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The Past Week in Action 10 October 2022: Dennis Hogan, Fernando Martinez, Sebastian Fundora and Carlos Adames Win in Title Fights By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 11 Oct 2022  Highlights: -Dennis Hogan outpoints Sam Eggington to win the IBO super welterweight title and on the same big bill in Brisbane there are wins for Nikita Tszyu Sam Goodman and Darragh Foley -Fernando Martinez again outpoints Jerwin Ancajas to retain the IBF super flyweight title -Sebastian Fundora retains the WBC temporary/interim welterweight title as he outpoints Carlos Ocampo -Carlos Adames wins the vacant WBC temporary/interim title as he stops Juan Montiel in three rounds and on the same show in Carson Egidijus Kavaliauskas outpoints Mykal Fox -Matt Windle becomes the first Commonwealth Boxing Council light flyweight champion as he stops Siphelele Myeza in the eleventh round -In their third meeting Herman Marquez gets a very disputed decision over Luis Concepcion in a battle of former WBA flyweight title holders World Title/Major Shows October 8 Carson, CA, Super Welter: Sebastian Fundora (20-0-1) W PTS 12 Carlos Ocampo (34-2). Middle: Carlos Adames (22-1) W TKO 3 Juan Montiel (23-6-2). Super Fly: Fernando Martinez (15-0) W PTS 12 Jerwin Ancajas (32-3-2). Welter: Egidijus Kavaliauskas (23-2-1) W PTS 10 Mykal Fox (22-4). Fly: Gabriela Fundora (9-0,1ND) W PTS 10 Naomi Reyes (9-2). Middle: Eumir Marcial (3-0) W PTS 6 Steven Pichardo (8-2-1). 
Fundora vs. Ocampo Fundora retains the WBC interim/temporary title as he beats Mexican Carlos Ocampo on a wide unanimous verdict. In the first round Ocampo was letting his hands go and getting past the long reach of Fundora. Fundora was sticking to his boxing and used his reach to score well in the second bringing blood from Ocampo’s nose. Ocampo ducked his way inside in the third focusing on Fundora’s body. Fundora changes his tactics from the fourth. He chose to fight rather than box and controlled the action. After four rounds two judges had them even at 38-38 with the third giving Fundora the edge at 39-37. From there Fundora was in charge and instead of using his physical advantages to box he was standing and trading with Ocampo and scoring with swinging hooks and uppercuts. The power and accuracy of Fundora’s punches quickly had Ocampo marking up and despite his best efforts he was drifting out of the fight which became a one-sided beat down with Fundora sweeping every round between the fifth and the tenth on all three cards. The referee had the doctor examine Ocampo after the eighth but the fight continued. Over the closing rounds Fundora dialed back a bit and used his reach to control the action Ocampo had some success in the tenth and eleventh but again the majority of the scoring came from Fundora who emerged a comfortable winner. Scores 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111 for Fundora who was making the first defence of the WBC interim/temporary title. Fundora’s height of 6’5 ½” is always going to be a factor in his fights but he showed here he was also pretty effective when it came to the inside stuff. He has scored good wins over Sergio Garcia and Erickson Lubin but will find it tough against Jermell Charlo. Ocampo started well but then faded under pressure from Fundora. 
Adames vs. Montiel Adames crushes Montiel in three rounds to win the vacant WBC interim title (which will henceforth be named by me the temporary title as that is what interim means in this context) title. In the first round both fighters were just too cautious with some boos ringing out from the crowd. Adames did what good work there was with his jab. The action did not heat up much in the second with Adames staring the round well and Montiel scoring before the bell. In the third Adames landed a crunching right the head that made Montiel stagger and stumble. He then cut loose with a barrage of punches snapping Montiel’s head around and the referee came in and stopped the fight (so to me a TKO and not a KO as the Californian Commission would have us register it). The Dominican had lost a close decision against Patrick Teixeira for the WBO belt in 2019 but had bounced back and was coming off a win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Montiel had lost a very wide decision to Jermall Charlo for the WBC title in June. 
Martinez vs. Ancajas Martinez scores a repeat points win over Ancajas in the first defence of his IBF title Round 1 Martinez came flying out throwing punches immediately putting Ancajas on the back foot. Plenty of movement and southpaw jabs from Ancajas and he countered well. No jabs from Martinez of the dyed blue hair as he waded in throwing hooks and uppercuts and had enough success to take the round. Score: 10-9 Martinez Excellent round from Ancajas. He ducked and dived around the crude swinging attacks of Martinez. He stayed off the ropes and used the space to dance around Martinez and spear him with quick, accurate jabs and straight lefts. Score: 10-9 AncajasTIED 19-19 Round 3 Martinez hunted down Anjas throughout the round. He was cutting down the ring better consistently pinning Ancajas against the ropes and connecting with shots from both hands. A much-harried Ancajas lost his accuracy. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 29-28 Round 4 Ancajas bounced back in this one. He used clever foot work to create space so that he could pick-off Martinez with jabs and straight lefts and had Martinez backing off at times. Martinex was wild with his attacks and wild with his punches. Score: 10-9 AncajasTIED 38-38 Official Scores: Judge Tiffany Clinton 39-37 Martinez, Judge Ellis Hohnson 39-37 Martinez, Judge Zachary Young 38-38 TIED Round 5 Ancajas boxed his way through this one. Martinez was charging forward wildly and Ancajas was catching him with good shots from both hands. Martinez was firing off punches in an uncoordinated scatter-gun approach and mostly missing with Ancajas much more focused. Score: 10-9 Ancajas Ancajas 48-47 Round 6 Martinez was much more controlled in his work. He was also closing Ancajas down better. He scored with a series of hooks early and was forcing Ancajas into a brawl and again scored heavily late in the round. Score: 10-9 MartinezTEID 57-57 Round 7 The sheer ferocity of Martinez’s attacks was forcing Ancajas to stand and trade. Martinez landed a series of head punches at the start of the round and he continued to pressure Ancajas. A clash of head saw the referee examine Ancajas to see if he was injured but there was no cut. When the action resumed Ancajas dropped any idea of boxing and they just stood toe-to-toe trading shots with both landing plenty but Martinez having the edge. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 67-66 Round 8 The pace slowed in this one. Ancajas was now fighting flat-footed without any real movement and his punch output dropped. He was also taking the fight to Martinez which suited the champion and he connected heavily with body punches and outscored Ancajas in late trading. Score 10-9 MartinezMartinez 77-75 Official Scores: Judge Tiffany Clinton 78-74 Martinez, Judge Ellis Hohnson 79-73 Martinez, Judge Zachary Young 78-74 Martinez Round 9 The styles were almost swapped with Ancajas-still with very little footwork-taking the fight to Martinez with Martinez counter-punching. The Argentinian was digging home some vicious body punches and clubbing head shots. Ancajas was also having some success but Martinez reverted to type at the end of the round with a lunging attack and had done enough to win the round. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 87-84 Round 10 Martinez was back to his aggressive self with Ancajas again trying to take the fight to the champion but not having much success. Ancajas was generally throwing just right jabs and straight rights whereas Martinez was firing bunches of punches and he had Ancajas under heavy fire at the bell. Ancajas was looking exhausted and the referee checked on his condition. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 97-93 Round 11 Martinez outscored a weary Ancajas. He attacked strongly at the start of the round and chewed away at Ancajas throughout the round. Martinez did go down but from a push so no count Just before the end of the round Martinez backed into the ropes and invited Ancajas to join him and when they traded punches again Martinez had the better of the exchange. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 107 102 Round 12 Martinez had more left and did most of the scoring. In a series of burst he fired shots from both hands with Ancajas too slow to match that and Martinez was already celebrating before the final bell. Score: 10-9 MartinezMartinez 117-111 The remorseless aggression and frenetic attacks from Martinez overwhelmed the classier boxing of Ancajas. The pace of the bout was also just too much for the former champion who tired badly over the late rounds. Martinez is now calling for a fight with Roman Gonzalez but the Nicaraguan will be looking to face Juan Estrada again. Filipino Jade Bornea is No 1 with the IBF and with the No 2 spot vacant Charlie Edwards is next in line at No 3 so Martinez has options. Ancajas is actually younger than Martinez by just over five months but did not look it. He also has options whether he stays at super fly or moves up. 
Kavaliauskas vs. Fox In his first fight for fourteen months Kavaliauskas dominates and floors Fox on the way to very wide unanimous decision. Kavaliauskas just did enough to take the first round with Fox trying to use his edges in height and reach to box on the outside. Kavaliauskas rocked Fox early in the second and then nearly finished the job in the third. He again shook Fox early and then floored him with a succession of punches. Fox made it to his feet only to be dropped again by a right. To his credit Fox beat the count again and survived the round. Fox recovered and used lots of movement and jabs to make the fourth a close round. Kavaliauskas was back on top in the fifth and scored heavily through the sixth and seventh. Fox tried to stand and trade with Kavaliauskas in the eighth but was hurt by some heavy shots late in the round and only looked to survive over the ninth and tenth. Losses to Terence Crawford for the WBO title and in his last fight to Vergil Ortz have seen Kavaliauskas tumble down, and in some cases out of the ratings, so an important step back into action for him. Third consecutive loss for Fox. 
Fundora vs. Reyes Why don’t they pick on someone their own size? The 5’9” Fundora bears the 5’1” Reyes on points. Southpaw Fundora was able to score at distance and the only way Reyes was going to have any success was to move inside and that allowed Fundora a pile of counter punching opportunities. Fundora showed good skills boxing patiently and also putting together some impressive combinations. Reyes had some success when she did get inside doing well in the ninth but not often enough to pose a threat and they went through the ten rounds without either boxer being in any sort of trouble and Fundora was a big winner as the judge’s cards came in at 99-91 twice and 98-92 for Fundora. Still only 20 Fundora has good skills and plenty of potential but may be a little low on power. Reyes had won her last five fights but had never gone past six rounds before. 
Marcial vs. Pichardo Filipino Olympian Marcial overcomes the handicap of an early cut and to outpoint and an opponent five inches taller to outpoint Pichardo. Marcial was cut when heads banged together in the second round and the cut dripped blood throughout the fight but he easily outboxed the less skilled Pichard with all three judges carding 60-54 as their score. A bronze medallist in Tokyo Marcial won a cupboard full of medals as an amateur. Californian Pichardo is now 0-2-1 in his last three fights. Newcastle, Australia: Super Welter: Dennis Hogan (31-4-1) W PTS 12 Sam Eggington (32-8). Super Welter: Nikita Tszyu (4-0) W RTD 3 Darkon Dryden (4-0-1). Super Bantam: Sam Goodman (13-0) W PTS 10 Jason Cooper (17--1). Super Light: Darragh Foley (21-4-1) W PTS 10 Blake Minto (14-4-2). Cruiser: David Light (19-0) W KO 2 Vikas Singh (11-4-1). Light Heavy: Jayde Mitchell (21-2) W PTS 6 Mark Lucas (10-4). Hogan vs. Eggington Hogan outboxes title holder Eggington to lift the IBO belt on a majority decision with the fight close until Hogan swept the last three rounds. Boxing on the back foot Hogan landed the cleaner shots to take the first but the ever-aggressive Eggington applied plenty of pressure to even things up by taking the second. Hogan boxed cleverly in the third catching Eggington with counters. A clash of heads opened a cut in Eggington’s hairline. Initially the blood ran down the bridge of Eggington’s nose but his corner did a good job and it was never a factor. The rounds were close with Hogan just earning the fourth and at that point one judge had Hogan ahead, one had Eggington in front and the third had it 38-38. Eggington getting through with rights to win the fifth. It was a similar pattern for the sixth and seventh with first Hogan and then Eggington on top. Hogan then took control. Eggington kept marching forward but Hogan continually found gaps for his jab and scored with good counters using some smart movement to frustrate Eggington’s attacks and the challenger looked to have taken the points in the eighth although the judges were still seeing as anybody’s fight with Hogan leading 77-75 on two cards and Eggington 77-75 in front on the third. Eggington had a good ninth but was slowing and showing swelling around his right eye. Despite his best efforts it was Hogan who produced the stronger finish to take the title. Scores 116-112 twice for Hogan and 114-114. A lot of rounds were close but Hogan looked a good winner and he fought a clever, skilful fight. The title will be some consolation to the Aussie-based Irishman after his controversial majority decision loss against Jaime Munguia for the WBO title in 2019. Eggington was making the first defence of the IBO title and will be looking to rebound quickly from this loss. Tszyu vs. Dryden Tszyu, 24, stays on track with a stoppage of Dryden. Tszyu had the better of the exchanges over the first two rounds firing southpaw jabs from hip level and catching Dryden with hooks and uppercuts as Dryden tried to walk through Tszyu’s punches. Dryden had some success in the third finding gaps in Tszyu’s defence but as the round wore on Tszyu was rocking Dryden time and again with head-jerking burst of shots from both hands and Dryden’s corner wisely retired their man at the end of the round. Third win by KO/TKO for “The Butcher” who still has some rough edges but is looking more assured in every fight. Home city fighter Dryden just not good enough to test Tszyu. Goodman vs. Cooper Goodman outboxes Cooper. Classic approach from Goodman working behind his jab and following through with straight rights. In the second Copper was already showing damage around his right eye. Goodman stuck to the jab over the middle rounds but was also finding the target with body punches. Cooper was fighting back and despite looking tired made the eighth and ninth close rounds but had nothing left as Goodman swept the tenth. Scores 99-91 twice and 100-90 for Goodman, 23, who retains the WBO Oriental belt for the third time. He is a former World Youth bronze medallist and was coming off a good stoppage of 29-2 Juan Miguel Elorde. Second fight for former IBO super bantam title challenger Cooper since returning to the ring in December after five years away. Foley vs. Minto Irish southpaw Foley take a unanimous verdict over Minto. Despite conceding seven inches in height and a lot in reach it was Minto who made the better start. Foley slowly overhauled him in a tough, gruelling close-quarters scrap to win by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94. Foley wins the vacant IBO International title. He lost tough fights in the UK against Akeem Ennis Brown and Tyronne McKenna but this is his fourth win since returning to his base in Australia. Third loss in his last four fights for Minto a former World Boxing Federation title holder. Light vs. Singh New Zealand’s Light marks time with an easy win as he puts India’s Singh down and out with a body punch in the second round. The former Commonwealth Games silver medallist is No 12 (11) with the IBF-and gets win No 12 by KO/TKO. Second consecutive inside the distance defeat for Singh. Mitchell vs. Lucas Mitchell returns to the ring with a win as he takes the majority decision over Lucas on scores of 59-55 and 5856 for Mitchell and 55-55. First fight for Mitchell since having a 15-bot winning streak broken in losing a split decision against Istvan Szili in February 2020 but with both fighters in this contest badly cut that may disrupt Mitchell’s schedule. Lucas was having his first fight since losing to Issac Hardman in a challenge for the Australian middleweight title in April 2021. October 7 Plant City, FL, USA: Feather: Brandon Benitez (19-2) W PTS 10 Can Xu (18-4) W. Super Light: Cesar Francis (12-0) W KO 2 Francisco Armenta (12-2). Middle: Kanat Islam (29-1) W PTS 8 Javier Maciel (34-18). Benitez vs. Xu Important win for Benitez as he outpoints former WBA secondary title holder Xu. Benitez moved in front early taking the fight to Xu over the first three rounds and drawing blood from his nose in the second. Xu’s jab wasn’t working and but he found some form and looked to outwork Benitez in the fourth and fifth. Good back and forth action in the six and seventh with Xu just moving ahead. Benitez banged back in the eighth with Xu rocked and bleeding heavily from the nose and after a mostly even round Benitez shook Xu to edge in front. Both fought hard in the last with Xu getting the better of the exchanges to make it very close. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93 for Benitez who gets his fifth win in a row. Xu was having his first fight since losing his secondary WBA title to Leigh Wood in July last year. Francis vs. Armenta Francis destroys Armenta in two rounds. Francis used his longer reach to score on the outside in the first and countered Armenta when he tried to get inside. In the second Francis exploded a beautiful right uppercut that sent Armenta down and out. Seventh victory by KO/TKO for the Panamanian-born Francis, 32, who had outpointed Ray Beltran in July. Second scary loss in a row for Mexican Armenta who was floored three times and stopped in four rounds by unbeaten Ruben Torres in December. Islam vs. Maciel In his first fight since losing his unbeaten tag against Jimmy “Kilrain” Kelly in February Islam floors and outpoints seasoned Argentinian Maciel. Islam started at a fast pace with Maciel almost just going through the motions content to stay the distance. Islam pressed hard with Maciel competitive in brief patches but generally Islam was in control. Islam looked to have taken his foot off the gas in the sixth and seventh but drove Maciel to the floor with a barrage of punches very late in the eighth. Maciel made it to his feet and to the bell. Islam, 38, looked close to a title shot before the loss to Kelly but now he has a hill to climb. Maciel, also 38, came in at short notice and has now won only one of his last twelve fights. Hermosillo, Mexico: Super Fly: Hernan Marquez (48-10-2) W PTS 10 Luis Concepcion (40-10). Light: Lazaro Alvarez (3-0) W TKO 5 Brandom Cabrera (4-1-1). Bantam: Christian Medina (21-3) W PTS 8 Jorge Sanchez (6-5-2). Light Heavyweight: Rogelio Medina (42-9) W TKO 3 Oscar Meza (28-9). Marquez vs. Concepcion You get no favours away from home and that is the story of this fight as Marquez was gifted a home split decision over Panamanian Concepcion to make it 3-0 in their long spaced-out series. Concepcion seemed to dominate the fight from the start being busier and more active than Marquez. He floored Marquez in the sixth but the referee did not give a count and that error by the referee proved to be the deciding factor as the judges scored it 96-94 and 95-94 for Marquez and 96-93 for Concepcion. Marquez, 34, had stopped Concepcion in eleven rounds in April 2011 to win Concepcion’s WBA flyweight belt and then successfully defended it by flooring Concepcion three times and stopping him in the first round of their return fight six months later. Alvarez vs. Cabrera Cuban star Alvarez was just too much for Mexican teenager Cabrera and stopped him in the fifth round. Alvarez won all the way and when a series of punches forced Cabrera to drop to one knee the fight was stopped Third fight this year for 31-year-okld Alvarez but he does not seem to be aiming for a pro career. As an amateur he had a 208-36 record winning gold medals at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2012, 2016 and 2021 Olympic Games so he might hand around to see if he can get that elusive Olympic gold. Medina vs. Sanchez Guadalajara’s Medina extends his current winning streak to twelve as he floored Sanchez in the third and fourth rounds and went on to win on scores of 80-70, 79-71 and 78-72. Second loss in a row for Sanchez. Medina vs. Meza Veteran pro “Porky” Medina made it four early wins in a row as he halted Meza in three rounds. Medina, 34, lost a unanimous decision to James DeGale in a challenge for the IBF super middle title in 2016. Meza was having his first fight for five years. Brisbane, Australia: Super Welter: Victor Nagbe (5-0) Adrian Rodriguez (13-4-2). Liberian-born Australian Nagbe collects another useful scalp and the vacant national title with a majority decision over local fighter Rodriguez. Scores 98-92 and 97-93 for Nagbe and 95-95. Nagbe had beaten seasoned veteran Sam Soloman in July. Former champion Rodriguez was having his second shot at regaining the title. Trebazon, Turkey: Super Welter: Fatih Keles (15-1-1,1ND) W TKO 8 Kulwa Bushiri (15-7-1). Super Welter: Dilara Yucel (10-0) W Grace Mwakamele (6-3). Keles vs. Bushiri Turk Keles becomes a title holder as he halts Tanzanian Bushiri in eight rounds to win the vacant UBO belt. Fourth win in a row for Keles. He was European Champion in 2011 and competed at the 2012 Olympics. He scored wis over Souleymane Cissokoh, Domenico Valentine, and Sam Maxwell in his days as an amateur. His only prior loss came against Liam Paro in Australia in 2019. Most of Bushiri’s loses have come when he has been overmatched in fights outside of Tanzania. Yucel vs. Mwakamele Turkish “She Wolf” Yucel wins the vacant UBO Female title with a wide unanimous verdict over Tanzanian Mwakamele on scores of 99-90 twice and 97-90. The 19-year-old from Istanbul has won nine of her fights by KO/TKO but eight of her opponents had never won a fight or never previously had a fight. Mwakamele had won six of her last seven fights but again four of her opponents had either never previously had or never won a fight October 8 Carmen de Areco, Argentina: Super Feather: Walter Leiva (10-3-1) W PTS 10 Reuquen Arce (15-8-2). Southpaw Leiva overcomes an early knockdown to outpoint Arce. A left hook to the body sent Leiva down to his hands and knees just as the bell sounded to end the second round. The referee gave Leiva a count and he only just manage to struggle to his feet at eight. He took a couple of rounds to recover from that but then his greater speed and strength began to tell. There were savage exchanges in every round with Leive winning the last round to just give him the win. Scores 95-94 twice for Leiva and 95-94 for Arce. Leiva was defending his South American title. Falkensee, Germany: Cruiser: Edin Puhalo (22-1) W RTD 2 Roman Golovashchenko (21-6,1ND). Welter: Rico Mueller (29-5-1) W PTS 8 Gabor Gorbics (26-33-2). Puhalo vs. Golovashchenko Puhalo gets an early win. The holder of the IBO and WBO European titles beat Ukrainian Golovashchenko who retired at the end of the second round due to an injury to his left shoulder. Bosnian Puhalo has 21 wins by KO/TKO but has not met any boxers of note. Fifth defeat by KO/TKO for Golovashchenko. Mueller vs. Gorbics After consecutive losses against Anthony Fowler and Mirko Natalizi Mueller returns to the winner’s column with a comfortable points victory over serial loser Gorbics on scores of 80-72 twice and 79-73. Gorbics is without a win in his last 23 bouts. Malaga, Spain: Super Middle: Ronny Landaeta (18-4) W PTS 6 Ivan Matute (30-11,1ND). Super Light: Samuel Molina (22-2) W PTS 6 Ramiro Blanco (18-15-3). Landaeta vs. Matute Venezuelan-born Spaniard Landaeta gets needed comfortable points win over Venezuelan Matute who was deducted a point in both the fourth and fifth round for fouls. Scores 60-52 twice and 59-55 for Landaeta a former EBU title challenger. Matute is 0-9,1NDin his last 10 fights. Molina vs. Blanco Molina has his second fight in a week and outboxed former victim Blanco on scores of 60-54, 59-55 58-54. Molina had beaten Viorel Simion on a fourth-round retirement on 1 October. Spanish-based Nicaraguan Blanco suffers his twelfth defeat in a row. Bolton, England: Welter: Liam Taylor (25-2-1) W TKO 4 Martin Harkin (15-3). Super Feather: Raza Hamza (17-0-1) W PTS 6 Darwin Martinez (7-4-2). Taylor vs. Harkin Taylor wins the vacant WBO European belt with fourth round stoppage of Harkin. After an even first round Taylor began to control of the action in the second applying lots of pressure behind some strong jabbing. A series of punches forced Harkin to take a knee in the third but he fought back hard to the bell. In the fourth a pair of body shots again sent Harkin to one knee but he beat the count. A few seconds later he went down under a barrage of punches andf although he again made it to his feet he was down again from a series of hooks and the fight was stopped. Taylor is on a good run with a second round stoppage by David Avanesyan in a chakllenge for the real European title being his only loss in his last twenty-three fights. Harkin’s other two defeats came in back-to-back fights against Michael McKinson and Kaisee Benjamin. Hamza vs. Martinez Really just six rounds of paid sparring for Hamza against a competitive but limited Martinaz. Hamza used his longer reach and fast hands to dominate the fight with the referee deducting a point from Nicaraguan Martinez in the third. Ther visitor kept rumbling forward but lacked the speed or power to trouble Hamza who showcased some classy skills. The referee scored the fight 59-54 for Hamza. After an early career draw Hamza has won his last sixteen bouts. Last month Martinez drew with unbeaten Conor Quinn in Belfast. Doncaster, England: Super Bantam: Zahid Hussain (17-2) W Razaq Najib (12-5). Super Light: Reece Mould (16-1) W PTS 8 Jordan Ellison (13-44-3) Hussain vs. Najib “Magic Man” Hussain wins the vacant English title and gets revenge for an earlier defeat as he outpoints Najib. Hussian boxed cleverly and outworked the ever-aggressive Najib winning on scores of 100-92, 98-93, 97-94. Hussain had lost on points against Najib in March 2019. For Najib it was only his second fight in three years Mould vs. Ellison Fighting in his home town Mould overcame the longer reach of Ellison and edged out the visitor with the referee scoring the fight 78-76. Mould lost to Leigh Wood for the vacant British featherweight title and then jumped to super lightweight and this is third win since then. Ellison made Mould work hard but is 0-9-1 in his most recent outings. Leeds, England: Light Fly: Matt Windle (7-4-1) W TKO 11 Siphelele Myeza (8-1). Windle wins the inaugural Commonwealth light flyweight title as he halts unbeaten South African Myeza in the eleventh round. Myeza looked to have built a lead going into the eleventh but a thunderous right from Windle dumped Myeza on the canvas. He made it to his feet but was opined to the ropes with Windle unloading on his and the referee stopped the fight. Windle has had to fight as high as super bantamweight for bouts. This is his first inside the distance victory and there is talk of a return. Windle is a well-respected poet being the Poet Laureate of Birmingham. Myeza had never gone past six rounds before and that lack of experience showed. Delray Beach, FL, USA: Light Heavy: Steve Geffrard (20-3) W TKO 1 Felix Monterroza (41-31-1,1ND). Light Heavy: Dyah Davis (26-4-1,1ND) W KO 1 Samuel Miller (35-27). Light Heavy: Marcos Escudero (13-2) W KO 1 Jonathan Batista (19-18). Geffrard vs. Monterroza Geffrard hardly needs to break sweat here as he stops brittle-chinned Monterroza in just over two minutes. Fourteenth victory by KO/TKO for Geffrard who lost on a ninth-round kayo against Joe Smith in a challenge for the WBO light heavy title in January. Now 27 losses by KO/TKO for Colombian Monerroza. Davis vs. Miller The rubbish continued as 41-year-old Davis knocked out 43-year-old Miller in the first round. Twelve inside the distance wins for Davis and twenty losses by KO/TKO for Miller. Escudero vs. Batista Keeping the quality low Argentinian Escudero took just eighty seconds to demolish Dominican Batista. Third win in a row in US rings for Escudero and now consecutive first round losses for Bautista. Fight of the week (Significance): The wins for Fundora over Ocampo and Adames should in theory lead to title fights for them both Fight of the week (Entertainment): The contrast in styles between Martinez vs. Ancajas provided plenty of action with honourable mention to Walter Leiva vs. Reuquen Arce Fighter of the week: Dennis Hogan as he wins a fierce battle against Sam Eggington and finally gets a title at the third attempt Punch of the week: The right uppercut from Ceasar Francis that flattened Francisco Armenta was a beauty with honourable mention to the right from Carlos Adames which marked the beginning of the end for Juan Montiel Upset of the week: None Prospect watch: Filipino middleweight Eumir Marcial 3-0 has a good record from the amateurs and with Manny Pacquiao as his promoter looks a good prospect Observations Rosette The No Limits show in Newcastle, Australia was special it featured 19 fights including: IBO title fight IBO International title fight WBO Oriental title fight World class New Zealand cruiserweight David Light For female boxing it was a great night with two Australian titles and four other female bouts. Of the 19 fights 13 went the distance with three split decisions and three majority decisions-so a little of everything Red Card to the show in Delray Beach in Florida. The three scheduled ten round fights last less than three round in total but if you stick in three guys with 55 losses by KO/TKO between them what else can you expect? Can’t help but feel sorry for Panamanian Luis Concepcion. He lost his WBA flyweight title to Hernan Marquez in April 2011 and lost to Marquez in a return match in October 2011. He waits for eleven years for his chance for revenge and then is robbed by a home decision. High horse time!! I refuse to let any sanctioning body make me use titles or any other description that are rubbish or just basically wrong. I still can’t understand that when a fight ends early due to an injury and no decision is rendered it is called a No Contest and not a No Decision! I refused to let the WBA have me call one of their tiles a Regular title so in a Snips a few years back I renamed it a Secondary title. I now refuse to have any sanctioning body make me use the term interim. It is an abomination to have an interim title and a current and only real title holder similtaneously. Henceforth for me the so-called interim title from any sanctioning body will be a “temporary” title About the Author 
Born in Scotland, Eric Armit started working with Boxing News magazine in the UK in the late 1960’s initially doing records for their Boxing News Annual and compiling World, European and Commonwealth ratings for the magazine. He wrote his first feature article for Boxing News in 1973 and wrote a “World Scene” weekly column for the magazine from the late 1970’s until 2004. Armit wrote a monthly column for Boxing Digest in the USA and contributed pieces to magazines in Mexico, Italy, Australia, Spain, Argentina and other countries. Armit now writes a Weekly Report covering every major fight around the world and a bi-weekly Snips & Snipes column plus occasional general interest articles with these being taken up by boxing sites around the world. He was a member of the inaugural WBC Ratings Committee and a technical advisor to the EBU Ratings Committee and was consulted by John McCain’s research team when they were drafting the Ali Act. He is a Director and former Chairman of the Commonwealth Boxing Council. Armit has been nominated to the International Boxing Hall of Fame the past two years (2019 and 2020) to which he said, “Being on the list is an unbelievably huge honour.” Click here to view a list of other articles written by Eric Armit.  |
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