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The Past Week In Action 15 March 2017, Part I: Duno Scores Sensational Upset Over Gonzalez By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Thu, 16 Mar 2017  March 10 ? Belfast, Northern Ireland: Super Fly: Jamie Conlan (19-0) W PTS 12 Yader Cardoza (22-11-1). Super Feather: James Tennyson (18-2) W TKO 6 Declan Geraghty (14-2). Heavy: Sean Turner (10-0.1ND) W KO 2 Igor Mihaljevic (4-8,1ND). Super Light: Tyrone McKenna (13-0-1) W TKO 6 Jake Hanney (5-1). Heavy: Con Sheehan (5-0) W PTS 8 Ferenc Zsalek (19-56-6). Super Light: Marco McCullough (17-3) W PTS 8 Leonel Hernandez (10-19-2). Bantam: Paddy Barnes (2-0) W PTS 6 Adrian Garzon (10-22). Super Light: Phil Sutcliffe Jr (13-1) W TKO 4 Miguel Aguilar (11-32-1). Conlan vs. Cardoza Conlan gets split decision in a thrilling but tough fight with Cardoza. The first two rounds showed that this was going to be a fast-paced open fight. Conlan made good use of his jab and landed some overhand rights. Cardoza was forcing the action and throwing more punches but being a bit wild and finding Conlan a difficult target. Conlan continued to box behind the jab in the third with Cardoza stepping up the pace and throwing lots of leather. He had some success late in the round but with Conlan countering well. Those rounds had been close but Cardoza dominated the fourth. He was getting home with his jab and landing clubbing rights and left hooks to the body. Conlan boxed beautifully in the fifth popping out the jab slipping Cardoza?s wild punches and scoring with counter lefts. Cardoza got back into the fight in the sixth forcing the pace and getting through with rights. Both had good spells in the seventh with Conlan piercing the Nicaraguan?s guard with jabs and Cardoza pressing hard and scoring to the body and just edging it. The eighth was a big round for Cardoza. He was landing well early and then late in the round he forced Conlan back with a series of punches to the head and the Belfast man slumped down against the ropes. He was up at seven and when the action resumed tired to fight back but was shipping some more punches and was in trouble at the bell. Strangely in the ninth Cardoza did not try to capitalise on his success and allowed Conlan to dictate from the ring centre and take the round with some clever boxing. Cardoza turned up the heat again in the tenth taking the round by just chasing Conlan down and throwing a barrage of punches. At the end of the round Conlan was showing a cut on the eyelid of his left eye. I gave the eleventh to Cardoza. Conlan was boxing well but the blood running down from the cut was getting into his eye which made him more cautious and Cardoza landed the better punches. The last round did not produce any fireworks and it could have gone to either fighter but if pushed I would have given it to Cardoza which in my book would have seen him one point ahead. The judge?s scores were 115-113 and 114-113 for Conlan and 115-112 for Cardoza. It was such a close fight that I have no argument with any of those scores. Conlan, 30, wins the vacant WBC International title. He holds on to his No 2 slot with the WBO but this was a much tougher test than was good for him and the WBO champion Naoya Inoue is a few levels at least above Cardoza. The Nicaraguan challenged for the WBC light flyweight title in 2013 losing on points to Adrian Hernandez. He has fought world title challenger Felix Alvarado three times and lost to another title challenger in Felipe Orucuta. He came to win and was a world away I quality and effort from the current Barcelona-based Nicaraguans who so often fill shows in Europe. Tennyson vs. Geraghty Tennyson?s power proves just too much in the end for Geraghty. Southpaw Geraghty was just that bit quicker in the first round and did enough to take it. Tennyson was in charge in the second scoring early with left hooks and then flooring Geraghty with a right. After the eight count Geraghty was willing to stand and trade punches with Tennyson but it was Tennyson who got the better of the exchanges with wicked hooks to the body and uppercuts. The third and fourth were closer with Tennyson pressing hard and Geraghty countering and showing some good defensive work. Geraghty outboxed Tennyson in the fifth. He was boxing beautifully on the retreat and banged home a peach of a straight left to the head and later a left to the body. Tennyson continued to press in the sixth and again was having to eat some counters but was chasing relentlessly. His pressure had Geraghty stumbling back along the ropes and Tennyson landed a right to the body and a left to the head that put Geraghty down. He was up at seven. When the action restarted he tried to get inside but Tennyson landed a series of uppercuts which had Geraghty stumbling back and the referee stopped the fight. Geraghty protested but it looked about right. ?The Assassin? Tennyson, 23, makes it 14 wins by KO/TKO and regains the Irish title. He has won 10 of his last 11 fights with the loss being to Ryan Walsh for the British title in April last year and this is a good rebound win. ?Pretty Boy? Geraghty showcased his excellent southpaw skills. He had won his last eight fights with his only other loss being on a disqualification. He was a top class amateur and has the talent to come again. Turner vs. Mihaljevic Turner blows away substitute Mihaljevic. Turner clobbered the Croatian with a left late in the first and then put him down and out with a right followed by a left hook in the second. The 25-year-old Dublin ?Big Sexy? moves to seven wins by KO/TKO. He is a former Irish Youth champion and won a silver medal at the Irish Senior?s Championships. Mihaljevic, 37 is 2-7 in his last 9 fights but one of those two wins was a second round stoppage of Tom Dallas. McKenna vs. Hanney McKenna outboxes and then stops Hanney. This was a war from the first bell but in the end it was the power and accuracy of McKenna that won the day. Hanney came out firing punches. Southpaw McKenna had big edges in height and reach and after shipping some good rights from Hanney he settled down and was scoring with good counters. A clash of heads in the second saw McKenna suffer a cut above his left eye which bled for the rest of the fight. Again Hanney was throwing himself into ferocious attacks but was getting caught time and again with hard counters from McKenna. Over the third and fourth McKenna took control. Hanney fought hard but he was too often missing with his punches whilst McKenna was landing head snapping lefts and rights. The fifth was one-sided but Hanney made a fighting start in the sixth. It did not last and soon he was being driven to the ropes and McKenna was unloading with both hands when the referee stopped the fight. Hanney protested but it was a good stoppage. Fifth win by KO/TK0 for the tall 27-year-old from Belfast. The draw on his record was a technical one when he was also cut. Dublin-born Hanney turned pro in Australia and this is his second fight since returning to Ireland. Sheehan vs. Zsalek Easy night for Sheehan as he outpoints overweight Hungarian. Sheehan had huge edges in height and reach over the fleshy Zsalek. Sheehan was able to land jabs and clubbing rights to the head as Zsalek presented almost a static target. The fight was too one-sided to be entertaining as Sheehan was able to tee-off on the shorter but heavier Zsalek. Thudding body punches from Sheehan occasionally spurred Zsalek into lunging forward and throwing some hooks but he was too slow and too predictable as Sheehan won every round without really impressing. Referee?s score 80-72 for the 28-year-old 6?5 ?? (197cm) Californian-based Irish fighter. He was Irish champion in 2008/2009/2010/2011 and 2012, won a gold medal at the European Union Championships and competed at the World and European Championships. Zsalek, 31, no real test for Sheehan. He fought a NO Decision with Sean Turner when they were both thrown out for fighting after the bell. McCullough vs. Hernandez McCullough makes impressive start but finally has to settle for a points victory. In the first McCullough was banging home sharp rights and left hooks. Hernandez tried to get inside and was nailed by a right counter which put him down. The Nicaraguan is an experienced survivor and he took the fight to McCullough and although rocked again later in the round he made it to the bell. From there although McCullough continued to bang home hard jabs, hooks and uppercuts. Hernandez was never again in danger of being stopped. McCullough wound up the pressure in round after round and although he had Hernandez hurt by body shots the Nicaraguan was still there at the last bell. Referee?s score 80-71. The 27-year-old from Belfast gets his third win since being halted in eight rounds for the Commonwealth title by Isaac Lowe in February last year. He will challenge Ryan Walsh for the British title in May which will be a big fight for him. Hernandez drops to 13 losses in his last 14 fights. Barnes vs. Garzon Former amateur star Barnes gets his second win as he is several classed above Argentinian oldie Garzon. Barnes was just too quick for Garzon. The Argentinian had trouble mounting any significant attacks as Bares sped around him peppering him with flashing combinations. Garzon did stop Barnes in his track with a right counter in the first but that was all the success he had. Barnes showed impressive speed and accuracy mixing his punches to head and body. He had Garzon on unsteady legs in the fourth and it was a disappointment that he was unable to stop the older man but he is still learning the pro game and has talent to spare. Referee?s score 60-54 for Barnes. The 29-year-old from Belfast won gold and silver medals at the Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the European Championships and won bronze medals at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. It remains to be seen whether he has left it too late to turn pro.?Renegade? Garzon, 40, is now 1-12 in his last 13 fights. Sutcliffe vs. Aguilar Sutcliffe keeps busy with win over Nicaraguan. Aguilar looked dangerous briefly in the first but after that it was all Sutcliffe. The Dubliner slowly broke Aguilar down with a body attack and by the fourth Aguilar was effectively finished and shipping punishment when his corner threw in the towel. Sutcliffe?s only loss came on a majority decision against the now European champion Anthony Yigit in May last year. Sutcliffe showed then was in European class and in November scored a good win over Chris Jenkins to emphasise that so 2017 could be a big year for him. Barcelona-based Aguilar is a dismal 0-24-1 in his last 25 fights. ? Tokyo, Japan: Feather: Tomoki Kameda (33-2) W PTS 10 MikeTawatchai (42-10-1). Bantam: Ryo Akaho (30-2-2) W PTS 10 Yushi Tanaka (19-2-3). Kameda vs. Tawatchai (Chaiporn) Kameda continues on his road back to a title shot as he floors and outpoints Thai. Kameda was by far the faster and more skilful boxer. He was able to slot punches through Tawatchai?s guard and scored heavily to head and body. In the sixth a body punch put Tawatchai down and after he beat the count he launched a strong attack. Once that petered out Kameda was back in command and Tawatchai went into survival mode. Kameda tried hard for an inside the distance win but by running and holding Tawatchai frustrated his efforts and lasted to the final, bell. Scores 100-88, 100-90 and 99-90 all for Kameda. The former WBO bantam champion (he was the first Japanese fighter to win a WBO title) lost consecutive fights against Jamie McDonnell for the secondary WBA bantam title in 2015 and was inactive for 13 months before returning with a win in October last year. He is No 4 super bantam with the WBA so will be hoping to get another title shot this year. Thai Tawatchai had won 7 of his last 8 fights. Akaho vs. Tanaka Akaho wins the vacant Japanese title with decision over Tanaka. These two were at the top of the Japanese ratings so a good, close fight was anticipated. Akaho made a fast start which seemed to throw Tanaka out of his stride. Tanaka showed his skills to take the second but the Akaho took over and shook Tanaka badly with a left hook in the fifth. At that point Akaho was 49-46 in front on all three cards. A clash of heads in the sixth opened a cut over the left eye Akaho and that seemed to affect his form and the rest of the fight was mainly low key with Akaho looking sloppy at times. He was winning rounds but not impressing and Tanaka staged a strong finish but by then it was too late. Scores 98-92 for Akaho from all three judges. Akaho was knocked out in two rounds when he challenged Pungluang for the WBO title in 2015 but is slowly working his way back and has four wins now. Tanaka was having his second shot at the national title so it is back to square one for him. ? Mexico City, Mexico: Welter: Patricio Moreno (20-2) W PTS 10 Mauricio Pintor (20-3-1). Fly: Joselito Velasquez (2-0) W TKO 3 Diego Guerrero (2-1). Moreno vs. Pintor Moreno springs a mild surprise as he takes split verdict over Pintor. Really this should have been a unanimous decision. Moreno out punched Pintor from the start and dominated the early rounds. At the end of the fourth he had built a good lead winning all four rounds on two cards at 40-36 with the other card, which would be out of step for the whole fight, had it even at 38-38. Knowing he was behind Pintor put in a big effort over the next four rounds. He was particularly effective with uppercuts and won three of the four rounds to make it tight after eight rounds at 77-75 twice for Moreno with the third judge having Pintor in the lead a widely differing 78-74. Pintor was now two points behind on two cards so needed a stoppage. That played into the southpaw hands of Moreno who did not need to take chances and was able to use quick, accurate counters against Pintor?s desperate attacks and he staged the stronger finish. Scores 97-93 and 96-93 for Moreno and 97-92 for Pintor. The 21-year-old Moreno?s two losses have been against world rated Dante Jardon and against unbeaten Russian Manvel Sargsyan in Russia. Pintor, the nephew of Hall Of Fame great Lupe Pintor, was inactive from August 2013 until returning with a win in October last year so he is 1-1 since coming back.. Velasquez vs. Guerrero Former amateur star Velasquez gets his second inside the distance win. He had too much class for novice Guerrero and ended it with a body punch in the third round. Guerrero protested that the punch was low but the referee disagreed. The 23-year-old Velasquez win a gold medal at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games being the only Mexican gold medallist at both championships. He also competed at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics. One to watch. ? Benidorm, Spain: Cruiser: Maksim Vlasov (38-2) W KO 2 Tamas Lodi (18-9-2). Super Welter: Silverio Ortiz (36-19) W PTS 10 Ramzan Baysarov (7-0). Super Feather: Sakhib Usarov (22-0) W PTS 8 Ruslan Berchuk (11-7). Vlasov vs. Lodi No sort of test at all for Vlasov as he scores kayo over Hungarian Lodi. Vlasov made a patient start in the first. He was walking Lodi around the ropes and landing some light punches. In the second he continued to pace after Lodi until he took him into a corner and landed a right uppercut that put Lodi face down half out under the ropes. Lodi managed to struggle to his feet but not quickly enough to beat the count. Vlasov has lost important fights against Isaac Chilemba and Gilberto Ramirez but since moving up to cruiser he has scored eight wins in a row. Three losses in a row for Hungarian Lodi. Ortiz vs. Baysarov The experience of Ortiz just gives him the edge over novice Baysarov. The Russian made a confident start striding forward behind a stiff jab. Ortiz showed some good defensive moves. He was also coming in under Baysarov?s guard with bursts of hooks and uppercuts before tying Baysarov up smothering his work. Baysarov had a good sixth trapping Ortiz on the ropes and working to the body. He also landed a good combination to the head but by the seventh two tired fighters were doing more holding than fighting with Ortiz doing most of the scoring. In the eighth as they came out of a clinch Baysarov landed a light tap on the back of Ortiz?s head. The Mexican dropped to his knees with his head on the canvas. Initially the referee sent Baysarov to a neutral corned and then bent over asking Ortiz if he was OK but then started to count. Ortiz leapt up immediately protesting about the punch but the speed of his recovery when he realised the referee was counting showed he still had springs in his old legs. Ortiz made Baysarov pay for that punch with a leaping left hook late in the round. Ortiz came near to ending it in the ninth as he shook the Russian with a right and poured on the pressure but Baysarov survived. The Russian was exhausted and holding on throughout the tenth but late in the round a volley of punches from Ortiz saw Baysarov drop to his knees. He was up quickly and the bell went just after the eight count was completed. Scores 98-92, 97-92 and 96-93 all for Ortiz. The 34-year-old Ortiz had lost 5 of his last 6 fights but had almost 400 rounds of experience to just 34 for Baysarov and that proved the difference here. Usarov vs. Berchuk Usarov wins unanimous decision over Berchuk in a slow paced fight. Usarov was fighting on the back foot firing right jabs and straight lefts through the defence of Berchuk. In round after round Berchuk was coming forward and was competitive but he lacked any power and the skilful defensive work of Usarov left him few openings. Things livened up over the late rounds as Usarov was on the front foot more and letting the straight lefts go but it was the aggression of Berchuk that made the fight interesting as he kept coming even if he had very little success. Scores 79-73 twice and 80-72 for Usarov. Tajikistan-born a former undefeated WBO European champion Usarov, was inactive in 2014 and 2015. This is his third win since return to the ring in September last year. Russian Berchuk is very much an in-and-out performer but he gave Usarov some useful ring time. ? Los Angeles, CA, USA: Light: W Romero Duno (13-1) KO 2 Christian Gonzalez (16-1). Duno upsets the odds as he crushes Gonzalez in two rounds. Gonzalez made a confident start coming in behind his jab and throwing hooks to the body Duno was also making good use of his jab and countering with quick punches from both hands. Gonzalez continued to pressure Duno and scored with two good left hooks. He looked to have shaken Duno with a couple of head punches but as he walked forward he was nailed by a straight right counter which sent him down heavily. When he got up he was staggering on rubber legs and stumbled back to the ropes. The referee took a while to decide he was fit to continue-which he wasn?t- but with only five seconds left in the round the bell went before Duno could land another punch. Gonzalez took the fight to Duno in the second and was forcing Duno back and looked to shake him with a right to the head. As he moved in to try to capitalise Duno landed a short right hook which put Gonzalez down for the second time. He managed to stagger to his feet but was unsteady and as the referee waived the fight over Gonzalez fell back to the canvas again. The 21-year-old Filipino gets his twelfth win by KO/TKO and wins the WBC Youth Inter-Continental title. He was not rated in the top 15 in the Philippines ratings so this was a big win for him. Gonzalez tried to just walk through everything Duno threw and his leaky defence caught him out. ? Lemoore, CA, USA: Light: Andy Vences (18-0) W PTS 10 Angel Hernandez (13-8-1). Super Welter: Danny Valdivia (14-0) W KO 1 Douglas Ataide (16-3-1). Vences vs. Hernandez Vences had height and reach over Hernandez and made good use of those in the early rounds. He was snapping out the jab and landing long rights with Hernandez struggling to get in range and not throwing enough punches. From the second round onwards Hernandez worked much harder pressing the fight, using his own jab and throwing rights but Vences was boxing well on the back foot and outscoring Hernandez and took the first three rounds. From the fourth the problem for Vences was that he just could not keep Hernandez out and at times was even being out jabbed by the smaller man and drawn into a brawl. Hernandez took the fourth and the fifth Vences switched to southpaw briefly in the sixth but Hernandez kept up the pressure. Vences boxed better in the seventh and eighth finding the advancing Hernandez time and again with counters and not getting dragged into trading. Vences took the ninth as Hernandez appeared to be tiring. Hernandez found the strength to advance in the tenth but Vences again was more accurate and outscored Hernandez to emerge a worthy winner. Scores 99-91, 97-93 and 96-94 all for Vences with the middle score looking about right. The 25-year-old ?Shark? was coming off a career best win with a technical verdict over Casey Ramos (23-0) in November but had to work hard for this win. Hernandez had won 4 of his last 5 fights and has yet to lose inside the distance. Valdivia vs. Ataide Valdivia crushes Ataide in just 57 seconds. A right cross sent Ataide stumbling and he was still on unsteady legs when a right and a thunderous left hook propelled him back to the ropes and down. He was up quickly and after the eight count Valdivia walked forward and sent him down again with a clubbing right and the fight was halted without the need for a count. The 24-year-old Californian was making the second defence of his NABF Junior title and gets his tenth win by KO/TKO. Brazilian Ataide was 7-1-1 in his last 9 fights. ? Neuquen, Argentina: Super Light: Mauro Godoy (28-1) W PTS 12 Damien Yapur (12-6-3). Godoy win the vacant South American title with wide unanimous decision over Yapur. The fight started badly for the local fighter when a clash of heads opened a cut on his left eyebrow. Despite this Godoy was pressing the fight all of the way with Yapur on the back foot and looking to counter. It was far from exciting as Godoy dominated and Yapur mainly focused on defence. Another clash of heads in the eleventh round saw Godoy?s cut worsen but he boxed his way to the title. Scores 119 ?-113, 119-114 ? and 118 ?-113 ? all for Godoy. The former Argentinian champion lost his unbeaten record and his national title when he was halted inside a round by Xavier Luques Castillo in 2015 but has now won nine on the bounce including a win over Luques Castillo. Yapur is now 1-5-1 in his last 7 fights. ? Edmonton, Canada: Light Heavy: Ryan Ford (11-0) W RTD 5 Rob Nichols (11-4-1). Light Cam O?Connell (15-0-1) W KO 4 Oscar Grano (16-4-1). Ford vs. Nichols Ford just too strong for local rival Nichols in a catchweight contest. The powerful Ford used a mixture of hooks from both hands to break game Nichols down. Ford was too quick with his punches and handed out quite a bit of punishment although Nichols never stopped advancing. In the end his corner decided their man was never going to win the fight and was shipping too many punches and they agreed with the referee to retire their man at the end of the fifth round. Ford the 35-year-old ?Real Deal? , and Canadian No 1,won the UBO world title in Singapore just three weeks ago and is due to return there in May to defend his UBO title against Australian Renold Quinlan. Nichols, the Canadian No 1 cruiser had won his last 5 fights but announced his retirement. O?Connell vs. Grano O?Connell makes it a good night for Alberta fighters as he finishes Mexican Grano in four rounds. The Red Deer fighter was in control from the start although he found the Mexican southpaw an awkward opponent. He put Grano down with an overhand right in the second and then ended the fight in the fourth with a body punch that put Grano out of commission. It was some time before Grano recovered. O?Connell is No 2 in Canada at lightweight and this is win No 10 by KO/TKO. Grano was 5-0-1 going into this one. ? Temuco, Chile: Feather: Cristian Palma (24-10-1) W DISQ 2 Guillermo Soloppi (22-14-2). Chilean champion Palma gets win as Soloppi is disqualified in a non-title fight. Palma edged the first and also dodged some headwork from Soloppi. The Argentinian kept using his head as a third glove and was finally thrown out. The 31-year-old ?El Tigre? is king at home but has lost some tough matches on his travels. South American super feather champion Soloppi, 31, had scored a win over unbeaten Hugo Santillan to collect the South American title in January. ? Nuremberg, Germany: Super Welter: Nuhu Lawal (25-2) W PTS 8 Nikolozi Gviniashvili (17-8-4). Lawal beats Georgian Gviniashvili. Lawal was constantly on the front foot slotting jabs through the defence of Gviniashvili and following up with straight rights. The Georgian made good use of his own jab when under pressure and fired back often enough to be competitive. Lawal began to throw more combinations as the fight progressed but too often his right was delivered with the glove open reducing much of its power. That helped Gviniashvili stay in the fight and he made Lawal work hard for the unanimous decision. The 34-year-old German-based Nigerian lost big fights last year to Martin Murray and Michel Soro so has some reconstruction to do. Gviniashvili showed reasonable level skills and plenty of determination. He has now lost 3 of his last 4 fights but is a bit better than the standard travelling losers. Detroit, MI, USA: Bantam: Nikolai Potapov (17-0-1) W PTS 10 Antonio Nieves (17-1-2). Potapov gets a career best win as he decisions Nieves in a clash of unbeaten fighters. The two were well matched physically and from a view of fighting skills. In the fight Nieves was the busier and Potapov the more accurate. It really could have been scored either way without any real reason for complaint with one round either way being enough to swing the fight to either man. In the end two of the judges favoured Potapov?s accuracy and the extra power punches he banged home and gave him their nod. Scores 96-94 twice for Potapov and 96-94 for Nieves. It was that close. The 27-year-old Russian fought a draw with unbeaten Stephon Young last year and is rated WBO 9/WBA 10/IBF 13(11). Big setback for 29-year-old Nievas who will now lose his WBO No 5 rating and have to rebuild. ? Click here for Part II Click here to view a list of other articles written by Eric Armit.  |
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