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The Past Week in Action 25 November 2024: Papot KOs Wagner; Guerfi Stops Le Couviour By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 26 Nov 2024  Highlights: -In Nantes David Papot knocks out Canadian Josh Wagner and Karim Guerfi stops Terry Le Couviour. -Albanians Nelson Hysa and Alban Barmeta win in London -Welterweight Harlem Eubank returns with a win over Nurali Erdogan - In Atlanta Nick Katzourakis decisions Brandon Adams in final of Over Time Boxing Tournament, Oshae Jones outpoints champion Femke Hermans to win IBF and IBO super welterweight titles and Maliek Montgomery stops Sakaria Lukas to go to 19-0 -Labinot Xhoxhaj 21-0-1 outpoints champion Oleksandr Zakhozhyi to win the EBU heavyweight title and Trina Rupprecht decisions Eri Matsuda to unify WBA, WBC and WBO Atomweight titles. -French super welterweight prospect Bakary Samake 18-0 halts Wade Ryan in seven - Former WBO light flyweight champion draws with Moises Caro in Mexicali World Title/Major Shows NOVEMBER 22 Nantes, France: David Papot (30-0-1) W KO 7 Josh Wagner (18-1). Super Feather: Karim Guerfi (33-7,1ND) W TKO 4 Terrey Le Couviour (18-2). Papot vs. Wagner Southpaw Papot beats Canadian Wagner. This was a close, hard-fought battle. Both landed heavily with Papot building a lead. Before the fight it had been said that if Wagner fell behind he might get carless as he tried to close the gap and would leave gaps which Papot could take advantage of with body punches. The’s how it worked out. Wagner attacked hard and connected with some rights to the head. Papot walked through them and then dug a left hook to Wagner’s body. Wagner dropped to a knee but just couldn’t get up and was counted out. Only the fifth inside the distance win for Papot who was defending the WBO Gold title and wins the IBF International belt held by Wagner. Hopefully Papot will be more active as this was only his third fight in the last four years. Wagner will rebound. Guerfi vs. Le Couviour Guerfi shows there is still plenty of life left in him as he stops the younger Le Couviour in the fourth round. Le Couviour set a fast pace with a high work rate but could not shift Guerfi. In the fourth a right to the head shook Le Couviour and a series of punches ending with a body punch put him down. He was up at five and after the count he charged into Guerfi . A counter from Guerfi went low and he was warned and as Le Couviour again attacked a left to the body felled him and he squirmed on the canvas almost out under the bottom rope and the referee waived then fight over. Guerfi, 37, a former European Bantam and feather champion, was stopped in one round by Michael Conlan in December 2022 but this is his second win since then. Le Couviour had retired in 2022 but returned with a win in April. Guadalajara, Mexico: Bantam: Christian Medina (24-4) W TKO 5 Alexis Molina (12-1-1) Feather: Jorge Mata (20-2-2,1ND) W PTS 10 Jonathan Rojas 12-4-1). Medina vs. Molina Medina gets stoppage victory over unbeaten Molina. Medina dominated from the start varying his attacks scoring constantly to head and body. Molina was forced onto the back foot and lacked the power to hold off Medina. In the fifth a series of punches from Medina sent Molina down. Molina made it to his feet but was taking heavy punishment and not firing back and the referee stopped the night. Now 15 wins in his last 16 fights and a total of 17 wins by KO/TKO for Medina. Mata vs. Rojas Mata won the vacant NABO title with a split decision over Rojas. The first half of the fight was close but Mata upped the pace over the second half. Rojas jabbed and moved but Mata closed him down, scored well and was able to get past the jab of Rojas to work to the body and won on two scores of 98-92 with the third judge seeing Rojas the winner 96-94. Mata was unbeaten in his first 17 fights before losing to Eduardo Hernandez in 2022 and on a split decision against Jose Luis Vazquez in 2023 but has recovered with four wins. Rojas had won 9 of his last 10 fights. London, England: Heavy: Nelson Hysa (19-0) W KO 2 Ariel Bracamonte (13-12). Light Heavy: Alban Bermeta (18-0-1) TKO 2 Mario Vergiev (4-4). Hysa vs. Bracamonte Hysa was getting through Bracamonte’s guard with jabs and added in some clubbing rights. Bracamonte was waking forward behind a high guard but was unable to get past the Albanian’s jab and Hysa found the corpulent Argentinian an easy target. He launched an attack late in the round with modest success then pushed Bracamonte to the canvas. A left jab sent an off balance Bracamonte down in the first few seconds of the second round. Hyas drove Bracamonte across the ring to the ropes and gave him a hefty push which sent Bracamonte down and almost out though the bottom ropes. The referee did not apply a count then a thumping right to the head sent Bracamonte down and he was counted out kneeling on the canvas. Now 14 inside the distance wins in a row for Hysa, 40, who is IBO International and WBO European champion but has carefully avoided anything resembling a test. Bracamonte has weighed 250 lbs but was 303 for this fight and it looked as though he was carrying the additional 53 lbs around his waist. He is 0-5 in fights in the UK. Barmeta vs. Vergiev Vergiev was taller but lighter and slower and Barmeta was able to score some useful body punches and swept the first three rounds and stopped overmatched Vergiev in the fourth. As they traded punches a left hook from Barmeta sent Vergiev stumbling into the ropes and the referee stopped the fight. Albanian Bermeta, 33, has won his last 16 fights and is WBO Global champion Bulgarian Vergiev, 36, out of his depth. Newcastle, England: Welter: Harlem Eubank (20-0 W PTS 8 Nurali Erdogan (16-4). Super Light: Ben Marksby (11-0) W TKO 2 Levi Kinsona (11-4). Eubank vs. Erdogan Eubank gets a unanimous decision in an awful fight with Erdogan. Eubank was wrestled to the floor four times during the fight and Erdogan was docked two points and Eubank one. There was so much holding and wrestling from the start that the referee warned both fighters in the very first round. Eubank had the better of the exchanges in the second but was warned for use of his elbow in the third and Erdogan was also warned for careless use of his head. Eubank had landed some useful body punches but Erdogan found the target with a right to the head. Both had some success in a close fourth with the better boxing from Eubank giving him the edge and the referee finally lost patience and deducted a point from Erdogan for holding. Erdogan looked to have had the edge in the seventh with Eubank suffering a cut over his right eye in a clash of heads. The last round typified a disappointing fight with Erdogan losing a point for wrestling and Eubank for careless use of his head. Scores 79-70, 77-73 and 77-72 for Eubank but neither fighter was a winner in such a poor, drab affair. First fight for a year for Eubank. Their styles just did not fit together but Eubank will have to do better when he moves up to higher quality opposition, Frenchman Erdogan had lost a split decision to unbeaten Faizan Anwar in Abu Dhabi in May. Marksby vs. Kinsiona This was to be Marksby’s first ten round fight and since he had never won inside the distance it looked as though he might get some useful ring time. He scuppered that plan by flooring the advancing Kinsiona in the second with a right. Kinsiona made it to his feet and was against the ropes and shipping some hefty head shots when the referee stopped the fight. Atlanta, GA, USA: Super Welter: Andreas Katzourakis (15-0) W PTS 10 Brandon Adams (25-4). Super Welter: Oshae Jones(8-0) W PTS 10 Femke Hermans (18-5). Super Feather: Maliek Montgomery (20-0) W KO 4 Sakaria Lukas (26-3-1). Katzourakis vs. Adams Katzourakis wins a split decision over Adams. Although he had slight edges in height and reach Katzourakis won this one inside. He put Adams under heavy pressure from the start but paid a price with a cut over his right eye caused by a punch in the first round. Katzourakis just kept on top of Adams forcing him to the ropes in round after round and landing hooks and uppercuts. Although on the defensive Adams was blocking many of the Greek’s punches catching the aggressive Katzourakis with counters and keeping the fight close. Katzourakis had been warned for a low punch in the second but despite the warning he landed more low blows in the fifth without a deduction. Katzourakis looked to have moved ahead with relentless pressure over the sixth and seventh but Adams manufactured some room and was scoring strongly with some savage body punches over the eighth and ninth. With the result in the balance the tenth was fiercely fought with Katzourakis just finishing better. Scores 97-93 and 96-94 for Katzourakis and 97-93 for Adams. Los Angeles-based Katzourakis will be hoping that winning this localised tournament and the WBA Continental belt will lead to a title shot. Now 35 Adams came to prominence when he won Contender Series 5 in 2018 which handed him a shot at Jermall Charlo for the WBC middleweight title which he lost on a wide unanimous decision. He scored a big win in stopping Serhii Bohachuk in March 2021 but was then inactive until returning with a win in April this year. Jones vs. Hermans Jones becomes a two-belt champion with a split decision over title holder Hermans. Jones was the aggressor from the start taking the fight to Hermans. The Belgian was boxing cleverly on the back foot but was shaken by a right in the second. She was busier than Jones but Jones was landing the heavier punches. A hard fought fifth went to Jones and she looked to have built a lead. Hermans was constantly switching guards and fought back hard over the sixth and seventh and Jones , who had never been past the eighth round in a fight, was showing signs of tiring. Jones dredged up some extra energy and finished strongly to edge the ninth and tenth. Scores 97-93 and 96-94 for Jones and 97-93 for Hermans. Jones wins the IBF and IBO belts but this was close enough for Hermans to deserve a return. Montgomery vs. Lukas Montgomery batters Namibian Lukas to defeat in four rounds. Montgomery was bombarding Lukas with punches to head and body in the first and then floored Lukas with a body punch in the second. Lukas survived but was down again in the third. Montgomery finished it with a vicious body shot in the fourth with Lukas unable to beat the count. Eighteenth inside the distance win for Montgomery’ Lukas was knocked out in the eighth round by Raymand Ford in November 2022 and this was only his second fight in two years. NOVEMBER 23 San Francisco Solano: Heavy: Victor Ramirez (31-5-1) W KO 1 Ricky Torrez (30-9-1). Fly: Ayelen Granadino (11-2-4) W TKO 9 Carolina Ferrari (3-6-3). Ramirez vs. Torrez Former IBF cruiserweight champion Victor Ramirez, 40, disposes of Bolivian Torres in one round. Torrez was down twice and counted out. Ramirez wins the vacant South American and WBA Fedebol title. He had been beaten in eighth rounds by German heavyweight Peter Kadiru in March. Ninth loss by KO/TKO for Torrez. Granadino vs. Ferrari Granadino wins the vacant South American title as she floors and halts Ferrari in the ninth. First inside the distance win for former IBO champion Granadino. Ferrari without a win in her last six fights Capitan Bermudez, Argentina: Super Feather: Enzo Delgado (11-0-1) W PTS 10 Carlos Alanis (14-2). Minimum: Maris Sol Baumstarh (12-6-1) W TKO 3 Roxana Colmenarez (12-6-1). Delgado vs. Alanis Southpaw Delgado wins the WBO Latino title with a majority decision over title holder Alanis. This one was very close with both boxing well and each having periods of ascendancy. The judges scored it 96-94 twice for Delgado and 95-95 but the decision could have gone eighth way . First fight since December for Delgado. Alanis was making the first defence of the title he won in August., Baumstarh vs. Colmenarez Baumstarh stops Colmenarez in WBA Latino title defence. Baumstarh just punched too hard for Venezuelan Colmenarez. Some vicious left hooks saw Colmenarez given two standing counts in the fight before two left hooks dropped Colmenarez in the third with the referee stopping the fight. South American champion Baumstarh gets her eighth win by KO/TKO. None of the 12 opponents Colmenarez had beaten had ever won a fight. Kolding, Denmark: Super Middle: Jacob Bank (15-0) W RTD 4 Ibo Maier (13-1). Heavy: Kem Ljungquist (19-0) W RTD 2 Maximiliano Sosa (12-10). Bank vs. Maier Bank beats Maier on a retirement. Both had similar styles with Bank just that bit better. From the third Bank upped his game and looked to have scored a knockdown but the referee ruled it a slip. Bank dominated the action in the third and fourth dishing out some heavy punishment and Maier did not come out for the fifth round. Bank wins the vacant WBO Global title. Guinea-born German Maier was moving up to ten rounds for the first time so obviously the bar set to qualify to challenge for the high sounding WBO Gold title is very low. Ljungquist vs. Sosa Ljungquist eases his way back with a win over a fat Sosa. After a dull first round Ljungquist dropped Sosa twice in the second and Sosa retired at the end of the round. A quick return for Ljungquist as he was knocked out just 28 days ago by Murat Gassiev. Sosa has lost his last 7 fights, 6 by KO/TKO. Conditioning? He weighed 208 lbs when he turned pro in 2010 and was 251 lbs for this one. Paris, France: Super Welter: Bakary Samake (17-0) W TKO 7 Wade Ryan 22-12-1). Super Middle: Mustapha Zaouche (16-0) W TKO 1 Marcano (14-8-1). Samake vs. Ryan Samake wins the vacant WBC Silver title with a seventh round stoppage of Ryan. Samake looked a couple of divisions bigger than Ryan and was coming forward from the start. Ryan was on the back foot throwing jabs then stepping in with lefts. Bakare was holding back looking to land big shots and doing some good upper body movement to dodge Ryan’s punches. Ryan was busier and probably took both the opening rounds. Ryan was again busier and boxing cleverly on the back foot in the third but Samake was able to put him under more pressure shaking him with a right and landing some heavy shots. Ryan kept pecking away with his right jabs in the fourth and not letting Bakare set himself for an attack. It was apparent Ryan did not have the power to keep Samake out over the long term and in the fifth he was shaken by a long left and shipping some hard punches. Ryan was spending lots of time pinned against the ropes in the sixth and dropped to one knee under a burst of punches. He was up at six and although Samake landed some hurtful shots Ryan saw out the round. In the seventh Samake drove Ryan to the ropes and landed a burst of straight punches that again saw Ryan drop to a knee. He got up but as the referee was counting the towel came in from Ryan’s corner. Ninth win by KO/TKO for the 21-year-old French prospect. Second inside the distance loss for former OPBF and Australian champion Ryan. Zaouche vs. Marcano Zaouche brushes aside Venezuelan Marcano in the first round. A left hook to the ribs sent Marcano down and the referee did not even bother to count. Sixth win this year for Zaouche. Marcano had won his last five fights against opponents with combined records of 0-11. Heidelberg, Germany: Heavy: Labinot Xhoxhaj (20-0-1) W PTS 12 Oleksandr Zakhozhyi (19-1). Atom: Trina Rupprecht (14-1-1) W PTS 10 Eri Matsuda (7-2-1). Xhoxhaj vs. Zakhozhyi Kosovan Xhoxhaj pulls off a surprise as he floors and outpoints champion Zakhozhyi to win the European title. There is no way Xhoxhaj should have won. He wea conceding lots of height, reach and weight against the 6’9” Zakhozhyi. He was really just a cruiserweight being No 14 in that division with the EBU. He came in as a substitute when Arnold Gjergjaj had to pulled out is a part time boxer with a steady job and had only about a week to prepare. Things looked ominous for the challenger when he was knocked down in the second round but Xhoxhaj recovered and his quicker and more mobile approach saw him continually getting past the jab of the big Ukrainian making Zakhozhyi look slow and lumbering. Xhoxhaj repaid Zakhozhyi for the second round knockdown by dropping Zakhozhyi in the tenth and outboxing him to win on scores of 116-110 twice and 115-111. Apart from all of the reasons already given for Xhoxhaj being a big outsider his opposition was very much the usual run of poor level fighters and his draw last year was against 8-5 Milosav Savic. The same could be said for Zakhozhyi who, apart from Granit Shala, had also faced only carefully selected non-threatening opponents. Rupprecht vs. Matsuda WBC champion Ruppert wins this unification clash with a decision over WBA/WBO champion Matsuda. A great start from Rupprecht as she floored Matsuda in the first with a counter right. Matsuda got through the round, steadied herself over the second, made the third close and took the fourth. The aggressive Rupprecht was applying plenty of pressure with Matsuda fighting hard to hold on to her title but being outscored as they both fought tooth And nail to get the win. It was an exciting clash but Matsuda was unable to claw back the points from the early knock down and just came up short and Rupprecht was a deserving winner on scores of 96-93 twice and 97-92. Rupprecht, a former WBC minimumweight title champion, had lost that title in a fight against WBA champion Seniesa Estrada but had bounced back with a victory over Fabiana Bytyqi in January. This was to have been a return with Bytyqi but Masuda came in as a substitute after Bytyqi collapsed due to severe dehydration and had to be hospitalised. Munich, Germany: Super Middle: Emre Cukur (23-3-1) W PTS 10 Pius Mpenda (10-3). Southpaw Cukur wins the vacant IBO Continental title with a unanimous decision over Mpenda. No scores available. After being 19-1-1 and then suffering inside the distance losses against Kevin Lele Sadjo for the European title and unbeaten Simon Zachenhuber Cukur is rebuilding and has put together two low level wins. Germany-based Tanzanian Mpenda is 1-3 in his lost last 4 outings. Mexicali, Mexico: Light Fly: Elwin Soto (21-3-1) DREW 10 Moises Caro (11-3-3,1ND). Super Bantam: Erik Robles (16-2) W KO 2 Misael Garcia (15-6-3). Soto vs. Caro In his first fight for a year Soto had rust to shed but it did not show as he was applying relentless pressure from the start. Caro began to time Soto’s attacks better over the second and third countering Soto on the way in and landing bursts of hooks. Soto kept on coming forcing Caro to fight at a fast pace and having success when he could trap the elusive Caro in a corner or against the ropes. Soto wanted the fight inside but Caro was choosing his moment when to stand and trade and when to step back and box. Soto’s best round was the sixth as he stayed right on top of Caro for the whole three minutes forcing Caro to fight on his terms. Caro came right back by having the better of the exchanges in the seventh in a fight which was a war in every round. Soto seemed to tire over the ninth and tenth Caro was positioning himself in the middle of the ring and firing punch after punch forcing Soto to retreat. Scores 97-93 Soto, 96-94 Caro and 95-95. The result was loudly booed as the crowd saw local fighter Caro a clear winner so hopefully there will be a return. Soto lost his WBO light flyweight title to Jonathan Gonzalez in 2021 and then lost on points against Hekkie Budler in 2022 but had scored two wins in 2023. Soto was a big step up in opposition for Caro and he vastly exceeded expectations. Robles vs. Garcia Robles stops Garcia in two. Robles floored Garcia with a left and right at the end of the first. Garcia beat the count but the bell went before Robles could land another punch. In the second a right to the side of the head sent Garcia down. It looked as though he was going to get up but he stayed down and was counted out. Roblez had lost to Liam Davies in a fight for the vacant IBO title in March. Garcia is 0-5-1 in his last six fights. Johannesburg, South Africa: Light: Kaine Fourie (9-0-2) W TKO 4 Wasiru Mohammed (13-1). Fourie has to climb off the floor to beat Ghanaian Mohammed. There were plenty of furious exchanges in the first and Fourie was floored by a right at the end of the second. The third saw both fighters landing heavily and in the fourth Fourie dropped Mohammed twice the second time for a knockout. Eighth win in a row for Fourie, seven by KO/TKO. Mohammed proved a dangerous opponent. He was out of the ring for four years before returning with a win in June. Farnworth, England: Light Heavy: Bradley Rea (20-1) W TKO 3 Adam Hepple (4-2). Rea stops Hepple in three. He floored Hepple with a left hook in the first but Hepple beat the count and made it to the bell. Rea continued to score well in the second and another left to the body sent Hepple down in the third. He made it to his feet but the referee stopped the fight. Sixth win in a row for Rea. He lost a close decision to Tyler Denny for the English title in 2022 but has since moved up to light heavyweight and this is his sixth win in a row. Second loss in a row by KO/TKO for Hepple NOVEMBER 24 Accra, Ghana: Welter: Prince Patel (32-1-2) W TKO 7 Maxwell Awuku ( 50-6-1). Patel stops Ghanaian Awuku in the seventh round and picks up the vacant UBO world and IBF African titles. Patel was 110 ¼ LBS for his first fight in 2015 but is now a welterweight. Awuku, 41, has been a professional for 22 years. Fight of the week: (Significance): No huge fights. Fight of the week: (Entertainment): Elsin Soto vs. Moises Car was a typical Mexican war. Honourable mention to the exciting clash between Kaine Fourie and Wasiru Mohammed Fighter of the week: Oshae Jones as she wins the IBF and IBO super welterweight titles in only her eighth fight Punch of the week: Two great left hook finishes on the same show as David Papot and Karim Guerfi won their fights in impressive fashion Upset of the week: Labinot Xhoxhaj who had everything going against him winning-but did win on points over unbeaten Oleksandr Zakhozhyi. Prospect watch: Danish super middle Jacob Bank who is 15-0 Observations Rosette: The promoters of the show in Nantes. Its good to see competitive matches on paper even if they work out different David Papot 28-0-1 vs. 18-0 Josh Warner and 18-1 Terry Le Couviour vs. 32-7 experienced Kaim Guerfi. Red Card: Fit to fight? Argentinian Ariel Bracamonte has weighed as “low” as 250 lbs but against Albanian Nelson Hysa was 303 lbs and fellow-countryman Maximiliano Sosa was 208 lbs when he turned pro 2010 and was 251 lbs for his fight with Kem Ljungquist. In neither case had the boxer grown another leg so Bracamonte was carrying 53 lbs of excess baggage and Sosa 43 lbs. Any doctor would classify those excess as a dangerous to the health of the fighter or anyone in any other job. Luckily they don’t get paid by the lbs. 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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