dramatic come from behind victory with a TKO victory over the previously undefeated fighter. “I was getting close to him in the last round,” said Abbiw after the fight. “He was sneaky but I stayed close, but as soon as he threw, I came right back with a counter right hand to finish it.” Finish it he did, with Besmi reeling, Abbiw jumped on the opportunity and brought Besmi down with another right, landing the undefeated fighter face down with his chin resting on the bottom rope. The Montreal fighter did his best and stumbled to his feet, but was clearly out of it and the fight was called. “He was an undefeated fighter, and now he knows what it means to lose,” said Abbiw who now has three wins a row. “I threw my power hand and the tree went down.”
Undefeated middleweight David Lemieux wasted no time in dispatching Thomas Davis (12-10-2 7KO), scoring his 15th knockout in as many tries at the :47 mark of the opening round. Lemieux almost immediately cornered and unleashed a furious combination against Davis who has managed to hand former world title holder Kendall Holt his first loss. Davis went reeling along the ropes and onto his knees where Lemieux motioned for him to get up, but a full ten count was served up by referee Alain Villeneuve.
Saturday April 18, 2009
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Thunder Bay, Ontario's Tracey Stevens travelled to Honolulu, Hawaii to meet undefeated Thaddine Johnson, fighting out of New York as part of a MMA/Boxing event on the Island. The power punching New Yorker proved too much for the Canadian veteran, scoring the TKO victory in the opening round of a scheduled 4 round Lightweight contest. Stevens, fighting for the first time in 3 years and sadly 6 years removed from her last victory, falls to 5-10 with 1 KO victory while Johnson improves to 4-0 with 4 first round KOs.
Thursday April 16, 2009
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Morrow stops McDougall
Darby drops decision to Johnson
Three Canadians made their way southward to the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington Saturday night, looking to extend personal winning streaks and advance their budding careers. One would do so while the other two would not.
Aubrey Morrow, fighting out of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, took on fellow BC Super Middleweight Ty MacDougall, who battles out of Kamloops, in a 4 round contest with Morrow coming out on top with the TKO victory after 3 rounds. The official time of the stoppage was the 3:00 of the round. Morrow keeps his tag of prospect intact and moves to 3-0-1 with each victory coming by knockout. McDougall, still looking for his first win as a pro, slides to 0-1-1.
Vancouver's Darren "Diesel" Darby, who is no stranger to fighting under the lights of the Emerald Queen Casino, took on Seattle's Dashon Johnson for the third time in a 6 round welterweight bout. As their previous bouts, this one would also go to the scorecards with Johnson taking the unanimous decision when the final votes were tallied. The scores of the bout read 57-55 thrice for the American. Johnson (5-2-2, 1 KO) posts his second victory over Darby, now 5-11-3 with 2 KOs, while the Canucks' victory came back in March 2008 when he defeated Johnson in the American's pro debut.
Sunday April 12, 2009
Pusek and Johnson DrawFort Langley, BC native Sarah Pusek fought American Tammi Johnson to a majority draw at the Emerald Queen Casino on Saturday night. The razor thin scores has Pusek winning 39-37 on one scorecard, and the other twojudges saw it as a draw, 38-38. Pusek is now 3-0-1, while Johnson is 3-2-1.