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The Past Week in Action 15 November 2017 -- Part I By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Thu, 16 Nov 2017  Beterbiev drops Koelling. Highlights: -Artur Beterbiev wins vacant IBF light heavy title -Daniel Jacobs outclasses Luis Arias to show he is still a very potent force -Liam Smith gets majority verdict over Liam Williams in another quality fight -Scot Josh Taylor becomes the first to kayo former IBF champion Miguel Vazquez Jarrell Miller beat Mariusz Wach and hopes for a title shot -Thomas Patrick Ward retains the British title with win over Sean Davis -Juan Carlos Ramirez and Amir Imam both win to set up fight for vacant WBC super light title November 10 Cleveland, OH, USA: Feather: Yuandale Evans (20-1) W PTS 10 Luis Rosa (23-1,2ND). Heavy: Junior Fa (13-0) W TKO 1 Fred Latham (9-1-2,1ND). Welter: Radzhab Butaev (8-0) W PTS 8 Janer Gonzalez (19-1-1). Super Welter: Charles Conwell (6-0) W PTS 6 Roque Zapata (4-2-3). Evans vs. Rosa Fighting in his home town Evans gets a well deserved split decision over Rosa in a tremendous slugfest. This one took about 30 seconds to burst into flames. Suddenly the two were standing toe-to-toe and firing punches as if it was the last round and that?s pretty well how things continued. Evans had an edge in reach but not enough to be significant and Rosa was able to get inside and trade. The sheer ferocity of Rosa?s attacks had Evans on the back foot but both were landing piles of hooks and uppercuts and working the body well. Evans did the cleaner work in the first but Rosa did enough to take the second. Evans tried to use his jab to create some space but Rosa was rolling forward all the time. Evans made him pay on the way in with hooks and uppercuts and inside Rosa was digging to the body. Rosa tried to use some clever upper body movement to neutralise Evan?s jab but generally it was a case of attack being the best defence. The better work from Evans over the third and fourth saw him edge those but every round was close. Evan?s had the edge on skill but was not getting the chance to make it count as much as it should as Rosa was on top of him constantly. Evans had a good fifth showing some slick moves and countering Rosa on the way in and perhaps just doing enough but still the rounds were close and there was still some needle there as they started each other down at the end of the round. Evans taunted Rosa and did some showboating in the sixth but not for long as Rosa kept up the ceaseless pressure. The pace slowed a little in the seventh with Evans on the front foot more and this time it was Rosa doing some clever stuff and showboating. The eighth was a tremendous round. Evans rocked Rosa early with a couple of head punches but then Rosa fired back with shots to head and body. Rosa began to take over driving Evans back scoring with a cluster of punches he took Evans to a corner and was banging away only for Evans to uncork a couple of rights that had Rosa badly shaken. Evans was able to land a number of hard head shots with Rosa stumbling under the storm to the bell. The again confronted each other before returning to their corners. What a war. They were a couple of tired fighters brawling away in the ninth with Evans just seeming to have a little bit more left. They still had the energy to fight hard for the last three minutes of a great scrap. Scores 97-93 and 96-94 for Evans and 96-94 for Rosa. ?Money Shot? Evans, 28, wins the vacant WBC Continental America?s title. He had drifted away from activity after losing on a first round stoppage against Javier Fortuna in 2012. He was inactive for three years as he felt his career had not been well handled but coming into this one he had scored a good win over Australian Billel Dib in April. Puerto Rican Rosa had scored good wins over Jorge Diaz and Luis Orlando Del Valle and can rebound from this. Butaev vs. Gonzalez Butaev wins a battle of punchers-on points. The Russian fighting out of a crouching style with a low held left outworked a strangely subdued Gonzalez. It seemed that Gonzalez had no answer to the style and hand speed of Butaev. The Russian was getting inside landing quick punches and getting out before Gonzalez could counter and Butaev was throwing more and landing more than Gonzalez. Over the fifth and sixth Gonzalez seemed to come to life and let his hands go more but could not do enough to make up for his slow start with Butaev emerging a clear winner. Scores 80-72, 79-73 and 77-75 all for Butaev. The 23-year-old Russian is a former Russian Youth and Senior amateur champion who fought in the WSB where he was 8-1 including wins over Roniel Iglesias and Denys Berinchyk. Colombian Gonzalez had a couple of wins against experienced opposition but disappointed here. Fa vs. Latham New Zealander Fa gets his second win in the USA. Fa made a confident start banging out his jab and letting his rights fly putting Latham on the back foot. Fa took Latham to the ropes and bombarded Latham with hooks and uppercuts. Latham started to try to punch back but then he folded under the barrage and the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. The 28-year-old 6?5? (196cm) New Zealander gets his eighth win by KO/TKO. As an amateur he twice beat the current WBO champion Joseph Parker including a victory that cost Parker his chance of fighting at the 2012 Olympics. Latham was coming off a reasonable result drawing with more experienced Alonzo Butler in December but never got into the fight. Conwell vs. Zapata Conwell was in charge from the outset using strong jabs to head and body to put Zapata on the defensive and by the end of the opening round was adding left hooks and overhand rights to the mix. Zapata was more positive in the second. Conwell landed hard counters with Zapata getting through with a combination late in the round. Conwell put Zapata down early in the third with a right to the chin. Zapata was up at nine and tried to punch his way out of trouble. He caught Conwell with a right but Conwell responded with a left hook to the body and another to the head. And Zapata went down. Once again Zapata was up at nine and again tried to fight his way out of trouble and landed some good punches. Conwell landed better ones and at the bell Zapata went to a neutral corner instead of his own. Conwell dominated the fourth and put Zapata down with a left hook to the body in the fifth. He tried hard to end it in the sixth scoring with hooks and uppercuts but Zapata remained competitive to the bell. Conwell wins on scores of 60-51 twice and 60-53. The 20-year-oold 2016 Olympian had won his first five fight by KO/TKO so some good right time for him here. USA-based Panamanian Zapata showed guts and got in some good whack of his own but Conwell had too much class and power for him. Coronel Moldes, Argentina. Super Bantam: Claudio Echegaray (20-0-1) W PTS 10 Jeremias Ulibarre (7-5-1). Light: Javier Clavero (22-3) W PTS 6 Emanuel Godoy (4-10). Echegaray vs. Ulibarre Echegaray retains the WBC Latino title with comfortable win over Ulibarre. Echegaray took charge of the action from the first round. He had a big reach advantage and made good use of that plus southpaw lefts to the body. Ulibarre spent a lot of the fight circling the perimeter of the ring and launching occasional lunging attacks. Ulibarre became a little more aggressive as the fight progressed but that only resulted in his running onto more right counters from Echegaray. An exciting fifth saw Echegaray land a succession of lefts only to walk onto a right that rocked him. He punched back and an even hard right rocked him badly but he fought his way out of trouble. Echegaray was back in control in the sixth then dominated the rest of the action. Scores 99-91 for Echegaray from all three judges. The 28-year-old local ?Serpent?, the Argentinian No 2, was making the second defence of his WBC Latino title and has won 13 in a row. ?El Gaucho? Ulibarre had won 5 of his last 6 contests but is just a prelim level fighter. Clavero vs. Chaves Argentinian champion Clavero keeps busy with points win over poor Godoy. Clavero was rolling forward in the first landing some clumping rights but Godoy found gaps for heavy counters making it a close round. The second again saw Clavero on top trapping Godoy on the ropes and rocking him with hard rights and left hooks. Clavero had Godoy trapped on the ropes again in the third and unloaded hooks and uppercuts with the referee stepping in and giving Godoy a standing count. Another series of head punches saw the referee give Godoy a second standing count but he survived the round by gamely standing and trading with Clavero to the bell. Although Clavero continued to attack hard in every round Godoy did not crumble and fought back enough to make it an entertaining scrap. Scores 60-52.60-52 ?, 60-53 ?. . Just 2 losses in his last 22 fights for 24-year-old Clavero but his lack of power showed here. Now 8 losses in a row for Godoy. Sydney, Australia: Light: Kye MacKenzie (18-1) W PTS 10 Nort Beauchamp (15-2). Local fighter MacKenzie picks up a win and two interim titles with points victory over Beauchamp. Although the two records looked similar there was a big difference in standard of opponent and overall experience. MacKenzie had no problems in dealing with the southpaw stance of Beauchamp and dominated the fight winning by wide margins on all three cards. Scores 100-91 twice and 100-90. The 25-year-old ?Mr Frenzy?, the Australian champion, wins the interim WBO Asia Pacific and WBA Oceania titles. His only loss is to Jack Asis for the vacant IBO title in 2015 and this is his fourth win since then. New Zealander Beauchamp had won his last 9 fights but his victims had only managed 15 wins between them, and 11 had never won a fight. Melbourne, Australia: Light Fly: Randy Petalcorin (28-2-1) W KO 1 Oscar Raknafa (13-16). Super Light: Terry Tzouramanis (19-3-1) W PTS 8 Kerra (3-2). Petalcorin vs. Raknafa A poor match ends with a predictable result. Filipino Petalcorin had Raknafa under pressure from the start until a searing left hook to the body put Raknafa down and he was counted out with just one second left in the round. Raknafa needing extended aid before he was able to make it to his feet. The 25-year-old Filipino southpaw a former undefeated WBA interim champion makes it 21 wins by KO/TKO. Petalcorin is No 3 with the IBF but with the first two slots vacant effectively he is the top rated light fly in the IBF ratings. The IBF champion Milan Melindo has been ordered to give Hekkie Budler a return so that will go ahead with Petalcorin waiting in the wings for the winner. His only loss in his last 24 fights was a split decision against Omar Kimweri for the WBC Silver title in April last year. Ninth loss by KO/TKO for Indonesian Raknafa who is now 1-13 in his last 14 fights so a very poor match. Tzouramanis vs. Kerra Tzouramanis retains the Victoria State title but given a tougher night than expected and only edges novice Kerra on a majority decision. Now 7 wins in his last 8 fights for the 32-year-old Tzouramanis. First time past four rounds for southpaw Kerra so a good performance. Osorno, Chile: Super Bantam: Robinson Lavinaza (13-4-1) W KO 9 Ramon Contreras (14-6). Lavinaza retains the Chilean title as he gets off the floor to score a spectacular kayo of Contreras. Lavinaza took the fight to the challenger from the start. Southpaw Contreras refused to buckle and launched some successful counter attacks focusing on the body. That paid off as Lavinaza started to tire and Contreras was turning the fight his way. A right to the chin floored Lavinaza in the eighth and Contreras threw a pile of punches put could not put Lavinaza down again. In the ninth it was apparent that Contreras had punched himself out and Lavinaza put Contreras down with a stunning combination. Contreras beat the count but Lavinaza walked in and landed a left and two rings which saw Contreras collapse on his side and be counted out. The 29-year-old hometown fighter goes to five wins by KO/TKO. He had stopped Contreras in nine rounds in 2015 to win the title and this is his second defence. Contreras, 32, had won his last three fights. Calais, France: Super Welter: Maxime Beaussire (25-1-1) W KO 2 Joffrey Jacob (16-1-1) W. Middle: Anderson Prestot (18-1) W TKO 5 Martin Owono (7-19-2). Beaussire vs. Jacob Beaussire wins the vacant EU title at the second attempt as he kayos local fighter Jacob. Beaussire followed his usual tactics of trying to steamroller his opponent so they were trading punches early. Beaussire was swarming forward digging hooks and uppercuts inside. To win Jacob needed space to use his skills but was forced to brawl. He was countering Beaussire with hooks of his own but Beaussire was remorseless. A clash of heads saw Jacob suffer a slight cut on his right eyebrow in the frantic exchanges. Beaussire continued his forward march in the second round and just 15 seconds into the round he hammered home a succession of punches with at least two looking low. Jacobs stared to back out of the exchange but was nailed by a right to the chin which put him down on his back. He tried to rise, got half way up and then collapsed into the ropes and ended face down on the canvas being counted out. The 26-year-old ?Conqueror? from Normandy (named after William the Conqueror of battle of Hastings fame) gets his ninth win by KO/TKO. The only loss on his record was to fellow-Frenchman Zakaria Attou on a split decision in April for this same title. Jacob, 26, is a member of the Jacob dynasty which has between them have produced a world champion in Thierry, three European champions, a World Boxing Federation champion, an EU champion and some French champions with granddad/dad being the only one not to have won a title. Jacob is a fine boxer but lacks power. He can come again but is unlikely to get beyond EU status. Prestot vs. Owono Prestot continues his successful return to the ring with stoppage of Owono. Prestot used his longer reach to dictate the early action. He was landing short punches from both hands with Owono willing to take punches to get close and also showing some clever upper body movement. Prestot scored well early in the second but Owono closed the round strongly. He was down from a punch that landed on the back of his head and knocked him off balance but it was not counted as a knockdown. Prestot took the third and fourth. He was scoring at distance with his jab and countering Owono?s attacks with hooks and uppercuts but Owono kept coming. Owono looked to have rocked Prestot with a right in the fifth but Prestot fired back with a couple of uppercuts that stunned Owono and then followed that with a succession of rights to the head that saw Owono drops to his knees and the referee waived the fight over. The tall 26-year-old Prestot lost to Frank Haroche for the French middleweight title in January 2015 and did not fight again until April this year. Owono is 1-11-1 in his last 13 fights but is better than those figures suggest. Solgotarjan, Hungary: Cruiser; Imre Szello (19-0) W TKO 9 Robert Hall (11-1). Light Heavy: Mate Kis (10-0-2) W KO 8 Richard Baranyi (19-2) W. Super Welter: Balazs Bacskai (2-0) W Joseph Sinkala (13-10-1). Szello vs. Hall Szello comes through to halt Hall in a good match. Szello made an impressive start nailing Hall with a straight right in the first round that wobbled the visitor. Hall spent the rest of the round up against the ropes but he was letting go with some useful counters. Szello continued to press with Hall spending much of the time on the defence against the ropes. Szello was scoring with overhand rights and left hooks but Hall showed an excellent jab and countered well enough to make Szello cautious. Hall was still spending too long on the ropes with the ring centre being a forgotten land for him as he allowed Szello to control the pace. Hall was a bit more adventurous in the sixth taking the fight to ring centre and trading punches but not for long as he was noticeably tiring. Szello stepped up his attacks in the eighth with clubbing rights and looked to have shaken Hall with a left hook just before the bell. Hall started the ninth by catching Szello with a straight right but later in the round Szello landed a left hook that had Hall staggering back across the ring. He flowed up with another series of punches and Hall went down face first on the canvas. The referee counted to three and then waived the fight over at which point Hall suddenly revived and started to jump up but the fight was over. Szello, 34, retains his WBO Inter-Continental title and gets win No 12 by KO/TKO. With the WBO?s policy of over-rewarding fighters for winning their lesser title Szello is rated No 7 by them even though he has yet to fight anyone remotely near a rating. Time is running out for ?Imo? to make a significant move. Hall, 25, showed some good skills but lacked the power to hold out against Szello. Kis vs. Baranyi Minor upset as Kis wins vacant Hungarian title with victory over Baranyi. Kis attacked from the start taking the fight to Baranyi and forcing Baranyi to fight a defence battle. Because of his much greater experience it was felt that the longer the fight went the more likely that Baranyi would win by pacing himself better. Kis was still going strong in the eighth and as they traded some heavy punches Kis drove a left into the ribs of Baranyi who immediately dropped to his knees and was counted out. Huge domestic win for 24-year-old Kis who had no real success as an amateur but with this sixth win by KO/TKO he is Hungarian champion something he never achieved as an amateur. Baranyi held this title back in 2015 and won the WBO European title in 2016 but lost his WBO European title and was destroyed inside two rounds by Anthony Yarde in July this year. Bacskai vs. Sinkala Bacskai, one of the most successful Hungarian amateurs in modern times gets six rounds of work from game Tanzanian Sinkala. Bacskai was drilling Sinkala with wicked lefts and rights to the body in every round. Sinkala showed good conditioning to stand up to the punishment and had Bacskai covering up occasionally as he fought back hard but Bacskai took every round and the decision. The 29-year-old Bacskai won gold medals at both the World and European Youth Championships and then won gold medals at the European and European Championships. He was Hungarian champion eight times in a row from 2009 to 2016 inclusive but as with Szello it is a case of whether he has left it too late to turn pro. Sinkala in now 2-5 in his last 7 fights. Hermosillo, Mexico: Super Fly: Roberto Sanchez (17-1) W KO 3 Mauro Loreto (15-5-2). ?Little Tornado? Sanchez finishes Loreto in the third with a body punch. Sanchez had the better of the exchanges over the first two rounds. In the third two left hooks to the body had Loreto down on his hands and knees in pain and he was counted out. The 22-year-old Sanchez wins the vacant WBC Youth Inter-Continental trinket and makes it 11 wins by KO/TKO. Southpaw Loreto had lost only one of his last 17 fights. Tokyo, Japan: Super Welter: Takeshi Inoue (12-0-1) W TKO 8 Niwat Kongkan (9-4). Fly: Masayuki Kuroda (28-7-3) W TKO 7 Mako Matsuyama (8-13-2). Inoue vs. Kongkan Inoue wins the OPBF title and collects the vacant WBO Asia Pacific title with stoppage of Thai Kongkan. The local fighter attacked straight away with his ferocious assault seeing him build a lead over the first four rounds with the cards reading 40-35 twice and 39-37 for Inoue. He continued the pressure in the fifth with Kongkan fighting back hard but beginning to fade under the hail of punches. Inoue was forcing the fight again in the sixth but Kongkan got momentary respite after being hurt by a low punch from Inoue. Kongkan put in a big effort in the seventh to try to turn the fight but a left to the body put him down in the eighth. He made it to his feet but was cornered and after another body punch put him down the fight was stopped. The 27-year-old Inoue makes it 7 wins by KO/TKO and after a draw in his first pro fight he has won twelve on the bounce. Kongkan was making the second defence of the OPBF title. Kuroda vs. Matsuyama This one looked a poor match and that?s how it played out. Matsuyama fought hard but the power and accuracy of the national champion Kuroda proved too much for the challenger to overcome. Kuroda was scoring to head and body and slowly undermining Matsuyama?s resistance and the challenger looked to be on the point of caving in the fifth but just made it to the bell. The open scoring had Kuroda in front 50-45 twice and 50-46. Matsuyama only just survived the sixth and late in the seventh his corner threw in the towel to save their man. Kuroda, 31, a former challenger for the secondary WBA title was making the second defence of his national title. He is rated No 4 by the WBA and with Kazuto Ioka having recently relinquished the title he will be hoping to be in the mix to contests the vacant title. Poor Matsuyama is 1-6-1 in his last 8 fight. Manchester, England: Middle: Lukas Ndafoluma (11-1,1ND) W PTS 10 Craig Cunningham (19-2). Super Feather: Jordan McCrory (15-3-1) W PTS 10 Abraham Ndauendapo (17-4,1ND).Light: Joe Murray (23-2) W TKO 8 Nkululeko Venganayi (10-5). Ndafoluma vs. Cunningham Yet another good quality Namibian fighter emerges as Ndafoluma decisions Cunningham. The British fighter forced the fight hard but Ndafoluma had height and reach and was making Cunningham pay for his aggression and outscoring Cunningham on the outside. It developed into a tough contest but one that Ndafoluma always had control over and he was a deserving winner. Referee?s score 97-94 for ?Demolisher? Ndafoluma. The Namibian has now won his last six fights and this is by far his best result. Southpaw Cunningham had scored a trio of good domestic wins beating Ryan Aston, Jason Welborn and Anthony Ogogo with his only previous loss being in one of the Prizefighter Tournaments. This fight was to be a Commonwealth Boxing Council eliminator but visa issues did not allow enough time for the 72 hour check weight procedure so it could not be an eliminator. The show was a UK vs. Africa contest televised throughout Africa and the organisers are to stage 14 shows a year with a return of UK vs. Africa next year. Murray vs. Venganayi Murray, who captained the UK team, proves too strong, too sharp and too experienced for Zimbabwean Venganayi. The visitor showed lots of guts but Murray slowly broke him down and Venganayi was trapped in a corner shipping punishment when the referee stopped the fight. Murray, 30, registers his tenth win by KO/TKO. His only losses were both against Liam Walsh in Commonwealth title fights. He has now won eight on the bounce and is naturally looking to challenge for the British title. As an amateur Murray took a bronze medal at the World Championships scoring a comfortable victory over Carlos Cuadras on his way to the medal and he also competed at the 2008 Olympics. South African based Venganayi with his lack of experience performed much better than expected. McCrory vs., Ndauendapo McCrory given a tough night by unsung Namibian, McCrory took many of the early rounds. He was helped by a knockdown in the second round. Over the second half of the fight Ndauendapo began to press hard and managed to cut back much of McCrory?s lead and this time it was Ndauendapo getting some help in the shape of a point deduction suffered by McCrory in the ninth round. In the end Ndauendapo just came up short. Referee?s score 95-93 for McCrory. The 26-year-old Scottish champion has now won 6 of his last 7 fights. Ndauendapo, 34, was 10-2 in his last 12 fights with the losses coming on a split decision against Oscar Chauke in South Africa and again on points to unbeaten Russian Roman Andreev in Russia. This was also to be a Commonwealth title eliminator but with the problem over the visas/weigh-in timing that also cancelled that status. November 11 Fresno, CA, USA: Light Heavy: Artur Beterbiev (12-0) W KO 12 Enrico Koelling (23-2). Super Light: Juan Carlos Ramirez (21-0) W KO 2 Mike Reed (23-1).Super Light: Alex Saucedo (26-0) W KO 3 Gustav Vittori (20-3-1). Amir Imam (21-1) W RTD 4 Johnny Garcia (19-6-1). Alex Besputin (8-0) W TKO 7 Juan Ruiz (20-1). Max Dadashev (9-0) W KO 4 Clarence Booth (15-4). Andy Vences (20-0) W KO 2 Jairo Ochoa (18-13) Beterbiev vs. Koelling Beterbiev wins the vacant IBF title with late stoppage of Koelling. This was a poor title fight being too one-sided to generate any real excitement. Beterbiev was having his first fight for almost eleven months but any rust was immaterial as Koelling never really posed any threat. The fight started at a slow pace and did not really quicken up. Beterbiev was marching forward behind a strong jab forcing Koelling onto the back foot and to the ropes where he could work away to the body. The pattern rarely varied with Koelling just doing enough to survive. The slow action drew boos from the crowd early in the fight and those boos continued spasmodically all the way through. Beterbiev kept pressing but it was not one of his best efforts and he only rarely showed the power which had allowed him to win all of his previous fights inside seven rounds. Koelling could at least say he took Beterbiev further than anyone else but this negative performance showed how false his No 3 rating by the IBF, two positions above Sergey Kovalev, was. It looked as though Beterbiev was going to end it in the eleventh when he shook Koelling with a right but Koelling survived. In the twelfth Beterbiev forced Koelling to the ropes and landed some clubbing punches to the head and Koelling dropped to the floor. He was up quite quickly but after the mandatory count Beterbiev drove Koelling around the ropes before landing a right to the side of the head and when Koelling dropped to his knees the referee just waived the fight over. The 32-year-old Russian keeps his 100% record of wins inside the distance but this fight was too one-sided for him to be able to look good. A fight with Adonis Stevenson, Sergey Kovalev or even the emerging Dmitry Bivol would be big fights for him if they can be made. The punch stats tell the story for Koelling as he landed only 64 punches in the eleven and a bit rounds. No matter what praise might be heaped on him for taking Beterbiev further than anyone else that figure show the negative tactics he used to stay in the fight. At 27 he has the time and the backing to come again but he will want to forget his poor performance on the big stage. Ramirez vs. Reed Ramirez blows away unbeaten Reed to protect his proposed match with Amir Imam for the WBC version of the super light title relinquished by Terrence Crawford. Ramirez went after Reed from the start and Reed obliged by standing and trading when he might have been better to box. It made for an exciting first round but Ramirez ended it in the next. Ramirez sent Reed to the ropes with a right and then unloaded a series of punches with Reed dropping to his knees. Reed was up but after the eight count Ramirez trapped him on the ropes and was landing hard shots to head and body and with Reed not punching back the referee stopped the fight. This was supposed to be a big test for the former Olympian but instead it turned out to be win No 16 by KO/TKO as he made the fourth defence of his WBC Continental Americas title. Reed protested the stoppage but it looked well timed. The 24-year-old from Maryland has plenty of time to rebound from this. Saucedo vs. Vittori Saucedo?s power too much for the light punching Vittori. Southpaw Vittori made a positive start throwing long lefts and then went onto the back foot showing good movement and quick hands but little power and with Saucedo landing a good right to the body at the end of the round. Vittorio also made a fast start to the second taking the fight to Saucedo and landing straight lefts. Saucedo was still not really letting his hands go but in the last ten seconds of the round he landed a long right and a powerful combination. Saucedo went to work at the start of the third sending Vittori staggering back to the ropes with a left to the body and then landed a left to the head that saw Vittori drop to one knee. He took the eight count but was then caught with a right to the chin that dropped him again. He beat the count but a left hook to the chin put him down for the third time and the fight was waived off. Saucedo, 23, a Mexican based in Oklahoma City goes to 16 wins by KO/TKO. He has a good win over Ray Serrano and is rated WBO 7/WBA 10, This wins garnered him the vacant WBA-NABA and WBO NABO titles. Vittori, the Argentinian No 3, was 7-0-1 in his last 8 fights. Imam vs. Garcia A predictable but important win for Imam. He was streets ahead of Garcia in skill and power and it showed. Imam dominated the fight from start to finish Garcia had no answer to the solid jab of Imam and was hurt repeatedly by body punches. After three one-sided rounds Imam put Garcia down in the fourth with a hard right. Garcia did well to beat the count but took more punishment and he retired before the start of the fifth. The 27-year-old from Albany goes to 18 wins by KO/TKO. Imam has done nothing since losing inside the distance to Adrian Granados in November 2015 when he dropped to No 10 in the WBC ratings but somehow for beating Wilfredo Acuna (16-19 and 2-12 in his last 14 fights before facing Imam) and Jose Vidal Soto (26-23-2 and 2-16 in his last 18 fights before facing Imam) Imam is No 1 with the WBC and will fight Jose Ramirez for the vacant WBC title in a fight mandated by the WBC at their last Convention. The Don King magic carpet express still working I see. Garcia was chosen for Imam because he actually floored Ramirez when losing on points to him in December 2015. He was then inactive for 15 months before being stopped by Alex Saucedo in March this year. Besputin vs. Ruiz Besputin faces his toughest examination so far but comes through in the end. There were plenty of hectic exchanges in the is one. A onetime it looked as though Besputin may have been floored but it was ruled a slip. Gradually the superior power and skill of Besputin became the deciding factors and although Ruiz fought hard he was finished by the seventh. A brutal shot from Besputin floored Ruiz and although he beat the count he was finished and the fight was stopped. The 26-year-old Russian looks a class performer and is being matched accordingly having floored and won every round against Breidis Prescott in his last fight. He is a former European Youth and European Senior Championships gold medallist, won a silver medal at the European Games and won his fights at the WSB. Ruiz, a Venezuelan based in Tijuana has a one round win over Fernando Carcamo who was a finalist at the ESPN Boxcino Tournament Dadashev vs. Booth Oxnard-based Russian Dadashev impresses as he powers past Booth. The unbeaten Russian just had too much of everything but particularly power. The relentless pressure saw Dadashev come close to flooring Booth late in the second. A tiring Booth spat out his mouthguard in the fourth which cost him a point. That proved immaterial as the next attack from Dadashev had Booth talking more punishment and the referee stopped the fight. The 27-year-old from Leningrad was a Russian Youth gold medallist and took a silver medal at the World Youth games before moving up to the Seniors and competing in the WSB. He has eight wins by KO/TKO including five in his last five fights. Booth was stopped in four rounds by Sergey Lipinets but went the distance in losing to Alex Saucedo. Vences vs. Ochoa Vences keeps busy with win over Ochoa. Vences was looking for an early finish throughout the first round. He didn?t get it but a brutal right in the second floored Ochoa so heavily that no count was required. The 26-year-old ?The Shark? from San Jose scored a technical decision victory over unbeaten 23-0 Casey Ramos in November and this is his third win this year. Mexican Ochoa usually goes the distance but not this time. Uniondale, NY, USA: Middle: Daniel Jacobs (33-2) W PTS 12 Luis Arias (18-1). Heavy: Jarrell Miller (20-0-1) W TKO 9 Mariusz Wach (33-3). Super Light: Cletus Seldin (21-0,1ND) W TKO 3 Roberto Ortiz (35-2-2). Welter: Connor Benn (10-0) W KO 2 Brandon Sanudo (7-7). Jacobs vs. Arias Jacobs shows he is still very much a force in the middleweight division as he outclasses unbeaten Arias. Jacobs showed from the start that he was going to dominate this fight. He landed a chopping right to the head and was walking Arias down with Arias already looking apprehensive. In the second and third he controlled the fight from the ring centre. Arias tried to get his jab going and was more aggressive but Jacobs had the harder jab and was again landing rights. Jacobs took the fourth and fifth as he used his jab to keep Arias on the back foot and Arias was only able to score occasionally when he got inside. Jacobs was boxing a patient controlled fight. The threat of his power and the pressure he was exerting was making Arias almost reluctant to throw a punch. Hand speed and movement were useful tools for Arias but he was constantly on the back foot. It was more of a tactical battle than warfare and Arias had limited options and limited success. He did score with a sharp combination in the sixth but even then Jacobs banged back harder and had Arias ducking, diving and holding on. Jacobs went looking for an inside the distance win over the late rounds. He sustained his attacks whereas earlier he had been just letting go with the jab and then throwing a couple of power punches. Arias had nothing that could get him a toehold in this fight let alone win it and really it was case of whether Jacobs could close the fight out. He didn?t but he won by huge margins on all three cards. Scores 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 all for Jacobs. First fight for Jacobs since his loss to Gennady Golovkin in March. The 30-year-old ?Miracle Man? obviously would want a return with Golovkin and a Saul Alvarez vs. Jacobs fight would be a big attraction but I guess he would settle for a fight with the winner of Billy Joe Saunders vs. David Lemieux and would start a favourite against either. Arias had good looking numbers but there is no big name on his record and this was too big a leap in class for him. Miller vs. Wach Miller is on the way to victory when Wach pulls out with an injury. Miller was able to roll forward getting past the ineffectual jab of the taller Wach. Miller kept coming making Wach fight at a higher pace than he wanted and constantly found the target with overhand rights. Wach tried to create some space with counters but he lacked the firepower to do that. As a result Wach rapidly tired but he was also hampered by a hand injury from the fifth. He mentioned it to his corner and then the doctor examined him but Wach wanted to continue. Miller kept up the pressure. He is not quick but he is strong and now he was able to press even harder. Wach got though a painful seventh but with the injury he was at too big a disadvantage and he was pulled out of the fight in the middle of the eighth round. Now nine wins in a row for the 6?4?(193cm) from Brooklyn but he showed nothing special here. He is rated IBF 5(3)/WBO 5/WBA 7and with Wach a very flattering No 6 with the WBC he can expect to get a top 15 rating from them as well but getting a title shot is a different matter. It is to his advantage that he beat Wach as that gives him a win over an IBF rated fighter which would qualify him to move to the No 1 spot. Wach 37 was coming off a win over the banned drugs cheat Erkan Teper-Wach himself has had a positive test brushed aside-and he has gone about as far as he can go,. Seldin vs. Ortiz Seldin crushes Ortiz in three rounds. Seldin came out throwing bombs and in the first 15 seconds he landed a heavy right to the top of the head that floored Ortiz. The Mexican was up quickly and did not seem to be too badly shaken. After the eight count Seldin hunted Ortiz down and just kept punching until Ortiz went down on one knee. Ortiz complained that he had been hit on the back of the head but he was given a count . He then managed to get his jab working and scored with some right counters and was in no more trouble to the bell but was showing a cut on the bridge of his nose. The doctor examined the cut before the start of the second but let the fight continue. There was nothing fancy about Seldin in the second. He walked forward throwing scything hooks and uppercuts. A clash of heads had blood running down Ortiz face from the bridge of his nose and Seldin landed some heavy rights which opened a cut above the Mexican?s left eye and his face was now liberally smeared with blood. Again he passed a doctor?s inspection but really it should have been stopped. Ortiz boxed his way to the bell. Seldin hunted Ortiz down in the third. By some jabbing and movement Ortiz managed to get through most of the round but then he dropped to one knee complaining the Seldin had landed a forearm smash. Ortiz?s face was covered in blood and when the doctor took a look he advised the fight be stopped. The 31-year-old Seldin has now won 7 of his last 8 fights by KO/TKO but he needs to be more active with just two fights each in years 2015 and 2016 and only two this year. Ortiz, also 31, was unbeaten in his fist 32 fights before losing a big fight to Lucas Matthysse for the WBC Silver title in 2014. He was 4-0-1 since then but had not impressed and he never recovered from that first round hammering here. Benn vs. Sanudo Benn impresses in his first fight in the US with stoppage of Sanudo. Benn established control early with stiff jabs and then went to the body. Sanudo tried to launch some attacks of his own but Benn was too quick and punched too hard. In the second Benn continued to crowd Sanudo and as the Mexican backed towards the ropes a vicious left to the ribs dropped him to his knees in agony and the referee waived the fight off without completing the count. The 21-year-old ?Destroyer? has eight wins by KO/TKO and has taken less than 23 rounds for his 10 victories. No tests yet but no rush either. Sanudo just a prelim fighter and he is now 1-4 in his last 5 fights. Click here for Part II. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Eric Armit.  |
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