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The Past Week in Action 26 April 2017 -- Part I By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Thu, 27 Apr 2017  -Successful world title defences for Oscar Valdez, Jesse Magdaleno, Gilberto Ramirez, Jermell Charlo and Kazuto Ioka -Marlon Tapales fails to make for WBO title defence in Japan -Zolani Tete wins vacant WBO title -Avtandil Khurtsidze wins vacant interim WBO title - Shawn Porter stops Andre Berto in clash of former champions and former champions Arthur Abraham, Sam Soliman, Juan Carlos Reveco all score wins April 20 ? Verona, NY, USA: Super Light: Michael Perez (25-2-2) W PTS 10 Marcelino Lopez (32-2-1). Welter: Rashidi Ellis (18-0) W PTS 10 John Carl Sosa (13-3). Welter: Eddie Gomez (20-2) W PTS 8 Dennis Dauti (14-2). Cruiser: Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (18-1) W KO 2 Larry Pryor (10-16). Perez vs. Lopez Perez gets split verdict over Lopez. From the start Argentinian Lopez was coming forward looking to take Perez to the ropes and work inside. Perez was boxing well on the back foot scoring on the advancing Lopez with jabs and body punches. When he got close Lopez was using left hooks to the body and rights to the head. Lopez was relentless but Perez was constantly working the jab scoring as Lopez came forward. Perez was throwing and landing more but Lopez was the harder puncher. In the eighth a long left hook from Lopez put Perez down. He was up quickly but had to survive some fierce attacks from Lopez in the remainder of the round. Perez moved and boxed well over the last two rounds but was rocked by a left hook in the ninth as Lopez continued to pressure to the bell. Scores 97-92 and 96-93 for Perez and 96-93 for Lopez. To some extent the score reflected whether Perez?s lighter but more frequent punches impressed you or the constant pressure and harder punches from Lopez. Newark?s ?The Artist? Perez, 27, was having his first fight since losing on a sixth round retirement against Petr Petrov in September. Former Argentinian and South American champion ?Nino? Lopez looked worth at least a draw here. He was having his first fight since October 2015. Ellis vs. Sosa Ellis wins majority decision over Sosa. This was a fast-paced bout mixing good skills, speedy movement and burst of ferocious activity. Both fighters were quick with Sosa having a slight edge in reach and Ellis just a bit quicker on hand speed. When they stood and traded they were both going for quantity rather than quality with fists flying wildly on a hit and miss basis. The pace never slackened with Ellis just having the edge and staging the stronger finish. Scores 97-93 twice for Ellis and 95-95. Ellis, 23, lived up to his ?Speedy? nickname and retains his IBF North American title. Puerto Rican Sosa was challenging for the title for the second time. He has lost three in a row but all to very good quality fighters. Gomez vs. Dauti In yet another close fight Gomez gets decision over Dauti in his first fight since 79 seconds stoppage loss against Ellis in December. Scores 77-75 twice and 79-73 all for Gomez. The 24-year-old E-boy Gomez from the Bronx had lost against Francisco Santana and beaten Sosa before the kayo loss to Ellis. Grecian-born Switzerland-based Dauti, 23, a former GBU world champion, climbed off the floor on his way to a close decision loss against unbeaten Spaniard Nicolas Gonzalez in 2015 and then scored a low level win in his last fight in February 2016. Shabranskyy vs. Pryor As with Gomez Shabranskyy returns from a kayo loss. The tall Ukrainian ?Lion Heart? made it 15 wins by KO/KO with second round kayo of Pryor, First fight for 29-year-old Shabranskyy since seventh round kayo loss to Sullivan Barrera in December. Pryor is now 1-7 in his last 8 fights. Nonthaburi, Thailand: Light Fly: Fahlan Sakkreerin (32-5-1) W TKO 7 Oscar Raknafa (13-14). Fahlan picks up the vacant IBF Pan Pacific title. The Thai took a few rounds to breakdown the Indonesian. He eventually put Raknafa down in the fifth and again in the sixth. On the third knockdown in the seventh Raknafa indicated he was through and the referee stopped the fight. First outing for Fahlan since losing on points to Milan Melindo for the IBF title in November. Raknafa is now 1-11 in his last 12 fights. April 21 Buenos Aires, Argentina: Jorge Heiland (29-4-2) W KO 8 Mateo Veron (26-19-3,2ND). These two know each other well and produced a savage war. Southpaw Heiland was marching forward forcing the taller Veron to stand and fight as they loaded up on every punch they exchanged . Veron outslugged Heiland in the first but Heiland worked inside to take the second and third. Veron had a strong fourth scoring with counters as Heiland advanced. Heiland was given a tongue lashing from his trainer before the start of the fifth. Veron was in control for most of the fifth round landing flush with a powerful right and snapping Heiland?s head back with an uppercut. Despite this he was tiring and a series of punches from Heiland ending with two clubbing rights to the head saw Veron slump down against the ropes. The bell went just as the eight count was completed. A tiring Veron was floored again at the end of the sixth again just before the bell so survived the round. A gutsy Veron scored the best punches of the seventh but Heiland just walked through them and battered away at Veron?s body. They traded wild swings in the eighth until a left hook sent Veron stumbling into the ropes. Heiland landed some big head shots and then ended the fight with thunderous straight right that put Veron down on his knees. He beat the count but was stumbling badly and blood was running down his face from a cut over his right eye and the referee stopped the fight. It had been a brutal fight as the 30-year-old ?El Gaucho de Pigue? went to 3-1-1 in 5 fights with Veron. He also made it 16 wins by KO/TKO and eight wins in a row. He is No 1 with the WBC-but not the mandatory challenger. There is nothing scientific about Heiland?s style it is built on sheer aggression and pressure. However his defence is poor and against punchers such as or Gennady Golovkin, Daniel Jacobs or David Lemieux he would be in deep trouble. Veron drops to 7 losses by KO/TKO. He was 5-1-1 in his last 7 fights and contributed a pile of guts to this superbly entertaining fight. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Super Fly: Juan Reveco (38-3) W PTS 12 Jesus Vargas (15-9-1). Just an easy pay day for Reveco as he outclasses Venezuelan Vargas. A natural minimumweight fighter Reveco was giving away lots of height and reach but was too quick and clever for the modest Vargas. Reveco forced the fight all the way scoring with left hooks to the body and straight rights. Vargas tried to stay competitive but he lacked the power or the speed. He tried to get on the front foot but when he did he was walking onto counters and never looked like winning a round. Reveco peppered him with punches and quick but light combinations on his way to victory. Scores 120-108 twice and 120-110. The 33-year-old former holder of the secondary WBA light fly and flyweight titles Reveco wins the vacant South American title. He was out for a year after losing to Kazuto Ioka for the secondary WBA fly title in December 2015. He is rated No 5 by the IBF but with positions 1 and 2 vacant and Donnie Nietes fighting Thai Komgrich for the vacant title he is in line for a shot at the new champion. Vargas is now 1-6 in his last 7 fights. Melbourne, Australia: Super Light: Tim Hunt (21-4-1) W TKO 1 Patomsith (16-9). Super Light: Terry Tzouramanis (16-3-3) W PTS 10 Brent Dames (5-2). Hunt vs. Patomsith Hunt gets second first round win in a row as he halts Thai Patomsith inside a round with the referee stopping the fight just after the two minute mark. The former Australian champion is 5-0-1 since losing on a fifth round stoppage against Japanese battler Yoshihiro Kamegai in 2013. The 35-year-old Patomsith has lost 5 of his last 6. Tzouramanis vs. Dames Tzouramanis goes over some old ground as he takes unanimous verdict over Dames. These two had fought in June last year when Tzouramanis climbed off the floor to win the decision. The 31-year-old State champion has now won 5 of his last 6 fights. Dames, the Australian No 10 had won his last three fights. Barranquilla, Colombia: Super Light: Israel Luna (19-0-1) W KO 4 Miguel Pacheco (7-12-1). Luna makes it nine wins in a row with fourth round knockout of Pacheco. The 22-year-ol Luna, a former Colombian champion, is based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and 16 wins by KO/TKO mostly against poor level opposition in Colombia. Ninth loss by KO/TKO for Pacheco. Piove di Sacco, Italy: Light: Davide Festosi (10-0) W TKO 5 Marco Sicilliano (13-4). Festosi wins the vacant Italian title with stoppage of Sicilliano. After a couple of slow rounds of cautious sparring Festosi got on top in the third and opened a cut with a punch. Sicilliano started the fourth strongly but by the end of the round Festosi was back in charge. He rocked Sicilliano in the fifth and with the cut worsening the referee stopped the fight. The 25-year-old local fighter has now won his last 4 fights by KO/TKO. Sicilliano, 36, had won his last 4 fights but this is his second failure in a shot at the national title. Osaka, Japan: Light Fly: Tetsuya Hisada (28-9-2) W PTS 10 Kenichi Horikawa (32-15-1). Hisada wins the vacant Japanese title and gets revenge for two previous losses to Horikawa. Hisada forced the fight from the start and after three good rounds was boosted in the fourth when Horikawa was deducted a point for a butt. Horikawa fought back hard over the fifth and sixth but lost another point for a butt in the sixth and ran out of steam. Hisaka virtually tied the fight up as he floored Horikawa in the seventh. Despite a bad vertical gash over his right eye and a big bruise under his left eye he fought hard over the closing rounds to hold on to his lead and took the unanimous decision. Scores 97-91, 96-91 and 95-92 all for Hisada. The 32-year-old from Osaka makes it seven wins in a row. Former national champion Horikawa, 37, was 7-1 in his previous 8 fights and may now retire. Santa Rosa City, Philippines: Super Bantam: Ernesto Saulong (20-2-1) W PTS 10 Jestoni Autida (9-7). Super Fly: Renz Rosia (13-5) W TKO 7 Benezer Alolod (17-9-5). Saulong vs. Autida Fighting in front of his home fans Saulong climbs off the floor to outpoint less experienced Autida. Saulong nearly threw this one away. Autida has a reputation as a hard left hooker and Saulong made the mistake of deciding to trade left hooks and found himself on the floor. He only just survived that shock and had the additional problems of a cut over a rapidly closing left eye. Over the second half of the fight he used a ferocious body attack to take over and earn a close unanimous decision. Scores 95-94 twice and 96-93 all for Saulong. The 28-year-old ?Chocolate? Saulong, a former undefeated WBC International champion is now 6-1 in his last 7 fights. Autida has lost four on the bounce all against higher rated opposition. Rosia vs. Alolod Rosia wins this all-southpaw battle with stoppage of Alolod. The power of Rosia was the deciding factor in this one. He put Alolod down in the sixth with a right but failed to end it then. In the eighth Rosia battered Alolod on the ropes and was teeing off with head punches. Again he could not find the punch to end it but the referee stopped the fight. Rosia, a former undefeated WBC International champion now has 7 wins by KO/TKO. He lost to Moruti Mthalane in South Africa for the IBO title in 2015. Former national champion Alolod has now lost 4 of his last 5 fights. Bilbao, Spain: Super Feather: Jon Fernandez (12-0) W RTD 2 Ismael Garcia (7-1). Super Light: Ignacio Mendoza (42-12-3) W RTD 8 Ruben Rodriguez (5-2-1). Fernandez vs. Garcia Fernandez collects the vacant Spanish title as his whirlwind attacks overwhelm Garcia. In the first round Garcia tried to walk forward but was met with a storm of hooks, uppercuts and right crosses to the head. It was more of the same in the second and at the end of the round he had suffered enough and refused to continue. The tall local fighter Fernandez, 21, the WBC Youth champion, now has 10 wins by KO/TKO including nine fast finishes in a row. It will be interesting to see how he goes against tougher opposition. Garcia?s 7 wins had come against opposition with just 6 wins between them and Fernandez was just too good for him. Mendoza vs. Rodriguez Mendoza regains the Spanish title as Rodriguez retires at the end of the eighth round in their fight for the vacant title. It looked as though Rodriguez might end it early when he battered the veteran to the canvas in the second round. Mendoza got up and fought back hard and they traded shots to the bell in a great round of fighting. In the third Mendoza put Rodriguez down with a left hook and this time Rodriguez was the one surviving. Fierce exchanges in the sixth saw Rodriguez trapping Mendoza on the ropes and unloading to head and body. He was leaving himself open in these attacks and in the seventh Mendoza took Rodriguez to the ropes and landed a series of left hooks that saw Rodriguez go down on one knee. He was badly hurt and only just made it to the bell. Late in the eighth a right to the head floored Rodriguez again. He was pawing at the ropes as he tried to rise and although he made it and Mendoza had no chance to land anything else Rodriguez was sensibly pulled out at the end of the round. The 35-year-old Colombian-born Mendoza now has 26 wins by KO/TKO. He has lost quite a few fights on the road against top rated fighters so it was nice to see him get the win here. Rodriguez, 24, who actually is a man from La Mancha, played his part in an exciting scrap as he was moving up a long way in level of opposition and distance so a game performance. ? Manchester: England: Light: Joe Murray (20-2) W KO 1 Rey Cajina (14-41-5). Murray was hoping for a few rounds of work here to keep him sharp for coming fights but no chance. The Manchester ? Genius? put poor Cajina down twice and it was over in 100 seconds. After two losses to Liam Walsh in Commonwealth title fights Murray was out of the ring for 14 months. After four low keys wins on his return he announced himself in some style with a dramatic kayo of unbeaten Dane Rashid Kassem and is ready to get back to the top. Nicaraguan travelling loser Cajina usually goes the distance but not this time. Kissimmee, FL, USA: Feather: Chris Diaz (21-0) W KO 3 Jose Estrella (18-12-1). Feather: Juan Carlos Rivera (11-0) W PTS 8 Jesus Pacheco (7-6). Welter: Sammy Valentin (12-0) W TKO 1 Luis Florez (22-7). Bantam: Jeyvier Cintron (1-0) W PTS 4 Leonardo Reyes (6-13). Light: Teofimo Lopez (4-0) W TKO 2 Jorge Munguia (12-9). Bantam: Antonio Vargas (2-0) W KO 1 Emilio Rivera (0-2). Diaz vs. Estrella Diaz continues his winning ways with kayo of late substitute Estrella. Easy outing for Diaz, he put Estrella down in the first and then nearly cut him in half with a body punch in the third. Estrella sat out the full ten seconds in agony. The 22-year-old Puerto Rican, the WBO No 4 feather, makes it 13 wins by KO/TKO. Poor Mexican Estrella, who literally was a last minute stand in, drops to five losses by KO/TKO. Rivera vs. Pacheco Rivera adds to the list of promising young Puerto Rican fighters as he outpoints useful Pacheco. The 21-year-old Rivera was moving up to eight rounds for the first time and won the unanimous verdict on scores of 79-73 from all three judges. Pacheco had won 6 of his last 7 fights. Valentin vs. Florez If you blinked you might have missed this one as Valentin registered his second one round win in a row. The 22-year-old ?Hurricane? has nine wins by KO/TKO. He had kayoed 15-1 Javier Rodriguez in 70 seconds five weeks ago. Colombian Florez has one outstanding result and that was a 99 second stoppage of current WBC super feather champion Miguel Berchelt in 2014. Berchelt was 21-0 at the time and it is still his only loss. Florez has fallen away badly and is 3-6 in his last 9 fights Cintron vs. Reyes Another of the recent Top Rank signings from the 2016 Olympics had his first pro fight as Cintron won every round against Reyes. The tall fair-haired 22-year-old Puerto Rican is certainly one to follow. He is the only Puerto Rican fighter to have participated at two Olympic Games-the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. He was a silver medallist at the World Youth Championships and took the gold at the Pan American Youth Championships. Only the AIBA rules on age prevented him winning more senior titles. Reyes took a lot of punishment but stood up to it well. Lopez vs. Munguia Yet another former Olympian on the Top Rank books gets a win here. Lopez kept his 100% record of inside the distance wins with second round stoppage of Munguia. Lopez won the 2015 National Golden Gloves title and also the US Olympic Trials. However since Cuban Carlos Banteur had already qualified there was no spot open at the Olympics for Lopez. He then entered the Americas qualifiers representing Honduras as both of his parents were born there and qualified by winning that tournament but failed to medal in Rio. Promising fighter. Reyes-well he just happens to come from-Honduras but has lost his last 6 fights. Vargas vs. Rivera Vargas makes it a trio of victories for former Olympians as he knocks out Rivera in the first round. Both of his wins have come inside the first round. The 20-year-old deeply religious Texas-born son of Puerto Rican/Mexican parentage Vargas was US and Pan American champion in 2015 and despite losses in both the US Olympic Trials and the International Qualifier he fought back to get to Rio but did not medal. So put his name in the book for the future. Miami, OK, USA: Super Feather: Yaundale Evans (19-1) W PTS 10 Billel Dib (21-1). Evans returns to action with unanimous decision over Australian Dib. Evans was a clear winner in a fast-paced competitive scrap with Dib not able to present the former top amateur with too many problems. Scores 97-93 from all three judges. Long periods of inactivity have seen the 28-year-old from Cleveland having only his third fight since a disastrous first round loss to Javier Fortuna in April 2012. He wins the vacant WBA-NABA title. Dib, the WBA No 13, had won his last 12 fights. April 22 Carson, CA, USA: Feather: Oscar Valdez (22-0) W PTS 12 Miguel Marriaga (25-2). Super Bantam: Jessie Magdaleno (25-0) W TKO 2 Adeilson Dos Santos (18-3). Super Middle: Gilberto Ramirez (35-0) W PTS 12 Max Bursak (33-5-1). Welter: Mahonry Montes (33-6-1) W PTS 10 Francisco Santana (24-6-1. Welter: Alex Besputin (7-0) W PTS 8 Breidis Prescott (30-10). Feather: Shakur Stevenson (1-0) W TEC DEC 6 Edgar Brito (3-3-1). Welter: Maxim Dadashev (7-0) W KO 3 Bilal Mahasin (9-4-1). Super Light: Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (1-0) W TKO 2 Victor Vazquez (7-3). 26 Valdez vs. Marriaga Valdez retains his WBO title but is given a very hard evening by the ever aggressive Marriaga Round 1 Valdez used a quick accurate jab to counter Marriaga who was forcing the fight but was frustrated by good defensive work from Valdez. Score 10-9 Round 2 Marriaga continued to march forward in the second and made this a closer round but again Valdez although on the back foot was more accurate. Score 10-9 Valdez 20-18 Round 3 This time the pressure from Marriaga saw him getting though with hooks and uppercuts and Valdez was showing the marks of battle and Marriaga was working the body well. Score 10-9 Marriaga 29-28 Round 4 Valdez got back on top in this round. Again he was getting his punches off quickly throwing less than Marriaga but was more accurate and was finding plenty of gaps in Marriaga?s defence. Score 10-9 Valdez 39-37 Round 5 Marriaga took this one. He kept on top of Valdez giving Valdez very little room and very little rest. Both scored with some choice body punches but Marriaga had the better of the exchanges. Score 10-9 Marriaga 48-47 Round 6 Marriaga started the round well scoring with hooks to the body from both hands and straight rights. Valdez used his speed and accuracy to have a good spell but Marriaga finished the round the stronger. Score 10-9 Marriaga 57-57 Round 7 Valdez pulled out a round when he needed it. He was getting his punches off first with Marriaga struggling to connect as Valdez ducked, weaved and frustrated Marriaga?s attempts to score with anything substantial. Score 10-90 Valdez 67-66 Round 8 Marriaga evened the scores again, this time he stayed on top of Valdez. The sheer volume of punches from Marriaga prevented Valdez from countering effectively and he had to use all of his skill to stay out of trouble. Scores 10-9 Marriaga 76-76 Round 9 Again Marriaga was pressing hard and Valdez was moving less but countering more as they often stood toe-to-toe and both were rocked. I could not separate them as they both had good spells. Score 10-10 Even 86-86 Round 10 This was the crucial round. As Marriaga continued to come forward a left hook to the chin from Valdez sent him staggering back on rubber legs and dumped him on his rump. It was a heavy knockdown and Marriaga only just got up as the count reached eight. Valdez stormed after Marriaga. Although landing some heavy punches too much of what he was throwing was wild and inaccurate. He steadied himself but by then Marriaga had recovered and was fighting back at the bell. Score 10-8 Valdez 96-94 Round 11 There was no finesse on show in this round as they just stood in front of each other and punched constantly. Both landed and both absorbed plenty of punches ignoring how tired they must have felt and the accuracy of Valdez just gave him the edge. Score 10-9 Valdez 106-103 Round 12 Valdez went for broke early in the round landing the bigger and more frequent punches and he needed that start as he punched himself but had done enough to hold off a strong finish by Marriaga over the last minute of the round. Score 10-9 Valdez 116-112 Official scores: 119-108, 118-109 and 116-112 all for Valdez. Make no mistake this was a very tough test for Valdez. As I saw it the fight could have gone either way until the knockdown in the tenth. After that Valdez had the confidence to take the last two rounds and Marriaga was over committing himself to try to drag back those two points for the knockdown. Second title defence for the 26-year-old Valdez and on this showing he might struggle against the other three champions. Colombian Marriaga, 30, was a very live challenger and was No 1 with the WBO. He lost a wide unanimous decision to Nicholas Walters for the WBA title in a fight in which Walters lost the title on the scales. He had scored five wins since then and he will feel he deserves a return but Valdez is entitled to some voluntary defences so Marriaga may have to look elsewhere for a title shot. Magdaleno vs. Dos Santos Magdaleno blows away Brazilian challenger in impressive style. Round 1 Magdaleno made a fast start. Dos Santos had height and reach over the champion but Magdaleno went straight to work. He was getting past the Brazilian?s reach and scoring inside and also drawing the lead and stepping in with fast counters. Score 10-9 Magdaleno Round 2 In the second Magdaleno let Dos Santos come to him and then fired a series of quick shots to the head. Magdaleno then plunged inside and landed two southpaw lefts to the head that put Dos Santos down. The Brazilian beat the count but a tigerish Magdaleno chased him throwing hooks and finally put Dos Santos down again with two clubbing rights to the temple. Dos Santos tried to grab Magdaleno?s legs on the way down and the fight was immediately waived off without a count. Successful first defence of his WBO title for Magdaleno and win No 17 by KO/TKO. Cesar Juarez is the No 1 in the WBO ratings based on an upset win over Albert Pagara but Nonito Donaire is No 2. Donaire easily beat Juarez for the vacant WBO title in December 2015 and he wants a chance to revenge the loss to Magdaleno in November which cost the Filipino his WBO title. Dos Santos, 25, was No 12 with the WBO after passable wins over Walberto Ramos and Devis Perez. Ramirez vs. Bursak Easy defence of his WBO title for Ramirez as Bursak has nothing really to offer against the reach, hand speed and clever boxing of the champion and loses every round. Round 1 Ramirez made good use of his physical advantages. He was spearing Bursak with jabs and catching the challenger with hooks when he tried to get inside Score 10-9 Ramirez Round 2 Bursak scored with a good left hook early in the round but Ramirez repaid him with a much better left hook and also banged home body punches. Bursak was warned twice for holding as he tried to stay inside. Score 10-9 Ramirez 20-18 Round 3 Bursak kept trying to plough his way inside but was paying a price in the shape of uppercuts and hooks as he moved forwards. At distance both the reach and the hand speed of Ramirez were dominant. Score 10-9 Ramirez 30-27 Round 4 Once again Ramirez bosses the action. He had Bursak under fire with a stream of right hooks and uppercuts. Bursak managed to get through with a couple of punches late in the round but was also warned again for holding. Score 10-9 Ramirez 40-36 Round 5 Ramirez made good use of his reach advantage in this one spearing Bursak with right jabs and then firing fast combinations as Bursak struggled to stay competitive. They clashed head twice but luckily neither was cut. Bursak was deducted a point for holding. Score 10-8 Ramirez 50-44 Round 6 Ramirez worked the body hard in this one with hooks from both hands. Bursak kept trying to march forward but Ramirez was able to score at a distance and finished the round with a strong attack. Score 10-9 Ramirez 60-53 Round 7 Ramirez applied more pressure in this round firing quick combinations with Bursak just unable to block or duck most of what was coming his way. Once again they clashed heads and the referee warned them both to be more careful Score 10-9 Ramirez 70-62 Round 8 Already it was not a case of who would win but whether Ramirez could halt Bursak. He was taking pot shots at distance and firing hooks with less and less coming back from Bursak. Score 10-9 Ramirez 80-71 Round 9 The fight was too one-sided to be entertaining and as Ramirez dominated more and more Bursak was launching less attacks and going into survival mode Scores 10-9 Ramirez 90-80 Round 10 A rapidly tiring Bursak was warned for holding again. He tried to come forward but Ramirez stepped up the pace and punished the challenger to the body Score 10-9 100-89 Round 11 It was all Ramirez again in this one. He was slotting home right jabs and banging combinations to the body. Bursak finally clinched once too often and the referee deducted Bursak a point for the offence. Score 10-8 Ramirez 110-97 Round 12 Bursak was too tired to try to stage a big finish and Ramirez was able to drive him back around the ring landing hooks from both hands inside with Bursak just covering up or holding to make it to the final bell. Score 10-9 Ramirez 120-106 Official scores 120-106 for Ramirez from all three judges Successful if simple first defence for the 24-year-old Mexican southpaw. He had also taken every round when beating Arthur Abraham for the title in April last year. Jesse Hart is his No 1 rated challenger but with Abraham, No 2, outpointing No 3 Robin Krasniqi tonight in Germany as unlikely as it may seem Abraham will be hoping for a return with Ramirez. I can?t see that ending differently than the first fight. Bursak was a manipulated challenger. His only win last year was in April against a guy with a 12-4 record and yet seven months later he suddenly appeared at No 10 in the WBO ratings for November so it is no wonder it was an easy night for Ramirez. Montes vs. Santana Montes scores a minor upset as he takes split verdict over Santana. The fight fell into three sections. Over the early rounds the action was close. Although Santana had an edge in reach it was Montes boxing from distance and Santana doing god work in close. Montes asserted himself over the middle rounds and floored Santana in the fifth and built a substantial lead. It needed to be as Santana came on strong over the closing rounds. Scores 96-93 and 95-94 for Montes and 97-92 for Santana. After going 25-0-1 over his first 26 fights Montes had moved up in quality of the opposition he faced and was 7-6 in his last 13 fights. Santana, 30, had also faced top opposition recently with losses to Sadam Ali and Jose Benavides and a win over Ed Paredes. Besputin vs. Prescott Besputin too young, strong and aggressive for Prescott. The Russian southpaw was pressurised the Colombian from the first bell walking forward throwing fast combinations of hooks and uppercuts from both hands. Prescott was forced to stand and trade and absorbed a chunk of punishment. Besputin suffered a cut far back on his head from a Prescott elbow in the sixth but took his revenge in the seventh putting Prescott down. He also had the Colombian hurt in the last. Scores 80-71 for Besputin from all three judges as the 25-year-old prospect continues his climb. Besputin won gold medals at both Youth and Senior level at the European championships. Prescott, 33, has moved onto the down slope and is 6-7 in his last 13 fights. Stevenson vs. Brito Stevenson gets win in his first pro fight but Brito proves a tougher and more reliant opponent than expected. A bloody battle saw Brito cut over his left eye in the second from a clash of heads and deducted a point in the third for a butt. Stevenson showcased his supreme skills and won every round but just could not get the gutsy Brito out of there. The doctor finally ruled that Brito?s cut was too bad for the fight to continue and the judges all had Stevenson un front 60-54 giving him the technical decision. Not quite the sensational start predicted but make no mistake the 19-year-old Stevenson is a huge talent. He won gold medals at the Youth Olympic, World Junior and World Youth Championships and won his way through the US Trials and Americas Trials before being unlucky to have to settle for a silver medal in Rio. Brito did more than expected here. Dadashev vs. Mahasin Dadashev gets another inside the distance win. The Russian had Mahasin in trouble a couple of times before landing a beautiful left hook to the chin in the third that put Mahasin down and out cold. Now 6 wins by KO/TKO for the 26-year-old former high ranking amateur. Mahasin had won his last two fights and was a reasonable level of opponent for this stage of Dadashev?s career. Gaibnazarov vs. Vazquez Yet another outstanding amateur turns pro as 2016 Olympic gold medal winner Gaibnazarov overcomes a rude shock to get his victory. You expect all kind of starts for these top guys but not one where they find themselves on the floor in the first round of their first pro fight. That?s what happened to Gaibnazarov. He shook off that bad start to floor and then stop Vazquez in the second round. Apart from his Olympic gold the 25-year-old southpaw from Uzbekistan is a former Uzbek champion and won a silver medal at the World Championships and scored wins over Jose Ramirez, Kenneth Sims and Gary Antuanne Russell. The 21-year-old Vazquez had won his last three fights. ? New York, NF, USA: Welter: Shawn Porter (27-2-1) W TKO 9 Andre Berto (31-5). Super Welter: Jermell Charlo (29-0) W TKO 6 Charles Hatley (26-2-1). Porter vs. Berto This was a fight neither man could afford to use but in the end the speed and relentless pressure brought Porter the victory. Round 1 Both fighters made a cautious start and there were few highlights but Berto just did a little more than Porter. Score 9-10 Berto Round 2 Porter was doubling up on his jab and moving in behind it throwing hooks inside. He took Berto to the ropes and trapped him there for almost a full minute. He was the only one doing any work inside as he went to the body. Their heads clashed with Berto pawing at his right eye but Porter suffered a small cut over his left eye. With only seconds remaining in the round Porter shook Berto with a left uppercut and as Berto went back Porter landed a right to the temple which sent Berto down on one knee. He was up quickly and after the eight count the bell went. Score 10-8 Porter 19-18 Round 3 Porter took the third. He was getting his punches off quicker and again had Berto pinned to the ropes as he worked inside. Not all of his punches were landing but Berto was just holding and not working. A clash of heads opened a cut over the left eye of Berto. Score 10-9 Porter 29-27 Round 4 Berto did a bit better in this round taking the fight to Porter and landing some strong hooks. He also complained a couple of time about careless head work from Porter. Once again Porter was throwing and landing more punches. A clash of heads late in the round this time saw Berto cut over his left eye. The referee stopped the action to have the doctor inspect the injury but the fight was allowed to continue. Score 10-9 Porter 39-36 Round 5 Porter?s hand speed and quicker movement was again giving Berto problems. Porter landed a sharp left uppercut and was able to take Berto to the ropes and score with body punches. The referee had the doctor examine Berto?s cut as the blood was trickling into Berto?s eye. The doctor gave the OK for the fight to continue and a fired up Porter had Berto too busy defending to throw any punches. Score 10-9 Porter 49-45 Round 6 Before the action started the doctors simultaneously examined the eye injuries suffered by both fighters and let the action continue. There were was more posing than punching but with the hand speed of Porter again giving him the edge as he was doubling up on his jab at the end of the round. Score 10-9 Porter 59-54 Round 7 There was very little action and very few clean punches landed by either boxer. The best punch was a left to the body from Berto so I just gave him a small advantage Score 9-10 Berto 68-64 Round 8 This round was brutally one-sided. Porter drove Berto to the ropes early in the round and kept him there until late in the round. Porter was scoring with left hooks to the body and overhand rights. The referee would break them and Berto would move two or three paces away from the ropes and then just back himself onto the ropes again. There was not much coming back from Berto who seemed to tire badly and a stoppage seemed near. Score 10-9 Porter 78-73 Round 9 Berto had to survive yet another doctor?s inspection before the action started. Porter attacked ferociously and then pushed Berto who tumbled back into the ropes. Berto half fell through the ropes and was struck on the head by one of the ropes. He stood up rubbing his head expecting the referee to call a break but Porter pounced on him and landed a couple of hooks with Berto sagging to sit on the middle rope. The referee applied a standing count. Berto complained that he had hurt his head but again Porter pounced quickly. A left hook had Berto?s legs performing a little dance and as a right propelled Berto in to a corner the referee stopped the fight. Former IBF welter champion Porter was No 3 and Berto No 4 in the WBC ratings and Keith Thurman was in the audience so it looks as though that might be a fight for the future. Berto, 33, was having his first fight for a year and just could not match the speed of Porter?s attacks and threw too few punches to be competitive. He announced his retirement after the fight. Charlo vs. Hatley Charlo knocks Hatley out cold with as brutal a kayo punch as you will ever see. Round 1 Both fighters made a cautious start. Neither was really committing themselves and few clean punches were landed and neither did enough to win the round Score 10-10 Round 2 Charlo started the round well firing home some left hooks and getting through with his jab. A clash of heads saw Charlo cut over his left eye and Hatley looked to be taking the round until a straight right from Charlo sent Hatley staggering back across the ring and he fell into the ropes which held him up otherwise he might have hit the floor. Score 10-9 Charlo 20-19 Round 3 The first punch of the round was a cracking left hook to the body from Charlo. Hatley was looking apprehensive and for good reason as Charlo stunned him with a straight right that sent Hatley staggering back and followed with a solid jab to the head and another right that put Hatley down. He got up quickly and did not look badly hurt. Hatley boxed and moved and Charlo was unable to land anything more of note. Score 10-8 Charlo 30-27 Round 4 Hatley was under fire again in the fourth. Another jarring jab had him going backwards and after that another long right shook him. Charlo was throwing very few punches just looking to land big punches and not using his jab. Hatley landed a sharp left hook but was warned for a deliberate attempt at a butt and was able to dick under some wild punches from Charlo at the bell. The referee went to Hatley?s corner and warned him to keep it clean after that attempted butt. Score 10-9 Charlo 40-36 Round 5 A booming jab from Charlo again staggered Hatley who spent the next minute avoiding any exchanges but just dancing backwards and forwards along the ropes. He then reversed tactics and took the fight to Charlo. He landed a couple of good left hooks as the y stood and traded for the first time but the punch of the round was a neck-snapping uppercut from Charlo. Score 10-9 Charlo 50-45 Round 6 Hatley tried to come forward in the sixth but a jab stopped him in his tracks. Charlo opened up throwing punches with both hands and Hatley tried to trade with him. Charlo laded a couple of punches and then a right to the temple staggered Hatley. Charlo stepped around him to change angles and Hatley followed Charlo towards the ropes on unsteady legs but trying to throw punches. Charlo came over the top with a brutal right that sent Hatley down half out under the ropes out cold and the referee immediately called for medical help for Hatley. It was about five minutes before they were able to get Hatley up and sit him on a stool and he was still dazed and confused. The final right was brutal and it seems strange that Charlo has only a 48% kayo rating. He was making the first defence of his WBC title and with his hand speed and power the 26-yerar-old Texan is a threat to anyone in the division including Saul Alvarez. Hatley, 31, had won his last nine fights including inside the distance wins over Saul Roman and Anthony Mundine so had earned a title fight but it is hard to understand how someone can still be rated after being inactive for 17 months. Click here for Part II Click here to view a list of other articles written by Eric Armit.  |
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