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Action Summary Week Ending 28 April 2025 By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 29 Apr 2025  APRIL 25 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, USA: Welterweight Eric Tudor (13-1) holds off a strong finish from Kevin Johnson (12-6) to get the unanimous decision. Tudor was cut under his left eye in the second but boxed cleverly to build a lead. The cut worsened in the seventh and Johnson upped his attacks over the last three rounds with Tudor just doing enough to hold onto his lead to win on scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94. In a super featherweight fight Justin Viloria (9-0) halted Alejandro Wong (12-2) in the fourth round. Southpaw Viloria, the nephew of former light flyweight and flyweight champion Brian Viloria, handed out steady punishment until a combination had Wong staggering across the ring in the fourth and the referee coming in to save him. UFA, RUSSIA Unbeaten Russian Pavel Sosulin(11-0) wins the vacant WBO Gold title with a ninth round stoppage of Argentinian Lucas Bastida (22-4). After a couple of even rounds Sosulin took control gradually breaking Bastida down. It ended in the ninth as Sosulin pinned Bastida against the ropes and poured on a series of rights until the referee came in to stop the fight. Another fight for a vacant title, this for the WBA Oceania lightweight belt, saw Artur Subkhankulov (9-0) make it a double for the home team as he took a unanimous verdict over Australian Ibrahim Balla (17-3). No scores available. APRIL 26 LONDON, ENGLAND: Chris Eubank Jr (35-3)takes a unanimous decision over Conor Benn after twelve rounds of furious action, Scores 116-112 for Eubank on all three cards. 
Eubank was the bigger man and started out boxing on the back foot in the first catching Benn with some counters and Benn connected with a right late in the round. Benn evened things up in the second jerking Eubank’s head back with a jab and landing a left hook. Benn shook Eubank with a left hook in the third before they both tumbled to the floor and Benn landed a booming right just before the bell to move ahead. The fourth was close with Eubank just outworking Benn. The fifth was another close round which could have been scored either way. Benn had the better of the action in the sixth landing big left hooks and right counters but Eubanks was in front on all three cards at this point. Things seemed to change from the seventh. Eubank went back to boxing on the back foot countering Benn landing a heavy rights and getting the better of some furious trading. A frantic eight saw Benn wild with his punches and shaken by a left hook only to fire back in some furious exchanges. Both scored heavily but Eubank was defending better and was more accurate. The ninth again provided plenty of action with Benn scoring with hard hooks from both hands at the start and end of the round and Eubank cut over his right eye in a clash of heads. Eubank came off the back foot in the tenth and went toe-to-toe with Benn which had the crowd on their feet as Benn shook Eubank with a left and right. Eubank seemed to have stood the pace better and he took advantage of some reckless attacking from Benn to connect with right hand counters in the eleventh. A fantastic last round saw both fighters giving everything. Shots from Eubank had Benn holding and a left hook shook Benn. He fired back but a tremendous left hook had Benn in trouble but he held on saw out the round. No title at stake but none needed. The fight lived up to expectations with Eubank being stronger over the closing rounds making the difference. There is a return clause in the contract so they may go again later this year if Benn enforces it. Athony Yarde (27-3) goes 2-1 in front in this series of fights with Lyndon Arthur (24-3)as he takes a unanimous decision and the WBA Inter-Continental light heavyweight title. Defending champion Arthur made the better start and looked to be slightly ahead after the first five rounds. Yarde came on over the second half and did enough with strong attacks in the eleventh and twelfth to deserve the decision on scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113. Arthur had won the first clash on points and Yarde had knocked Arthur out in five rounds the second time they met. Irishman middleweight Aaron McKenna (20-0) gets a huge win as he takes a wide unanimous decision over former WBO light middleweight champion Liam Smith (33-5-1). Mckenna used faster hands and clever footwork to outbox Smith from the start. He also had a longer reach and switched guards to give Smith more problems to solve. Smith just could not get a foothold in the fight. He was cut by his right eye in the fifth and had some small help when McKenna was deducted a point for use of his elbow in the sixth. That was it for Smith as McKenna outboxed him over the last four rounds. Scores 119-108, 118-108 and 117-109 for McKenna. He wins the vacant WBA International title. At 36 and after almost 17 years as a pro it may be time for Smith to retire. In his first fight since losing his WBO cruiserweight title to Gilberto Ramirez in November Chris Billiam-Smith (22-2) was made to work hard to get a unanimous decision over Brandon Glanton (20-3). Billiam-Smith was attacking the body and outscored Glanton over the first two rounds but Glanton looked to have hurt Billiam-Smith with a combination in the third. Billiam-Smith staged a strong finish to take the fourth but relentless pressure from Glanton turned the fight his way and he had a good fifth. In the sixth and seventh Billiam-Smith was timing Glanton’s attacks and stepping back and countering with Glanton’s pressure no longer as effective. Glanton rebounded and raised the tempo again outscoring Billiam-Smith in the eighth to closed the points gap. Billiam-Smith has a lot more experience of pacing a twelve round fights and that began to tell as Glanton slowed and Billiam-Smith swept the ninth, tenth and eleventh. Glanton went looking for a knockout in the last but Billiam-Smith took no chances and boxed cautiously to the bell. Scores 116-112 twice and 116-113. 
Londoner Vidal Riley (13-0) pulls off an upset as he outpoints former top amateur Cheavon Clarke (10-2) to win the British cruiserweight title. Riley outboxed the aggressive Clarke over the first four rounds. Clarke was having difficulty getting past Riley’s jab and was not busy enough no match Riley work. Clarke finally began to cut down space for Riley in the fifth and land to the body and he worked hard to make the sixth close. Riley simply outworked Ckarke over the seventh and eighth keeping Clarke out with his longer reach to extend his lead and Clarke was cut over his left eye in ma clash of heads. Clarke was finally able to get inside in the ninth and land some useful body punches. That was as good as it got for Clarke and Riley took over. He outboxed Clarke in the tenth and had him rocking with a right in the eleventh and then just danced his way around the twelfth. Scores 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113 for Riley. He had shown his potential in English title wins over Nathan Quarless and Mikael Lawal. Second consecutive loss for Clarke BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: Southpaw Ignacio Iribarren (14-0-1) takes a majority decision over Mexican Randy Loaiza (15-1-2) to win the vacant WBA Fedelatin super lightweight title on scores of 96-94 twice and 95-95. After a draw in his first fight Iribarren has won 14 in a row. Loaiza had beaten Jose Angel Napoles, the grandson of the Cuban great in August. NATHAN, AUSTRALIA: Colombian-born Australian Vivian Ruiz (10-2) just edged out Argentinian Maria Rivera (14-7-3) on a split decision for the vacant WBA interim flyweight belt. The judges scored it 97-93 and 96-94 for Ruiz and a 96-94 for Rivera. In a heavyweight contest Joseph Goodall (12-2-1) halted 42-year-old Tongan-born Bowie Tupou (29-7) in the fourth round. Goodall’s losses have come against Justis Huni and Efe Ajagba. LIEGE BELGIUM: In an all-Belgian clash Jan Helin (18-4-1) retained the European Silver super welterweight title stopping home town fighter Amaury Massenaux (13-3-1) in the third round. Helin was defending the EBU Silver title for the first time and had beaten Massenaux in a Belgian title fight in 2023 SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY Sarah "Babyface" Bormann (20-1, 7 KOs) successfully defended her WBO minimumweight world title with a split decision over Spain’s Isabel Rivero (10-3-1). Bormann took the fight to Rivero from the start and despite some clever footwork from Rivero the relentless pressure just proved too much for her and although it was a split decision Bormann was a clear winner. Scores 99-92 and 97-93 for Bormann with the Spanish judge seeing it as 96-93 for Rivero. Bormann was defending the WBO belt for the first time. In a couple of poor matches light-heavyweight Ardian Krasniqi (11-0) knocked out seasoned Argentinian Deigo Ramirez (27-13-1) in the fourth round.(Krasniqi has won all of his fight inside the distance taking less than 20 rounds) and cruiserweight Huseyin Cinkara (23-0) stopped Venezuelan Juan Diaz in the first round. Cinkara floored Diaz with a right. Diaz made it to his feet but did not want to continue DURANGO, MEXICO It wasn’t supposed to be the top of the bill but what brought the TV cameras and fans to the Durango National Fair was the first professional fight for 2024 Olympian Miguel Angel Martinez. He did not disappoint his fans as he knocked out Colombian welterweight Duvan Lopez(3-1) in the third round. Lopez was down once in the second and twice more in the third. In the main event super bantamweight Jorge Ascanio (12-1-1) floored Rashib Martinez (23-5-1) in the first round but had to go the full ten rounds to win on scores of 96-93 twice and 99-90. Local super flyweight Gohan Rodriguez (18-3-1) stopped Jose Javier Torres (15-9) in the third round. Torres was a late substitute for former WBC flyweight champion Cristofer Rosales. COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA, USA Unbeaten featherweight Amado Vargas (13-0) destroys Dominican Angel Luna (20-16-1) in three rounds. Luna attacked immediately trying to put Vargas under pressure. Vargas had the faster hands and harder punch and over the first two rounds found the target with straight rights and left hooks to the body. Luna was still looking to trade in the third but an explosive series of punches from Vargas sent him crashing to the canvas on his back and he was counted out. Vargas is the son of former IBF and WBA super welterweight champion Fernando Vargas. MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA Nicaraguan Melving Lopez (33-2) won this clash of former title challengers stopping Panamanian Ricardo Nunez(29-14) in the fifth round of their super featherweight contest. Lopez dominated the first four rounds before stunning Nunez with a right hook in the fifth. Nunez was sent reeling into the ropes and as Lopez unloaded on him the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. A heavyweight bout saw the 6’5” Russian Aleksei Dronov (6-0) dispose of a slow and overweight Alex Theran in the first round. Dronov drove Theran to the ropes and sent him down with a heavy right. The referee started the count and then just valved the fight over. The 23-year-old Dronov was World and European Youth champion and won a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. APRIL 27 GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PHILIPPINES 
Former IBF and WBA super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales (40-4) returns to action with a win over Indonesian Jon Jon Jet (15-2-1). Tapales had some trouble hunting down the tall skinny Indonesian but other than that it was an easy night. Jet had an awkward style but no power and spent most of the fight circling the ring and occasionally lunging forward with a little burst of punches. Tapales was able to score with some straight rights and left hooks when he could catch but it was a left in the third that ended the fight. It looked to have broken Jet’s nose and he retired at the end of the round. Tapales wins the vacant WBC International Silver title. Joey Canoy (24-5-2) made it a Philippines double as he halted Vietnam’s Minh Phat Sam (10-6) in the tenth round of a fight for the vacant WBC International minimumweight title. A tremendously game and tough Sam never stopped walking forward. Canoy hit him with everything but Sam just kept coming forward throwing punches. In the tenth Canoy landed combination after combination and Sam was still taking the fight to Canoy when the referee saved Sam from himself with a stoppage. 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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