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THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 3 November 2025: Mayer Outpoints Spencer to Unify 154 Belts; Buatsi's Controversial Win Over Parker; Pero Outpoints Thompson; Thrilla in Manila at 50 Results By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 04 Nov 2025  Mayer connects at Spencer. HIGHLIGHTS: -On the Thrilla in Manila 50th Anniversary Show Melvin Jerusalem retains the WBC minimumweight title with a points victory over Siyakholwa Kuse and there are wins for Marlon Tapales, Eumir Marcial, Carl Martin, Arvin Magramo and Manny Pacuiao’s son Eman Bacosa. Ali’s grandson Nico Ali Walsh fights to a draw. -Mikaela Mayer outpoints Mary Spencer to unify the WBA, WBC and WBO super welter belts and unbeaten fighters Wilkens Mathieu, Arthur Biyarslanov, Mehmet Unal and Christopher Guerrero all score wins. -Joshua Buatsi scored a controversial win over Zach Parker. Lyndon Arthur comes off the floor to outpoint Bradley Rea and wins the European light heavyweight title and Liam Cameron decisions Tony Jones -Cuban heavyweight Lenier Pero outpoints Jordan Thompson, Yoelvis Gomez and Antraveous Ingram draw and Olympian Omari Jones halts Yusup Metu -Rashidi Ellis stops Javier Fortuna -Petch CP Freshmart/Tasana Salapat scores his 79th win as he outpoints Carlo Demecillo. MAJOR SHOWS: OCTOBER 29 QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES: MINIMUM: MELVIN JERUSALEM (25-3) W PTS 12 SIYAKHOLWA KUSE (9-3-1). SUPER BANTAM: MARLON TAPALES (41-4) W KO 6 FERNANDO TORO (11-3). MIDDLE: NICO ALI WALSH (11-2-1, 1ND) DREW 8 KITTISAK KLINSON (10-2-1). MIDDLE: EUMIR MARCIAL (7-0) W PTS 10 EDDY COLMENARES (11-3-1). SUPER BANTAM: CARL MARTIN (27-0) W PTS 10 ARAN DIPAEN (21-5). LIGHT FLY: ARVIN MAGRAMO (20-2-1) W PTS 10 BERLAND ROBLES (12-1-1). FLY: ALBERT FRANCISCO (14-1-1) DREW 10 RAMEL MACADO (10-2). MIDDLE: VADIM TUKOV (18-0 SEE TEXT) W PTS 8 SENA AGBEKO (29-5 SEE TEXT) 
Jerusalem vs. Kuse JERUSALEM retains the WBC belt with a unanimous decision over South African KUSE. There was little real action ion the first. Both were off target with their punches and Kuse did what little scoring there was. The challenger was quick and clever but Jerusalem but began to find the target in the second. There was a clash of heads but neither fighter was cut. In the third Kuse tended to burst forward flinging punches and landing his lefts but lacked power and Jerusalem, although missing wildly at times, was scoring with some good combinations and targeting Kuse’s body. The pace was fast and that played more to Kuse’s strength. He was piercing Jerusalem’s guard with right jabs and straight lefts and backing off quickly to avoid Jerusalem’s counters and was piling up the points. Kuse looked to have swept rounds 4, 5 and six although Jerusalem did seem to rattle Kuse with some powerful combinations Kuse landed more quick but lighter shots. Jerusalem, mostly on the back foot, came back over the seventh and eighth getting through with hard rights and putting Kuse under pressure. I had it 76-76 at that point but on the open scoring Jerusalem was in front 77-75 twice and 77-75 for Kuse. The challenger had a good ninth jabbing with speed and accuracy and a higher work rate. Jerusalem landed some hard shots but Kuse shook them off. The fight was in the balance and Jerusalem swung it his way as he landed some left hooks early and shook Kuse with a right that sent Kuse staggering back across the ring. Jerusalem got though with some useful shots at the start of the round and countered the onrushing before ending the round with a long, heavy right. At saw Jerusalem doing most of the scoring, Kuse was down twice but both times he slipped. Jerusalem was wild with his lunging attacks but he was finding the target and Kuse just could not find the space to counter. Just before the bell Jerusalem landed a right that sent Kuse reeling back and it was the champions round. Scores 116-112 twice and 115-113 for Jerusalem. He was making the third defence of the WBC belt. He had more experience of pacing twelve round fights and that proved important as a strong finish won the fight for Jerusalem. Kuse was a revelation. His 9-2-1 record featured only one strong opponent in Filipino 21-2 Samuel Salva but he showed excellent skills, quick hands and feet and showed that he belongs at this level and hopefully will get another title shot at strawweight next year. 
Tapales vs. Toro TAPALES gets a sixth round kayo victory over fellow-southpaw TORO. The little Venezuelan proved a quick and clever opponent but power gave Tapales a big edge. He constantly pressured Toro but found him hard to pin down and Toro had some success when he darted forward throwing punches before slipping out again. Taduran began to wear Toro down and landed with some meaty shots to head and body in the fifth. A very low left from Tapales in the sixth saw Toro given some recovery time. Tapales continued to land some hurtful body punches and after he connected with a couple of body shots Toro dropped to a knee and stayed there as the referee counted ten. A former two-division champion Tapales is rated in the top four by the IBF, WBC and WBO but with Naoya Inoue holding all four belts and having knocked out Tapales in a unification fight in 2023 Taples may just have to hope Inoue moves up a division. Toro performed better than expected but his was a typical Venezuelan record with the nine guys he beat having only seven wins between therm. 
Walsh vs. Klinson WALSH and KINSON fight to a majority draw. It was the Thai who impressed over the early rounds. He stormed forward forcing Walsh to retreat and pinning him against the ropes firing combinations. From the fourth Kinson tired and Walsh took over. He was controlling the action with hard accurate jabbing and shook Klinson a couple of times with uppercuts. By the seventh Klinson weas exhausted and resorting to holding to get through the rounds. Walsh showboated his way through the eighth adding in an attempted Ali Shuffle and celebrating long before the bell. He looked to have just done enough to win but the judges scored it 76-76 twice and 77-75 for Klinson. A nice touch to have Ali Walsh there as Muhammad’s grandson but he is only a moderately talented 6-8 round fighter. Klinson is a former WBA Asian champion and six of the ten fighters he has beaten had never won a fight. 
Marcial vs. Colmenares In the best fight of the night Filipino MARCIAL wins a majority decision over Venezuelan COLMENARES. This was ten rounds of war with Marcial coming off the floor twice to win in a candidate for Fight of the Month and Fight of the Year. It was bombs-away from the first bell. Colmenares had a small edge in height but a much longer reach and his upright stance made him seem even taller. Over the first two rounds he used that edge to make a good start edging the first and second rounds. The fight exploded in the third. Marical landed a couple of good shots That sparked Colmenares into life and he drove forward landing a series of rights as they traded hard punches. There was a slow captious opening to the third as Colmenares just kept pawing with his right and Marcial was short with his punches. Suddenly in a fierce exchange Colmenares connected with a right that had Marcial holding desperately. Colmenares shook himself free and sent Marcial down under a series of head 7punches. Marcial half arose then went down on one knee. He was up at eight and stayed out of trouble to the bell. Colmenares fired home a burst of shots at the start of the fourth but then Marcial unleashed a barrage of blows that had Colmenares hurt and they continued to blaze away for the rest of the round. There was quiet start to the fifth until Marcial launched a ferocious attack banging home punches from both hands and again Colmenares looked in trouble and twice the referee weas close to stepping in but Colmenares fought back. Marcial looked arm weary and a blazing attack from Colmenares made Marcial glad to hear the bell. After another cautious start in the sixth a right from Marcial had Colmenares staggering back across the ring and brought the crowd to their feet. Marcial had a good seventh. Her was getting through with long lefts and he was the one doing the scoring when they did stand and exchange. Colmenares was not quite done but he was just throwing bundles of light punches and looked to be exhausted. The pace slowed in the eighth and ninth with exchanges of jabs interspersed with some brief spells of furious exchanges and Marcial landed a vicious left at the end of the ninth that almost sent Colmenares down. Marcial was taking the rounds with harder and more accurate punching and Colmenares had little left. Marcial looked on his way to winning the tenth after he staggered Colmenares with three lefts but Collamers responded with a three-punch combination that floored Marcial. He beat the count and just circled the ring to see out the remaining seconds. Scores 95-93 twice for Marcial and 94-94. A great fight. Marcial won this by slowing Colmenares with body punch over the first half of the fight and landing the harder and more accurate punches over the second half. He had his first paid fight in 2020 then went back to the amateurs and won a bronze medal at the 2021 Olympics and a silver medal at the Asian Games. He failed to medal in Paris last year and hopefully he will now focus on his professional career. He won the vacant WBC International title in this fight. Colmenares had won all of victories by KO/TKO but his opposition had been modest at best so he proved more dangerous than expected. 
Martin vs. Dipaen “Wonder Boy” MARTIN has to come off the floor to take a unanimous decision over DIPAEN. From the start it was obvious that Martin was a far better technical boxer then the crude Thai and had the faster hands. He switched his attacks well from head to body and put together some impressive combinations. He shook Dipaen with a right to the head in the third but Dipaen fired back and a right sent an off balance Martin down. Martin looked more embarrassed than hurt and proceeded to hand out some serious punishment to Dipaen for the rest of the round. Martin continued to boss the action. The Thai spent most of the fight pinned against the ropes under fire but soaked it up and did not crumble. Martin was credited with a very dubious knockdown in the ninth. Martin attacked hard in the tenth and Dipaen fired back and was never in trouble. Scores 98-90, 98-91 and 97-92. The 26-year-old Filipino is No 2 with the WBO but yet to face a rated opponent. He has plenty of talent but is not yet ready for Inoue or Nakatani. Dipaen’s only inside the distance loss was an eighth round stoppage in a challenge against Inoue for the IBF and WBA titles in 2021. Magramo vs. Robles MAGRAMO retains the WBC International title with a split decision over Filipino southpaw ROBLES . This fight was between the relentless pressure from Magramo against the clever defensive boxing and countering of Robles. Magramo just kept driving fortward pumping out punches. Robles could not stop Magramo coming but he was able to land plenty of accurate counters and used smart footwork to find space. He looked to have built a good lead but tired late and was doing lots of holding and wrestling. He bundled Magramo to the floor twice in the eighth and was warned for holding in the ninth. Magramo kept up the pressure in the tenth but Robles was outboxing him and looked on the way to winning the round when he was correctly deducted a point for holding just ten seconds before the final bell. Scores 96-93 and 95-94 for Magramo and 95-94 for Robles. Without the deduction it would have been a split draw. Francisco vs. Macado The WBC International Silver title remains vacant after southpaws FRANCISCO and MACADO fought to a majority draw, Macado had height and reach over the 5’3” Francisco but Francisco brought unrelenting pressure to the fight. Macado did some nice work at distance but too often chose to stand and trade with Francisco and was warned for holding as he tried to smother Francisco’s work inside. That made for an untidy fight at times. Macado was landing the cleaner, harder shots with Francisco going for quantity without power. Macado was lucky not to be deducted a point as he continued to hold. His cleaner work early probably gave him a lead but over the sixth as Francisco continued to roll forward punching Machado faded badly and only just made it to the bell at the end of the seventh. Francisco had Machado reeling in the eight and for me won the round and the fight. Scores 76-76 twice and 77-75 for Francisco. The WBC International Silver title remains vacant. Tukov vs. Agbeko Russian Tukov scores a unanimous decision over Agbeko and wins the IBA Inter-Continental title. Scores 78-74 twice and 79-73. Tukov is 16-0 in non-IBA fights and now 2-0 in IBA fights. Ghanaian-born Agbeko lost on a second round stoppage against David Morell for the secondary WBA super middle title in 2023. OCTOBER 30 MONTREAL, CANADA: SUPER WELTER: MIKAELA MAYER (22-2) W PTS 10 MARY SPENCER (10-3). SUPER MIDDLE: WILKENS MATHIEU (15-0) W PTS 10 SHAKEEL PHINN (27-4-2). SUPER LIGHT: ARTHUR BIYARSLANOV (20-0) W PTS 10 SERGEY LIPINETS (18-5-1). LIGHT HEAVY: MEHMET UNAL (14-0) W TKO 1 RALFS VILCANS (18-3). WELTER: CHRISTOPHER GUERRERO (16-0) W PTS 10 WILLIAMS HERRERA (17-5). SUPER FEATHER: LOGAN CLOUTHIER (7-0) W PTS 8 THOMAS CHABOT (11-1) Mayer vs. Spencer MAYER proves much too good for local favourite SPENCER and scores a wide unanimous decision to unify three titles. Mayer was moving up in weight but she handled the change with ease and outworked and outclassed the less experienced Spencer. From the start Spencer just could not deal with the relentless attacks of the five years older Mayer. It was thought that the bigger Spencer’s power might be a factor but Mayer handled that with no trouble and her faster hands and better skills were more important. Mayer’s pressure never allowed Spencer to get a foothold in the fight and she forced Spencer to work at a higher rate than she was comfortable at. That gradually had its effect as Spencer tired badly as the fight went on. Mayer shook an exhausted Spencer in the ninth and a stoppage looked possible but Mayer is not a big puncher and had not scored an inside the distance win since her super-featherweight days in 2019. Mayer won Spencer’s WBA title and the vacant WBC and WBO titles on scores of 98-92 twice and 100-90. In her eight year career Mayer has won titles in three divisions and is 6-2 in world title fights. No disgrace for Spencer losing to one of the great female boxers but at 40 she will have to think about her options. Mathieu vs. Phinn MATHIEU comes through his first big test and his first experience of going ten rounds as floors and outpoints more experienced PHINN. Mathieu completely dominated the first seven rounds. He floored Phinn with a combination in the third and had him in trouble in the seventh. Mathieu’s inexperience showed as he almost exhausted himself trying to finish Phinn and Phinn was able to be competitive over the closing three rounds as Mathieu dialled back on his aggression and boxed well to the last bell. Scores 98-91 twice and 99-90. The 20-year-old Mathieu wins his first professional titles as he picks up the NABF and Continental Americas belts. Phinn had drawn with then unbeaten 32-0 Erik Bazinyan in May last year so a significant win for Mathieu. Biyarslanov vs. Lipinets Russian-born Canadian BIYARSLANOV turns in another impressive performance as he outpoints former IBF super lightweight champion LIPINETS. Southpaw Biyarslanov had to work hard for his win. From the second Lipinets was fighting with a big lump above his left eye and he was floored in the third. Biyarslanov then had to box on the back foot as Lipinets forced his way forward putting him under pressure. Biyarslanov met him with accurate left counters and was winning the rounds. By the eighth Lipinets left eye was almost closed and he was bleeding heavily from a cut on his scalp but he rocked Lipinets with a right in the tenth. Scores 99-90, 97-92 and 96-93 for Biyarslanov. He was defending the NABF title for the fourth time. USA-based Kazakh Lipinets has lost 3 of his last 4 fights and was coming off a ninth round stoppage defeat against Adam Azim for the vacant IBO title in February Unal vs. Vilcans Canadian-based Turk UNAL blasts out Latvian VILCANS in the first. Unal immediately put Vilcans under pressure firing a series of punches. Vilcans fired back hard but Unal sustained his attack and drove Vilcans to the ropes and crushed him with an overhand right that sent Vilcan’s crashing to the canvas on his back to end the fight after just 2:44 of the round. Vilcans’ right leg folded under him on the knockdown and he had to be helped to his corner. Twelfth inside the distance win for Unal who was defending the WBC Continental Americas title. Vilcans had lost on points against Anthony Yarde in October. Guerrero vs. Herrera GUERRERO makes it 16 wins as he takes a unanimous decision over Argentinian HERRERA. Guerrero was the better schooled boxer and used his superior skills to outbox the aggressive Herrera. The visitor applied plenty of pressure but it was not intelligent pressure and Guerrero was never really troubled and won on scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93. He retains the WBC Continental Americas title. Herrera’s inside the distance loss came against Paddy Donovan in Belfast in January last year and he was outpointed by Pat McCormack in Manchester in October. Clouthier vs. Chabot Something of a surprise in an all-Canadian fight as CLOUTHIER outpoints house fighter CHABOT. Clothier had to overcome the handicap of a cut over his right eye in the second but dropped southpaw Chabot to his knees twice with body punches in the fifth. Canadian champion Clouthier had more left over the last two rounds and emerged a good winner on scores of 78-72 twice and 79-71. First fight for fourteen months for Chabot who will rebound. NOVEMBER 1 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: LIGHT HEAVY: LYNDON ARTHUR (25-3) W PTS 12 BRADLEY REA (21-2) W. LIGHT HEAVY: JOSHUA BUATSI (20-1) W PTS 10 ZACH PARKER (26-2). LIGHT HEAVY: LIAM CAMERON (24-7-1) W PTS 10 TONY JONES (13-2). Arthur vs. Rea ARTHUR rebounds from a loss to Anthony Yardy with a majority decision mover RAE to win the European title. Both were into their stride early in this fight. Rae was on the front foot looking to take the fight to Arthur but Arthur made the better start landing jabs and straight rights. In the second Rae was forcing Arthur back to the ropes and bombarding him with shots from both hands. With just 30 seconds remaining in the round Arthur tried to come forward and Rae met him with a short left hook the put Arthur down on his back. He was up at eight and avoided Rae’s attempts to do more damage. Rae stormed forward in the third but Arhtur had recovered from the knockdown and he was landing jabs and straight rights. Rae had Arthur hurt in the fourth. He landed a left hook that staggered Arthur and then bombarded him with hooks and uppercuts before Arthur found the room to fire back at the end of the round. The pace dropped over the fifth and sixth with Arthur getting the better of the exchanges but it hotted up again in the seventh and eighth. Rea was pressing bard continually coming forward looking to score with hooks from both hands but it was Arthur who was landing the better punched pulling Rea up with some hefty uppercuts and looking to have gone in front in the fight. A close ninth saw Rae trying to walk inside but Arthur was countering him and looked to have picked up another round. Arhtur also took the tenth. Now he was the one marching forward. He was forcing Rae back with bursts of hooks and uppercuts inside and Rae seemed to be fading. Rae summoned the energy to have a better eleventh as he piled forward firing punches but Arthur was connecting with straight shots and Rea took it but it was close. Both were firing bombs in the last with Arthur just the more composed and accurate. Arthur look a clear winner but the judges saw it very close at 115-112 and 115-113 for Arthur and 114-114. Although this fight might have been overshadowed by Buatsi vs. Parker it was a much more entertain fight. Former IBO champion Arthur lost on points against Dmitrii Bivol for the WBA and IBO belts in 2023 but as neither he or Rae were in the ratings before this fight they will have to settle for something less. Rae was making the first defence of the title he won with a victory over Shakan Pitters in June and is worthy of a return with Arthur. 
Buatsi vs. Parker BUATSI gets a very controversial win over PARKER. Buatsi was taking the fight to Parker in the first as they both probed with jabs. Buatsi missed with a right and Parker got through with a couple of lefts to take a close round. They both connected with jabs in the second and Buatsi found the target with lefts to even things up. Parker was getting his punches off first in the third and looked sharper but the fight had not really caught fire. Parker looked to have the edge in the third as he switched guards and was too mobile for the slower Buatsi and he built on that in the fourth. He outworked a hesitant Buatsi and he was jabbing strongly and getting past Buatsi’s guard with punches to head and body with little coming back from Buatsi. The fifth was a bit closer as Buatsi came forward with more purpose trying to force Parker to stand and trade but Parker was hitting and moving and not looking engage in sustained exchanges against a strong Buatsi and was clinching when Buatsi did get inside which was not making for an entertaining fight. Buatsi finally began to make an impact in the sixth and seventh. He was putting Parker under pressure catching him against the ropes and banging home hard body punches seeming to have hurt Parker with a left to the body. There was more pressure from Buatsi in the eighth but Parker was hitting and moving again and clinching to smother Buatsi’s work inside. Parker was back on top in the ninth. He was finding the target with punches to head and body. Buatsi land some hard rights but Parker threw more and landed more. Buatsi needed a big tenth but he just could not pin Parker down. Parker was again moving and punching with Buatsi unable to force him to engage in any risky exchanges and Parker took the round. Parker looked a good winner but the judges scored it 96-94 twice for Buatsi and 95-95. Buatsi had lost a unanimous decision to Callum Smith in February for the interim WBO title and although this win, which nets him the vacant WBA International title, will help he has a way to go before he can land a title shot. Parker looked unlucky but it will cost him his No 3 rating with the WBO and he will probably drop out of the top 15 with the other three main sanctioning bodies. Buatsi 6’2” 13 wins mid L MPTS Callum Smith WBO interim 2/25 96-94 x 2 95-95 Parker 6’0” 18 wins id 1 loss id L RTD 4 John Ryder vacant WBO interim 11/22 4 good wins Cameron vs. Jones CAMERON comes from behind to take a close unanimous decision over JONES. It was Joines who made the running over the early rounds. He applied plenty of pressure to Cameron bloodying his nose in the first round and despite a spirited response from Cameron Jones had taken the round. He looked to have edged the second although jabbing from Cameron had started some damage around the left eye of Jones. Cameron just could not create the room to box effectively and the pressure from Jones looked to have allowed him to build a good lead over the first half of the fight. Cameron began to take control from the sixth and took the seventh eighth and ninth but could never quite supress Jones who fought hard to the last bell despite having to nurse a cut over his left eye. Scores 96-94 twice and 97-93 for Cameron who wins the WBA Inter-Continental title. Cameron was out for five years after testing positive for a banned substance. After he returned he lost a split decision against Lyndon Arthur for this same title in 2024 and fought a technical draw and was stopped in two rounds in fights with Ben Whittaker. Jones’ previous loss was in May when he was outpointed by Ezra Taylor. ORLANDO, FL, USA: HEAVY: LENIER PERO (13-0) W PTS 10 JORDAN THOMPSON (15-2). SUPER WELTER: OMARI JONES (4-0) W TKO 3 YUSUPH METRU (12-3). SUPER WELTER: YOELVIS GOMEZ (9-1-1) DREW 10 ANTRAVEOUS INGRAM (12-0-1). CRUISER: PAT BROWN (5-0) W KO 2 FELIX VARELA (24-9). 
Pero vs. Thompson Cuban southpaw PERO wins a unanimous decision over England’s THOMPSON. The opening round saw the taller Thompson looking to control the fight at distance with his jab and Pero aiming to get inside. Both were cautious and it was a low action round. Pero connected with a right hook to the body in the second that sent an already moving Thompson back to the ropes so the punch lost some of its power. Thompson was really just probing with his jab and Pero was able to get inside and score with some hooks. Ther action was paused as the referee warned Pero for a low punch. Both landed some hard body punches in the third with Pero getting the better of the exchanges. It was difficult to understand Thompson tactics in the fourth as he chose to stand against the ropes letting Pero tale pot shots . Thompson blocked some but some hard ones got through. Thompson seemed to wake up in the fifth and sixth piercing Pero’s guard with long single shots and landing well to the body and they traded hard punches with Pero’s clubbing shots more effective. Thompson upped his pace in the seventh. He was coming forward throwing straight punches to head and body and a point deduction against Pero for a low punch made it a good round for Thompson. Perto looked to be slowing in the eighth and Thompson was having success as he took the fight to Pero. In the ninth Pero turned a close round into a clear one for him. A left to the body and a right to the head sent Thompson reeling on unsteady legs. With Thompson against the ropes Pero fired a burst of punches with a badly shaken Thompson holding to survive. In the tenth Thompson threw and landed more but Pero connected with big clubbing punches which may have caught the judges eyes. Pero is No 2 with the WBA. He first appeared in their ratings for beating a guy with a 6-3 record who was coming off a loss and in his climb to No 2 has never faced a rated fighter. He is No 38 in BoxRec and 46 with the IBO ratings. Both are computerised so take account of the quality of opponent beaten and are not subject to lobbying or manipulated. (Moses Itauma is No 2 with the WBA and No 18 with BoxRec and IBO). Pero might get a title shot but right now does not deserve one. Thompson was moving up from cruiserweight having been floored twice and stopped by Jai Opetaia in a challenge for the IBF belt in his last fight in September 2023. He was 40 lbs heavier for this fight, his first fight for two years. Jones vs. Metu JONES halts a badly overmatched METU in the second. After showcasing his enormous skills for much of the first Jones dropped Metu with a left hook followed by a right just before the bell. Metu survived a punishing second round but there was a growing swelling around his left eye. In the third a punch that seemed to land on the swelling around Metu’s left eye saw Metu drop to one knee and the referee waived the fight over. Olympic bronze medal winner Jones has taken less than nine rounds for his four wins. Tanzanian Metu was a lamb to the slaughter and being five inches shorter did not help his cause. Gomez vs. Ingram GOMEZ and INGRAM fight to a split draw. Cuban southpaw Gomez boxed on the back foot in the first firing lefts though the guard of taller Ingram. Despite that success he was unable to stop the stronger Ingram coming forward. Ingran switched to southpaw in the second and had some success but Gomez was changing angles and finding the target. Ingram continued to apply pressure and looked to have outscored and rocked Gomez in the third. He continued to use the southpaw stance and looked much the stronger fighter but Gomez was bobbing and weaving and slotting home quick if light punches. Gomez scored freely in the fifth and sixth but it did not seem as though he had the punch to hurt Ingram. The seventh was a good round for Ingram as he used his power to boss the exchanges and in a wild eighth they both had periods of dominance. After a ninth that could have gone to either fighter Gomez produced the better finish and looked to have just done enough to win but the judges scored it 96-94 for Gomez, 96-94 for Ingram and 95-95. Second draw in a row for Gomez. Ingram was jumping from six rounds to ten rounds so a draw with Gomez looks a good result. Brown vs. Varela In his first fight in the USA BROWN demolishes VARELA in three rounds. After a slow, cautious first round Brown opened up in the second. He dropped Varela three times with the referee waiving the fight over as Varela lay face down on the canvas. Impressive power show from Brown but at 37 and having won only one of his last five fights Varela proved no test. OCTOBER 29 NAKHON SAWAN. THAILAND: PETCH CP FRESHMART (79-2) W PTS 10 CARLO DEMECILLO (18-11-2). Southpaw PETCH outboxes game Filipino DEMECILLO. Petch was boxing well and investing in some useful body punching as he swept the first four rounds. The open scoring had it 40-36 twice and 39-37. Petch continued to land some hurtful body punches in the fifth. Demecillo had been making the rounds close and he outfought Petch inside in the sixth. Demecillo was putting Petch under pressure in the seventh and Petch’s jab was not as effective. Petch picked up the pace again in the eighth and at the end of the round was 78-74 up on all three cards. Demecillo looked to have injured a foot and Petch stepped up the pressure over the ninth and tenth to take advantage of that and won on scores of 97-93 on the cards of the three judges. He won his first 48 fights then lost to Takuma Inoue for the vacant WBC interim title then he had a 28-bout winning streak broken when he lost on a sixth round stoppage against Junto Nakatani for the WBC bantam title in October last year. Three wins this year make the 79. He was making nthe sixth defence of the WBC Asian belt. His 79 wins is probably more than any active fighter and at 31 might have his eyes on reaching 100 wins. Fourth loss in his last five fights for Demecillo. OCTOBER 30 LIVERPOOL, NY, USA: SUPER LIGHT: BRYCE MILLS (20-1) W PTS 10 JAMES BERNADIN (13-4-1). 
Fighting in front of his hometown fans for the first time MILLS wins a unanimous decision over BERNADIN. Mills used his typical all-out aggression and high work rate to win this one. Bernadin never really got a toe hold in the fight. Mills outscored him over the first six rounds with Bernardin having a strong seventh in which he shook Mills with a series of rights. Mills took over again in the eighth and won the ninth and tenth. Scores 99-91 twice and 98-92. Fourteenth win in a row for 24-year-old Mills. All of Bernadin’s losses have come by way points, OCTOBER 31 SARAJEVO, BOSNIA : SUPER MIDDLE: EDIN AVDIC (13-0) W TKO 7 DAVID KERKMANN (26-3). CRUISER: EDIN PUHALO (26-3) W TKO 1 MARVIN RUF (26-3). Avdic vs. Kerkmann Austrian AVDIC wins the vacant WBA International with a seventh round stoppage of German KERKMANN. Avdic was jabbing strongly and following through with hard rights which put Kerkmann on the back foot. Avdic continually switched guards and with Kerkmann lacking any power bardic was able to walk him down in round after round. A hard left hook to the body in the seventh took that the fight out of Kerkmann and as Avdic unloaded on Kerkmann the referee stopped the fight. Avdic showed a good jab and switched his attacks well and is ready for better tests. Thailand-Based Kerkmann posed no real problems for Avdic. Puhalo vs. Ruf PUHALO stops a relucent RUF in the first. Puhalo was stalking Ruf from the first. Ruf was retreating around the ring and then lunging in and holding. Ruf backed into a corner and as Puhalo threw a right hook Ruf twisted his body so the punch landed on his kidney. He tried to escape along the ropes but Puhalo followed and landed a left hook with Ruf dropping to the canvas. Ruf got up pointing to his back. The referee counted and as Ruf just kept pointing to his back and not offering his gloves the referee completed the ten count. Puhalo, 37, has 26 wins and 25 of those have come by KO/TKO and all three of his losses have come inside the distance so only one of his 29 fights have gone the distance. Ruf, a German-based in Thailand was pretty awful. NOVEMBER 1 UNCASVILLE, CT, USA: WELTER: RASHIDI ELLIS (28-1) W TKO 4 JAVIER FORTUNA (39-7-1). FEATHER: KEVIN WALSH (19-0) W PTS 8 JOSE NUNEZ (8-2). Ellis vs. Fortuna ELLIS stops FORTUNA in four rounds with Fortuna down twice and pulling out with an injured arm. Ellis was using his slick footwork and quick hands to dart inside to land his jabs. Fortuna was slow to respond and tended to lunge with his punches and was backing up as Ellis shot out jabs. Ellis used his speed to get past Fortuna’s guard in the second connecting with some body punches. Fortuna landed a good left nook counter and there was a wild exchange of punches with Ellis landing the better shots. As they traded punches in the third Ellis landed a left hook to the body and Fortuna went down on one knee. He made it through the round but seemed to have a problem with his left arm. In the fourth more body punches from Ellis saw Fortuna walk away and drop to a knee again. The referee did not count but indicated for Fortuna to get up and as he arose Fortuna was indicating he had a problem with his left shoulder and the referee waived the fight over. After losing a majority decision to Roiman Villa in January 2023 Ellis did not fight for 21 months but is back on track with four wins since returning. Fortuna 36 has lost 3 of his last 4 fights. Walsh vs. Nunez Brockton’s WALSH marches on as he wins over Nunez in a competitive eight rounder. Walsh won on scores of 77-74 twice and 76-75. Fourth win of the year for Walsh who scorer a good win against 20-2 Tramane Williams in May. Dominican Nunez had won his last two contests. REVERE, MA, USA: SUPER MIDDLE: THOMAS O’TOOLE (15-0) W TKO ISMAEL OCLES (17-18-2). Irish southpaw O’TOOLE stops OCLES. The 6’3” O’Toole used his longer reach to control the action and Ecuadorian Ocles had neither the skill or power to be competitive. O’Toole closed the show by pinning Ocles against the ropes and connecting with a straight left. Ocles dropped to sit propped up against the ropes and made no attempt to get up. Former Irish national champion O’Toole gets his tenth win by KO/TYKO. Now eight losses by KO/TKO for Ocles. KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, USA: SUPER BANTAM: DYLAN PRICE (20-1) W TKO 1 SHARONE CARTER (14-15-1). SUPER MIDDLE: SHAWN McCALMAN (17-1) W PTS 8 AARON CASPER (9-12-2) Price vs. Carter PRICE beats CARTER in 69 seconds. Price came out firing punches and connected with a left hook to the body. It took a couple of seconds for the pain of the shot to register on Carter then he went down. He was up at nine but the referee ruled he was not fit to continue. Fourteenth inside the distance victory for Price after a shock stoppage loss against Cklari Cani Mansilla in May. Seventh consecutive defeat for Carter. McCalman vs. Casper McCALMAN outpoints CASPER. Switch-hitting McCalman rocked Casper with a left in the first as he changed from orthodox to southpaw. He built on the good start but the fight never really caught fire with plenty of inside work but too much clinching. McCalman got the better of the inside work and won on scores of 80-72 twice and 77-75. McCalman lost on points in a competitive fight against Diego Pacheco in April 2024 but was then inactive before returning with a win in May this year. Casper is 2-8 in his last 10 fights. BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: FLY JOEL CONTRERAS (11-1) W PTS 10 LEANDRO BLANC (8-4). SUPER FEATHER: JOSE ROMERO (30-4) W TKO 7 WALTER LEIVA (13-5-2). Contreras vs. Blanc CONTRERAS repeats a previous victory over BLANC in defence of his South American title. Contreras used his speed and longer reach to build a good lead over the first half on the fight. Southpaw Blanc, urged on by his home crowd, stepped up his pace from the sixth but Contreras boxed well and boxed his way to a clear victory on scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93. Contreras, 22, had outpointed Blanc in June last year in a fight for the vacant national title. Sixth win in a row for Contreras. Fourth loss in a row for Blanc who beat Oscar Collazo in the amateurs. Romero vs. Leiva ROMERO picks up the vacant WBC Latino belt with a seventh round stoppage of LEIVA. The first three round were close but that changed in the fourth. A clash of heads sliced open a cut on Leiva’s forehead which bled heavily. The doctor examined the cut but the fight was allowed to continue. To add insult to injury Leiva was deducted a point as the referee ruled he was responsible for the clash and he was floored later in the round. Leiva survived the fifth and sixth but was down again in the seventh and the referee halted the fight. Romero had lost on points to 18-1 Jordan White in Maryland in April so a nice rebound. Former South American super feather champion Leiva suffers his second inside the distance loss in his last three fights. IQUIQUE, CHILE: MARCIAL CARRION (21-1) W TKO 10 SANTIAGO BAZAN (8-2). CARRION wins the vacant UBO Continental title with a last round stoppage of inexperienced BAZAN. Carrion looked to be on the way to a comfortable points win until he shook Bazxan with a right in the tenth. The Chilean exploded with a barrage of punches that brought the referee’s stoppage. It is now 17 wins in a row for Carrion. His twin brother Patricio (21-1) holds the same UBO title at super light. Bazan had won his last 7 fights but is a 6/8 round fighter and not rated in the Argentinian top 12. SUVA, FIJI: SUPER BANTAM: ANDREW MOLONEY (28-4) W TKO 5 PAWAN KUMAR ARYA (8-4). MOLONEY returns to action for the first time in eleven months and stops India’s ARYA in the fifth round. The one-sided fight was stopped in fifth as a helpless Arya was being hammered with punches by Moloney who will be looking to get active and try for another title shot having been knocked out in the twelfth round by Junto Nakatani for the WBO super fly belt. The badly overmatched Arya suffers his third loss by KO/TKO. SAN BONIFACIO, ITALY: SUPER WELTER: DAMIANO FALCINELLI (17-2-2) W PTS 10 MOHAMMED GRAICH (12-4-2). FALCINELLI floors GRAICH early and then holds off a late surge from Graich to win the vacant Italian title. A left from Falcinelli dropped Graich in the first and his power saw him dominate the first six rounds. A clash of heads at the end of the six sliced open a cut over Falcinelli’s left eye and began to box with some caution. That allowed Graich to get into the fight and he scored well over the next three rounds eating into Falcinelli’s lead. Falcinelli put in a strong finish to wrap-up the decision on scores of 96-93 on all three cards. Former champion Falcinelli had already drawn twice this year in attempts to win his old title with one of those draws being against Falcinelli in July.. TOKYO, JAPAN : LIGHT: KENICHI OGAWA (31-2-1,1 ND) W KO 5 PRESCO CARCOSIA (13-6-1). OGAWA keeps his hopes of another title shot alive as kayos CARCOSIA in the fifth. Ogawa paced himself in this one. He rattled Carcosia with a right in the third but a counter left hook from Carcosia knocked Ogawa’s mouthguard out. Carcosia also connected with a right in the fourth but Ogawa ended it in the fifth. He marched forward and landed a wicked left to the body that had Carcosia backing to a corner and two more lefts to the body sent Carcosia down and he was unable to beat the count. Now 37, Ogawa beat Tevin Farmer to win the IBF super featherweight but tested positive for a banned substance so lost the title and was suspended. He returned to action and won the vacant title in 2021 but was knocked out by Joe Coirdina in a title defence in 2022. This is his fifth win in a row and he is No 2 with the WBO. Carcosia has now lost 3 of his last 4 bouts. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: LIGHT: CLAUDIO DANEFF (24-4-1) W TKO 2 KAINE FOURIE (11-2-2). FEATHER: LINDOKUHLE KHUZWAYO (7-0-1) W TKO 2 RILWAN LAWAL (20-3). Daneff vs. Fourie Argentinian southpaw DANEFF wins the vacant IBO Continental title with a brutal second round stoppage of South African FOURIE. Daneff ended it by dropping Fourie twice in the second With Fourie pinned against the ropes a series of straight punches sent him off the ropes and lurching across the ring. A ferocious left again sent him into the ropes and he went down under a barrage of punches. He made it to his feet but another left drove him along the ropes and he dropped to the canvas under heavy punches from Daneff and the fight was stopped. It was an impressive power show from Daneff who is not a noted puncher. He was in good form having won 6 of his last 7 fights. Fourie had been stopped in the first round by 8-2 Simon Ngoma in March but had scored two inside the distance wins since then. Khuzwayo vs. Lawal Something of an upset as South African novice KHUZWAYO knocks out Nigerian LAWAL in the second round to win the vacant IBO All-Africa title. Khuzwayo dropped Lawal twice in the first round and again in the second to force the stoppage. Khuzwayo was coming off a six round draw in a domestic match so looked to have no chance. Lawal had won his first 17 fights 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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