December 1

Panama City, Panama: Welter: Vicente Mosquera (29-2-1) W TKO 3 Gutemburg Ferreira (14-6). "El Loco" too much for 40-year-old Brazilian southpaw to handle. After two rounds of punishment to body, and with a nose injury, Ferreira retired at the end of the third. Mosquera, a former WBA super feather champion has 16 wins by KO/TKO. That makes it five wins on his comeback. Back in 2006, against Edwin Valero, he climbed off the floor twice and put Valero down in the third before being battered to defeat in the tenth. After the Valero fight Mosquera was jailed, but in 2010 his conviction was quashed and he resumed his career. Next year he will campaign at light welter.

December 2

Monte Grande, Argentina: Light: Matias Gomez (25-0) W TKO 6 Alberto Roda (18-35-6, 2 ND). Gomez in another poor match. "Tsunami floors and halts poor Roda in six. Gomez, 23, has 24 wins by KO/TKO, with the other win coming on disqualification. Roda is without a win in his last 12, which says everything about the impressive figures of Gomez. Cronulla, Australia: Light Middle: Ryan Waters (22-4-2) W KO 3 Dion McNabney (5-18). Cruiser: Yoshinori Nishizawa (31-21-6) W KO 5 Chokchana Sithkrupon (5-5-2). Waters floors McNabney in the first and twice in the second and the fight is called off in the third. Waters, a former Australian champion had lost to Anthony Mundine at the end of 2010 and been kayoed by Lee Oti in October announced his retirement, going out on a win. Nishizawa, 45, comes back from inactivity with win over Thai. The Japanese fighter, who has held various OPBF titles, had Chokchana down twice in the fourth and finished it in the fifth. A pro since 1986, Nishizawa lost to Anthony Mundine Jr for the WBA secondary title in 2004. Sunshine, Australia: Fly: Omari Kimweri (11-2) W PTS 8 Lookrat Kiatmungmee (7-4). Ranee Ganoy (32-11-2) W PTS 8 Roy Tua Manihuruk (13-7-2). Super Feather: Paul Fleming (13-0) W RSF 2 Petchthongchai (5-2). Little Tanzanian Kimweri too slick for limited Thai. The 4'11" short Kimweri had Lookrat down in the first, but the Thai survived and in the end gave Kimweri eight good rounds of work. A good night was spoiled for Kimweri due to him suffering a very bad cut above his left eye which will sideline him for quite a while.. The 29-year-old "Lion Boy " has won his last nine after losing a very close decision to recent world title challenger Angky Angkotta in Indonesia. Kimweri competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Scores 79-72, 79-74 and 78-74. Filipino Ganoy has a reputation as a puncher, but he also had to go the distance to win. He had Roy down in the seventh, but Roy survived to hear the final bell. Scores 79-72, 78-73 and 78-74. Ganoy, 31, has 28 wins by KO/TKO and has lost only one of his last 16 fights, and that was to Michael Katsidis in 2005. Indonesian Roy, showed improvement in the chin department as Ganoy had stopped him in three rounds when they met in 2009. Roy 25 had won 5 of his last six fights. Paul "The Tattooed Man" Fleming had no trouble with another import as he halted the Thai in the second round. "Two Gunz" is almost completely covered in tattoos-he collects them. An outstanding amateur, southpaw Fleming is 23 and has 10 wins by KO/TKO. Clermont-Ferrand, France: Super Middle: Chris Rebrasse (16-2-2) W PTS 10. Hugo Kasperski (17-2-0). Rebrasse, 26, regains French title with very narrow points victory over hometown fighter Kasperski. Kasperski takes an early lead, but Rebrasse paces the fight well and comes on over the late rounds to win by a narrow, but deserved, points victory. Scores 97-93, 96-94 and 96-95. Only one loss in his last 17 fights for Rebrasse. Kasperski had won his last two fights in the first round. Massay, France: Cruiser: Faisal Ibnel Arram (15-3) W TKO 9 Chris Dettinger (16-2-1). Arram retains his French title. A tough close fight was really decided by a big right from Arram in the ninth. Dettinger was badly hurt and taking heavy punishment when his corner threw in the towel. French-born Arram, 27, is known as "The African King". This was the second defence of his title and his ninth win by KO/TKO. Although he was ahead on all cards 77-75 twice and 77-76 the fight was in the balance. Dettinger is a former French champion and was unbeaten in his last eight fights. Noisy-le-Grand, France: Heavy: Carlos Takam (24-1) W PTS 8 Samir Kurtagic (10-4). Light Welter: Ali Oubaali (25-3) W DIS 5 Almin Kovacevic (10-10-1). Not Takam's best night. His opponent from Ghana failed to get a visa. Austrian-based Serb Kurtagic comes in as a late substitute. Fighting in his adopted home town the Cameroon fighter tries to get 35-year-old Kurtagic out early, but the Serb is a clever survivor and holds slips and slides his way to the final bell. Six wins for 30-year-old Takam since surprise loss to Gregory Tony in June 2009. Not much better for "Hurricane" Oubaali, 34, as his Ghanaian opponent also fails to show. Croat Kovacevic, 26, tries every trick in the book to throw Oubaali out of his stride. The referee warns the Croat in both of the first two rounds and Kovacevic goes down in the fourth claiming a low blow, but the referee gives him a count. Finally in the fifth, when the Croat spits out his mouthpiece, the referee loses patience and disqualifies him. Ten wins in a row for Oubaali. Kovacevic has lost 5 of his last 6. Mannheim, Germany: Middle: Felix Sturm (36-2-2) DREW 12 Martin Murray (23-0-1). Once again Sturm has a handful of trouble with a British challenger, but again retains his title. Murray gave an outstanding performance. Sturm was trying to control the early rounds with his jab, but Murray was scoring well with hooks to head and body. Both fighters showed great defence and good technique but with neither fighter being able to dominate. Murray was the busier, but Sturm knew better how to catch the judge's eyes by being the last one to land in exchanges. Murray was often getting through with good combinations and keeping Sturm on the back foot. Sturm was looking to be more aggressive over the late rounds with a strong jab and combinations of his own. It looked to be a fight in the balance, but Murray took the last round and looked to have won. Scores 116-112, 114-114 and 113-115. Many of the rounds were close and fighting in Sturm's backyard, it was always going to need Murray to be the better man by a very large gap to win the title. Murray, 29, the Commonwealth and British champion, knowing he made a big step-up in class showed he belonged there and will obviously be sorry he did not get the reward his efforts warranted. Sturm, making the eleventh defence of his WBA title, struggled in taking a split decision win over Matt Macklin in June, and at 32 is nearing the end of the road. San Martino Siccomario, Italy: Welter: Giuseppe Langella (19-6-2) W PTS 10 Luca Frezza (14-3-2,1ND). An intense fight, but not a pretty or skillful one. Challenger Frezza constantly on the attack, but wild and inaccurate with his punching. Champion Langella, 30,making the first defence of his Italian title, much the better technical fighter, but comes down to Frezza's level and makes hard work of what should have been an easy defence. What clean punching there was came from Langella. Scores 96-94, 96-95 and 95-95. Only one loss in his last eight fights for Langella, and Frezza, 31, was unbeaten in his last eight. Santa Ynez, USA: Super Middle: Anthony Dirrell (24-0) W TKO 4 Renan St Juste (23-3-1). Super Bantam: Jhonatan Romero (20-0) W PTS 10 Chris Avalos (19-2). Light: Darley Perez (24-0) W PTS 8 Fernando Trejo (33-17-6). Super Feather: Gabriel Tolmajyan (12-1-1) W PTS 8 Daulis Prescott (23-1-0,3ND). Super Bantam: Glenn Porras (27-2) W PTS 8 Adolfo Landeros (21-23-2).Unfortunate ending to this WBC eliminator as St Juste retires with a shoulder injury. Over the first three rounds Dirrell used his big advantages in height and reach to outbox the Canadian. St Juste was having to take counters from Dirrell's left hook to get close, and Dirrell also kept changing to southpaw, which broke up any rhythm St Juste had. In the fourth, as St Juste was trying to throw a left, a clash of heads saw both boxers stunned and a short break was called to ensure both were unhurt. On the resumption Dirrell came forward throwing punches and St Juste tried to tie him up. Suddenly as St Juste came out of the clinch he indicated to the referee that he had hurt his left shoulder. The dislocation came as he threw that punch before the clash of heads. When the Canadian was unable to continue Dirrell was declared the winner. "The Dog", 27, is the younger brother of Andre Dirrell and is now in line to fight the winner of the fight between Carl Froch and Andre Ward. Southpaw St Juste, 39, had minimum qualifications for being in an eliminator, with no outstanding victories since losing to Martin Upshaw in May 2010. Colombian Romero, 24, had to climb off the floor in the first round to get a split decision over Avalos. Despite the knockdown, Romero got back into the fight with better mobility, and from then on it was a test of power and stamina. Romero was landing the harder shots, but Avalos, 22, was busier although leaving himself open to counters as he rushed in. The fight was close all the way. The difference could have been over the late rounds as Romero stepped-up the pace whereas the work rate of Avalos seemed to fall away. Scores 96-93, 96-94 and 94-95. Romero had run up a record against very modest opposition, but showed in this fight that he has some talent, but also some defensive flaws. It was another set-back for Avalos to go alongside his split decision loss to Chris Martin in August 2010. Colombian Perez, 21, runs into tough-chinned Mexican Trejo and has to go the distance. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. Only the sixth time Perez has had to go the distance. "The Thief" Trejo, 37, has only lost once inside the distance, and that was due to an injury, Prescott, the younger brother of Breidis Prescott, gets ambushed by underrated Armenian. Southpaw Tolmajyan takes a split decision on scores of 76-75 twice and 75-76. Filipino champion Porras, 26, wins all the way, but like many before him finds Landeros a difficult guy to put away. Scores 79-73 twice and 80-72. "The Rock" has won his last 14. Landeros has won only one of his last 15, but mostly to very good opposition. Indio, USA: Super Bantam: Randy Caballero (13-0) W PTS 8 Arturo Santiago (7-4-1). Light: Andy Cancio (12-1-2) W PTS 8 Nando Carcamo (9-3). Prospect Caballero extends his winning streak. Caballero, 21, again showed good skills, speed and accuracy of punching. Puerto Rican Santiago could not match the young Californian so decided to commit a few misdemeanors. He lost a point in the third for holding and in the sixth for throwing Caballero to the canvas. In between he did a lot more holding. Caballero doing all of the clean work wins every round. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. An eight round fight, but Caballero, US amateur champion at flyweight in 2008, retains WBC Youth title. Santiago has lost 3 of his last 4. A last gasp effort gets 23-year-old Cancio the win. Mexican Carcamo won the early rounds and was well in front after six. However, he then tired badly as Cancio staged a strong finish. Two knockdowns in the last round just gave Cancio the Majority verdict. Scores 76-74 twice and 75-75. Second win for Cancio after being inactive for two years. Carcamo had won his last five, and has not been stopped in any of his losses. Silla, Spain: Heavy: Leif Larsen (15-0) W TKO 2 Danny Williams (44-11,1ND). Hopefully the end of the line for Williams. Norwegian Leif Larsen shook Williams in the first round and then floored the Brit three times in the second to end the fight. The 6'5 ½" tall, 36-year-old, "Viking" has 12 wins by KO/TKO. Larsen competed as a shot-putter at the 1992 and 1994 World Junior championships, and played pro football for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL, before turning to boxing in 2003. Williams, a former Commonwealth and British champion, who kayoed Mike Tyson in four rounds in 2004, is now 38 and past his best. He lost in eight rounds to Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title in 2004. Dover, USA: Heavy: Amir Mansour (16-0) W TKO 6 Epifiano Mendoza (32-13-1). Light: Dorin Spivey (40-6,1ND) W PTS 6 Angel Rios (9-9). Mansour throwing bombs from the start and Colombian Mendoza trying to counter, without much success. A bad tempered bout sees both boxers exchanging punches after the bell a couple of times. Mendoza was hurt in rounds 3 and 5 but survived. It came to an end in the six when Mansour trapped a tiring Mendoza in a corner and was unloading when Mendoza's corner threw the towel in. Southpaw "Hardcore" Mansour, 39, has 12 wins by KO/TKO. Mendoza was coming off an upset stoppage of Puerto Rican prospect Carlos Negron in September. Veteran Spivey, 38, makes the fight against Rios being the aggressor throughout the six rounds. The fight goes the distance and Spivey takes it on scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 58-56. Spivey has won his last six fights. Puerto Rican Rios kept his record of always lasting the distance.

December 3

Anaheim, USA: Bantam: Abner Mares (23-0-1) W PTS 12 Joseph Agbeko (28-4). Bantam: Anselmo Moreno (32-1-1) W PTS 12 Vic Darchinyan (37-4-1). Light Welter : Carlos Moreno (15-0-1) W PTS 10 Manuel Leyva (18-4-0). Light Heavy Sakio Bika (29-5-2) W TKO 3 Alfredo Contreras (11-13-2). Light Welter: Frankie Gomez (12-0) W TKO 3 James Hope (6-9-1). Feather: Richard Contreras (9-0) W TKO 4 Juan Sandoval (5-8-1). Mares beats Agbeko clearly this time, but still not totally cleanly. The Mexican had the better technique and faster hands. Agbeko was doing the pressing, but Mares found it easy to thread hard shots through the Ghanaian's defence. A jab from Agbeko opened a cut on the right eyebrow of Mares in the second and the bleeding caused him problems in the later rounds. Both fighters were warned, Agbeko for rabbit punches and Mares for low blow (what a surprise). It was a controlled and cool performance from Mares and in the end the fighter with the superior skills took the decision. Scores 118-110 from all three officials. Mares, 26, makes first defence of his WBC title and is talking of a fight with Nonito Donaire. Agbeko, the recipient of the Dennie Mancini award from the Commonwealth Boxing Council last month, still has a role in the bantamweight mix. First fight in the USA for Moreno and he shows the fans what they have been missing. The classy Panamanian southpaw played the matador to "Raging Bull" Darchinyan. Making full use of his reach advantage Moreno forced Darchinyan to come to him. As Darchinyan tried to work his way inside Moreno nailed him repeatedly with jabs and rights. The speed, mobility and skill of Moreno had Darchinyan swinging wildly to try to score. The Armenian-born Australian southpaw managed to win a few rounds with his attacks. Although Darchinyan has lost before, other than the Nonito Donaire kayo, no fighter has beaten Darchinyan as clearly as Moreno did. The scores were 120-107, 117-110 and 116-111 with a frustrated Darchinyan losing a point in the fourth for wrestling Moreno to the canvas. Ninth defence of his WBA title for 26-year-old Moreno who will now benefit from the exposure, and could be the next opponent for Mares. At 35, and after winning IBF fly and super fly and WBC/WBA super fly titles, Darchinyan's days may be numbered as his style relies on a fast pace and all-out aggression, but don't count him out yet. Californian Moreno, 26 was a good class amateur and remain unbeaten as a pro with a wide unanimous decision over Leyva. Molina was in charge scoring with short hooks and uppercuts and constantly rocking Leyva. The Mexican southpaw manage to get through and score well in the fourth, but Molina had him in trouble in both the seventh and tenth rounds. Scores 99-91 twice and 100-90. Molina was coming off a disappointing draw with novice Juan Montiel in August, so needed a convincing win. Leyva, 29, had run up impressive looking statistics down in Baja California, but had lost his previous two fights to Joel Casamayor (a split decision)and Dannie Williams ( a first round kayo). In his first fight for a year "The Scorpion" Bika made a successful return. Bika needed some rounds under his belt, but Contreras was no real test. Bika was just getting warmed against the wild swinging Mexican when in the third a punch opened a bad cut over the left eye of Contreras. At the end of the round his corner pulled Contreras out. The 32-year-old from Cameroon was returning after back-to-back looses to Jean Paul Mendy and to Andre Ward for the WBA title. Contreras has won only one of his last eleven fights. Former World Championships silver medal winner Gomez again showed his punching power, but Hope no real test. The 19-year-old flattened Hope with a thunderous right cross and the referee did not even bother with the count. Nine wins by KO/TKO for Gomez who had struggled to beat Adrian Granados in his last fight in August. Hope is 0-1-5 in his last six with all the losses coming by KO/TKO. Contreras, 21, made it eight wins by KO/TKO, the last seven fights all finishing inside the distance, as he halted Sandoval in four. Helsinki, Finland: Heavy: Alex Povetkin (23-0) W KO 8 Cedric Boswell (35-2). Heavy: Robert Helenius (17-0) W PTS 12 Dereck Chisora (15-2). Light Middle: Jack Culcay (10-0) W KO 1 Giammario Grassellini (19-6-2). Light: Eldis Tatli (16-0) W PTS 10 Pasquale Di Silvio (13-4). Heavy: Edmund Gerber (18-0) W KO 1Marcus McGee (23-19,1ND). Welter: Jussi Koivula (10-0) W PTS 8 Jose Del Rio (12-3). Heavy: Jarno Rosberg (12-0,1ND) W PTS 8 Manuel Pucheta (35-8). Povetkin retains WBA secondary title with kayo of Boswell. This was not the most exciting of fights. Boswell hardly took a forward step in the whole fight. Povetkin walked Boswell down but slowly-very slowly. Boswell used his jab just for nuisance value and in most rounds Povetkin would leap in with a quick combination but without managing to land anything too heavy. Povetkin picked up the pace from the fourth, but with Boswell not willing to take any chances, there was no sustained action. In the seventh Povetkin finally started to unload and had Boswell shaky after landing a good uppercut inside. You could hear Teddy Atlas (through an interpreter) telling Povetkin that Boswell "wanted to go home" and so it proved. Povetkin threw a series of combinations ending with a left hook and right cross, and Boswell was down for the count. The 32-year-old Russian showed almost too much patience in walking down Boswell, but he finished it in style. Povetkin has 16 wins by KO/TKO, but it was difficult to shine against the negative tactics of 42-year-old Boswell (surely he was not hoping Povetkin would get tired). The fight for the vacant European title between Helenius and Chisora was a much better fight. This time the Chisora we had been hoping to see against Tyson Fury turned up. The 27-year-old Zimbabwean born Chisora was the busier fighter from the start working his way inside the guard of the 6'7" tall Finn. Helenius was making good use of his jab and long rights but was boxing on the back foot most of the way. It was a case of whether the judges favoured the jabs of Helenius or the inside work of Chisora. The fight was close and as Helenius tired in the late rounds it certainly looked as though Chisora had sprung an upset. Unfortunately the judges saw it differently as they came up with scores of 115-113 twice and 113-115. Helenius claimed to have injured his right hand in the first, round, and he certainly seemed to lack the power that had given him 11 wins by KO/TKO. Chisora came in almost 20lbs lighter than he did against Fury, and the improvement was there to be seen. Freddie Roach was working as a commentator and was enraged by the result. Promoter Wilfreid Sauerland admitted Helenius was lucky, and that Chisora deserved a second chance. There is not likely to be an immediate rematch as Helenius has a mandatory defence against Alex Dimitrenko. "The Nordic Nightmare" lost some gloss as a result of this fight, and Chisora went a long way towards regaining prestige lost in the Fury fight. Despite being unwell in his dressing room German bright hope Culcay destroys Italian veteran in first. A right to the head and a left to the body from Culcay and it is all over. "Golden Jack", 26, born in Ecuador, has six wins by KO/TKO. He competed at the 2008 Olympics (losing to Demetrius Andrade), won a silver medal at the European Championships, and a gold medal at the 2009 World Championships. Grassellini, 34, is now 2-5 in his last seven fight with those five losses all inside the distance. Finnish hope Tatli was just too good for Di Silvio. The tall southpaw controlled the fight all the way being too skillful for the limited Italian. On the downside he again showed a lack of punching power, but took the decision on scores of 100-90, 100-92 and 98-93 . Tatli has filled out a bit as he was Finnish amateur champion at 106lbs. Di Silvio,32, has been unsuccessful in three shots at the Italian title. I doubt if German Gerber will ever have an easier or shorter night. McGee threw a tentative jab and Gerber responded with a left hook and McGee went down and out. All over in 48 seconds. Now 12 wins by KO/TKO for the 23-year-old 6'3" Gerber. McGee, 40, is usually thrown in way over his head and was beaten in one round by Hasim Rahman in October 2010. Koivula wins wide unanimous verdict over Spanish champion. Koivula did all of the pressing. The Spaniard showed good defensive skills but rarely attempted any sustained attacks. With Koivula dominating the fight, but lacking punching power it went the full eight rounds. Scores 80-72 twice and 78-75. Koivula, 27 was Finnish amateur champion 2002/03/04/05 /06. Southpaw Del Rio, 26, has not lost inside the distance, and went the full ten rounds with Jackson Osei Bonsu in March. Southpaw Rosberg looked one-paced as he just seemed content to do just enough to beat the 40-year-old Argentinian. Rosberg, a 6'5" tall southpaw, had the reach and height edge, and Pucheta did more clowning than fighting. Scores 80-73 twice and 78-74. Rosberg was also a top class amateur, but on the downside for him the No Decision was due to Rosberg's doping test coming up positive back in 2009. Tokyo, Japan: Super Fly: Ryo Akaho (17-0-2) W TKO 9 Toyoto Shiraishi (21-6-1). Super Bantam: Akifumi Shimoda (24-3-1) W PTS 10 Jonel Alibio (16-13-2). Light Welter: Yoshihiro Kamegai (20-0) W PTS 8 Eusebio Baluarte (19-5).Akhao and Shimoda score wins. Akaho retains OPBF title, but unimpressive against Shiraishi. The challenger took the fight to Akaho over the first three rounds, but in the third suffered a bad gash on his forehead from a punch. Shiraishi continued to be the aggressor but Akaho was scoring the cleaner shots, if a bit wilder than usual. Akaho was in front after eight rounds and a sustained attack in the ninth brought the stoppage. Now 11 wins by KO/TKO for Akaho who won the Orient title by beating Fred Mundraby in May. First loss inside the distance for Shiraishi, who had won his last seven fights. Former WBA champion Shimoda has too much class for durable but limited Filipino Alibio. Southpaw Shimada had the Filipino dazzled with the speed and accuracy of his attacks. Shimoda went for broke in the ninth, but Alibio survived to lose a wide decision. Scores 99-91 twice and 98-93. Shimoda, 27, lost his title to Rico Ramos in July. Alibio, 28, a former OPBF feather champion, has only been beaten once inside the distance. Kamegai continues unbeaten, but fails to put away former Philippines champion Baluarte. Kamegai scored a knockdown in the fifth, but Baluarte lasted out the eight rounds. Scores 79-73, 78-73 and 78-74. Kamegai, 29, has 17 wins by KO/TKO and is rated No 8 by the WBC. It was surprising that Kamegai could not finish the job, as Baluarte, 25, had been stopped in one round when losing his national title in July. Rosarito, Mexico: Fly: Ronald Barrera (30-8-2) W TKO 8 Arturo Badillo (20-3) W. Welter: Antonio Lozada Jr (24-1) W KO 2 Cesar Chavez (17-0). Badillo makes the same mistake twice-he fights "El Indio" Barrera again. The young Mexican tried to force the fight, but the strength and experience of Barrera proved too much for him again. Barrera constantly changed guards, and switch his attack from body to head. Badillo took a beating in the eighth and his corner retired him at the end of the round. When these two clashed in April 2010 Barrera stopped Badillo in the ninth round. Colombian southpaw Barrera, 27, has failed in four world title attempts, three at strawweight and one at light fly, and of his eight losses seven have been to world champions. Badillo's only other loss was a three round kayo by Hugo Cazares for the WBA super fly title in July. Now up at welterweight Lozada gets back to winning ways as he kayos previously unbeaten Chavez with a right to the jaw in the second round. Lozada had Chavez down twice in the first, but was himself floored at the end of the round. The 21-year-old makes it 22 wins by KO/TKO. He lost his unbeaten record when being stopped in four rounds by Roberto Ortiz in June. Mexico City: Mexico: Feather: Jhonny Gonzalez (51-7) W KO 2 Roinet Caballero (31-11-1 ). Light: Alejandro Sanabria (30-1-1) W TKO 5 Vinvin Rufino (30-15-3). Gonzalez just blows away poor challenger. In the first Gonzalez scored with hard, accurate shots to the head and body of Caballero. The assault continued in the second until a right hook to the chin followed by one to the body put Caballero down and he failed to beat the count. Now 45 wins by KO/TKO for Gonzalez. Third defence of his WBC title. Panamanian Caballero had been stopped in eight rounds by Chris John in a challenge for the WBA title in 2008, but had done nothing to deserve either title shot. Sanabria just hits too hard for Filipino southpaw Rufino. Two body shots in the fifth put Rufino down at the end of the round and the referee stops the fight with Rufino still on then canvas. Sanabria wins the WBC Silver title. Now 22 wins by KO/TKO for Sanabria and he also has a points win over Rocky Juarez. . Rufino has lost 5 of his last six. Mexico City, Mexico : Super Feather: Fermin de los Santos (19-13-1) W TKO 6 Heli Quiroz ( 6-9). Now nine wins in a row for de los Santos who has won by KO/TKO in six of those fights. Also defence No 7 of his WBC Cabofe title.. Quiroz is headed the other way as he is 3-7 in his last ten. Windhoek, Namibia: Bantam: Immanuel Naidjala (12-0) W TKO 4 Nkqubela Gwazela (20-10). Light Heavy: Vikapita Meroro (21-3) W PTS 8 Chamonorwa Gonorenda (6-10). Namibian Naidjala puts on impressive display against experienced South African. Naidjala show his edge in speed and power in the first. Steps up the tempo in the second and third and is looking for the finish in the fourth. Gwazela taking punishment and retires at the end of the round. Now 7 wins by KO/TKO for Naidjala. Gwazela, 32, a former South African flyweight and bantamweight champion, has lost his last three now. Meroro not at his best, but has little trouble with defensive minded Zimbabwean, Scores 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74. Laogo City, Philippines: Bantam: Sylvester Lopez (18-3-1) W KO 1 Chapayak Sitnarits . All over early as Lopez flattens poor Thai import in just 82 seconds. Now 14 wins by 24-year-old Lopez, the WBC Silver title holder at super flyweight, and just one loss in his last 15 fights. That was to Juan Jose Montes in a WBC eliminator. He holds wins over Everardo Morales and Oscar Ibarra and is No 1 with the WBC. Warsaw, Poland: Light Heavy: Dawid Kostecki (38-1) W KO 4 Byron Mitchell (29-9-1). Cruiser: Krzys Glowacki ( 15-0) W TKO 2 Konstantin Semerdjiev (29-14-2). Light Heavy: Pawel Glazewski (17-0) W PTS 6 Matt Barney (26-9-1). "Gypsy " Kostecki kayos veteran Mitchell. The former WBA champion did most of the pressing in the fight, but constantly ran into fast two-handed counters from 30-year-old Kostecki. Mitchell was given a count at the end of the first, but it was not a punch, but a push. Same pattern in the second round with Mitchell again going forward, but at 38, his punches were neither enough in speed or quantity to worry the Pole who was doing most of the clear scoring. Kostecki was more aggressive in the third and was getting through to Mitchell. At the start of the fourth a thunderous over arm right crashed onto Mitchell's chin and a couple of other punches as Mitchell was falling were not needed as Mitchell was flat on his back. The referee did not bother to complete the count. That's 16 wins in a row for Kostecki since losing to Rachid Kanfouah. This was for the WBC Baltic title. Not sure how American Mitchell qualifies. Mitchell is 4-9 in his last 13. Bulgarian Semerdjiev, 39, takes the fight to Glowacki in the first, but is caught with some heavy counters. In the second a left from the Polish southpaw cuts Semerdjiev over his right eye and the fight is stopped. Glazewski finds out just how frustrating it can be to fight 37-year-old Barney. The Pole forcing the fight, but Barney using all of his guile, and scoring with counters to sneak some of the rounds. From the fourth Glazewski gets through more and traps Barney on the ropes for much of the last half of the fight. Former British super middle champ Barney survives to lose close decision. Scores 58-57 twice and 58-56. Las Cruces, USA: Heavy: David Rodriguez (36-0) W TKO 2 Byron Polley (24-13-1,2ND). Light: Antonio Escalante (26-4) W TKO 7 Rynell Griffin (6-6-1). Another piece of "Rodriguez rubbish". The 34-yearold Rodriguez has yet to face a real test. Polley goes down three times before the mismatch is ended late in the second round. "Nino" Rodriguez, 34, has 34 wins by KO/TKO, but the opposition has been a mixture of no-hopers, journeymen and over the hill types. Polley, who should be named "rolly polly" for his huge spare tyre, has lost 5 of his last 6, with all the losses being by KO/TKO, and all inside four rounds. Mexican Escalante continued his rebuilding process with a stoppage of Griffin. It was not an easy night for Escalante. As he failed to sparkle. In the fourth he suffered a cut by his right eye, and looked to be tiring in the sixth. However, by then Griffin had shot his bolt and was floored three times in the seventh. After suffering back-to-back losses to Daniel Ponce de Leon and Alejandro Perez Escalante has since beaten Pipino Cuevas Jr inside a round and now stopped Griffin. 17 wins by KO/TKO for 26-year-old Escalante. Griffin out of his league. He has lost 6 of his last 7. New York, USA: Light Middle: Miguel Cotto (37-2) W TKO 10 Antonio Margarito (38-8,1ND ). Light: Brandon Rios (29-0-1) W TKO 11 John Murray (31-2). Welter: Mike Jones (26-0) W PTS 12 Sebastian Lujan (38-6-2). Light Middle: Delvin Rodriguez (26-5-3) W PTS 10 Pawel Wolak (29-1-1). Cotto gained revenge and Margarito showed plenty of guts. The was the Puerto Ricans fight from the first bell. Cotto used mobility to give Margarito angles he could not deal with. Boxing from the outside Cotto would land hard combinations on the Mexican and be out of range when Margarito fired his own punches. The first three rounds all went to Cotto with Margarito coming forward, but being picked off with hard, accurate counters . The Mexican got more into the fight from the fourth, but it was still Cotto who was doing the effective scoring. From the opener Cotto had been targeting the previously damaged right eye of Margarito, and by the seventh the eye was almost swollen shut. The first examination came in the seventh, but the fight was allowed to continue. Margarito showed guts by still taking the fight to Cotto, but with Cotto boxing beautifully, it was just a matter of time. Things got worse for Margarito in the eighth when a clash of heads opened a cut by his left eye. The end was inevitable. The Doctor examined Margarito's damaged eye at the start of the ninth, but they let the fight continue. Cotto scored with a barrage of punches late in the ninth. With Margarito unable to see out of his right eye the Doctor advised the referee to stop the fight at the start of the tenth. Cotto was ahead 89-82 on all three cards. Cotto, 31, retains WBA title for the second time in his 18th world title fight, and gains revenge for his loss to Margarito in 2008. Now Cotto wants Floyd Mayweather Jr. Margarito rightly will never live down the loaded gloves incident, but the former WBO and IBF welterweight champion took his lumps. He needed twelve stitches to deal with his injuries. Rios was already an ex-champion before he climbed into the ring to face Murray. At the Friday weigh-in, after three tries, the best Rios could do was to hit the scales at just over 136lbs, effectively losing his title on the scales. An agreement was made that if Rios weighed no more than an addition 10lbs by fight night the bout would go ahead. Rios, 25, came in at just under the agreed weight. On this basis, and with a $20,000 out of the purse of Rios going to Murray, the fight went ahead, but only Murray could win the title. That did not look impossible in the early rounds as Murray actually took the fight to Rios and chose to have the fight in close. Scoring well with hooks and uppercuts Murray was probably in front after five rounds, but then the strength and power punching of Rios started to come into play. By the sixth Murray was bleeding from the nose and had swelling around the eyes as Rios got home with uppercuts and hooks. As the pressure increased Murray lost a point in the seventh for a low blow, and his face was beginning to look a mess. Rios continued the bombardment, and by the eleventh Murray's face was a mask of blood and with the Brit under fire the referee stopped the fight. Rios will now move up to light welter. Murray showed great courage, but tried to beat Rios at his own game, and came unstuck. Two inside the distance losses in a row for Murray, having been stopped by Kevin Mitchell in July. Murray is still a very talented fighter but needs a rest before getting back into action. Mike "M.J" Jones won a wide, unanimous verdict over tough, but limited Argentinian Lujan. Lujan was the aggressor, Jones had the skill and speed to deal with the crude attacks, but was also the better man when he chose to stand and trade. Jones rarely let Lujan into the fight. He raked the Argentinian with jabs and hooks, and outmaneuvered Lujan all the way, to walk away with the decision. Scores 119-109 twice and 118-110. Jones,28, wins IBF eliminator. "Iron" Lujan, 31, lost to Antonio Margarito for the WBO title in 2005 and to Serhiy Dzinziruk for the WBO light middle title in 2006, but had won 13 in a row since a loss to Jamie Moore in 2007. Repeats sometimes fall far short of the originals, and that was the case in the return between Rodriguez and Wolak. These two had fought a tremendous battle in July, but this time Rodriguez won clearly. Despite a 4" height advantage Rodriguez boxed out of a crouch which both allowed him to get under the wide punches of Wolak and also be in the right place to score with uppercuts. Rodriguez used the tactics to perfection and was always in charge. As Wolak tired an all out assault by Rodriguez in the last almost ended the fight early, but the Pole survived. Scores 98-91 twice and 100-90 but Wolak deserved a little more recognition for his aggression.

November 3

Zapote, Costa Rica: Super Feather: Bryan Vazquez (28-0) W PTS 12 Santos Benavides (23-3-2). Heavy: Carl Davis Drumond (27-3) W KO 1 Henry Saenz (22-10-1). Light Welter: Elvin Perez (21-5-4) DREW 8 Nelson Lara (15-3-4). "El Tiquito overcomes a slow start to win a wide unanimous verdict over experienced Nicaraguan southpaw. Benavides, 29, took the first round, and inflicted a cut on the right eyebrow of Vazquez in the third, but from then on the 24-year-old Costa Rican was in control. Most of the fight was at close quarters and some of the rounds were close, but Vazquez just wanted the win that much more and was always scoring the heavier punches and was the busier fighter. Scores 119-109 twice and 118-109. Vazquez wins the interim WBA title. Benavides had won nine in a row since losing to Roman Martinez in 2008, but admitted that he just was not on top form on the night, and had no complaints about the decision. Davis has his first fight since March 2010, but it can hardly be called a fight. He had no trouble finding the target of bloated Nicaraguan Saenz and the fight was stopped at the end of the first round with Saenz not fighting back. Davis had lost to Ruslan Chagaev (for the WBA title), Derric Rossy and Odlanier Solis in successive matches. The 36-year-old Saenz started out as a super middle but he looked to be up around the 250lbs + mark. Perez looked a little unlucky to have to settle for a draw against Lara. Both fighters are Nicaraguans based in Costa Rica, Perez was trying to regain the WBA Fedcentro title which he lost to Walter Castillo in July. Lara was without a win in his last three going in, but his two losses in those three fights were to good opposition in Ali Chabah and Alberto Mosquera Kobe, Japan: Super Bantam: Yukinori Oguni (7-0) W PTS 12 Roli Gasca (17-2). Former top amateur Oguni win s OPBF title with unanimous verdict over WBA No 11 Gasca. Gasca, 22, pressing the taller Oguni hard over the early rounds, and the bout is close at the end of the fourth. That all changes in the fifth as a powerful right from Oguni, 23, puts Filipino Gasca down heavily. Gasca beats the count, but is floored for a second time and only just survives the round. Oguni on top for a couple more rounds, but a recovering Gasca tries to claw his way back into the fight with a rally over the late rounds, but Oguni boxes his way to victory. Scores 119-109 (too wide), 116-111 and 115-111. Great display for a fighter with only six pro fights behind him. Gasca had won his last six, which included victories over Thai Tabtimdaeng and Jap Hiromasa Ohashi.

November 4

Moscow, Russia: Cruiser: Denis Lebedev (23-1) W PTS 12 James Toney (73-7-3,2ND). Super Bantam: Alex Bakhtin (28-0) W PTS 10 Luis Melendez (31-7-1). Cruiser: Ismayl Sillakh (17-0) W TKO 4 Ali Ismailov (18-8-1). Heavy: Vyacheslav Glazkov (10-0) W TKO 5 Daniil Peretyatko (17-30). A farce of a title fight sees Russian Lebedev, 32, wins every round against 43-year-old Toney. After a quiet first round Lebedev began to score heavily with his jab. Toney was noticeably nursing his left leg in the round. He tried to turn things around with some hooks in the third, but it was a short-lived effort. Toney used his experience to stay in the fight, but was was often a static target and was tiring from the mid way point. Lebedev made a big effort in the ninth and had Toney reeling around the ring, but could not find a finishing punch. Toney spoiled his way to the final bell. Scores 120-108 from all three judges. Lebedev wins the vacant WBA interim title. Having beaten Roy Jones and Toney ,Lebedev is now talking about fighting Antonio Tarver. Seems like age discrimination to me. The Russian should be screaming for a return with WBO champion Marco Huck, who beat Lebedev on a spilt decision in December. First fight since 2009 for Toney. He weighed 257lbs then so he must have been a weakened fighter. "Lights Out" should turn the lights out on his time in boxing. Bakhtin, 30, finds it hard to impress against negative Colombian southpaw Melendez, who is only interested in survival. The 30-year-old Bakhtin scored heavily in the second and floored Melendez with a body shot in the third. From then on Melendez went even deeper into his shell and lost every round. Bakhtin is trying to make up for lost time. He was on the verge of a title shot when campaigning in Japan, but his involvement in a street brawl blotted his copy book and he was stripped of his Japanese title and had his contract cancelled by his promoter. Melendez was halted in twelve rounds by Fernando Montiel for the WBVO super fly title in 2007. Easy night for Ukrainian Sillakh. He has big height and reach advantages over stocky Azeri. The Ukrainian just can't miss the brave Azeri with his jab, and when Ismailov does get close he is caught with hard right uppercuts. Ismailov continues to march into the fire in the third. He has some success when he takes Sillakh to the ropes, but the Azeri pays for it as Sillakh scores heavily with uppercuts and hooks to the body. Finally in the fourth a crunching right uppercut put Ismailov down. He climbs to his feet and leans against the ropes watching the referee count. At eight he just shakes his head and walks back to his corner, and the fight is over. Sillakh, 26, has 13 wins by KO/TKO and is rated No 3 light heavy by the WBC. Ismailov, 37, only lost on a split decision to Victor Ramirez for the WBO title in 2009, but has lost five in a row now. Ukrainian Glazkov, 27, floors big Peretyatko heavily in the first. Surprisingly the 38-year-old Norwegian-based Russian stands up well in the second and third with some good counter attacks. In the fourth Glazkov was completely on top and got through with heavy shots. At the end of the round the corner pulled Peretyatko out. Glazkov is a former World Universities champion and World Championship silver medal winner. Bangkok, Thailand: Super Fly Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (20-4-1) W PTS 12 Nobuo Nashiro (15-4-1). Super Feather: Napapol (57-3-1) W PTS 12 Eddy Comaro (24-13-4). Suriyan retains WBC title with unanimous verdict over former WBA champion Nashiro. The 22-year-old Thai made a good start and was well ahead after the first four rounds showing improved skills in outboxing the more aggressive Nashiro. The challenger managed to get inside and seemed to pick up some of the middle rounds as Suriyan showed that his defence is still a work in progress. The last four rounds saw both fighters looking to wrap up what looked a close fight with Suriyan probably just doing enough to stay ahead. The scores 115-113, 116-113 and 119-110 from the Thai judge, which was a disgrace. The unheralded Suriyan has lost only one of his last 13 fights, and that was a close decision to Pongsaklek for the WBC fly title in October 2010. Nashiro, 30, won the WBA title in only his eighth fight. He lost the title to Alex Munoz, regained it and then lost it again to Hugo Cazares and also had an unsuccessful challenge to Tomas Rojas for the WBC title. Napapol, 34, retained the WBC Asian Boxing Council title for the second time with a unanimous points win over poor Indonesian Comaro. Napapol has had two title shots losing to Oscar Larios for the WBC super Bantam title in 2008 and to Toshiaki Nishioka for the interim version of the same title. Those are the only losses he has had in his last 57 fights. Comaro has won just two of his last twelve fights, including being blown away in 62 seconds by Filipino prospect Lorenzo Villanueva. That tells why Napapol has such impressive, but misleading, statistics. Florence, Italy: Light Welter: Leonard Bundu (25-0-2) W PTS 12 Daniele Petrucci (28-1-2). Bantam: Pietro Marceddu (4-0) W PTS 8 Rodrigo Bracco (13-3) . Light Middle: Orlando Fiordigiglio (10-0) W PTS 8 Ronny McField (13-13-2,1ND). Repeat of great drawn fight in June, which ended in a technical draw, sees veteran Bundu take a comfortable decision over Petrucci to win the vacant European title. Sierra Leon born Bundu, 36, sets a fast pace and scores well with his quicker hand speed. He keeps the fight inside. Petrucci, 30, tries to match Bundu as a slow start cost him dear in their draw in June. Southpaw Bundu just getting off quicker and too strong for Petrucci, giving him no room. Petrucci has a good ninth and tries to make up the leeway with a strong finish, but Bundu has it wrapped up. Scores 117-111, 117-113 and 116-113. Bundu represented Italy at the 1997, 1999 (where he won a bronze medal) and 2003 World championships. An upset sees four fight novice Marceddu, 36, win a clear verdict over Italian champion Bracco in a non-title fight. To add insult to injury the fight was in Bracco's hometown. Marceddu only turned pro in October last year at the age of 35. Tall 27-year-old Fiordigiglio outboxed the aggressive Nicaraguan McField, and was always in front. A three punch combination floors McField in the seventh, and he is down again from a hook, but holds on to see out the round. Fiordigiglio is badly cut on the right eyebrow, but eases his way to the decision. Now ten losses in a row for McField but he has only been beaten once inside the distance. Toa Baja, Puerto Rico: Middle: Manny Siaca (24-7) W TKO 7 George Rivera (13-7). Light: Jose A Gonzalez (18-0) W PTS 10 Fernando Trejo (33-16-6). Really just a workout for former WBA super middle champ Siaca in front of his hometown fans. In his second fight since moving down to middle (he lost to Danny Green for the IBO cruiser title in April 2010) the only problem Siaca, 35 had with Rivera was catching up with him. Siaca showed good conditioning at the lighter weight. No knockdowns but scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91 tell the story. Siaca wins vacant WBA Fedcaribe title. "Chelo" Gonzalez, also from Toa Bajo, has his kayo streak broken by Mexican oldie "The Thief" Trejo. Gonzalez took the early rounds with some good combination punching. When Trejo did get into the fight he was scoring well and Gonzalez started switching southpaw to break up the Mexican's attacks. Gonzalez took charge again over the closing rounds to retain his WBO Latino title on scores of 99-91 from the three judges. Gonzalez was on a run of eight successive wins by KO/TKO, but in his 55 fights former NABF super feather champ Trejo has lost only once by KO/TKO-to Bobby Pacquiao. Gonzalez was reported to have suffered from tendinitis in his shoulder prior to the fight which affected his performance. Indio, USA: Middle: Sergio Mora (23-2-2) W TKO 7 Jose Alfredo Flores (45-12,1ND). Former WBC light middle champ Mora, 30, made a slow start which allowed the veteran Flores some success. However, "The Latin Snake" was rolling by the second and was always on top from there. His slick boxing, switch hitting and fast hands saw him scoring well to head and body. Southpaw Flores, 39, spent more and more time being pounded on the ropes. Mora put the former WBA title contender down at the end of the seventh and the referee decided to call the fight off after the bell for the finish of that round. Mora won and lost the WBC title in two fights with the late Vern Forrest in 2008. He moved up to middle and got back into the title picture with a draw against Shane Mosley in September 2010, but was then knocked back by a split decision loss to Brian Vera in February. Mexican "Shibata" Flores lost to Fernando Vargas for the vacant WBA light middle title in 2001 and was inactive from December 2002 until January 2010. He is now 2-2 in his comeback. Ontario, USA: Super Bantam: Efrain Esquivas (15-0) W PTS 10 Fernando Beltran (37-7,1ND). Only a majority decision, but a big win for Esquivas. To get there he had to overcome a bad cut suffered in a clash of heads in the fourth. The fight was in the balance until Esquivas, 28, floored Beltran in the eighth, which gave him the edge. Scores 97-92, 96-93 and 95-95. A big step up in class of opposition for Esquivas. The 30-year-old Mexican Beltran has had three title shots, losing to Joan Guzman for the WBO super bantam title in 2005, and to both Steve Molitor for the IBF version and Takalani Ndlovu for the IBO title version in 2008. Salta, Argentina: Welter: Luis Abregu (31-1) W TKO 2 Javier Mamani (37-12-1). They packed the arena with a crowd of 8,000 for this clash of local fighters. Mamani tried to box, but Abregu was stalking, just looking for a chance to throw his bombs. He found the chance at the end of the round and put Mamani down heavily with a right. Mamani got up but was shaky, and he was lucky that the bell went before Abrgeu could finish it. The second started the same way, but this time Abregu struck earlier and floored Mamani twice, and it is all over. The 27-year-old Abregu has 25 wins by KO/TKO. His only loss was on points to Tim Bradley in a non-title fight in July 2010. This was his second fight since then. "La Cobra" Mamani is 2-5 in his last seven, but most of his losses have been to top rate opposition.

November 5

Quebec City, Canada: Super Middle: Lucien Bute (30-0) W PTS 12 Glen Johnson (51-16-2). Light Welter: Pier Olivier Cote (18-0) W KO 2 Jorge Luis Teron (25-3-1). Super Bantam: Steve Molitor (34-2) W PTS 10 Sebastien Gauthier (21-3). Super Middle: Allan Green (31-3) W PTS Sebastien Demers (31-5). Welter: Kevin Bizier (16-0) W KO 3 Christian Bladt (38-13-2). Super Feather: Rances Barthelemey (14-0) W TKO 2 Alejandro Barrera (21-10). Bute continues his campaign of sweeping up behind the Super Six as he easily outpoints veteran Johnson to retain the IBF title. The 31-year-old Romanian makes it one-sided as Johnson, 42, begins to show signs of being on the wrong side of the slope. Bute able to both box and scrap with Johnson and with his higher work rate he is always in charge. Over the closing rounds Bute looking for an inside the distance finish, but Johnson survives. Throughout the fight Johnson never really got his shots off and blamed this on an injury to his right arm suffered early in the fight. Scores 120-108 twice and 119-109. Bute makes it nine defences, but sees his run of six inside the distance wins ended. The "Jamaican Road Warrior" took Carl Froch to a majority decision in June, which should have been unanimous. Bute is now he is well positioned to meet the winner of the Ward-Froch fight. Electrifying display by 27-year-old Cote. He goes out after New Yorker Teron from the bell and is scoring heavily and looking liable to finish it in the first round. However, he gets careless and is caught with a right counter at the end of the round which almost puts him down. Undeterred he comes out fast in the second and floors Teron with a flurry of punches. Teron gets up, but is flattened by a left hook. "Apou" has 13 wins by KO/TKO and collects the vacant IBF Inter-Continental title. The way he put away the 6'0" Teron, who on paper was a big step-up in opposition, and had himself won 17 of his fights by KO/TKO, will have counted more than the title. In his first fight since losing his IBF title to Takalani Ndlovu in March, southpaw Molitor, 31, given a tough night by his former sparing partner Gauthier. The former IBF and Commonwealth champion made a slow start and Gauthier, 29, built an early lead. Both suffered cuts with Molitor's being the worst of the two. Molitor was shaken in the fifth, but he had paced the fight better than Gauthier and was clawing back the deficit. Even then Molitor needed a knockdown in the tenth to win the split decision. Scores 96-94 twice and 94-96. The other losses suffered by Gauthier had been on stoppages against modest Mexican opponents, but he revived his standing with this performance. Both Green and Demers were badly in need of a win, and it was Green who came out on top. Green failed to make the contract weight and Demers was probably hoping that Green, 32, might fade later. It proved to be that way as Green went in front at the start. Green was using his height and reach advantages and landing the harder and cleaner punches. Although he did tire and seemed in trouble in the seventh, Demers best round, Green had already built a substantial gap and took the decision on scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93. Losses to Andre Ward and Glen Johnson had shunted Green to one side, but this win shows there is still a place for him in the super middle mix. Demers, 31, was even more in need of a win after back-to-back inside the distance losses to Brian Vera and Renan St Juste, and even in losing his showing will also give him a way back. Bizier, 27, continues to look a real, name to watch in the welters. He had the experienced Dane on the back foot and looking to survive from the start. Former European champion Bladt, 36, saw out two punishing rounds, but a thunderous left hook put him down and out in the third, with the Medics in the ring to make sure he was ok. Bizier has 12 wins by KO/TKO, the last six in a row. Cuban Barthelemey, 25, nearly ended this in the first as he floored Mexican veteran Barrera twice. Barrera survived but probably wished he had not as Barthelemey put him down twice more for a stoppage victory. The lanky Cuban has eleven wins by KO/TKO and almost managed to make this his seventh one round finish. Barrera, 32, once looked on as a prospect after winning his first 18 fights, has lost his last six, five inside the distance. London, England: Light: Ricky Burns (33-2) W PTS 12 Michael Katsidis (28-5). Super Middle: George Groves (14-0) W TKO 2 Paul Smith ( 31-3). Light Middle: Billy Joe Saunders (11-0) W PTS 10 Gary Boulden (5-3-2) . Burns beats tough Aussie to win interim WBO title. The Scot showed against Roman Martinez that he could handle pressure fighters by boxing when he can and mixing it when he must. As expected Katsidis was the aggressor, but Burns used a high guard to deflect Katsidis punches and scored well throughout the fight with fast accurate counters. Burns built a commanding lead over the first half of the fight. Katsidis had his best spell in the middle rounds, but over the closing rounds Burns was back on top and was a clear winner. Scores 117-111 twice and 117-112. Former undefeated WBO super feather and Commonwealth champion Burns has really been the darling of Scottish fight fans, but this comprehensive win over Katsidis, who destroyed Kevin Mitchell in three rounds and beat both Vicente Escobedo and Jesus Chavez , will get him the recognition he deserves . At 31 Katsidis is not finished, but he will have to try to land some big fights if he is to get back into the picture. Another impressive win for Groves. The first round was quiet with Smith coming forward and Groves spearing him with light jabs. At the end of the round Smith gets through with a right as Groves is getting set to throw a punch of his own. The shot lands on the chin of Groves who is clearly hurt, but before Smith can follow up the bell goes. In the second Groves suddenly arcs a right round the side of Smiths guard and Smith goes down. He gets up immediately but his legs are shaky and Groves throws another right and Smith goes down again and the referee stops the fight. Smith protested but needed help to get back to his corner, so it was a good call be the referee. Groves, 23 makes third defence of his Commonwealth title and first defence of the British title he won by beating James DeGale in May. Smith, 29, had lost his British title to DeGale in December, but lasted nine rounds then. These losses to Groves and DeGale may start Smith thinking about retirement. "Superb" Saunders wins his first title as he outpoints game Boulden to collect the British Southern Area title. Saunders set a fast pace and although some signs of tiredness were there at the end Boulden could not match it. Sunders had Boulden hurt in the sixth and made a big effort to finish it the ninth, but Boulden hung on and survived a torrid last round to hear the bell. Sunders, who represented Britain at the 2008 Olympics, is a Romany traveller and lives in a caravan. He is proud of his heritage, but has the talent to earn enough money to buy something a bit grander-if he should want to. Cancun, Mexico: Light Middle: James Kirkland (30-1) W TKO 6 Alfredo Angulo (20-2). Super Middle: Peter Quillin (26-0) W TKO 6 Craig McEwan (19-2). Heavy: Deontay Wilder (19-0) W KO 3 Daniel Cota (17-4-1). Super Bantam: Sergio Thompson (20-2) W KO 1 Juan Carlos Espinoza (5-9-1). Kirkland wins stirring contest. He showed he still has the defensive flaws which saw him blown away by Nobuhiro Ishida in 112 seconds, but also showed his chin was not china, and he has plenty of guts. Just 30 seconds in to the fight Kirkland found himself on the canvas from a right. He was badly hurt and Angulo went crazy throwing punch after punch to try to end the fight right then. Kirkland survived and Angulo suffered for his wild attacks as Kirkland repaid the Mexican with a knockdown at the end of the round. In the second Kirkland, 27, took over and hurt Angulo with a southpaw left hook. Neither fighter was backing away, but Kirkland now had the edge. In the third Angulo was the one taking punishment and was cut and visibly tiring by the end of the round. Again in the fourth it was Kirkland on top with Angulo showing great heart, but not able to turn the tide. In the fifth Angulo put in a one last effort, but by the end of the round had nothing left. Kirkland brought the curtain down in the sixth as he battered away at the exhausted Mexican and the fight was stopped. A great win for the "Mandingo Warrior" and his management deserve praise for taking the gamble of putting him in with the WBC No 1 who had won 17 fights by KO/TKO. Angulo should have finished the fight in the first, but he threw away his chance with his wild attacks. All he had to do was win this one and then get the big payday for a fight with Saul Alvarez. Now he has to start again. Quillin wins but stoppage seems premature. For the first three rounds McEwan seemed able to match Quillin, but the greater strength and harder punching of Quillin saw the fight become more one-sided. Scottish southpaw McEwan was handicapped by a bad swelling around his right eye. Quillin made this a target and was on top, and on the way to a win, when the fight was stopped, although McEwan was in no trouble at the time. Quillin, 29, has moved his career forward much quicker now he has relocated from New York to the West Coast. He now has 20 wins by KO/TKO. McEwan, 29, now has back-to back losses to Andy Lee and Quillin. Another easy night for Wilder. The 6' 7" tall Olympic bronze medallist floored Cota late in the first round and then put the tubby Mexican down again in the third. The 26-year-old "Bronze Bomber" has won all of his 19 fights inside the distance, but the opposition continues to be poor. Now six first round wins for local favourite "Yeyo" Thompson in a total of 18 wins by KO/TKO. A body shot has Espinoza taking the count on his knees at the end of the first. Six wins in a row for Thompson since a split decision loss to Russian Alisher Rahmov in September last year. Hollywood, USA: Cruiser: Guillermo Jones (38-3-2) W TKO 6 Mike Marrone (20-4). Light Middle: Joey Hernandez (20-1-1) W PTS 12 Elco Garcia(25-8). Light Welter: Angelo Santana (12-0) W TKO 1 Brod Antoine (11-12-1) . Super Middle: Gusmyr Perdomo (18-3) W PTS 8 Laferrell Bunting (18-4-1). Cruiser: Francisco Palacios (21-1) W PTS 8 Joell Godfrey (13-5-1). Light Middle: Juan Ubaldo Cabrera (18-0) W PTS 8 Steve Scott (8-3). Light Heavy: Marcos Oliveira (22-0-1) TKO 4 Chris Eppley (10-2). Yet another piece of WBA rubbish sees Jones make one of his infrequent appearances and retain his WBA title with a stoppage of Marrone. The 39-year-old Panamanian used Marrone for target practice for much of the fight. Marrone, 26, did manage to get through with some left hooks but spent much of the time with his back to the ropes. A right had Marrone in trouble at the end of the fourth. Marrone was down again in the fifth and totally spent. He fell to the floor after missing with a punch in the sixth and was again floored with a combination at which point his corner climbed into the ring to have the fight stopped. Now 30 wins by KO/TKO for Jones as he makes only the second defence of his title since winning it in September 2008. Jones started out as a light middle where he drew and lost to Laurent Boudouani for the WBA title in 1998. He drew with Johnny Nelson for the WBO cruiser title in 2003 and lost a split decision to Steve Cunningham in a non-title fight in 2005. This was the first fight at cruiserweight for Marrone and he has now lost 3 of his last 4 fights. Hernandez , 27,wins the vacant WBC USNBC title in a tough scrap with Garcia. A furious first couple of rounds saw Hernandez on the floor in the first and Garcia down in the second. It then settled into a good close fight with Hernandez using good movement, despite a foot injury suffered during the fight, and fine skills, and Garcia looking to land the big punches. Hernandez was the busier and that gave him the edge. Scores 114-112 from all three officials. Five wins in a row for Hernandez since losing to Ed Paredes in February 2010. Mexican Garcia, 40, had won his last six and had in the past been in with good opposition such as Vern Forrest and Raul Marquez. Cuban Santana may be one to watch. The 23-year-old retained his WBA Fedcaribe title in an all-southpaw battle with Antoine. That was where the similarity ended. Santana smashed home a two-punch salvo which sent Antoine down heavily. He made it to his feet, but was being punished on the ropes when the fight was stopped. Nine wins by KO/TKO for Santana, and the last five in a row have finished that way. He has five first round finishes. New Yorker Antoine has lost 4 of his last 5. Venezuelan Perdomo, 35, another southpaw, was in charge all the way against Bunting. With his height advantage good use of his right jab kept him in charge and Bunting's cause was lost long before he was deducted a point in the seventh for holding. Scores 79-72 twice and 80-71. Perdomo's losses have come at super middle against Mario Veit, Dimitri Sartison and Mikkel Kessler, the last one being for the WBA title. This win was his first fight for almost 20 months. "Fabulous Fairway" Bunting, 31, took almost three years out after losing on points to Jean Pascal in 2007, but had beaten Canadians Junior Moar and Matt O'Brien on his comeback. "The Wizard" Palacios, 34, really just used game Godfrey for a bit of paid sparring. The Bronx born Puerto Rican stayed busy, switched guards and scored well ,on the inside with hooks and took the unanimous verdict at a canter. First fight for Palacios since his controversial split decision loss to Krzys Wlodarczyk for the WBC title in April. As WBC No 1 he is in line for a shot at the winner of the Wlodarczyk vs. Danny Green fight. The lanky Godfrey, 31, had won his last four, but was in over his head with Palacios. Former top amateur Cabrera won every round, but never came close to stopping late sub Scott. The Dominican southpaw just had too much of everything for the limited Scott and won 80-72 on all cards. At 32 and a pro for six years, Cabrera has spent a lot of time getting nowhere, and needs to be moved soon or never. WBO No 6 Oliveira took almost four rounds to hunt down Eppley, but a hard right had Eppley in trouble and the fight was stopped. Oliveira owes his ranking to a kayo of Otis Griffin, but the rest of his opposition would be flattered by the word modest. City Bell, Argentina: Super Middle: Ezequiel Maderna (16-0) W TKO 1 Dario Balmeceda (9-5-2). Heavy: Emilio Zarate (12-7-2) W PTS 8 Gonzalo Basile (52-6,1ND). Maderna retains national title with a one round stoppage of Balmeceda. The outcome of the fight was decided in the very first attack. A right to the body sent Balmeceda down. The challenger looked very apprehensive when he got up and Maderna sent him down again with a right hook to the chin. Again Balmeceda got up only to go down again immediately. It was discovered later that Balmeceda had suffered a fractured rib from that first punch and had been in agony from then on. Maderna, 25, who represented Argentina at the 2008 Olympics, has 13 wins by KO/TKO. Balmeceda, rated No 3 in the Argentinian rankings, was unbeaten in his last eight, but at prelim level. Zarate gained revenge for a points loss in March as he took a split verdict over Basile. The heavily tattooed Basile made the better start scoring well with right crosses whilst Zarate was short with his punches. It changed in the fifth. Zarate scored with a right cross of his own. Basile was badly hurt and cut over his right eye. The referee gave Basile a standing count, and only the bell saved Basile. Zarate had another good round in the sixth as another right had Basile holding on. Zarate also took the seventh as they both tired, and Basile just edged the last. Scores 76 ½ -75, 78-75 ½ and 75 ½ -77 ½ . Shediac, Canada: Super Middle: Eric Roy (6-2) W KO 2 Jonah Arbuckle (7-3). Roy, 27, gains revenge and wins Canadian title. A hard right put 34-year-old Arbuckle down in the second and he was unable to beat the count. Roy had lost a wide unanimous decision to Arbuckle in a six round fight in August. It was the first time both fighters had been in a bout scheduled for ten rounds. Toulon, France: Cruiser: Faisal Ibnel Arrami (14-3) W PTS 12 Jeremy Ouanna (9-7). Super Bantam: Jeremy Parodi (32-1-1) W PTS 12 Jose Luis Graterol (14-9-4,1N ). "The African King" Arrami overcomes a cut to retain his French title. The first two rounds saw little action, but in the third a clash of heads left Arrami with a bad cut. Despite this handicap he boxed his way to a clear points victory holding off a big effort from Ouanna in the last round. Scores 98-92 twice and 97-94. Arrami lost to Finn Juho Haapoja for the European Union title in September, so will, be looking for another shot. Despite his indifferent record, Ouanna had won his last five including the National tournament. Parodi, 24, takes a wide unanimous decision over Venezuelan Graterol to win the vacant IBF International title. Four wins for Parodi since his loss to Arsen Martirosyan in May 2010. Scores 116-109, 116-110 and 115-110 Tijuana, Mexico: Bantam: Tomas Rojas (37-13-1,1ND) W TKO 2 Dario Azuaga (82-22-2,2ND). Super Bantam: Raul Hirales (15-0-1) W PTS 10 Enrique Bernache (18-3). Rojas eases back with blow out of Paraguayan Azuaga. Rojas, 31, has both reach and height over Azuaga and lands heavily in the first with southpaw lefts and right hooks to the body. All over in the second as a left hook to the body sees Azuaga taking a count on his knees. He gets up but the fight is stopped. First fight for "Gusano- Worm" since losing his WBC super fly to Suriyan in August, and his 25th win by KO/TKO. Azuaga, "El Indio de Oro" is 37, and is no longer the Golden Boy. He has won 67 fights by KO/TKO and lost 17 that way. Great little fight between Hirales and Bernache. Hirales wanted this fight to be a boxing match and Bernache wanted a brawl. Bernache had his way in the first two rounds, but from the third Hirales was keeping Bernache out and scoring well with combinations. The referee checked on the left cheekbone of Bernache in the corner at the end of the sixth and stopped the fight in the middle of the seventh to check Bernache's right cheekbone, which was also noticeably swelling. Knowing he was behind Bernache stepped up the pace, Hirales was cut on the eyelid in the eighth, and wobbled in the ninth. Hirales gutted out the tenth to just edge Bernache out, Scores 96-94 twice and 95-95. Hirales, one of the fighting Hirales /Garcia clan, had beaten useful Charles Huerta in January, and is one to watch. Bernache, 23, has lost only one of his last 17 fights, and that was on a cut. He has recent wins over Ramon Maas (24-0 at the time) and former title contender Alejandro Valdez, so he is also a good prospect. Leon, Mexico: Heavy: Chris Arreola (34-2) W TKO 3 Raphael Butler (35-12,2ND). Super Feather: Miguel Roman (37-8) W PTS 10 Pedro Navarrete (26-15-3). Super Middle: Julio Cesar Garcia(44-5) W TKO 2 Jose Luis Zertuche (21-8-3). This fight was never going to go the distance, and was just a "keep busy" fight for Arreola. "The Nightmare" floored Butler twice in the first round and put him down again in the second. Another knockdown in the third saw the fight stopped. Six wins in a row for Arreola since his majority decision loss to Tomasz Adamek in April 2010. "The Silencer" Butler has won only one of his last eight fights, and has lost the last three inside the distance. After an even first round, "Mickey" Roman, 25, is in total control. Navarrete, an experienced survivor, spends a lot of time covering up on the ropes as Roman looks for a stoppage. "Cowboy" Navarrete goes the distance, but Roman wins in scores of 100-90 from all three judges. Roman has now scored four good wins since losing on points to Jonathan Barros for the WBA secondary title in March. " Baby Face" Garcia gets a needed win as he overwhelms experienced Zertuche in two rounds. Garcia, 24, just punched too hard for Zertuche and the referee stopped the fight after two heavy knockdowns. Garcia, who turned pro three days after his fifteenth birthday, at one time had a run of just one loss in 35 fights. However, after a couple of losses, he was inactive from September 2008 until April this year. He is 2-2 in four fights since then, but this win puts him back on track. Zertuche has lost his last three inside the distance, but all to tough opposition. Windhoek, Namibia: Bantam: Paulus Ambunda (17-0) W PTS 12 Bongani Mahlangu (12-4). Welter : Bethuel Ushona (25-1,1ND)TEC DRAW 2 Francis Gakpetor . Super Middle: Wiberforce Shihepo (16-6) W TKO 5 Johannes Pieterson (4-14-2). "The Rock" Ambunda, 31, wins and retains his WBO African title, but only just. The Namibian spent the whole fight trying to get inside the long reach of Mahlangu, who lived up to his "Dancing Shoes" nickname. Ambunda was a very frustrated fighter. Both fighters exchanged heavy punches in the second, and Ambunda seemed to have the South African in trouble in the sixth and seventh rounds. However, he was never able to nail it down, and Mahlangu was picking up points round after round with his jab. The busier work rate and aggression of Ambunda just saw him through to a split decision. Scores 115-113 twice and 113-115. Fifth defence for Ambunda. Mahlangu lost a split verdict to Tshifhiwa Munyai in 2008, but was coming off a loss to Cleutus Mabhele in February. Disappointing end to the Ushona vs. Gakpetor fight. Ushona gets through with some heavy punches in the first, but in the second a clash of heads leaves Gakpetor with a bad cut, and the fight is a technical draw. "Black Mamba" Shihepo punches too hard for South African Pieterson who retires at the end of the sixth round. Shihepo, 28, has 13 wins by KO/TKO and has lost only once, on a disqualification, in his last eight fights. Pieterson without a win in his last nine fights. Uncasville, USA: Heavy: Mariusz Wach (26-0) W TKO 6 Jason Gavern (21-9-4). Middle: Jose Miguel Torres (23-5) W KO 6 Patrick Majewski (17-1). Heavy: Artur Szpilka (9-0) W KO 2 David Saulsberry (7-4).Polish giant Wach is always in command against late sub Gavern. The 6' 7 ½" Wach, 31, had Gavern on the floor in the first and down twice in the second. Gavern, 34, showed guts to take punishment over the next three rounds, but another knockdown in the sixth saw the fight stopped. "The Viking" Wach has 14 wins by KO/TKO the last five in a row, He retains the WBC International title, which he won by beating Kevin McBride in July. Gavern had a good spell of results when he beat Manuel Quezada and Darnell Wilson and drew with Jonathan Banks, but he has lost two of his last three now. In fairness he came in as a substitute with only three days notice. Big upset as Colombian veteran Torres, 32, puts away unbeaten Pole Majewski. Using a high, tight guard the Polish fighter stayed in the centre of the ring and kept picking up points with his jab without every really putting the much shorter Colombian Torres, 32, under pressure. Majewski was winning the fight, but Torres looked dangerous with his hooking attack. Majewski changed his tactics in the fourth and fifth and was coming forward mixing in hooks with his jab and driving Torres back. Now he was fighting the fight Torres wanted and in the sixth Majewski walked into a thunderous left. Suddenly he was badly shaken and a left and a right deposited the Pole on the canvas. The referee stopped the count at six as he realised Majewski was not getting up. Torres wins vacant NABF and WBO NABO titles. This was a risky fight with Torres having 19 wins by KO/TKO, and not having lost inside the distance. Majewski, 31, will need to rebuild, but he is a good ticket seller, so will get another chance. Farce of a fight saw Szpilka stop 292lbs Saulsberry. It was difficult to believe Saulsberry had ever had a fight before. He was totally inept without the first idea of defence and incapable of throwing anything resembling a punch. A left and a right "hit" Saulsberry and he went down on his knees and was counted out. A total disgrace. Now seven wins by KO/TKO for Szpilka, but no kudos in beating Saulsberry. Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Straw: Siviwe Ntsiko (6-3) W KO 2 Tshepo Lefele (16-6). Surprise as local fighter Ntsiko kayos champion Lefele to win South African title. Despite his modest record, Ntsiko had won his last four and was a known puncher. However, this was the fourth defence of his title by Lefele and he had stopped Gideon Buthelezi, whereas Ntsiko had lost to him, also Lefele had had been close to a world title shot before losing to Japanese fighter Katsunari Takayama in an IBF eliminator, so had been fighting at a much higher level than Ntsiko. Tacoma, USA: Heavy: Vince Thompson (10-0) W TEC DEC 8 Jonte Willis (8-2-1). Poor ending to this local battle. Thompson, 28, fighting out a southpaw stance, when he is usually orthodox, controls the fight and Willis can't get untracked. Willis managed to get inside in the seventh, but in the eighth a rabbit punch from Thompson had Willis unhinged. The referee stopped the fight, deducted two points from Thompson for the foul and as Willis could not continue it went to the scorecards for the shorter distance. All three cards had Thompson in the lead 80-72.

November 6

Tokyo, Japan: Super Feather: Takahiro Aoh (22-2-1) W PTS 12 Devis Boschiero (29-1-1). Bantam: Shinsuke Yamanaka (15-0-2) W TKO 11 Chris Esquivel (24-3). Fly: Toshiyuki Igarashi (15-1-1) W PTS 12 Wilbert Uicab (33-6-1,1ND). Aoh retains WBC title in his second defence with razor thin decision over Italian champion. Early rounds even with southpaw Aoh, 27, going to the body and Boschiero, 30, scoring with left hooks from behind a high, tight guard. Aoh continued his body attack over the middle rounds scoring well with right hooks. The Italian's face began to mark up, but despite this over the last four rounds he did his best work as Aoh seemed to tire. A bit too much holding rather than working inside for it to be a classic. The decision was split with Boschiero perhaps just not forcing the fight enough to get a win away from home. Scores 115-113 twice and 113-115. Yamanaka wins vacant WBC title with late stoppage of Mexican Esquivel. Southpaw Yamanaka, 29, seemed to take the first three rounds, but Esquivel took the fourth with some hard punching. Just when it seemed that Esquivel was getting into the fight he was floored at the end of the sixth. Yamanaka threw himself into the attack in the seventh looking for a finish, and paid for his carelessness and was floored by a counter. The face of the Mexican was marking up badly but he still mixed it with Yamanaka. There was a brief respite when the ring light failed. When action resumed it was all Yamanaka and in the eleventh he floored Esquivel with a left and a right hook. Esquivel got up and the fight could have been stopped at that point. However, Esquivel was allowed to continue only to be floored again, at which point the fight was stopped. Yamanaka has won his last nine fights by KO/TKO. "Italiano" Esquivel, 25, had 18 wins by KO/TKO, including eleven of his last 13 fights. Igarashi rated No 3 by the WBC wins a unanimous verdict over No 2 Uicab in a WBC eliminator. The 27-year-old southpaw had huge height and reach advantages over the Mexican and that, combined with his speed, were just a bit too much for Uicab. They shared the first four rounds, but Uicab suffered a cut on the sides of his head from a clash of heads in the fourth. The Mexican battled back to take the fifth. Igarashi edged ahead on two cards after eight rounds and added to that lead with fine boxing in rounds nine and ten. Uicab took the eleventh, but when an accidental clash of heads in the round saw Igarashi suffer a cut on his eyebrow, under the stupid WBC rule Uicab lost a point. Igarashi took the last round and the decision, but he had been in a tough fight. Scores 116-111, 116-112 and 114-113. Igarashi represented Japan at the 2004 Olympics and the 2005 World Championships. Uicab, 27,had been unbeaten in fifteen fights going back to 2008.

November 7

Nong Khai, Thailand : Straw: Paipharob (19-0) W PTS 12 Jesus Silvestre (23-3). Thai wins vacant WBA interim title with controversial decision over Mexican, Very much a fight of two halves with Silvestre, 21, winning the early rounds and Paipharob, 28, pacing himself better in the humid atmosphere, sweeping the later rounds. It was case of whether Paipharob had done enough to claw back Silvestre's early lead and he certainly came near to stopping the Mexican at the end. Scores 116-112, 115-113 and 115-114. Only three of Paipharob's fights have not involved some title. Silvestre had lost only one of his last 16. That was to Donnie Nietes in January 2010, and he scored eight wins in a row since then. Silvestre's management will protest the result. Additional Commoinwealth fights

November 5

Windhoek, Namibia: Fly: Abmek Shindjuu (11-3-2) WPTS 6 Kudakwashe Mwadziwana (1-7). Light: Julius Indongo (9-0) W PTS 6 Silas Mandeya (0-5)

November 6

Mtwara, Tanzania: Super Middle: Rashid Mastumla (46-16-2) W PTS 10 Ken Oyolo (3-20-3) Tanga, Tanzania: Super Bantam: Jay Jay Ngotike (2-0) W PTS 10 Zuberi Kitandula (2-2). Welter: Athuman Rashid (4-2) W PTS 10 Mohamed Sudi (8-3).

Novemmber 7

Tanga, Tanzania: Feather: Rajabu Maoja (18-10-3) W PTS 10 Rashid Ally (18-19-9)

November 8

Laval, France: Welter: Luciano Abis (32-2-1 W KO 2 Stanislas Salmon (22-2-2). "Bazooka" Abis 32 bounces back in style. The EU champion floored the local fighter in the first with a left hook. Later in the round Salmon was down again from another left hook and a right. When the second round started Abis put Salmon down again and the fight was stopped. The Italian retains his European Union title for the second time. Sardinian Abis has 15 wins by KO/TKO. In his last fight in July, Abis suffered a shock first round kayo loss to travelling loser Semjons Morosek. The only other defeat Abis has suffered was on points to Rafal Jackiewicz for the European title in 2009. French champion Salmon, 27, was unbeaten in his last 13 including a draw with Frank Haroche Horta in a national title defence in April.

November 9

London, England: Welter: Colin Lynes (36-9) W PTS 12 Lee Purdy (16-3-1). Heavy: Mike Perez (17-0) W PTS 8 Zach Page (21-37-2). Heavy: Albert Sosnowski (46-4-2) DREW 6 Hastings Rasani (23-61-5). Lynes upsets younger Purdy to win British title. The 33-year-ol Lynes took control with his jab in the first round and Purdy found it hard to launch any strong attacks of his own. Lynes had a good fourth round getting through with rights to the champion's head. Purdy again had some success in the fifth, but even then Lynes was matching him punch for punch. Purdy was cut by his right eye in the seventh. A counter from Lynes put Purdy down in the tenth, and although Purdy pressed hard over the last two rounds against a tiring Lynes, it was never going to be enough. No sense in the scoring as two judges saw it 119-110 and 117-112 for Lynes, but the third had it 114-114. Lynes, a former British, European and IBO champion at light welter revived his career with this win. Purdy, 24, was making the second defence of his British title which he won in April by stopping Craig Watson. He is young enough to come again. Another win for Cuban Perez. He shakes Page with practically the first punch of the fight, but Page uses his experience to stay out of further trouble. Perez hunting Page down but not able to nail the American. Page touched down briefly in the third from a push/punch and was genuinely floored with a left to the body in the same round. There was some good action in the fourth as Page fired back and also switched guards. Perez tested Page's chin with some heavy shots in the fifth, but Page was not about to roll over. An untidy sixth saw Page fall to the canvas and take Perez with him. Perez pressed throughout the last two rounds trying for a stoppage, but Page lasts the distance-again. Perez had outpointed Page in 2009. Sosnowski held to a draw by veteran Rasani. Perhaps he took Rasani too lightly, but this was a fight he should have won without breaking sweat. The Pole started well scoring with his jab and mixing in right hands, but Rasani was having one of his good nights, and was always looking to take the fight to Sosnowski. Rasani is cut by his left eye in the third and the referee has a look at in the fourth, but lets the fight go on. The wild swinging attacks of the 37-year-old Zimbabwean get through over the late rounds. Sosnowski, 32, just seems to have done enough, but the referee scored it 57-57, and it was close enough for there to be no real argument over the decision. A long way down for Sosnowski from being European champion and challenging Vitali Klitschko for the WBC title. Rasani breaks an 18 fight losing streak. Khon Kaen, Thailand: Super Bantam: Sod Kokietgym (54-2-1) W TKO 5 Falazona Fidal. Straw: Pigmy Kokietgym (45-6-2) W KO 1 Hengky Elleuw. Sod pads his record with another meaningless win. The 34-year-old southpaw, rated No1 by the WBO, makes it 28 fights without a loss. His two losses came against Daniel Ponce De Leon in WBO title fights. Indonesian Fidal, 32, is typical of his opposition, 2-8 in his last ten fights. Pigmy is rated No 2 by the WBA (position No 1 is vacant) and this travesty saw him kayo an Indonesian of interminable record in 30 seconds. One loss in his last 35 for Pygmy and that was to Kwanthai for the WBA secondary title last year.

November 10

Washington, USA: Light Welter: Prenice Brewer (16-1-1) W PTS 8 Manny Taylor (14-1). Close fight between two promising fighters. Taylor takes the first scoring with a hard uppercut at the end of the round "Greatness" Brewer, 23, takes next two rounds with his faster combination punches. Taylor has Brewer on the back foot over the 5th and 6th as Brewer tired. Brewer wins the 7th, again with some god combinations. Last round about even. Brewer takes split decision on scores of 78-74, 77-75 and 75-77. First fight for former National Golden Gloves champion Brewer since loss to Patrick Lopez in August 2010. Taylor, 20, who looked unlucky not to get a share of the points, was having his first eight rounds fight La Paz, Bolivia: Welter: Franklin Mamani Jr (11-1-1) W PTS 12 Eduardo Flores (11-6-3). Feather: Jans Barrera (9-0) W KO 2 Nestor Diaz (4-3-4) "Matador Junior", 22, wins the World Boxing Commission Continental title with wide points victory over Ecuadorian Flores. This was mainly a close quarters battle and Mamani was always in control. Scores 119-112, 118-111 and 118-113. Mamani's only loss was in France in June when he lost on points to Sebastien Madani. Flores, 25, has only one win in his last seven fights, but two of his recent losses were to Carlos Baldomir and unbeaten Diego Chaves. "El Terrible" Barrera wins vacant Fedebol title with kayo of Uruguayan Diaz. Seven wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old Barrera.

November 11

El Paso, USA: Light Middle: Austin Trout (24-0) W TKO 6 Frank LoPorto (15-5-2). Middle: Michael Oliveira (16-0) W DIS 8 Xavier Toliver (23-8). Super Feather: Jose Pedraza (5-0) W KO 4 John Wampash (1-5-1). Easy defence of his WBA secondary title for southpaw Trout. He floors LoPorto in the first and it looks like an early night. However, LoPorto guts it out, only to take heavy punishment in the remaining rounds. Trout, 26, is too fast and too skilful for the awkward Aussie. As early as the third round his corner is asking LoPorto if he wants the fight stopped. He declines, and Trout continues to punish LoPorto in each round. In the sixth, with LoPorto trapped in a corner, and in trouble, the referee stops the fight, just as LoPorto's own corner men climb into the ring. Second defence of his title for El Paso-born Trout, and 14 wins by KO/TKO. This stoppage snapped a streak of six decision wins in a row for Trout. First time that Australian LoPorto, 33, had failed to last the distance. "The Brazilian Rocky" Oliveira, 21, stops late sub Toliver in confused ending. Toliver flies out of the blocks in the first, but Oliveira weathers the storm and than takes control of the fight. With a wide repertoire of punches and good movement Oliveira initially counters the aggressive Toliver, but as Toliver tires Oliveira is consistently scoring on a static opponent. In the fifth Toliver loses a point for use of the head. At the end of the seventh Toliver's corner want to stop the fight, but Toliver wants to come out for the last. Both fighters tired and as the referee parted them from a clinch Toliver landed a punch on Oliveira. The referee disqualified Toliver for the illegal punch, only for the fight to be announced as a stoppage win for Oliveira, and then changed back to a disqualification. Toliver's first fight since losing to Tony Mundine Jr in June. Hot prospect Pedraza makes it four wins by KO/TKO. As an amateur the 22-year-old Puerto Rican won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, a silver medal at the 2009 World championships, and a gold at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. One to watch. Las Vegas, USA: Light: Mercito Gesta (24-0-1) W PTS 10 Ricardo Dominguez (34-8-2). Super Feather: Diego Magdaleno (21-0) W PTS 10 Emmanuel Lucero (26-8-1). Middle: Matt Korobov (17-0) W KO 4 Latif Mundy (10-4,1ND). Super Bantam: Jesse Magdaleno (7-0) W TKO 1 Gil Garcia (5-2). Another impressive win by Filipino "No Mercy" Gesta. The 24-year-old southpaw scores well over the first two rounds with his overhand right and hooks against the taller Mexican. In the third left-right combination sends Dominguez across the ring and down. The referee gives him a count despite Dominguez protestations that was a slip. Dominguez fights back for the rest of the round and has his best round in the fourth, but Filipino Gesta still scoring with solid hooks and uppercuts. The Mexican had another good round in the sixth using his jab to break up Gesta's attacks. Gesta goes all out in the eighth and comes close to putting Dominguez down again. The Filipino takes the last two rounds with right uppercuts and combinations. Scores 99-91, 98-92 and 97-92. WBO No 5 Gesta had stopped 5 of his last 6 opponents, but Dominguez, 26, had gone the distance with Humberto Soto for the WBC title and Miguel Vazquez for the IBF title, and had taken Brandon Rios to a split decision in 2008. Southpaw Magdaleno, rated No 6 by the WBC, wins one-sided points victory over Lucero. The speed and accuracy of Magdaleno's punching and his work rate were just too much for the Mexican veteran. Magdaleno a bit more aggressive then usual at the start but then he settles down and gets more focused. Lucero is cut on the bridge of his nose by a straight left and then has to take a standing count in the seventh. Only Magdaleno's lack of a real kayo punch lets Lucero last the distance. Lucero was unbeaten in his first 22 fights before losing inside the distance to Manny Pacquiao for the IBF super bantam title in 2003. He has slipped a long way since then. Russian southpaw Korobov, 28, kayos modest Mundy in four. The former double world amateur champion has ten wins by KO/TKO but five of his last six fights had gone the distance, so he needed to get back in the grove. Philadelphian Mundy, 28, is 2-4 in his last six fights. Jesse, the younger brother of Diego, again impresses as he floors Garcia twice and the referee stops it at the two minute mark. Five wins by KO/TKO for Jesse who just might be an even better fighter than his brother. Halifax, England: Light Heavy: Ovill McKenzie (19-11) W TKO 1 Jeff Evans (8-2-1). Heavy: Dereck Chisora (15-1) W PTS 6 Remigijus Ziausys (19-44-3). Light Welter: Tyrone Nurse (20-0) W PTS 6 Ivan Godor (6-18-3). One punch and 15 seconds is all it took for McKenzie to regain the Commonwealth title. McKenzie took Evans to the ropes and slammed home an overhand right. Evans was badly shaken and McKenzie piled on the punches until Evans went down stretched out over the bottom rope and the referee stopped the fight without a count. Jamaican-born McKenzie 31 had put Tony Bellew on the floor twice in their first fight for the Commonwealth title in December, but Bellew came back to stop McKenzie and then outpoint him in a second match. Bellew had vacated the title. For Welsh Area champion Evans, 29, it was his first loss inside the distance. First fight for Zimbabwe-born Chisora, 27, since losing his Commonwealth and British titles to Tyson Fury in July. Just some rounds in the bag for Chisora as he is much too good for the Lithuanian and wins every round as referee's 60-54 card shows. Nurse, 21, again goes the distance. Has big height and reach advantages and catches game Godor with heavy shots as he tries to get inside. Pattern the same throughout the six rounds with Nurse scoring with his jab and combinations but never quite able to subdue the Slovakian. Godor takes a count in the last. Referees score 60-53. Only three wins by KO/TKO for the tall boxer from Huddersfield. Rosario, Argentina: Heavy: Irineu Beato Costa Jr (10-0) W TKO 8 Matias Vidono (10-1). Brazilian Costa, 31, wins vacant WBC Latino title as hometown fighter Vidono unable to come out for round eight. Costa had the better technique and home fighter Vidono was just a little faster and more accurate, "although the words "technique" and "faster" are probably stretching it. Costa took the first four rounds by being just that little bit busier. Vidono made a huge effort to turn the fight around in the 5th and 6th, But the effort proved to be his undoing as he was exhausted before the end of the sixth. An amazing seventh round saw Costa fall to the canvas twice and Vidono, 35, three times, but from exhaustion, not from any punch. At the end of the round Vidono was only able to walk back to his corner with difficulty and at the bell for the eighth his corner threw in the towel. Now nine wins by KO/TKJO for Costa. Neither fighter had previously gone beyond five rounds, and it showed. Newcastle, Australia: Light Welter: Chad Bennett (27-4-3) W KO 6 Decho (33-15-2). Cruiser: Daniel Ammann (22-5-1) W TKO 2 Walter Pupu'a (12-14). Easy night for "Hollywood" Bennett, 38, as he scores four knockdowns against Thai. Bennett put Decho down in the second with a body punch, but the Thai got up and fought back. Bennett finally finished it the sixth as he put Decho down three times with rights. Bennett wins vacant IBF Australasian title. He also holds the interim WBO Orient title and the WBFoundation title. Former Australian champ "The Doberman" Ammann, 28, floors Tonga Pupu'a three times for stoppage win. Southpaw Ammann lost his national title in two rounds to Brad Pitt in May. Pupu'a, 36, has won only one of his last twelve fights, and this is the third time he has lost to Ammann. Malvern, Australia: Light Heavy: Manny Vlamis (11-2) W TKO 10 Joel Casey (14-9-3). Upset here as Vlamis, 29, stops WBA No 11 Casey to win the PABA title. Southpaw Casey boxes his way into a commanding lead against the slow starter Vlamis. Outworking his challenger with right jabs and straight lefts it looked Casey's fight until the sixth. Then the stalking Vlamis caught-up with Casey and a left hook at the end of the round had Casey in deep trouble, but he was saved by the bell. Vlamis continued to hunt Casey down and had him hurt again at the end of the ninth. The closure came in the tenth as Casey was nailed with another left hook and hit the canvas hard. It did not look as he could get up, but somehow he did. Vlamis was scoring heavily and after a big right shook Casey the ringside Doctor ordered the fight stopped. Eight wins by KO/TKO for 29year-old Vlamis and he now has eight wins in a row. Casey, who was making the second defence of the PABA title he won by beating world rated Tim Bell in August last year, will now tumble down the ratings. Coburg, Australia: Middle: Pradeep Singh (18-3-1) W PTS 12 Zhang Yon (0-2). Indian-born Singh wins something called vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental title with points victory over obscure Chinese boxer. Singh, 24, was unbeaten in his first 15 fights but is 4-3 in his last 7. Deurne, Belgium: Light Middle: Osie Bonsu Jackson (37-5) W PTS 8 Jimmy Colas (30-7). Light: Rudy Encarnacion (23-22-3) W TKO 8 Innocent Anyanwu (21-1-2). Former European champion Jackson wins his third fight at light middle with a close, victory over tough Frenchman Colas. Boxing in a more controlled manner than usual, Jackson picked his punches well, keeping the aggressive Colas, 31, on the outside, and scoring regularly with fast combinations. Colas was badly shaken at the end of the third by a left hook. Colas picked up points with his aggressive attacks, but Jackson deservedly won on scores of 78-75, 77-75 and 77-76. Ghanaian-born Jackson, 30, has won his last three as he tries to put the pieces of his career back together. Colas, a former French and EU champion has never been stopped, and always comes to fight. Dominican-born Encarnacion springs a surprise with stoppage of Nigerian-born Anyanwu. Encarnacion floored in the first as he obeys referee's order to stop boxing, but Anyanwu does not. Encarnacion bounces back and wins the rest of the round. Plenty of action as both fighters looking to dominate. Encarnacion gets revenge in the second as he floors Anyanwu with a right uppercut. Anyanwu getting back into the fight until a big right in the fifth again has him badly hurt, and the referee gives him a standing count. Encarnacion, 32, looks to be tiring, but in the seventh another right has Anyanwu in trouble and he only just survives the round. In the last a punch from Encarnacion has Anyanwu briefly touching down, but the referee stops the fight. Encarnacion had won only one of last seven going in so it was a much needed win. Another set-back for Anyanwu in his second fight since being kayoed by Antonio Joao Benito in May last year. Turin, Italy: Super Feather: Benoit Manno (8-1) W PTS 10 Luigi Mantegna (1-26). Hometown fighter Manno wins vacant Italian title with unanimous points win over poor Mantegna. Manno, 29, with superior skills is pressing Mantegna from the start. Mantegna never gets into the fight and can't match the skills or the pace set by Manno. In the ninth an uppercut to the body puts Mantegna down, but he survives to the final bell. Scores 100-89 twice and 99-90. Manno had outpointed Mantegna over six rounds in 2009. Mantegna, 35, proved his durability, but little else. Pontedera, Italy: Super Middle: Mouhamed Ali Ndiay (21-1) W TKO 12 Andrea Di Luisa (12-1). Welter: Gianluca Branco (45-3-1) W TKO 6 Janos Petrovics (19-45). Senegal-born Ndiay, 32yo, fighting in his adopted hometown, wins vacant European Union title in all-out war with Di Luisa. Both fighters start fast with defence not a priority. The more accurate work of Di Luisa gives him an edge in the early rounds. Ndiay shows why he is known as The Power" as his strength starts to get him into the fight. The pace is fast and furious and both boxers tire quickly. Di Luisa is warned in the fourth for pushing Ndiay to the floor. A body shot from Ndiay puts Di Luisa down in the fifth, and when he gets up he grabs Ndiay to survive and gets his second warning. Di Luisa bounces back to take the sixth. Ndiay is lasting the pace better and floors Di Luisa again with a body shot at the end of the tenth. Somehow an exhausted Di Luisa, with a probable broken nose pouring blood, holds out to the bell. Ndiay scores another knockdown and although somehow Di Luisa gets up again, he is defenseless and the referee stops the fight. Ndiay's only loss was on a split decision to Lolenga Mock for this same title in 2008, and this was his eighth win since then. Ndiay was a silver medalist in the African championships and kayoed Di Luisa for the Italian national championship in 2004. Di Luisa is a former undefeated Italian champion. As an amateur he was Italian champion in 2001 and 2003, twice won bronze medals at the World Military Games and lost to Darren Barker in the 2005 European championships. Branco, 41, takes a few rounds to shake off the rust in his first fight since November 2010. Hungarian just looking to survive. Branco finally floors Petrovics at the end of the fifth. Another knockdown early in the sixth sees the referee stop the fight. Branco, who lost to Arturo Gatti for the vacant WBC light welter title in 2004, and for the WBA welter title to Miguel Cotto in 2006, was having his second fight since losing to Matthew Hatton for the vacant European title in March 2010. St Paul, USA: Super Middle: Matt Vanda (44-13) W KO 3 Harley Kilfian (9-8). "The Predator" Vanda hits too hard for modest Kilfian. Despite the height and reach advantages and an early effort from Kilfian to exchange bombs it was never going to be a long fight. A right and a left hook finished Kilfian in the third. Vanda, 33, won his first 31 fights, but has found it tougher against better opposition, although he did take Julio Cesar Chavez Jr to a split verdict in their first fight. Kilfian has lost 6 of his last 7 by KO/TKO. Urheilutalo, Finland: Middle: Timo Laine (5-1) W PTS 10 Kai Kauramaki (18-18). Super Middle: Niko Jokinen (15-0) W TKO 4 Andrejus Cepuras (3-5). In his first ten round fight Laine, 27, wins vacant Finnish title with majority verdict over 44-year-old "Ironman" Kauramaki. Scores 99-92, 97-94 and 95-95. Lanky prospect Jokinen remains unbeaten with a stoppage over Lithuanian Cepuras. Jokinen, 23, represented Finland at both the World Junior and World Senior championships

November 12

Las Vegas, USA: Welter: Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2) W PTS 12 Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1). Light Welter: Tim Bradley (28-0,1ND) W TKO 8 Joel Casamayor (38-5-1). Super Feather: Juan Carlos Burgos (29-1) W PTS 10 Luis Cruz (19-1). Light Welter: Mike Alvarado (32-0) W TKO 10 Breidis Prescott (24-4).Welter: Dennis Laurente (41-4-5) W KO 7 Ayi Bruce (20-5). Super Fly: Fernando Lumacad (25-3-3) W PTS 8 Joseph Rios (10-6-2). Light Welter: Jose Benavidez (14-0) W PTS 6 Sam Santana (4-5-2). This fight did not produce the fireworks that were expected, and also produced more questions than answers. For once Pacquiao put in a less than sterling performance, but walked away with a hotly disputed majority verdict. In a technical battle Pacquiao had the edge in speed, scored consistently with his right jab and was the busier fighter, but Marquez was scoring the harder punches, particularly some eye-catching uppercuts and combinations. It was the last four rounds which swung this fight Pacquiao's way. Pacquiao made the better start and after four rounds the scorecards showed him in front by two points on two cards and level on the third. Marquez had the better of the middle rounds and after eight rounds one card still had Pacquiao in front by two points, but the other two had it level. What pitched it Pacquiao's way was two judges giving three of the last four rounds to Pacquiao. Scores 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114. Many felt that Marquez had been robbed. Part of that may have been disappointment at Pacquiao's less than dominant performance, but many of the rounds were close and there was going to be controversy whichever way it went. Pacquiao is now 2-0-1 in his three bout series with Marquez (a split decision a draw and now a majority decision), but the stock of Marquez climbed a few more notches, and Pacquiao's dropped a few. Pacquiao, 32, may have moved his fight with Floyd Mayweather closer with this display. When they met Mayweather floored Marquez and beat him by 9, 11 and 13 points on the judges cards. There is already talk of a fourth fight, and it would be a big draw than this. World title fight No 16 for 32-year-old Pacquiao, who was making his fourth defence of his WBO title, and No 13 for 38-year-old Marquez the current real WBA and WBO lightweight champion. Bradley demolishes veteran Casamayor. It was not a pretty fight with the 40-year-old Cuban southpaw holding, slipping and sliding to avoid the attacks of Desert Storm". Bradley, 28, was on top from the start pressurising Casamayor. As Bradley began to walk Casamayor down the Cuban lost a point in the fourth for holding. In the fifth a shot to the body floored Casamayor, but he saw out the round. Casamayor was down again in the sixth, but more from a push than a punch. The end was near, and after handing out more punishment in the seventh, Bradley floored Casamayor again in the eighth. Again Casamayor got up but as Bradley started handing out more pain the towel came flying in from the Cuban's corner. Fourth defence of his WBO title by Bradley who is hoping to get the next shot at Pacquiao. Puerto Rican hope Cruz has his world title ambitions dented by Burgos. Mexican Burgos, 23, got off to better start as after an even first round he hurt Cruz with hooks in both the second and third rounds. Cruz started to counter well from the fourth. The fight was evenly balanced but from the seventh Cruz was fighting with his right eye almost swollen shut. They battled it out down the stretch with Burgos catching the eye with his left hooks and doing enough to win the majority decision. Scores 98-92, 97-93 and 95-95. This was the third win for Burgos since losing to Hozumi Hasegawa for the vacant WBC feather title in November 2010, and he wins the NABO title in this higher division. Cruz was the top rated contender by the IBF, No 2 with the WBO and No 4 with the WBC, so this was a big set back for the 26-year-old "El Artesan". Last gasp effort by Alvarado saves his unbeaten record. Alvarado, 31, made a slow start and Colombian Prescott took the first two rounds with his better boxing. Alvarado had a better third, but in the fourth a right from Prescott opened a bad cut over Alvarado's left eye. By the end of the round Alvarado also had a swelling under the same eye. By the end of the ninth Alvarado was in more trouble, bleeding from his nose and mouth and behind on all three cards-87-84 twice and 86-85. He needed a kayo to win, but Prescott had shown signs of tiring over the previous two rounds. Just before mid way in the tenth Alvarado nailed Prescott with a left-right-left combination and Prescott went down. He made it to his feet, but Alvarado unleashed another series of power punches (stats showed Alvarado scoring with 28 power punches in the round) and the referee stopped the fight. Prescott was rated No 6 by the WBA and Alvarado No 11, but now "Mile High" has put himself in the title picture. Prescott, 28, is 3-4 in his last seven fights, but his losses have been to Miguel Vazquez, Kevin Mitchell, Paul McCloskey and now Alvarado. Filipino veteran Laurente, 34, rated No 9 by the WBC, made it 17 wins in a row as he finished off Ghana's Bruce with a southpaw right in the seventh. The Filipino was always in command and just when it seemed that he was on his way to a comfortable points win he produced a stunning left to put Bruce down for the count. Philippines champion Laurente, a pro since 1994, now has 22 wins by KO/TKO. "Bruce Lee" Bruce has a win over Shamone Alvarez, but now has two back-to-back losses by KO/TKO, having been stopped by Gabriel Rosado in July. Lumacad started the evening well for the Philippines as he took a unanimous decision over Rios. Lumacad had Rios down in both the second and fifth rounds. Rios always bounced back but could not do enough to overcome the two 10-8 rounds. Scores 78-72, 77-74 and 77-73. "Trigger" Lumacad, 25, has lost on the road to tough opposition in Jorge Arce, Wandee Singwancha and Mexican Juan Jose Montes, but has won his last four. Texan Rios, 29, had been unbeaten in his last four going in. Red hot prospect Benavidez has nothing to beat in Santana, but still looks impressive. In the first round the 19-year-old former National Golden Gloves champion almost had Santana out scoring two knockdowns. Santana was down again in the second and a body punch put him down again in the fourth. The 26-year-old Puerto Rican showed guts to get to the last bell. Benavidez wins on scores of 60-50 from all three officials. Oldham, England: Welter: Denton Vassell (19-0) W PTS 12 Samuel Colomban (20-4). Cruiser: Matty Askin (12-0) W TKO 3 Roman Kracik (33-8-1). Light: Paul Truscott (18-2) W TKO 5 Graeme Higginson (13-10- 1). Testing fight for 27-year-old Vassell as he retains Commonwealth title in his second defence. Vassell took first couple of rounds by being busier than Colomban. The Cameroon fighter had some success in the third and the bonus of Vassell losing a point for low blows. The fourth was also a good one for Colomban as a cut opened up over the left eye of Vassell. Vassell started picking up rounds again with his higher work rate and accuracy and built a lead as the Australian-based Colomban tired. Colomban tried to step up the pace over the last two rounds, but Vassell had it won by then. Scores 116-11 twice and 117-112. Two tough defences in a row for Vassell who outpointed previously unbeaten Namibian Bethuel Ushona in March. Colomban, who represented Cameroons under his real last name of Kaldjob at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, had won ten in a row since losing to world rated Wale Omotoso in 2008. "Assassin" Askin wins again. The 22-yer-old Central Area champion takes the first two rounds against veteran Kracik. In the third a volley of punches from Askin drove 40-year-old Kracik to the ropes and after savoring some heavy rights Kracik turned away and the referee stopped the fight. Eight wins by KO/TKO for the 6'4" Askin. Kracik lost only one of first 31 fights, but is well on his way down the slope now. Slick display of boxing from former Commonwealth champion Truscott. He is too fast for Higginson mixing his punches from head to body and avoiding Higginson's attacks. Higginson's corner retires their man at the end of the fifth. Five wins in a row for Truscott. Higginson was 6-2 in his last eight fights. Manchester, England: Heavy: Tyson Fury (17-0) W TKO 3 Neven Pajkic (16-1). Welter: Adil Anwar (13-1) W TKO 8 James Finn (10-1-1. Welter: Lenny Daws (22-2-2) W PTS 6 Stuart Green (15-12). Super Middle: Chris Eubank Jr (1-0) W TKO 4 Kirilas Psonko (8-16-1). Fury climbs off the floor to stop Pajkic and retain his Commonwealth title. Another roller coaster ride with the 6'9" Fury. Fury tentative with his jabs in the first. Pajkic's tactics consisted of crudely rushing with his head down and both fists flying and it was an untidy first round. The second started out the same except that Fury was letting his punches go. However, as he moved in to throw a punch he was slammed to the canvas with an over arm right from Pajkic. Fury got up quickly and took the standing eight count, but he was badly shaken. Pajkic went wild looking to land another haymaker, but Fury held and dodged was caught by another wild right, but before Pajkic could follow-up the bell rang. Fury came out for the third and finally used his huge reach advantage and had Pajkic holding on. As Pajkic tried another one of his rushes he was nailed with a huge right uppercut and went down. He got up and took the eight count but his legs were wobbly. Fury nailed him with anther hard combination and the Canadian went down again. He was all at sea, and when another right had him staggering the referee stopped the fight. Tyson, WBC No 11 has eleven wins by KO/TKO, but it has to be a worry that he has been in trouble against Nicolai Firtha and Pajkic, neither of whom are rated as punchers, and in each case it was a right to his unprotected chin. At 23 he is still young for a heavyweight, but he has to correct that flaw before he meets a puncher. Pajkic, 34, who bitterly contested the stoppage, was disappointing as he looked a crude swinger, but he is Canadian champion and has beaten Grzegorz Kielska, Jason Gavern and Firtha. "The Platinum Kid" Anwar won the English title with a stoppage of Finn. Twelve wins in a row now for Anwar. Former British light welter champion Daws returns with a win. Eubank Junior shows many of his father's moves and looks a real prospect, but Psonko was decidedly pacifist, and hardly ever dropped his high guard to throw a punch. The Lithuanian was never in trouble, but the referee decided to stop the one-sided target practice in the fourth. Viedma, Argentina: Middle: Billi Godoy (24-0) W TKO 1 Luciano Silva (17-2). A right cross from Godoy puts Brazilian Silva down. He gets up but is ready for the taking and a series of hooks dumps him down by the bottom rope and the fight is stopped without a count. The 25-year-old Argentinian champion retains the WBC Latino and wins the vacant WBO Latino title. He now has 13 wins by KO/TKO. Silva, 30, who turned pro in the USA, had been kayoed in two rounds by Elvin Perez for the WBC Latino light middle title in February. Verviers, Belgium: Bantam: Stephane Jamoye (22-3) W KO 4 Julio Buitrago (11-11,1ND). Super Middle: Dimtri Sartison (28-1) W PTS 8 Arturs Kuliauskis (7-12-2). Light Welter: Steve Jamoye (8-0) W PTS 6 Sergio Jose Olivas (12-4). This show was billed as "The brothers of the Ring", the two Jamoyes are twins. Stephane has an easy win over poor Nicaraguan Buitrago. Stephane boxed well behind his jab and found the wild swinging Buitrago an easy target. Southpaw Buitrago, 25, did some clowning early on, but by the third was looking for the exit door, and went down theatrically claiming a low blow. The referee was unimpressed and told Buitrago to fight on. In the fourth Buitrago suddenly stepped back claiming to have suffered a blow to his eye. Again the referee was not impressed and picked up the count and counted Buitrago out on his feet. Again Jamoye shows what a skilful little boxer he is. Buitrago without a win in his last seven fights. Poor display by WBA No 1 Sartison. The Kazak-born fighter was coming back after almost 16 months out from a serious knee injury, and struggled against late sub Kuliauskis having to settle for a majority verdict. The 21-year-old southpaw took the first two rounds boxing on the outside and scoring well with both hands. Sartison, 31, finally got into the fight in the third and then dominated the action. Scores 79-77, 78-75 and 77-77. Six wins for Sartison since losing on a last round stoppage to Mikkel Kessler for the WBA title in 2008. Steve Jamoye had a more difficult task than Stephen as he needed all of his skill, a higher work rate, and quite a bit of determination to over come dangerous Nicaraguan Olivas. Steve won a wide unanimous decision, scores of 60-55 from all three judges, to keep his unbeaten record intact. Olivas, 33, returned to action this year after almost seven years out of the ring. Villeurbanne, France: Light Middle: Michel Soro (18-0) W TKO 6 Sergei Melis (18-7). Super Middle: Hakim Zoulikha (16-2) W PTS 8 Anouar Boumejjane (9-7). Soro, 22, please hometown fans with stoppage of Estonian Melis. Soro wins all the way and in the sixth a left to the body puts Melis down. Two more knockdowns see the fight stopped. Eleven wins by KO/TKO for Soro. "The Baltic King" Melis, 29, is 5-7 in his last twelve fight, all the losses to good opposition. Zoulikha, 25, makes it 13 wins in a row with unanimous verdict over Boumejjane. Gdynia, Poland: Cruiser: Pawel Kolodziej (29-0) W TKO 2 Mauro Ordiales (26-9): Heavy: Andrzej Wawrzyk (24-0) W TKO 2 Nelson Dominguez (11-1-1). Welter: Rafal Jackiewicz (39-10-1) W PTS 6 Andre Deobald (4-2-2). WBA No 2 Kolodziej had little to beat in Argentinian. In the first round Kolodziej only followed Ordiales round and threw a few jabs, and Ordiales did even less. In the second a punch/push sent Ordiales down. He did not seem hurt, and then actually started to throw a few punches. Suddenly a hard right over the top put Ordiales down heavily. He got up and took the eight count and was ready to fight on when the towel was thrown in. The 33-year-old Pole retains his WBA International title and has 17 wins by KO/TKO. Ordiales, 36 now has eight losses by KO/TKO. Wawrzyk at 6'5" tall towered over the stocky little Argentinian, and it looks like a man versus a chubby little boy. Dominguez had some success in the first round leaping in with left hooks to the body and overhand rights. In the last 20 seconds of the round Wawrzyk comes to life and hurts Dominguez with a right. Wawrzyk comes out looking to finish it in the second. As Dominguez turns away from a Wawrzyk attack he is floored with a right that landed on the side of his head. Dominguez started to walk back to his corner claiming a rabbit punch, but then decided to fight on. A thunderous right inside from Wawrzyk flattened Dominguez and no count needed. The Pole wins vacant WBA International title. He has 13 wins by KO/TKO, but this was a poor match. Former undefeated European champion and IBF title challenger Jackiewicz gets back into the winning column with unanimous decision over German novice, but does not impress, and Deobald gave him a tough fight. Jackiewicz was stopped in six rounds by Kell Brook in October. Cleveland, USA: Feather: Mark Davis (16-0) W PTS 10 Memo Sanchez (13-4-1). Former top amateur Davis, 24, moves up to the ten round distance and wins vacant WBC USNBC title with unanimous verdict over Puerto Rican Sanchez. Davis won the US amateur championships in 2005 and 2006. Southpaw Sanchez, 24, is 2-4-1 in his last seven fights. Kohtla-Jarve, Estonia: Super Middle: Max Vlasov (22-1) W TKO 3 Roman Shkarupa (24-3-2). Cruiser: Alex Kotlobay (21-2-1) W TKO 7 Mantas Tarvydas (18-11). Russian Vlasov, 25 wins vacant WBC Baltic title as he outclasses Ukrainian Shkarupa, and has him in deep trouble when the towel comes flying in. Third win for Vlasov since losing to Isaac Chilamba in February. First loss inside the distance for Shkarupa who was unbeaten in his last 13 going in. Kotlobay makes successful second defence of his WBC Baltic title with stoppage of Lithuanian. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO and only one loss in his last 16 for Kotlobay, 31, but that loss was a one round blow out by Enzo Maccarinelli for the vacant European title in April 2010. Tarvydas has lost four of his last five, all by KO/TKO.

November 18

Flemington, Australia: Middle: Sam Soliman (40-11) W PTS 12 Ermosele Albert (24-6-1). Light: Czar Amonsot (22-3-2) DRAW 12 Solomon Egberime (21-3-1). Cruiser: Brad Pitt (12-0) W TKO 5 Victor Oganov (31-5). Light Heavy: Blake Caparello (10-0-1) W TKO 7 Mike Van Nimwegen (5-2). Soliman moved a step closer to a world title fight with unanimous decision over Nigerian Albert. Albert made all of the running but Soliman counter-punched his way to victory. Spending most of the fight on then back-foot, Soliman's awkward/unorthodox style gave Albert problems that he could never solve. The fight picked up some excitement in the later rounds as Albert had some success, but Soliman was a clear winner. Scores 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. This was listed as an IBF eliminator, but with Soliman No 6 and Albert No 14 that is stretching things a bit. Soliman is a former Australian champion at middle, super middle and cruiser, and also a former Commonwealth champion at middle. He lost to Tony Mundine Jr for the WBA secondary title at super middle in 2008. This was his fifth win since then. Albert lost a wide points decision to Daniel Geale in a title challenge for the IBF title in August, and is 2-4 in his last six fights. Filipino southpaw Amonsot, 26, and 33-year-old Nigerian Egberime, had a hard fought battle for the WBO Orient title with champion Egberime retaining his crown. It was as close a verdict as you could get with the scores being 114-113 for Egberime, 114-113 for Amonsot and 113-113. Amonsot had Egberime down in the seventh, but the draw looked a good decision. Amonsot, who lost to Michael Katsidis for the interim WBO title in 2007, is unbeaten in his last five fights, but had been inactive since September 2010. Egberime has lost only one of his last eleven fights. The 38-year-old Australian Brad "Hollywood" Pitt wins vacant IBO Asia Pacific title with stoppage of Russian-born Oganov. Pitt looking to be well in command when he is caught by hard-punching Oganov in the third and badly hurt. In the fourth a shot from Oganov lands on the back of Pitt's head is given recovery time. In the fifth a Pitt left to the body floored Oganov and although Oganov got up he made it clear that he did not want to continue the fight. Pitt, 30, the Australian champion, won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He has ten wins by KO/TKO. Only three of Oganov's fights have lasted the distance. Southpaw Caparello wins vacant Australian title with stoppage of Van Nimwegan. Southpaw Caparell, 25, in control all the way and had Van Nimwegan out on his feet in the seventh when the referee stopped the fight. Caparello already has good wins over Mike Bolling and Joseph Kwadjoe. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Welter: Joan Guzman (31-0-1,1ND) W KO 1 Florencio Castellano (17-5). Super Feather: Argenis Mendez (19-2) W TKO 2 Alex Perez (23-43-4). Once Guzman made the weight the rest was easy. The former WBO super bantam and super feather the proceeded to flatten Colombian Castellano with a right uppercut in the first, putting him down for the count. The 35-year-old Guzman wins vacant IBF Caribbean title in his first fight since his no decision against Jason Davis in December 2010. Castellano, 31, was having his first fight since May 2010. The only other inside the distance loss the Colombian has suffered was a four round kayo against Lucas Matthysse in 2009. Mendez, 25, makes a quick return after losing to Juan Carlos Salgado for the vacant IBF title in September. Mendez takes a round to look at 39-year-old Cuban Perez then floors and halts him in second. Now 18 losses in a row for Perez. Cuxhaven, Germany: Heavy: Manuel Charr (20-0) W TKO 8 Marcelo Nascimento (15-2). Cruiser: Alex Alexeev (22-2) W TKO 8 Daniel Bruwer (22-3-1). Middle: Goekalp Oezekler (12-1) W TKO 8 Gogi Knezevic (21-4-1). Middle: Ante Bilic (26-2) W PTS 8 Geard Ajetovic (19-6-1). Syrian-born Charr, 27, has some early difficulties against the 6'5" tall Brazilian, but once he had figured out how to get inside it was one-way traffic. Nascimento was under pressure over the middle rounds and retired in his corner at the end of the eighth. Charr wins the vacant WBC International silver title. Now eleven wins by KO/TKO, including a controversial stoppage of Danny Williams in June. Nascimento, 31, was kayoed in five rounds by Tyson Fury in February. Former WBO title challenger Alexeev changes his technique to box a bit more and is successful. South African Bruwer looking to change the fight with his big right thrown from behind a high guard never gets the opportunity, and his work rate is very low. By the eighth Bruwer is bleeding from a cut by his left eye and from a cut on his lower lip. Two right uppercuts shake Bruwer and in a delayed action he walks away from Alexeev and goes down on one knee. The referee stops the fight as it is clear that Bruwer has had enough. Uzbek-born southpaw Alexeev, 30, has 20 wins by KO/TKO. He has now won his last three, but has previously lost big fights to Victor Ramirez for the vacant WBO title and to Denis Lebedev. Alexeev wins vacant WBC International title. "Billy The Kid" Bruwer is a former South African light heavy champion, who lost to Thabiso Mchunu for the South Africa cruiser title in November 2010, and had been inactive since a win in January. German Oezekler, 29, found Austrian-based Serb Knezevic a tough nut to crack. However, Oezekler, despite a cut by his right eye, was always on top and as Knezevic tired Oezekler began to hand out a steady diet of punishment. The Serb retired at the end of the eighth. Croatian Bilic, 28, looked very lucky to win a majority verdict over British-based Serb Ajetovic. Scores 78-74, 78-77 and 77-77 but Ajetovic, 30, looked worth at least a draw. Eleven wins in a row for Bilic. Ajetovic, a former European Junior champion, is 3-5 in his last eight, but in the eight losses were fights against Daniel Geale, Dmitry Pirog and Matthew Macklin. Salle Hracha, Algeria: Light Middle: Salim Larbi (17-1-1) W PTS 12 Isaac Selom (14-5-1). Light Heavy: Nadjib Mohammedi (25-3) W KO 8 Ayitey Powers (16-17-1). Larbi, 24, wins vacant WBO Inter-Continental title with a hard fought points victory over the tall Ghanaian Selom. In the early rounds Selom, 25, was coming forward and doing the pressing, but Larbi, not a noted puncher, was getting inside the long reach of Selom, boxing coolly and picking his punches. Selom was in the fight until the last two rounds when Larbi staged a strong finish to clinch the verdict. Scores 118-112, 116-114 and 115-113. Mohammedi, 26, has no trouble with veteran Powers. The Frenchman won every round and found the Ghanaian an easy target. Powers stuck around for seven rounds but was counted on his knees in the eighth. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for Mohammedi who lost on points to Nat Cleverly for the interim WBO title in December, and was stopped in two rounds by Dmitry Sukhotsky in October. Powers, 31, is 3-10 in his last 13 fights. Powers lost to Richard Williams for the Commonwealth light middle title in 2004 and to James Toney for the Commonwealth middleweight title in the same year. Bleriot-Plage, France: Super Feather: Romain Jacob (14-0) W PTS 10 Sylvain Chapelle (8-13-2). Despite injuring his right hand in the second round, Jacob retains French title in his first defence. Having the advantage in both size and speed, once Jacob had injured his right he had to keep Chapelle out with his jab, only using the right sparingly. Chapelle started well, but was never able to sustain his attacks, although some of the early rounds were close. Scores 99-91, 97-93 and 97-95 with the second score looking the most accurate. First defence of his national title for 23-year-old Jacob. Fourth loss in a row for 25-year-old Chapelle Sant'Angelo in Vado, Italy: Light Middle: Emanuele Della Rosa (28-1) W PTS 12 Jozsef Matolcis (30-17-1). Cruiser: Mirko Larghetti (15-0) W TKO 6 Laszlo Hubert (30-10). Good display of skill from Della Rosa. In the past he would have gladly stood tot-to-toe with Matolcsi, but he has matured, and controlled the fight with his jab and showed improved technical ability. Hungarian Matolcis, 36, tried to force the fight, but Della Rosa had all the answers and boxed his way to a wide unanimous verdict. Scores 119-110 twice and 119-109. Second defence of his WBC International title for "Ruspa". Della Rosa beat Matolcis over six rounds in June 2010. His only defeat is to Sebastian Zbik for the WBC interim title in December 2009. Only one win in his last six for Matolcis. Local hero Larghetti, 28, is too strong for journeyman Hubert. The Hungarian southpaw gives his usual gutsy show, but Larghetti walks him down. Hubert tires and is floored twice in the fifth. Larghetti continues the bombardment in the sixth and floors Hubert with a right hook. The Hungarian gets up, but is down on his knees again almost immediately, and the fight is stopped. In his first bout scheduled for more than six rounds, Larghetti wins WBC International Silver title and makes it eight wins by KO/TKO. Hubert, 36, is 4-4 in his last eight fights, with all of them ending inside the distance. Mexico City, Mexico: Welter: Cosme Rivera (34-14-3,1ND) W PTS 12 Antonio Pitalua (52-6-1). Rivera finally gets a win over Pitalua at the third time of asking. The "younger" Rivera (35 to Pitalua's 41) Rivera decided to box his way to victory. He fought a clever defensive fight never letting Pitalua get into his stride. Rivera's accurate counter-punching nullified the big punch of the Mexican-based Colombian. The scores of 119-109 twice and 117-111 tell the story. Rivera lost to Zab Judah for the IBF/WBA/WBC welter titles in 2005. Pitalua lost to Artur Grigorian for the WBO light in 2000 and to Edwin Valero for the vacant WBC title in 2009. Rivera and Pitalua first met in 1999 when Pitalua won the decision. Their second meeting was in September this year, more than twelve years later, and it ended in a draw. Mexico City, Mexico: Super Feather: Gamaliel Diaz (34-9-2) W TKO 2 Adriel Juzaino (18-10-2). Super Feather: Edgar Riovalle (33-12-1) W TKO 5 Enrique Mercado (7-6). Diaz just overpowers poor Juzaino. Despite a big advantage in height southpaw Juzaino absorbs heavy punishment throughout the first spending most of his time on the ropes trying to block the punches. Same in the second and with Juzaino getting rocked repeatedly with punches from both hands the referee stops the fight with three seconds of the round remaining. WBC NO 7 Diaz makes it eleven wins in a row and the seventh defence of his WBC Cabofe title. Juzaino is 22-6 in his last eight. Mexican champion Riovalle stops game Enrique Mercado in five rounds. Riovalle was always on top in this one, but Mercado soaked up the punishment. Finally at the start of the fifth round the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. Riovalle, 24, has 22 wins by KO/TKO and has won his last six fights. Auckland, New Zealand: Light Heavy: Soulan Pownceby (18-0-1) W TKO 4 Peter Tovi'o (2-11-1). Cruiser: Vaitele Soi (19-0) W TKO 1 Filipo Masoe (2-3). Samoan late sub Tovi'o no match for Pownceby, and takes a beating before fight stopped at the end of the fourth. The 36-year-old Pownceby retains his WBO Asia Pacific title. The 35-year-old Tovi'o has lost his last 8 fights, 6 by KO/TKO. Another very poor match sees Samoan Soi padding his record with a stoppage of New Zealander Masoe. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for 24-year-old Soi, but his last two victims have had combined records of 2-3 going in. London, England: Light Heavy: Enzo Maccarinelli (33-5) W TKO 1 Gyorgy Marosi (12-1). Cruiser: Tony Conquest (8-0) W PTS 10 Toks Owah (20-6). Former WBO cruiser champion Maccarinelli moves down to light heavy and blows away previously unbeaten Hungarian. Maccarinelli started fast throwing heavy jabs and thumping home rights, and the Hungarian super middleweight champion had no chance to get into the fight. A left hook drove the Hungarian back to the ropes. A follow-up right had Marosi helpless and the referee stepped in to save him. The 6'4", 31-year-old Welshman looked fast and comfortable at the weight in his first fight since suffering a brutal kayo loss to Alex Frenkel in September 2008. "The Conqueror wins the vacant Southern Area title with wide unanimous verdict over Owah. From the outset Conquest, 27, found Owah an easy target. For four rounds it was Conquest busier and more accurate in his work, but Owah banging back to stay in the fight. Conquest had a big round in the fifth and from then it was a case of a tiring 39-year-old Owah surviving to the end. Referees score 99-91. Tokyo, Japan: Bantam: Ryosuke Iwasa (10-1) W PTS 10 Zerofit Jerope Zuiyama (24-3-3). Straw: Takuya Mitamura (11-0) W PTS 10 Takashi Kunishige (22-7-2). Twenty-one-year-old southpaw Iwasa wins the Japanese title at the second attempt. The tall classy southpaw took the early rounds with his skilful work and scored a flash knockdown in the fifth. Filipino Jerope tried to turn the tide in the sixth and seventh, but Iwasa took the last two rounds to win on scores of 98-92 twice and 97-92. Iwasa, an outstanding amateur, could have been fight for the WBC title. In March he was well in front of defending national champion Shinsuke Yamanaka, only to fade and be stopped in the final round. Last month Yamanaka beat Christian Esquivel for the vacant WBC title. Iwasa was a top amateur and will almost certainly get a world title shot some time down the road. The least said about the Mitamura vs. Kunishige fight the better. It was boring, lackluster fight. There were too many clinches and not enough fighting. Mitamura won the vacant Japanese title on scores of 98-93, 97-94 and 96-94. Miami, USA: Light Middle: Charles Whittaker (38-12-2) W PTS 12 Giorbis Barthelemy (25-9-2). Cruiser: Yunier Dorticos (13-0) W TKO 3 Livin Castillo (16-10). Light Middle: Antwone Smith (21-3-1) W PTS 8 Yoryi Estrella (10-7-2). Light: Yuandale Evans (16-0) W TKO 3 Andres Ledesma (16-19-1). A poor fight saw Cayman Islander Whittaker, 37, win a comfortable victory over 39-year-old Cuban southpaw Barthelemy. The styles just did not mix well, and there were long periods when neither fighter was working hard. "Killa" Whittaker has lost only one of his last 24 fights, but this was only his second fight in 18 months. It was advertised as an eliminator for the No 2 spot in the IBF ratings, but Whittaker is rated No 15 and Barthelemy No 10! Dorticos, 25, wins his 13th fight, but flirts with disqualification. Dorticos scoring with heavy rights in the first, but is lucky to only lose one point for a punch to the back of Ecuadorian Castillo's head. Dorticos again the one getting through with heavy shots in the second, but lands a punch after the bell. In round three the unbeaten Cuban is again handing out punishment and with nothing coming back from Castillo the fight is stopped. After the stoppage the referee then claims that Dorticos punched him on the back of the head whilst his head was turned to the Commission's table. Stupid, but Dorticos gets his 13th win by KO/TKO. He needs four more consecutive wins by KO/TKO to pass the record for a Cuban boxer. The record is currently jointly held by Florentino Fernandez and Jose Luis Gonzalez. Castillo, 35, has lost 5 of his last 6 fights. Smith bounces back from controversial loss to Kermit Cintron in August with unanimous decision over Dominican Estrella. Prospect "Money Shot" Evans beats veteran trial horse Ledesma at the end of the third. Evans, 22, looks a good prospect. He has 12 wins by KO/TKO including 7 in his last eight fights. Colombian Ledesma has lost 8 of his last nine.

November 19

Houston, USA: Middle: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (44-0-1-1ND) W TKO 5 Peter Manfredo Jr (37-7). Light Middle: Joshua Clottey (36-4) W TKO 2 Calvin Green (21-7-1). Light Middle: Jose Pinzon (20-2-1) W PTS 8 Larry Smith (10-8). Mickey Bey Jr (18-0) W PTS 8 Hector Velasquez (51-17-3,1ND). Welter: Wale Omotoso (20-0) W PTS 8 Lanardo Tyner (25-5-2). Light Heavy: Marcus Johnson (21-1) W PTS 6 Bill Bailey (11-13). JCC Jr. may just be on his way to emerging from the shadow of his father. In the first defence of his WBC title Chavez Jr. showed a dominant jab, good lateral movement and strong right hand punching. Manfredo was behind from the start, but never stopped pressing. However, when he did get Chavez to trade, he was caught with hard rights inside. Manfredo got through with some rights of his own in the third and fourth, but Chavez showed a good chin. In the fifth Manfredo was caught with a hard right and was visibly staggered. Chavez jumped on him, and although not finding the one big punch to put Manfredo away, Chavez was getting through with some heavy shots. With Manfredo not throwing anything back the fight was stopped. Now 31 wins by KO/TKO for 25-year-old Chavez, who showed some of his defensive faults, but some improving skills. Manfredo, one week exactly short of his 31st birthday, just can't win a big fight. Joe Calzaghe stopped him in three rounds for the WBO super middle title in 2007 and he has also lost to Sakio Bika, Jeff Lacy and Sergio Mora. He had won his last six fights, but had been inactive since January. Clottey returns with a win. In his first fight since putting up a poor performance against Manny Pacquiao in March 2010, the 34-year-old Ghanaian had a look at Green in the first and then forced the finish in the second with a left hook and right to the chin. The former undefeated IBF welter champion, with his win over Zab Judah and a split decision loss to Miguel Cotto, will make an interesting addition to the light middle scene. Green, 33, has lost four of his last five fights. All by KO/TKO. A poor fight sees Mexican Pinzon, 24, get a needed win and "Slow Motion" Smith live up to his nickname. Pinzon has Smith down in the third but has to go the distance. Scores 79-72 from all three judges. Second win for Pinzon since losing to Pawel Wolak in December. Smith has lost six of his last seven. Bey, 28, continues to win, but again makes hard work of it. Bey's better skills and hand speed seem him picking up points in all rounds except the second. In the second Bey went down on his knees after a hard shot from veteran Velasquez. Bey got up, but was badly shaken, and only just survived the round. After that Bey went back to his boxing and took the unanimous verdict on score of 78-73, 77-74 and 76-75. Only 17 fights in six years is a poor return for someone who was an outstanding amateur. Velazquez, 36, is no pushover. Although he has won only one of his last eight fights, two of those were world title fights. Good test for 26-year-old Omotoso as Tyner takes him the distance. The tough Nigerian started slowly but then picked-up the pace and began wearing down Tyner. Omotoso wanted to keep the fight on the outside and generally succeeded. Tyner showed he had a sound chin, and hurt Omotoso with rights in the sixth, but never looked like winning. Scores 79-73 twice and 78-74. Omotoso, a former undefeated Australian champion, was inactive for almost ten months whilst relocating from Australia, and this was his second win in the US. Texan Tyler, 36, kept his record of never losing inside the distance despite having faced Lamont Peterson, Mika Arnaoutis and Saul Alvarez. He holds a stoppage win over Antwone Smith. "Too Much" Johnson, 26, returns for the first time in seven months with a win. Johnson much too good for Bailey and takes every round. First fight for former US amateur champion since being floored and outpointed by Dyah Davis in April. Johnson beat Anthony Dirrell twice in the US Olympic trials, but lost out to Andre Ward. Bailey, 33, has lost 8 of his last 9. Los Mochis, Mexico: Super Bantam: Victor Terrazas (32-2-1) W PTS 12 Fernando Montiel (46-4-2). Middle: Jorge Cota (19-0-1) W TKO 8 Luis Ramon Campos (99-16-1). Light: Jose Felix Jr (19-0-1) W PTS 8 Tadeo Cerecer. Terrazas gets upset victory. A painful night for Montiel. He starts well but slowly gets broken down. Terrazas scores a knockdown in the fifth with a right to the jaw. Montiel has to soak up punishment in a painful eighth. By this time Montiel is showing signs of wear. Cut over both eyes and with swellings also hampering his vision. Like a real champion, despite the handicaps, Montiel fights hard over the closing rounds to try to close the points gap, but just fails. Scores 115-112, 115-113 and 114-113. Despite all of the facial injuries and the big rounds for Terrazas it was the knockdown that separated the fighters on the scorecards, but there were periods when the referee would have been justified in stopping the fight due to those injuries. Big win for 23-year-old Ceja. "The Demon" is just too young and too quick for the 40-year-old former IBF light middle champion. "Yori Boy" is almost a stationary target for the fast hands and sharp jab of Ceja. With Campas never in the fight, and taking a steady beating, the referee stops the fight. All of Ceja's wins have come by KO/TKO (local reports credit him with 13 wins by KO/TKO). Campas, who had won his last seven fights, was trying to make it 100 wins, but maybe next time. Felix, 19, has an easy night against modest Cerecer. Has Cerecer down in the seventh, but has to settle for the unanimous decision. Sydney, Australia: Feather: Billy Dib (33-1,1ND) W KO 1 Alberto Servidie (31-1-2). Cruiser: Danny Price (9-3-2) W PTS 8 James Chan (5-10-2). Super Feather: Paul Fleming (12-0) W TKO 2 Sonny Manakane (14-11-3). Dib gets the job done in quick time. After 30 seconds of studying Servidie he starts throwing hard shots to the body. The Italian makes the mistake of backing to the ropes. Two rights see Servidie slump down against the ropes and touch the canvas with his gloves. The referee does not rule it a knockdown but Servidie is obviously hurt. Dib, 26, moves in. A hard right to the head opens up Servidie, a left to the body puts him down again, and the Italian makes no real effort to get up. For Dib it is the first defence of the IBF title he won by beating Jorge Lacierva in July. Southpaw Servidie, 36, is a former undefeated Italian and European champion. In a non-title fight Price, 31, the WBU champion, wins a clear unanimous verdict over Chan. The bigger man in both height and weight, and with a better work rate, Price is in control all the way. Chan has some success with body punches, but never really in the fight. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. "Showtime" Fleming has no trouble with poor Indonesian. Two knockdowns see the fight stopped in the second. The 23-year-old southpaw is one of the best prospects in Australia. Now nine wins by KO/TKO for Fleming who represented Australia at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. One win in his seven for Manakane. Johannesburg, South Africa: Heavy: Mike Grant (48-4) W KO 12: Frans Botha (48-6-3,1ND). Light Welter: Ali Funeka (31-3-3) W PTS 12 Zolani Marali (21-5). Super Feather: Malcolm Klassen (25-5-2) W PTS 12 Daniel Lomeli (21-3). Bantam: Lubabalo Msuthu (13-2-1) W PTS 12 Dennis Tubieron (12-1-1). Cruiser: Ilunga Makabu (10-1) W TKO 11 Pedro Otas (23-2). Welter: Mthobisi Buthelezi (11-1) W TKO 7 Gerald Nekhubvi (5-1-1).Grant pulls the fight out of the fire with a last round kayo of Botha. Not a great deal of skill on show and too much clinching and wrestling. "The White Buffalo" Botha gets the better start, and Grant looks pedestrian and tentative and making no use of his 6'7" height to outbox Botha. The South African, 43, builds big lead through the middle rounds and seems to have nailed down the win with a strong eleventh round. Perhaps overconfident after shaking Grant in the eleventh, Botha goes looking for Grant. With less than a minute to go in the fight Grant lands a string of punches. Botha staggers back across the ring and goes down heavily with his head half way through the bottom rope. His corner try to push his head back inside the ropes in an attempt to help him get up, but Botha is still slumped prone as the ten is counted. Grant, 39, makes it 36 wins by KO/TKO and wins the WBFederation title. Grant has made a habit of losing the big fights, being kayoed in two rounds by Lennox Lewis in 2000 for the WBC and IBF titles and losing to Jameel McCline (43 seconds), Dominick Guinn and Tomasz Adamek. Botha has had a controversial career. At one time he won the IBF title by beating Axel Schulze only to test positive for steroids. It was also alleged that he again tested positive when he defended his WBFederation title against Pedro Carrion in Germany. The "win" over Schulz was as close as Botha has come to a real world title, as he lost to Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko in world title fights. He had lost his WBF title to Evander Holyfield in April 2010, but came back in June this year with a stoppage of Flo Simba. Former IBF lightweight title champion Ali Funeka returns to action and wins vacant WBFederation title, but it was not a popular decision. Marali always seemed to be a step ahead of the rusty Funeka despite losing a point for holding in the sixth. When he floored Funeka in the eleventh it seemed that southpaw Marali had wrapped up the verdict. The judges gave it to Funeka on scores of 116-112, 115-111 and 112-115. First fight for Funeka since losing to Joan Guzman for the IBF light title in March 2010, after which he was given a ban for testing positive for a diuretic. Marali, 34, has won a string of titles with South African, IBO and the WBFederation. After losing three out of four IBO title fights he was inactive for six months until beating prospect Kgotla Baeti in April 2010. This was his first fight since then. Former IBF champion Klassen, in his first fight for over two years, showed touches of his old skill as he out boxed Mexican Lomeli. Lomeli tried hard, but could never match the class of Klassen, and the unanimous decision gave Klassen the vacant WBFederation title. The 29-year-old Klassen gave Roberto Guerrero a good fight when losing his IBF title to him in August 2008, and can once more get himself in the mix. Lomeli, 26, has a good chin. His previous defeats were to former WBC feather champ Cesar Soto and world rated Eduardo Escobedo. Southpaw Msuthu also looked very lucky to get split decision over young Filipino Tubieron. The 21-year-old "Scorpion" looked to have won the fight easily and the decision was loudly booed. Msuthu, 28, making the second defence of his WBFederation title. Makuba from the DCR had an easy time with yet another Brazilian with a heavily padded record. Makabu just wore down the limited Brazilian and almost toyed with him before the fight was stopped in the eleventh. After losing his first fight on a one round stoppage, the Congolese fighter has won ten by KO/TKO, but like Otas, very poor opposition. Otas, 31, a former Brazilian cruiser champion, had lost in eight rounds to Jackson Junior for the Brazilian light heavy title in his last fight in August. Nekhubvi had sprung a surprise when he kayoed former Commonwealth champion Ali Nuumbembe in two rounds in April 2010 for the WBO African title. However, that was his last fight, so he had quite a bit of rust to shake off. Buthelezi was in the same position not having had a fight since losing a close decision to Stefan Stefanovic in Serbia in October 2009. It was "The Terminator" Buthelezi who came out on top as he stopped Nekhubvi in the seventh. Seven wins by KO/TKO for Buthelezi who will hope to be more active. . Villa Del Tortoral, Argentina: Super Fly: Roberto Sosa (22-0) W TKO 2 Tadeu Pantoja (11-2). Argentinian champion Sosa hits too hard for modest Brazilian flyweight champion Pantoja. "Incho" Sosa looking to finish the outclassed Brazilian in the first, but just fails to nail Pantoja. Two minutes into the second a right to the jaw has Pantoja staggering and the towel comes in before Sosa can apply the finish. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for the Argentinian champion. Seven of Pantoja's opponents had never previously had a fight and three more had never won one. Acapulco, Mexico: Light Welter: Roberto Ortiz (22-0) W TKO 6 Carlos Urias (45-22-1). Bantam: Hugo Cazares (36-7-2) W TKO 7 Adan Garcia (17-6-1). Ortiz gradually breaks down veteran Urias. The first four rounds are fairly even. The constant aggression and hard punching of Ortiz pays off in the sixth when a body shot puts Urias down. Urias beats the count, but is stopped when caught with another barrage. "Massa" Ortiz, 25, retains his WBC Silver title and has 19 wins by KO/TKO, including a four round pounding of previously unbeaten Antonio Lozada Jr. Certainly one to watch. Only 2 wins in his last 7 fights for 36-year-old Urias. Brave Garcia gives. "El Incredible" Cazares a tough night. Garcia gave Cazares all he could handle and on a couple of occasions Cazares had to use all of his southpaw skills and experience to stay out of trouble. Cazares took over in the fourth flooring Garcia and kept the pressure on. When Garcia went down from a left in the seventh the referee stopped the fight. Former WBO light fly and WBA super fly champion Cazares, 33, has taken part in 15 world title fights and has 27 wins by KO/TKO. Garcia, 21, had lost only one of his last 12, to Salvador Sanchez, and won nine of those twelve fights by KO/TKO. Mazatlan, Mexico: Light Fly: Jose Alfredo Rodriguez (28-0) W PTS 12 Nethra (27-2). Super Bantam: Mikayl Arreola (19-0) W DIS 4 German Meraz (34-22-1,1ND). Super Feather: Oscar Cortes (18-0) W TKO 7 Charly Valdez (14-12-1). Super Bantam: Horacio Garcia (17-0-0) W TKO 5 Edgar Martinez (7-3)."Torito" wins vacant WBA interim title with split verdict over Thai Nethra. Nethra lost a point as early as the first round for a low blow. Local fighter Rodriguez tested the chin of the Thai over the first half of the fight. He was scoring with heavy rights and left hooks and despite being cut in a clash of heads in the fourth, looked to be on his way to a comfortable victory. A big right from Nethra in the seventh had Rodriguez badly shaken. Nethra again lost a point in the seventh for a low blow and Rodriguez was now on the back foot and trying to keep the fight at a distance. Nethra staged a strong finish, but Rodriguez got the split decision. Scores 114-112, 113-111, 111-114. This fight was a big step-up for the 22-year-old local. Nethra, 29, had won his last ten since losing to Juan Reveco for the vacant WBA secondary title in 2007. Arreola remained unbeaten after Meraz was disqualified for holding in the fourth. Cortes, 18, continues to look a hot prospect as he stopped late sub Valdez to win the WBC Youth title. Cortes, who turned pro at 16, has eleven wins by KO/TKO. "Violento" Garcia, 21, makes it 13 wins by KO/TKO as he batters Martinez, another late sub, in the fourth, and forces the stoppage early in the fifth. Kharkov, Ukraine: Light Welter: Serhiy Fedchenko (29-1) W PTS 12 Willy Blain (24-2). Light: Valentyn Holovko (15-0) W TKO 3 Kakhaber Avetisian (20-16-1). Light Heavy: Viacheslav Uzelkov (25-1) W TKO 4 Dzmitri Adamovich (7-27). Welter: Viktor Plotnykov (26-1) W PTS 8 George Ungiadze (17-11). Welter: Valeriy Brazhnyk (27-0-1) W PTS 8 David Makaradze (17-8). Bad luck again for Frenchman Blain. His only pro loss had been to Lamont Peterson when an arm injury forced him out of the fight after seven rounds. In the fight with Fedchenko he was in a slight lead until he injured his arm in the tenth and Fedchenko was able to sweep the last two rounds. Even then Blain looked worth at least a draw. "The Professor" Fedchenko, 20, makes a successful first defence of his WBO European title and has six wins since his loss to Kaizer Mabuza in 2009. Blain, 33, "The Little Leonard" was an outstanding amateur and has great skills, but may have left it too late to turn pro. Ukrainian Holovko 24 gets another win as late sub Georgian Avetisian is pulled out in the sixth with a cut. Former WBA challenger Uzelkov looks to be on the way to an early night as he floors Adamovich in the first. The Belarus fighter survives, but only until the fourth when he is taking too much punishment and the fight is stopped. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for 32-year-old "Steel Power" and his third win since losing to Beibut Shumenov for the WBA title in July 2010. Plotnykov, 34, returns in his first fight since November 2010 and gets a unanimous verdict over Georgian Ungiadze. Plotnykov a clear winner, but one judge sees it 77-75 with the others more accurate at 80-72 and 80-73. Southpaw Brazhnyk, 32, given a good work out by Georgian Makaradze and takes unanimous decision on scores of 79-74 twice and 78-74. Atlantic City, USA: Cruiser: Garrett Wilson (11-5-1) W KO 12 Chuck Mussachio (17-2-2). Welter: Ronald Cruz (15-0) W TKO 5 Anges Adjaho (25-7). Dramatic ending to this one as Wilson, far behind on the cards, and needing a knockout, came up with just that in the last round. Mussachio was moving up a division to try to lift the USABA title from Wilson. The fight started well for Mussachio as he found Wilson easily with his sharp jab and straight rights. Wilson, 29, was looking for the big punch as he could not match the speed of Mussachio. Wilson had a good fifth when he got through with heavy left hooks and rights. "The Professor" Mussachio, 32, was back in command in the sixth. As the fight moved into the later stages Mussachio was still picking up the points with his busier work rate. However Wilson kept digging. After looking to be tiring in the eighth, Wilson came out firing in the eleventh and had Mussachio hurt. In the last a big right put Mussachio in trouble and another right put him down and out. Wilson won the USBA title by decisioning Omar Sheika in April and is unbeaten in his last five. Mussachio had scored four wins since losing to Tommy Karpency in August 2009, but the additional poundage did him no favours. Puerto Rican prospect Cruz, 25, gets another impressive win. He attacks the body of the Benin fighter and takes the first two rounds, then switches guards and does even better in the third. The fourth was a closer round, but again Cruz was hurting Adjaho to the body. A right put Adjaho down early in the fifth. Cruz scored another knockdown with a left hook. A sustained attack by Cruz saw the referee stop the fight. Has twelve wins by KO/TKO including the last eight in a row. Adjaho has six losses in a row, but it has been against opposition such as Brad Solomon, Antonio DeMarco and Shawn Porter. New York, USA: Light Welter: Chris Algieri (12-0) W PTS 10 Bayan Jargal (15-3-3). Algieri gets clear unanimous verdict over Mongolian Jargal. The better boxing skills give Algieri the edge over the aggressive Jargal. Scores 97-93 twice and 98-92. First fight in eight months for 27-year-old Algieri. Jargal, 29, had lost his last two, but to Steve Chambers on a split decision and Breidis Prescott. Elzach, Germany: Light Welter: Gabor Veto (27-0) W TKO 5 Thomas Hengstberger (20-37-3). Easy first defence of GBO "world" title for Hungarian. Veto has no problem. Walks Austrian Hengstberger down and floors him three times in the fifth for 21st win by KO/TKO. The 22-year-old Hungarian is still to face a real test. Hengstberger, 38, is not in this class and has lost his last three inside the distance. St Charles, USA: Light: Dannie Williams (20-1) W TKO 2 John Willoughby (3-11). No test for the talented 20-year-old Williams. He belabors Willoughby, 36, around the chin in the first with Willoughby employing a high guard. In the second Williams goes to the body to bring the guard down, and a three-punch combination finishes the fight. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for Williams and eight wins in a row since loss to Eloy Perez in 2009.

November 20

Hamilton Hill, Australia: Heavy: Mark de Mori (17-1-2) W TKO 4 Dom Alexander (20-13-1).De Mori marks comeback with a quick win. He takes the first round, then floors Alexander with a body punch in the second. Alexander beats the count only to be floored again. The American just survives the round. Alexander tried to avoid de Mori's bombs in the third, but again was floored by a body punch. Alexander was under pressure in the fourth and near the end of the round he was floored again and the fight was stopped. First fight since July 2009 for De Mori, 29, who has signed a promotional contract with Don King. Fourth loss in a row by KO/TKO for Alexander. Additional Commonwealth Results

November 18

Auckland, New Zealand: Middle: Lee Oti (16-11-1) W TKO 4 Dick Peirera (0-5). Walsall, England: Welter: Jason Welborn (8-1) W TKO 3 Sean McKervey (8-5-2). Midlands Area title. Accra, Ghana: Welter: Fred Lawson (11-0) W TKO 7 Charles Tetteh (2-3). Welter: Tackie Annan (1-2) W TKO 4 Atta Kofi (0-4). Light Heavy: Emmanuel Danso (7-0) Huseini Kpenze (0-4). Middle: Peter Ato Ricketts (4-1) W TKO 6 Issaka Ali (0-7). Welter: Kofi Darkwa (1-0) W TKO 5 Johnson Kotey (0-1). Welter: Frank Dodze (8-7) W TKO 2 Yaw Asamoha (0-3). Light Middle: Patrick Allotey (18-0) W TKO 6 Badu Akuetteh (2-4-2). Light: Sam Amoako (14-4) W TKO 5 Richard Caesar (0-4). Super Middle: Habib Ahmed (5-0) W TKO 7 Solo Adama (0-5-1). Middle: Mohammed Akrong (15-4) W TKO 3 Moro Tahiru (0-9). Light Middle: Jamiru Tyson (3-1-2) W TKO 3 Aflah Sackey (0-6). Super Middle: Sanah Agbeko (8-0) W TKO 4 Joe Mawuli (0-7). Light Middle: John Agulugu (1-3) W TKO 3 Ezekiel Afeli (0-4). All bouts scheduled for 8 rounds, none of them went the distance. Eleven of the losers have never won a fight. Total records for the 13 losers 4-61-3.

November 19

Calgary, Canada: Light Middle: Janks Trotter (7-0-1,1ND) W TKO 8 Richard Reittie (8-2-1). Light Middle: Albert Onolunose (19-1) W PTS 6 Martin Desjardins (7-21-4). Light Welter: Steve Claggett (12-1-1) W TKO 4 Antonio Dos Santos (2-4). Rostov, Russia, Cruiser: Rodion Rastukh (8-0) W KO 3 Mbaruku Kheri-Tanzania (12-7). Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago: Heavy: Kertson Manswell (22-3) W KO 1 Leon Gilks (6-16-3). Nairobi, Kenya: Middle: Robert Kamya (18-13) W PTS 10 Charles Kakande (4-9-1). Super Middle: Mustafa Katende (6-0 W KO 2 Alex Batwawula (1-1-1). Aberdare, Wales: Welter; Barrie Jones (17-9) W PTS 10 Gary Cooper (3-10-1). Welsh Area title.

November 20

Ibadan, Nigeria: Middle: Sunday King Hammer W TKO 7 Emeka Godwin. Light Welter: Saheed Olay W PTS 8 Mike Dada. Welter: Akeem Dodo W PTS 8 Tunde Ojo.

November 23

Pittsburg, USA: Light: Monty Meza Clay (30-3,2ND) W PTS 8 Leon Bobo (18-9-1). Cruiser: Andres Taylor (20-1-2) W PTS 8 Gary Gomez (19-13-2). Clay, 30, wins split decision over Bobo. Clay sluggish, and his jab not working until well into the fight, but picks up the points needed for the win. Clay claims he had over trained including a five week spell as sparring partner to Steve Molitor. Fourth win for Clay since loss to Fernando Beltran in 2009. Clay is rated No 15 by the WBO. Southpaw Bobo, 33, was a good class amateur, competing in the National Golden Glove and US championships, but has not made the transition required to succeed in pro boxing. He is now 2-9-1 in his last twelve fights, including seven losses in a row. Taylor, 32, extends his current unbeaten run to 13 with unanimous verdict over 37-year-old Gomez. Impressive figures for Taylor, but built on poor opposition. Roy Jones Jr, who promoted the show, went three rounds with Bobby Thomas in preparation for his fight with Max Alexander on December 10. Kempton Park, South Africa: Super Middle: Thomas Oosthuizen (17-0-1) W TKO 11 Francisco Sierra (24-5-1). Super Feather: Sipho Taliwe (14-2-1) W PTS 12 Jasper Seroka (19-4). Light Welter: Jason Bedeman (15-1-3) DREW 8 Sam Malinga (22-8-3). Cruiser: Zack Mwakassa (12-2) W KO 1 Kizito Ruhamnye. Oosthuizen retains IBO title with a late stoppage of Mexican Sierra. There are still flaws there, but the South African southpaw was always boxing better and hitting harder than Sierra. The South African scored with big shots in every round, and Sierra showed durability-but little else. Oosthuizen was on his way to a comfortable points win when a big left had Sierra badly shaken and the referee stopped the fight. Sierra complained bitterly, but he was just soaking up punishment, and the fight could/should have been stopped earlier. Third successful defence for the 6'3" tall 22-year-old, and win No 12 by KO/TKO, as Oosthuizen adds to his prestige after his win over Aaron Pryor Jr in September. Sierra, 23, a former Mexican champion, has only lost to good opposition: Jesus Gonzales, Rigo Alvarez twice and Edison Miranda. Taliwe, 30, makes successful second defence of his WBC International title with unanimous verdict over former South African champion Seroka. Not a thrilling fight, lacking excitement and littered with fouls. WBC No 13 Taliwe always in command and Seroka not able to get his game plan going. Scores 117-111 twice and 118-111, Taliwe now 2-1 up in his series with Seroka, who has lost 3 of his last 4. Bedeman, 22, fights draw with the more experienced Malinga. A good learning fight for the youngster, even if former South African champion Malinga is on the down slope. Scores 78-74, 76-76 and 75-77. Third fight for Bedeman since his shock kayo loss to Argentinian Dorrego a year ago. Malinga has only two wins in his last seven fights, but in better days he took Kaizer Mabuza to a majority decision and beat Colin Lynes in eight rounds. In a fight between two boxers from the Congo (DRC) "Black Warrior" Mwekassa makes it 11 wins by KO/TKO as he ignores defence and goes after Ruhamnye and scores the kayo with just one second left in the round. Mwakassa had beaten the previously undefeated South African champion Thabiso Mchunu in six rounds in September. Panama City, Panama: Fly: Ricardo Nunez (23-2 W DIS 7 Juan Esquer (27-9-2). Not a satisfactory win for Nunez, 23, but a win is a win. Nunez better skills frustrate Mexican Esquer and Panamanian on his way to retaining his WBC Latino title. Low blows from Esquer a feature of the fight, and the referee takes a point from him in the sixth. More low punches in the seventh see Esquer thrown out. Only one loss in his last 14 for Nunez, but that was a big one to Drian Francisco in a WBA super fly eliminator. Nunez now WBC No 5, needed three tries to make the weight. Esquer lost to Ivan Calderon in a challenge for the WBO light fly title in 2007. Kawasaki, Japan: Light Fly: Masayuki Kuroda (21-3) W PTS 10 Hayato Yamaguchi (7-3-1). Kuroda, 25, retains Japanese title with split decision over previously unbeaten Yamaguchi. Third defence for Kuroda, rated No 9 by the WBA. Scores 97-94, 96-94 and 94-95.

November 24

Enghien, France: Light Middle: Cedric Vitu (33-1) W PTS 6 Konstantins Sakara (9-21-2). Super Middle: Rachid Jiktou (20-0) W PTS 6 Mike Algoet (32-39-1 ND). Bantam: Redouane Asloum (7-0-1) W PTS 6 Thomas Barbier (2-7). This should have been an easy, uneventful fight for European Union champion Vitu. However, just after the bell for the first round, a clash of heads saw the 26-year-old French southpaw with a bad cut on the bridge of his nose. From then he boxed cautiously against Latvian Sakara until the fifth round when he tried for the kayo. It did not come so Vitu had to settle for a points win. Scores 60-54, 59-55 and 59-56. Vitu unbeaten in his last 15 now. Same story for French champion Jiktou. An easy fight turns into a bloody struggle. Again a clash of heads in the first has blood flowing from a cut by his right eye. Another head clash in the third sees a vertical cut open by his left eye. "The Lion" Jiktou, 26, trying to finish this one inside the distance, scoring heavily with hooks from both hands in fourth and fifth, but Belgian southpaw Algoet, 37, with his own face swollen, gets applause for his brave showing. Jiktou wins on scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55. Algoet has only failed to last the distance four times in his 39 losses. Asloum, the younger brother of former Olympic gold medalist and WBA light fly champion Brahim, showed his skills in countering the aggression of Barbier and ran out a comfortable winner on scores of 59-55 twice and 60-55. The show was held in the ballroom of the luxurious Grand Hotel.

November 25

Motherwell, Scotland: Light: Anthony Crolla (23-2) W PTS 12 Willie Limond (34-4). Light Middle: Matt Hall (24-4) W PTS 10 Kris Carslaw (14-1) .Crolla retains British title in his first defence as he outpoints experienced Limond. Corolla, 25, was always in control with his superior skills. Over the first six rounds Crolla used a tight defence to block the attacks of Limond and fired back with his quick-fire combinations counters through the defence of the Scot. Limond stood right in front of Crolla and Crolla was able to dominate the fighting inside hurting Limond with body punches. Limond had more success in the late rounds, but the scores of 120-108 twice and 120-109 tell the story of the dominance of "Million Dollar" Crolla. Ten wins in a row now for the fighter from Manchester. Limond, 32, was simply outboxed by a fighter with superior skills and speed. This was the second fight for Limond since his loss to Erik Morales in September last year. His other losses had been to Alex Arthur and Amir Khan. Limond will now be reviewing his options. Kris Carslaw lost his unbeaten record with a very close points defeat against former Commonwealth champion Matt Hall. The scores were 96-94 twice and 97-95. Carslaw made this close despite suffering both a broken hand and a fractured jaw during the bout. A brave effort by the Scot. Hall had lost 3 of his last 4 fights (including losing his Commonwealth title to Anthony Small, and a loss against Lukas Konecny for the vacant European title) and had been inactive for over a year. This win, in a British title eliminator, puts him back in the picture. This is the second time that Carslaw has suffered a fractured jaw, so it could raise a doubt over his future. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Feather: Jesus Cuellar (18-1) W TKO 4 Ramon Esperanza (16-5-1). Super Middle: Jose Clavero (32-9-1) W DIS 5 Pablo Farias (19-1). Easy night for WBO No7 Cuellar in an all-southpaw match. Scoring with hard shots from both hands Cuellar takes the first round. He has the Paraguayan in trouble in the second and the referee deducts a point as Esperanza resorts to holding to get some relief from the punishment. More heavy shots from Cuellar in the third and only the bell saves Esperanza. In the fourth a right from Cuellar opens a deep cut on Esperanza's right eyelid. When another right lands in the same area, and has Esperanza staggering the referee stops the fight. The 24-year-old Cuellar has 15 wins by KO/TKO and bounces back from his first loss to Oscar Escandon in October. Controversial ending sees "Pokemon" Farias, 23, lose his unbeaten tag. Clavero, 36, is faster out of the blocks and a right cross in the first has Farias in trouble and the referee gives him a standing count. Farias gets his act together in the second and he scores heavily in this and the next two rounds but Clavero very much in the fight. In the fifth, with the fighters in a clinch, the referee, calls "break" and Farias instead of stepping back lands a left and a right to the unprotected chin of Clavero. Clavero was flat on his back and did not rise for some time, but it was difficult to know how badly he was hurt. There was some confusion but the referee then disqualified Farias for hitting on the break. Clavero was booed out of the ring, and Farias cheered out. There will be an appeal against the decision. Mendoza, Argentina: Light: Daniel Brizuela (23-1-2) W PTS 8 Miguel Cacares (26-32-7). Comfortable points win for 25-year-old Brizuela. Southpaw Cacares has some success in the middle rounds, but Brizuela wins early and late rounds for unanimous verdict. Scores 79 ½ -72 ½, 78-73 ½, 78-74. Brizuela, who represented Argentina at the 2004 Olympics, is 6-0-1 since losing his unbeaten record on a shock one round kayo by Daniel Dorrego. Cacares is durable with only one of his 32 losses coming inside the distance. Sydney, Australia: Welter: Victor Chernous (14-1) W PTS 8 Joel Dela Cruz (16-11-2). Welter: Adrian Campbell (10-9-1) W TKO 4 Chad Roy Naidu (3-13-4). A great little fight sees Ukrainian Chernous outpoint Filipino Dela Cruz. The aggressive style of 27-year-old Chernous, and the counter-punching of DeLa Cruz, made for a good mix. Chernous was throwing bombs, but Dela Cruz belied his poor record as he took the punishment and fired back. The Filipino lost a point at the end of the fourth round for a punch after the bell, and in the sixth for a head butt. Chernous was edging every round, but only just, and takes the unanimous verdict. Now 11 wins in a row for Chernous. Fourth fight in the series goes to Campbell, 33, but in a disappointing end. Naidu twisted his knee in the fourth round and could not continue. Campbell wins the vacant WBFoundation Asia Pacific title. He is now 3-0-1 in four fights with Malaysian-born Naidu, 32, including a draw for this same title. A fifth fight needed after this ending. Richmond, Australia: Feather: Joel Brunker (21-0) W PTS 12 Ti Yamagat Aguelo (15-7-1). A great battle sees Brunker coming from behind to win unanimous decision. After a quiet first round Filipino Aguelo takes charge. Scoring well with body punches he sweeps rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 with Brunker under pressure in each round. Brunker finally wakes-up in the sixth and starts to score with good jabs and rights. As Aguelo tires from his exertions in the first half of the fight Brunker starts to eat into Aguelo's lead. Plenty of toe-toe exchanges, but Brunker edging the rounds. Brunker has a big eleventh as he bangs away at exhausted Filipino. Both fighters throwing plenty of punches in the last, but again Brunker's round. Scores 116-112 twice and 115-114. The 25-year-old Brunker, a former undefeated Aussie champ, retains interim WBO Orient title. He is No 5 with the WBO. Adones (his real name) has lost 4 of his last 5, but won plenty of fans with this showing. Moncton, Canada: Middle: Steve Boyd (11-3-1) W TKO 5 Paul Clavette (15-3-1). This was expected to be a close fight, but it ended up a one-sided win for Boyd. In the first Boyd was controlling the fight with sharp jabs and good combinations from both hands. Body shots hurt Clavette in the second and more of the same saw Clavette on the floor twice from body punches. Boyd was on top in the fourth and punishing Clavette in the fifth when the towel came in from Clavette's corner. In his first fight since March 2010, the 36-year-old from Toronto wins the vacant NABA Canadian title, and gains revenge for a split decision loss to Clavette in 2007. This was Clavette's first fight since April 2009. His only other inside the distance loss was to Ronald Hearns in 2008. Pompeii, Italy: Light Welter: Samuele Esposito (9-1) W PTS 10 Renato De Donato (7-1). Middle: Endrit Vuka (3-3-1) W PTS 6 Elio Cotena (18-7-5). Good battle between two relative novices, as Esposito retains Italian title in his third defence. With De Donato at 5'10 ½ ", having height and reach advantage, Esposito has to work his way inside. Southpaw De Donato boxing cleverly slightly ahead after three rounds, but Esposito gets through with some hard shots in the fourth. Fifth sees Esposito, 25, still pressing. In the sixth he traps De Donato on the ropes and scores with a hard volley which sees the referee give De Donato a standing count. Esposito gets through heavily again in the seventh resulting in another standing count. De Donato edges eighth and ninth, but Esposito on top in the last. Scores 97-92, 97-93 and 96-92. Esposito's only loss was due to an injury. De Donato, 25 can come again as he has good skills. Upset sees Albanian Vuka outpoint Italian Cotena. Vuka was without a win in his previous four fights. Cotena, the nephew of the promoter, lost to Henry Coyle for the vacant WBFoundation title in August. London, England: Light: Ben Murphy (8-4-1) W TKO 4 Tony Owen (12-1). Light Welter: Ryan Barrett (25-9-2) W PTS 8 Dan Stewart (8-4,1ND). Despite giving away height and reach to unbeaten Owen, Murphy, 31, gets inside and bullies southpaw Owen to defeat. Murphy took the lead in an untidy first round that saw him suffer a cut in the corner of his left eye from a punch. Murphy continues to rough Owen up in the second, but loses a point for illegal use of his head. Owen, 24, gets his jab working at the start of the third, but by the end of the round is drawn into close quarters and shipping some heavy rights. It is all Murphy in the fourth and a series of rights sees the referee stop the fight. Murphy retrains Southern Area title. Good, close fight sees southpaw Barrett open a gap over the later rounds to take the referee's verdict on a score of 77-75. Next for Barrett is said to be former IBF super feather champion Steve Forbes in January.

November 26

Mexico City, Mexico: Light Middle: Saul Alvarez (39-0-1) W TKO 5 Kermit Cintron (33-5-1). Middle: Gilberto Ramirez (20-0) W TKO 4 Sam Miller (24-5). Middle: Nobuhiro Ishida (24-6-2) W TKO 1 Edson Espinoza. Feather: Salvador Sanchez (27-4-3) W PTS 12 Alex Monterrosa (17-8-3. Light: Daniel Estrada (27-2-1) W TKO 3 Carlos Parra (14-7-2). Bantam: Andres Gutierrez (19-0-1) W TKO 7 Franklin Varela (19-7). Super Fly: Leo Santa Cruz (18-0-1) W TKO 3 Jorge Romero. Alvarez retains WBC title for third time as his power proves too much for game Cintron. Alvarez starts well, letting his punches go and pressurising Cintron. The Puerto Rican uses his reach advantage to stick his jab in the face of Alvarez to try to spoil the Mexican's momentum. Alvarez, the stronger fighter, dangerous with his overhand rights and in the fourth as thunderous right puts Cintron down. The former IBF welter champion makes it to his feet but is caught with more power shots and is left draped over the ropes at the bell, and only just manages to walk back to his corner. Alvarez looking to finish it in the fifth. He walks forward throwing hard shots from both hands, but is caught with a left from Cintron that makes him take a few steps back. He then just gestures for Cintron to try it again. Alvarez stalks Cintron from corner to corner. Cintron looking exhausted tries to fire back but Alvarez just marches forward looking to land that overhand right. When it does explode on Cintron's chin the Puerto Rican begins to tumble but the referee jumps in, holds him up, and waives the fight over. The 21-year-old "Canelo" makes it 29 wins by KO/TKO. He has defensive faults, but he is relentless with tremendous power, and a good chin. Cintron, 32, who himself has 28 wins by KO/TKO, and drew with Sergio Martinez in 2009, showed lots of courage, but did not have the strength to keep Alvarez off. Prospect Ramirez had to climb off the floor to beat Colombian Miller. Having overcome that shock, the 6'2 ½" southpaw proceeded to punish Miller until the fifth. With Miller trapped in a neutral corner and taking heavy punishment the referee stopped the fight. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for 20-year-old Ramirez, the last13 in a row. Miller, 32, was a tough test on paper. He had gone the distance with Marco Antonio Rubio and David Lopez, lost a majority decision to Brian Vera, and won the WBC USNBC title in October 2010 with a stoppage victory over previously unbeaten Isaac Rodrigues in Verona. Not previously considered a puncher Ishida made it two first round wins in a row as he flattened late sub Espinoza with a right. The 36-year-old Japanese fighter, a former WBA interim light middle champ, put away James Kirkland in 112 seconds in April. Salvador Sanchez "Sal II" gives value for money, but sometimes seems to want to win the hard way. Over twelve exciting rounds Sal II and Colombian Monterrosa fought a hard toe-to-toe battle. Sal II had to bounce back from a knockdown in the eighth and stage a big finish to just get the close unanimous decision. Scores 115-113 twice and 115-112. The 26-year-old nephew of the great Salvador Sanchez retained his WBC Cabofe title and makes it eight wins in a row. Monterrosa is better than his record suggests as he failed to win any of his first five bouts, and after that poor start has only lost to good quality opposition. He has never been stopped. WBC No 4 Estrada, 26, had to recover from the shock of finding himself on the floor in the first round of his fight with Parra. He recovered and a right in the third had Parra out on his feet when the fight was halted. Estrada has 20 wins by KO/TKO and has lost only one of his last 24 fights. Fellow Mexican Parra was unbeaten in his last seven fights. Parra was the fourth victim in Tim Bradley's career being stopped in the first round by "Desert Storm" in 2005.Teenager Gutierrez wins the vacant WBC Fecarbox title with a stoppage of Varela. The 18-year-old Mexican took the fight inside and had Varela on the defensive from the opening bell. In the seventh Gutierrez had Varela trapped in his own corner, and in deep trouble when the referee stopped the fight. Gutierrez has 16 wins by KO/TKO. Venezuelan Varela, 34, has lost 3 of his last 4, including losses to Scott Quigg and Cuban Alexei Collado. Santa Cruz extends his unbeaten run with a stoppage of Romero. A sustained body attack from the 23-year-old Californian-based Mexican was just too much for Romero. In the third a left hook to the body put Romero down on his knees in pain and the referee stopped the fight. Ten wins by KO/TKO for Santa Cruz. The last eight in a row. Mazatlan, Mexico: Bantam: Jorge Arce (59-6-0,2ND) W PTS 12 Angky Angkotta (25-6). Super Fly: Juan Alberto Rosas (36-6) W PTS 12 Zolani Tete (15-2). Light: Mahonri Montes (24-0-1) W KO 4 Jorge Pimentel (24-134. Light Welter: Ricardo Alvarez (12-1-2) W TKO 6 Victor Dominguez (7-15-2). No feeling-out in this fight. Indonesian Angkotta scores with two hard rights early in the first and war commences. Arce throwing lots of punches in the second, but gets a warning for a low blow. Arce has a big third round with a volley of punches that has Angkotta reeling, but Angkotta fires back at the end of the round. The pace then dropped for a couple of rounds but in the seventh Angkotta scores with a hard overhand left and a clash of heads sees Arce with a slight cut on his left eyebrow. Angkotta has a good eighth rocking Arce with two rights. From the ninth, feeling he was well in front, Arce changes his tactics and boxes more. Arce picking up the points despite another warning for a low blow in the tenth. Back to a war footing in the eleventh as Arce batters Angkotta around the ring, but Angkotta is brawling back at the end of the round. Arce just trying to keep out of trouble in the last with Angkotta trying to find a punch to turn the fight. A clash of heads sees Angkotta badly cut but too late to have any impact of the fight. Scores 117-112 twice and 118-110. Arce, 32, in his 18th world title fight (not counting interim title fights-which I don't) wins vacant WBO bantam title. His fourth in different division (fifth if you count interim titles-which I don't). An amazing career when you consider that he won his first world title in 1998. Indonesian Angkotta was looking for revenge after losing on a technical decision to Arce for the vacant WBO super fly title in January 2010. Angkotta had had only one fight since then. Rosas gets very debatable majority verdict over South Africa southpaw Tete. The tall, slim Tete controls the fight with his jab and good movement when it on the outside with Rosas doing better work inside. Despite a strong finish from Rosas, and the deduction of a point for a low punch in the last round, Tete looked to be worth at least a draw. Scores 115-112 twice and 113-113. Former IBF champion "The Monster" Rosas, 26, has won 8 of his last 9 fights. In the loss he dropped his IBF title to Cris Mijares in December. Tete's only other loss was to IBF flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane in September 2010. IBF No 12 Montes, 22, hits too hard for soft-chinned Pimentel and puts him away in round four to make it 19 wins by KO/TKO. One of the best fights on the card sees "Dinamita" Alvarez stop late substitute Dominguez in six rounds. Ricardo is the elder brother of Saul Alvarez. Cincinnati, USA: Super Feather: Adrien Broner (22-0) W KO 3 Vicente Rodriguez (34-3-1). Super Bantam: Gary Russell Jr (19-0) W KO 1 Heriberto Ruiz (47-12-2). Heavy: Deontay Wilder (20-0) W KO 1 David Long (11-2-2). Broner, 22, wins vacant WBO title. The hometown fighter shows good skills against modest Argentinian. Rodriguez has a good second round but Broner closes the show in the third. Turns Rodriguez onto the ropes and lets go a barrage of punches. Rodriguez ducking and weaving but hurt with a right and put down and out with a left hook to the chin. "The Problem" has 18 wins by KO/TKO and looked a class act, both in defence and in power. He has now won 12 of his last 13 fights by KO/TKO. For Rodriguez, 26, it was his first loss inside the distance. The form book said Broner for sure. Rodriguez had lost to Australian William Kickett and Broner floored Kickett twice on the way to a sixth round kayo win. Olympian Russell look sensational in flattening experienced Ruiz in just over two minutes. Ruiz opens with a body attack and southpaw Russell looking to counter with his right hook. As Ruiz comes in close a right hook slams into his jaw and he is out cold. Russell, 23, won the National Golden Gloves and US championships at the age of 16. He won an Olympic berth, but lost consciousness in the dormitory and missed his weigh-in, so never got to fight. Ruiz, 34, a pro since 1994, lost to Rafael Marquez for the IBF bantam title in 2004. Another rubbish match for Wilder. Long hardly throws a punch. The first punches Wilder, 26, throws in anger, a left and a following right, put Long out and the referee does not even bother to count. Wilder has won all 20 of his "fights" by KO/TKO (Tyson won his first 19 that way, but fought James Tills in fight No 20). The 6'7" tall Olympic bronze medalist is trained by Olympic gold medalist Mark Breland, but there is no substitute for fighting a real opponent in the ring. Playa del Carmen, Mexico: Light Welter: Humberto Soto (57-7-2,1ND) W KO 4 Adailton De Jesus (29-7). Welter: Jose Luis Castillo (63-11-1) W TKO 2 Sammy Ventura (26-22-1,1ND). Light: Marvin Quintero (24-3) W TKO 3 Virgilio Ramirez (4-4-2). Light Fly: Luis Ceja (20-1-3) W TKO 3 Jose Aguilar (10-4-2). Bantam: Julio Ceja (17-0) W TKO 2 Elvis Guillen (7-5-2). Soto just rolls over Brazilian. The former undefeated WBC super feather and light champion looking to take De Jesus out from the first bell. De Jesus tries to stem the tide but does not have the power to match Soto. In the third round punches from Soto cause a swelling by the left eye of the Brazilian and he is floored at the end of the round, and saved by the bell. Another barrage of punches in the fourth dumps De Jesus on the floor and the referee stops the fight without a count. Now 34wins by KO/TKO for the 31-year-old Soto. De Jesus, 33, went the distance with Marco Antonio Barrera last year, but was also stopped in two rounds by Ric Dominguez. Oldie Castillo has no trouble putting away fellow-veteran Ventura in two rounds. Southpaw Quintero makes it four wins since kayo loss to Daniel Attah in November last year. The Ceja brothers both scored quick wins. Elder brother Luis, 21, made it 17 wins by KO/TKO and Jorge, 19 moved to 16 wins by KO/TKO, the last 15 in a row. Trabzon, Turkey: Welter: Selcuk Aydin (23-0) W PTS 12 Ionut Dan Ion (29-2). Middle: Ben Simon (22-1) W TKO 1 Ruslan Rodivich (8-5).Heavy: Ondrej Pala (30-2) W PTS 12 Darnell Wilson (24-13-3). Heavy: Erkan Teper (7-0) W TKO 2 Cisse Salif (24-19-2). "Mini-Tyson" Aydin goes over old ground and again outpoints Romanian Jo Jo Dan. Dan, 27, has the reach and height edge, but Aydin the speed and power. The classic example came in the very first round. Dan was jabbing his way to putting the round into the bag when a two punch combination floored him. Up quickly he took the standing count, and then went back to work with his southpaw right jab and straight lefts. The pattern was almost the same in every round. Dan was the busier fighter throwing 3 or 4 punches to each one thrown by Aydin. The 28-year-old Turk was the heavier puncher and caught most of the punches from the Romanian southpaw on his high guard. The fight was untidy at times and the refereeing fussy beyond belief. Aydin floored Dan again in the eleventh, but lost a point in the last for holding. Scores 113-112 twice and 115-111. Those two knockdowns were the deciding factor. Dan could be excused for feeling unlucky as he both threw, and landed, many more punches than Aydin, but did not have the power to impose himself on the fight, and Aydin was always dangerous with his right crosses. Dan had cuts around both eyes and it was said that he may have also suffered a fractured jaw. These two had fought each other in June 2010 when Aydin won a split decision for the WBC Silver Belt. Despite winning that fight Aydin has not had a sniff of a title shot and finds himself at No 2 in the WBC ratings, behind Devon Alexander-who has never had a fight at welterweight! "Iron Ben" Simon pads his record with a one round stoppage of Belarus southpaw Rodivich. Simon has 21 wins by KO/TKO and has won his last 18, but the opposition has been modest at best. Rodivich has lost 4 of his last 5 fights, and this was his second kayo loss in 21 days. Czech Pala makes first defence of his WBO European title by beating American Wilson! Pala too big and strong for Wilson who is really just a beefed-up light heavy. Scores 118-110 twice and 120-111. Now 19 wins in a row for Pala. Wilson, 37, has won only one of his last nine fights. That was a win over an injured Juan Carlos Gomez. Germany heavy Teper, 29, halts late sub Salif in two. The 6'5" Teper was a good class amateur. Salif, 40, has won only one of his last ten fights, but the last time he failed to go the distance was against Ray Austin in 1999. Rotherham, England: Light Welter: Curtis Woodhouse (16-3) W TKO 4 Gary McArthur (16-3). Middle: Ryan Rhodes (46-5) W PTS 8 Siarhei Khomitski (23-9-2). Light Welter: David Barnes (25-2-1) W PTS 6 Isaac Quartey (8-8-1).Former pro soccer player Woodhouse (he played for Sheffield United and Birmingham with his transfer costing Birmingham £1 million), is building some useful skills and shows improvement with every fight. Late sub McArthur did not really get into the fight and spent almost every round fighting of the back foot to contain the attacks of Woodhouse. With Woodhouse scoring well with both hands to head and body McArthur was always under pressure. A disappointing end saw the Scot retire at the end of the fourth with an injured hand. The 31-year-old Woodhouse gave a good indication of his potential when only losing a split verdict to unbeaten prospect Frankie Gavin in July. McArthur, 29, whose only other losses were both in Prizefighter tournaments, only came into the fight at two days notice. Rhodes eased himself back with a comfortable points win over Khomitski. Rhodes, 35, used it as a good workout and found an east target in the 37-year-old from Belarus. Constantly changing guards, Rhodes hurt Khomitski with a left in the second but the Belarus fighter survived. Khomitski had some success in the third and fourth rounds. Rhodes floored him in the seventh, but it looked more of a slip. Referees score 79-74. First fight for the former undefeated British and European light middle champion since his stoppage loss to Saul Alvarez for the WBC title in June. "The Ghost" Khomitski, whose stoppage win brought an end to the career of Jaime Moore, drew with unbeaten Swiss fighter Yves Studer for the IBC world title in August. Former British light welter and welter champion Barnes had his first fight since December 2009 and boxed his way to a points win over willing, but limited Quartey. The 30-year-old southpaw showed some rust but was too good for the Ghanaian and won every round. Referees score 60-54. Quartey lost on points to Lee McAlister for the vacant Commonwealth title in June. Geneva, Switzerland: Light: Guillame Frenois (24-0) W PTS 12 Patrick Kinigamazi (16-1). Excellent match-up for this fight for the UFB title. It was a hard fought battle featuring the sharp accurate punching of Frenchman Frenois against the constant pressing of Ruanda-born, Swiss based Kinigamazi. The skills came out on top with the unanimous verdict going to unbeaten Frenois on scores of 116-112, 116-113 and 115-113. The UFB stands for the Union Francophone de Boxeo. This is not yet another "world" title. Rather it is like the Commonwealth title as it is open to fighters from the 56 French speaking countries around the world. The Honorary President is Jean-Claude Bouttier. The Francophone tournament has been a regular fixture in amateur boxing for many years. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Welter: Diego Chaves (20-0) W KO 3 Jorge Miranda (44-13). Light Middle: Javier Maciel (20-2) W KO 1 Nestor Faccio (15-4-2,1ND). "The Jewel" Chaves, 25, keeps his winning run going as he kayos outclassed Miranda in three rounds. It was pain for Miranda from the first round. He was sent reeling by a right cross and hurt by body punches. More in the second as Chaves adds straight rights and more body shots. In the third Chaves gets through with a left hook to the body, a right uppercut and then a left hook to the body that left Miranda gasping on the floor for the full count. Fifth defence of his WBO Latino title and win No 16 by KO/TKO. Chaves represented Argentina at the 2005 and 2007 World championships, but losses to Erislando Lara and Demetrius Andrade in the Americas qualifiers cost him a spot at the 2008 Olympics. Maciel, 27, gets the job done inside a minute. A left hook to the body, a right to the chin and another left hook to the body and Uruguayan "Bonehead" Faccio unable to rise before the ten. "La Bestia" has 14 wins by KO/TKO and retains his interim WBO Latino title. His only loss in his last ten fights was a good, but unsuccessful, challenge for the WBO middle title against Dmitry Pirog in March. He then moved down to light middle and this was his second one round finish since then. Nadi, Fiji: Super Middle: Joseph Kwadjo (21-5) W KO 2 Zulfikar Joy Ali (31-13-6). Light Welter: Farzan Ali Jr. (27-5-2) W PTS 8 Oli Filimaua (6-1-1). Ghanaian Kwadjo, 26, just too strong and powerful for Fijian Ali and scores kayo in second. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Kwadjo as he bounces back from two consecutive losses in Australia. He beat Ali on points in December 2009. Kwadjo is said to be facing WBFoundation champion Francesco Passanante in his next fight. The 32-year-old Ali is 2-4 in his last six. Younger brother Farzan saves the night for the family by taking unanimous decision over Samoan Filimaua. The 31-year-old Furzan has been Fijian champion at bantam, super bantam, feather and at light welter, and is current welter champion. Saint Maur, France: Welter: Loic Foure (17-8-2) W PTS 10 Stefan Worth (12-2-1). Hometown fighter gets a close unanimous verdict over German Worth. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93. Foure, 31, in best condition of his career, needs all of his strength to win against younger Worth in close, exciting contest. Despite losing four of his last five fights going in Foure is now WBFederation Intercontinental champion. Worth, 26, had won his last seven. Saint-Nazaire, France: Light Welter: Abdoulaye Soukouna (13-10-6) W PTS 10 Bastien Laforge (14-2-1). Soukouna, 31, retains French title for third time with unanimous decision over official challenger Laforge. The challenger coming forward all the time and Soukouna boxing cleverly on the counter. The experienced Soukouna uses every trick in the book to break up the attacks of hometown fighter Lafarge, 33, and picks up enough points to take the unanimous decision. Scores 97-93, 96-93, 96-94. Soukouna lost to Lee McAlister and Gavin Rees . Podgorica, Macedonia: Super Middle: Nikola Sjekloca (23-0) W PTS 12 Peter Mashamaite (19-9-1).Light: Dejan Zlaticanin (14-0) W PTS 12 Godfrey Nzimande (22-4-3).Sjekloca makes third defence of his WBC International title. The 33-year-old Montenegrin started well and had a good lead after the first four rounds. Former South African champion Mashamaite, 29, came into the fight more over the next four, but was behind by three points on two cards and six on the other going into the last four rounds. As Sjekloca tired Mashamaite began to close the gap and Sjekloca lost a point for holding, but took the majority decision on scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 114-111. First fight since July 2010 for Mashamaite. Zlaticanin wins vacant WBC International title with decision over South African feather champion Nzimande. Zlaticanin, 27, in charge due to his higher work rate and more accurate punching. Wins wide unanimous verdict, but many rounds were close and scores do reflect the effort put in by the South African. Scores119-110 twice and 119-109. Zlaticanin represented Montenegro at the 2003 World championships and was a quarter finalists at the 2006 European championships. Nzimande is in his second reign as South African champion. Bialystok, Poland: Light Heavy: Doudou Ngumbu (28-3) W PTS 12 Aleksy Kuziemski (22-4). Light Heavy: Dariusz Sek (14-0-1) W PTS 8 Mantas Tarvydas (18-12). Minor upset as French-based Congolese boxer Ngumbu wins vacant WBFederation title with unanimous verdict over Kuziemski. The speed and accuracy of Ngumbu always gave him the edge. Scores 118-111 twice and 116-113. The intent had been to import an easier opponent for the Pole, but TV refused to accept the nominated opponent and insisted on a better match. It proved too good a match for Kuziemski, who blamed a lack of suitable sparring partners for his loss. Of the two of the losses suffered by Ngumbu, one was a majority decision and one a split decision. All three of his losses have been in the opponent's backyard. Kuziemski lost to Juergen Braehmer for the WBO interim title in 2009 and for the full title to Nat Cleverly in May. Prospect Sek, 25, who represented Poland at the 2007 World championships, makes it six wins by KO/TKO with stoppage of Lithuanian Tarvydas who has lost 4 of his last five fights by KO/TKO. Jefferson City, USA: Heavy: Chauncy Welliver (51-5-5) W DIS 7 Galen Brown (36-18-1,4ND). Brown gets thrown out in the seventh for excessive holding. Now 16 wins in a row, and sixth defence of his WBC Continental Americas title, for 28-year-old Welliver. Mexico City, Mexico: Welter: Pablo Munguia (13-3) W TKO 9 Juan Jesus Rivera (9-6). "The Gravedigger" Munguia retains Mexican title for the first time with stoppage of Rivera. Fight is even over the first four rounds, but then Munguia puts on his usual pressure show, wearing Rivera down, with the referee saving the exhausted challenger in the ninth.

November 30

Mt Claremont, Australia: Cruiser: Krzys Wlodarczyk (46-2-1) W TKO 11 Danny Green (31-5). Feather: Chris John (46-0-2) W PTS 12 Stas Merdov (32-8). Super Feather: Will Tomlinson (18-0-1) W PTS 12 Alan Herrera (26-4).Feather: Daud Cino Yordan (28-2,1ND) W RSF 4 Frankie Archuleta (27-9-1). Heavy: Anthony McCracken (14-5-1) W TKO 4 Shane Tilyard (5-6). Pole Wlodarczyk, 30, retains WBC title with come from behind win over Green. The Australian showed no ill effects from his loss to Antonio Tarver in July, and started the bout well scoring with his left jab and hard rights to the body. Wlodarczyk seemed to be pacing himself and using a tight, high defence to fend off Green's attacks. Green had a good fifth and Wlodarczyk later admitted that he was in some trouble during the round. Green, 38, was winning most of the rounds, but was starting to show signs of slowing. A nose injury was hampering his breathing, and he lost his mouthpiece twice in the sixth. Wlodarczyk got into the fight more in the ninth and tenth, but Green looked to have built an unassailable leads. It all became academic in the eleventh when a heavy right shook Green, and a left hook pout him down. Somehow he made it to his feet by the count of nine, but was finished and the fight was stopped. Third successful defence of his WBC title for "The Devil", a former IBF champion. Back in July there were serious concerns for the health of Wlodarczyk when he was rushed to hospital after an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets, but he was released one day later. "The Green Machine" a former holder of the secondary WBA title at light-heavyweight, must be considering retirement, but no announcement yet. Indonesian John made it defence No 15 of his WBA title as he took a unanimous verdict over Ukrainian Merdov. Showing more aggression than usual, the 32-year-old John seemed determined to make it an early finish against the lanky Merdov. Using the full range of his skills, and throwing more right hands than normal. It looked as though the change might work as Merdov was floored in the second. John had the challenger shaken again in the fourth and opened a cut on the bridge of Merdov's nose. The Ukrainian hung on and got into the fight as John was cut and faded over the closing rounds. "The Dragon" had done enough to take the verdict with scores of 115-112 twice and 116-111.He has held the WBA title since 2004. The 5'11" tall, 35-year-oldMerdov, was having only his second fight outside the Ukraine. "Wild Will" Tomlinson wins the vacant IBO title in bloody scrap with tough Mexican Herrera. Both fighters had to contend with injuries as Tomlinson was cut over his right eye, under his left eye, and on the bridge of his nose. "Explosivo" Herrera also had a damaged nose and a cut over his left eye. The Mexican was coming forward throughout the fight with Tomlinson countering well and catching many of Herrera's punches on his gloves. The fight seemed to be close, but the 25-year-old Tomlinson handed out a lot of punishment to Herrera in the tenth and swept the last two rounds. Scores 118-111, 116-111 and 116-112. A good win for Tomlinson over a tough opponent. Former WBA title challenger Yordan was too young and too quick for veteran Archuleta. The man from Albuquerque was never in the fight and the referee halted the contest after Archuleta had been down twice. Yordan wins the vacant IBO Asia Pacific title. The only defeats that 24-year-old Yordan has suffered were to Celestino Caballero, and to Chris John in a title challenge in April. He is very talented, but his big chance to impress in the USA ended in disappointment when his fight with Robert Guerrero was ruled a technical draw when Guerrero was cut. Not much skill on show in the battle between McCracken and Tilyard. It was bombs away and McCracken's right hand proved decisive as he forced a stoppage in the fourth. McCracken won and lost in fights with former Commonwealth cruiserweight champion Dominic Vea, but is now campaigning at heavyweight.

October 1

Neubrandenburg, Germany: Cruiser: Yoan Pablo Hernandez (25-1) W TEC DEC 6 Steve Cunningham (24-3). Middle: Grzegorz Proksa (26-0) W TKO 3 Sebastian Sylvester (34-5-1). Light Heavy: Karo Murat (24-1-1) DREW 12 Gabriel Campillo (21-3-1,1ND). Heavy: Edmund Gerber (17-0) W KO 7 Yohan Banks (4-6-3). Light Heavy: Dustin Dirks (22-0) W KO 8 Parfait Tindani (7-7-3). Super Middle: Henry Webber (15-0-1) W PTS 8 Stjepan Bozic (24-6). This one could, and perhaps should, have ended in the first round. Cunningham came out of an exchange with his right down at shoulder level and southpaw Hernandez nailed him with a short left which landed high on the side of Cunningham’s head and he went down heavily. He made an attempt to get up quickly but instead rolled on his side and it looked impossible for him to beat the count. However, he somehow slowly climbed up on shaky legs (I timed it at eleven seconds from him going down to getting up), but with only 25 seconds left Hernandez could not find that finishing punch. Remarkably Hernandez made no attempt to go after Cunningham in the second, but retreated and looked to counter Cunningham with his left. Hernandez probably just edged that round, but it was the last one I gave him. Cunningham was walking Hernandez down and getting through with his right, with Hernandez only countering in flurries. However, in the third Cunningham was careless with his head, and what looked like a butt, left Hernandez with cut on the left side of his head. Another clash of heads in the sixth saw Hernandez cut again over the right eye. During, the fifth and particularly in the sixth, it was Cunningham scoring and hurting Hernandez. At the end of the sixth there was discussion in the corner of Hernandez and the referee decided to stop the fight. After a great deal of confusion it went to the scorecards and Hernandez won a split verdict on scores of 59-54, 58-55 and 56-57 with the last card looking to be the most accurate reflection of the fight. The 26-year-old Cuban wins the IBF title. Cunningham, 35, was making the second defence in his second reign. His other two losses have been split decisions, and he deserves an immediate return. Impressive display from British-based Pole Proksa. This was a big step up in quality of opposition, but it seemed that no one told Proksa, because he showed no respect for former IBF champion Sylvester’s reputation. Southpaw Proksa, 26, was in charge from the start and wins vacant European title. His two-fisted aggression was just too much for Sylvester to handle and the fight was completely one-sided with Sylvester, 31, hiding behind a high guard, failing to let his shots go, and rarely throwing more than a dozen punches in any round. Carrying his hands down at belt level and switching stances Proksa was throwing punches from both hands and driving Sylvester back for all of the first round. At the end of the round Sylvester was being treated for a small cut over his right eye. In the second round it was all one-way. Ignoring defence Proksa was getting through with heavy punches from both hand and Sylvester did not seem to know how to deal with the hands down, hooking style of the Pole. Proksa was so dominant that the round could easily have been scored 10-8. To make things worse Sylvester was also cut very badly having a vertical gash above his right eye. Sylvester had brief success at the start of the third as he actually drove Proksa back, but Proksa was not hurt and resumed his attack staggering Sylvester with a volley at the end of the round. In the interval Sylvester’s corned pulled him out. Former European Union champion Proksa made Sylvester look second class as he made it ten wins by KO/TKO in a row. Sylvester never got into the fight. This the Germans first fight since losing his IBF title to Daniel Geale in May, and he was beaten so decisively that he will have a massive rebuilding job to do if he decides to continue fighting. The main feature of the Murat vs. Campillo fight was the total absence of any clinches-not one. Spaniard Campillo, a former WBA champion was the taller, and had a big reach advantage, and Murat needed to get inside. After a quiet first three rounds, which Murat just edged, the Spaniard began to let his punches go, and had Murat retreating for most of the round scoring heavily both at a distance an up close. However, Murat was firing back with hooks and uppercuts through Campillo’s guard. The pattern stayed the same for the rest of the fight with both fighters happy to stand within punching range and let go with both hands. For me southpaw Campillo swept the middle rounds teeing off on Murat in in the seventh and eighth. Although Murat was already looking tired, and dropping his hands, he was scoring well and effectively countering and getting through with his hooks and wild swings. Either both boxers had great chins, or neither is really a puncher, as they were both landing with heavy punches in every round. Murat had a big eleventh hurting Campillo with a right, but was just too tired to follow-up, and was dropping his hands from exhaustion. The last round saw Murat, who must have been running on an empty tank, just swinging and hooking wildly and Campillo answering back with clubbing shots from both hands. Murat was almost too tired to stand at the end of the fight and draped himself over the top rope totally exhausted. The scores were 117-111 for Campillo, 115-113 for Murat and 114-114. These two had fought before in 2008, and Murat won on a razor thin split verdict. For my money Campillo gained revenge, but it was also a magnificent effort by Murat. Campillo, 32, is a former WBA champion and is currently rated No 1 by them. Murat is the top rated challenger to IBF champion Tavoris Cloud. Gerber, a dark horse in the heavyweight ranks, took his time in breaking down former US footballer Banks. He finally ended the fight in the seventh with a series of hard rights. The 6’3”, 23-year-old German has ten wins by KO/TKO. He has made a habit of beating British opponents, this time he picked on a Californian. The 36-year-old Banks showed a strong chin but little else. Dirks too good for Frenchman and although getting through with some hard punches in every round it is the eighth before he finds a left hook to put Tindani down and out. The 22-year-old Dirks has 16 wins by KO/TKO. Tindani, with only one win in his last seven fights, was not in this class. The light punching Weber given a tough test by experienced Slovenian-born Croat, and has to wok hard for his split decision. The 36-yeart-old Bozic had lost to Dmitri Sartison for the WBA secondary title in 2009. Atlantic City, USA: Middle: Sergio Martinez (48-2-2) W KO 11 Darren Barker (23-1). Light Heavy: Isaac Chilemba (18-1-1) W TKO 2 Jameson Bostic (23-5). Middle: Andy Lee (27-1) W PTS 10 Brian Vera (19-6). Heavy: Magomed Abdusalamov (10-0) W TKO 1 Kevin Burnett (13-5-1).Heavy: Seanie Monaghan (9-0) W TKO 4 Kentrell Claiborne (2-4). The 36-year-old Argentinian southpaw retains WBC Diamond Belt and the Ring title, but gets a harder than expected time from Barker. The Englishmen used a high defence to catch or deflect the punches from Martinez, and was well in the fight after four rounds. From the fifth Martinez started to go to the body to bring Barker’s guard down, and was having more success. Barker, 29, inflicted a cut under the right of Martinez in the seventh, but he needed to let his punches go as Martinez was winning the rounds with his fast combination punching. Barker had a good eighth as he moved more and threw more leather, but that was his last good round. Martinez was still working the body in the ninth and a big attack at the end of the tenth had Barker hurt. There were signs of tiredness creeping into the work of Martinez, but he staged a big attack in the eleventh, flooring Barker with a right to the side of the head which saw Barker almost going down in stages for the count. Martinez has lost only one fight since 2000, a majority decision to Paul Williams, and he certainly gained revenge for that in their return. Barker gained a great deal of credit from his performance as he stuck to his game plan, but found the speed and accuracy of Martinez too much for him. Lee was on a revenge mission and he achieved his goal with a wide points victory over game but limited Vera. It was not an exciting scrap, as Lee used his skills to counter the pressure tactics of Vera, and the Texan was never really able to get into the fight until the late rounds. Southpaw Lee, 27, floored Vera at the end of the second, and although he still tasted a few rights from Vera, he was never hurt. Lee opened a cut over Vera’s right eye in the fifth and staggered him in the sixth. Vera finally managed to have some success in chasing Lee down eighth, but Lee took the last two rounds and the decision on scores of 99-90 twice and 98-91. Lee, rated No 2 by both the WBA and IBF had been stopped in seven rounds by Vera in 2007. This was his twelfth win since then. Vera has had less success being 3-4 in his last seven going in. Chilamba is impressive again as he puts Bostic under pressure throughout the first round. He finally cornered Bostic in the second and a volley punches had Bostic taking the full count on his knees on the canvas. The 24-year-old “Golden Boy” from Malawi is a former undefeated IBO champion, and the combined total records for his previous five opponents is 84-1, so they are not scared to match him in tough fights. Having said that, the record of New Zealand based American Bostic was deceptively flattering. Russian heavyweight Abdusalamov just walked through the punches of Burnett and scored two knockdowns to finish his nights work in 78 seconds. The 30-year-old southpaw Abdusalamov competed in the World Military Championships, and was Russian amateur champion in 2005 and 2006. He lost to David Price in the European Olympic qualifying tournament. US-based Irishman Monaghan easily handled poor Claiborne, and was on top until Claiborne’s corner threw in the towel early in the fourth. Six wins by KO/TKO for Monaghan. Las Vegas, USA: Light Fly: Roman Gonzalez (30-0) W KO 2 Omar Soto (22-8-2). Super Bantam: Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3) W PTS 12 Rafael Marquez (40-7). Welter: Yoshihiro Kamegai (19-0) W TKO 6 Hector Munoz (19-7-1). Super Bantam: Jose Angel Beranza (34-21-2) W PTS 10 Chris Martin (23-1-2). Super Bantam: Jesse Magdaleno (6-0) W TKO 1 Isaac Hidalgo (8-8-2). Mexican Soto came out determined to match Gonzalez punch-for –punch, which made for a hectic first round. These were the wrong tactics to use against a puncher such as Gonzalez. In the second Gonzalez landed a devastating combination topped off by an uppercut, and Soto sat out the count. This was a non title fight as Soto failed to make the weight. Nicaraguan “El Chocolatito, 24, a former WBA straw champion, moves to 25 wins by KO/TKO. “Little Wolf” Soto, 31, has had shots at the IBF straw and WBO and IBO flyweight titles. All of his losses have been to fighters who have held world title. To some extent the Nishioka vs. Marquez fight was one of two halves. Over the first half of the contest Marquez, 36, used his jab and was clever at cutting down the space for the southpaw champion. Nishioka, 35, had the better of the second half of the fight, with the exception of the eighth, in which he was cut on the top of his head in a clash of heads and hurt late in the round by a right. Nishioka probably felt he was behind and also that the fight might be stopped due to the cut, and he staged a strong finish over the last three rounds to retain his WBC title for the seventh time. Scores 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113, with the first one looking out of line. Marquez had looked a bit shop worn when losing to Juan Manuel Lopez but was sharper in this one. The former IBF and WBC bantam champion was taking part in his twelfth world title fight. Former undefeated Japanese champion Kamegai extends his run of KO/TKO wins by stopping late substitute Munoz in six. Kamegai, 28, has now won his last seven that way and has a total of 17 wins by KO/TKO, but the opposition has been poor. Munoz has lost six of his last seven. Big upset as veteran Beranza outscores previously unbeaten Martin. The Mexican just barreled forward in every round, crowding the light punching Martin, and never giving him the chance to use his skills. Scores 98-92, 96-94 and an out of step 93-97! The 35-year-old Beranza had lost six of his last seven fights, but all to quality opposition. This was Martin’s first fight for Top Rank and a huge setback for him, as he was rated No 5 by both the IBF and WBO. Prospect Magdaleno outclassed Hidalgo scoring at will throughout the three minutes. With his left eye closed Hidalgo’s corner pulled him out at the end of the round. The 19-year-old Magdalena, the younger brother of unbeaten Diego, is a former US and National Golden Gloves champion, and one to watch. Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Super Bantam: Jonathan Oquendo (22-2) W KO 2 Jose Luis Araiza (29-4). Feather: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1) W TKO 2 Mike Oliver (25-3,1ND). Super Feather: Roman Martinez (25-1-1) W TKO 6 Daniel Attah (26-8-1,1ND). Another hard-punching display from “Polvo” Oquendo. He floored Araiza in the first and then put him away with a left hook early in the second. The 28-year-old is rated No 2 by the WBO and has won his last eight, six by KO/TKO, since losing to Juan Manuel Lopez in 2008. After losing his first fight to future champion Roberto Leyva, Araiza won his next 29, but has now lost his last four. Predictable early win for Lopez over talented but fragile fellow southpaw Oliver. A left to the chin from Lopez put Oliver down in the first round, and he was down again, taking a nine count at the end of the round. It was obvious he did not fancy the job and, after another knockdown in the second, the fight was stopped. Now 27 wins by KO/TKO for Lopez who lost his WBO title to Orlando Salido in April. He lifts WBO Latino title. Oliver had lost inside the distance to Antonio Escalante and Rey Lopez, but had won his last four. “Rocky” Martinez, another former WBO champion, also had an early night as he punched too hard for veteran Attah. Martinez floored Attah in the third and then caught him again in the sixth, scoring two more knockdowns, and the fight was stopped. It was the first fight for the 28-year-old Puerto Rican since losing his title to Ricky Burns in September 2010. He wins the vacant WBO Inter-Continental title and you be sure that he will a big climb in the WBO from his current No 15 spot. Nigerian Attah, 34, fought Acelino Freitas for the WBA and WBO super feather titles way back in 2002. Newport, Wales: Light: Gavin Rees (35-1-1) TECDRAW 4 Derry Mathews (29-5-1). Light Middle: Bradley Pryce (32-10) W PTS 8 Danny Butler (19-5). Super Middle; Jason Cook (29-4-1) W TKO 3 Laszlo Szekeres ( 10-13-3).A disappointing end to a much anticipated fight. Matthews used his height and reach advantages, and some cool boxing to take the first round, Former WBA light welter champion Rees found a way inside as the second closed and seemed to have edged the round. The third saw Rees enjoying more success getting his timing and distance right. Unfortunately in the fourth a clash of heads saw Mathews turning away with blood pouring from a probable broken nose, and the fight was stopped. As only three rounds had been completed the fight was a technical draw. Former Commonwealth champion Pryce, 30, won this close one thanks to a knockdown in the last round and just edged out Butler 77-75. Fighting way above his light welter division (Cook was 164lbs) former European and IBO champion (at lightweight) finished off modest Hungarian Szekeres with a left hook. Szerkeres beat the count but was in no condition to continue Gomez Palacio, Mexico: Light Welter: Roberto Ortiz (21-0-1) W PTS 12 Dunis Linan (16-19-2). “Massa” Ortiz, 25, retains WBC silver belt title with wide points victory over Colombian. Linan was coming forward from the first bell, but Ortiz used his height and reach advantage to score at distance, and found the Colombian an easy target for his counters. Linan lost a point in the third for a butt and another in the seventh for hitting on the break. Ortiz was piling up the points and mixing it more. Knowing he was behind Linan made a huge effort in the last rounds, but the tiring Ortiz was still getting through with the quality punches. Scores 119-108, 118-109 and 116-110. That breaks a streak of twelve straight wins by KO/TKO for “Massa” who is one to watch, as he beat Antonio Lozada Jr (23-0) in four rounds in his last fight. The 30-year-old Colombian again proved his durability; he has only failed to last the distance twice Puebla, Mexico: Light Fly: Sammy Gutierrez (30-6-2) W TKO 5 Rolio Golez (12-7). Feather: Alejandro Sanabria (29-1-1) W PTS 10 Pedro Navarrete (26-14-3). Super Bantam: Cruz Carbajal (32-18-2) W PTS 10 Pedro Torres (6-4-2). The bout started badly for both boxers. Gutierrez, 25, the former WBA interim strawweight champion, was badly cut over his left eye by a butt which bled throughout the bout, and Filipino Golez, 24, was deducted two points for administering the butt. It got better for Mexican “Guty” as he punished Golez with both hands from then on. The bell saved a battered Golez at the end of the third. He took more punishment in the fourth, and in the fifth, and despite the blood from the cut hampering his vision, Gutierrez landed a volley which brought the referees interception. Gutierrez wins the vacant WBC Silver Belt title. Golez is WBC Asian Boxing Council champ. Mark-time bout for world rated Sanabria. After a feel-out first round he dominates the experienced “Cowboy” Navarette and wins on scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 98-93. Sanabria beat Rocky Juarez in February. Navarette, 30, has lost six of his last seven, but has only been stopped twice. Nearly a big upset as the former WBO bantam champion “Spoons” Carbajal, 37, had a lot of problems with the aggression of the inexperienced Torres and needed a strong finish to ensure the decision went his way. Scores 97-92 twice and 96-95. Carbajal bouncing back with his third win after a spell of 5 losses in 6 fights. Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines: Feather: Eden Sonsona (28-6) W TKO 7 Godwin Tubigon (7-4-1). Feather: Mike Farenas (33-3-3,1ND) W PTS 12 Edgar Gabejan (22-26-4). Super Bantam: Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. (7-0) W TKO 3 Doniel Marcos (10-14). Easy win for “Manila Golden Boy” 22-year-old Sonsona. For the first few rounds he was content to outbox the limited Tubigon, scoring freely with his southpaw jabs. He stepped up the pressure in the fifth scoring with good body shots. A short left hook floored Tubigon early in the seventh. After another knockdown the referee stopped the fight, but there was some controversy over the lateness of the stoppage. Twice Tubigon’s corner threw in the towel, and the referee threw it out both times. Sonsona is a former Philippines super fly and bantam champion, with four of his losses coming on the road against top class opposition. A foul filled, unruly fight, sees southpaw Farenas, 27, win a wide verdict over Gabejan to lift the Philippines title. The movement and fast punching of Farenas frustrated Gabejan who resorted to some very dubious tactics. He lost two points for throwing Farenas down and for pushing him over. Strangely he was not warned for the use of his head, with which he was always dangerous. Farenas was cut on the left eyebrow in the seventh, but the clean and accurate punching was coming from him. Farenas wins on scores of 119-115 twice and 118-116. He has lost only one of his last 28 fights, and has bounced back from the upset loss to Marlon Aguilar with wins over Daniel Attah and Fernando Beltran Jr. Young prospect Penalosa came through a real test of fire against the more experienced Marcos. In the first round a careless Penalosa was caught with wild right which had on his back. He beat the count, but only just survived to the bell. Penalosa went to the body of Marcos in the second, but was leaving himself open again. The under pressure Marcos lost a point for a low blow. The body punches were getting to Marcos, and he was in deep trouble in the third when his seconds climbed into the ring to bring a stoppage. The son of the former IBF flyweight of the same name has won all seven by KO/TKO, but this was a wake up call for the youngster. Elgin, USA: Cruiser: Willie Herring (13-9-3) W KO 6 Ravea Springs (28-4,1ND). Just having turned 40, former WBC challenger Springs gets an unwanted birthday shock. Herring jumps on him min the first round and scores a knockdown. Southpaw Springs never really recovers, and Herring finally scores kayo at the end of the sixth. Fighting mostly at heavyweight, Floridian Herring, 32, had lost six of his last seven going in. Springs lost to Wayne Braithwaite for the WBC title 2003. Tunica, USA: Light Welter: Karim Mayfield (15-0-1) W PTS 10 Patrick Lopez (20-5). Light Middle: Joe Greene (23-1) W TKO 6 Bill Johnson (9-26-1,1ND). “Hard Hitta” Mayfield, 30, floors a sliding Lopez three times on the way to a wide unanimous verdict. Scores 99-88, 97-90 and 98-90. This was for the interim NABO title. Mayfield had beaten Steve Forbes in his last fight. Venezuelan Lopez, 33, was a top amateur and something in the way of a prospect, but this was his third loss in a row. Queens hope Greene returned to action for the first time since his loss to Vanes Martirosyan in June 2010, and wears down Johnson for a stoppage win. The 25-year-old southpaw set a blistering pace and finished an exhausted Johnson late in the sixth. Now 13 losses in a row for Johnson. Kiev, Ukraine: Middle: Avtandil Khurtsidze (26-2-2) W TKO 2 Jason LeHoullier (21-7-1). Light Welter: Viktor Postol (15-0) W PTS 10 Felix Lora (14-8-5).Georgian “Tornado” Khurtsidze overwhelms LeHoullier flooring him twice in the first round. When LeHoullier is floored again in the second his corner throws in the towel. Just 5’4” tall, Khurtsidze lived up to his nickname. The IBO champion has a 19-1 record in his last 20 fights, losing only to Frenchman Hassan N’Dam N’jikam. This was scheduled for twelve rounds but, as both fighters were over the limit, I assume the IBO title was not at stake. LeHoullier, 33, has lost his last seven, but to good opposition. Postol wins a wide decision over Spanish-based Dominican Lora in a foul filled bout. Lora losses two points in the seventh, one for a butt and the other for a low blow. He was deducted another point in the ninth and also on the floor in the same round. There was plenty of clinching and wrestling, but also some good action. With the deductions and the knockdown Postol wins on scores of 100-85 twice and 100-87. Montreal, Canada: Light: Tony Luis (13-0) W KO 1 Alejandro Barrera (21-9). Super Middle: Ali Nestor Charles (12-5-2) W PTS 8 Bladimir Hernandez (18-7). “The Lightning” Luis, 23, wins vacant WBC Continental Americas title as he floors Barrera twice with body shots for a quick win. Mexican Barrera, once a prospect (he won his first 18 fights) is 2-7 in his last nine fights, six of those losses inside the distance. Canadian southpaw Charles outboxed heavy puncher Hernandez (16 wins by KO/TKO) to take a comfortable decision on scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74. Charles, who only seems to fight twice a year, is unbeaten in his last eight. Hernandez has lost his last six, five by KO/TKO.

October 4

Tokyo, Japan: Light: Nihito Arakawa (21-1-1) W PTS 12 Jay Solmiano (11-1-1). Light: Yoshitaka Kato (20-4-1) W PTS 10 Takashi Inagaki (13-10-1). WBA No 6 Arakawa, 29, has to climb off the floor to win a split verdict, and retain his OPBF title. A southpaw left had Arakawa down early in the second, but he beat the count and survived to the end of the round. He also had to overcome a badly swollen left eye. In a great little fight Arakawa was the busier and more aggressive, and Solmiano, 24, had the power. It was close all the way with both fighters staging a big finish. Scores 115-114, 115-113 and 112-115, but it could have gone either way. Kato wins the vacant Japanese title with a unanimous decision over Inagaki. This was another close one, much closer than the scores indicate as Kato takes it on scores of 98-93, 97-94 and 96-95.

October 6

Detroit, USA: Light Welter: Vern Paris (26-0,3ND) W PTS 8 Ruben Galvan (27-18-4,2ND).Super Middle: Darryl Cunningham (24-2) W PTS 8 Dante Craig (18-11-1,1ND). Ahmad Kaddour (24-2-1) W TKO 4 Vance Garvey (8-35-6). Miguel Gonzales (20-2) W TKO 2 Berto Toledo (39-7-2). Heavy: Rich Power (15-1) W PTS 6 Cleo Grover (3-15). Easy night for Paris, 23, almost too easy, as he does not seem to take the fight very seriously. Makes an effort to put Galvan away in the third, but other than that settles for winning every round, and using 39-year-old Galvan for target practice. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. The “Iceman” had registered his best win in August when he stopped Tim Coleman, so this was just a payday. Galvan has failed to win of his last twelve fights. Southpaw Cunningham, 37, finds Craig a bit more responsive as the former Olympian makes an effort over the late rounds, but never comes close to actually winning a round. All scores again 80-72. Now 17 wins in a row for Cunningham, who saw a potential fight with Kelly Pavlik fall through. Craig was an outstanding amateur winning the National Golden Gloves in 1999 and competing at the 2000 Olympics, but has flopped as a pro, and has won only one of his last ten fights. Lebanese-born Dane Kaddour has poor Garvey under pressure for the whole fight. Scores a knockdown, and with Garvey’s right eye closed his corner pull him out at the end of the fourth. Kaddour’s, only losses came in the 2004 “The Contenders” show, but needs to be more active as this only his second fight in 19 months. Garvey, 33, has won only one of his last eleven. “Silky Smooth” Gonzales, 25, makes it 15 by KO/TKO as he finishes Ecuadorian veteran Toledo in the second. Former Tyson Fury victim Power, 32, wins every round against 36-year-old Grover, who has won only one of his last 15 fights. Scores 60-54 from the officials. Not a decent match on the whole show.

October 7

Wollongong, Australia: Middle: Shannan Taylor (52-10-3) W KO 4 Sintung Kietbusaba (11-8). Welter: Adrian Campbell (9-9-1) DREW 10 Chad Roy Naidu (3-12-4). Fighting in his home town Taylor overwhelms modest Thai to win vacant WBFoundation title. The “Bulli Blaster” had the better of the first two rounds, although Sintung stayed in the fight scoring with body punches. All change in the third as Taylor came out looking to finish the fight. Combinations to the head and body put the Thai down. Sintung beat the count, but was floored again by combinations later in the round. He survived, but a two-fisted attack from Taylor finally put Sintung down for the count. Career saver for 39-year-old Taylor as he had been 3-4 in his last seven bouts. Sintung, 33, was having his first fight for 14 months. Lanky Campbell, 33 fails to win vacant WBFoundation Asia Pacific title as his fight with Malaysian Naidu too close to call. Scores 95-95 twice and 96-94. Campbell had won a split verdict when these two met in June. Naidu, 32, was coming off a win, but it was his only one in his last twelve fights. Cronulla, Australia: Light Middle: Lee Oti (15-11-1) W TKO 5 Ryan Waters (21-4-2). Big upset sees New Zealander Oti flatten Waters in fifth to revenge a stoppage loss back in 2007. Waters seemed on the road to another wins as he took the first four rounds. In the fifth two over hand rights and a left hook put Waters down. The referee did not even bother to count but stopped the fight. Not a noted puncher, Oti is better than his record might suggest, as he has only lost to good opposition such as Daniel Geale. This was the first fight in almost seven months for 31-year-old Waters, who was rated No 2 by the ANBF. Before this he had lost only one of his last 21 fights, and that loss was to Tony Mundine Jr. Waters has said that he will have one more bout in December and then retire. Surfers Paradise, Australia: Heavy: Mike Kirby (10-4-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Colin Wilson (35-28-1,1ND). The “Iron Rhino” Kirby wins Australian title at his second attempt with wide unanimous decision over veteran Wilson. Wilson had the height advantage, but at around 270lbs Kirby had the edge in weight. Kirby on top for most of the early rounds taking the fight inside and scoring with body shots. Wilson had some limited success in the middle rounds. Late in the ninth Wilson is floored by a combination topped off by body punches. He beat the count, but was floored again by body punches. Half way through the last yet another body shot put Wilson down again, but he lasted the distance. Scores 98-89 twice and 96-91. Kirby, 29 wins the vacant Australian title, as he bounces back from a 60 seconds blow out loss to Kali Meehan in June. Wilson, a pro since 1992, has been Australian champion three times, but at 39, may not get many more chances. Edmonton, Canada: Heavy: Tye Fields (49-4) W TKO 6 Raphael Butler (35-11,2ND).”Big Sky” Fields had to climb off the floor for victory. In the first round Butler caught southpaw Fields with an overhand right which deposited Fields on the canvas. Fields got up, took the eight count and never looked back. Round after round it was the long right jab of Fields dominating the fight. In the sixth Butler launched a furious attack, but when Fields blasted back Butler ended up on the ropes. Fields pinned him there and just kept punching away until the referee stopped the fight. The 36-year-old, 6’8” tall, Fields makes it 44 wins by KO/TKO. In fact with all of his losses coming inside the distance, including a 42 seconds blow out loss to Mike Perez in “The Prizefighter”, only five of his 53 fights have gone to the scorecards. Butler, 27, “only” 6’3”, fails again in the Giant Killer role as in his previous fight in April he had been stopped by 6’8” David Price in 107 seconds. Now only one win in his last seven fights for Butler. Rome, Italy: Middle: Emanuele Blandamura (16-0) W PTS 12 Manuel Ernesti (10-1) W (15-0). In this battle of fighters from Rome after a couple of good rounds, “Sioux” Blandamura completely changes his normal tactics and turns the fight against the favoured Ernesti into an exciting close quarters brawl. He was giving the harder puncher no room in which to work. Ernesti did manage to get home with some hard counters, but nothing deterred Blandamura who stayed right in Ernesti’s face throughout the fight., Scores 116-110, 116-111 and 115-111. The 31-year-old Blandamura wins vacant WBC Mediterranean title. This was the first fight scheduled for more than six rounds for “The Diamond Kid” Ernesti. Monserrato, Italy: Fly: Giuseppe Lagana (25-9-1,1ND) W TEC DEC 7 Bernard Inom (21-3-1). Welter: Michele Di Rocco (31-1-1) W TKO 1 Laszlo Balogh (13-9-2). Lagana, who will be 40 on October 13, started well scoring frequently against a slow Inom. Lagana took the first two rounds, but then Inom, 38, started to take over and it seemed that the fight would have gone Inom's way from that point on. Lagana regrouped and took control again to win the fourth. Now Lagana controlled the fight from mid range. Lagana was scoring more often with combinations, but Inom stayed dangerous with hard single punches to the body. The sixth was a quiet round with referee Mark Green urging them on to fight. Later in the round Lagana was cut over the left eye from an accidental head butt and survived a first ringside doctor inspection. The punch worsened in the seventh and it was stopped by the ringside physician. It went to the scorecards with the incomplete seventh scored. Lagana was ahead by 69-64, 68-65 and 67-66. Lagana, who had been inactive for a year, wins vacant European Union title. Frenchman Inom, a former French, European Union and European champion, lost to Omar Narvaez for the WBO title in 2005. This was his first fight for five months. Now 14 wins in a row for “The King “ Michele Di Rocco as the fight was over before it really got started. A punch opened a cut over the Hungarian’s left eye, and he did not survive the first doctor’s inspection. “The King” Di Rocco, 29, who was Italian amateur champion in 2001/2002/2003, and a quarter finalist at the 2004 Olympics, is now heading for an IBO welterweight title eliminator with Azad Azizov in December. Bacolod City, Philippines: Super Feather: Mark Gil Melligen (15-4-1) W PTS 10 Rufino Mante (6-12-1). Straw: Rommel Asenjo (21-3) W TKO 5 Arnel Tadena (11-16-3). Fighting in his hometown, southpaw Melligen, 24, made this hard for himself as he lost a point in the second for opening a cut on the right eyebrow of Mante with a butt, and in the sixth for a low blows. In between these episodes it was Melligen on top scoring well, and being the busier. Scores 98-90, 97-91 and 95-93. “Little Assassin” Asenjo, another southpaw, was in charge from the start against Tadena, who seemed only interested in survival. The one-sided fight was ended by Tadena’s corner who retired their man at the end of the fifth. Arsenjo has won 16 of his last 17, with his only loss being to Raul Garcia for the WBO title in April . Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico: Middle: Manny Siaca (23-7) W KO 1 Jhon Berrio (15-10). Bantam: McJoe Arroyo (9-0) W PTS 6 Shawn Nichol (5-7). All over in 81 seconds as Siaca puts Colombian Berrio down with a hook to the body and a right cross, and the Colombian is out. First fight since loss to Danny Green for the IBO cruiser title in April 2010, and win No 20 by KO/TKO for 35-year-old former WBA super middle champion. Fifth loss in a row for Berrio. Brawling Nichol gives southpaw Arroyo a good test as he is aggressive throughout, forcing former top amateur to fight hard in every round. Scores 59-54 twice and 60-54. Arroyo, 25, one of boxing twins, is a former World Championship bronze medalist and represented Puerto Rico in the 2008 Olympics. Denver’s Nichol has lost his last five, all to unbeaten fighters London, England: Feather: Choi Tseveenpurev (32-5) W TKO 2 Janis Puksins (1-3-1). Light Welter: Darren Hamilton (9-2) W PTS 10 Dave Ryan (12-5) Even as a late sub Latvian novice Puksins should never have been in with former WBU and WBFoundation champion Choi. The 40-year-old floors Puksins in the first and the fight is stopped in the second. Hamilton wins a messy fight which sees Ryan bundled out of the ring three times. The cleaner work comes from Hamilton who scores well with his jab, but Ryan just never got going. The referee scored it 100-91. When these two met in June Hamilton, 33, was disqualified after just 92 seconds for a butt. Hamilton wins British Masters title. “Rocky” Ryan is British Midlands Area champ. Burbank, USA: Middle: Osumanu Adama (20-2) W TKO 9 Roman Karzmazin (40-5-2,1ND. Middle: Eric Mitchell (23-7-1) W PTS 10 Derek Findley (18-7). Super Middle: Joe McCreedy (13-5-2,1ND) W PTS 8 Loren Myers (8-13-1). Huge win for the man from Ghana. Adama, 30, sets a fast early pace as Karmazin tries to use his skill to blunt Adama’s aggression. Karmazin hurts Adama with a good combination in the fourth. Adama returned the compliment early in the fifth with left hook, but Karmazin edged the round with some slick boxing. The fast pace began to tell on the 38-year-old Russian, and Adama was on top in the sixth and seventh, and hurt Karmazin with a heavy right at the end of the eighth. Adama battered Karmazin to the ropes in the ninth and was pounding away when the Russian’s corner threw in the towel. The referee did not see it until Adama called his attention to it. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for former Ghanaian light middle and middle champ. This was a bout in the IBF eliminator tournament. With the first two spots in the IBF ratings vacant, Adama was the fourth rated (No 6) and Karmazin the fifth (No 7). Former IBF light middle champ Karmazin was having his first fight since losing to Daniel Geale in another IBF eliminator last October. “Superman Murdered”. That could be the headline for the fight between “Superman Findley and “Murder” Mitchell. In fact it was a close hard fought battle with Mitchell winning on a split verdict. Scores 96-93, 95-94 and 94-95. Mitchell, 41, was having his first fight since February 2010. Findley has lost 4 of his last 5 but to quality opposition. McCreedy the busier. Takes early and late round s with Myers having his best spell in the middle. McCreedy had Mickey Ward working his corner, Scores 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75. Las Vegas, USA: Light Sharif Bogere (21-0) W KO 3 Cisco Contreras (16-1). Light Middle: Jermell Charlo (16-0) W PTS 8 Cisco Santana (12-3-1). Bogere wins in three rounds but some controversy. Contreras, 27, takes the first two rounds using his height and reach edge to counter the shorter, aggressive Bogere, and hurts him with a good left at the start of the second. Bogere, 22, starts to dominate and has more success by turning the fight into an untidy brawl in the third, and lands a hard right which sends Contreras stumbling back into a corner. Contreras turns away to avoid the follow-up attack but another right from Bogere seems to glance of the Dominican’s shoulder and catch him on the back of the head. Contreras goes face down on the canvas seeming to hit his forehead on the floor, and is counted out. There was some debate over whether it was the first right or the second which caused the knockout. However, although the punch landed on the back of the head of Contreras, it was ruled legal due to Contreras having turned away. Contreras taken from ring on a stretcher and on to hospital. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for “The Lion”. “Golden Boy” Charlo, one of boxing twins, wins on scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74. His classy boxing and higher work rate offsets the aggression of Santana. In the sixth a right from Santana had Charlo in trouble, but he boxed his way through the round and was never again in trouble. The 21-year-old Charlo, trained by Ronnie Shields, has eight wins by KO/TKO. Santana’s previous losses both came against undefeated Karim Mayfield. La Coruna, Spain: Fly: Silvio Olteanu (11-6-1) DREW 12 Valery Yanchi (18-2-1) . Two old foes met for the vacant European title, but neither walked away with a win. Southpaw Yanchi, from Belarus, was fighting in his adopted home town, and was well ahead after seven rounds. Romanian Olteanu came strong in the closing rounds to even things up. Scores 114-114 twice and 115-114. Yanchi, who beat Olteanu twice in 2005, was having his second shot at the title. Olteanu, who is based in Madrid, put up a creditable effort when only losing on a split decision against Daiki Kameda for the WBA title in December Nakhon Pathom, Thailand: Bantam: Tabtimdaeng (39-2) W PTS 12 Falaxona Fidal. Thai Tabtimdaeng, 28, gets another meaningless win in rough brawl with poor Indonesian. Fidal loses two points for infractions and Tabtimdaeng one. Despite having lost only one of his last 30 fights, and being PABA champion, Tabtimdaeng’s opposition has been so poor he can’t even make the WBA ratings. Fidal has won only two of his last nine.

October 8

Neuquén, Argentina: Middle: Bill Godoy (23-0) W TEC DEC 4 Claudio Abalos (23-12-3). Another controversial ending, but a teddy bear’s picnic compared to when these two fought in May. Godoy had the better start and took the first two rounds and already Abalos had a swelling under his right eye. Abalos was getting into the fight when a clash of heads saw Godoy suffer a bad cut on his right eyelid. It went to the scorecards with Godoy retaining his Argentinian title on scores of 40-37, 40-37 ½ and 39-37 ½. The last time these two fought a butt left Godoy badly dazed and Abalos floored him, and then had him helpless on the ropes when the referee stopped the fight. However, although the referee failed to hear it the bell had gone before the stoppage. A riot ensued with people entering the ring and bottles and chairs flying. When order was restored Godoy could not continue so it went to the scorecards and Godoy won a unanimous decision, but ended up in hospital with a broken nose and a large lump on his forehead. Tijuana, Mexico: Super Fly: Rodrigo Guerrero (16-3-1) W TEC DEC 6 Raul Martinez (28-2). Welter: Daniel Sandoval (22-2) W TKO 10 Jorge Silva (17-2-1). Great little fight sees Mexican Guerrero win the vacant IBF title with a technical decision over Martinez. The switch hitting Guerrero was the aggressor, but the counter punching Martinez, 29, stayed with him and the fight was full of exciting exchanges. A big moment came at the end of the third when Guerrero floored the Texan with a right hook, straight left. That seemed to galvanise Martinez who attacked hard in the fourth and boxed well in the fifth. An accidental butt in the sixth left Martinez with a bad cut over an already swollen right eye. The referee stopped the fight at the end of the sixth and it went to the scorecards with Guerrero winning on the unanimous decision on scores of 57-56 twice and 59-54.”Gatito” Guerrero had lost on points to Vic Darchinyan for WBA/WBC titles in March 2010. After a bumpy start to his career Guerrero, 23, is now 14-2 in his last 15 fights, with his other loss being on a split decision to Martinez in an IBF eliminator in November. Martinez was also having his second title shot having been stopped by Nonito Donaire for this same title in 2009.”Galeno” Sandoval,20, and “El Pantera” Silva, 19, went to war from the first round. Sandoval was cut on his right eyebrow in a clash of heads, but put Silva down heavily. It was Silva’s turn in the second as he had Sandoval reeling with a hard right. Sandoval then started to box and swept the fourth to the six before being staggered again in the seventh. Silva continued the attack in the eighth and looked close to victory until caught with a right hook and floored. Sandoval now had the momentum and in the tenth two rights put Silva down and the referee stopped the fight. All 22 of Sandoval’s wins have come by KO/TKO. Silva had won 15 by that route. Los Cabos, Mexico: Super Fly: Juan Jose Montes (20-2) W TKO 2 Faustino Cupul (23-6,2ND). In his second fight since his defeat by Tomas Rojas for the WBC title “Goofy” scores three knockdowns on the way to a second round stoppage of sliding Cupul. Now 14 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old from Guadalajara. Cupul, 26, a former NABF champ, has now lost 5 of his last 6. Bacolod City, Philippines: Light Fly: Donnie Nietes (29-1-3) WPTS 12 Ramon Garcia (16-3-1). Bantam: AJ Banal (26-1-1) W PTS 12 Mario Briones (20-1-1). Straw: Merlito Sabillo (16-0) W PTS 12 Rodel Tejares (13-20-3). Bantam: Albert Pagara (8-0) W PTS 8 Shabani Madilu (12-7-3). “Ahas” Nietes, 29, fighting in front of his hometown fans, becomes only the seventh Filipino two-division champion, as he outpoints champion Garcia to lift the WBO title. The former undefeated WBO straw champion got a fast start, denying the clever Mexican room. Nietes seemed to be well in front after five rounds, and shook Garcia in the sixth. Southpaw Garcia then started to dominate and had Nietes hurt on a number of occasions as Nietes appeared to tire. The Filipino got back into the fight in the last two rounds and probably just shaded it. Scores 118-110, 117-111 and 115-113. Strangely the closest score came from the Filipino judge, and looked to be the most accurate. Nietes, who was cut on his forehead early in the fight, and also had a cut, which opened in the ninth, turn into a nasty gash after a clash of heads in the eleventh. The Filipino had to survive a Doctor’s inspection. The former janitor is unbeaten in his last 20 fights. This was the first defence of the full title for Garcia and his team yelled robbery and want a return. Southpaw Banal, 22, showed good skills as he used speed and movement to outbox the taller unbeaten 25-year-old Mexican. Both fighters lost points, Banal one for a low blow, and Briones two for holding and a low blow. Banal tired near the end but was a clear winner. Scores 118-107,117-108 and 115-110. Banal, rated in the top 5 by WBA and WBO, retains WBO Asian Pacific title for third time. Filipino champion “Tiger” Sabillo, 27, lived up to his name as he easily outpointed Tejares to win the OPBF title. The aggression and combination punching of Sabillo saw him dominating. A desperate Tejares lost points in the fourth and fifth for low blows. Scores 118-108 twice and 116-110. Prospect Pagara, 17, streets ahead of game Tanzanian Madilu, but can’t put him away. Pagara has Madilu down in the 1st, 2nd and 4th rounds but has to settle for a wide unanimous decision on scores of 80-69 twice and 78-71. A good night for Team ALA . St Petersburg, Russia: Light Heavy: Dmitry Sukhotsky (18-1) W TKO 2 Nadjib Mohammedi (24-3). Impressive win by Sukhotsky. A big right in the second has Mohammedi helpless on the ropes and the towel is thrown in by the Frenchman’s corner. First defence of his WBO Inter-Continental title by 30-year-old Russian and twelfth win by KO/TKO. He lost a close decision to Juergen Braehmer for the WBO title in December 2009 and is now rated No 1 by the WBO. Mohammedi, 26, took Nat Cleverly the distance in a fight for the vacant WBO title in December. Liverpool, England: Light Heavy: Tony Dodson (28-6-1) W TKO 7 Darren Stubbs (21-7). Hard-fought, exciting war sees ”The Warrior” Dodson’s better boxing prevail as he wins vacant IBO International title. From the first round it was evident that it would be Stubbs on the front foot trying to press and Dodson using his skills to find room and counter. Dodson emerged from the first round with a cut over his left eye which seemed to be caused by the head of Stubbs. Dodson took the early part of the second, but Stubbs came blazing back to even the round out. The third was a good round for Dodson as he hurt Stubbs early, and this time it was Stubbs who ended up with a cut-over his right eye. Dodson nearly won it in the fourth as he hurt Stubbs and had him under pressure. It could have been stopped, but the referee wisely let it continue. Amazingly Stubbs came back to take the fifth and share the sixth. The end came in the seventh when a right from Dodson unhinged Stubbs and sent his on to the ropes. He took a lot of punishment before getting off the ropes. Dodson drove him back again, and just as looked as though Stubbs was going down, the referee made a well timed intervention. The 31-year-old Dodson has been unsuccessful in three shots at the British super middle title so it was good to see him get a title win. Stubbs, 39, had lost to Bob Ajisafe for the English title in May, but always gives value. Sheffield, England: Welter: Kell Brook (25-0) W TKO 6 Rafal Jackiewicz (38-10-1). Super Middle: Kenny Anderson (15-1) W TKO 3 Paul Morby (6-9-1). Welter: Dale Miles (12-0) W TKO 6 Mihaita Mutu (27-18-2). Light Welter: Tyrone Nurse (19-0) W TKO 2 Istvan Kiss(5-2). Another hugely impressive display by Brook, 25, as he takes apart Polish veteran and hands him his first loss inside the distance. “Special K” really was special as he dominated the fight from the first bell controlling the action with his jab and never letting Jackiewicz get into the fight. Brook found an easy target for his combination punches and the Pole suffered a small cut above his left eye. Brook was hardly out of first gear in the first five rounds and when he stepped up his attacks in the sixth the fight was stopped to save the pole from any more punishment. Jackiewicz could have continued but was never going to win. This was Brook’s first defence of his WBA Inter-Continental title, and win No 17 by KO/TKO, with nine of his last ten fights ending that way. It was a WBA eliminator, but Brook is only rated No 6 by the WBA and Jackiewicz is not rated at all by them. Additionally champion Vyacheslav Senchenko is to defend against Don King promoted Brad Solomon, so Brook may have to look elsewhere for his title shot. The 34-year-old Jackiewicz, a former undefeated European champion, had lost only one of his last 21 fights. He lost on a majority decision to Jan Zaveck for the IBF title in September 2010, but was outclassed by Brook. Former Commonwealth gold medalist Anderson floors Morby with a left hook in the second, and was scoring heavily in third when the fight is stopped. Scot Anderson, 28, has eleven wins by KO/TKO and had George Groves on the floor in their Commonwealth title fight in November. Southpaw Miles shines as he totally outboxes experienced Romanian and then brings the curtain down in the sixth. He floors Mutu with stunning left and although Mutu beats the count he is unable to continue. Nine wins by KO/TKO for 26-year-old Miles. Only the second time that the 35-year-old Romanian has failed to last the distance. Lanky 21-year-old Nurse also impresses against modest Hungarian opposition. He floors Kiss in the third, and finishes the fight with body shots in the fifth. Only the third win by KO/TKO for Nurse.

October 9

Rosebud, Australia: Heavy: Brad Pitt (11-0) W TKO 4 Hugo Sclarandi (41-43-8). Mismatch as unbeaten Pitt, 29, puts away Argentinian veteran in four. Sclarandi tries to take the fight to Pitt and gets in a few shots, but is too small, and too old, to trouble the Australian prospect. A right floors Sclarandi in the fourth and when he is dumped again with a left hook the towel comes flying in. Nine wins by KO/TKO for former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. The 46-year-old Sclarandi turned pro in 1988 weighing 145 ½ lbs, which says it all. Liloan, Philippines: Super Fly: Marco Demecillo (15-0-1) W TKO 9 Lowie Bantigue (21-16-7). Bantam: Marlon Tapales (19-1) W PTS 10 Martin Mubiru (8-3). It took 21-year-old Demecillo (Singwancha) a while but eventually he walked down Bantigue. Demecillo’s power made the difference. He put Bantigue down with a series of hook in the fourth. Bantigue survived, but from then it was just a matter of time. The end came in the ninth when Demecillo had Bantigue down three times, and the fight was stopped. Now 11 wins by KO/TKO for Demecillo as he wins the interim Philippines title. Singwancha is the name of his Thai sponsor and he incorporates it into his name when fighting. Third unsuccessful shot at winning a version of the Philippines title for 27-year-old Bantigue. Southpaw Tapales, 19, given ten hard rounds by Japan-based Ugandan Mubiru. Both showed good technique but Tapales had the staying power. A right to the body put Mubiru down in the fourth. He was down again in the sixth from a hard combination, and after getting up lost a point for a butt. Tapales scored another knockdown in the seventh, and Mubiru again lost a point for a butt, which opened a cut on the right eyelid of Tapales. Both fighters went at it hard over the final two rounds, and Tapales got the decision on scores of 96-90 twice and 96-89. Eleven wins in a row for Tapales. The 26-year-old Ugandan had won four of his five fights in Japan and has also not lost inside the distance.

October 14

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Feather: Celestino Caballero (35-4) W PTS 12 Jonathan Barros (33-2-1). Light Heavy: Roberto Bolonti (27-1) W TKO 4 Jose Hilton Dos Santos (31-15-1). Cruiser: Cesar Crenz (20-5) W TKO 5 Hugo Garay (34-7). Welter: Claudio Olmedo (23-3,1ND) W KO 6 Gabriel Calfin (8-5-3). Caballero gains revenge for disputed decision lost to Barros in July. The WBA had ordered a return, and with this win the lanky Panamanian wins the WBA secondary title. From the start Caballero used his huge advantages in height and reach and was able to score with his right throughout the fight. As early as the second a right sent Barros back into the ropes under pressure. Barros had a better third round as he got through with lefts, but was leaving himself open in his attempts to get inside the reach of Caballero. Again in the fourth and fifth rights from Caballero drove Barros to the ropes on rubber legs. “Yoni” Barros, 27, started the sixth well, but by the end of the round Caballero was in control again. Caballero seemed to take his foot off the pedal over the next three rounds, but again finds Barros an easy target for his rights, although Caballero was looking tired at the end of the tenth. The eleventh put the fight outside the reach of Barros. A right cross had Barros badly hurt and in deep trouble. He was staggering around the ring and deliberately spat out his mouthpiece. When the fight resumed Barros tried to fire back, but was again caught with a right and trapped on the ropes on shaky legs when he again spat out his mouthpiece and survived the round. Barros came forward throughout the last , but Caballero knew he had the fight won and took no chances, just poking out his left to break up the attacks of Barros. Scores 116-112, 116-111 and 118-111. “Pelenchin”, 35yo, is a former WBA/IBF super bantam champion. Barros was making his third defence of the WBA secondary title. Easy night for “Hemlock” Bolonti. He is able to score heavily from the start, and floors Brazilian with a right cross in the first. Dos Santos survives, but is in trouble again at the third. In the fourth a three punch combination has Dos Santos defenseless and the referee stops the fight. Argentinian champion Bolonti, 32, somehow rated No 6 by the WBC, makes the fourth defence of his WBC Latino title. Dos Santos, 41, lost for the ninth time by KO/TKO. Minor upset as 6’5” former Argentinian cruiser champion Crenz stops former WBA light heavy champion Garay. Crenz has big edge in height and reach and uses his jab to keep Garay on the outside. In the fifth a right cross from Crenz sends Garay tumbling to the canvas. Garay gets up, but a volley from Crenz brings the referees intervention. “El Ruso” Crenz, 31, had lost to Yoan Pablo Hernandez on points in 2010 and dropped his national title after a kayo loss to Rogelio Rossi, who challenges Marco Huck for the WBO title next weekend. In a non-title fight the heavier punching of Argentinian champion Olmedo, 25, decides this one. He gets through with good rights in the first, but Calfin is busier in the second. In the third a left hook to the body and a right to the chin and Calfin is out. “Little Panther” has won 22 of his 23 fights by KO/TKO. Southpaw Calfin had been unbeaten in seven going in. Mendoza, Argentina: Light: Marcelino Lopez (22-0) W TKO 7 Fabian Marimon (15-4-1). With both fighters being light punchers this was a skillful, but not enthralling fight. “Nino” Lopez, 25, finally broke through at the end of the sixth with a combination, finished off with a left to the body. Colombian Marimon, 30, survived but did not come out for the seventh. Lopez wins vacant WBC Latino title. Marimon had won his last six fights going in. Obertraubling, Germany: Heavy: Alex Petkovic (41-4-4) W DIS 6 Cisse Salif (24-18-2). Heavy: Konstantin Airich (22-5-2) W KO 1 Varol Vekiloglu (18- 3-1). Light: Massimiliano Ballisai (15-0) W TKO 7 Ravil Mukhamadiarov (8-41). Very controversial win for 31-year-old from Bosnia. A fat Petkovic takes the first three rounds. In the fourth a left right combination from Salif puts him down. Petkovic beats the count, but is floored again by the same two punches. On each occasion the referee stops the count to order Salif to go to the opposite corner. Petkovic spits his mouthpiece out to get a breather, and is not warned for it. From then on Petkovic goes down anytime he takes a body punch and the referee plays along. Twice Petkovic lands low blows but no action by the referee. In the fifth the Mali-born, US- based Salif is deducted two points for “alleged” low blows. In the sixth Salif floors Povetkin again with a legal punch. Petkovic gets up and walks back to his corner shaking his head and then the referee disqualifies Salif. The refereeing was a disgrace. Petkovic, 31, who lost to Johnny Nelson in a challenge for the WBO cruiser title in 2003, is unbeaten in his last ten. Salif, 40, lost to Henry Akinwande in 2006 and took David Tua to a split decision in 2005, but has now lost seven of his last eight fights. Kazak-born “Sandman” Airich has an early night. In a farce, his first real attack sees Vekiloglu cover up taking punches on his gloves then in a seeming delayed reaction go down after the last three punches actually miss him. All over in 65 seconds. Airich, 32, was kayoed in just 74 seconds by Canadian giant Tye Fields in the Prizefighter tournament in May, but then won the Portuguese version of the competition in June. He also lost in seven rounds to Danny Williams in Spain in 2008. He lifts vacant IBF InterContinental title. German Vekiloglu had lost only one of his previous 19 going in, but after this quick blow-out may have to think of changing his “Relentless Lion” nickname. Turin lightweight Ballisai goes to nine wins by KO/TKO as he halts 37-year-old Russian. Tokyo, Japan: Light Welter: Yuji Wauke (15-3-1) W PTS 10 Shinya Nagase (19-4-2). Light Heavy: Yuzo Kiyota (21-3-1) W KO 2 Rahman Ambodalle (14-7-1). If at first you don’t succeed…… After 13 years as a pro, and in his second attempt, tall, 30-year-old southpaw Wauke wins national title. The critical moment came early as Wauke dropped Nagase with a right in the first round. Nagase, making his first defence, pressed, but the counter-punching Wauke stayed in charge and finished strongly to win the unanimous decision on scores of 99-92, 98-93 and 97-93. Easy for Kiyota, 28, as he floors modest Indonesian three times for an automatic stoppage. The former OPBF super middle has 19 wins by KO/TKO. Wieliczka, Poland: Light Welter: Krzys Szot (15-1-1) W PTS 10 Beka Sadjaia (27-15-1). Cruiser: Krzys Glowacki (14-0) W TKO 6 Paata Berikashvili (11-12-1). Super Middle: Lukasz Wawrzyczek (12-1-1) W PTS 8 Laurent Ferra (7-5-2).Former top amateur Szot, 33, bounces back from shock loss to Felix Lora, but is given a hard night by Georgian Sadjaia. The Georgian was the aggressor with Szot fighting on the counter. Szot takes the first two rounds, but a right in the third opens a cut on his right eyebrow. Sadjaia, 24, was on top in the fourth, but from the fifth Szot was scoring well, and he held off a late charge from the Georgian. Scores 97-94 twice and 96-94. Szot was Polish national champion every year from 2000 to 2006. He lost to Frankie Gavin when representing Poland against England in 2007. Southpaw Glowacki going forward from the first looking for a quick finish Georgian stays out of trouble until the third when he is floored. Glowacki scored another knockdown at the end of the fifth, and the normally durable Berikashvili retired in his corner at the end of the round. Wawrzyczek. Given an early shock as Frenchman Ferra has him in deep trouble in the first only for the bell to save the Pole. Ferra built an early lead, but was trying too hard to find that one finishing punch. Wawrzyczek tightens-up his defence, and is busier, sweeping the last two rounds to win a split decision. Scores 77-75 twice and 75-78. Juncos, Puerto Rica: Light Welter: Mike Perez (15-0-1) W TKO 2 Tyrone Harris (24-9). Feather: Jayson Velez (17-0) W TKO 5 Jonathan Arias (16-7). Puerto Rican prospect “The Artist” Perez floors experienced Harris three times in the second, mainly with body shots, at which point the referee stops the fight. The 21-year-old Perez, based in Newark, has nine wins by KO/TKO and has won 6 of his last 7 inside the distance. Southpaw Harris has lost 5 of his last 6 but to very good opposition. “La Maravilla” Velez, 23, drops Arias with a right at the end of the second, and again with a two punch combination at the start of the fifth, and the referee stops the fight. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO by Velez. Mexican Arias has lost 7 of his last 8 fights, but took Abner Mares the distance. Bangkok, Thailand: Light Welter: Prawet Singwancha (44-3-2) W PTS 12 Kosuke Iwashita (13-11-2). Thai Prawet, 34, retains WBC International title for fourth time as he takes every round against modest Japanese opposition. Prawet on top all they way scoring well with body shots against a game but outclassed opponent. Scores 120-108 from all three judges. Prawet drew with Jose Miguel Cotto, and lost to Jose Alfaro in shots at the WBA secondary lightweight title. That loss to Alfaro is his only defeat in his last 42 fights. Iwashita had won his last four. Cleethorpes, England: Super Bantam: Alexei Collado (15-0) W PTS 10 Frank Varela (19-7). Light: Kevin Hooper (10-0) W PTS 10 Jamie Speight (10-2). Cuban Collado, 23, goes the distance for the first time. Too good for Venezuelan who loses a point in the seventh for a low blow. Score 99-91. A bloody battle which sees both fighters cut and Hooper, 27, emerge with a wide points victory, which gives him the vacant British Masters title. Referee’s score 99-93. Kissimmee, USA: Feather: Orlando Cruz (17-2-1) W KO 1 Mike Franco (19-1). When I saw this fight on the schedule I felt it was a risky fight for Franco. So it proved. At the end of the first round a combination to the chin put Franco flat on the canvas out for the count. Southpaw Cruz, 30, had been inactive since being kayoed in three rounds by Daniel Ponce de Leon in February 2010, but was an experienced quality pro. Franco, 24, will have to start all over again. Ontario, USA: Super Feather: Abraham Lopez (16-0) W KO 5 Gerardo Espinoza (28-12). Californian “Chamaco” Lopez, 24, makes it twelve wins by KO/TKO. After a quiet start Lopez floors veteran Espinoza with a left hook at the end of the second and then puts Espinoza down again. Somehow the Mexican survives. In the fifth Lopez gets through with another left hook to the body to end the fight. Twelve wins by KO/TKO for 24-year-old Lopez. Espinoza, 30, who won 17 of his first 18 fights by KO/TKO, lost to Cruz Carbajal for the WBO bantam title in 2003, but this was his first fight since July 2006. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Super Bantam: Alexis Boureima Kabore (16-0) W PTS 12 Sande Kizito (12-9-1). Light Heavy: Hany Atiyo (11-0) W TKO 5 Boniface Kabore (13-2). Controversial decision sees “YoYo” Kabore win vacant ABU title. Local fighter Kabore makes a fast start to try to overwhelm Ugandan, but Kizito refuses to be blown away, and shows some nice skills. Kabore ahead at the end of the sixth, but Kizito,37, makes it close. Scores 120-110, 118-111 and a more accurate reflection of the fight 114-113. The only man to have beaten Kizito inside the distance is Vic Darchinyan in a fight for the Australian flyweight title back in 2001. Three of Kizito’s first four fights were against Darchinyan. The other two fights with the Armenian/Australian went the scheduled six rounds. Egyptian Atiyo ruins the night for the Burkina Faso fans. Kabore looks to be on the way to a quick win when he floors the 27-year-old Atiyo in the second. The Egyptian survives and puts Kabore down in the third. Atiyo well on top and opens a cut on the right eyebrow of Kabore, and the Doctor stops the fight in the fifth. Atiyo wins vacant ABU title.

October 15

Los Angeles, USA: Light Heavy: Chad Dawson (31-1) W TKO 2 Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2,1ND). Light: Antonio DeMarco (26-2-1) W TKO 11 Jorge Linares (31-2). Light Welter: Danny Garcia (22-0) W PTS 12 Kendall Holt (27-5). Light Middle: Freddie Hernandez (30-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Luis Collazo (31-5) . Welter: Paul Malignaggi (30-4) W PTS 10 Orlando Lora (28-2-1). Welter: Nick Casal (22-4-1) W TKO 3 Mike Anderson (11-0-1). Cruiser: Dewey Bozella (1-0) W PTS 4 Larry Hopkins (0-4). First round not much action as Hopkins,46, content to allow southpaw Cunnigham,29, to come forward and then launch himself in to throw a flurry of light punches. Cunningham showing irritation with the cautious approach of Hopkins, edges the first, throwing punches with more purpose and trying to corner Hopkins. Pattern same in the second. Hopkins almost wrestles Dawson to the floor and fight becomes untidy with holding and wrestling. Hopkins throws himself forward. Dawson ducks his right shoulder and then lifts Hopkins off the canvas, puts his left arm behind Hopkins right leg, and throws Hopkins off. Because he was off his feet, and his right leg had been pulled up Hopkins falls backwards under the bottom rope and injures his left shoulder. Referee says it is no foul, and Dawson declared the winner on a technical knockout. Total injustice in my view as Dawson did not push Hopkins off. He deliberately lifted Hopkins off his feet and then put his left arm behind the right knee of Hopkins making it a deliberate throw. This should have been a no decision or a technical draw. Subsequently the hospital diagnosed Hopkins with a separation of the acromioclavicular or AC joint of his left shoulder. Mexican southpaw DeMarco, 25, wins vacant WBC title with a come from behind win over Venezuelan Linares. The speed skill and accuracy of “Golden Boy” Linares, 26, too much for DeMarco who makes the mistake of trying to box with the former WBC Feather and WBA super feather champ. DeMarco changes tactics in the sixth and gets much more aggressive, slicing open a cut on the nose of Linares and another cut over his right eye. Short success as Linares takes control again. By the eleventh DeMarco needs a kayo to win, but he looks the stronger of the two. He jumps on the bloodied Venezuelan throwing a series of hard punches and, although he tries to fight back, with the blood streaming down his face, Linares is overwhelmed and the referee jumps in to save him. Linares ahead on all scorecards at stoppage on scores of 98-92 twice and 99-91. DeMarco, a former WBC interim champion had lost to Edwin Valero for the full WBC title in 2010. The last fight for the ill-fated Valero. Linares, who claimed his broken nose caused by a butt, had beaten Rocky Juarez and Jesus Chavez since moving up to lightweight. “Swift” Garcia, 23, puts himself in line for a world title shot with split verdict over former WBO champion Holt in a WBC/.IBF eliminator. Holt, 30, edges the first couple of rounds, but is staggered by a heavy right in the third and from then Garcia takes control. Both have their moments, but Holt is hampered by a badly swollen left eye. Garcia is scoring the cleaner over the closing rounds. Scores 117-111 twice and 113-115. The latter was way out of line. Big win for lanky 32-year-old Mexican Hernandez, who has an advantage in height and reach. However southpaw Collazo uses his experience to counter and work on the inside. A close fight sees Hernandez take the early rounds and Collazo even things up with a good body attack, making for a brutal close quarters scrap. The fight is really decided in the eighth when a body shot puts the former WBA welter champion down. Hernandez then finishes the stronger and sneaks by on scores of 96-93 from all three judges. The Queens fighter lost his WBA title back in 2006 to Ricky Hatton on a close decision and was also outpointed by Andre Berto for the WBC title in 2009. He showed he still has plenty of mileage in his career on this showing. Hernandez was having his first fight since being stopped in just 127 second in a challenge to Andre Berto for the WBC welter title in November. Lora comes close to causing an upset as he has former undefeated IBF light welter champ Malignaggi in trouble with a right in the first. “The Magic Man” regroups and then has too much class for the 30-year-old Mexican. Lora has occasional success with his right, but suffers a cut over his left eye from the third, and Malignaggi is out boxing and outscoring him. Scores 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92. Malignaggi, a loser to Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan has said that he may go back down to light welter again. “Hands of Gold” Casal still trying to get his career back on the rails after a brush with cocaine back in 2005. Continues his comeback as he floors previously unbeaten Anderson with a right in the first and keeps up the pressure. Another knockdown in the fifth sees Anderson regain his feet, but not his senses, and the referee stops the fight Casal, 25 has 17 wins by KO/TKO. Bozella, 52, has his first pro fights and beats selected victim Hopkins. Bozella rocked in the first but works well to the body after that. In the last a tiring Hopkins spits out his mouthpiece six times and is deducted a point . Scores 39-36, 38-36 and 38-37. Liverpool, England: Light Heavy: Nat Cleverly (23-0) W PTS 12 Tony Bellew (16-1). Super Middle: James DeGale (11-1) W PTS 12 Piotr Wilczewski (29-2). Middle: Billy Joe Saunders (10-0) W TKO 1 Norbert Szekeres (9-8-3). A quick fire start sees both Cleverly and Bellew intent on dominating the fight from the outset. Both were firing punches with intent within seconds of the first bell. Referee Richie Davies shows that this grudge fight will not get out of control by giving Bellew a dressing down in the first round for being dangerous with his head. Bellew seemed to take the second round as he had Cleverly covering up from a barrage. With both boxers showing a strong body attack not surprising that Cleverly is warned in the third for a punch that strayed low. At the half way mark, with both fighters putting in quality work some of the rounds were very close, but Bellew probably had a slight lead. The body punches looked to be taking their toll as Bellew looked tired in the eighth. Bellew stormed back in the ninth and also hurt Cleverly with a right in the tenth. Cleverly showed champion class as did the cleaner work over the last two rounds. Scores 117-112, 116-113 and 114-114. The last score seemed a better reflection, as Bellew played his part in a fight which showed that both fighters are world class. Welshman Cleverly, 24, retains WBO title, but Commonwealth champion Tony Bellew gave him a tough night. Southpaw DeGale,25, wins European title but only just edges out Pole on a majority decision. The Olympic gold medal winner made the better start edging the early rounds. He shook the champion with an uppercut in the second, but suffered a cut by his right eye in the fourth as the Pole came into the fight more. Wilczewski, 33, had a good fifth staggering DeGale and having him in deep trouble, but DeGale seemed to take the sixth and seventh with his busier work rate. The eighth saw both fighters hurt in a tough all-action round. DeGale had been concentrating his attack on the body, and the Pole began to tire, and DeGale was picking up points with his clever counter punching. Both fighters put in a big effort over the last two rounds but DeGale just had the edge. It was a good, if not dominating, performance from DeGale, but this was a tough outing for only his twelfth fight as he bounces back from loss to George Groves in May. This was the first defence for Wilczewski who had won seven straight since a loss to Curtis Stevens in 2009. Scores 115-113 twice and 114-114. Nice to see two such hard fought close fights where neither loser yelled robbery and in fact both Bellew and Wilczewski improved their standing with fine efforts. Olympian Saunders, a Romany traveler, shows power and promise as he disposes of Hungarian loser Szekeres in the first. The 22-year-old southpaw has seven wins by KO/TKO. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Feather: Oscar Escandon (17-0) W TKO 7 Jesus Cuellar (17-0). Light Heavy: Pablo Farias (19-0) W PTS 6 Dario Gerez (7-19-3). Impressive win for Colombian Escandon as his power and pressure prove too much for southpaw Cuellar. From the first round Escandon getting through with his right. After being shaken in the first Cuellar uses clever lateral movement to keep the aggressive Escandon out. Rounds two through to six were close, but the relentless attack of Escandon was paying off. An exhausted Cuellar was floored twice by rights in the seventh, and the referee stopped the fight. Escandon, 27, who represented Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, holds the WBO Latino bantam title and now adds this Latino feather title to his collection. He has eleven wins by KO/TKO, his last six fights ending that way. Argentinian champion Cuellar, who fought at both the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, is 24, and was making the fourth defence of his WBO Latino title. “Pokemon” Farias, 23, returns after almost seven months out and repeats a December victory as he wins every round against modest Gerez. Montcy-Noitre-Dame, France: Light Heavy: Hakim Chioui (21-1-1) W TKO 3 Roman Vanicky(10-26-1). The 24-year-old Chioui pads his record with another inside the distance win. Now 19 by KO/TKO. Czech Vanicky, 37, lost to Kevin Anderson in 2008. Grenoble, France: Light Middle: Sebastien Madani (32-1) W TKO 5 Robison Omsarashvili (8-2-2 ). Light Middle: Michel Soro (17-0) W KO 6 Albert Starikov (16-17-1)Former undefeated French champion “Coco” Madani, 30, extends his unbeaten run to 25. Georgian Omsarashvili seemed to be losing, but not in trouble when he retired at the start of the fifth. Soro, 21, makes ten wins by KO/TKO as he drops experienced loser Starikov twice. Velten, Germany: Light Middle: Marco Schulze (31-6-1) W TKO 7 Omar Siala (17-13-2). Light Middle: Besar Nimani (8-0) W PTS 10 Erve Mbongo (13-1). Late substitute Siala gives a dogged performance, but runs out of gas and does not come out for round seven. Schulze, 34, wins vacant Global Boxing Union “world” title. Strangely Siala lost to Ashley Theophane for the same body’s welter title in 2006. Nimani, 26, dominates and, as 18-year-old Mbongo tires, has him in danger of stoppage in the ninth and tenth, but Mbongo rallies to hear the final bell. Nimani wins vacant German International title. After losing his first fight Mbongo had won his next 13, eleven by KO/TKO. Chetumal, Mexico: Bantam: Tomoki Kameda (21-0) W TKO 7 Jesus Ceja (15-13-1). Straw: Denver Cuello (29-4-6) W KO 1 Carlos Perez (12-3-3). Super Feather: Sergio Thompson (19-2) W KO 7 Azael Gonzalez (8-14). The opposition was nothing much, but young Kameda again gave an impressive performance. He was too fast, too accurate and too powerful for Ceja. Mostly he settled for outboxing the Mexican, but to please the crowd he choose to go toe-to-toe in the later ropunds. Ceja was down briefly in the sixth, and in the seventh. With the Mexican’s face badly swollen, and Kameda scoring freely, the referee stopped the fight. “El Mexicanito”, 20, the youngest of the Kameda brothers, has 13 wins by KO/TKO. Ceja is 2-7 in his last nine fights. All over in 96 seconds as a shot to the body puts Perez down and he takes the full count. Filipino Cuello, 24, wins vacant WBC Silver Belt. He has lost only once, on disqualification, in his last 25 fights. “The Frog” Perez had won his last four, but was way out of his class. Local hope “Yeyo” Thompson revenged one his two losses with a seventh round kayo of Gonzalez. Thompson was ahead on two cards after the fifth, and finally brought the end in the seventh when an overhand right sent Gonzalez down for the count. Thompson has 17 wins by KO/TKO, and lifts the vacant WBC Fecarbox title. Gonzalez had won a majority verdict over Thompson in 2009. The only other loss for Thompson was a split decision against unbeaten Uzbek Alisher Rahimov. Los Mochis, Mexico: Bantam Hugo Ruiz (29-1) W TKO 4 Francisco Arce (31-8-3). Super Fly: Daniel Rosas (12-0-1) DREW 12 Jose Cabrera (20-3-1). Super Bantam: Heriberto Ruiz (48-11-2) W KO 4 Eden Marquez (21-8-2). Super Middle: Noe Gonzalez Alcoba (28-1) W KO 2 Paul Rodriguez (11-8-3). Hugo “Little Twin” Ruiz, 25, again beats Arce. After two even rounds Ruiz puts Arce down heavily in the third. Arce still not recovered at the start of the fourth, and taking a beating when his corner enter the ring to have the fight stopped. Now 26 wins by KO/TKO for Ruiz who had beaten Arce on points in May in a wild fight that saw both fighters on the canvas twice. Second defence of the WBA interim title for Ruiz. Arce, the younger brother of Jorge Arce, had lost a split verdict to Cris Mijares for the NABF title in April last year. The only other fighter to beat him inside the distance was Giovanni Segura back in 2006. Rosas and Cabrera will have to do it all over again. Rosas looked to have the edge, but the scores were 117-111, 112-116 and 114-114 so the vacant WBO interim title remains vacant. Heriberto, elder brother of Hugo, makes it a family double as he flattens china-chinned Marquez in fourth. Heriberto, 34, lost to Rafael Marquez for the IBF bantam title in 2004 and has fought nine world champions. Seventh loss by KO/TKO for Marquez. Uruguayan Gonzalez puts Rodriguez away in the second. The 32-year-old, who lost on points to Felix Sturm for the WBA title in 2007, has 20 wins by KO/TKO. He has won his last 14, 13 by KO/TKO. Rodriguez no test as he has lost 6 of his last 7 fights. Managua, Nicaragua: Super Fly: Darwin Zamora (18-6-1,1ND) W PTS 9 Carlos Rueda (16-5-2,2ND). Southpaw Zamora looks a clear winner over Rueda, but has to settle for a majority verdict. The slicker boxing of Zamora gave him the early rounds. Rueda was coming on strong from the mid way point, but a right from Zamora put him down. Rueda survived and took the last round. Scores 87-85 ½ , 86-84 and 85-85. Zamora wins WBA Fedcaribe title. Rueda had lost to Cris Mijares for the IBF title in his last fight in May. The main event was to have featured former WBA interim strawweight champion Juan Palacios in a non-title fight, but he failed to make the weight by a mile. The same indiscipline cost him the interim title when he failed to make the weight for his defence against Armando Torres in August. Panama City, Panama: Light: Evens Pierre (19-1) W TKO 5 Joel Cerrud (20-8-2). Super Feather: Rionet Caballero (31-10-1) W PTS 8 Aristides Perez (20-7-1). “The Sun City Kid” Pierre floors Cerrud in third and stops him in fifth. Now 15 wins by KO/TKOI for 27-year-old Haitian. Four losses in a row for Panamanian. Both Caballero and Perez were on the floor in this battle. Caballero built a big early lead and although down in the seventh he was a clear winner. Caballero,27, lost to Chris John for the WBA feather title in 2008. Perez lost to Humberto Soto for the WBC title in 2009. Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines: Super Bantam: Jesse Albaracin (15-3-3) W KO 5 Marvin Tampus (27-14-2). Fly: Johnriel Casimero (15-2) W TKO 2 Ti Yamagata Sentillas (11-8 ). Feather: Marvin Sonsona (15-1-1) W PTS 10 Carlos Jacobo (16-4-1). “The Terminator” brings a lot of pain to brave Tampus. Southpaw Albaracin, 26, had the edge in power and speed as he broke down Tampus. In the third Tampus twice slipped to the canvas and was given counts. A barrage of punches in the fourth sent Tampus down through the ropes. He beat the count, but was floored twice in the fifth and counted out. Albaracin, who has 13 wins by KO/TKO retains his WBO Orient title. Some controversy over the win for former WBO interim light fly champion Casimero. A big right at the end of the first round puts Sentillas down and out. The loser’s corner claim it landed after the bell, but the referee rules otherwise, and Sentillas retires in his corner. Casimero has nine wins by KO/TKO. He won the interim title with a shock win over Colombian Cesar Canchilla in December 2009, but lost the title to Ramon Garcia in his first defence. He then lost to South African Moruti Mthalane for the IBF title in March this year, and this was his first fight since then. Good comeback win for former WBO super fly champion Sonsona. Filipino southpaw gets a fast start, and Jacobo does not really get into the fight until the third when he starts to attack the body. Sonsona, 21, scoring well, with counters and he floors Jacobo at the end of the eighth. The bell saves the Mexican. The ninth sees both fighters going toe-to-toe, and with the decision tied-up Sonsona boxes through the last. Scores 98-91 twice and 97-92. Sonsona lost his WBO title on the scales when he failed to make the weight for a defence against Alejandro Hernandez in 2009. In his next fight, in February 2010, he lost to Wilfredo Vazquez Jr for the WBO super bantam title. This was his first fight since then. Jacobo, 24, was unbeaten in his last 13 fights Katowice, Poland: Light Middle: Damian Jonak (31-0-1) W PTS 10 Alex Bunema (31-9-2). Heavy: Artur Szpilka (8-0) W TKO 4 Owen Beck (29-9). One-sided fight sees Jonak with too much skill, youth and fire for veteran from the Congo. Jonak,25, on top in every round as Bunema content to take a passive role, fighting off the ropes with a high guard. Bunema down briefly in the second but then uses his experience to last the distance. Scores 100-89 twice and 99-90 as Jonak wins vacant WBA International title, and makes his first defence of his WBC Baltic title-against a guy from the Congo! Bunema, 36, a long way down the road from the days when he beat Roman Karmazin and Vince Phillips. Szplika has little to beat in a over the hill Beck. With his hands low the Polish southpaw walks down Beck in the first scoring with occasional heavy lefts. Beck tries switching to southpaw, but the guard is irrelevant if you are not throwing punches. Beck does a bit better in the first half of the second, but a left cross shakes him badly and he is under pressure for the rest of the round. Back again shows in the first minute of the third, but again a heavy left knocks the fight out of him, and Szpilka getting through with both hands as he has Beck trapped on the ropes for the last 20 seconds of the round. Beck pulls himself out of the fight before the bell for the fourth. Southpaw Szpilka, 22, who lost to Tony Bellew as an amateur, has won six by KO/TKO. Beck, at 35, and with six inside the distance losses in a row, is just a shadow of the fighter who won his first 25 fights, and is said to be considering retirement.. Burgdorf, Switzerland: Light Welter: Gabor Veto (26-0) W KO 1 Mike Kizza (22-7). Either Veto is very good, or his opposition is rubbish. The truth probably lies somewhere in between with a lean towards poor opposition. The 22-year-old made it 20 wins by KO/TKO as he flattened Ugandan Kizza in the first round. Vega wins vacant Global Union and German International titles. Kizza, 34, was having his first fight since January 2010. Three of his losses have been to Billy Dib (2 rounds), Alex Arthur (one round) and Joseph Agbeko (2 rounds). Springfield, USA: Cruiser: BJ Flores (26-1-1) W PTS 10 Paul Jennette (11-4-1). Cruiser: Ryan Coyne (18-0,1ND) W TKO 1 James Crawford (40-14-2,3ND). Flores, 32, continues to work off some rust as he outpoints oldie Jennette. Flores wins every round, but Jennette never in real trouble. Scores 100-90 from all three judges. Second fight for Flores since loss to Danny Green in November 2010, and he wins vacant WBC Continental Americas and WBA Fedlatin titles. Jennette, 42, was having only his second fight since taking Coyne to a close decision in March 2010. “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne, 29, wastes no time in disposing of 42-year-old Crawford. Disgraceful match as this was only the second fight in nearly six years for Crawford

October 19

Newcastle, Australia: Light Middle: Tony Mundine Jr (42-4) W PTS 12 Rigoberto Alvarez (27-3). After revenging a shock loss to Garth Wood, Mundine, 36, gets himself back into the picture with a win over Mexican Alvarez. Mundine takes the first round scoring well with his right. Alvarez took the second with his body attack. Mundine took the next three and opened a cut above the Mexican’s left eye in the fourth. Alvarez got back into the fight, but as he tired in the late rounds it was Mundine who tied up the fight with a strong finish. Scores 117-111 twice and 114-113. Mundine wins interim WBA light middle title Mundine had come down from super middle where he held the WBA secondary title. He also holds a win over current IBF middle champ Daniel Geale. “El Espanol” Alvarez, 33, lost to Austin Trout for the WBA secondary title in February. His other losses have been to Marco Antonio Rubio and William Gare, but he has a win over Nobuhiro Ishida who destroyed James Kirkland. Panama City, Panama: Middle: Jorge Navarro (9-0) W PTS 11 Jaime Barboza (17-6).Panama-based Venezuelan Navarro, 26, dominates all the way, but Costa Rican Barboza shows durability. Navarro wins vacant interim WBA Fedlatin title with unanimous decision. Scores 108-102 ½, 107 ½ -105 and 108 ½ -105 ½. Barboza, 33, lost to Brian Magee for the vacant WBA interim super middle title in July.

October 20

Montreal, Canada: Light Welter: Dierry Jean (20-0) WPTS 10 Francisco Lorenzo (37-11,1ND). Light Heavy: Eleider Alvarez (6-0) W TKO 6 Mike Walchuk (9-5). Light: Manolis Plaitis (17-1-1) W PTS 6 Arvydas Trizno (9-14-2). “Doughy Style” Jean easily handles Dominican veteran. Floors Lorenzo in first and again in ninth. Lorenzo, once briefly WBC interim super feather champion, was just too small, and took a lot of punishment being caught with uppercuts coming in. Scores 100-88, 99-89 and 98-90. First fight in almost a year for Jean due to a fractured jaw. Lorenzo, 39 has seen better days, but he kept his record of never failing to finish a fight. He gave Erik Morales a tough test in December with one judge scoring the bout to Morales by only one point. Colombian Alvarez was just too big for Walchuk. He hurt Walchuk with a right in the first. A right put Walchuk down again in the fifth. It was all Alvarez in the sixth, and Walchuk retired at the end of the round with a hand injury. Alvarez, 27, was South American champion as an amateur, and competed at both the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics where he lost to Tony Jeffries. Walchuk, 32, has lost 4 of his last 5 fights. Second win for former undefeated Canadian champion Plaitis since returning from a year out of the ring following his shock kayo loss to Alfredo Chavez. Simply has too much class for the very limited Lithuanian who lost to Junior Witter in September. Now 3-8 in his last eleven for Trizno.

October 21

Bangkok, Thailand: Fly: Pongsaklek (83-3-1) W PTS 12 Edgar Sosa (43-7). Light Fly: Noknoi (34-4) W PTS 6 Rocky Manufoe. Light Fly: Kompayak (43-3) W TKO 3 Agus Situmorang. A master class from two of the most talented title men in boxing. From the first bell these two are rarely out of punching range and the referee is almost redundant as they continually exchange two-fisted combinations. Pongsaklek brilliant upper body movement, just swaying back from Sosa’s attacks and being in range to counter are a big factor. Although a southpaw 34-year-old Pongsaklek often leads with straight rights and shakes Sosa with this punch on occasions. Sosa, 32, pressing forward most of the time with hooks and uppercuts, but Pongsaklek banging back with fast, hard and accurate counters. At the end of the eighth Pongsaklek well in front on all three cards. Needing a stoppage to win Sosa goes up a gear. A clash of heads in the ninth sees the referee deduct a point from Pongsaklek, which actually looked to be a butt from Sosa. As Pongsaklek tires Sosa pressing hard as he knows he needs a kayo to win. Former WBC light fly champ Sosa takes two of the last three rounds, but comes up short. Scores 117-110 twice and 116-112, with the latter score being the more accurate, but both fighters showed why the will deserve a place in Boxing’s Hall Of Fame. Noknoi, 24, rated No 1 by the WBC, marks time with a points win over poor Indonesian who has now lost his last ten fights. Similarly with Kompayak who makes it 28 wins by KO/TKO and 20 wins in a row. He is rated No 3 by the WBC. Indonesian full record unknown. London. England: Cruiser: Leon Williams (9-3) W PTS 12 Rob Norton (32-5-2). Super Bantam: Ryan Walsh (13-0) W PTS 10 Liam Richards (10-2). Welter: Dean Byrne (15-0) W PTS 8 Mike Frontin (3-10-1). A controversial split verdict gives Williams the British title. Southpaw Norton, 39, used all his experience and skills to score well with his jab, and tied-up Williams in clinches whenever the younger fighter got close. Although untidy with his tactics, Norton seemed to picking up the points and pocketing the rounds. As the 39-year-old Norton tired Williams, 27, had more of the fight. From the ninth Norton spent most of each round fighting off the ropes. The question at the end was whether the closing surge by Williams had been enough to cancel out the early lead of Norton. The decision was split going to Williams on scores of 116-113, 116-114 and 114-115. Norton may have deserved a draw, but his negative tactics probably counted against him. Walsh and Richards put on a great fight. The skill of Walsh had him edging every round, but Richards put in a great effort. These two came to fight and they did. Walsh wins vacant English title on scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91. Irishman Byrne shows silky skills as he outboxes Frontin in the early rounds. Frontin never gave up and despite the handicap of a cut on his left eyebrow, went on to score with some good right late in the fight, but Byrne was a clear winner. Referees score 78-74. Byrne once held the Australian light welter title. Frontin London-based but from Mauritius has lost 5 of his last 6 but did not make it easy for Byrne. Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina: Welter: Hector Saldivia (40-2) W PTS 10 Carlos Jerez (32-15-3,1ND). Saldivia far from his best and not in top condition. Wins the early rounds and has Jerez bleeding heavily from the nose in sixth. Saldivia, 27, tires badly and loses the last two rounds clearly. He is on the canvas in ninth and tenth, but the first ruled a slip and the second due to a clash of heads. Saldivia wins on scores of 98-94, 99-96 and 98-95, but Jerez, 32, who took Saul Alvarez the distance, will want a return match. Brisbane, Australia: Heavy: Alex Leapai (24-3-3) W TKO 4 Evgeny Orlov (13-10-1). Untidy fight but great finish. Neither fight is quick on his feet, and the 6' 9” tall Russian carries a lot of his 316lbs around his waist. He loses a point in the second for pushing Leapai’s head down. In the fourth a crunching right uppercut to the chin sees Orlov go down in stages ending up flat on his back Referee gets to about 6 on the count when Orlov’s corner men climb into the ring. Samoan “Lionheart” Leapai, 32, has lost only one of his last 23 fights has beaten Travis Walker, Owen Beck, Darnell Wilson and Peter Okello. Only the second time Orlov has lost by KO/TKO. He lost to French champion Tony Gregory in the heavyweight Prizefighter in May . Aulnay-sous-Bois, France: Middle: Mehdi Bouadla (24-4) W PTS 12 Samir Dos Santos Barbosa (28-8-3). Cruiser: Chris Dettinger (16-1-1) W PTS 6 Gnenege Ble (7-6-1). Middle: Julien Marie Sainte (31-2) W TKO 4 Andrejs Loginvos (7-10-1). In front of his home fans an emotional Bouadla, 29, wins vacant WBA International title with unanimous verdict over game, but limited, Brazilian champion. The accurate, hard punching from Bouadla keeps him in front all the way. Brazilian cut over his right eye in the fourth but goes the distance. Scores 117-111 twice and 117-112. An inside the distance loss to Mikkel Kessler is the only defeat in his last 13 fights for a tearful Bouadla, who dedicated his win to his grandmother who died this past week. Dos Santos, 31, lost on points to IBF champion Daniel Geale in 2009. Dettinger has a scare as he has to settle for a majority decision against previous victim Ble. This a warm up for former French champion Dettinger’s shot at regaining the national title. Scores of 59-56, 58-56 and 57-57. French champion Sainte looks jaded as he has trouble early with tall Latvian. Finally gets into gear and finish the fight with a body shot in the fourth. Now 22 wins by KO/TKO for 28-year-old Brigadier. Frankfurt, Germany: Heavy: Francesco Pianeta (24-0) W PTS 8 Robert Hawkins (23-19). Light Heavy: Robin Krasniqi (36-2) W TKO 4 Abdel Derghal (14-11-1). Italian Pianeta too big and too young for veteran Hawkins. Fighting for his new promoter Pianeta is in charge all the way. The 6’5” southpaw was scoring freely to head and body and only the survival tactics of Hawkins keep him in the fight. Hawkins, 41, down twice, but in both cases the referee decided they were from low blows, so no count. All three officials have it 80-72. First fight in sixth months for Pianeta who has draw with Albert Sosnowski and has beaten Matt Skelton and Scott Grammer. Nine losses in a row for Hawkins but all to good opposition. Krasniqi wins vacant WBO version of the European title but has nothing to beat. Krasniqi took the first two rounds, floored Derghal in the third and again in the fourth and the referee stopped the fight. The 24-year-old Krasniqi (changed his ring name from Haxhi to Robin) in unbeaten in his last 35 fights, but has been very protected. Second shot at this title for Algerian-born Derghal. Livorno, Italy: Light Middle: Jean Michel Hamilcaro (15-4-2) W TKO 9 Lenny Bottai (15-1). Upset sees Frenchman Hamilcaro, overpower hometown fighter Bottai. Hamilcaro took the first round, but the Italian scored well in the second. However the constant pressure from Hamilcaro had 34-year-old Bottai on the back foot and took rounds 3 and 4. Bottai had a better fifth, but that was the last round he won. Hamilcaro was on top in the seventh and eighth and Bottai began to fade. A volley of punched in the ninth saw Bottai not fighting back and the referee stops the fight. Hamilcaro now unbeaten in his last ten fights wins IBF International title. Mashantucket, USA: Light Heavy: Edwin Rodriguez (20-0) W PTS 10 Will Rosinsky (14-1). Light Welter: Gabriel Bracero (18-0) W PTS 10 Dan Sostre (11-5-1). Super Middle: Dyah Davis (20-2-1) W PTS 6 Darnell Boone (19-17-3). Super Middle: Badou Jack (8-0) W TKO 5 Eddie Caminero (7-6). Light Welter: Danny O’Connor (16-1) W PTS 6 Bryan Abraham (5-8-2). Another win, but a controversial one, for WBC No 6 Rodriguez, 26, who already has wins over James McGirt Jr and Aaron Pryor Jr. The aggression comes from New Yorker Rosinsky who roughs up Dominican Rodriguez on the inside, and scores well with hooks. Rodriguez the harder puncher, but Rosinsky busier. Rosinsky, also 26, builds an early lead, but Rodriguez is strong in seventh and although seeming to be tiring, he rocks Rosinsky with a big right at the end of the eighth. Both fight hard over the last two rounds with Rosinsky seeming to do enough to win. Then came the scores. 100-90 for Rodriguez from all three judges! Big step in class for Rosinsky. Both guys were former armature champs, Rodriguez won both the US and National Golden Gloves titles and Rosinsky was US champion. Puerto Rican Bracero wins vacant NABF title with wide unanimous verdict over fellow Puerto Rican Sostre. Bracero just had too much of everything for modest prelim fighter Sostre and continually gets his punches off first. However, Bracero, who holds a win over Danny O’Connor, is not a hard puncher, so this was always a good bet to go the distance. Scores 100-90 twice and 99-91. Bracero lost seven years of his career to jail time. As usual Boone puts up a good fight, but comes up short on the decision. Davis, 30, was made to fight all the way but took the unanimous verdict on scores of 59-55, 59-56 and 58-56. Davis has lost only one of his last 13, and includes in his list of victims Ghana’s Osumanu Adama who is currently rated No 4 by the IBF (Effectively No 2 as the first two slots are vacant. Against unbeaten fighters Boone has beaten Adonis Stevenson and Willie Monroe Jr. and drawn with Lennox Allen. Former top amateur Jack is a class above late sub Caminero. Wins every round and then closes out by flooring Caminero with a body punch in fifth. Caminero beats the count, but the fight is stopped. Jack “The Ripper” is 27; he has a Gambian father and Swedish mother, and represented Gambia at the 2008 Olympics. O’Connor, another former top amateur was able to score freely against modest Abraham. O’Connor scores knock down in first and has no problems until the fifth when Abraham scores a knockdown. Both knockdowns were questionable. O’Connor wins on scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 58-54. Tlalnepantla, Mexico: Feather: Rodolfo Hernandez (23-2-1,1ND) W TKO 1 Juan Espinosa. Quick win for Hernandez. A two punch combination, the last a hook to the body, put Espinosa down. He got up but the fight was rightly stopped. “Fofo” Hernandez, 25, has 21 wins by KO/TKO. Pharr, USA: Light: Fidel Maldonado Jr (11-0) W PTS 8 Eric Cruz (12-7-3). Tougher than expected fight for unbeaten southpaw Maldonado. After flooring Puerto Rican Cruz right at the start of the first round, it is then an even match, with that knockdown being the divider. Scores 76-75 twice and 77-74. Maldonado, 20, wins WBC Youth silver title from Cruz. All of Puerto Rican Cruz’s wins have been by KO/TKO.

October 22

Ludwigsburg, Germany: Cruiser: Marco Huck (34-1) W KO 6 Rogelio Rossi (17-3-1). Middle: Dominik Britsch (26-0) W PTS 12 Billy Lyell (24-10). Heavy: Kubrat Pulev (14-0) W PTS 12 Travis Walker (38-7-1). Cruiser: Enad Licina (20-3) W PTS 8 Hari Miles (6-4). Middle: Marcos Nader (13-0) W PTS 8 Lorenzo Cosseddu (27-7-5). Huck, 26, retains WBO title for eighth time, but Rossi a very limited challenger. Very curious tactics from Huck as he just backs up and allows the slow paced and crude Rossi to come forward behind a weak, pawing jab and hardly throws any punches in return. I doubt if Huck threw more than ten punches in each of the first two rounds. You would have thought he was fighting a cruiserweight version of Manny Pacquiao. However the punches that did get through showed just how slow and vulnerable Rossi was. By the second round the Serbian born Huck has the 6’3” tall Rossi’s bleeding from the nose. In the third a low blow from Rossi angers Huck who for the first time looks serious and puts Rossi down at the end of the round. Rossi, had been penalised a point for low blows during the round. Huck steps up the pace in the fourth. He finally floors the Argentinian with a punch on the neck/ back of the head which the Argentinian corner claim landed well after the bell. Huck has a two point deduction. Rossi is given time to recover. They exchange hard punches in the fifth but Huck’s power prevails and Rossi is floored twice, the last time by a body shot. A heavy right from Huck at the start of the sixth sees Rossi down and out cold. Some concern as he is down for sometime and receives medical attention and goes to the hospital as a precaution. The Argentinians are sure to protest the after the bell punch. Huck has won 14 in a row since losing to Steve Cunningham in 2007. Rossi, the Argentinian and South American champion, had been unbeaten in his last 17 fights. Britsch, 24, retains his IBF Inter-Continental title after twelve hard rounds against Lyell. Even fight in the early rounds but from the fifth Britsch has trouble with a swelling under his right eye. This was a case of the harder and more accurate punching from Britsch and the busier style of Lyell often outworking the German. The majority decision went to Britsch on scores 117-111, 116-113 and114-114. The lack of real power from Britsch may count against him when he moves up to stronger opposition. Lyell’s high point was a win over John Duddy, and from there he went on to lose to Sebastian Sylvester for the IBF title. Toughest fight so far for “The Cobra” Pulev. The unbeaten 6’4 ½” Bulgarian always in front, but Walker makes him fight hard in the early rounds. A punch from Walker opens a bad cut on Pulev’s nose in the sixth, and later the 30-year-old Bulgarian is cut around the eyes. However, Pulev sticks to his boxing, and Walker so exhausted that he only just makes it to the final bell. Pulev wins a deserved unanimous decision. Scores 119-109, 118-109 and 117-111. Pulev wins vacant IBF International title and already holds wins over Dominic Guinn and Derric Rossy. “Freight Train” Walker, 32, looked better than he did when losing to Chris Arreola and Ruslan Chagaev. Serbian Licina wins a mark-time eight rounder as he takes unanimous verdict over British southpaw novice Miles. Scores 79-73, 79-76 and 78-74. Licina is looking for another title shot after losing to Steve Cunningham for the IBF title in February. Austrian Nader, 21, continued his successful war against Italians as he took a unanimous verdict over veteran Cosseddu. His fourth Italian victim in a row. New York, USA: Bantam: Nonito Donaire (27-1) W PTS 12 Omar Narvaez (35-1-2). Feather: Miguel Angel Garcia (27-0) W TKO 4 Juan Carlos Martinez (19-13-1). An easy night for Donaire. The aggressor from start to finish. Donaire just could not nail down the Argentinian. Southpaw Narvaez, 36, used his vast experience to stay out of trouble. He was blocking or using lateral movement to offset the attacks of Donaire. Unfortunately he was doing very little scoring himself and Donaire, 28, was allowed to fight on the front foot and dictate the pace of the fight, winning every round. Scores 120-108 from all three officials. Donaire retains WBC/WBO titles but is talking about moving up to super bantam. This was supposed to showcase Donaire, but the negative tactics of Narvaez gave him little chance to shine. Narvaez, the WBO super fly champion, still has some good fights for him at his own weight. Garcia punches too hard for Martinez. Garcia edges a quiet first round. Is on top in the second but a punch from Martinez brings a swelling under the left eye of Garcia. “Mikey” gets down to business in the third. A combination early in the round shakes Martinez and a straight right puts him down. Martinez survives the round but is badly hurt. In the fourth he is floored twice by rights and is in trouble again when the fight is stopped. Garcia makes third defence of his NABF title and goes to23 wins by KO/TKO. Panama City, Panama: Light Welter: Alberto Mosquera (16-0-2) DREW 12 Brunet Zamora (21-0-2). Light: Richard Abril (17-2-1) W PTS 12 Miguel Acosta (29-5-2). Feather: Nick Walters (19-0) W TKO 6 Irving Berry (21-3). Bantam: Liborio Solis (12-3-1) W PTS 11 Rafael Concepcion (16-6-1). Light Welter: Johan Perez (14-0-1,1ND) W TKO 4 Kenny Galarza (15-2). Super Bantam: Nehomar Cermeno (20-4-1) DRAW 8 Yoandris Salinas (13-0-1). Edwin Diaz (14-17) W PTS 8 Carlos Velarde (20-2-1). Welter: Thomas Dulorme (13-0) W PTS 9 Charlie Navarro (20-5). The WBA secondary title remains vacant after southpaw Mosquera, 24, and Zamora fought a draw. Panamanian “Machine Gun” Mosquera took the early rounds as he forced the pace and concentrated on the body of the Cuban born Italian. Despite being the older fighter at 36, it was Zamora who lasted the pace better. He almost had Mosquera out in the eleventh and won the last. Scores 114-114 twice and 117-111 for Mosquera. Amir Khan is the “Super Champion” which is why the secondary title was up for grabs. Zamora was rated No 2 and Mosquera No 5 by the WBA. Tall Cuban Abril springs a surprise as his power proves too much for Venezuelan Acosta and Abril wins the vacant interim WBA title. Once again very strange scoring at 117-108, 115-111 and 113-112. Abril scores knockdowns in the fourth and twice in the tenth, but former WBA secondary champion Acosta, 33, makes it to the final bell. Abril losses have been to Henry Lundy and Breidis Prescott. Acosta lost his secondary title to Brandon Rios in February. Big win for “Axe Man” Walters. The 25-year-old Jamaican goes to the body from the start and Berry unable to match him. Berry falls out of the ring in the second, and may have damaged his back. As Berry tiring Walkers scoring heavily and Berry allowed to take too much punishment before his corner throw in the towel. Walters, rated No 4 by the WBA, retains his WBA Fedlatin title, and makes it 16 wins by KO/TKO. Panamanian Berry, rated No 11 by the WBA, had lost only one of his last 18, and that was to Jonathan Barros for the WBA secondary title in December. Venezuelan Perez shows impressive power as he beats highly touted Puerto Rican Galarza. Galarza had a good first round, but then Perez took over. A body attack weakens Galarza and a left hook in the fourth puts him down, and the fight is stopped. Eleven wins by KO/TKO for Perez, 28, who wins WBA Fedlatin title. He fought a draw with Mosquera in June. Galarza, 26, needs to regroup. His only other loss was to Brad Solomon. Solis retains WBA Fedlatin title with wide unanimous verdict over Concepcion. Scores 108-101 twice and 109-100. Cuban Salinas, 26, shows his potential as in only his 13th fight he holds former WBA interim champion Cermeno to a draw. Salinas was Cuban National champion in 2006 and 2007. Venezuelan Cermeno, 31, had lost four of his last five but only lost on a split decision in each of two fights with WBA champion Anselmo Moreno in 2010. Journeyman southpaw Diaz, 30, exposed the padded record of Mexican Velarde as he won a unanimous decision and the vacant Fedcaribe title. Scores 76-73 twice and 77-72. Puerto Rican prospect Dulorme showcases his exceptional skills in winning a wide points victory over Venezuelan Navarro. The 21-year-old boxed beautifully with his hand speed and footwork taking the early rounds. Navarro got home with a good body shot in the fourth, and from then on Dulorme dominated from the outside. Scores 89-81 twice and 90-80. Dulorme retains NABA title. Navarro lost a close decision to Vyacheslav Senchenko for the WBA title in 2010. Bolton, England: Super Bantam: Scott Quigg (23-0) W TKO 7 Jason Booth (36-8). Middle: Kerry Hope (16-3) W PTS 10 Tony Hill (8-1). Convincing display by 23-year-old Quigg who forces experienced Booth, 33, to retire at the end of round seven. From the outset Quigg is going forward and Booth looking to counter. As early as the second Quigg is getting through with heavy shots and taking control. Quigg continues to score heavily in rounds four to six. Another painful three minutes in the seventh prove too much and Booth retires. Quigg rated No 3 by the IBF (position 1 is vacant) wins British title. He has 16 wins by KO/TKO and has won 10 of his last 11 fights that way. Booth, a former British and Commonwealth champion at flyweight, IBO champion at super flyweight, Commonwealth champion at bantam and British and Commonwealth at super bantam, only lost on a majority verdict to Steve Molitor for the IBF title in September 2010. In an all southpaw fight Welshman Hope wins a British title eliminator with a majority decision over Hill. Hope scored a knockdown in the last to just edge out Hill. Scores of 98-93, 96-94 and 95-95. Liege, Belgium: Cruiser: Geoffrey Battelo (24-2) W TKO 4 Tony Ingelrest (10-2). Battelo, 32, retains Belgium title as 37-year-old Ingelrest is rescued near the end of the fourth. First fight for Battelo since October 2010, and he now has 20 wins by KO/TKO. His losses have been to Marco Huck and Lubos Suda. Ingelrest coming off a stoppage loss to Nuri Seferi for WBO European title in September. Mississauga, Canada: Super Feather: Logan McGuinness (16-0-1) W TKO 11 Benoit Gaudet (24-3). The skillful Gaudet gets a fast start with 24-year-old McGuinness unable to match him for speed and skill and Gaudet in and out before McGuinness can counter. Additional trouble for McGuinness as he suffers a cut over the left eye in the second. However, as Gaudet tired, the fight changed, and McGuinness began to eat into Gaudet’s lead. Just as it seemed that McGuinness would run out of time he floored Gaudet with a left hook in the eleventh. Gaudet got up but was finished and the fight stopped. McGuinness wins vacant NABA title having moved down from lightweight where he holds the same title. Gaudet, 31, had won his last four after giving a good showing when losing to Humberto Soto for the WBC title in 2009. Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico: Super Feather: Eduardo Lazcano (23-2) W PTS 10 Heli Quiroz (10-5). Tough, bloody fight sees southpaw Lazcano, 26, take the majority verdict. Both fighters throwing bombs from the start and adopting a policy that attack is the best form of defence. By the sixth round late substitute “Taliban” Quiroz is cut on his right eyebrow and “Chuky” Lazcano has nose damage. In the eighth the left cheek of Quiroz is rapidly swelling, but in the ninth he puts Lazcano down with a left hook. Both stage a big finish, but Lazcano gets the verdict, and the vacant WBC Latino title. Lazcano’s losses have been against world rated Miguel Beltran and Neri Sanguilan. Iztacalco, Mexico: Super Feather: Juan Antonio Rodriguez (19-3) W TKO 3 Charly Valdez (14-10-1). Southpaw Rodriguez makes it 18 wins by KO/TKO. Dominates the first two rounds with his right jab and heavy lefts. In the third a straight left puts Valdez down and the fight is stopped. Only one loss in his last 16 fights for Rodriguez. Valdez had won 6 of his last 7, but the step in class was too much for him. Guasave, Mexico: Straw: Mario Rodriguez (12-6-4) W TKO 1 Karluis Diaz (16-3). Light Fly: Pedro Guevara (15-0-1) W TKO 7 Jorle Estrada (13-6).A shot to the jaw followed by a left hook to the body from Rodriguez finishes this one. The referee stopped the count and called in the Doctor as it was apparent that Colombian Diaz needed medical attention. “Little Dragon” Rodriguez, who lost on points to Donnie Nietes for the WBO title in 2010, was not expected to win this, but he collects the NABF title. Guevara always in command against Colombian. He dominates with jab against defensive minded Estrada. A three punch combination in the seventh has Estrada all at sea and the referee stops the fight. Guevara, who already holds the WBC silver title, now adds the NABA crown. Guevara has fought both of the other fights on the joint main event, beating Rodriguez and drawing with Diaz. Cherkasy, Ukraine: Heavy: Alex Ustinov (25-0) W PTS 12 Denis Bakhtov (33-7). Middle: Max Bursak (23-0-1) W TKO 3 Abdul Matazimov (13-7). The physical advantages of 34-year-old Ustinov prove too much for game Bakhtov. Ustinov has problems early as Bakhtov uses his speed to get through. As the fight goes on Bakhtov spends more and more time fighting off the ropes and with one eye almost shut, and against an opponent 6’7 ½” tall, with a reach advantage, he never really gets into the fight. Scores 119-110, 118-110 and 117-111. Ustinov, rated No 4 by the WBC, retains WBA European title. He adds Bakhtov to a list of victims that includes Mike Sprott, Monte Barrett and Paolo Vidoz. "Tiger” Bursak bounces Uzbek Matazimov on the canvas four times before the fight is stopped in the third. Bursak, who holds a win over Brian Vera, has eight wins by KO/TKO Atlantic City, USA: Light Welter: Ray Serrano (17-0) W PTS 10 Angel Rios (9-8). Heavy: Vinny Maddalone (34-7,1ND) W TKO 1 Mike Sheppard (20-13-1). Heavy: Chazz Witherspoon (29-2) W KO 3 Ty Cobb (14-3). Welter: Doel Carrasquillo (16-18-1) W TKO 5 Shamone Alvarez (21-4). “Tito” Serrano, 22, marches on but Puerto Rican Rios, who had lost his last five fights, again goes the distance. Mostly fought on the inside there were few highlights as Serrano dominated the exchanges with nothing of real substance coming back from Rios. Scores 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92. Maddalone, 37, hardly breaks sweat as body punches finish Sheppard after just 82 seconds. Now 25 wins by KO/TKO for Queens fighter. Vinny is still hoping for a title fight, but when he steps up he loses, with Evander Holyfield, Tomasz Adamek, Jean Marc Mormeck all having beaten him. East night also for Witherspoon who floored Cobb three times in the second and flattened him in the third. Like Maddalone “The Gentleman” is too good for fighters such as Cobb, but has been beaten by Chris Arreola and Tony Thompson. Looks like the end of the line for former prospect Alvarez. Up against trial horse Carrasquillo he is floored right at the start of the first, and never gets into the fight. Floored again in the third, he is put on the canvas in the fifth and it is all over. After winning his first 19 fights, a loss to Joshua Clottey and defeats in two IBF eliminators signaled the beginning of a downward slide. You could argue for his other four losses being to good opposition, but 38-year-old Carrasquillo had been 3-11 in his last 14 fights.

October 24

Tokyo, Japan: Akira Yaegashi (15-2) W TKO 10 Pornsawan (23-4-1). Yaegashi, 28, wins WBA title as he batters defending champion Pornsawan to defeat in the tenth. In theory this was a big step up in class for the Japanese champion, but he just had too much aggression, and hit too hard for the Thai. The 31-year-old Pornsawan was making the first defence of his title. He won the title by beating Muhammad Rachman in what was his fifth title shot. The only other fighter to have beaten Pornsawan inside the distance was Edgar Sosa. East London, South Africa: Luzuko Siyo (10-0) W TKO 1 Sebelomzi Zimela (10-8). If you checked your program to see who was fighting you probably missed all of the fight as it finished within 40 seconds. Right at the start a body punch from defending champion Siyo had Zimela down. He got up to take the standing count and then a left hook put him down again, and the referee stopped the fight. First defence of South African title for Siyo. Midsayap, Philippines: Super Bantam: Ronnie Apilado (16-1) W TKO 1 Rex Granada (9-9-1). Fly: Edrin Dapudong (25-4) W PTS 10 Jon Ricablanca (4-30-2). Apilado, 22, puts former top amateur Granada away with a two punch combination. A Sunday School student, Apilado has ten wins by KO/TKO, and has won his last eleven fights. Former WBA title challenger Dapudong eases back with a wide unanimous verdict over consistent loser Ricablanca. Dapudong crashed the world ratings with a first round kayo of Mexican Jesus Jimenez, but a points loss to Wilbert Uicab and a stoppage by WBA champ Hernan Marquez in July have seen him drop out of the ratings.

Additional Commonwealth Results: All Commonwealth fighters except for Ivan Godor

October 20 Nairobi, Kenya: Cruiser: Joseph Lubega (2-0) W TKO 4 Mustapha Noor (0-18-3). Light Welter: James Onyango (8-3-1) W TKO 4 Hakim Waibale (2-4).

October 21

Brisbane, Australia: Super Middle: Dennis Hogan (5-0-1) W TKO 4 Glen Fitzpatrick (15-17-2). Accra, Ghana: Super Feather: Maxwell Awuku (25-2-1) W TKO 7 Smith Odoom (10-9-1). Middle: Mohammed Akrong (14-4) W TKO 6 Cudjoe Darah (0-6). Bantam: Emmanuel Quartey (11-0) W TKO 6 Isaac Okine (0-6). Light: Richard Commey (8-0) W TKO 3 Tettey Lamptey (0-3). Super Fly: Ekow Wilson (7-0) W Joe Cudjoe (0-4). Bantam: Prosper Ankrah (16-2,1ND) W KO 8 Hope Bedi (1-2). Super Middle: Habib Ahmed (3-0) W TKO 5 Osumanu Adams (0-7). Light Heavy: Emmanuel Danso (6-0) W TKO 7 Mensah Dodge (0-1-1). Light Middle: Jamiru Tyson( 1-1-2) W TKO 4 (0-3). Light Middle: Issah Samir (5-0) W KO 2 Joe Coffie (0-2). Light Heavy: Emmanuel Danso (6-0) October 22 Bolton, England: Welter: Karl Place (15-0) W PTS 6 Ivan Godor (50-17-3).

October 23

Lagos Nigeria: Super Middle: Mojeed Okedara (8-5) W TKO 4 Eric Kwardey (1-6-1). Welter: Akeem Dodo W TKO 6 Sule Olagbade. Light Welter: Saheed Olayiwola W PTS 8 Kazeem Ariyo. Light Middle: Olufemi Moses W TKO 3 EmekaGodwin. Okedara wins vacant UBC world title. East London, South Africa: Super Fly: Unathi Gqokoma (17-5-1) W PTS 10 Thabo Sishwane (8-5-1). Morogoro,Tanzania: Light: Deo Njiku (13-5-1) W PTS 10 Jonas Segu (5-2-1). Mwanza, Tanzania: Super Middle: Mada Maugo ( 13-7) W TKO 3 Joseph Odhiambo (1-14). Light Heavy: Joseph Marwa (25-18-1) DREW 6 Irambe Chacha (0-0-1). Super Middle: Rachid Matumla (45-16-2) W KO 2 Emmanuel Kichele (0-1-0).

September 1

Morogoro, Tanzania: Middle: Francis Cheka (23-6-1 W PTS 10 Mada Maugo (12-7,1ND). In front of his home town supporters Cheka, 29, given a tough night by clever former victim. Maugo seems to be in front after four rounds with his better boxing, but Cheka comes on strongly over from the fifth to the ninth with Maugo coming back at him in the last. Scores show a lot of fence-sitting at 100-98, 99-98 and 99-99. Cheka had beaten Maugo on a majority verdict in January.

September 2

Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Light: Jose A Gonzalez (17-0) W KO 1 Eddie Soto (12-3). Super Fly: McJoe Arroyo (8-0) W TKO 2 Ivan Moxey (2-6). Heavy: Epifiano Mendoza (32-12-1) W TKO 3 Carlos Negron (13-1). “Chelo” Gonzalez, 28, showed his power again as he flattened poor Soto with a thunderous right after just 70 seconds of the first round. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for Gonzalez, the last eight in a row. He retains the WBO Latino title. Soto, 35, a Puerto Rican based in Rhode Island, was out of his class and has lost his last three. Former top amateur Arroyo took just 25 seconds longer to overpower Bahamian Moxey, who has lost his last four. A right put late sub Moxey down and the fight is stopped. Southpaw Arroyo, 25, is a former World Championships bronze medal. His twin brother McWilliams won the gold at the 2007 Pan American Games and they both competed in the 2008 Olympics. Arroyo was returning after a lay-off due to a fractured jaw. Negron, 23, also represented Puerto Rico in Beijing, and won a silver medal at the Pan American Games, but it was a black night for him. He was expected to brush aside 35-year-old Colombian Mendoza, who was 2-8 in his last ten fights. However, the important statistic proved to be that 27 of Mendoza’s 31 wins had come by KO/TKO. Negron took the first round, but in the second he was caught with a hard left and Mendoza was scoring heavily and only the bell saved the 6’6” Puerto Rican. The end was only delayed for a short while as Mendoza scored three knockdowns in the third and the fight was stopped. Mendoza started his career as a light middle and had also lost to Chad Dawson for the WBC light heavy title in 2007, so he brought a goodly portion of fat with him at heavyweight, but also his punch. Salinas, USA: Super Feather: Eloy Perez (22-0-2,1ND) W KO 2 Daniel Jimenez (20-4-1). Middle: James Parison (15-1) W PTS 6 Paul Mendez (6-2). Impressive win by “The Prince” Perez. He has experienced Puerto Rican down twice if the first round and then finishes him with a left hook in the second. A right hand counter from Perez brought the first knockdown and the second came from a left hook with 20 seconds left. The left hook in the third dumped Jimenez down on the ropes and the referee did not even bother to count. Fourth defence of his NABO title for Perez, 24, who is rated No 4 by the WBO. With wins over Dannie Williams, Domenico Salcido and Roger Gonzalez behind him, he could be in line for a shot at the winner of the Ricky Burns vs. Adrien Broner fight. Jimenez, 30, was a good class opponent who had won his last three. His only losses in the last ten years had been to Roman Martinez (2007) and Jesus Chavez (2008). Former National Golden Gloves champion Parison just squeezes by Mendez as he takes unpopular slit decision on scores of 59-55, 58-56 and 56-58. Mendez doing well until he forgot his boxing and began to fight inside and tire against the stronger Parison. Only loss for Parison was to Craig McEwan in 2009, and this his third win after taking a year out. Mendez, 22, had won his last four, but was having his first fight for almost 13 months. Mar Del Plata, Argentina: Light Fly: Luis Lazarte (49-10-2,1ND) W PTS 12 Nerys Espinoza (29-7-1,2ND). Light Welter: Cesar Cuenca (41-0,2ND) W PTS 12 Sergio Priotti (24-10-1). Not a fight for the purists as Lazarte and Espinoza, as fight is littered with clinches, exchange of fouls and insults, and with both boxers sometimes scoring their best punches after the bell. The referee was the busiest man on the night. Lazarte, 40, did what clean scoring there was, and came on strong in the late rounds as Espinoza tired. “Mosquito” wins on scores of 117-111 twice and 116-113. This makes Lazarte mandatory challenger for the IBF title he lost to Ulyses Solis in April. Lazarte had beaten the 30-year-old Nicaraguan in an IBF title defence in September 2010. Lazarte had won the IBF crown in his fifth shot at a title. Espinoza has had three title shots. Although inactive for a year, Espinoza was still the third rated fighter with the IBF (he was No 5, but positions 1 and 2 were vacant). Another poor fight sees Cuenca remain unbeaten. The light punching southpaw (only one win by KO/TKO) had too much speed and skill for Priotti. After a slow start, Argentinian champion Cuenca, 30, began to control the fight and a frustrated Priotti began to lose his temper, and points. A butt in the third saw the referee take a point from Priotti. Another butt in the eighth saw Cuenca suffer a small cut and Priotti, 31, lose another point. Cuenca was finding Priotti an easy target and in the last round the referee deducted a third point due to further infractions by Priotti. “The Different” Cuenca, WBO No 1 challenger to Tim Bradley, wins on scores of 98-89 twice and 99-88, and retains WBO Latino title for the third time. Norman, USA: Cruiser: Eric Fields (19-1) W TKO 2 Rubin Williams (29-16-1). “Danger” Fields, 29, continues his backwoods campaign with stoppage of poor 35-year-old Williams. Now eight wins for the former 2005 and 2006 National Golden Gloves champion since 2008 loss to Ola Afolabi. Now 14 losses in a row for Williams, a one-time IBF super middle title challenger with a 27-1 record, but now a washed-up travelling loser. Eight of those 14 losses by KO/TKO. Patung, Thailand: Feather: Thailand Chonlatarn (39-0) W KO 6 Roel Laguna (12-7-2). Chonlatarn, rated No 1 by both the WBC and WBO, gets second successive kayo victory over Filipino and retains WBO Asia Pacific title. Laguna tries to take the fight to the Thai, but is floored at the end of the third. Laguna survives until the sixth when another volley from Chonlatarn puts him down and out. Now 23 wins by KO/TKO for 26-year-old Chonlatarn. Laguna, 30, had been kayoed in ten rounds by Chonlatarn in June and has lost 5 of his last 7 fights. Santiago, Chile: Super Fly: Miguel Gonzalez (7-0) W PTS 8 Enrique Marcos (0-4). Chilean prospect “Needle” Gonzalez, 22, remains unbeaten with uninspiring win over poor Peruvian opponent. Marcos, 34, only interested in survival and Gonzalez had trouble early with the Peruvian’s southpaw stance. Gonzalez is not a puncher so had to settle for a points win on scores of 80-73 twice and 80-75.

September 3

Biloxi, USA: Welter: Andre Berto (28-1) W TKO 5 Jan Zavcek (31-2,1ND). Super Middle: Tom Oosthuizen (16-0-1) W PTS 12 Aaron Pryor Jr (16-4). Welter: Randall Bailey (42-7,1ND) W PTS 10 Yoryi Estrella (10-6-2). Feather: Gary Russell Jr (18-0) W PTS 8 Leonilo Miranda (32-4). Feather: Luis Orlando Del Valle (14-0) W TKO 3 Tony Napunyi (14-11). Former WBC champion Berto lifts the IBF title as Zavcek unable to continue due to bad facial injuries. Berto set a fast pace from the start going forward and throwing lots of leather from both hands. Champion Zavcek could not match the work rate of Berto, but he was scoring the cleaner and more accurate punches. It was an exciting fight, fought at a fierce pace, and looked to be a candidate for fight of the year with Zavcek doing good work well in the fourth and fifth rounds. Unfortunately in the fifth Zavcek had suffered a cut over his left eyelid and another cut on his right eyelid, and with that eye rapidly swelling his corner pulled him out of the fight at the end of the fifth. After five successful defences, Berto, 27, had lost his WBC title to Victor Ortiz in his sixth defence in April. The 35-year-old Slovenian was making his fourth defence of his IBF title which he won by beating Isaac Hlatshwayo in 2009. Berto now wants a return with Ortiz. Despite a nasty cut over his right eye South African Oosthuizen scores convincing victory over Pryor. This battle of 6’4” super middles was dominated by Oosthuizen. Pryor just did not seem to know how to deal with southpaw style of Oosthuizen and constant changes of guard by Pryor seemed to throw him off more than Oosthuizen. The fight started at a good pace with Oosthuizen taking an early lead as he scored well in the second and put Pryor down in the third. It was the body attack of Oosthuizen that was catching the eye. Pryor had some success with the right in the sixth as Oosthuizen showed little head movement. The South African picked up the pace again in the eighth, and, despite Pryor scoring again with rights, Oosthuizen showed the stronger finish. Scores 117-111 from all three judges as Oosthuizen retains his IBO title and gets his biggest win. Pryor, 33, was coming off his best win, a decision over Libardo Andrade in May, so this was a serious set back for the son of the great Aaron Snr. Rare distance win for Bailey. He dominates the action against Dominican and scores a knockdown in the fifth. Can’t nail it after that and has to settle for winning unanimous verdict by a wide margin. Scores 100-89 twice and 98-91. Bailey, 36, was the top rated challenger for the IBF title, but stood aside to let stable mate Berto have the title shot. It will be interesting to see whether Bailey gets to challenge Berto now, at 36, time is not on his side. Russell marches on. The southpaw skills, hand speed and movement of 23-year-old Russell are just too much for plodding Mexican. Russell scores easily doubling and tripling his right jab, and is never there when Miranda swings. Scores 80-72 twice and 79-72. Russell was National Golden Gloves and US Amateur champion at the age of 16, but lost the chance of an Olympic medal when he collapsed in the dressing room before his first fight in Beijing. His next match will be later this month-at the altar. Fellow southpaw Miranda, 28, once had a run of 26 wins by KO/TKO in a row, but since moving up in class he is 2-4 in his last six fight. Dell Valle body attack slows experienced Kenyan and a straight right at the start of the third sees him hit the canvas. Napunyi gets up but the fight is stopped. Now eleven wins by KO/TKO for Puerto Rican “Orlandito”, a former US National Golden Gloves champion. Yerevan, Armenia: Bantam: Vic Darchinyan (37-3-1) W PTS 12 Evans Mbamba (18-2). Messy, untidy bout as the two southpaw styles do not mix well. Darchinyan going forward just throwing volleys of hooks from both hands and Mbamba, 29, only firing back in spurts, and spending a lot of the fight with his back to the ropes with his hands up letting Darchinyan, 35, fire away. Darchinyan scores early knockdown, but Mbamba not ready to go. Heads constantly clashing and both fighters cut on their left eyebrow. Referee having to constantly issue warning as Mbamba dives in with head down and Darchinyan pushing South African head down even further. Darchinyan has big tenth as he twice sends Mbamba staggering but Mbamba survives. Darchinyan much the busier fighter but wild with his attacks and Mbamba only fighting in spurts, and only with right jab left cross and no variety in his work. Darchinyan retains IBO title on scores of 120-107 twice and 119-107. This was only the second fight in almost two years for Mbamba, and his first in ten months. He showed great durability by standing up to the constant barrages of Darchinyan. The South African lost to Tomas Rojas for the WBC interim super fly title in 2009. Los Mochis, Mexico: Light Welter: Humberto Soto (56-7-2,1ND) W TKO 2 Jose Alfaro (25-8,1ND). Light Welter: Carlos Urias (45-26-1) W TKO 3 Juan Pablo Lopez (20-1). Super Fly: Julio Ceja (16-0) W TKO 1 Alex Morales (12-1). Light Welter: Antonio Lozada Jr (24-1) W TKO 5 Joel Juarez (30-17-2). Light: Marvin Quintero (23-3) W TKO 1 Victor Dominguez (7-4) .Soto wins but in confused ending. Soto scoring well with quick combinations in the first. Early in the second a clash of heads sees both fighters suffer bad cuts over their right eye and Alfaro walks back to his corner shaking his head. Both receive quick examinations on their cuts and the fight resumes. A left hook from Soto unhinges Alfaro and Soto scoring heavily as Alfaro stumbling around the ring. The Nicaraguan, still unsteady on his legs goes wild throwing punches with no thought of defence. Soto again getting in the harder shots and at one point Alfaro turns his back on Soto. The referee breaks them and the action starts again. A chopping right from Soto seems to open a gash on Alfaro’s left cheek, but simultaneously their heads clash again. Alfaro under pressure and goes to the ropes and once more turns his back, shaking his head and indicating the cut was due to a head butt. Referee stops the fight. Upset as veteran Urias kayos previously unbeaten Lopez to win WBC Fecarbox title. After a quiet first round Urias floors Lopez twice with lefts. A still shaky Lopez tries to take the fight to Urias in the third, but a right followed by an overhand left puts Lopez down again and the fight is stopped. Urias, 36, who had won only one of his previous five fights, rarely goes the distance. He has 34 wins by KO/TKO and 18 losses the same way. Lopez had built his record on some easy victims. Prospect Ceja wastes no time in disposing of previously unbeaten Morales as he floors him twice and halts him in the first to retain his WBC Fecarbox title. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO, the last 14 in a row, for 18-year-old who turned pro at 16, and may be one to watch. Lozada gets back to winning ways as he halts veteran Juarez in five. A left hook floors Juarez in the fourth, and he does not come out for the fifth. The 21-year-old “Canitas” has 21 wins by KO/TKO, but had his bubble burst by a stoppage loss to Roberto Ortiz in June, and says that he may return to the lightweight limit, which could be a struggle with his 5’10” frame. Southpaw Quintero, 24, has an easy one as he halts poor Dominguez in just 100 seconds. That’s three wins in a row by KO/TKO for Quintero. He looked to be going somewhere after wins over Nick Casal and Wes Ferguson, but a second round kayo loss to veteran Daniel Attah in November derailed him. Doncaster, England: Bantam: Jamie McDonnell (18-2-1) W PTS 12 Stuart Hall (11-1-1). Light Heavy: Tony Jeffries (9-0-1) W PTS 8 Paul Morby (6-7-1). Light: Carl Johanneson (31-5) W TKO 6 Mark McKray (2-6-1).With the Commonwealth European and British titles on the line this was a big fight for both boxers. Hall, the British champion, made a strong start scoring well to the body and was just in front at the half way mark. McDonnell’s better skills and accuracy turned the fight around. Hall was under pressure from McDonnell’s body attack and seemed to tire over the late rounds and was cut by his left eye in the last. McDonnell, 25, wins on scores of 116-113, 116-114 and 115-113 in a close, hard fought contest. McDonnell, rated No 8 by the WBC, retains the Commonwealth and European titles and regains the British title. He has won his last ten fights. “Stuey” Hall, 31, a late starter in pro boxing, can come again. Olympic bronze medalist Jeffries, 31, again fails to impress. He seemed to be unable to find a solution to the spoiling tactics of Jamaica-born Morby, and although a clear winner on the referee’s card at 80-72, southpaw Jeffries suffered a cut from a clash of heads in the fourth round, the third fight in a row that this has happened. Londoner Morby has won only one of his last eight fights, but usually goes the distance. San Luis Potosi, Mexico: Middle: Marco Rubio (52-5-1) W TKO 5 Mohammed Akrong (13-4). Light Middle: Mike Rosales (31-4) W PTS 10 Julio Cesar Garcia (43-5). Super Feather: Alejandro Sanabria (28-1-1) W TKO 4 Alejandro Barrera (21-8).Light: Mauricio Pintor (17-0) W TKO 3 Fernando Silva (5-5-2). Rubio just too tough and too powerful for too brave Akrong. Rubio scoring with both hands over a static Akrong in the first two rounds. In the third Akrong comes forward throwing hard shots with both hands, but also walking into heavy hooks from Rubio. Both taking punishment, no defence on show from either, but the superior power of the Mexican evident. More of the same in the fourth with neither fighter bothering with defence. Again Akrong getting through with his punches, but Rubio’s having the bigger effect with Akrong stunned on a couple of occasions. In the fifth Rubio on top and threading hooks through the non-existent defence of Akrong. A left to the body sends the Ghanaian falling into the ropes. The referee starts a mandatory count and then after looking at the damage to Akrong’s almost closed left eye and his battered features, stops the fight. WBC No 1 Rubio sent out a message to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr saying “look no further if you want an opponent-here I am”. Since losing to Kelly Pavlik for the WBC/WBO titles in 2009 “El Veneno” has won his last nine, eight by KO/TKO, and has a current career total of 45 wins by KO/TKO. This was the first fight outside Ghana for Akrong. The former Ghanaian and ABU champion showed some power, and a lot of guts, perhaps too much. Rosales and Garcia in a good scrap. It was anyone’s fight going into the late rounds, but Rosales came on strong in the ninth and tenth to take the unanimous decision. The lanky 28-year-old “El Bravo” Rosales has lost to Jesus Soto Karass, Mike Alvarado and Saul Alvarez, and in his last fight in March dropped a majority verdict to David Lopez, but he holds wins over Luis Uribe, Mark Melligan and Amilcar Funes, so is a top flight fighter. After a run of 32 wins in 33 fights, “Baby Face” Garcia, still only 24, was once consider a good prospect, but losses to Troy Browning and Danny Perez saw him walk away for almost three year and he is now 2-1 on his comeback. Sanabria and Barrera was a close fight for three rounds, but Barrera was having trouble coping with the height and reach of Sanabria. It all became academic in the forth as Sanabria broke through and scored three knockdown for a stoppage win. An upset win over Rocky Juarez in February has helped the 24-year-old to put a shock to Robinson Castellans in June 2010 behind him. Barrera, 31, once a prospect, has now lost 4 of his last five, but two of those were to world rated Filipino Rey Bautista. Prospect Pintor marches on as he floors Silva in second and has him in trouble again in the third when the fight is stopped. Eleven wins by KO/TKO for Pintor. This bout was part of a tournament with a big prize waiting for the eventual winner. Mauricio’s uncle-Lupe Pintor-Carlos Zarate and Humberto Gonzalez were all in attendance. Herning, Denmark: Super Middle: Rudy Markussen (36-2,1ND) W KO 1 Mike Recloux (19-12-2). Light Middle: Jack Culcay (9-0) W PTS 10 Dee Mitchell (9-15-1).Light Welter: Kasper Bruun (12-0) W PTS 8 Almin Kovacevic (10-9-1). Light Welter: Kim Poulsen (19-1) W PTS 8 Jay Morris (14-20-2). Middle: Patrick Nielsen (11-0) W PTS 8 Farouk Daku (12-2). Welter: Christian Bladt (38-11-2) W TKO 6 Aliaksei Volchan (17-10-2). Markussen, rated No 7 by the WBC, continues his comeback with quick win over modest Belgian. A heavy right from Markussen put Recloux down. He beat the count but the follow-up attack from Markussen forced the referee to call it off with one second left in the round. After almost four years out, the former undefeated European champion and IBF title challenger Markussen, 34, returned to the ring last year, but had been inactive since November. Now 23 wins by KO/TKO for Dane and the first time that Recloux, 27, had failed to last the distance. Comfortable victory for Ecuadorian-born former World amateur champion and European silver medalist. Culcay, 25, always in command against Brit Mitchell and won on scores 100-92 twice and 99-91. Culcay is the top prospect in German boxing and this was his first fight under the Sauerland banner. Mitchell is 0-1-11 in his last twelve, but has only lost once inside the distance, and that was due to an injury. Comfortable win for Bruun against game but outclassed Croat. Not being a big puncher, Bruun, 24, content to box his way to victory. Scores 79-72 twice and 78-73. Kovacevic has lost 4 of his last 5. Poulsen finds experienced Brit Morris a difficult opponent. In control early, Poulsen unable to nail down the clever survival skills of Morris in a bad tempered fight with a few infractions of the rules thrown in. The Brit came on in the middle rounds and caught Poulsen with sneaky counters. Poulsen picked up the pace again over the last two rounds, but he is not really a heavy hitter, and settles for boxing his way to unanimous verdict on scores of 78-74 twice and 79-73. Extends his unbeaten run to 16. Southpaw Nielsen, 20, a competitor in the Danish Strictly Come Dancing, maintained his 100% record, but just could not finish Daku who was there just to survive. Lanky Nielsen punished the Dutch-based Ugandan throughout, almost flooring him in the fourth and sweeping all the rounds for scores of 80-72 from all three judges. Former European welter champ Bladt too good for Belarus fighter. Has to overcome a gash in his forehead, but always well in front. Bladt scores a knockdown in the sixth and Volchan is retired at the end of the round. Only one loss in his last nine for 36-year-old Bladt. Volchan has lost his last four, but all to good opposition. Mexicali, Mexico: Welter: Omar Chavez (27-0-1) W TKO 1 Alberto Martinez (15-2). Welter: Jorge Paez Jr (29-4-1,1ND) W TKO 3 Rodrigo Juarez (15-14-1). Quick wins for the “sons of the fathers”. “The Businessman” Chavez, 21, waits out the early storm from Martinez and then finishes it with a peach of a left hook to go to 20 wins by KO/TKO. Martinez had built his record on poor opposition. Paez Jr, 23, goes for broke and floors experienced Juarez at the end of the first. Juarez beats the count and is saved by the bell. After his exertions in the first, Paez takes a breather in the second. Opens up again in the third and Juarez is down again, gets up but the fight is stopped. Paez holds a win over former WBC light champ Jose Luis Castillo, but has lost three tight decisions which have halted his progress. Juarez has lost 8 of his last 9. Both Julio Cesar Chavez and Jorge Paez were there to watch their sons win, and now there is a talk of the two “Juniors” fighting each other in November. Cuxhaven, Germany: Middle; Ante Bilic (25-2) W KO 1 Adnan Oezcoban (6-6-2). Heavy: Manuel Charr (19-0) W DISQ 1 Serdar Uysal (13-15-2). Cruiser: Kai Kurzawa (27-4) W RTD 3 Marko Angermann (6-8).With Alex Alexeev pulling out due to a virus, Bilic and Charr moved to the top of the bill. Croat Bilic, 27, put away poor Turk Oezcoban with a body shot late in the first. Now nine wins in a row for Bilic. Oezcoban was having his first fight since August 2009. Another poor match sees Syrian-born Charr, 26, floor Uysal twice. The 40-year-old Turk complaining off low blows and refuses to fight on, resulting in his disqualification. With wins over Danny Williams, Sherman Williams and Owen Back, Charr is too good for this rubbish. Two wins in his last seven fights for Uysal. German International champion Kurzawa, 24, finishes it early. Hands out heavy punishment to Angermann, 35, whose corner pull him out at the end of the third with a suspected broken nose. Tokyo, Japan: Super Feather: Seiichi Okada (15-1) W PTS 10 Kota Suzushino (18-13-3). Feather:Toru Suzuki (22-1) W PTS 8 Jonel Alibio (16-12-2). Tough night for heavy favourite Okada. Suzushino was coming forward and crowding the better boxer all night. Ignoring a cut received in the first round, Kota just kept on coming. It should have been an easy fight for the more talented Okada, but he was under heavy pressure particularly in the eighth and ninth. However, Okada, 29, was scoring constantly with hook and uppercuts and using his better skills to nullify Suzushino’s attacks, and in the end retained his national title in his second defence on scores of 98-93, 97-94 and 96-94. Game effort by Suzushino, 29, but former WBC/WBA strawweight champ Hideyuki Ohashi, who is President of the Ohashi Gym for which Okada boxes, was less than happy with his boxer’s performance, as he could have blown a title fight with WBC champion Takahiro Aoh. In the main support Suzuki, 25, was given all he could handle by Filipino former OPBF champion Alibio, and was lucky to escape with a majority decision on scores of 78-75, 78-77 and 76-76 which makes it eight wins in a row for him. Mexico City, Mexico: Fly: Edgar Jimenez (13-5-1) W KO 2 Humberto Pool (15-9-3). Welter: Pablo Munguia (12-3) W PTS 12 Alfredo Chavez (6-3). “Power” Jimenez lives up to his name as he flattens Pool with a left in the second round. First defence of National title for Jimenez. Pool, 36, has lost six of his last seven. Munguia wins vacant Mexican title at the second attempt with clear decision over Chavez. “Gravedigger” Munguia had previously lost in a challenge for the Mexican light welter title in May.

September 14

Newark, USA: Light Welter: Mike Torres (14-2) W PTS 8 Mark Alexander (10-6). Torres gets back on track with unanimous verdict over Englishman. Torres jab and move tactics give the aggressive Alexander trouble as Torres takes three of the first four rounds. Alexander puts in a big effort in fifth to try to turn the fight around, but it is the last round he wins. Torres is back on the jab and quick movement approach and he holds off a desperate Alexander in the last to win on scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74. For Torres this was his first fight for almost a year, as he took a break after two losses in a row. Londoner Alexander, 26, inactive for over a year after losing inside a round to Ryan Barrett in September 2010.

September 15

El Paso, USA: Feather: Jhonny Gonzalez (50-7) W TKO 2 Rogers Mtagwa (27-15-2,1ND). Super Feather: Antonio Escalante (25-4) W TKO 1 Pipino Cuevas Jr (14-8). Super Feather: Miguel Roman (36-8) W KO 1 Antonio Meza (25-11-1).Light Middle: Javier Molina (9-0) W PTS 6 John Revish (10-5-2).Gonzalez, on his 30th birthday, gets down to business early. Mtagwa, 32, coming forward with wild lunges, and Gonzalez, moving backwards behind a high guard, hardly throws any punches in the first two minutes. Opens up a bit in the last minute and hurts Mtagwa with a left to the body. Second round starts the same as first with Mtagwa lunging forward and Gonzalez looking for an opening. At the two minute mark Gonzalez gets through with vicious left hooks to the body and is then chasing a hurt Mtagwa as the Tanzanian staggers along the ropes. Another barrage on the ropes has Mtagwa hurt. He forces his way into the middle of the ring, but walks into a heavy right to the chin, and is back on the ropes and in no position to defend himself when the referee stops the fight. Now 44 wins by KO/TKO for former WBO bantam champion, and 14th in his last 15 fights. Gonzalez making second defence of his WBC title. Mtagwa had had only two fights in the previous two years so, had no right challenging for the title. In previous title attempts he was outpointed by Juan Manuel Lopez for the WBO super bantam title and destroyed in two rounds by Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA secondary feather title. Escalante gets the job done quickly. After slipping to the canvas Escalante gets up and quickly takes Cuevas to the ropes and crashes home a barrage of heavy shots with the referee jumping to protect the helpless Cuevas. All over in 108 seconds. Escalante, 26, a Mexican based in El Paso, was world rated after wins over Mike Oliver, Gary Stack, Cornelius Locke and Miguel Roman, but was then derailed by back-to-back kayo losses to Daniel Ponce de Leon and Alejandro Perez, so he is rebuilding. The Cuevas name is all that gets Pipino Jr these fights (Junior!)He is 31. He has now lost six of his last seven, and all of his losses have been by KO/TKO. One left hook to the body after 129 seconds is enough to finish Meza. “Mickey” Roman, 25, makes it three wins since losing to Jonathan Barros for the interim WBA title in March, and win No 28 by KO/TKO. Southpaw Meza, 28, has won only one of his last nine fights. The opposition has been tough, but a big negative turnaround for a guy who won his first 17 fights. Molina remains unbeaten and Revish preserves his reputation as a good class opponent for upcoming fighgters. Molina in control most of the way and takes unanimous verdict on scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 58-56. Molina, 21, lost to Bradley Saunders in the 2007 World championships and was unsuccessful in Beijing, but as an amateur scored wins over Karl Dargan, Brad Solomon and Kevin Bizier. Revish has now lost his last four, but against fighters with combined records of 55-2-1 and with Adrien Broner the only fighter to beat him inside the distance. Rosarito, Mexico: Super Fly: Julio Cesar Miranda (36-6-1) W TKO 3 Luis Leon (13-5). Fly: Felipe Orucuta (22-1) W KO 5 Devis Perez (14-5-2). Predictable early win for former WBO champion “Pingo” Miranda, now up at super fly. He hurts modest Panama-based Colombian with body shots in the first. The punishment to the body continued in the second, and by the end of the round Leon was ready to opt out, and he did not answer the bell for the third. Miranda 31, makes it 29 wins by KO/TKO. First fight for Miranda since losing his WBO title to Brian Viloria in July. Leon, 28, who has faced opposition such as Juan Palacios and Ulises Solis, suffered his first loss inside the distance. Late substitute Orucuta takes his time against Colombian Perez. Boxes his way cautiously through the first four rounds, and then brings the curtain down in style in the fifth. A quick head/body/head combination finished with a right to the jaw puts Perez down and he is counted out. Mexican Orucuta, 25, has four wins in a row since upset loss to Daniel Rosas in the final of the Campeon Azteca Tecate tournament in December. He has 18 wins by KO/TKO. Perez, 25, is 2-4 in his last six fights. Siquijor, Philippines: Feather: Adones Aguelo (15-6-1) W TKO 4 Jake Verano (20-16-3). Youth wins out as, with the fight just about equal, Aguelo breaks through in the fourth flooring experienced Verano with a right uppercut. Verano gets up, but is in a bad way, and has also collected a bad cut on his left eyelid. Referee stops the fight and Aguelo retains Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) title as he bounces back from three losses on the road. PBF title is the lesser of two titles in the Philippines with the Games & Amusement Board (GAB) having much more prestige. Only two wins in his last eight fights for Verano, a former GAB super bantamweight champ.

September 16

Las Vegas, USA: Heavy: Seth Mitchell (23-0-1) W TKO 3 Hector Ferreyro (21-11-2). Welter: Felix Diaz (10-0) W PTS 8 Larry Smith (10-6). One-sided fight sees Mitchell scoring heavily with body shots in the first and then floor Texan Ferreyro in the second. Late in the third, with the right eye of Ferreyro almost closed, the referee stops the fight. Mitchell, 29, has 17 wins by KO/TKO and this was his eighth win in a row by that method. Ferreyro, 36, had lasted only 128 seconds with Amir Mansour in April. Mitchell being touted as the next American heavyweight hope, but needs better opposition than this. He is hoping to get a slot on the Amir Khan vs. Lamont Petersen fight on December 10. Dominican southpaw Diaz, 27, a gold medalist in Beijing, outboxes modest Smith and takes a comfortable unanimous verdict on scores of 79-73 twice and 80-72, but lack of real power and lack of inches may make it difficult for Diaz to reach the top. Texan Smith, 32, is 2-5 in his last seven fights. Caserta, Italy: Welter: Giuseppe Langella (18-6-2) W PTS 10 Rocco Di Palmo (8-3-1). Ugly fight as Langella wins vacant Italian title with unanimous points win over southpaw Di Palmo. Langella, 30, edges the first two rounds, but then it turns into an exciting if rough and untidy fight with heads continually clashing, which led to both boxers sporting cuts. What clean work there was came from Langella and he won on scores of 97-93, 97-94 and 96-94. Langella, who lost to Stephen Haughian in 2008, is now in his second reign as Italian champion. Di Palmo, 35, was having his second shot at winning a national title and had lost only one of his last ten fights going in. Arzachena, Italy: Cruiser: Giulian Ilie (18-4-2) W TKO 2 Salvatore Erittu (21-1) W. Welter: Nicola Conti (12-0) W PTS 6 Zoran Didanovic (10-17). Major upset as intended victim Ilie, 34, fails to play his part. ”Cobra” Erittu rocks Romanian with rights in the first and is on top in the second. However, the Romanian manages to get inside the reach of his taller opponent, and a combination finished off with a right hook puts Erittu down. The Italian beats the count but was not fighting back and after a few more punches the referee stopped the fight. Romanian wins IBF Inter-Continental title. Former undefeated Italian champion Conti wins every round against game Serbian. Riga, Latvia: Super Middle: Mehdi Bouadla (22-4) W TKO 1 Dmitri Protkunas (11-34-2,2ND). Mismatch sees Frenchman Bouadla, 29, catch Estonian early and put him down three times for an automatic stoppage. Only loss in his last 13 fights for former French champion Bouadla was to Mikkel Kessler in June, Bouadla’s only loss in his last 13 fights. Only one win in his last ten fights for Protkunas. He was beaten in two rounds by Matthew Macklin in 2002. Warsaw, Poland: Light Heavy: Pawel Glazewski (16-0) W PTS 10 Doudou Ngumbu (26-3). Welter: Anton Novikov (22-0) W PTS 10 David Makaradze (17-7). Light: Krzys Cieslak (17-2) W PTS 6 Johnny Antequera (11-8). In France Ngumbu might have been given the split decision, but it was in Poland, so it went to Glazewski. The fight was that close. Glazewski, 28, shook the aggressive Ngumbu with a left hook in the first, but in the third Ngumbu returned the favour, only for Glazewski to hit back with another strong left hook. The fight swings one way then the other, and hard to score, as Glazewski boxes and Frenchman always dangerous. Scores 96-94 twice and 94-96 as Glazewski retains WBC Baltic title. Ngumbu, from the Congo, had won his last six. Typical Novikov performance as “The Pick Hammer” jabs his way to victory over 32-year-old “The Georgian Robot” Makaradze. A neat, tidy southpaw , Novikov rarely varies his right jab, left cross approach, but his lack of power and one-paced approach will catch up with him against better opposition. Scores100-90 twice and 98-92. The 23-year-old Russian wins vacant WBC Baltic title-by beating a Georgian!!! In his first fight for almost a year Cieslak is busier and more accurate than Venezuelan. Scores heavily at the end of the third and keeps the pressure on over the last three rounds as both fighters tire. Makaradze is 3-7 in his last ten fights. Mansfield, Australia: Light Middle: Tyrone Tongia (17-2) W TKO 8 James Giltrow (12-3). Super Middle: Omar Shaick (9-2) W PTS 10 Josh Clenshaw (29-20). Some battle this. Tongia, boxing at range, took the first ,but from then on the sheer aggression of Giltrow denied Tongia the room he needed. Giltrow set an unbelievable pace throwing hooks and uppercuts with both hand and turning the fight into a brawl. It was toe-to-toe for round after round. In the fourth with heads banging together Giltrow was cut over both eyes, with the left being the more serious. Tongia was still unable to find the room for his strong jab, but Giltrow was slowing due to the pace he was setting. In the seventh there was a break as the Doctor looked at the injury by Giltrow’s left eye, but the fight continued. At the end of the round Tongia finally got through with heavy punches and Giltrow was on shaky legs. Giltrow had a final fling in the eighth but suddenly Tongia had him hurt again, and a right uppercut had Giltrow falling face first to the canvas. The towel came in from Giltrow's corner as the referee was counting. The Papua New Guinea born Tongia is known as “The Cyclone” but it was the brave Giltrow who was all-action and was ahead on all three cards at the end of the seventh. Tongia, 28 is now unbeaten in his last eight fights, and retains the Australian title in his second defence. He has nine wins by KO/TKO. This was the first inside the distance loss for Giltrow, 26 a former Australian welterweight champion. Southpaw Shaik, 24, picked up the vacant Australian title as he out boxed veteran Clenshaw and won a wide unanimous verdict on scores of 100-91 twice and 100-90. Shaick had been unsuccessful in a shot at the middleweight title. “Chainsaw” Clenshaw is a former Australian light middle and middle champion, but has now lost three of his last four fights. Lop Buri, Thailand: Straw: Paipharob (18-0) W TKO 1 Jack Amisa (20-19-2). Super Bantam: A piece of rubbish matching sees WBA No 3 Paipharob halt poor Indonesian Amisa inside a round. The Thai, 28, has 16wins by KO/TKO, 13 in his last 13 fights, and this was the sixth defence of his PABA title. Amisa has won only one of his last 15 fights, which says it all about the matching. San Rafael, USA: Welter: Brandon Hoskins (16-0-1) W PTS 8 Paul Nave (19-9-2,1ND). Hopefully this is the end of the road for Nave (he will be 51 on Sept 20). After two even rounds Hoskins, 24, hurt Nave with an uppercut. Nave had a swelling under his right eye and it turned into a cut in the fifth. Both fighters tired but Hoskins staged the better finish. Scores 78-73, 78-74 and 76-76. Nave, who promotes his own fights, had an early career win over double world champion Greg Haugen, but was inactive from 1999 until March 2009 due to a back problem. He had scored four wins on his comeback. First fight outside of the Missouri/Kansas circuit for Hoskins, so his statistics are meaningless.

September 17

Las Vegas, USA: Welter: Floyd Mayweather Jr (42-0) W KO 4 Victor Ortiz (29-3-2). Light Welter: Erik Morales (52-7) W TKO 10 Pablo Cesar Cano (22-1-1). Light: Jesse Vargas (17-0) W PTS 10 Josesito Lopez (29-4,1ND). Welter: Carson Jones (32-8-2) TKO 7 Said Ouali (28-4,1ND) W. Super Middle: Marco Periban (15-0) W PTS 8 Dhafir Smith (24-21-7).Light: Anthony Crolla (22-2) W PTS 8 Juan Montiel (5-5-3). Super Middle: Adonis Stevenson (15-1) W TKO 1 Dion Savage (11-2). A Controversial ending as Mayweather returns, looking as sharp as ever despite a 16 month lay-off. He had too much of everything for Ortiz and was on his way to a kayo eventually. The fight was shortened because Ortiz forgot the first rule of boxing-protect yourself at all times. In the fourth a frustrated Ortiz had Mayweather backed up to the ropes and after a volley of punches he then attempted an obvious and blatant butt. Cortez broke them up, indicated a point deduction against Ortiz, Ortiz apologized to Mayweather hugging him and seemingly kissing him on the cheek. As Cortez was indicated the point deduction to the judges, Ortiz again apologized to Mayweather and touched gloves. Cortez gave Ortiz a verbal warning, and said “let’s go” as signal that the fight should continue. Despite the instruction to box on, for some inexplicable reason, Ortiz once again tried to embrace Mayweather. Mayweather let him do it. But when Ortiz backed off Mayweather threw a left. Ortiz turned his head towards Cortez as if to ask if they were to fight on. Seeing Ortiz unguarded Mayweather crashed home a right hand that knocked Ortiz down and he failed to beat the count. Ortiz himself admitted that he had forgotten that first rule. The fight started with Ortiz finding Mayweather an elusive target whilst Mayweather picked up points with fast, accurate rights. The second round was the same although Ortiz did get in a few punches. Mayweather turned up the heat in the third as his right hand counters were getting through easily and a frustrated Ortiz, finding no answer, was already using his head carelessly. Then came the drama of the fourth round. What Mayweather did might be termed “unsporting”, but Mayweather had just received a blatant butt that left him with a cut inside his mouth, and he followed the referee’s instruction, and Ortiz did not. Mayweather regains WBC title and goes to 26 wins by KO/TKO, but this is only the second such win in his last seven fights. A five division champion, this was title fight No19 for Mayweather. At 34 he is still one of the two best fighters around. Now let’s see him fight Pacquiao so we can tell who is the best. Southpaw Ortiz, 24, was making the first defence of his WBC title, which he won from Andre Berto in April. “El Terrible” Morales wins the vacant WBC title and makes history as he becomes the first Mexican to win titles in four divisions. Although young Cano came in at only one weeks notice, he made Morales fight hard for his victory. Morales, 35, made a slow start and Cano took the first two rounds, and also inflicted a cut over the left eye of Morales. Using his vast experience Morales began to outbox Cano, and by the end of the fourth Cano was also cut over his left eye and there were swellings on both of his cheeks. Cano was still very much in the fight until the end of the sixth, but from then on he took some heavy punishment. Cano staged a recovery in the ninth, but by the tenth the cut on his right eyelid had become a gaping gash and at the end of the round the Doctor ordered the fight stopped. Morales crowns a great comeback. He took almost three years out after suffering four losses in a row. Cano, 21, was rated No 14 by the WBC, even though he had not faced any rated opponents, but after coming in at such short notice he put up a brave showing. Big, but controversial, win for Vargas. He takes the first two rounds with jabs and counters as Lopez is trying to mount a body attack. Lopez has a good third round as he gets through to the body and has Vargas in trouble at the end of the round. Vargas, 22, takes fourth and fifth as he finds some room for his jab and is the busier fighter. Lopez, 27, bounces back to take the sixth and seventh scoring well inside with hooks and uppercuts. A bad eighth for Vargas as he is deducted a point for a low blow, and is again in trouble at the end of the round. Vargas takes the ninth and as they go toe-to-toe in the tenth Vargas seems to have a slight edge. Scores 96-93, 95-94 and 94-95. WBA No 5 Lopez had won his last seven including wins over Patrick Lopez, Anthony Mora, Marvin Cordova and Mike Dallas. A fight between two rated fighters saw Carson Jones pull off an upset against Moroccan southpaw Ouali. Jones used a body attack to slow Ouali and then switched to the head. He had Ouali down in the fourth and badly cut by his right eye. With the eye swelling Ouali had very limited vision from it. The Doctor took a look at the cut at the end of the seventh, and the fight was stopped. IBF NO 7 Ouali, 32, had crashed the ratings with first round win over Hector Saldivia, and his only loss in his last 16 fights had been a split decision against WBC No 3 Selcuk Aydin. Jones,25, rated No 12 by the IBF, had done most of his fighting against poor opposition in Oklahoma, but had scored a third round win to burst the bubble of Tyrone Brunson ( 21-0-1). Jones with 20 wins by KO/TKO) had won the USBA title with a win over Mike Clark. Mexican hope Periban gets useful rounds in as he outboxes Smith. Scores 79-73 twice and 80-72. The tall Mexican was a top amateur and represented Mexico at the 2007 World Championships. Smith beat Jeff Lacy in December 2010, but has lost his three fights since then-but to opponents with combined records of 55-2, so tough opposition. Brit “Million Dollar” Crolla, 24, was a bit devalued after beating novice Montiel on a split decision. Scores 78-74, 77-75 and 75-77. There was talk of the young British champion fighting Erik Morales, but that was overly ambitious. To be fair to Crolla, he looked to have outboxed Montes clearly and the scores show the fight as closer than it was. Despite his indifferent record Montes had drawn with both Carlos Molina and David Rodela. Haitian-born Canadian Stevenson, who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, continued his rehabilitation as he floored Savage with a left uppercut in the first. Savage beat the count, but was shipping punishment on the ropes when the referee stopped the fight. All over in 117 seconds. Two quick wins for Stevenson since shock stoppage by Darnell Boone in April 2010. A bit of losers coincidence here as Stevenson has a stoppage win over Smith and Periban blew away Savage in 33 seconds. Los Angeles, USA: Light Middle: Saul Alvarez (38-0-1) W TKO 6 Alfonso Gomez (23-5-2). Light Welter: Antonio Orozco (12-0) W PTS 6 Fernando Rodriguez (6-7). Alvarez, still only 21, wins to retain WBC title for second time. When a counter hook floored Gomez in the first it looked as though it was going to be a very short fight. However, Alvarez then took a strangely passive role, allowing Gomez,30,to come forward, whilst he boxed on the defensive. Alvarez seemed to be content in scoring with hard counters, but not looking for a finish. The fourth round typified his tactics as Alvarez fought off the ropes, blocking the punches from Gomez, and scoring heavily with uppercuts. Those tactics failed in the fifth as Gomez got through with some punches of his own. In the sixth Alvarez finally came off the ropes and fought more like the fighter we are used to seeing. A right uppercut had Gomez badly hurt and Alvarez backed him to the ropes and was landing uppercuts and hooks when the referee stopped the fight. Now 28 wins by KO/TKO for "Canelo”. The only other fighter to stop the tough Gomez was Miguel Cotto in a WBA welter title bout in 2008. This was only the second fight in 18 months for Gomez. Mexican “Simple Man” Orozco, 23, remains unbeaten as he wins every round against poor Rodriguez. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. Now six losses in a row for Rodriguez. Liverpool, England: Feather: Lee Selby (11-1) W TKO 8 Stephen Smith (12-1). Super Middle: Paul Smith (31-2) W TKO 1 Paul Samuels (21-10-2). Smith, 26, takes the first round against inexperienced Selby. However Selby, 24, takes the second and third by keeping Smith on the outside, and gives a warning of things to come as he shakes Smith in the third with a right. Smith is on top again in the fourth, but Selby then dominates the next two as he is busier and gets his punches off quicker. Smith kept in the fight by taking the seventh, but was beging to look ragged. End comes in the eighth with a counter left from Selby. Smith goes down heavily and the referee signals for the medics and waves the fight over. Selby wins Commonwealth and British titles from Smith. All over inside a round as former British champion Smith floors Samuels twice for a stoppage after just 140 seconds. Now two wins for 28-year-old Smith since loss to James DeGale in December Belfast, N. Ireland: Heavy: Tyson Fury (16-0) W TKO 5 Nicolai Firtha (20-9-1). Welter: Junior Witter (40-5-2) W PTS 6 Arvydas Trizno (9-13-2). Super Bantam: Willie Casey (11-1) W TKO 8 Daniel Kodjo Sassou (30-17-4,1ND). Super Bantam: Kid Galahad (9-0) W TKO 1 Paul Griffin (25-5). Fury, 23, outclasses limited Firtha, but has to survive a shocking third round. From the first bell Fury found the much smaller Firtha an easy target for his strong jab and also scored well with right crosses and uppercuts. Firtha’s face a mask of blood from a damaged nose in the first, and again takes punishment in the second, as Fury scores with a left hook and a big right cross. Still going to plan in the third until Fury gets careless and a right swing from Firtha lands on Fury’s temple and suddenly has him wobbling and staggering along the ropes in deep trouble. Fury survives, by holding and mauling, but only just. Fury gets back on top again in fourth. A big right followed by a left hook puts Firtha down at the end of the round.. The end comes in the fifth with Firtha’s face a mess of blood a right uppercut sends him staggering and the referee stops the now one-sided contest. Fury’s jabbing was impressive, and he showed maturity in his boxing. Now twelve wins by KO/TKO for the 6’9” British and Commonwealth champion, and this was an exciting battle, but Firtha is not a noted puncher, and it was worrying to see Fury unhinged by him. Firtha, 32, showed a good chin, but very little else. He had no jab and tended to flap his punches. Former WBC light welter champ Witter gets much needed win as he outpoints Lithuanian travelling loser Trizno. Southpaw Casey, 29, returns after one round destruction by Memo Rigondeaux in March, and is given a good test by Togolese Sassou before registering a stoppage in the last round. Kid Galahad (real name Abdul Barry Awad), floors veteran Griffin, 40, twice for a stoppage win. The 21-year-old, Qatari-born Galahad is another product of the Brendan Ingle school which gave us Johnny Nelson, Herol Graham and Prince Naseem Hamed. He is certainly quick, but does not have the Hamed power. Southpaw Griffin was once a good fighter who won 17 of his first 18 fights, but this was only his second fight in over three years. San Francisco de Macoris: Feather: Elio Rojas (23-1) W TKO 8 Arturo Gomez (18-18-5). No knockdowns, but former undefeated WBC champion Rojas (Champion in Recess!!) eases back by pounding game Mexican. Gomez comes forward from the start and walks in to punishment from the fast and skillful Dominican. Gomez is game but shipping heavy countering shots in every round. By the eighth Gomez was tiring and in trouble from an all-out attack from Rojas and the referee stops the fight. Rojas, 28, having his first fight since February 2010 due to hand injury now wants a shot at Jhonny Gonzalez for the title he never lost. Parker, USA: Light Welter: Mercito Gesta (23-0-1) W PTS 10 Manuel Perez (16-7-1). Light Welter: Jesse Benavides (13-0) W TKO 1 Dedrick Bell (6-10). Heavy: Andy Ruiz (11-0) W TKO 2 Ken Frank (6-4-1). Light: Jose Roman (12-0) W TKO 1 Baudel Cardenas (18-23-4).Gesta never quite manages to catch up with Perez who is just there to survive. Now and then Perez stops and score with quick flurries, which earned him a couple of rounds, but apart from that it was all Gesta. The 23-year-old Filipino southpaw had finished 7 of his last 8 fights inside the distance. Hawaiian-born Perez, 27, is durable, having lost only once inside the distance, and that was to Brandon Rios. The most you could say about the rest of the card was that at least people got to go home early. Hot prospect Jesse Benavides floored poor Bell twice and finished him in just 89 seconds. The 19-year-old has twelve wins by KO/TKO. Bell has lost his last six. Mexican Ruiz, 22, had no trouble with 33-year-old Canadian Frank, flooring him in the first and forcing the referee’s intervention in the second. Frank weighed 293lbs and Ruiz 253lbs for this one. Californian Roman, 23, had Mexican veteran Cardenas down three times before the fight was stopped. Cardenas was once a much better fighter, but has now won only one of his last 16 fights. . Caseros, Argentina: Heavy: Gonzalo Basile (52-5,1ND) W PTS 12 Manuel Pucheta (34-7). The height and reach advantages of 6’6” Basile, 37, just too much for 6’0” tall, 40-year-old Pucheta. Basile generally in command except when Pucheta was able to get inside. Basile scored a questionable knockdown in fifth, and Pucheta twice survived Doctor’s examination of deep cut on his left cheek. Scores 120-107, 119-109 and 118-110. Basile had won a split verdict over Pucheta in April. Celaya, Mexico: Feather: Robinson Castellanos (13-9) W TKO 3 Aldimar Santos (15-2). Light: Fermin de los Santos (18-13-1) W TKO 3 Alfonso Perez (6-3). Castellanos, 29, retains WBC Silver title for second time as he overpowers Brazilian. After winning the first two rounds, a right from Castellanos causes Santos to touch down briefly. After the mandatory count Castellanos lands a volley of hard punches and the fight is stopped. Now nine wins by KO/TKO for Castellanos and he has won 8 of his last 9 fights. The record of 30-year-old Santos is heavily padded by poor opposition. Unfortunate ending in the other main event as Venezuelan Perez suffers a dislocated right shoulder and is unable to continue. Eight wins in a row and 6th defence of his WBC CABOFE title for de los Santos. Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Cruiser: David Quinonero (27-0) W KO 4 Levan Jomardashvili (24-5).First defence of his WBC Silver title by 35-year-old Spaniard as he kayos young Georgian. Quinonero has 26 wins by KO/TKO but very poor opposition. Five fights outside Georgia and five losses for 22-year-old Jomardashvili.

September 18

Kanagawa, Japan: Light Middle: Charlie Ota (19-1-1) W PTS 12 Yoshihisa Tonimura (15-6-4). Former US Marine Ota (Bellamy) retains OPBF title for the sixth time with a unanimous verdict over Tonimura. Scores 116-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Ota rated No 7 by the WBA was fighting at a US Army Camp so it must have been a problem for the spectators. They probably have a rule that says you support the US Army-and anyone fighting against the Marines.

Additional Commonwealth Results-All Commonwealth boxers

September 15

Accra, Ghana: Welter: Frank Dodze (6-7) W TKO 3 Isaac Amponsah (0-5)

September 16

London, England: Welter: Gavin Tate (11-10) W PTS 10 Chas Symonds (15-5). Tait wins BBB of C Southern Area title. Accra, Ghana: Light Welter: Patrick Allotey (16-0) W Dan Adjato (0-3). Light: Abdul Malik Jabir (16-8) W TKO 7 Yusif Salifu (0-6). Middle: Ernest Amuzu (9-1) W KO 4 Joe Mawuli (0-6). Welter: Emmanuel Clottey (26-9) W TKO 5 Paul Achaab (3-6). Super Bantam: Super Bantam: Isaac Netty (14-7-1) W TKO 3 Isaac Okine (0-5).Super Bantam: John Amizu (7-0) W KO 2 Albert Yeboha (0-6). Light Middle: Phil Kotey (23-6-2) W TKO 4 Daniel Adjato (0-5). Light Middle: Peter Trycky Commey (4-5) W PTS 8 Richard Sackey (0-1-1). Combined records of the losers 3-38-1, and seven of them have never won a fight.

September 21

Manchester, USA: Middle: Demetrius Andrade (15-0) W TKO 3 Saul Duran (38-19-2). Welter: Danny O’Connor (15-1) W TKO 1 Jamie Del Cid (7-6). Disgraceful match sees former World amateur champion Andrade beat up 38-year-old Mexican Duran for three rounds. Southpaw Andrade, 23, could not miss poor Duran with his right hooks. Duran down at the end of the second and the third, and at the end of the round Duran stayed on his stool. Now ten wins by KO/TKO for Andrade, and his second fight in just over a month, but a big step down in opposition from his last fight when he beat Grady Brewer. Duran was once a good fighter, he drew with Takanori Hatakeyama for the WBC super feather title in 1999, and lost to Stevie Johnson for the WBC light title in 1997, but had won 4 of his last 15 fights. Rare early kayo win for former top amateur O’Connor. The 26-year-old southpaw, who was both US champion and National Golden Gloves champion in 2008, came out firing and a right to the body and a big left to the chin and it was all over in 80seconds for the Mexican as the referee waived it off. O’Connor, now trained by Ronnie Shields, bouncing back from loss to Gabe Bracero in April. Poor Del Cid, that’s three TKO/KO losses in a row. All of his losses have come in the first or second round. If he hears the bell for the third-he wins.

September 23

Villa Balester, Argentina: Light Welter: Marcos Maidana (31-2) W KO 4 Petr Petrov (29-3-2). Light Welter: Angel Aguirre (8-5-1,1ND) W KO 5 Oscar Pereyra (24-2). Too easy for 28-year-old “El Chino”. In the first Maidana just sticking out jabs and Petrov retreating behind his high guard. Late in the round Maidana trapped the Russian on the ropes and Petrov took a mandatory eight count after his gloves touched the canvas. Much the same in the second, with Petrov occasionally stopping to throw some flurries and Maidana lunging with lefts and rights. Maidana takes third but the Spanish-based Russian Petrov, also 28, stops now and then to trade with Maidana. All over in the fourth as Maidana lands a heavy right cross and Petrov goes down. At the end of the mandatory eight count a left to the body puts Petrov down again and when he gets up the referee stops the fight. Maidana, a former WBA interim champion was to have fought Robert Guerrero, but Guerrero was injured in training, and Petrov came in as a substitute. Maidana retains WBA secondary title that he won by beating Erik Morales in April. Now 28 wins by KO/TKO for Maidana, and the first time that Petrov, who had lost only one of his last 25, has failed to last the distance. Naturally Pertrov made his appearance in the WBA ratings just in time to qualify for the title fight. This was supposed to be a routine win for Argentinian No 3 “El Savage” Pereyra, but no one told Aguirre. Both fighters eschewed defence and went for the kayo. “Angel” Aguirre, 28, drew first blood flooring Pereyra in the second. Pereyra deliberately spits out his gum shield to add his recovery time, and has a point deducted. The bell goes before Aguirre can get at him again. Both fighters were on the floor in a wild fourth. Aguirre went down first. He also was deducted a point for spitting out his gum shield. Pereyra then went mad throwing wild punches to try to finish the fight, and walked into strong counters from Aguirre, and was down again. Pereyra was still shaky at the start of the fifth and taking heavy punishment without fighting back and the referee jumped in very late. The first time Pereyra has been stopped and the sixth win by KO/TKO for Aguirre. Helsinki, Finland: Cruiser: Juho Haapoja (16-2-1,1ND) W PTS 12 Faisal Ibnel Arrami (13-3). Light Welter: Denis Shafikov (27-0-1) W TKO 9 Giuseppe Lauri (52-8). Light: Edis Tatli (15-0) W PTS 8 John Nolasco (18-7-4). Heavy: Jarno Rosberg (11-0,1ND) W PTS 6 Paul Butlin (12-16). Tough, close fight with both fighters having good moments. Finn Haapoja, 30, on top when he boxes but gets drawn into fighting inside too much by the Frenchman. Haapoja builds early lead, flooring French champion “The African King” Arrami briefly in fourth, but Arrami puts in a good finish over the last three rounds. Haapoja wins European Union title on scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 114-113. Haapoja now unbeaten in his last twelve fights. Italian Lauri fails in his fourth attempt to win the European title. Russian southpaw “Djingis Khan” Shafikov, 26, just too fast and too strong for the game 35-year-old Lauri and wins the vacant European title. Lauri is floored in the eighth and does not come out for round nine. The Italian eats the right jabs and left hooks of Shafikov for most of the rounds. Former European Union champion Lauri rallies to win at least a share of the second and sixth, in which Shafikov seemed to be taking a breather. A tired Lauri was floored with a left in the eighth, but managed to see out the round before retiring. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for Shafikov and, although he drew with WBA No 2 Brunet Zamora in October, he is not in their ratings. Lauri lost twice to Ted Bami and once to Paul McCloskey in shots at this title. His nickname is “The End” and that might just be an accurate description after this loss. Light punching prospect Tatli, 24, wins every round against experienced Dominican. Scores 80-72 from all three judges. Tatli was Finnish amateur champion at 48kg and 54kgs. Nolasco 36 has been the distance with Steve Luevano. Jason Litzau and Andy Murray. Southpaw Rosberg, 30, another top amateur also wins every round against durable Butlin. Rosberg puts Butlin down with a very low blow, but it is Butlin who finally loses a point for low blow in last round. Scores 59-54 from the judges. Makati City, Philippines: Bantam: Drian Francisco (21-1-1) W PTS 10 Mike Domingo (42-16-3). Super Feather: Roberto Gonzales (19-0) W PTS 10 Balweg Bangoyan (16-4). Super Bantam: Nino Magboo (15-2-1) W KO 8 Rene Bestudio (10-2-4). Francisco, 28, wins, but only by changing his usual tactics, and fighting a more mature fight. The former interim WBC super fly champion decided to box instead of going toe-to-toe as he usually does, and with 32-year-old “Bruce Lee” Domingo being a counter puncher it, was a close, but not exciting battle. Francisco takes the early rounds, but both fighters are shaken in a fiery fifth. Domingo picks up a cut on his left eyebrow in the eighth, but makes a strong finish. Francisco just has the edge through his busier style and cleaner punching, and takes the decision on scores of 96-93 twice and 95-94. First fight for Francisco since losing his WBA interim title to Thai Tepparith in May. Only the second loss in his last twelve fights for Domingo. The Gonzales vs. Bangoyan was another close bout. The fight seemed about even until Bangoyan floored Gonzales in the sixth. That spurred 21-year-old Gonzlaes into action and he swept the remaining rounds, leaving “The Davao Hitman” Bangoyan with a badly swollen face. Split decision.Scores 97-93, 95-94 and 93-96. Bangoyan, 24, lost to Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC super bantam title in April 2010 and with this loss has now won only one of his last five fights. The fight between Magboo, 24, and Bestudio only really hotted-up when Bestudio was badly cut in the sixth. He then went all out for a win but left himself open and in the eighth a left hook from southpaw Magboo put him down and out. Only one loss in his last eight for “Tornado” Magboo. Bestudio had won five straight and this was his first loss inside the distance. Aberdeen, Scotland: Light Welter: Lee McAllister (33-2) W TKO 3 Karoly Lakatos (11-31-1). Too easy for the “Aberdeen Assassin” against late sub Lakatos. The reigning Commonwealth champion has the Hungarian’s face marked up in the first and scores freely in the seconds. In the third Lakatos gets three standing counts and the fight is stopped. Seven wins in a row for McAllister, 28, since loss to John Murray. Seven losses in his last nine fights for Lakatos. Indio, USA: Super Feather: Vicente Escobedo (24-3) W PTS 10 Rocky Juarez (28-9-1). Super Feather: Adam Carrera (20-3,1ND) W PTS 6 Adolfo Landeros (21-22-2). Escobedo wins a bout that was important for the careers of both former Olympians. Making use of his height and reach advantage Escobedo, 29, was in command over the early rounds with his jab. He also floored Juarez in the third with the same punch. It was only in the sixth that Juarez finally began to let the punches go and he had Escobedo shaken. Juarez was now on top and he began to eat into Escobar’s lead as he won the seventh and eighth. Escobedo rallied to take the ninth and they fought on even terms over the last. Escobedo takes the unanimous verdict on scores of a too wide 98-91, 97-92 and 96-93. Escobedo, who represented the USA at the 2004 Olympics, had lost big fights to Mike Katsidis and Robert Guerrero, so he had to win this one. Texan Juarez, 31, a former World amateur champion and a silver medal winner at the 2000 Olympics, has had five shots at winning a world title, but this was his fifth loss in a row. In his first fight since 2008 Carrera floors Mexican trial horse Landeros in second and third rounds, but Landeros is in his face for all six rounds and gives 28-year-old Carrera a tough test. Carrera deducted a point in the fourth. Scores 58-53 twice and 57-54. Carrera retired after losses to Mike Oliver, Juan Carlos Burgos and Bernabe Concepcion. Only one win in his last 14 fights for Landeros, but has fought the very best prospects Hollywood, USA: Light Edner Cherry (28-6-2,1ND) ND 1 Eric Aiken (16-8-1,1ND). Welter: Damian Frias (18-4-1) W TKO 9 Henry Crawford (22-1-1). An amount of chaos here. Bahamian Cherry, 29, scoring well on veteran Aiken in the first. Right on the sound of the bell, or just after, depending on whose claim you believe, Cherry throws a left hook which puts “Mighty Mouse” Aiken down and out. Initially it looked as though Cherry was being disqualified, but after consultation it was ruled a no decision. Cherry unbeaten since losing to Tim Bradley for the WBC light welter title in 2009. Only the second fight since 2008 for former IBF feather champ Aiken. Cuban southpaw Frias, 35, slowly breaks down a rusty 30-year-old Crawford. Eventually a badly swollen, and almost closed left eye, severely affects southpaw Crawford’s ability to see the punches coming and he is taking a beating when the fight is stopped. Ten wins by KO/TKO for Frias. First fight in almost two years for once promising Crawford. Chicago, USA: Light Heavy: Andrzej Fonfara (19-2,1ND) W KO 2 Jose Spearman (28-18-5). Pole Fonfara disposes off 42-year-old Spearman inside two rounds. Spearman tries to make a fight of it in the first, but Fonfara already picking him apart. A right hook from Fonfara in the second saw Spearman down on his knees. He beat the count but could not continue. Fonfara, 23, in unbeaten in his last ten fights, but needs to find tougher opposition At 42 “Seek And Destroy” Spearman, with just one win in his last nine fights, needs to seek another profession. Spearman lost to Brian Magee for the IBO super middle title in 2002 Woodhaven, USA: Welter: Martin Wright (10-1-2) W PTS 10 Mike Ruiz (15-5). Wright, 32, makes it two wins over 26-year-old Puerto Rican Ruiz, but not an easy win. Wright floored in the first, but then uses his height and reach to keep Ruiz at bay. The physical differences make for an untidy scrap, but Wright gets on top and floors a tiring Ruiz in seventh and ninth. Scores 98-90, 97-90 and 99-91 as Wright wins NBA Intercontinental title. Wright had beaten Ruiz for the NY State title in May.

September 24

Nadi, Fiji: Welter: Junior Farzan Ali (25-5-2) W TKO 7 Aisea Naiti (2-1). Body attack from “The Razor” too much for inexperienced Naiti and referee saves exhausted boxer in seventh. First defence of Fijian welter title for 31-year-old Ali. He has also been Fijian champion at bantam, super bantam, feather, light welter. Hamburg, Germany: Heavy: Alex Dimitrenko (32-1) W PTS 12 Mike Sprott (36-16). Cruiser: Rakhim Chakhkiev (10-0) W TKO 4 Mike Simms (21-15-2). Heavy: Darnell Wilson (24-12-3) W PTS 10 Juan Carlos Gomez (49-3,1ND). Heavy: Denis Boystov (29-0) W TKO 6 Mike Greer (14-7). Vitali Tajbert (21-2) W PTS 6 Andrey Kostin (20-18). Marcel Meyerdiercks (20-0) W PTS 8 Mikheil Avakian (9-1-1). Not exactly a barn burner as Dimitrenko retains European title with unanimous verdict over Sprott. Each round very much like the one before as the 6’7” Ukrainian uses his jab to keep Sprott on the outside and occasionally throws three or four punch combinations before going back to the jab again. Sprott has some success with rights in sixth and late in the fight, but otherwise is short with his attempts to get inside. Sprott loses a point in the tenth for low blow and again in the last for throwing Dimitrenko to the canvas. Dimitrenko badly marked around both eyes, but clear winner on scores of 119-108, 117-111 and 116-111. On this showing Dimitrenko is no threat to either Klitschko or Povetkin. Chakhkiev wins in dreadful parody of a fight. Simms just a sparring partner and not a very good one. Southpaw Chakhkiev has no trouble scoring with heavy punches to head and body as Simms is totally passive, standing in range, with hands held high, just prodding out with his jab and occasionally letting go with a flurry of slaps. A heavy right puts Simms down at the end of the second. He gets up at nine as the bell goes. For the first 30 seconds of the third Simms goes forward and lets some punches go, but only light ones of course. More of the same in the fourth until a volley from Chakhkiev finished by a body shots puts Simms, 37, down and the towel is throw in even before the count starts, a farce. The former 28-year-old World silver and Olympic gold medal winner goes to nine wins by KO/TKO, but no glory in this other than being the first man to beat Simms inside the distance. Two wins in his last 13 fights for Simms. Big upset as experienced trial horse Wilson, 37, gets a majority over Cuban southpaw Gomez. The 37-year-old former WBC cruiser champion, had been inactive for nine months. He fractured his shoulder in sparring with Christian Hammer, and needed injections to before the fight, but was restricted to using only his right hand. Wilson took full advantage, but even then had to settle for a majority verdict on scores of 96-94 twice and 95-95. With another long layoff this could be then end for Gomez. Russian Boystov, 25, takes a while to warm-up, but is too strong for the overweight Greer. The American throws a few punches briefly in the third. The referee checks on Greer at the end of the fifth and although not hurt badly, Greer is open mouthed with exhaustion and dropping his hands when the referee stops the fight in the sixth. First fight in a year for Boystov, but still rated No 3 by WBA and in line for a shot at Alex Povetkin. Former WBC super champ Tajbert returns in his first fight since losing his title to Takahiro Ao in November. Plenty of ring rust on show as Tajbert wins every round against durable Russian, but shows no sparkle. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. Meyerdiercks, in his first fight since March, also far from top form. Struggles against Georgian teenager and just edges Avakian in a fight that could have gone either way. Scores 77-75 twice and 77-76. Gostivar, Macedonia: Cruiser: Nuri Seferi (31-6) WTKO 3 Tony Ingelrest (10-1). Nuri Seferi, 34, retains WBO European title as Belgian Ingelrest, 37, suffers injury to his left hand in second and is pulled out by his corner. The Albanian-born Swiss resident, whose last loss was to Herbie Hide in 2008, is managed by former European light welter and welter champion Oktay Urkal who lost only four fights, all in shots at a world title against Kostya Tszyu, Vivian Harris twice and Miguel Cotto. Mexicali, Mexico: Super Bantam: Jorge Arce (58-6-2) W KO 4 Simphiwe Nongqayi (16-2-1). Feather: Victor Terrazas (31-2-1) W TKO 4 Eduardo Becerill (12-10-2). Light: Mahonri Morales (23-0-1) W TKO 8 Carlos Wilson Velasquez (18-13-1,1ND). Feather: Miguel Beltran (26-1) W PTS 8 Sergio Perez (24-13) Fly: Richie Mepranum (25-2-1) WPT 6 Valentin Leon (21-26-3). Feather: Miguel Beltran Jr (26-1) W PTS 8 Sergio Perez (24-13). Usual swarming start from Arce as he sought both to retain his WBO title and gain revenge for a loss to the South African for the IBF super fly title in 2009. After two minutes of eating jabs from Nongqayi, Arce, 32, has former IBF super fly champ Nongqayi on the floor in the first from a combination. Some more wild attacks by Arce in the second. Nongqayi manages to get in a few punches of his own, but the main danger to Arce is from Nongqayi’s head. Arce is cut on forehead and right eye by a butt in the third, the Doctor examines the cuts but lets the fight continue and Nongqayi is deducted a point for the butt. After the deduction the bloodied Arce launches a big attack and has Nongqayi on trapped in his own corner and in trouble when the referee stops the fight. Now 45 wins by KO/TKO for “Travieso” and world title fight No 17. Nongqayi had been inactive since losing his IBF title to Juan Alberto Rosas in July 2010, but conveniently found himself at No 15 in the WBO September ratings. Terrazas too good for substitute Becerill. After edging the first two rounds “The Viking” puts Becerill down in the third. Becerill loses his gum shield and then the bell to save him-but not for long. A sustained attack by Terrazas has Becerill helpless and the referee stops the fight. The WBA No 1 super bantam has won six in a row since stoppage loss to Rendall Munroe in April 2010. Morales, 21, hits too hard and accurately for brave Nicaraguan. Velasquez, 31, in the fight early but it changes in the fifth with Morales staggering Velasquez and opening a cut on his left eyelid. Velasquez in trouble again in the seventh and a deliberate butt sees him lose a point. The left eye of Velasquez is a mess in the eighth and the Doctor recommends a stoppage, and the referee follows his advice. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for Morales who scored an impressive points victory over Hector Velasquez in June. Fourth win in a row for Beltran who is rebuilding after kayo loss to Joksan Hernandez last year. An early shock for Beltran as he is floored in the second by a left from veteran southpaw Perez. Although badly shaken, Beltran survives, and from then on there is only one winner, despite some headwork from Perez. Scores 77-74 twice and 78-72. Filipino Mepranum, 24, given a good fight by the experienced Leon. The speed and better boxing of southpaw Mepranum has him dictating and he floors Leon with a left hook in the third, but Leon always dangerous, and Mepranum could not find the finish. Scores 60-53 twice and 59-54. Mepranum lost to Julio Cesar Miranda for the vacant WBO title in June 2010. Leon, 32, has won only two of his last 14 fights. Mexico City, Mexico: Light Fly: Adrian Hernandez (22-1-1) W TKO 2 Gideon Buthelezi (12-3). Super Fly: Carlos Cuadras (22-0) W TKO 2 Johnny Garcia (13-3-1). Light Welter: Daniel Estrada (26-2-1) W TKO 11 Rene Gonzalez (29-5-1,1ND). Middle: Gilberto Sanchez Ramirez (19-0) W TKO 5 Amilcar Funes (22-11). Fly: Luis Ceja (19-1-3) W TKO 5 Ulises Lara (9-10-2). Light: Carlos Zarate Jr (15-0) W TKO 3 Hugo Medina (3-2). Poor title match. “El Confessor” Hernandez, 25, spends the first round finding out what southpaw Buthelezi had to offer before going to work in the second and overwhelming the South African. Buthelezi, also 25, is chased around the ring but can’t escape. Buthelezi is trapped in a corner and Hernandez unloads until Buthelezi slips down to sit on the bottom rope. Up at seven he is again trapped on the ropes taking punishment and not fighting back when the referee stops the fight. First defence of his WBC title by Hernandez, his eighth victory in a row, and he has 14 wins by KO/TKO. Buthelezi had won the IBO title by beating Hekkie Budler in January. IBO title becomes vacant. Usual wild swingfest as Cuadras is dumped on the canvas in the first by a left hook, but survives. In the second Cuadras storms backs back to floor useful Garcia twice for stoppage. The 23-year-old Cuadras has 19 wins by KO/TKO and wins vacant WBC Continental Americas title. Garcia had won his last eleven fights. The lanky Estrada, 5’ 10 ½” tall, shows good skills against the dangerous Nicaraguan Gonzalez. The Mexican outboxes the aggressive Gonzalez and then turns on the power. The Nicaraguan out on his feet in the eighth, but survives. Ninth is another bad round for Gonzalez. A blistering attack has him in trouble again at the end of the tenth and Gonzalez does not answer the bell for the eleventh. Now 20 wins by KO/TKO for 26-year-old Estrada who wins the vacant WBC Fecarbox title. First loss inside the distance for Gonzalez. Southpaw prospect Ramirez, 20, makes second defence of his WBC Youth title with fifth round stoppage of Argentinian Funes. That’s 17 wins by KO/TKO for Ramirez, the last twelve in a row. Funes lost a split decision to former WBC welter champion Carlos Baldomir last year. Luis”El Gallito) Ceja, 21, beats up on Lara for four rounds and the loser stays in his corner at the start of the fifth. These two had fought a draw in July 2010. Carlos Zarate Jr, 25, stops novice Medina in poor match. A left to the body puts Medina down and when he gets up the fight is stopped. Gomez Palacio, Mexico: Light Welter: Jose Lopez (12-0-1) W TKO 4 Eugenio Lopez (22-19-1). Jose “Piston” Lopez hammers poor late sub Eugenio Lopez until the referee stops the one-sided contest in the fourth. The 20-year-old already has wins over Cesar Soto and Jorge Paez Jr and looks a good prospect. Juriquilla, Mexico: Super Fly: Sylvester Lopez (17-3-1) W TKO 8 Oscar Ibarra (27-5). Super Feather: Dante Jordan (19-1) W TKO 7 Ricky Sismundo (23-5). Feather: Andres Gutierrez (19-0-1) W KO 9 Carlos Guzman (10-5-1). Super Fly: Edgar Jimenez (14-5-1) W PTS 10 Juanito Rubillar (48-18-7).The Lopez vs. Ibarra fight was always going to be a war and so it proved. Filipino Lopez, 23, made the better start and was ahead on all cards at the end of three rounds. Ibarra, 25, then started to get rolling and had almost evened things up by the start of the eighth. However, a sustained attack by Lopez saw Ibarra fall apart and the referee stepped in to stop the fight. Only one loss, on a technical decision, for WBC No 1 Lopez in his last 14 fights as he lifts WBC Silver title. Ibarra, rated No 2 by the WBC, was making the fourth defence of the title and had won eleven of his last twelve. Jordan, 23, always in command and only the guts of 24-year-old Filipino keeps him going under some heavy pressure. Jardon was picking his punches well rather than living up to his “Crazy” nickname. In the seventh a punch floored the Filipino and cut him badly and the fight was stopped. Jardon retains WBC Youth title for sixth time. Only two of his fights have gone the distance. He has won his last 18, and has 17 wins by KO/TKO. Prospect “Little Jaguar” Gutierrez, 18, makes it 16 wins by KO/TKO as he kayos tough Guzman in ninth. “Power” Jimenez wins wide majority verdict over veteran Rubillar. Scores 99-90, 98-91 and 98-92. Five losses in a row for 34-year-old Filipino who may be nearing the end of the road. Quintana Roo, Mexico: Super Fly: Jose Salgado (27-1) W KO 2 Ric Armenta (15-11-1). Fly: Jesus Jimenez (33-7-1) DRAW 12 Carlos Tamara (22-6-1). Super Fly: Daiki Kameda (22-2) W TKO 1 Raul Hidalgo (13-4). Fly: Ricardo Nunez (22-2) W TKO 7 Oscar Blanquet (29-2-1). Light Fly: Denver Cuello (27-4-6) W KO 3 Sebastian Arcos Massacre as “Sugar” Salgado floors southpaw Armenta three times and the fight is stopped. Now 24 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old Salgado. His last eight fights have lasted less than 19 rounds in total. Armenta was a late sub. Great little scrap sees Mexican southpaw Jimenez, 27, and Colombian Tamara, 28, all even at the end of twelve rounds. These two were in constant exchanges with both landing heavily throughout the fight. Tamara a bit ahead at the half way point, but Jimenez is scoring heavily in the seventh only for Tamara to bounce back in the eighth and split open a cut on the right eyebrow of Jimenez. Tamara takes the ninth, but is badly shaken and only just survives the tenth. It’s Tamara’s turn to have Jimenez wobbling in the eleventh and they battle to the bell in the last. Scores 114-113, 112-116 and 114-114. The right result. Jimenez lost to Jean Piero Perez for the interim WBA title in January. Tamara briefly held the IBF light fly title last year. He is a former Pan American Games silver medal winner, and competed at the 2004 Olympics. Kameda wastes no time with poor Hidalgo. The 22-year-old former WBA flyweight champion finds Hidalgo stupid enough to want to trade punches and two body shots put Hidalgo down. He gets up but after the eight count is completed the referee stops the fight. Kameda is rated No 1 super fly by the WBA and must have a chance against Thai Tepparith of adding another title to the family cabinet. WBA top rated flyweight, Nunez, 23 puts himself in line for a fight with Hernan Marquez with a stoppage of Blanquet. Even fight but heads banging together too much. In the third a clash of heads leaves Blanquet with a cut on his right eyebrow, and he is also hurt and almost floored. Blanquet gets careless trying to get back into the fight and is hurt again in the sixth. In the seventh a big right from Nunez cuts Blanquet on his left eye lid and sends him back into a corner where Nunez is unloading when Blanquet’s manager climbs onto the apron to get the fight stopped. This was never going to go the distance. Only three Nunez fights have gone the distance, and he has won 18 of those by KO/TKO, and Blanquet has 20 by KO/TKO, having won his previous twelve inside the distance. The Panamanian Nunez was floored twice and kayoed in five rounds by Filipino Drian Francisco in a WBA eliminator in April 2010. Filipino southpaw Cuello destroys late sub Arcos in three. Cuello looking to take Arcos out from the bell. In the second a right puts Arcos down on his knees. The Mexican gets up but is floored again with a left. Arcos survives but in the third a right, left combination puts Arcos down for the count Windhoek, Namibia: Light: Paulus Moses (28-1) W PTS 10 Sidney Siqueira (16-6-1). Welter: Bethuel Uushona (25-1) W PTS 12 Juan Jose Dias (12-12-4). Bantam Paulus Ambunda (16-0) W TKO 3 Twalib Mubiru (11-7-2). Light: Martin Haikali (10-4) W PTS 12 Peter Oluoch (11-4-2. Bantam: Immanuel Naidjala (11-0) W KO 5 Emmanuel Simbeye (5-7).). Super Middle: Wilberforce Shihepo (15-6) W KO 2 Sunday Ajuwa. Tough night for former WBA secondary champ Moses. Starts ok but 34-year-old Brazilian has him badly hurt in the third and again with body shots in the six. Moses, 33, gets his act together again from the seventh and boxes his way to victory. Scores very divided at 100-90, 98-92 and 96-94! Former Commonwealth title challenger Uushona, 29, much too good for Argentinian journeyman Dias. Always in charge but not able to put durable Dias away. Scores 120-107 twice and 120-108. Fifth defence of his interim WBO African title, and second win for Uushona since unanimous decision loss to Denton Vassell in March. Farcical when an Argentinian can fight for an African title, but is not allowed to win it. Easy for “The Rock” Ambunda, 31, as he floors Kenyan in second and puts him down again with a right hook in the third, and the fight is stopped. Ten wins for Ambunda by KO/TKO. “Black Prince” Haikali makes successful fifth defence of his WBO African title with unanimous points win over Kenyan. Again very strange scoring at 120-108, 117-112 and 115-113. Eight wins in a row for Haikali. Oluoch went the distance with Uushona in June. “The Prince” Naidjala wins WBO African title with a kayo over Zambian Simbeye. Shihepo has too much power and also big physical advantages over Nigerian and scores second round kayo. Now twelve wins by KO/TKO for Shihepo who has a win over world rated Isaac Chilemba on his record Managua, Nicaragua: Super Bantam: Orlando Rizo (14-2) W PTS Rene Alvarado (14-1). Southpaw Rizo wins Nicaraguan title with controversial split verdict. Alvarado has Rizo shaken in first but suffers a cut on his right eyebrow in third. Rizo also suffers facial damage with both cheeks sporting swellings. Rizo has his best round in the ninth, but Alvarado takes the last and looks a winner. Scores 96-94 twice and 94-96. Alvarado had beaten Rizo on a majority decision in June 2010. Kempton Park, South Africa: Welter: Chris van Heerden (17-1-1) W PTS 10 Kaizer Mabuza (23-8-3). Straw: Hekkie Budler (19-1) W PTS 12 Mike Landero (15-5-4). Heavy: Danie Venter (12-5) W TKO 1 Flo Simba (11-2). Heavy: Zack Mwekassa (11-2) W TKO 6 Thabiso Mchunu (9-1). National champion van Heerden gets a big win as he takes a close, unanimous verdict over Mabuza to win the vacant IBO title. A hard-fought exciting battle with the southpaw right jab of van Heerden picking up the points. The action was continuous with both fighters willing to trade. Mabuza, 31, lost a point in the sixth for hitting 24-year-old van Heerden behind the head, but it did not materially affect the outcome as van Heerden was declared the winner on scores of 117-112, 116-113 and 114-113. Only loss for van Heerden was split decision to local Nikola Stevanovic in Serbia in May last year. First fight for Mabuza since loss to Zab Judah for vacant IBF light welter title in March, and his first loss to a South African since 2003. Former IBO light fly champ “The Hexecutiioner” Budler moves down to Straw and wins vacant IBO title. The 24-year-old Filipino Landero puts in his usual all-action showing and Budler, 23, meets him and matches him. Despite a cut under his left eye, Budler stayed in the pocket and got the better of the exchanges in most of the rounds. Scores 119-109 twice and 118-110 show the dominance of Budler, but do not reflect how close some of the rounds were. Landero was unbeaten in his last nine. Shock result has former South African cruiser champ Venter doing a demolition job on “ The Demolition Man” from the Congo. Big rights from the 6’4 ½” tall Venter put Simba down twice and the referee stops the fight after just 113 seconds. Nine wins by KO/TKO for Venter, and he will now be much in demand. Back to the drawing board for Harold Volbrecht’s boy. Southpaw “The Rock” Mchunu, a former undefeated national cruiser champion, crumpled as Mwekassa evened the score for the Congo. Mchunu showed poor conditioning as he lost his title on the scales and in a catch weight contest fell apart through exhaustion and suffered two knockdowns before the fight was stopped. Madrid, Spain: Super Bantam: Joaquin Cespedes (11-0-1) W TKO 5 Ivan Ruiz Morote (13-2). Spanish champion Cespedes wins vacant European Union title with stoppage of fellow-countryman Morote. Second shot at the title for Cespedes who drew with Frenchman Jerome Thomas in December in his first shot. Sheffield, England: Super Feather: Gary Buckland (24-2) W PTS 12 Gary Sykes (19-2) . Super Bantam: Rendall Munroe (23-2) W PTS 10 Ryuta Miyagi (21-6). Heavy: Richard Towers (12-0) W TKO 3 Yuri Bihoutseu (5-1-1). Buckland, 25, lives up to his nickname of “The Dynamo” and sets a hectic pace from the first round against slow starting Sykes. In a close, hard-fought contest, both fighters hurt at stages in the bout, as Sykes shakes the Welshman with a hook in the eighth. Sykes puts in a big closing effort over the last two electrifying rounds, but the busier work, and cleaner punching, comes from Buckland who wins British title on scores of 116-113, 115-113 and 115-114. Buckland, who had lost to John Murray in a challenge for the lightweight title in May 2010, had scored a shock 45 seconds stoppage victory over Sykes on the way to winning the Prizefighter tournament in October. Sykes was making the third defence of his British title. Routine points win for Munroe in what almost seemed like a sparring session at times. Miyagi tries hard, but Munroe a different class, and wins by 98-92 on referee’s scorecard. Second win for 31-year-old southpaw Munroe since loss to Toshiaki Nishioka for WBC title in October. Miyagi, 36, has now lost three of his last four fights. The “Inferno” Towers, 6’8” tall, takes his times against useful Belarus novice. Uses his height and reach to score in the first two rounds, but Bihoutseu gets in some digs of his own. Towers closes the show in the third, putting the Belarus down with a body shot and the follow-up attack brings the referee’s intervention. Nine wins by KO/TKO for 32-year-old Towers.

September 25

Krasnodar, Russia: Middle: Dmitry Pirog (19-0) W TKO 10 Gennady Martirosyan (22-3). Light Welter: Khabib Allakhverdiev (15-0) W TEC DEC 6 Nate Campbell (34-9-1ND). Super Middle: Max Vlasov (21-1) W TKO 1 Gasan Gasanov (3-1). Light Heavy: Roman Simakov (19-1-1) W TKO 4 Mukhtar Khizriev (2-1). Mismatch of a title fight. All Martirosyan had to show was guts, and he had lots of that. With height, reach and speed advantages over a crude walk-in swinger Pirog could not help but look good. He scored at will as Martirosyan kept swarming in with hooks which Pirog blocked or avoided. In the third the cheek under the right eye of Armenian Martirosyan began to swell and got steadily worse. Pirog was teeing off with jabs, straight punches from either hand and hooks. Despite the punishment Martirosyan just kept coming and swinging. He was still there because Pirog was not sitting down on his punches but just throwing with no real leverage. By the ninth Pirog was showboating. He was also resting his outstretched left on Martirosyan’s forehead and using it as a range finder for his right. Martirosyan made a desperate effort in the tenth having been told he would need a kayo-or his corner would stop the fight. He swung wildly but by the end of the round was exhausted, could not see out of his right eye, and was being pounded. Thankfully his corner retired him at the end of the round, but either the referee or his corner should have stopped it earlier. Second defence of his WBO title for 31-year-old Pirog, but it shows how bad the WBO is that they had Martirosyan at No 1. He was there because he won the WBO European title, and the only quality fighter he has faced (Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam) kayoed him in eleven rounds. WBO No 2 is Andy Lee. Prospect Allakhverdiev easily beats a washed up Campbell. Now 39, The Galaxxy Warrior has lost four of his last five. The 28-year-old Russian southpaw heading for a wide points win when fight stopped due to injury to Campbell. It goes to the scorecards and the Russian wins on scores of 60-56 twice and 60-55. Allakhverdiev was a world junior championships bronze medalist back in 2000. Heavy rights from Vlasov put Gasanov down and it is all over in the first round. Second win for Vlasov since losing his unbeaten record against Isaac Chilemba in February. Former world kick box champion Khizriev was no match for WBC rated Simakov. Khizriev did ok for two rounds, but began to get hit with heavy shots in the third. He was given a standing count in the fourth and when he was floored again later in the round the referee stopped the fight.

September 30

Santa Ynez, USA: Light Welter: Ajose Olusegun (30-0) W PTS 12 Ali Chebah (35-2). Light: Darley Perez (23-0) W TKO 6 Oscar Meza (22-5).In a much delayed fight Olusegun wins WBC eliminator with wide unanimous win over Frenchman Chebah on scores of 119-107 twice and 120-106, but the scores do reflect the closeness of some rounds. The 31-year-old Nigerian southpaw, a former Commonwealth champion, was in control for most of the fight with his busy style and harder punching, but Chebah, 26, never stopped trying to come forward which made for a good fight. Olusegun had a big third round as he floored Chebah with right which seemed to land on the back of Chebah’s head. Chebah got up and took the mandatory eight count, only to be floored again with a straight left. Once again he got up and was actually fighting back hard at the end of the round. A wild fourth saw both fighters hurt. Olusegun continued to score heavily in the following rounds with his unorthodox and powerful swings and hooks with Chebah frustrated in not being able to get his own fight plan working. Chebah finally had success in the eleventh as Olusegun tired from his efforts, and his showboating, and had the Nigerian hurt. Chebah also looked to have taken the last as Olusegun, knowing he was in front, took no chances. Both fighters claimed that hand injuries affected their performance. Due to postponements Olusegun (in Nigeria his name is given as Olusegun Ajose) had had just one fight in the previous 17 months, but is now the mandatory challenger and it will be interesting to see which of the three possibilities occur: whether the WBC press his claim and strip Morales if he does not comply, Morales meets Olusegun, or Morales gives up the title. You can discount the first and the second seems to also be improbable. Chebah, who turned pro at 16, showed plenty of skill and power of his own and at 26 he can come again. Colombian Perez, 28, had too much class and too hard a punch for experienced Mexican Meza. Perez, 28, was on top throughout. He inflicted a cut over Meza’s left eye in the fourth and a bad gash under the left eye in the fifth. He was teeing off on Meza throughout the sixth and the Mexican’s corned pulled Meza out at the end of the round. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for “Studiante” Perez who was South American amateur champion, and represented Colombia in the 2005 and 2007 World championships and the 2008 Olympics. He is rated No 5 by the WBA. Meza, 24, had lost only two of his last 18, to Brandon Rios and Mercito Gesta, so was a real test for Perez. London, England: Super Feather: Liam Walsh (12-0) W TKO 10 Paul Appleby (17-3). Light Middle: Steve O’Meara (14-2) W KO 1 Ryan Toms (9-1). A great little fight as both were looking to win inside the distance. Walsh had the early handicap of a cut from the second round, and was floored in the seventh. However, his heavier and more accurate punching began to tell and Appleby was worn down and floored and stopped in the tenth. Southpaw Walsh makes successful second defence of his Commonwealth title and has nine wins by KO/TKO. Scot Appleby, a former British champion can come again and is always in an exciting fight, and there is talk of a return match. This fight of two “non-punchers” from Middlesex ended early. O’Meara, 27, started fast scoring with some body shots then got home with a hard left hook. As the round was coming to its end another left hook crashed onto the jaw of champion Toms and it was all over. O’Meara wins BBBof C Southern Area title Ghent, Belgium: Light: Jean Pierre Bauwens (21-0-1) W PTS 10 Andriy Kudriatsev (37-9). Welter: Sasha Yengoyan (16-0-1) W KO 3 Christian Bladt (38-12-2). Light Middle: Jackson Osei Bonsu (36-5) W PTS 6 George Ungiazde (17-10). Fighting in his home town, Bauwens, 23, was well prepared for the most important fight of his career and he brilliantly passed the test. At moments he had problems with the experience of his Ukrainian opponent, but in general he was quicker, and was the guy who just wanted it the most. It was a fast paced fight with fiery exchanged which had the full house on their feet at times. Bauwens convincingly won by scores of 98-92, 98-93 and 99-92. Bauwens was rated No 15 by the EBU, but with this win over No 2 Kudriatsev, he is right in line for a shot at Gavin Rees. The 35-year-old Ukrainian had a rocky start to his career, but recently only fighters such as Paulus Moses, Anthony Mezaache and John Murray have beaten him, the last two in EBU title shots. Sasha Yengoyan made a big step in the direction of a European title knocking out Christian Bladt in three rounds. Also a big test for “The Beast from the East” Yengoyan, 26, who opened with a cracking right to the temple to show Bladt that he was in for a fight. Bladt took it well and had his own moments. Yengoyan, known for his limited boxing skills, but feared for his punching power, had Bladt under pressure in the second round but Bladt fought back and made this round a close one. Yengoyan came out more decisive for the third and after 23 seconds a left to the body dropped Bladt who did not beat the count. Yengoyan, who I believe is Armenian, but based in Belgium, now has nine wins by KO/TKO. Dane Bladt, a former European welterweight champion, had lost only one of his last nine fights. Former European welter champ Sugar Jackson, in his second fight in his new division of 154lbs, and had much more troubles then expected against Georgian Ungiadze. Ungiadze had Jackson wobbling a few times, but Jackson fought back and won by scores of 59-54 twice and 59-55. Charleville-Mezieres, France: Feather: Alex Miskirtchian (20-2-1) W PTS 12 Sofiane Takoucht (21-2). Another excellent European title fight. Georgian-born but Belgium based, Miskirtchian took the fight to the southpaw champion from the start. It was the classic battle where Miskirtchian wanted to fight inside and the better technical boxer Takoucht, 25, wanted it at a distance. Miskirtchian was setting a fast pace and as early as the fourth round the Frenchman was showing signs of exhaustion. However, he stayed in the fight with some skillful boxing although Miskirtchian was winning the rounds. Takoucht found his second breath and took to eighth and ninth, but Miskirtchian battled back to take the last two. Scores 115-113, 115-114 and 113-115. Takoucht was the top rated fighter with the IBF at No 3 (Nos 1 & 2 are vacant), so this was a big win for Miskirtchian who boxed for Belgium as an amateur is a former undefeated European Union and Belgian champ.. His last defeat was on points to Paul Truscott in 2008 and he has won seven since then, but had been inactive since March. This was Takoucht’s first defence since winning the title from Oleh Yefimovych in October 2010. Grugliasco, Italy: Cruiser: Vincenzo Rossitto (41-7-2) W TKO 5 Maurizio Lovaglio (9-8). Rossitto, 35, wins this fight for the vacant national title, as the brave Lovaglio takes a one-sided beating. Lovaglio gets the better start, but a right hook to the jaw shakes him mid way through the second, and from then on it is Rossitto’s fight. The fourth round was so one-sided that even without a knockdown it could have been scored 10-8, and the fight should have been stopped then. Instead Lovaglio suffered more punishment in the fifth, and his corner retired him at the end of the round. Now 24 wins by KO/TKO for the former Italian champion who had two unsuccessful shots at the European title and in 2008 lost a majority verdict to Jonathan Banks for the IBO title. Lovaglio, 29, had lost in a previous challenge for the Italian light heavyweight title. Belgrade, Serbia: Heavy: Jovo Pudar (27-3) W KO 2 Hector Avila (17-11-1). Easy night for 40-year-old Pudar as he floors former Argentinian cruiserweight champion three times in the third round for kayo. Now 16 wins by KO/TKO for 6’4” tall Pudar, who did most of his fighting in the USA. Two of his losses were to Samuel Peter and Taurus Sykes. Soft-chinned Avila, 36, has lost eight times by KO/TKO, and it is seven fights outside Argentina and seven losses. Costa Mesa, USA: Light: Luis Ramos (20-0) W KO 5 David Rodela (15-5-3). Super Feather: Ronny Rios (16-0) W PTS 8 Roger Gonzalez (27-5). Not a noted puncher Ramos, 23, puts a sliding Rodela out with a body shot. This fight was competitive for the first couple of rounds and then Ramos started to dictate as Rodela, 29, seemed to lose the confidence to trade. Ramos well on top when one thudding left to the body puts Rodela down for the count. Ramos, who beat former WBC super feather “champion” Francisco Lorenzo in June, moves to ten wins by KO/TKO. Once considered a prospect, Rodela has lost his way completely, and now has only one win in his five fights. Both Rios and Gonzalez took this fight to close quarters over the first few rounds, and whilst 21-year-old Rios was getting the better of it, he was fighting Gonzalez’s fight. The result was that Gonzalez began to make up ground as the infighting suited him better. Rios fought on the outside using his jab more to relieve the pressure and then set up another body attack to take the last two rounds. Although Gonzalez was just not busy enough this was a close, hard fought, contests despite the scores of 78-74 twice and a way out 80-72. Rios was National Golden Glove and US Amateur champion in 2007, but lost out in the US trails to Robert Marroquin and Gary Russell Jr. “Speedy” Gonzalez ,33, has lost four in a row, but the other three were to Cornelius Lock, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Eloy Perez and his only other loss was to Jhonny Gonzalez. All tough. Philadelphia, USA: Light Middle: Ray Robinson (12-2) W TKO 7 Manuel Guzman (7-13-2). Robinson, who once boxed in the World University championships, returns with a win. The 25-year-old southpaw had lost two in a row, but to quality opposition in Brad Solomon majority verdict) and Shawn Porter. This was his first fight for almost 15 months. One win in his last ten for Guzman. Additional Commonwealth Results: All boxers Commonwealth boxers

September 30

Minto, Australia: Heavy: Lucas Browne ( 8-0) W TKO 5 Fai Falamoe (8-4-1). Heavy: Scott Lewis (4-5) W PTS 10 Alipate Liava’a (4-9). Liverpool, England: Light Heavy: Courtney Fry (14-3) W PTS 6 Jamie Ambler (9-50-2). Swindon, England: Super Middle: Kelvin Young (9-1) W PTS 10 Tony Randell (12-25-2).

October 1

Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania: Middle: Japhet Kasseba (2-2) W PTS 10 Maneno Oswald (37-24-3). Super Bantam: Baina Mazola (5-1-1) W TKO 6 Anthony Mathias (29-21-3). Newport, Wales: Feather: Ricky Owen (15-0) W PTS 6 Doug Curran (5-8-1).

August 4

Tokyo, Japan: Welter: Akinori Watanabe (23-4) W KO 4 Jung-Hoon Yang (6-3). Super Fly: Yota Sato (22-2-1) W PTS 10 Yoshihito Ishizaki (6-2-1). Southpaw Watanabe,26, had little trouble with Korean champ Yang in first defence of his OPBF title. A left to the body ended it in the fourth. Twenty-five of Watanabe’s fights have ended by KO/TKO, but four of those were losses, so, big punch-soft chin. Sato, 27 retains Japanese title for fourth time. Took a while for Sato to get into his stride against the busy, aggressive novice Ishizaki, who took many of the early rounds. Over the late rounds Sato’s speed and skill allowed him to fight on the outside and he jabbed his way to a unanimous decision. Scores 97-93, 97-94 and 96-95. Sato is unbeaten in his last 19 fights.

August 5

Flemington, Australia: Light: Ameth Diaz (30-10.1ND) W TKO 5 Lenny Zappavigna (25-2). Light Heavy: Blake Caparello (9-0-1) W PTS 12 Joe Kwadjo (20-5). Light Fly: Omari Kimweri (10-2) W PTS 4 Junior Bajawa. Cruiser: Brad Pitt (9-0) W KO 2 Eduardo Rojas (22-15-7). Zappa came out fast, throwing plenty of punches to try to overwhelm Diaz, but is knocked down with a glancing right early in the second. Zappa rallies and cuts Diaz, but Diaz getting on top in third and fourth. Two straight rights from Diaz in the fifth see Zappa down and badly cut on his left eyebrow. With Zappa sitting on the canvas with no chance of getting up, his corner enters the ring to get the fight stopped. The top two spots in the IBF ratings vacant so although Zappa,23, was the third rated fighter, and southpaw Diaz the sixth, this was a final eliminator, so Diaz should get a title shot. Zappa had lost to Miguel Vazquez for the IBF title in March, but reportedly struggled to make the weight this time. “Clorofroma” Diaz, 28, had been stopped in one round by Ji Hoon Kim in May and done nothing since then to earn a rating. Caparello comes through in high risk fight. His superior skills give him the edge over aggressive Fijian-based Ghanaian. Caparello takes decision on scores of 119-109, 117-111 and 116-112. Kwadjo had kayoed WBA title challenger Jamie Pittman last year, but then lost on points to Sergey Yannick. Tanzanian “Lion Boy” Kimweri floors Indonesian in second on way to easy decision. Scores 39-36 twice and 40-35. Eight wins in a row for Kimweri. Pitt, 29, makes seven wins by KO/TKO as he finishes Argentinian with a left hook. Kalgoorlie, Australia: Heavy: Lucas Browne (7-0) W PTS 12 Clarence Tillman (9-8-1). Cruiser: Danny Price (8-3-2) W TEC DEC 6 Oscar Siale (13-11) . “Big Daddy” Browne, 32, wins every round against New Orleans-born, 33-year-old Tillman. Collects WBU title and also UBC Intercontinental title. Scores 120-108 from all three judges. Price well in front when clash of heads produces a fight ending cut. Scores 58-56 from all three officials as Price beats New Zealand southpaw, and 40-year-old former Commonwealth title challenger, Siale, and also wins both WBU and also UBC Intercontinental titles. Price, 31, had lost a majority verdict to Siale in November. Montreal, Canada: Super Feather: Arash Usmanee (15-0) W TKO 3 Laszlo Balogh (13-7-1). Usmanee hunting down Hungarian from the first. Has him on the defensive throughout the second. In the third body punches put Balogh down twice. A third knockdown sees the fight stopped. Eight wins by Afghanistan-born Usmanee who was Canadian amateur champion in 2005/6/7 and competed at the 2007 World Championships. All seven of Balogh’s most recent fights have ended inside the distance, but he lost four of them. Czestochowa, Poland: Light Heavy: Dariusz Sek (13-0-1) W KO 5 Achille Omang Boya (11-9). Pole Sek,25, started to score well with hooks in the second. After even rounds three and four the former World Amateur Championships representative brought about the finish with a right hook and left to the chin. Frenchman Boya has won only one of his last six. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: Super Fly: Juan Mercedes (26-3) W PTS 10 Luis Maldonado (35-7-1). Dominican “Pantertita” Mercedes,29, just edges out experienced Mexican on majority verdict. Maldonado failed to make full use of his height and reach advantages as Mercedes scored well to the body throughout. Numerous head clashes made it a bloody fight with Maldonado badly cut around his left eye. WBO No 8 Mercedes retains WBO Latino title. Scores 97-93, 96-94 and 95-95. Maldonado had lost his last four, but all to world champions or former world champions. The 33-year-old Mexican looked a great prospect when he lost only one of his first 33 contests, but has fallen away. Santa Ynez, USA: Light Welter: Vernon Paris (25-0,3ND) W TKO 7 Tim Coleman (19-2-1). Light: Art Hovhannesyan (14-0-2) TEC DRAW 4 Cristobal Cruz (39-12-3,1ND). Feather: Luis Franco (10-0) W TKO 4 Adolfo Landeros (21-21-2). Light: Mike Faragon (16-0) W TKO 2 Ira Terry (24-6). Paris and Coleman had started the fight earlier in a nearby hotel, and had to be weighed in separately to avoid them scrapping again. Once the fight started, Coleman was firing with intent and Paris was matching him. With Coleman taking the early part of the first round, but Paris shaking him near the end with a left to the body and a right. Once again in the second they were throwing bombs with little thought for defence. A right caught Paris high on the head and he stumbled sidewards and touched the canvas with his gloves leading to a standing eight count. At the end of the round Paris, 23, was scoring heavily to the body. Coleman stayed busy in the third and fourth and with Paris cut by the right eye and bleeding from the nose it looked as though it might be Coleman’s fight. However, the body punches had taken their toll, and Coleman was slowing. He was hurt with a body punch late in the fifth as a sign of things to come. In the sixth Coleman was floored with a body shot and then put down again at the end of the round. When another body punch from Paris put Coleman down early in the seventh, the fight was stopped. Big win for “IceMan” as this was a step up in class as Coleman, the fifth rated fighter with the IBF (really third as positions 1 and 2 are vacant), had beaten Mike Arnaoutis, Patrick Lopez and Sergio Rivera in recent fights. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Paris who wins USBA title. Disappointing end to Hovhannesyan-Cruz fight. After three rounds first one fighter then the other would dominate. In fourth Cruz suffers a cut by his right eye in a clash of heads. It goes to the scorecards and ends in a draw with scores of 39-37, 37-39 and 38-38. This was a big test for Armenian Hovhannesyan,29, who remains unbeaten. Mexican Cruz, 34, is a former IBF featherweight champion, a title he won by beating current champion Orlando Salido. Cuban Franco, 29, has too much class for Mexican veteran and applies a steady beating until Landeros retires in his corner at the end of the fourth. A mark-time fight for “La Estrella” after wins over Leonilo Miranda and Eric Hunter. Only one win in his last 13 for Landeros. Body punches from Farragon, 24, took the fight out of Terry and he was not fighting back when the contest is stopped near the end of the second. Only the seventh win by KO/TKO for “Baby Faced Beast” Farragon. Three losses on KO/TKO in a row now for Terry.

August 6

Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina: Welter: Hector Saldivia (39-2) W KO 5 Emilio Julio Julio (19-7-1). Saldivia outclasses Colombian. Has him under pressure at the end of the third and fourth. In the fifth a right to the jaw and a left to the ribs forces Julio back to the ropes and a right uppercut puts him down, and he sits out the count. Now 32 wins by KO/TKO for Argentinian champ as he retains WBA Fedelatin title. Tokyo, Japan: Middle: Koji Sato (20-1) W TKO 6 Fukutaro Ujiie (16-9-1). Feather: Ryol Li Lee (18-2-1) W TKO 5 Rikiya Fukuhara (24-6-1). Lanky former WBA title challenger Sato, 30, floors Ujiie with a barrage of punches in the sixth. Ujiie beats the count but fight stopped. Only two of Sato’s fights have gone the distance, but, in the important one, he was stopped in seven rounds by Felix Sturm in a challenge for the WBA title in 2006. This was the eighth defence of his OPBF title and his sixth win since the loss to Sturm. He is rated No 6 by the WBA. Former WBA super bantam champion Lee given an uncomfortable few rounds by veteran former Japanese champion Fukuhara. Lee, back at feather, where was also Japanese champion, found it difficult to get his punches off against the aggressive Fukuhara. However he found the distance in the fifth and a short right hand counter put Fukuhara down. He beat the count, but was in no condition to continue. First fight for (Retsuri) Lee, 29, since losing his WBA title to Akifumi Shimoda in January. Fukuhara, 32, has lost his last three. Cuautla, Mexico: Super Middle: Memo Romero (10-4) W TKO 9 Bladimir Hernandez (18-6). Great little scrap sees Romero win the vacant Mexican title. Southpaw Romero, 33, has Hernandez cut and in trouble in the third. However Hernandez, 25, gets back into the battle and they continued to exchange heavy blows over the next five rounds. In the ninth Romero, who is also cut by now, floors Hernandez, and although he beats the count, the follow-up attack ends the fight. This the second fight on Romero’s comeback after six years out. Fifth loss by KO/TKO in a row for Hernandez. Navojoa, Mexico: Super Fly Jose Salgado (26-1) W KO 1 Carlos Frias (12-4-1). Light Middle: Yori Boy Campas (99-15-1) W TKO 3 Marcelo Rodriguez (54-18). Feather: Andres Gutierrez (18-0-1) DREW 9 Jesus Ruiz (25-4-3). Light Fly: Jesus Silvestre (23-2) W KO 2 Walter Rojas (17-2-1). Light Fly: Jose Rodriguez (26-0) W KO 1 Fred Valdez (12-21). Fly: Jesus Jimenez (33-7) W TKO 3 Jorge Cardenas (16-14-4). Frias comes out punching. Salgado waits until the assault runs out and then lands a left hook to the body. Frias, 24, had no chance of beating the count and it is all over in 123 seconds. “Sugar” a 22-year-old from Cozumel now has 23 wins by KO/TKO and is rated No 11 by the WBC. This his eighth win since losing to Juan Jose Montes in October 2009. He adds the vacant WBC International title to the NABF title he already holds. This was the first loss inside the distance for Argentinian Frias. Yori Boy wins WBA Fedlatin title with stoppage of outclassed Argentinian. The 39-year-old former WBA champion was scoring heavily from the start. No knockdowns but late substitute Rodriguez, 33, had a split lip, was bleeding heavily from the nose, and under pressure when his corner threw the towel in. One more win required to take Campas to the magic 100, and since he has won his last eight, there is every reason to suppose he will go on for quite a while. Rodriguez had won his last eight, seven inside the distance. Gutierrez, just 18, looked unlucky to have to settle for a draw against the more experienced 21-year-old Ruiz. Gutierrez had Ruiz on the floor in the seventh but Ruiz used his height and reach advantages to score from a distance over the last two rounds. This for the vacant WBA Fedcentro title. Gutierrez turned pro at 15 and Ruiz, a former Mexican super bantam champion, at 16. Silvestre scoring heavily in the first has late substitute Rojas bleeding from the nose and with lumps on his face. Ends it in the second with a body shot. Now 17 wins by KO/TKO for “Negrito”. First defence of his WBA Fedcentro title and eight wins since loss to Donnie Nietes in January 2010. Heavily padded record of “Jimmy” Rojas deceptive as only two of his victims had ever won a fight. Early night for banger Rodriguez. The 21-year-old “Torito” floors Valdez early with a body shot. Valdez takes the compulsory eight count but is floored again and the fight ended. Rodriguez moves to 16 wins by KO/TKO. IBF No 9 flyweight “Destroyer” Jimenez found late substitute Cardenas willing to trade with him. As a result Cardenas took quite a bit of punishment before a left hook to the body floored him in the third. Cardenas made it to his feet but the ten had already been counted. Southpaw Jimenez, 27, who lost to Colombian Jean Piero Perez for the interim WBA title in January, and has a kayo win over former WBC champion Gilberto Keb Baas, now has 23 wins by KO/TKO. The 5’10” tall Cardenas has lost 7 of his last 9 fights by KO/TKO. Kawit, Philippines: Fly: Froilan Saludar (13-0-1) W TKO 10 Gabriel Pumar (16-7-1). “The Sniper” Saludar, 22 wins vacant WBO Asia Pacific title with stoppage of Japanese- based southpaw Pumar. Saludar was the heavier puncher, (six first round wins) but Pumar also had some success. When it looked as though it might go the distance Saludar stunned Pumar in the tenth and had him trapped on the ropes and ready to go when the referee stopped the fight. Nine wins by KO/TKO for Saludar, but third loss in a row by KO/TKO for Pumar. Manduae City, Philippines: Light Fly: Randy Petalcorin (14-1) W DIS 8 Mike Rodriguez (12-30). Welter: Jimrex Jaca (34-6-3) W TKO 3 Felipe Demecillo (6-15-1). Fly: Rodel Mayol (29-5-2) ) W PTS 10 Jayson Rotoni (12-10-1). Super Bantam: Eden Sonsona (27-6) W PTS 10 Eman Labanza(7-8). Super Bantam: Dodie Penaslosa Jr (6-0) W TKO 3 Kong Kiatpracha gym (5-9-1). Petalcorin, 19, wins but not in the way he would have wanted. Southpaw Petalcorin floors Rodriguez with a right hook in seventh and is well on top. However, in eighth Rodriguez hurts Petalcorin who slumps down by the ropes and as the referee is trying to split them Rodriguez hits Petalcorin with a right whilst down. Referee deducts a point, but Petalcorin unable to continue and Rodriguez is disqualified. Petalcorin wins vacant PABA interim title. He had won his last seven by KO/TKO. Jaca much too good for poor Demecillo. Hands out a steady beating and Demecillo’s corner pull him out at the end of the third. Southpaw Jaca, 28, lost to Juan Manuel Marquez for the interim WBO feather title in 2006 but is now fighting four divisions higher and has won his last six by KO/TKO. Much tougher than expected warm-up fight for former WBC light fly champion Mayol. “Kid Rapido, 29, did all of the pressing and won clearly, but durable southpaw Rotoni, 24, came to fight, almost flooring Mayol with a left hook, and put up a better showing then the scores of 98-92 twice and 99-91 indicate. Mayol, who won the WBC light fly title in his fifth attempt at winning a title, now hope to challenge Herman Marquez for the WBA flyweight crown. Good, tough, all-southpaw battle sees Labanza fight much better than his record indicated he would, but southpaw Sosona, 22, comes away with the majority verdict. Both fighters exchange heavy punches throughout with Sosona just having the edge. Scores 96-94, 96-95 and 95-95. First fight in over a year for Sosona, who turned pro at 15. He has won 7 of his last 8, losing only to Jonathan Oquendo in July last year. Penalosa Jr chased the elusive Thai from the first bell. Finally caught up with him in third and floored him with a hard right to the ribs. Kang beat the count, but was floored twice more and the fight stopped. Dodie, the son of former two division champion Dodie Snr., has won all six fights by KO/TKO. Kang has failed to win any of his last six fights. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Welter: Jean Carlos Prada (25-0-1) W KO 1 Jose Soto (24-9-2). Jesus Rojas (18-1) W TKO 2 Miguel Martinez (12-2). Tall 26-year-old Venezuelan southpaw wipes out 36-year-old Spanish-based Dominican Soto with a right in the first round, and wins vacant WBC Fecarbox title. Now 18 wins by KO/TKO for Prada who represented Venezuela at the 2004 Olympics and the 2005 World Championships. Soto has lost 5 of his last 6. Puerto Rican Rojas, 24 halts Colombian Martinez in second. Five wins in a row for Rojas since upset loss to Jose Angel Beranza in 2008. Middelburg, South Africa: Light Middle: Nkululeko Mhlongo (9-2) W TKO 8 Page Tshesane (7-4-2).Despite the height and reach advantages of Mhlongo it is Tshesane who builds an early lead. Once Mhlongo starts to box to his strength the fight changes. Mhlongo on top when a right puts Tshesane down and out in the eighth. Mhlongo wins vacant South African title. Tshesane had previously lost in a challenge for the national welterweight title.

August 7

Kariya, Japan: Super Bantam: Roli Gasca (17-1) W PTS 12 Hiromasa Ohashi (24-10-3). Excellent display of boxing by 22-year-old Filipino (Nen)gasca as he lifts OPBF title with a majority verdict. . Not a puncher Gasca has problems keeping the aggressive defending champion off. However, his overhand rights and uppercuts give him the edge against a more experienced fighter. Scores116-112 twice and 115-115. Gasca also has a stoppage win over Thai Tabtimdaeng. Ohashi, 31, had lost only one of his last 13 going in, and that was to future WBA champion Akifumi Shimoda. Sibonga, Philippines: Marco Demecillio (14-0-1) W KO 2 Nelson Llanos (22-26-3). “Singwancha” has it easy against veteran Llanos. Has him backing up and under pressure in first. In the second a volley of body shots put Llanos down. He beats the count, but a left hook to the body floors Llanos again and the referee counts him out. Singwancha is the name of Demecillio’s sponsor. Ten wins by KO/TKO for 20-year-old Demecillio.

August 8

Tokyo, Japan: Light Middle: Charlie Ota (18-1-1) W KO 6 Akio Shibata (16-7-1). Makoto Fuchigami (17-6) W TKO 6 Takayuki Hosokawa (18-9-3). Ota (real name Bellamy) retains Japanese and OPBF title for fifth time with kayo of former victim Shibata. Competitive fight for four rounds. Ota, 29, takes first round but Shibata, also 29, finds gaps in the American’s defence in the second. Ota tightens up and shakes Shibata with right at the end of the fourth. Shibata hold his own in fifth, but is overwhelmed in the sixth, with Ota scoring two knockdowns and fight is stopped. Former US Marine Ota (Bellamy) had won the OPBF and Japanese titles by stopping Shibata in eight rounds in March 2010. Southpaw Fuchigami retains national title for third time with stoppage of Hosokawa. Champion took a few rounds to figure out the style of Hosokawa but floors him with long left in sixth and follow-up barrage sees fight stopped.

August 10

Tokyo, Japan: Straw: Kazuto Ioka (8-0) W PTS 12 Juan Hernandez (18-2). Light: Shuhei Tsuchiya (11-0) W TKO 9 Hirohito Fukuhara (13-5-8). “Wonder Kid” Ioka, 22, retains WBC title in first defence with clear unanimous verdict over tough Mexican. Switch-hitting from the first round, Hernandez, 24, has early success as he shakes Ioka with a left hook in the opening round. Ioka takes over from the second scoring well with jabs and fast combinations. In the fourth he has Hernandez bleeding heavily from the nose giving Hernandez breathing problems throughout the fight. Hernandez stages a big attack in the fifth, but Ioka comes back to take rounds 6, 7, 8 and 9. Hernandez goes all out for the win in the tenth, inflicts cut over right eyebrow of the champion, but Ioka weathers the storm. Ioka’s turn in the eleventh as he has Hernandez retreating and eating combinations for three minutes. Ioka sweeps the last to win on scores of 118-111, 117-111 and 116-112. Ioka, an outstanding amateur, and the nephew of former WBC straw and WBA light fly champion Hiroyuki Ioka, won the Japanese title in his sixth fight and beat Thai Oleydong in his seventh to take the WBC title. Mandatory challenger “Juanito” Hernandez had won his last eleven fights. Former kick-boxer Tsuchiya, 24, looked to be on the way to an early win as he floored the more experienced Fukuhara in the first. However, Fukuhara stayed in there, and was having some success in the late rounds, until Tsuchiya scored another knockdown in the ninth, and forced the stoppage. All of Tsuchiya’s wins have come by KO/TKO. Fukuhara, 26, had been unbeaten in his last nine fights.

August 11

Panama City, Panama: Fly: Luis Concepcion (23-2) W KO 1 Manuel Vargas (30-9-1). Welter: Azael Cosio (11-1-2,1ND) W KO 5 Pablo Vazquez (20-3). All over in 76 seconds as 25-year-old former WBA champion “El Nica” Concepcion flattens useful Mexican Vargas. Concepcion shakes Vargas early with right then scores heavily with fast left hook to body and straight right. Vargas goes forward throwing punches but out of range. Copncepcion comes back again with left hook straight right. As Vargas backs-up Concepcion is short with a jab but a straight right puts Vargas down. He falls so heavily that his head snaps the bottom rope from its holder. Lying propped up against the ropes, Vargas is obviously finished, and the referee does not complete the count, but calls for attention for Vargas who is down for 2-3 minutes. Impressive display of speed and power from Concepcion who now has 18 wins by KO/TKO. Concepcion lost his title in a war with Mexican Hernan Marquez in April. “Chango” Vargas, 30, a former inter WBO straw champion, has won only two of his last four, but his other conquerors were Ramon Garcia, Giovanni Segura and Roman Gonzalez-so no disgrace there. “Turbo” Cosio punches too hard for noted banger Vazquez. Panamanian Cosio, 29, takes first two rounds with body shots, but Venezuelan Vazquez evens things up over next two, scoring well with head punches. Cosio goes to the body again in the fifth and then puts Vazquez away with a right to the jaw. Eight wins by KO/TKO for Cosio. Vazquez hard puncher, but limited skills and questionable chin. He won his first 16 fight by KO/TKO but has lost 3 of his last 4 inside the distance. Pasay City, Philippines: Welter: Dennis Laurente (38-3-5) W TKO 1 Cris Alag (8-21). In first defence of his national title veteran Laurente stuns Alag early and follow-up barrage sees the referee stop the mismatch after just 33 seconds. WBC No 15, southpaw Laurente has won his last 15 and has 20 wins by KO/TKO. Poor Alag, 31, has now lost his last eight; seven of those by KO/TKO, so had no right fighting for any title, but has in fact fought for both the national lightweight and light welterweight titles. Patumthanee, Thailand: Straw: Paipharob (17-0) W KO 3 Sammy Hagler (15-5-2).Too easy for WBA No 4 Paipharob as he kayos Indonesian. Fifth defence of PABA title for former Muay Thai exponent Paipharob, 28, who has won his last twelve by KO/TKO, but all against very poor opposition. Hagler, 21, without a win in his last six fights.

August 12

Salta, Argentina: Welter: Luis Abregu (30-1) W TKO 2 Walter Diaz (26-9-1).Body punches do it for home town fighter Abregu against the badly fading Diaz. One in the first round has Diaz hurt and another in the second round puts him down and sees the towel come flying in. Now 24 wins by KO/TKO for Abregu, whose only loss was to Tim Bradley in July last year. First fight since October 2009 for Diaz. Castlebar Ireland: Light Middle: Henry Coyle (16-2) W TKO 5 Elio Cotena (18-6-5). Super Feather: Mick Coveney (12-13) W PTS 10 Finnbar Eade (6-1). Feather: Patrick Hyland (24-0) W TKO 4 Fabrizio Trotta (13-6-2). The “Western Warrior” Coyle, 30, wins vacant WBFoundation title with cut victory over 30-year-old Italian Cotena. Coyle scoring well and controlling the bout with his jab and heavy rights. What looked like a clash of heads in the third saw Cotena badly cut on the eyebrow, but the referee decides it was caused by a punch. Cut worsens and Cotena pulled-out at the end of the fifth. The US-based Coyle is a former World Military Games gold medal winner. Cotena had lost only one of his last eight going in. Journeyman southpaw Coveney, 29, just edges out previously unbeaten Eade, 36, to win vacant Irish title. Score 96-95. Only three wins in his last twelve fights for Coveney. Hyland makes work for himself by mixing-it with tough Italian instead of using his skills. Slowly wears Trotta down. Floors him twice with a body punches in fourth and fight is stopped. “The Punisher” a WBFederation champion has eleven wins by KO/TKO. Trotta’s last fight was a loss in five rounds in a challenge to Rendall Munroe for the EBU title in December 2008. Kobe, Japan: Super Bantam: Kohei Oba (29-1-1) W TKO 8 Yoshihiro Sasaki (7-7-2). Oba, 26, continues his rebuilding with a stoppage of modest Sasaki. First fight for Oba in nine months and second win since losing unbeaten tag against Malcolm Tunacao in July 2010. Indio, USA: Light Middle: Antonio Diaz (47-6-1) W TKO 8 Ernesto Zepeda (39-15-4). All-out aggression of veteran Diaz too much for Zepeda. From the first round Diaz has fellow Mexican Zepeda on the defensive and fighting off the ropes. Diaz, 35, scores heavily throughout with Zepeda having some success with left hooks in the middle rounds. Diaz goes for broke in the eighth, and with Zepeda not fighting back and taking heavy punishment the fight should have been stopped. Thankfully Zepeda’s corner pulled him out of the fight. Diaz lost to Shane Mosley for the WBC welter title in 2000 and to Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBO title in 2002. In his last fight in December 2009 he took a beating from Victor Ortiz and was stopped in seven rounds. “Baby Face” Zepeda, 34, has won only two of his last eight, and was outpointed by Matthew Hatton in May 2009. Hollywood, USA: Light: Richard Abril (16-2-1) W TKO 5 Sergio Rivera (25-8-2). Straw: Carlos Buitrago (19-0-0,1ND) W PTS 10 Felipe Rivas (9-8-1,1ND). Heavy: Luis Ortiz (13-0) W TKO 7 Arron Lyons (12-11-1,1ND). Welter: Ed Paredes (27-3-1) W TKO 8 Juliano Ramos (16-5,1ND). Feather: Yoandris Salinas (12-0) W KO 3 Felipe Almanza (18-27-4). Second fight in two weeks for WBA No 5 Abril. Rivera gives him a good argument until a wicked body hook puts him down and Rivera was unable to rise for a couple of minutes as he claimed a low blow. Cuban Abril, 29, and 5’11” tall, lost a split verdict to Breidis Prescott in July 2010. Mexican Rivera is now 2-5 in his last seven, but all against good opposition. Nicaraguan “Wunder Kid” Buitrago, 19, wins US debut. Rivas gets off to the better start, but Buitrago gets into his stride from the third and runs out a clear points winner on scores of 97-93 from all three judges. Rivas had been in with some good opposition and had won 3 of his last 4 fights. Early shock for Cuban Ortiz as he hits the floor from a right in the first. Lyons cut in clash of heads in the second and from then on Ortiz in control and working game Lyons over. Doctor examines the cut at the end of the seventh and rules it too bad for Lyons to continue. The 6’4” Ortiz made heavy work of a fight with a late sub who has now on only one of his last five fights. Good, solid display by Ed “The Lion” Paredes. Ramos comes to fight, but Paredes, 26, wears him down and dominates with better boxing, hand speed and strength. Forces stoppage with barrage in seventh. Paredes now unbeaten in seven since loss to Carlos Molina in April 2009. Brazilian Ramos has lost four of his last five. Cuban “El Nino” Salinas, 25, again looks the goods. He puts late sub Almanza down with two left hooks and the 35-year-old Colombian was down for 2-3 minutes. Colombian Almanza, 35, who started out as a flyweight, has now lost his last eight. St Charles, USA: Light Middle: Kermit Cintron (33-4-1) W PTS 10 Antwone Smith (20-3-1). Light: Dannie Williams (19-1) W KO 4 Antonio Cervantes (16-6-5). Puerto Rican “The Truth” Cintron, 31, gets back onto the winning trail. The former IBF welter champion builds and early lead scoring well with his jab, and keeping the aggressive Smith on the outside. From the fourth Smith, 24, by far the busier boxer, gets to work inside, and looks to be leveling the score. Cintron manages to open some space again over the late rounds and wins unanimous verdict. Scores 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94. Smith had a much higher punch ratio, but Cintron blocked most of the punches and scored the cleaner shots. Cintron trying to rebuild after losses to Paul Williams and Carlos Molina. Smith had won his last two after shock stoppage loss to Lanardo Tyner in July 2010. Former National Golden Gloves winner Williams made it seven wins in a row as he floored Mexican Cervantes in the first with a left hook and finished him with a thunderous right hand counter in the fourth. The 26-year-old from St Louis has 15 wins by KO/TKO with his only defeat being a points loss to WBO No 4 Eloy Perez in September 2009. Cervantes, 33, was unbeaten in his last five.

August 13

Las Vegas, USA: Bantam: Abner Mares (22-0-1) W PTS 12 Joseph Agbeko (28-3). Heavy: Eric Molina (18-1) W TKO 3 Warren Browning (14-2-1). Bantam: Eric Morel (45-2) W TKO 4 Daniel Quevedo (13-12-2). Light Welter: Angelo Santana (11-0) W TKO 2 Ramzan Adaev (8-1-1). Light Welter: Carlos Molina (14-0-1) DREW 8 Juan Montiel (5-4-3). Mares, 25, wins split decision, and IBF title, but is lucky as referee overlooks a whole passel of low blows from Mares, issues five warnings, without deducting a point, and compounds it all by counting over 31-year-old “King Kong” Agbeko when he was floored by yet another low blow in the eleventh. Unfortunately this performance by the referee spoiled the fight and left Mares with a tainted victory. The fight itself was a good battle between two tough fighters. Mares scored a knockdown in the first, although TV replays suggested it was a slip, and built an early lead, setting the tempo of the fight and going forward all the time. It was the hooks of Mares against the jab of Agbeko. The Ghanaian shook Mares with a right in the fourth, but at the end of the sixth Mares had built a good lead. Agbeko started to outwork Mares from the seventh, but his fight back was derailed by the controversial knockdown in the eleventh. Scores 115-111 twice and 113-113. Mares adds IBF title to the IBO and WBC Silver titles he won with a split decision over Vic Darchinyan in December. This fight had been scheduled for earlier in the year, but was postponed after Agbeko fainted in the dressing room before the fight. Don King, the promoter of Agbeko will officially protest the decision and the IBF are likely to order a rematch with the winner then fighting Nonito Donaire. Texan Molina has it easy against over-matched Browning. Scores heavily with rights throughout before referee stops the fight in third. Molina, 6’6” tall and with an 84” reach, wins vacant WBC USNBC title and makes it 14 by KO/TKO. Browning, 36, has a heavily padded record with wins over poor opposition. Poor match sees former WBA fly champ Morel, 35, makes it ten wins in a row as he scores a standing eight count in the first and a knockdown in the second against the normally durable Quevedo. Hands out a steady beating. Quevedo’s corner pull him out at the end of fourth. The Puerto Rican “Little Hands of Steel” is hoping to challenge WBA champion Anselmo Moreno in November. First loss inside the distance for Mexican super bantam champ Quevedo. Cuban Santana, 23, easily adjusts to late change in opponent and is too good for previously unbeaten Russian. Forces a standing count early in the second and after a knockdown in the same round the referee stops the fight. “La Cobra”, who made it to Florida in 2007 on a raft made up of tyres and wood, now has eight by KO/TKO. First fight in just over a year for 31-year-old Adaev. The Molina vs. Montiel fight was a close hard fought battle. Molina was the harder puncher, but had trouble getting his punches off against the busier Montiel. It was quality against quantity and the judges were split. Scores 78-74 Molina, 77-74 Montiel and 76-76. Broadbeach, Australia: Mike Katsidis (28-4) W KO 3 Mike Lozada (38-9-1) .Light Welter: Jack Asis (24-18-4) W TKO 2 Nestor Rocha (23-3). Middle: Jarrod Fletcher (9-0) W PTS 8 Arnel Tinampay (14-14-1). Predictable return to the winning column for former WBO interim champion Katsidis. The Aussie hits too hard for experienced Mexican and volley of body shots in third leaves Lozada on his knees for the count. Katsidis has come through a bad time, not only losing to Juan Manuel Marquez and Robert Guerrero, but also losing his brother Stathi. Next he wants Joel Casamayor. Lozada always loses the big fights inside the distance. Asis continues to turn his form around. The 30-year-old Filipino makes it three wins in a row as he batters away at Rocha until the Californian’s corner throw in the towel. Currently the Australian champion, before this little winning run Asis had lost five in a row. Rocha, 28, lost in one round to Hozumi Hasegawa for the WBC bantam title in July 2009. Outstanding prospect Fletcher given good workout by Filipino in bout that sees both boxers suffer cuts in head clashes. “Left Jab” Fletcher, 27, was a gold medal winner at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he beat future Olympic gold medalist James DeGale, and also represented Australia at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics. Acapulco, Mexico: Straw: Juan Palacios (29-3,1ND) W TKO 9 Armando Torres (16-9). Super Feather: Miguel Roman (35-8) W TKO 7 Abraham Rodriguez (23-11-4). Super Middle: Shawn Estrada (13-0) W TKO 3 Alvaro Enriquez (11-9-2). Rogers Mtagwa (27-14-2,1ND) W TKO 8 Pedro Navarette (26-13-3). Palacios surrendered his interim WBA title when he failed to make the weight. The 30-year-old Nicaraguan had his jab working well in the first, and they traded equally in the second. Torres was on the attack throughout the third. A clash of heads saw the Mexican go down, but he was given time to recover. The fourth was again shared, but Palacios took the fifth with his strong jab keeping Torres off balance. Palacios lost a point in the sixth for use of the head, but was starting to get on top. The eighth was all Palacios as Torres tired. The end came in the ninth as Palacios floored the Mexican three times to force the stoppage. Palacios has 22 wins by KO/TKO, and has won 18 of his last 19 fights. Before winning the interim WBA title by beating Sammy Gutierrez last May he had previously lost a split decision to Jose Antonio Aguirre for the WBC title in 2002 and a majority verdict to Thai Oleydong for the same title in November 2009. Now he has thrown the title away. Torres, 30, was not even rated by the WBA, but still got a title shot. “Mickey” Roman beats Mexican champion “Marvin” Rodriguez in toe-to-toe brawl. Neither fighter giving an inch in this battle. Roman seems to score a knockdown at the end of the third but the referee does not count. Both fighters badly cut on their eye brow and the Doctor examines Rodriguez’s injury but lets the fight continue. As Rodriguez tires Roman battering home punches from all angles and the referee stops the fight. Roman retains WBC Fecombox and wins Mexican title. One loss in his last eight for Roman, and that was to Jonathan Barros for the WBA secondary title in March. Rodriguez, also 25, had lost only one of his last eight going into the fight. Down the bill American Shawn Estrada and Tanzanian Rogers Mtagwa scored wins. Estrada, who lost to James DeGale at the 2008 Olympics, made it twelve by KO/TKO with a stoppage of poor Mexican Enriquez (4-8-1 in his last twelve) and “Tanzanian Tiger” Mtagwa returned to action, and to the winning column, with a stoppage of tough Mexican Navarette in the last round of their eight round contest. Mtagwa, 32, lost on points to Juan Manuel Lopez for the WBO super bantam title in October 2009 and in his last fight lost in two rounds to Yuriorkis Gamboa for the WBA secondary title in January 2010. Only three wins in his last twelve fights for Navarette, but only the second time in 42 fights that he has failed to last the distance. Manukau City, New Zealand: Heavy: Monte Barrett (35-9-2) W PTS 12 David Tua (52-4-2). Barrett, 40 may have brought the curtain down on the career of Tua as he wins tight, unanimous verdict. Barrett builds lead through first three rounds using strong jab, and also inflicts a cut over Tua’s right eye. Tua doing better over following rounds but not doing enough and Barrett continuing to pick up points with the jab. Tua finally gets through and has Barrett hurt at end of tenth. Again in the eleventh Tua scores heavily having Barrett in trouble at the end of the round. Barrett exhausted and holding in last, but Tua puts him down with a combination. Barrett gets up and makes it to the bell. Scores 115-112 twice and 114-113. Barrett wins WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Orient titles. Barrett had failed to win any of his last five fights. Tua, who lost on points to Lennox Lewis for the WBC title in 2000, was unbeaten in 17 going in, including a draw with Barrett in July 2010. Atlantic City, USA: Super Bantam: Alejandro Lopez (22-2) W PTS 12 Teon Kennedy (17-1). Light: Karl Dargan (10-0) W TKO 6 Juan Suazo (8-5-3). Welter: Yordenis Ugas (9-0) W PTS 6 Fernando Rodriguez (6-5). Big win for Mexican Lopez as he takes unanimous verdict over IBF No 3 Kennedy and wins USBA title. The light punching Mexican set, and maintained, a fast pace using clever lateral movement to off set the attacks of aggressor 25-year-old Kennedy. “Alex” Lopez, 24, starts to dominate the fight from the sixth scoring well with counters and busting up the face of Kennedy who just could not close the distance. Scores 117-111 twice and 115-113. Kennedy was said to have been hampered by a shoulder injury which he suffered when training for the bout. During the fight he also suffered a big gash on his left eyelid and his right eye, which started to swell in the sixth, was nearly closed by the end. Despite his impressive statistics, Lopez had lost a four round bout to Aaron Garcia in February, so this was quiet an upset. Former amateur star Dargan, 26, much too good for Suazo. Floors him in first with a left hook, and cuts him badly over the right eye in the second. Dargan continues to score heavily until the sixth when another volley of punches from Dargan brings the referee’s intervention. Dargan, a two-time US Amateur champion, and Pan American Games gold medal winner, could be a fighter with a great future but ten fights in four years is no way to build a career. Cuban Ugas, another former top amateur, boxed his way to a unanimous decision over Rodriguez, who gave him a good test. Scores 59-55 twice and 58-56. Ugas, 25 is a former World Cadet and Pan American Games champion and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. Las Heras, Argentina: Light: Daniel Brizuela (22-1-2) W PTS 12 Julio Ruiz (13-4). Light Welter: Gumersindo Carrasco (15-0,1ND) W KO 2 Daniel Santos (13-6). Brizuela wins and collects vacant IBF Latino title but is not impressive. “Tatu” Brizuela, 25, has the skill and dominates when he keeps the fight at a distance, but too often he lets “Little Wolf” Ruiz inside where he scores well to the body and head with combinations. Brizuela doing the cleaner work but Ruiz strong at the end and always in the fight. Brizuela floored by a punch to the chest in the last, but the referee rules it a slip. Scores 118-111, 116-112 and 115-113. Brizuela still rebuilding after being blow away inside a round by Daniel Dorrego in 2009. Puncher Carrasco, 24, shaken in the first by a combination from the Brazilian, and twice turns away after clash of heads, and given time to recover. Carrasco fires back to even the round. Carrasco going forward throwing crude swings from both hands. With nine seconds left finally lands a heavy right to the chin. Santos slumps into sitting position on the bottom rope and Carrasco lands two more punches. Santos then goes down with both knees on the canvas and Carrasco lands two more punches when the Brazilian was clearly down. No disqualification. Santos watches the count on one knee and starts to get up at nine only to have the referee count ten when he is on his feet. Carrasco wins vacant IBF Latino and now has 13 wins by KO/TKO but is very crude and was lucky to have a “home” referee for this one. Tlalnepantla, Mexico: Feather: Salvador Sanchez (25-4-3) W TKO 3 Adan Garcia (15-5-1). Light: Carlos Zarate Jr (14-0) W TKO 2 Jose Avila (7-6). Garcia had a good first round as he was going forward scoring with hooks to the body whilst Sanchez settled for fighting on the back foot and using his long jab. Different story in the second as Sanchez came forward from the bell forcing Garcia back with three/four punch combinations always finished off with wicked left hooks to the body. That punch put Garcia down at the end of the round and he was up at seven as the bell rung. Sanchez continued the assault in the third and another combination had Garcia reeling and the fight was stopped. Lanky lightweight Zarate, 23, makes it nine wins by KO/TKO with stoppage of Avila. Additional Commonwealth Results:

August 12

Accra, Ghana: Super Feather: Maxwell Awuku (24-2-1) W KO 4 Sam Danso (2-9). Super Feather: Prince Ofotsu (9-2) W TKO 7 Emmanuel Allotey (1-5). Feather: Razak Netty (8-3) WTKO 4 Saidu Amadu (0-3). Super Middle: Flash Issaka (18-12) W TKO 3 Kojo Adaho (0-3). Super Middle: Sanah Agbeko (5-0) W KO 5 Ed Gartey (0-9). Welter: Frank Dodze (3-8) W TKO 7 Sam Odoi (0-2). Light Welter: Isaac Aryee (7-5 ) W KO 5 Obile Issaka (0-6). None of the losers managed to last the distance , five of them had never won a fight,and the combined total of their records is 3-37 so poor matching.

August 13

Broadbeach, Australia: Light Welter: Brett Smith (10-1-1) W PTS 6 Mick Shaw (27-15-3) Port Melbourne, Australia: Welter: Tim Hunt (12-2) W PTS 8 Alex Ahtong (6-12-3). Light Heavy: Manny Vlamis (10-2) W KO 2 Komgrit Nankom (16-18). Manukua City, New Zealand: Super Middle: Steve Heremaia (17-6-1) W TKO ? Brad Pole (2-4). Light Heaby: Daniel McKinnon (19-5-1) W PTS 6 Kashif Mumtaz (8-26-1).

August 18

Miedzyzdroje, Poland: Cruiser: Krzys Glowacki (13-0) W TKO 9 Roman Kracik (32-7-1). Big win for Pole as he batters experienced Czech to defeat in nine rounds. The 25-year-old southpaw, who fought as a super heavy in the amateurs, started fast punishing Kracik with body shots. However, his own defence was not as tight as it could be, and Kracik was always dangerous with right hand counters. Glowacki had Kracik badly hurt with a couple of body shots in the fourth, but from the fifth went head hunting. As Kracik tired Glowacki got through with a big left hook in the ninth which put the Czech down. He beat the count, but the follow-up attack had Kracik defenseless on the ropes when the fight is stopped. Eight wins by KO/TKO for Glowacki who wins something called the World Boxing Forum International title. Kracik, 39, lost only one of his first 31 fights, but is 3-6 in his last nine.

August 19

Muang, Thailand: Super Fly: Suriyan (19-5-1) W PTS 12 Tomas Rojas (36-13-1,1ND).Suriyan lifts WBC title with split decision over Mexican Rojas. The defending champion rocks his 22-year-old Thai challenger with a left hook in the first, but then the aggressive Suriyan overcomes the height and reach advantages of Rojas (5’8” to 5’3”) to work inside with both hands. Rojas just not busy enough and Suriyan, 22, builds a lead. After eight rounds Thai is seven points ahead on one card, five on another and three on the third. Despite a cut over his left eye, Rojas stages a storming finish, but unable to close the gap. Suriyan had emerged as a threat after losing a very close decision to Ponsaklek for the WBC fly title in October when only a point deduction robbed him of a draw. Third defence for “Gusano” who has been a pro since 1996. He only arrived in Thailand five days before the fight and was probably affected by the heat and humidity. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Bantam: Cesar Seda (21-1) W PTS 10 Jose Silveira (12-5). Light: Jose Pedraza (4-0) W PTS 6 Pedro Salcedo (3-5). Seda, 25, came to fight, but late sub Silveira to survive. The hand speed and movement of Seda (Silk) were just too much for the Mexican, and Seda, who scored constantly with hard combinations, walked away with the unanimous verdict on scores of 100-90 from all three judges. First fight for Seda since losing to Omar Narvaez for WBO super fly title in April, and first fight at bantam. Mexican Silveira is IBA bantam champ and has beaten Andrew Singh Kooner and lost to Martin Lindsay. Although it was only a six round fight and only the fourth fight for Jose Pedraza, this fight held more interest for the local papers. Pedraza, former amateur star, had won each of his first three fights in the first round. However, Salcedo proved a good test. “The Sniper” scored well throughout although Salcedo did get through with some hard shots in the first. Pedraza, superior skill showed in the middle rounds and, as Salcedo tired over the last two rounds, Pedraza was trying hard to put him away. Pedraza wins on scores of 60-54 from all three judges and this is a name to watch out for in the future. Hammond, USA: Light: Henry Lundy (21-1-1) W TKO 6 David Diaz (36-4-1): Light Middle: Demetrius Andrade (14-0) W PTS 10 Grady Brewer (28-13). Light: Yakubu Amidu (20-2-1) W TKO 3 Marti Tucker (7-10). Cruiser: Montell Griffin (50-8-1) W PTS 8 Deandre Abron (15-10). Good win for Lundy. Constantly switching guards he builds an early lead as he scores well over the first three rounds with overhand lefts and uppercuts to southpaw Diaz. In the fourth a right from former WBC champ Diaz sends Lundy stumbling to the canvas. Diaz goes all out for the finish, but suffers bad gash on his right eyebrow. Big effort in fourth tires Diaz and with the cut pouring blood and causing vision problems he is in trouble. Lundy changes back to southpaw stance and gets back on top in fifth. Doctor examines the injury to Diaz a twice but lets fight go on. The former WBC champion now has no choice but to go toe-to-toe, and a hard combination from Lundy puts Diaz down, and the fight is stopped. Lundy, 27, retains NABF title. He has scored three good wins since losing to John Molina in July 2010. Diaz, 35, just scraped by Robert Frankel on a majority decision in his previous fight, but is not talking retirement. Former World Amateur champion Andrade comes through his first real test and gets an ‘A’ for ability, but a ‘C’ for entertainment. The 23-year-old southpaw was just too fast and skillful for dangerous veteran Brewer and won a wide unanimous decision on scores of 99-91 twice and 99-92. Andrade’s jab broke up any attempt Brewer made to take the fight inside and the speed and movement of Andrade allowed him to stick to that game plan. The downside was that it made for a one-sided boxing lesson, as Andrade took no chances and the crowd (and the TV audience) was looking for more. “Bad Boy” Brewer, 40, has lost only one of his last eleven and in his last fight had stopped unbeaten prospect Fernando Guerrero. On his night Brewer can beat anyone (he has wins over Cornelius Bundrage and then unbeaten Albert Onolunose), but this was not his night. Ghanaian “Black Mamba” Amidu, 26, makes it four wins in his US campaign with a stoppage of overmatched Tucker. Amidu’s losses have been to Ali Funeka, a majority decision in 2007, and to Ricky Burns for the Commonwealth title in November 2008. Five losses in a row for Tucker. Now 41, veteran Griffin, a former WBC light heavy champion (won on a disqualification over Roy Jones), returns to the ring, and in his first fight since May 2010 wins every round against former top amateur Abron to reach 50 victories. Griffin, a pro since 1993, also had shots at the WBO and IBF titles as well as a second shot at the WBC crown. Abron, 39, who did not turn pro until he was 32, won the USA championships, National Golden Gloves, PAL, Army and Inter Services titles, but has now lost his last nine as a pro. Dover, USA: Heavy: Amir Mansour (15-0) W PTS 12 Dominick Guinn (33-8-1). Light Welter: Edgar Santana (26-3) W TKO 5 Omri Lowther (14-4). Still early days, but southpaw Mansour, 39, may just be a man with a future, instead of one with a past. The former convict beat up on the experienced Guinn for all of the ten rounds scoring with heavy hooks from both hands with “The Southern Disaster” Guinn showing an iron chin and a penchant for survival. “Hardcore” Mansour did all of the pressing but could not find a punch to put Guinn down. He also showed he could take a punch as Guinn scored with some good counters, and also go the distance (4 rounds being his longest previous fight). Scores 100-90 twice and 99-91. Mansour, who spent eight years in jail, wins vacant IBF North America and WBO NABO titles. Guinn, 36, has never lost a fight inside the distance, and had won five of his last six, the loss being to Kubrat Pulev in his last fight in October. After flooring his opponent in the first round, Puerto Rican Santana, 32, then has to come from behind to halt Lowther and win vacant NABA title. After climbing off the floor from that flash knockdown in the first, Lowther builds a good lead with his smarter boxing, and constantly beats a subdued Santana to the punch. However, his lead is wiped out in the fifth by a left hook from Santana. Lowther beats the count, but is under fire on the ropes when the fight is stopped. Santana stopped fighting in 2008 when he was on a run of 19 wins in his last 20 fights. He returned to action in May this year, and this was his second win. Lowther, 27, originally from Georgia (State), but now based in Canada, has lost three in a row, but the other two losses were to Henry Lundy and Brandon Rios, so no disgrace there. Blackpool, England: Welter: Matthew Hatton (42-5-2) W PTS 12 Andrei Abramenka (15-1-2). Cruiser: Matty Askin (11-0) W TKO 4 Juan Garay (18-11,1ND). Confident return to action by Hatton as he is a different class to the Belarus fighter with a deceivingly impressive record. Hatton shakes Abramenka with a left hook early in the first and keeps up the pressure. With Abramenka not having the punch to disturb Hatton he works inside with good combinations and body punches. Hatton suffers a cut on his left eyebrow in the sixth and loses a point in the tenth for a low blow. Abramenka, who also suffered a small cut on his left eyebrow, steals a few points here and there, but Hatton in control and wins wide unanimous verdict on scores of 118-109 twice and 118-110. First fight for Hatton since loss to Saul Alvarez in March and he wins vacant IBF International title, which will probably get him a spot in their ratings. He also made it a double over the Abramenka family as he had beaten elder brother Aliaksandr in 2006.Abramenka, 24, had only had one previous fight outside Belarus, a draw with Roberto Belge, who Hatton kayoed in three rounds. Askin takes a little time to get into the fight. Loses a point for holding in the second, but begins to find the range in the third. In the fourth he dumps Argentinian on the canvas with two hard shots and although Garay beat the count the fight is stopped. Now seven wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old Askin. Third loss in a row on the road for 39-year-old Garay. Toscolano Maderno, Italy: Light: Massimiliano Ballisai (14-0) W TKO 2 Luca Marasco (16-2). Heavy: Matteo Modugno (9-0) W TKO 3 Laszlo Toth (12-5). Ballisai comes out firing from the first bell and puts the slower starting Marasco under pressure. Ballisai forces Marasco to trade and scores a knockdown with a right early in the second. Marasco gets up, but another volley of punches brings the stoppage. The 26-year-old from Turin wins the vacant IBF Mediterranean title, and makes it eight by KO/TKO. Marasco, 27, is a former Italian lightweight champ. Heavy hope Modugno hits too hard for modest Hungarian. A short right floors Toth at the end of the first. He survives a torrid second round, but left hooks put him down twice in the third and the fight is stopped. Modugno, 24, is being carefully matched with all of his opponents being “safe” imports. The 39-year-old Toth was kayoed in 43 seconds by Danny Williams in April. Corona, USA: Super Bantam: Efrain Esquivias (14-0) W PTS 10 Juan Ruiz (23-7). Welter: Artemio Reyes (13-1) W KO 2 Miguel Munguia (20-22-1). Esquivias given a tough night by the experienced Ruiz. Esquivias shows excellent skills as he boxes his way to victory over the rusty Ruiz. Esquivias had to overcome a cut received in the middle rounds and was made to fight hard in every round. His speed and accuracy saw him winning the rounds, but Ruiz maintained his record of never losing inside the distance. Former National Golden Gloves champion Esquivias wins vacant NABF title in his first ten round bout. Scores 99-91 twice and 97-93. Ruiz, 32, a former NABO champion, who beat Wayne McCullough in 2008, had been inactive since February 2010. Reyes finds the experienced Munguia a slippery character early, floors him at the end of the first with a left hook to the body. Reyes, 24, could see a quick night was in prospect and went after Munguia, 29, in the second. A left-right combination put Munguia down on his backside for the count. Reyes has won twelve in a row, ten by KO/TKO since losing to Mike Dallas in his second fight. Only two wins in his last eight fights for Munguia, who lost to John Murray in 2007. Charenton, USA: Light: Mason Menard (17-1) W TKO 4 Joe Laryea (14-6). Local hero Menard wins “world” title. The two-fisted aggression of Menard, 22, keeps Laryea on the back foot throughout, but the tough Ghanaian lands some good counters. Menard stepped up the pace in the third and fourth with Laryea struggling to stay in the fight. A disappointing end saw Laryea’s corner pull him out with a hand injury at the end of the fourth. Now 15 wins in a row for Menard, all in Louisiana and he collects the vacant Universal Boxing Organisation title. “Mandingo” Laryea, 26, had beaten Paul Appleby, but was stopped in seven rounds by Ricky Burns for the WBO super feather title in March. New York, USA: Light: Mike Perez (14-0-1) W KO 1 Miguel Rodriguez (7-4). Perez makes it quick. “The Artist”, 21, drops Puerto Rican Rodriguez with a left hook to the body. In pain, Rodriguez gets up, but then goes down again without taking a punch and the fight is stopped after just 49 seconds. Only the third fight for Rodriguez since 2007, and his third loss.

August 20

Mexicali, Mexico: Light Middle: Alfredo Angulo (20-1) W T KO 1 Joe Gomez (17-5-1). Too easy for Angulo. Gomez circles the ring throwing light jabs whilst Angulo walks him down. Traps Gomez on the ropes and lands two shots to the body and two more to the head as Gomez is on his way down. Referee counts to seven and as Gomez is attempting to get back onto his feet the referee halts the count and stops the fight after 105 seconds. Now 17 wins by KO/TKO and first fight for WBO interim champ Angulo since stopping Joachim Alcine in WBC eliminator in July last year. Gomez has lost four of his last five. Ensenada, Mexico: Super Bantam: Fernando Montiel (46-3-2) W KO 3 Alvaro Perez (21-4-1,3ND). Light: Aaron Herrera (21-0) WPTS 10 Carlos Wilson Velazquez (18-12-1,1ND). Welter: Jorge Silva (16-1) W TKO 8 Alvaro Robles (11-1). Super Fly: Alfonso Lopez (11-0-1) W KO 1 Leroy Savala (0-2). Montiel spends the first round studying the southpaw style of Nicaraguan. In the second Perez comes out blazing and takes the fight to Montiel. Scores well, but Montiel shows he has the power with some wicked counters. In the third a left hook puts Perez down and very much out. The referee stops the count at five to get some medical attention for Perez. This was no walk in the park for Montiel. Perez came to fight and had Montiel down only for it to be ruled a slip. He also shook Montiel a couple of times with hard lefts, but was stationary and in range in a exchange when nailed by the left hook. Second win for Montiel since crushing defeat by Nonito Donaire in February. Montiel, already a champion at fly, super fly and bantam will now go for a title at super bantam to try to be Mexico’s first four division world champion. Perez lost in four rounds to Hozumi Hasegawa for the WBC bantam title in 2009 and to Hugo Ruiz on a technical decision for the WBA interim title in January 2011. Herrera retains 100% record, but only just. Nicaraguan Velazquez ran him close. In the end the cleaner punching and better mobility just gave Herrera the edge and the split decision. Scores 97-93, 96-94 and 95-97. Velazquez had beaten Mexicans Ramon Ayala (17-1) and Misael Casillas (20-0) so it was a tough opponent for the youngster from Yucatan. The Silva vs. Robles fight for Tijuana bragging rights was always going to be explosive as each had scored an impressive percentage of inside the distance wins. It almost ended in the fifth as “Tyson” Robles floored Silva. He beat the count, but was in a bad way and was saved by the bell. In the seventh Silva, 19, was on top and had Robles in trouble. In the eighth a big left from Silva had Robles out on his feet and the referee stopped the fight. Now 15 wins by KO/TKO for Silva. Robles had won ten of his eleven the same way. “Finito” Lopez, the son of the great Ricardo Lopez, crushes novice Savala with a left hook. Houston, USA: Heavy: Oliver McCall (56-11,2ND) W PTS 10 Damian Wills (30-3-1). Light Heavy: Cedric Agnew (18-0) W TKO 2 Ty Jackson (8-36-3). No frills here. “The Atomic Bull” McCall, now 46, lets Wills exhaust himself over the first three or four rounds. Wills scoring freely, but McCall not shaken or stirred. After four rounds as Wills tires McCall takes over and opens up Wills with his jab and shows his extra power shaking Wills with every punch, having him hurt over the later rounds and cutting him around both eyes. McCall claws back the early rounds, but unable to find a finisher. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93. Former WBC champ McCall (back in 1994 he stopped Lennox Lewis in two rounds, and in 1995 lost the title to Frank Bruno) wins vacant WBFoundation title. Wills, 31, had won his last eight but has been carefully matched. His other losses are to Chris Arreola and Kevin Johnson, so he loses whenever he tries to step up. Wills was only eight years old when McCall turned pro. McCall’s next fight will be against Kali Meehan in Australia. Former top amateur Agnew remains unbeaten as he floors and halts outclassed Jackson in two rounds. Ten wins by KO/TKO for 24-year-old former Chicago Golden Gloves champion. Jackson without a win in his last nine fights. Worcester, USA: Light Heavy: Edwin Rodriguez (19-0) W TKO 3 Chris Trietti (10-3). Light Middle: Joachim Alcine (32-2-1) W Jose Medina (14-9-1). Fighting up at light heavy, and under new trainer Ronnie Shields, Rodriguez, 26, not really tested by overmatched Trietti. “La Bomba” takes first two rounds with strong jabs and body punching. In the third a right to the body takes the fight out of Trietti who retires at the end of the round. Now 14 by KO/TKO for Dominican-born Rodriguez, a former United States and National Golden Gloves champion, but a step down in opposition as he had beaten James McGirt and Aaron Pryor Jr in his last two fights. This was the first main event for Trietti. Former WBA light middle champ Alcine, 35, struggles to throw off 13 months of rust. Medina gets the better start with his busy style and scores well with his jab and right hands. Realising he is behind “Ti-Joa” Alcine goes all out over the closing rounds, but still seems lucky to get a draw. Scores 78-75, 74-78 and 76-76. First fight for Haitian-born Canadian since being halted in a round by Alfredo Angulo in July 2010. “Stinger” Medina lost to Matthew Hatton on points in 2006. Caseros. Argentina: Light Heavy: Roberto Bolonti (26-1) W TKO 6 Jose Mazurier (12-11-1). Poor, bad tempered fight with a confusing end. Bolonti, strong, but very crude, bullying Mazurier around the ring with wild swings and slowly wearing him down. By fourth Mazurier, with even more basic skills, not really fighting back. In sixth Mazurier first trapped on the ropes then comes to life and has Bolonti on the ropes. Mazurier punches himself out and is then clubbed to the floor. Literally leaps to his feet at eight and starts to wrestle with Bolonti. This continues after the bell with both fighters tumbling to the canvas. Bolonti first up, but as Mazurier starts to rise the referee stops the fight-well after the bell. Bolonti wins vacant Argentinian title, but the WBC No 8 is slow and crude and vastly overrated. Mazurier, having won only two of his last eight fights, fighting for the Argentinian title and 23 fights experience did not even know how to throw a right. Very poor. Osaka, Japan: Fly: Rocky Fuentes (29-6-2) W PTS 12 Hirofumi Mukai (5-1). Filipino “Road Warrior” Fuentes, 25, continues his winning run and retains OPBF title with wide points victory over local favourite Mukai. Fuentes always pressing against his taller southpaw opponent and scoring well to head and body on the inside. Mukai clever in defence, but not doing enough scoring. Ahead on all three cards after eight rounds, Fuentes dominates the last four rounds to win on scores of 118-110, 118-111 and 117-111. Fourth defence of his OPBF title, and the third in Japan. Relative novice Mukai, also 25, and WBC No 12, had beaten former WBA flyweight title challenger Sonny Boy Jaro. Medicine Hat, Canada: Heavy: Ken Frank (6-3-1) W PTS 10 Sheldon Hinton (11-8-1). “One Tuff Indian” Frank makes it two wins over Hinton as he takes wide unanimous verdict. Scores 100-90, 99-92 and 99-91. Frank, 32, is now 3-3 in his last six. He beat Hinton on points over seven rounds in a Canadian title eliminator in January, so this was his first ten round fight. Hinton, 38, won the World Boxing Board title by beating Andreas Sidon in 2009. This fight was billed as for the Universal Boxing Hall of Fame title!! Colima, Mexico: Super Feather: Rafael Guzman (28-3-1) DREW 12 Rafael Hernandez (13-3-2,1ND). Super Fly: Juan Jose Montes (20-2) W TKO 2 Sammy Reyes. The WBFederation title remains vacant after these two battled to a draw. Venezuelan Hernandez made the better start, taking the first two rounds. Guzman had him rocking in the third, but let Hernandez off the hook. From then on it was a close battle and the draw seemed a fair result. Guzman, 25, had been knocked out by Miguel Angel Garcia in his last fight, but still qualified somehow to fight for the title. Hernandez, 29, had been stopped in nine rounds for the interim WBA secondary super bantam title in 2009 and had been inactive since November of the same year. “Goofy” Montes floors Reyes in the first but can’t get the job done before the bell. Continues the massacre in the second and floors Reyes three times for the win. Only loss in his last 14 for Montes was a stoppage by Tomas Rojas in a challenge for the WBC super fly title in May. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for 22-year-old from Guadalajara. Berne, Switzerland: Yves Studer (27-0-1) W PTS 12 Siarhei Khomitski (24-9-1). Toughest test yet for 28-year-old “Pit Bull” Studer. The contest was very competitive and fast from the beginning. Studer made up for the superior skill of “The Belarus Ghost“  with his pride and big heart, and, by clearly winning the last round on all three scorecards, to earn a draw, and retain his IBC-title. Studer started well, but in the second half of the contest Khomitzki, 36, became stronger, rattling off fast combinations. In round nine Studer got cut on the left eyebrowe, but overcame this difficult situation in order to finish strongly. This was very good European level fight and both contestants proved that they had the quality to challenge for the EBU title.Scores 115-114, 112-117 and 114-114. Khomitski has been matched tough having fought Khoren Gevor, Gennady Golovkin, Max Bursak, Martin Murray, Lukas Konency and Avtandil Khurtsidze. He also brought the curtain down on Jamie Moore’s career with a stoppage in 2010, so this was a brave match for Studer to take. Virginia Beach, USA: Light: Dorin Spivey (39-6,1ND) W PTS 8 Damon Antoine (9-32-2,1ND). Heavy: Travis Kauffman (22-1) W TKO 1 Sean Williams (8-16,1ND). Local hero Spivey, 38, returns after a year out and breezes past durable 38-year-old Antoine. Spivey was able to score easily throughout. He had Antoine down in the seventh, but could not finish the job and settled for winning every round. Scores 80-71 from all three judges. Only one win in his last nine for Antoine. Disgraceful mismatch sees Kauffman, 25 (26 the following day), finish late sub Williams inside a round. Now with 17 wins by KO/TKO the “GWHope” is still rebuilding after kayo loss to Tony Grano in 2009 and trying to stay out of trouble with the police. Williams, a late sub for Bert Cooper, is 43, had not fought since 2005, and has lost his last twelve fights! As an amateur Kauffman lost twice to David Price when representing the USA against England in Liverpool in 2003.

July 14

Marrakesh, Morocco: Welter: Ismael El Massoudi (36-3) W KO 12 Souleymane M’Baye (39-4-1).Bantam: Lee Haskins (22-2) W PTS 12 Mohamed Bouleghcha (16-6-2). Cruiser: Rachid El Hadak (23-8-1) W PTS 12 Rene Huebner (29-17-2). Upset as El Massoudi halts M’Baye in confusing circumstances to win the interim WBA welterweight title. El Massoudi took the first three rounds with his busier style and greater speed and it was the fourth before M’Baye, 36, got into the fight. Even then “Desert Storm” El Massoudi, 33, continued to score freely particularly with his uppercuts. However, he also became a bit more defensive which allowed M’Baye to close the gap. By the end of the eleventh both fighters had handicaps. El Massoudi had a large lump over his right eye and M’Baye was badly cut by his left eye. The end came suddenly in the last round with a push/punch sending M’Baye down. He twisted his knee in falling and was obviously in some pain and was counted out. A former undefeated French light welter and African welterweight champion, El Massoudi has now won 15 of his last 16 fights. This was a first defence for M’Baye, and his first fight since May 2010. A former WBA light welter champ, he lost that title to Gavin Rees in 2007. Brit Haskins puts on a brilliant display of boxing to beat Frenchman Bouleghcha. The speed and accuracy of southpaw Haskin’s boxing always put him in front. “Little Joe” Bouleghcha, 29, is forced to take a standing eight count by a left-right combination in sixth, has a good round in the tenth, when he scores well with short hooks, but is hurt again with a body punch in the eleventh and again given an eight count. Haskins wins on scores of 119-107 twice and 117-109. Haskins, 27, a former British and Commonwealth super fly champion and Commonwealth flyweight champ wins IBF International and WBA Inter-Continental titles. Bouleghcha is a former French and European Union champion. El Hadak retains WBA European title for the second time. German Huebner is in there just to survive. El Hadak, 37, floors the German and wins every round retaining on scores of 120-108 twice and 120-107. Nine wins in a row for El Hadak since losing to Brit Dave Dolan in 2008 Mexico City, Mexico: Super Feather: Carlos Cardenas (17-5-1) W TKO 10 Heli Quiroz. Venezuelan Cardenas took control early and at times looked to have “Taliban” Quiroz badly hurt. However as Cardenas slowed in the later rounds Quiroz looked capable of turning the tables. That effort came to an end in the tenth when a body punch put Quiroz down in agony. He beat the count but was under pressure when the fight is stopped. Mexican-based “El Profeta”, 26, has won 6 of his last 7, and has twelve wins by KO/TKO.

August 26

Cronulla, Australia: Light Welter: Brett Smith (11-1-1) W TEC DEC 6 Bob Whaley (6-3-2). Disappointing ending as cards required for technical decision. Both Smith, 30, and Whalley, suffer cuts in head clashes. Smith in control of the fight, but the cut over his right eye, suffered in the first round, worsens and fight stopped in sixth. “Handful” Smith, the Australian lightweight champion, in front 49-46 on all three cards, and takes PABA title, which Whalley forfeited by not making the weight. Southport, Australia: Light: Ryan Langham (16-2) W KO 2 Brendan Batty (16-26). Australian No 1 Langham makes short work of No 6 Batty. Tall, 29-year-old southpaw, just hits too hard for Batty, a late substitute, and wins vacant IBO Asia Pacific title. One of Langham's two losses was to former IBO champion and IBF title contender Lenny Zappa. Langham represented Australia at the 2004 Olympics. Now 5 losses in a row for 33-year-old Batty. Georgetown, Guyana:Light Heavy: Kwesi Jones (9-2) W KO 9 Cleve Fraser (3-4). Favourite Jones in front but Fraser in this fight until one thunderous right uppercut flattens him in ninth. First defence of his national title for Jones. Barbados-based Fraser has lost 4 of his last 5 including a shot at the Guyanian cruiser title. Emilia Romagna, Italy: Middle: Mateo Signani (13-3-2) W PTS 10 Lorenzo Cosseddu (27-5-5). Feather: Alberto Servidei (31-0-2) W PTS 6 Richard Szebeledi (11-17). Signani, 32, retains Italian title and gets rid of unfinished business as he clearly outpoints No 3 contender Cosseddu. After an even first round Signani dominated the fight with his left, doubling up on his jab and scoring well with accurate rights. Cosseddu had a good seventh, but apart from that it was all Signani as his counters prevented Cosseddu from getting inside. Scores 100-90, 100-92 and 97-93. Fourth defence of his national title for home town fighter who fought a technical draw with Cosseddu in June 2010 and is now unbeaten in his last eight. Cosseddu, 34, had lost only one of his last eight going into the fight. Unbeaten IBF No 13 Servidei,a 36-year-old southpaw, has a bit of a scare in the second round from a clash of heads but is back on top from the third and wins decision. Next up for former undefeated European champion Servidei is said to be a shot at IBF champ Billy Dib. Donetsk, Ukraine: Welter: Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-0) W TKO 6 Marco Avendano (30-8-1). Super Middle: Karoly Balzsay (24-2) W PTS 12 Stas Kashtanov (28-1). Cruiser: Iago Kiladze (17-0) W PTS 12 Daniel Sanabria (13-2). Feather: Oleh Yefimovych (20-2) W PTS 12 Cris Palma (17-6-1). Light Welter: Nacho Mendoza (31-6-2) W KO 1 Volodymyr Kravets (24-1). Super Middle: Server Yemurlayev (20-0) W TKO 2 Norbert Nagy (10-8). Light Middle: Artem Karpets (14-0) W TKO 4 Rizvan Magomedov (7-7-1). Super Middle Artem Redko (20-2-1) W TKO Volodymyr Borovskyy (21-43-2). Light: Andriy Kudryavtsev (37-8) W PTS 6 Kakhaber Avetisian (20-14-1). Challenger Avendano makes good start, but both fighters cut in clash of heads in the first. After even second Senchenko, 33, gets on top catching the Venezuelan with some heavy head shots and cuts him again in third. With Avendano’s cut much worse, in the sixth Senchenko staggers challenger with a big right and then floors him with a two punch combination to head and body. Referee stops the fight without even taking up the count, and the stoppage seemed premature. Third defence of WBA title for Senchenko and win No 21 by KO/TKO. The 38-year-old Avendano had done nothing to deserve the shot, but that is not unusual for the WBA. Gutsy win for Hungarian southpaw Balzsay, as he uses his experience to outbox hard hitting local Kashtanov, 27, and control the pace of the fight, to take the vacant WBA secondary title on a close unanimous decision. The former WBO champion built an early lead with his better boxing, but was under heavy pressure in the middle rounds from Kashtanov’s body attack, and was badly cut in the eleventh. Scores 116-111, 115-113 and 115-114 but decision not popular with locals. After back-to-back losses to Robert Stieglitz and Eduard Gutknetch, Balzsay had scored two wins over mediocre opposition, and had been inactive for over nine months. Kashtanov had never faced a rated opponent, but was still somehow No 1 with the WBA. Georgian Kiladze retains WBA Inter-Continental title with easy win over mismatched Argentinian. Sanabria floored in the first, and all he shows is durability as he takes a pounding in every round. Scores 120-106 from all three judges. Lanky Kiladze, 6’3 ½”, rated No 4 by WBA but very poor opposition. First fight beyond eight rounds for Sanabria. Same again for “Doctor” Yefimovych as he wins wide unanimous verdict over Chilean in first defence of his WBA Inter-Continental title. Scores 119-110 twice and 118-110. Only one loss in his last 16 fights for Yefimovych, but that one cost him his EBU title to Frenchman Sofiane Takoutch. Four fights outside Chile, and four losses for “Tigre” Palma. Big upset on the show as Spanish-based Colombian Mendoza catches previously unbeaten southpaw Kravets cold and floors him three times for sensational first round win. Mendoza, 27, makes it 20 wins by KO/TKO and lifts WBA International title. Kravets had been rated No 3 by the WBA. Mendoza lost a technical decision to John Murray in 2005 and was kayoed in two rounds by Kevin Mitchell last year. Yemurlayev, 25, massacres poor Hungarian. In non-title fight “Non puncher” Yemurlayev scores seven knockdowns before fight stopped. Only eight wins by KO/TKO for WBA European champ. Four losses in his last five fights for Nagy. Karpets, 27, retains Ukrainian title with stoppage of modest Russian-born Magomedov who has lost four of his last five. Redko on top when Borovskyy badly cut and fight stopped. One loss in his last 17 for Redko, but poor opposition-yet again. Borovskyy one win in his last 30, losing here to Kevin Anderson, Jamie Moore, Anthony Small, Ali Nuubembe (twice), Matt Hatton, Thomas McDonagh, Mark Lloyd, Young Mutley, Brett Flournoy and Gary Woolcombe, with only Moore beating him inside the distance. Former EBU title challenger Kudryavtsev given a tough time by Georgian and fight looks closer than scores of 59-55 twice and 60-054 indicate. Kudryavtsev lost in 2010 to John Murray in September and Steve Foster Jr in January. Kissimmee, USA: Super Bantam: Jose Nieves (19-2-3) W PTS 12 Cuauhtemoc Vargas (15-6-1). Great little fight, but hard to score. Vargas, 31, doing the pressing and southpaw Nieves countering well. The single bigger shots were coming from the Mexican but Puerto Rican Nieves was more accurate and busier with a better defence. Nieves was rocked late in the fourth and by the eighth Vargas was hampered by a cut. Both fought hard over the late rounds and it seemed that the verdict could have gone either way. Nieves gets the win on scores of 117-111, 117-113 and 114-114 which was wider than anticipated from the action. Nieves retains WBO Latino title which he won in April with a split decision over Vargas. Mexican Vargas, 26, now lost his last five, but two of those were to Juan Manuel Lopez and Rico Ramos, and he holds an early career win over Tomas Rojas. Chicago, USA: Light Welter: Frankie Gomez (11-0) W PTS 8 Adrian Granados (8-2-1). Light: Omar Figueroa (13-0-1) W KO 2 Marcos Herrera (6-7-1). It looked as though the Gomez bandwagon would roll right over Granados when a short right put the Illinois-based Mexican down at the end of the second. In fact the fight was only beginning and, although he also scored heavily in the third, Gomez had to bite down and fight hard the rest of the way as Granados showed good skills over the middle rounds and staged a strong finish. Both were sporting facial damaged after eight hard-fought rounds with the heavier punching of Gomez gaining him a deserved majority verdict on scores of 78-73, 77-74 and 76-76.Gomez, a World Amateur Championship silver medalist, and still only 19, is a great prospect, and this, his toughest test so far, probably taught him more than his previous ten fight combined. Granados, 22, who had previously come in as a short notice substitute and gained a draw against experienced Lanardo Tyner, came out with a lot of credit. “Panterita” Figueroa, who failed to make the contract weight, shows real power as he floors Herrera early in the second with a short hook and then flattens him with a left late in the round. The 21-year-old Figueroa has nine wins by KO/TKO. Herrera lost his fifth in a row.

August 27

Erfurt, Germany: Heavy: Alex Povetkin (22-0) W PTS 12 Ruslan Chagaev (27-2-1). Heavy: Robert Helenius (16-0) W TKO 9 Siarhei Liakhovich (25-4). Light Heavy: Tony Averlant (16-5-2) W TKO 11Artur Hein (14-2-1) .Middle: Dominik Britsch (25-0) W PTS 8 Steve Bendall (29-5). Middle Marcos Nader (12-0) W TKO 7 Gianmario Grassellini (19-5-2). Russian Povetkin, 31, wins WBA secondary title with good unanimous verdict over former champion Chagaev. Russian builds early lead with his faster hands and crisp jab. Southpaw “White Tyson” Chagaev, 32, has good middle rounds as he hurts Povetkin with hooks and strong lefts in sixth and seventh. Trainer Teddy Atlas tells Povetkin it is a close call, and that he needs a big finish to win the title for his father, who died last year and Povetkin takes the message on board as he sweeps rounds nine, ten and eleven as the one-paced Chagaev tires. Uzbek makes a big effort in the last but not enough to change the result. Povetkin wins on scores of 117-113 twice and 116-112. A proud Povetkin displays a picture of his late father as he takes the plaudits. Povetkin had won an IBF eliminator by beating Eddie Chambers in 2008, but it was Chambers who got the title shot. As an amateur Povetkin was a double European champion, World champion and Olympic gold medalist, beating current top amateur Roberto Cammarelli three times. Uzbek Chagaev was twice world champion (1997 and 2001) as an amateur but was stripped off the 1997 title for having previously fought as a professional. Teddy Atlas played down any talk of a fight with either of the Klitschko brothers and there is talk of a December 17 defence against 48-year-old Evander Holyfield, who is not currently rated by the WBA-but will be-in Zurich. Another big win for 6’6 ½” Swedish-born Finn Helenius in a good heavyweight battle. Liakhovich in the fight over the first seven rounds. A close battle sees the 35-year-old Belarus fighter scoring well with flurries in the early rounds and also showing better movement and faster punching than the big Finn who relies on his jab and chopping rights. Helenius, with height and reach advantages, 27, landing with some heavy blows as he begins to walk down Liakhovich in seventh. Fight poised in the eighth, but with former WBO champion Liakhovich bleeding heavily from his nose, which was broken in two places, and a cut by his left eye, Helenius unloads at the end of the round and forces Liakhovich back before putting him down on his knees with a wicked uppercut and a right to the head. Liakhovich gets up at eight as the bell sounds. Liakhovich comes forward during the first few seconds of the ninth but Helenius lands a combination including a wicked left uppercut and Liakhovich goes down. Referee Stanley Christodoulou stops the fight as the towel flies in from the loser’s corner. Helenius “The Nordic Nightmare”, who retains the WBA and WBO Inter-Continental titles, adds the scalp of Liakhovich to those of Samuel Peter, Attila Levin and Lamon Brewster, all beaten inside the distance. He was already rated No 2 by the WBO and No 3 by the IBF so must be in line for a title shot in 2012. This was the first fight since May 2010 for Liakhovich, and with more activity “The White Wolf” could still be a player at heavyweight. Frenchman Averlant outlast Kazak-born Hein to win vacant European Union title. Averlant, 27, made the better start as he used his superior skill and some tasty uppercuts to take the first two rounds. However, the strong aggressive Hein then gradually worked his way inside and began to score heavily with hooks. Averlant took over from the eighth as his accuracy had the tiring Hein struggling. Averlant stepped-up the pace in the tenth and had Hein in serious trouble on the ropes in the eleventh when the towel came flying in. Theses two fought a draw for the same title in April. Britsch, 23, extends his winning run with unanimous verdict over 37-year-old Brit southpaw Bendall, who was having his first fight since February 2009. Scores 79-73, 78-73 and 77-74. Bendall was deducted a point in the fourth or the scores would have been closer. Spanish-born Nader is given a good test by Italian Grassellini before a bad cut sees the Italian retire at the end of the seventh Accra, Ghana: Super Fly: Yaqub Kareem W TKO 7 Cobbina Johnson (13-5). Ghana-based Nigerian Kareem wins vacant Commonwealth. Local fighter Johnson fights from third round with a cut which gradually worsens and fight stopped in seventh. Kareem unbeaten in his last seven fights. City Bell, Argentina: Super Middle: Ezequiel Maderna (15-0) W TKO 3 Jorge Olivera (23-4). Argentinian champ Maderna, 24, massacres Uruguayan Olivera in three one-sided rounds. Olympian Maderna (he lost to Shawn Estrada in Beijing), scores heavily to head and body throughout first. Hurts Olivera with a right in the second which Uruguayan claims landed on his neck. From then on it is downhill. Maderna lands a volley of hard punches finished off with a left that puts Olivera down. The follow-up attack sees the towel come in just as the referee stops the fight. Still a raw talent, Maderna retains WBO Latino title and goes to eleven wins by KO/TKO. Olivera, 29, was stopped in six rounds by Luis Garcia in Ireland in October and in this mad boxing world has also fought for the WBO African title. Leon, Mexico: Super Middle: Librado Andrade (30-4) W TKO 3 Matt O’Brien (18-3). Light Heavy: Enrique Ornelas (32-7) W PTS 10Alfredo Contreras (11-12-2). Predictable early win for Mexican Andrade. Usual slam-bang fight as 32-year-old Andrade scores heavily, particularly with the left hook, finds O’Brien an easy target, but also leaves himself open to counters. Punches too hard for Canadian and floors him twice in the third, with the towel coming in from O’Brien’s corner on the second knockdown. Andrade rebuilding after losing twice to Lucien Bute for IBF title and also in his last fight in May on a majority decision to Aaron Pryor Jr. Andrade only other loss was to Mikkel Kessler for the WBA/WBC titles in 2007. It was only the second fight in almost two years for 34-year-old O’Brien. Andrade’s brother Ornelas (mother’s name) makes heavy work of beating regular loser Contreras. Ornelas in the lead from the first round, but Contreras never backing off and making Ornelas work hard all the way for unanimous decision. Ornelas lost to Robert Stieglitz for the WBO title last November. Contreras, a loser to George Groves in 2010, has only one win in his last ten fights. Guadalajara, Mexico: Light Fly: Ulyses Solis (34-2-3) W PTS 12 Jether Oliva (17-1-1) Straw: Moises Fuentes (14-1) W PTS 12 Raul Garcia (30-2-1). Welter: Daniel Sandoval (21-2) W KO 1 Ricardo Martinez (8-6). “Archie” Solis, 29, too experienced for 24-year-old Filipino novice and retains IBF title on wide unanimous verdict in a messy fight. Oliva has a good second round scoring well, and is competitive in third and fourth, but apart from that Solis in charge. Mexican Solis faster, smarter and more accurate with his work and controls fight with his jab and inside work. A cut over his left eye suffered in the eighth gives Solis some concern, but never a factor. Solis wins on scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 in first defence in his second reign as champion, and his 13th world title fight. Major upset sees Fuentes win WBO title with split verdict over fellow Mexican Garcia. Champion “Rayito” Garcia, 28, gets the better start finding the range with his left cross from the first. Fuentes, 25, concentrates on the body, but seems to be behind after six rounds. In the seventh a left hook from Fuentes put southpaw Garcia down for a seven count with the bell coming soon after. The situation was reversed in the ninth with Garcia flooring Fuentes with a left at the end of the round. From the tenth, with Garcia cut, and tiring, Fuentes does the better work and edges in front. Scores 114-112 twice and 112-114. Fuentes was not even rated by the WBO and came out of nowhere to win the title. Sandoval, 20, kayos poor Martinez in first. All of his wins have come by KO/TKO nine in the first round, but poor opposition. Tepic, Mexico: Feather: Chris Perez (21-1) W PTS 10 Hector Marquez (30-22). Feather: Sergio Villaneuva (20-1-2) W KO 7 Jose Mendoza (7-4). Perez, 20, too young and fast for veteran Marquez. Uses his big advantages in height and reach to keep fight on outside and Marquez, 37, just not able to get into the fight. Home town prospect Villaneuva, 20, makes it 13 wins by KO/TKO. Tough battle until the sixth when Villaneuva, 20, has Mendoza in trouble from a left hook to the jaw. Villaneuva looking for the finish puts Mendoza down for the count with a wicked body shot in the seventh. Now 13 wins by KO/TKO for Villaneuva and he is unbeaten in his last 18. Four losses in a row by KO/TKO for Mendoza. Davao, Philippines: Super Feather: Ricky Sismundo (21-6) W PTS 10 Balweg Bangoyan (16-3). The 24-year-old Sismundo bounces back from loss to Billy Dib as he takes unanimous verdict over former WBC title challenger Bangoyan. Edinburgh, Scotland: Welter: Kevin McIntyre (30-8,1ND) W PTS 10 Gary McMillan (12-3-1). Light: Alex Arthur (30-3) W TKO 4 Alek Vakhtangasvilli (8-4-1). Super Middle: Kenny Anderson (14-1) W KO 4 Lee Duncan (4-7-2). Great fight sees veteran McIntyre, 33, climb off the floor twice in the first round to win a close verdict in all-southpaw battle. It looked as though it was going to be an early night when lefts to the body from McMillan, 24, had the former British champion on the floor twice in the first. McIntyre was hurt again early in the second, but by the end of the round was using his boxing skills to work his way into the fight. By the fifth McIntyre had clawed back McMillan’s early lead as he scored well with his southpaw jab and fast lefts. McMillan was doing the pressing and having some success, but was not letting his punches flow. Knowing it was close, both fighters staged strong finishes, but the decision went to McIntyre by 95-94, although he looked to have won by a larger margin, in a great fight. Too easy for former WBO and European super feather champion Arthur. Scoring well with jabs and body shots he walks down outclassed Georgian. A punch burst open Vakhtangasvili’s nose in second and a volley of punches put him down in the third. He beat the count but another flurry put him down again and the fight is stopped. First fight since December for Arthur who has moved down to lightweight. He also promoted the show. The Georgian had also lost to Stephen Foster Jr and has won only two of his last seven fights. Former Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Anderson hits too hard for Duncan. For the first two rounds Duncan, 22, held off the hard punching Scot with a combination of movement and switching guards. In the third Anderson, 28, had worked things out and punished Duncan with some hard shots. The end came in the fourth with a thunderous straight right which knocked Duncan out cold. Ten wins by KO/TKO for Anderson. His only loss was to George Groves for the Commonwealth title in November. Tuscaloosa, USA: Heavy: Deontay Wilder (18-0) W KO 2 Dom Alexander (20-12-1). No surprise here as “The Bronze Bomber” again takes a safe fight. The Olympic bronze medal winner scores easily with his jab in the first. A right puts Alexander down early in the second, and another finishes the fight. All 18 of Wilder’s wins have come by KO/TKO, 16 of them in the first or second round, which teaches him nothing. Wilder is only 25 and had a relatively short time as an amateur, despite winning the National Golden Gloves, US championship and the Olympic bronze, but Alexander has won only two of his last eight fights and lost six of those eight by KO/TKO. Tiangin, China: Super Fly: Jerwin Ancajas (12-0-1) W PTS 10 Xiang Jing. In his first fight outside the Philippines “Pretty Boy” Ancajas, a 19-year-old southpaw, wins wide unanimous verdict over Chinese opponent. Ancajas turned pro at 17, and the draw on his record is of the technical nature. Beverly Hills, USA: Cruiser: Sergey Kovalev (16-0-1) TEC DRAW 2 Grover Young (5-4-1). The fight had hardly warmed-up before a clash of heads put Young down. He was unable to continue and was stretchered from the ring. Kovalev loses 100% record in a fight he would have won. Remains a prospect to watch.

August 31

Hobart, Australia: Middle: Daniel Geale (26-1) W PTS 12 Ermosele Albert (24-5-1). Super Middle: Serge Yannick (14-1) W TKO 2 Jamie Pittman (21-3). Feather: Joel Brunkner (20-0) W PTS 8 Rey Belandres (14-3-2). Successful first defence of his IBF title for Geale. The 30-year-old Tasmanian scores cleaner and harder punches as the 37-year-old Nigerian comes forward in every round putting Geale under pressure. Geale injured his right hand early in the fight but clearly out boxed Albert. Scores 119-109, 117-111 and 116-112. Geale may have one more fight in Australia, with a return against his only conqueror-Tony Mundine Jr on a split decision in 2009-as a possibility. Albert had not earned a title shot, but he gave his best. Disappointing ending to fight between Yannick and Pittman. The fight was just warming up when a punch opened a bad cut on Pittman’s left eye. Yannick, 28, from Cameroon, has beaten Joseph Kwadjo and Shannan Taylor recently, but a return with Pittman would seem to be justified. Southpaw Pittman, 30, lost to Felix Sturm for the WBA middle title in 2008, and was rebuilding after a kayo loss to Kwadjo in April last year. Brunkner, 25, remains unbeaten, but pushed hard by Filipino “Boy of Steel” Belandres who cuts him early and pushes the Aussie all the way. Scores 78-74, 78-75 and 77-75. Brunkner is a former Australian amateur champion who represented Australia at the 2004 Olympics. He has a good offence, but as in this fight he can get drawn into scraps instead of boxing his way to victory. Belandres has now lost all three of his fights in Australia. Tokyo, Japan: Bantam: Koki Kameda (26-1) W PTS 12 David De la Mora (23-1). Super Fly: Tomonobu Shimizu (19-3-1) W PTS 12 Hugo Cazares (35-7-2). Tough second defence of WBA secondary title for southpaw Kameda, 24, and if Mexican De la Mora had been less wild with his attacks he might have sprung an upset. Kameda took the first two rounds with clever, accurate counter punches. The fight changed in the third. Suddenly upping the pace, De La Mora’s furious attacks had Kameda at bay for most of the round. However a southpaw left hook surprised the Mexican and put him down. De La Mora got up, but Kameda had also suffered a bad cut over his left eye. As a result from then on the 23-year-old De La Mora decided to persist with his furious attacks trying to overwhelm Kameda, and Kameda fought a more cautious fight defending the cut. The Mexican took rounds four to seven with his aggression, but Kameda took the eight and ninth with his clever counters. De La Mora came back to take the tenth and eleventh but Kameda showed his experience by scoring well with fast combinations to take the last. Scores 115-112, 115-113 and 114-113, with the 10-8 third round making the difference. Now that Anselmo Moreno-the real WBA champion-has Golden Boy behind him the Japanese will find it difficult to get the talented Panamanian to agree to an “away” match, so it will be interesting to see where Kameda goes from here. This was a huge step up in class for De La Mora, as he had never faced a rated opponent, but with experience he can come again. Shimizu, 30, wins world title at his third attempt as he gets close split decision over unlucky WBA champ Cazares. Although cut on his nose, Shimizu takes the early rounds by scoring at a distance and not letting southpaw Cazares take the fight inside. Mexican Cazares, 33, sweeps the middle rounds as he closes the distance and works to the body of his taller, faster challenger. Carrizo seemed to tire over the late rounds, but it was anyone’s fight with Shimizu’s stronger finish perhaps just giving him the edge and the split verdict. Scores 115-113 twice and 114-116. Shimizu had lost inside the distance to Pongsaklek and Daisuke Naito in shots at the WBC fly title, and has said he may go back down to that division. Cazares has talked of moving up to bantam, but first wants a return with Shimizu

July 15

Florencio Varela, Argentina: Super Feather: Fernando Saucedo (42-5-3) W PTS 12 Carlos Rodriguez (24-5). Light Welter: Oscar Pereyra (24-1) W TKO 2 Guillermo de Jesus Paz (19-22-3). “El Basque” Saucedo, 30, pleases the home town fans as he dominates all the way, scoring heavily throughout with left hooks and right crosses. Rodriguez is floored in the fifth from a left hook to the body, and constantly under pressure, as Saucedo looks for finish. Bout goes the distance and Saucedo wins wide unanimous verdict on scores of 119-108, 118-109 and 117-108. Saucedo loses point for low left hook in second and Rodriguez deducted a point for a punch after the bell at the end of the eleventh. Saucedo, who lost on points to Chris John for the WBA feather title last December, wins vacant IBF Latino title. That loss to John is the only defeat in his last 27 fights for Saucedo. “El Salvaje” Pereyra, Argentinian No 3 lightweight, wastes no time with Paz. Hurts him with a right in the first then puts him down flat with a combination in second. Somehow Paz gets up. He is floored again with left hook to the chin and his corner throw in the towel as the referee is counting. Cordoba, Argentina: Middle: Carlos Baldomir (48-13-6) W PTS 10 Ruben Diaz (37-21-4). Easy win for 40-year-old “Tata”. The former WBC welter champion never loses a round as he is always in command against very modest Uruguayan opponent. Baldomir has Diaz in trouble in the fifth when a left hook has him reeling and the referee applies a standing count. After that Diaz survives and Baldomir coasts the rest of the way. Scores 100-88 ½, 100-89 ½ and 100-92 ½. Three wins in a row now for Baldomir since moving up to middle. Four losses in a row for Diaz. Campsie, Australia: Super Middle: Nader Hamdan (43-9-1) W PTS 12 Dan Pawsey (13-5). A fight of two halves as Hamdan’s aggression and cleaner punching gives him an early lead in a good fight. Pawsey has some success as he hurts Hamdan, 37, with a right in the sixth and comes into the fight as “Lionheart” Hamdan tires, but the more experienced fighter remains in command, and wins unanimous verdict. Some strange scoring of 119-112, 118-110 and 115-113 the latter more accurately reflects Pawsey’s efforts. Hamden, a former Australian light middle and middle champion and WBA super middle challenger, was without a win in his last four, but wins “Condo Crusher” Pawsey’s WBO Asia Pacific title. Goeppingen, Germany: Cruiser: Firat Arslan (31-5-1) W TKO 5 Lubos Suda (23-6-1). Super Middle: Nikola Sjekloca (21-0) W PTS 12 Khoren Gevor (31-7). Heavy: Erkan Teper (6-0) W KO 9 Jakov Gospic (9-2). Welter: Selcuk Aydin (22-0) W KO 5 Raman Dzekhkanau (10-3). Easy win for come backing Arslan who collects the vacant IBF International title. His aggression and body punching just too much for Czech veteran Suda. The German southpaw, a former WBA secondary champion, floors Suda twice in fourth, and twice more in fifth, and the fight is stopped. First fight for Arslan since loss to Steve Herelius in July last year. Suda, 35, stopped in five rounds in his last fight by Ola Afolabi, was once a prospect as he lost only one of his first 20 fights, including a win over Arslan in his sixth fight. Serbian-born Montenegrin-based Sjekloca, 33, springs upset as he takes close unanimous verdict over Armenian Gevor. Early rounds go to the taller Sjekloca who keeps the fight at a distance and scores regularly with his low held jab. Gevor made to look crude with his wild attacks and rough tactics. However, as the pace gets to Sjekloca, Gevor closes the distance and gets inside where he scores well with hooks as Sjekloca tires badly. Too little too late from Gevor as Sjekloca retains WBC International title for second time on scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-114. First fight for Gevor since disqualification loss to Robert Stieglitz for WBO title in April, when he was banned for striking the referee. Novice Teper, 29, wins vacant Mediterranean title as her floors Croat Gospic in fourth and finally catches up with him in ninth, when he floors Gospic twice, and the referee stops the fight. The 6’5” Teper, who never quite managed to win the German amateur title, has four wins by KO/TKO. Mark-time fight for WBC No 3 “Mini-Tyson” Aydin as he kayos the lanky Belarus fighter in fifth. Now 17 by KO/TKO for Turk who could grow old waiting for a shot at the WBC title. Catano, Puerto Rico: Super Bantam: Jayson Velez (16-0) W PTS 10 Carlos Valcarcel (12-3-4). Light: Abner Cotto (11-0) W PTS 8 Carlos Claudio (10-6-3). “La Maravilla” Velez makes heavy weather of it against former amateur star Valcarcel. The hard punching 25-year-old looked on the way to a quick win when he had Valcarcel in serious trouble in the third, but Valcarcel survived and scored heavily in the middle rounds. Velez failed to make full use of his superior skills and needed a strong finish to take the verdict on scores of 95-93 twice and 96-94. Velez wins vacant WBO Latino and WBC Fecarbox titles. Valcarcel, 29, was a silver medal winner at three consecutive Central American championships and competed at the 2000 Olympics where he lost to Omar Narvaez, has only been beaten inside the distance by Eric Morel in 2008. Cotto, 23, a cousin of Miguel Cotto, suffers a shock first round knockdown against modest Claudio. Takes his time to get back in control then outboxes Claudio scoring freely with left jab and straight rights to take unanimous verdict on scores of 77-74 from all three judges. Atlanta, USA: Welter: Luis Galarza (17-2,1ND) W PTS 8 Paul Delgado (25-11-1). Hard fought, bloody fight, sees lanky Puerto Rican Galarza, 29, get the split decision. Galarza takes early rounds with his aggression. In the second a right from Galarza sees Delgado cut over his left eye. Delgado, 35, finally starts to score well with counters and has Galarza badly hurt late in the fourth. Galarza then changes tactics to box on the outside and that lets Delgado into the fight. A clash of heads in the seventh has Galarza badly cut on the left eyebrow. With the fight in the balance, Galarza scores a decisive knockdown with a left hook in the last to take the split verdict on scores of 78-74, 77-75 and 75-76. Big win for Galarza who makes it eight wins in a row. Cape Verde born Delgado was kayoed in five rounds by IBF champion Jan Zaveck in a title challenge in February. Burbank, USA: Light Welter: Albert Mensah (24-3-1) W PTS 12 Andre Gorges (11-2). Welter: Lanardo Tyner (25-4-2) W Vivian Harris (29-7-1,1ND). More strange scoring as tall Ghanaian “Tornado” Mensah, in his first fight in the USA, wins majority verdict over Iraqi-born Gorges. Mensah scores well throughout with hooks and uppercuts against the aggressive Gorges and looks a clear winner reflected on scores of 117-111 twice, but one judge sees it 114-114. Mensah wins vacant IBF International title. Now 14 wins in a row for Mensah. Gorges had beaten former WBO light welter champ DeMarcus Corley in his last fight. Controversial unanimous decision for Tyner over former WBA light welter champ Harris. The Guyanese fighter uses his 5” height and reach advantage to score from the outside against Tyner, who tries to force his was inside, but is hit with good counters. “Pain Server” Tyner has some success from the seventh onwards as he attacks the body of tiring 33-year-old Harris and gets the decision on scores of 97-93 twice and a more accurate 96-94. Tyner, who did not turn pro until he was 29, went the distance with Saul Alvarez in 2009 and beat Antwone Smith last July, but was without a win in his previous three with two draws and a split decision loss to Gorges. Tyner wins vacant USBO title. Harris has lost his last four, three inside the distance, but all to top opposition including Victor Ortiz and Lucas Matthysse. Atlantic City, USA: Light Middle: Gabriel Rosado (17-5) W TKO 5 Ayi Bruce (20-3). The lanky Rosado, IBF No 14, halts late sub Ghanaian Bruce. Rosado, 25, in control as he boxes on the outside scoring well with body shots. Bruce, 25, has a better third round, but is floored with a right in the fourth. His corner seem ready to pull him out at the end of the round, but then change their mind. Makes no real difference as a concerted attack from Rosado in fifth brings the referee’s intervention. Rosado has wins over Ireland’s James Moore and former IBF champ Kassim Ouma. Bruce had won his last five, including an impressive win over Shamone Alvarez, but had only 48 hours notice for this one. Las Vegas, USA: Super Feather: Diego Magdaleno (20-0) W PTS 10 Alejandro Perez (15-3-1). Super Feather: Casey Ramos (14-0) W PTS 8 Georgi Kevlishvili (12-3). Southpaw Magdaleno, 24, had to climb off the floor to retain his 100% record. Perez scored a flash knockdown with a counter in the first, but then lost his advantage as he was deducted a point in the second for low blows. It got worse for Perez in the fourth when he was cut above the right eye in a clash of heads. From then on Magdaleno was in control scoring constantly with a hand speed that Perez could not match. As Perez, 25, tired Magdaleno had him rocking a few times, but not being a big puncher, could not find a finisher. WBA No 6 Magdaleno wins on scores of 99-90, 98-90 and 98-91, and retains NABF title. Perez had beaten highly touted Antonio Escalante in March. He lost on points to new WBA super bantam champ Rico Ramos in 2009. Ramos seems a clear winner, but has to settle for a split decision over Georgian. Texan “The Wizard” Ramos, 21, was the faster of the two fighters and was early into his rhythm. A clash of heads saw Ramos cut in the third, but he was the busier and more accurate puncher. Kevlishvili, 30, a late sub, was throwing less but his heavier punches kept him in the fight. Ramos looked a clear winner. Scores 78-74, 77-75 and 75-77. Kevlishvili has now lost 3 of his last 4. New York, USA: Light Middle: Pawel Wolak (29-1-1) DREW 10 Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-3). Light Welter: Ray Serrano (16-0) W PTS 8 Dan Sostre (11-4-1). Magnificent “Fight of the Year” candidate as the contrasting styles leads to a battle royal. Pole Wolak just walks forward, and walks forward, throwing punches in bunches. Rodriguez scores continually with hard, accurate counters on the oncoming Pole, and much of the time it is a toe-to-toe battle. From the sixth “Raging Bull” Wolak, 29, fights with the severe handicap of a hideous swelling that closes his right eye. The Pole just keeps coming, but now Rodriguez is snapping Wolak’s head back with combinations. The ninth is a candidate for “Round of the Year” as they battle toe-to-toe. Rodriguez rocks Wolak with a left in the last, but Wolak just fires back. Scores 95-95 twice and 97-93 for Rodriguez for a majority draw, but Rodriguez looked to have done enough for victory. WBO No 3 Wolak had beaten former IBF champion Yuri Foreman in March. Dominican Rodriguez, 31, lost a split decision to Isaac Hlatshwayo for the vacant IBF welter title in 2009 and was beaten on a majority decision by Ashley Theophane in his last fight in July 2010. He has won only one of his last five, but with a touch of luck he could have won four of them. Serrano remains unbeaten but shows he still has much room for improvement. Serrano’s better boxing and harder punch gives him the edge, but Puerto Rican Sostre makes it a hard night for the 22-year-old prospect with one judge having only a point between them. Serrano wins on score of 78-74 twice and 77-75. Sostre was unbeaten in his last ten going in.

July 16

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Middle: Michael Oliveira (15-0) W KO 6 Jose Soto (24-8-2). 11 id The Brazilian Rocky wins vacant WBC Latino title. Munich, Germany: Cruiser: Marco Huck (33-1) W KO 10 Hugo Garay (34-6). Light Heavy: Eduard Gutknecht (22-1) W PTS 12 Lorenzo Di Giacomo (41-5-1). Middle: Dominik Britsch (24-0) W TKO 9 Ryan Davis (23-9-3). Heavy: Kubrat Pulev (13-0) W PTS 8 Maksym Pediura (13-2-1). Middle: Markos Nader (11-0) W PTS 8 Gaetano Nespro (18-8). Huck 26, gives himself a wedding present, as he overcomes tough Garay in a good scrap. Huck has Garay down in the first, but the Argentinian recovers well. Huck is deducted a point in the third for rabbit punching. Garay still in it after eight but Huck slowly gets on top and then wobbles the Argentinian with a right in te