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THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 14 JULY 2025: Katie Taylor Makes 3-0 Over Amanda Serrano; Baumgardner Defeats Miranda; Stevenson Outclasses Zepeda; Sheeraz Stops Berlanga By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 15 Jul 2025  HIGHLIGHTS (in date order) -Katie Taylor wins a majority decision over Amanda Serrano to retain her IBF/ WBA/ WBC/ WBO super lightweight titles and goes to 3-0 in their series -Alycia Baumgardner outpoints Jennifer Miranda in defence of her IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO super featherweight belts. -Shadasia Green outpointed Savannah Marshall. She retains the WBO super middleweight title and wins the IBF title from Marshall. -Ellie Scotney retains her IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles with a victory over Yamileth Mercado and adds Mercado’s WBC belt to her collection -Cherneka Johnson stops Shurretta Metcalf she defends her WBA bantamweight title,wins Metcalf’s IBF title and wins the vacant WBC and WBO titles -Chantelle Cameron outpoints Jessica Camara and retains the WBC interim super light title -Alessandro Riguccini wins the vacant interim WBA super lightweight title with stoppage of Jesus Correa -Shakur Stevenson outclasses William Zepeda in WBC lightweight title defence Subriel Matias outpoints champion Albert Puello to win the WBC super lightweight title -Hamza Sheeraz halts Edgar Berlanga in five round in a WBO super middleweight eliminator -David Morell takes a split decision over previously unbeaten Imam Khataev. MAJOR SHOWS: JULY 11 NEW YORK, NY, USA: SUPER LIGHT: KATIE TAYLOR (25-1) W PTS 10 AMANDA SERRANO (47-4-1). SUPER FEATHER: ALICIA BAUMGARDNER (16-1,1ND) W PTS 10 JENNIFER MIRANDA (12-1). SUPER MIDDLE: SHADASIA GREEN (16-1) W PTS 10 SAVANNAH MARSHALL (13-1). SUPER BANTAM: ELLIE SCOTNEY (11-0) W PTS 10 YAMILETH MERCADO(24-4). BANTAM: CHERNEKA JOHNSON(18-2) W TKO 9 SHURRETTA METCALF (14-5-1,1ND). SUPER LIGHT: CHANTELLE CAMERON (21-1) W PTS 10 JESSICA CAMARA (14-5-1). SUPER BANTAM: RAMLA ALI (10-2) W PTS 8 LILA FURTADO (11-3). MIDDLE: TAMM THIBEAULT (1-0) W TKO 5 MARY CASAMASSA (6-2). 
Taylor vs. Serrano TAYLOR wins a majority decision over SERRANO to make it 3-0 for her in this historic trilogy which has boosted the standing of female boxing as no other set of contests has done in the past. Both fighters seemed to have decided to box more in this third contest so it was a studied start with what light punches that landed in the first coming mostly from Taylor. The pace picked up in the second with Serrano coming in behind her jab with Taylor going onto the back foot and Serrano landing well with her jab but both were still cautious. Taylor continued to box on the retreat in the third countering Serrano flurries with accurate counters. Taylor landed a hard right and took the round with a late burst of punches. Taylor had a strong fourth. Serrano seemed a little leery of mixing it inside too much recalling her eye injuries in the first two fights. Serrano pressed harder in the fifth. She scored well in the exchanges and outworked Taylor. At that stage I had it 48-47 for Taylor. Serrano marched forward and really let her hands go in the sixth. Taylor was countering with flurries but Serrano was busier and landed a hard right before the end of the round. Taylor was cut under her right eye in the seventh a round that saw both throwing plenty but Taylor edging it with her greater accuracy. Serrano swung things back her way in the eighth. This was not the wild war of the first two fights and the rounds were all close but Serrano was still coming forward putting Taylor under pressure and connected with left hooks. Taylor was sliding away from Serrano’s attacks and landing plenty of accurate counters in the ninth and she looked to have edged another close round. Taylor boxed brilliantly in the last. She stayed cool finding the target with jabs. Serrano was having trouble landing anything significant and Taylor flurried at the end to seal the win. I had it 96-94 for Taylor. Official scores 97-93 twice for Taylor and 95-95. Taylor retains her IBF/ IBO/ WBA/ WBC/ WBO titles but really the titles are largely irrelevant as Madison Square Garden was sold out to see two of female boxing greatest ambassadors. Taylor, 39, can have her pick of any suitable opponent. Her legacy is already established whether she fights on or retires. Serran still has her featherweight titles and will want to go out on a win. 
Baumgardner vs. Miranda BAUMGARDNER puts her four sanctioning body super featherweight belts on the line against WBA interim featherweight title holder MIRANDA. Baumgardner just had the better of the action in a slow opening round. A left from Baumgardner looked to have dropped Miranda in the second but it was waived away with no count. The action picked up in the third with both landing well and Miranda was on target with some good rights. Baumgardner was finding Miranda a difficult opponent but was doing enough to win the rounds and had a good lead after edging a slow fifth round. The sixth saw plenty of fierce exchanges and Baumgardner had the better of the trading but a Miranda right stopped Baumgardner in her tracks before she recovered and scored with rights. Jabs from Miranda jerked Baumgardner’s head back in the seventh and she also did some good work inside and looked to have outscored Baumgardner in the eighth. Baumgardner provided the stronger finish over the ninth and tenth but Miranda was competitive all the way to the final bell. Baumgardner won on scores of 98-92 twice and 97-93. This is only the second fight in the last two years for Baumgardner with one of those fights, a title defence against Delfine Persoon in September, only lasting four rounds before a cut forced it to be ruled a No Decision. Miranda lost but showed enough to be a decent test in some high profile fights. Green vs. Marshall GREEN wins a split decision over MARSHALL. Despite two years of inactivity Marshall looked the sharper of the two with Green being warned for holding in the second round as she struggled to cope with the height and longer reach of Marshall. The third round was close but again Green was warned for holding. She paid for that in the fourth as the referee deducted a point for that offence. The fifth was a pivotal round as Green responded to losing the point in the previous round by connecting with a hard right to the head that had Marshall badly shaken and doing some holding of her own to see out the round. Green had her jab working well over the sixth and seventh and had adjusted to deal with Marshall’s style and was catching Marshall with snappy counters. The eighth was close and it was anyone’s fight going into the last two rounds with Marshall looking to have made the stronger finish but the split decision went to Green on scores of 96-93 and 95-94 for Green and 96-93 for Marshall. Green successfully defends her WBO title and wins the IBF title from Marshall. Green had lost to Franchon Crews Dezurn in a fight for the interim WBA and vacant WBC titles in 2023 but had rebounded to win the vacant WBO title in November. Marshall had still been recognised as IBF champion despite taking two years out to compete in MMA Scotney vs. Mercado Londoner SCOTNEY scores a wide unanimous decision over MERCADO in a title unifier. Scotney set a fast pace from the beginning. Her hand speed and accuracy helped her find plenty of gaps in Mercado’s defence for left jabs and left hooks and her clever movement had Mercado struggling to get into the fight. A clash of heads in the fifth saw Mercado emerge with a nasty cut on her forehead and Scotney suffered a small cut by her left eye. Mercado started to find her range but was still being outboxed and outscored by Scotney, who despite her lack of power, bossed the exchanges. Mercado had a big edge in experience-190 rounds to 90- but Scotney paced the fight well and won on scores of 98-92 twice and 100-90. Scotney was defending her IBF and WBO belts and adds Mercado’s WBC belt to her collection. Mercado was having her first fight since decisioning Ramla Ali in a WBC title defence in June last year. She had held the WBC title since 2019 and lost only once-to Amando Serrano-in her last 14 fights. Johnson vs. Metcalf Australian JOHNSON beats METCALF in nine rounds. With Johnson’s WBA belt and Metcalf’s IBF plus the vacant WBC and WBO titles there were four titles on the line in this fight and Johnson proved too strong and punched too hard for Metcalf. Johnson took control from the start forcing Metcalf onto the back foot with some strong jabbing. With Metcalf’s lack of any power Johnson was able to walk though Metcalf’s jab and ignore Metcalf’s attempts to counter. Johnson bulldozed her way forward in the fourth swarming all over Johnson who fell backwards to the canvas. The referee applied a count although Metcalf protested she was pushed. Johnson continued to walk through Metcalf’s punches outscoring her in every round. A fierce attack in the sixth saw Medcalf staggering but she survived to face more punishment and passed a doctor’s examination at the start of the eighth. Johnson continued to score heavily and after the bell went for the start of the ninth the referee had the doctor examine Metcalf again and the fight was stopped. Johnson’s two losses have come against Shannon O’Connell and Ellie Scotney but now she is the owner of four titles. Texan Metcalf showed plenty of courage but was too short on power to hold out against Johnson. Cameron vs. Camara CAMERON outpoints Canadian CAMARA in defence of her interim WBC title. Cameron was the first on target with her jabs and took the opening round. Camara picked up her pace in the second to even things up but the harder punching from Cameron saw her open a gap and she looked to have won four of the first five rounds. Camara banged back hard over the sixth and seventh to close the gap somewhat but the effort cost her and Cameron took over in the eighth as Camara showed signs of slowing and Cameron widened the gap by taking the ninth and tenth. The judges scored it 99-91 twice and 98-92 with Cameron the right winner but the scores a bit harsh for the effort put in by Camara. Cameron has the distinction of being the only one to have beaten Katie Taylor as a professional. Taylor beat Cameron in a return fight and Taylor showed no interest in a third fight. Camara had challenged Caroline Dubois for the WBC lightweight title in January but a cut caused the fight to end as a No Decision. Ali vs. Furtado ALI wins a unanimous points victory over FURTADO. There was a clash of styles here between the taller and more skilful Ali and the aggressive attacking style of Brazilian Furtado. Although no puncher Ali provided the only moment of excitement when she landed a heavy right in the third that had Furtado badly shaken. Furtado recovered and continued her assaults. She was forcing Ali to fight inside, She seemed to be outlanding Ali and Ali was cut badly over her left eye but in the end the judges went for Ali’s cleaner and more accurate work over the higher output of Furtado and scored it 77-75 twice and 78-74 for Ali but it was not a popular decision. Somalian-born Londoner Ali lost on points against Yamileth Mercado in a challenge for the WBC super-bantam title in June last year. In another example of the lack depth in Female boxing nine of Furtado’s victims had never previously had a fight including two opponents she beat in Brazilian title fights. Thibeault vs. Casamassa The 2020 Canadian Olympian THIBEAULT halts Pittsburgh southpaw CASAMASSA in the fifth round. The hard punching Canadian put Casamassa on the floor with a combination at the end of the opening round. Casamassa made it to her feet but was shaken again before the bell. Thibeault, also a southpaw, showed quick hands and real power and Casamassa had to stand up to some serious punishment over the next two rounds. After a particularly brutal fourth the referee visited Casamassa corner and consulted with the doctor. The fight continued but as Thibeault had Casamassa pinned to the ropes and was unloading on her the referee stopped the fight. Impressive display from Thibeault who won a gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games but lost out to the eventual bronze medallist in Paris. JULY 12 NEW YORK, NY, USA: LIGHT: SHAKUR STEVENSON (24-0) W PTS 12 WILLIAM ZEPEDA (33-1). SUPER LIGHT: SUBRIEL MATIAS (23-2) W PTS 12 ALBERTO PUELLO (24-1). SUPER MIDDLE: HAMZAH SHEERAZ (22-0-1) W TKO 5 EDGER BERLANGA (23-2). LIGHT HEAVY: DAVID MORRELL (12-1) W PTS 10 IMAM KHATAEV (10-1) 
Stevenson vs. Zepeda STEVENSON outclasses ZEPEDA and wins a unanimous decision to retain the WBC title. This fight was supposed to represent a serious test for Stevenson but he won by 8,8 and 10 points on the three cards with Zepeda struggling to win a round. Zepeda tried to put Stevenson under pressure from the first but Stevenson connected with sharp combinations and was getting through Zepeda’s guard with jabs to head and body and blocking or dodging Zepeda’s counters. The second saw Zepeda continue to push forward but Stevenson was standing his ground in the middle of the ring firing counters. Zepeda was throwing plenty but Stevenson was finding him an easy target and landed some hurtful left hooks. Stevenson continued to dominate in the third. He was landing hooks and uppercuts from both hands and was too quick for Zepeda to connect with anything of significance until at the end of the round when a right hook finally landed heavily. That brief success seemed to fire-up Zepeda and he piled forward throwing punches in the fifth trying to overwhelm Stevenson by sheer quantity but too often his punches were inaccurate or blocked. Stevenson still founds gaps and still kept landing counters to edge the round. Zepeda was continuing to forge forward throwing a stream of punches over the fifth and sixth but Stevenson stood his ground blocking or dodging Zepeda’s punches and feeding Zepeda jabs, hooks and combinations. Zepeda continued to work feverishly in the seventh and for once his swarming tactics seem to work as Stevenson’s output dropped and it could be counted as a round for Zepeda. Stevenson had been investing heavily in bodywork and Zepeda showed signs of slowing in the eighth. Stevenson dominated the scoring early in the round and although Zepeda finished the round strongly Stevenson seemed to have done enough to take it. Zepeda was on the march again in the ninth but was just walking onto punches. Stevenson was landing hooks and uppercuts and combinations of both on the advancing Zepeda who just kept coming and kept firing punches with little success. The pace dropped a bit in the tenth which gave Stevenson a bit more space to work and he outscored Zepeda. A little of the fire had gone out of Zepeda and he needed a knockout but never looked like getting one. Stevenson staged the stronger finish and it was he who seemed to be searching for a kayo as he landed heavily over both the eleventh and twelfth to wrap a up comprehensive victory over a fighter who was seen as a major threat to him. Scores 118-110 twice and 119-109 for Stevenson. After the fight Stevenson made it clear that he wants Gervonta Davis up next. In acknowledgement of some recent criticism he stood and traded more in this fight and against fighter with 27 inside the distance wins in his 33 fights that was a strong statement. The signs were not good for Zepeda after he struggled so badly twice against Tevin Farmer and he had no answer to Stevenson’s speed and accuracy. He has the power to come again and with four titles there will be another chance. 
Matias vs. Puello MATIAS takes a majority verdict over champion PUELLO to win the WBC title. The defending champion established his jab in the first as Matias came forward trying to close down the superior boxer with pressure Puello stayed cool and raked Matias with counters. The second saw Matias upping the pressure forcing Puello to the ropes and taking the fight inside. That pattern was repeated over the third and fourth as Matias continued to force Puello to back up or to stand and fight inside where the Puerto Rican challenger banged away with both hands. Despite fighting the fight the way Matias wanted it Puello was doing good work and the rounds were close. Matias just kept on coming focusing on attacking Puello’s body to slow the better stylist. Despite suffering a cut over his left eye in the fifth Matias continued to drive Puello back to the ropes and work away with body punches. Puello was landing some good counters but was begin outworked. The action stayed hot in the sixth and seventh with Matias aiming to grind Puello down. He had the better of the better of the exchanges in the sixth but Puello was landing heavily at the end of the seventh. The pace seemed to drop in the eighth and that favoured Puello although he was still being forced to the ropes often his clean counters gave him the edge. The action was fierce again in the ninth and Puello looked to have won the round. Matias was still coming but Puello was again countering well with both hands. The fight was desperately close and in the tenth the pace seemed to be affecting Matias more than Puello. Puello was warned for holding but he was using that tactic successfully to smother Matias. Puello had a big eleventh. He shook Matias badly with an uppercut at the start of the round and landed with left hooks as a tired Matias trundled forward. Puello had more left in the last and he outscored Matias who had nothing left in the tank. Puello looked to have done enough to cancel out the lead Matias built in the first half of the fight but it was Matia’s who got the majority decision on scores of 115-113 twice and 114-114. Matias’ first defence of the title is already set and he will face England’s Dalton Smith in Riyadh on November 22. The result here was controversial and Puello will be hoping to either get a return early next year or a shot at one of the other versions of the title. 
Sheeraz vs. Berlanga SHEERAZ destroys BERLANGA in five rounds. Both had some minor success with jabs and left hooks in two close opening rounds. Sheeraz clearly took the third jabbing strongly and scoring with accurate counters but a jab from Berlanga had blood dripping from Sheeraz’s nose. Berlanga made a promising start to the fourth but then Sheeraz shook Berlanga with a combination and connected with a right. Another combination sent Berlanga down hard. Berlanga climbed to his feet but a combination dropped him again and he only just beat the count and made it to the bell. Sheerazjumped on Berlanga in the fifth and a left hook followed by a right had Berlanga fold in half and put both gloves on the canvas and the fight was stopped. Sheeraz was moving up from middleweight where he fought a split draw against Carlos Adames for the WBC title in February. The win makes Sheeraz the mandatory challenger for Saul Alvarez’s WBO super middleweight title but both the WBA and WBC have interim champions for the same title. Berlanga was floored and outclassed by Alvarez in a title challenge in September but had rebounded with a first round stoppage of unbeaten Jonathan Gonzlez-Ortiz in March. Morrell vs. Khataev MORRELL comes from behind to score a controversial split decision over Russian-born Australian KHATAEV. The powerful Khataev took the fight to Cuban Morrell. He was landing heavy body punches and overarm rights but Morrell was fast with his jabs and straight rights in a lively first round which Khataev just took. Morrell was not making enough use of his speed and better skills and he paid for that in the second as Khataev landed solidly at the start of the round. A cut was opened over Khataev’s right eye but he rocked Morrell with a left before the bell. Morrell smartened up and began to use his faster hands and more movement in the third and fourth and that worked for him as he landed southpaw jabs and quick combinations. Khataev did the scoring at the start of the fifth with jabs and heavy uppercuts. Morrell then took over with right hooks and uppercuts and just as it seemed that Morrell was going to win the round Khataev dropped him with a right. Morrell got though the round but with winning three of the first four rounds and the knockdown in the fifth Khataev has built a substantial. Morrell start to claw back some of the leeway as he boxed well connecting with body punches and finished the round with a burst of punches. Morrell was jabbing accurately at the start of the seventh but the pace seems to have slowed and Khataev just looked to have taken a close round and he outworked Morrell in the eighth. Khataev put plenty of pressure on Morrell in the ninth but Morrell continually found gaps for counters driving Khataev back and rocking him late with a straight left. As they slugged it out in the last Morrell turned the tables and forced Khataev to the ropes and scored with hooks before shaking Khataev with a left and winning the round well. The judges scored it 96-93 and 95-94 for Morrell and 96-94 for Khataev. It was close enough to have gone either way. First fight for Morrell since losing on points against David Benavidez for the WBA title in February. Khataev’s biggest test by far and he showed he belonged at this level. JULY 11 TIRANA, ALBANIA: SUPER LIGHT: ALESSANDRO RIGUCCINI (31-0) W TKO 2 JESUS CORREA (18-1). RIGUCCINI makes one of his occasionally appearances and wins the vacant WBA interim title with a second round stoppage of overmatched Venezuelan CORREA. Riguccini connected with some solid body punches in the first and then ended it in the second. A heavy combination to the head had Correa reeling and the referee halted the mis-match in the second. Now he has a title hopefully the 37-year-old Italian will be more active and face a much better level of opponent. Correa’s record was built against low level opposition. He went into this fight rated No 8 by the WBA thanks to some blatant manipulation of their ratings (See Observations) JULY 12 FRESNO, CA, USA: SUPER WELTER: FRANCISCO VERON (15-1-1) W PTS 10 VLADIMIR HERNANDEZ (17-7). LIGHT FLY: ERICK BADILLO (18-0) W PTS 10 GERARDO ZAPATA (15-3-1). SUPER FEATHER: TSENDBAATAR ERDENEBAT (13-0) W PTS 10 HUMBERTO GALINDO (14-4-3). BANTAM: KATSUMA AKITSUGI (13-0) W PTS 10 JONASA SULTAN (19-8). SUPER LIGHT: CARLOS BALDERAS (16-2) W TKO 8 SALVADOR BRICENO (18-12-1). Veron vs. Hernandez Argentinian Olympian VERON boxes his way to victory over HERNANDEZ. Veron had height and reach over Hernandez and the skills to make use of those advantages. Within the first minute of the fight he connected with a straight right that landed behind Hernandez’s ear and had Hernandez badly shaken and backing away to the ropes. Veron unloaded on Hernandez until Hernandez punched his way out of trouble and then it was Hernandez coming forward and Veron under pressure. From the second it was relentless pressure from Hernandez as he marched fortward pumping out punches and ignoring Veron’s counters. The problem with those tactics is that Hernandez was leaving himself wide open and Veron kept landing clean counters and was outscoring Hernandez. Rights from Hernandez had produced a swelling under Veron’s right eye by the fifth and the selling turned to a cut in the sixth. The cut was a target for Hernandez but was not affecting Veron as blood was running down his cheek and not affecting his vision. Hernandez continued his pressure but Veron continued to find the target with counters. Veron slowed a little over the eighth and ninth but was still on target with his longer reach and he matched Hernandez in the exchanges in the tenth. The judges scored it 98-92 twice and 99-1 for Veron. The Argentinian was having his first fight since dropping a decision against Brandon Adams in August. Mexican southpaw Herrnandez was coming of a useful win over Isaias Lucero in March. Badillo vs. Zapata BADILLO moves to 18 wins with a unanimous verdict over Nicaraguan ZAPATA. The first two rounds were close but the higher work rate and greater power of Badillo prevailed. He dropped Zapata with a right hook in the fourth. The pressure from Badilla meant that Zapata spent more and more time pinned against the ropes as Badilla battered away with hooks from both hands. Zapata had a good seventh as he managed to stay off the ropes and trade punches in the centre of the ring but Badilla pressed hard and swept the closing rounds to win on scores of 98-91 twice and 97-92. This is Badillo’s first fight outside of Mexico and he made a good impression. Zapata had lost on points against Oscar Collazo in a challenge for the WBO minimum title in June last year but was coming off a good win over Azael Villar in March. Erdenebat vs. Galindo Mongolian southpaw ERDENEBAT proves too much of a handful for Californian GALINDO. Erdenebat was conceding 4” in height and lots of reach so he had to get in close and work on slowing down Galindo with body punches. He was more measured in his work than Hernandez had been not rushing Galindo but circling him and picking his moment to bob and weave his way inside to target Galindo’s body. He was quicker with his movements and his hands. Galindo had a useful jab but found the constantly circling Erdenebat a hard target. Galindo is a better fighter than his record indicates and he picked up a couple of rounds when he was able to catch Erdenebat on the way in and when they stood and traded but Erdenebat’s speed gave the Mongolian a big edge and he won well taking the unanimous decision on scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93. Erdenebat is making good progress after an extensive amateur career that saw him lose to Shakur Stevenson in the quarter-finals at the 2016 Olympics and Albert Batyrgaziev at the same stage in the Tokyo Games. Galindo has lost to then unbeaten Artem Harutyunyan and Ray Muratalla and he had drawn with Abraham Nova in November. Akitsugi vs. Sultan Unbeaten Japanese-born American AKITSUGI takes the unanimous decision over experienced Filipino SULTAN. Akitsugi used his longer reach to force Sultan onto the back foot with right jabs. When Sultan drove forward Akitsugi met him with left hooks and uppercuts and shook Sultan twice in the third. There was a clash of heads and although neither was cut Sultan was already showing swelling below his right eye. Akitsugi was able to pick Sultan off at distance but Sultan surged inside whenever he could get past Akitsugi jab. Akitsugi continued to control the fight also outlanding Sultan when they traded inside and the referee took a look at swellings under both of Sultan’s eyes in the fifth. Akitsugi looked close to ending the fight in the seventh but Sultan survived and Akitsugi was badly cut over his right eye in a clash of heads in the eighth but outscored Sultan whose right eye was virtually closed by the end of the fight. Akitsugi won on scores of 99-91 twice and 98-92. Akitsugi has shown well against some testing opposition such as former WBO super fly challenger Aston Palicte. Sultan had beaten John Riel Casimero and lost on points to Jerwin Ancajas and Pasul Butler in title fights. Balderas vs. Briceno BALDERAS, yet another former Olympian, scored a spectacular last round kayo of BRICENO. The 6’0” tall Briceno was determined to work on the outside using his reach to pick off Balderas. That did not work too well as Balderas was able to come forward behind a high guard as Briceno had no snap in his jab. Despite that Balderas did not do a particularly good job of cutting off the ring and although constantly on the back foot Briceno was able to score with bursts of punches. Balderas began to land heavily from the fifth as Briceno tired and stood and traded more. In the eighth as Briceno was jabbing with confidence Balderas stepped inside and landed a left hook and a thunderous right and Briceno went down. He rolled over and got up but the referee had stopped the night immediately after Briceno went down and Briceno complained that the fight had been stopped too early and he had a case. Fourteenth inside the distance win for Balderas. He boxed for America at the Rio Olympics but has struggled to impress as a professional. Fifth loss in a row for Briceno. CULIACAN, MEXICO: SUPER FEATHER: JONATHAN FIERRO (19-1) W PTS 10 LEOBARDO QUINTANA (11-1). JESUS ARCHIEGA (24-2) W TKO 7 AUGUSTIN PEREZ (13-5-1). Middle: MARCO VERDE (2-0) W PTS 6 CRISTAIN MONTERO (4-5). Fierro vs. Quintana Southpaw FIERRO gets his sixth win in a row as he outpoints less experienced QUINTANA. Fierro, 22, used his better skills and deeper experience to win this one. Quintan had the advantage of a longer reach but failed to make full use of that. Fierro a good winner but no scores available. Quintana was moving up to ten rounds for the first time. Archiega vs. Perez ARCHIEGA continues to rebuild with a seventh round stoppage of PEREZ. Archiega put Perez under heavy pressure from the start with a focused body attack. Perez had some success over the third and fourth but Archiega stepped up his attacks over the fifth and sixth. Perez only just survived but had nothing left in the seventh and the referee stopped the fight with an exhausted Perez taking too much punishment. Archiega was 21-0 before two very close points defeats last year and this is third win since then. Verde vs. Montero VERDE gets his second win as he outpoints MONTERO. The lanky Olympian scored well with his southpaw jabs and long lefts in the first and stepped up his pace in each round. He tried hard to get Montero out of there in the sixth but Montero made it to the finish. Scores 60-54 from all three judges. Verde, 23, won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics and gold at both the PanAmerican and Central American and Caribbean Games so big things are expected from him. His father competed at the 1992 Olympics. WAKEFIELD, ENGLAND: SUPER WELTER: DOM HUNT (17-1-2) W PTS 10 JAMES MOORCROFT (20-5-2). SUPER FEATHER: IBRAHIM NADIM (15-1) W PTS 10 KURT JACKSON (7-3). LIGHT ZELFA BARRETT (33-3) W PTS 6 RAMIRO GARCIA (8-27). Hunt vs., Moorcroift HUNT wins this third meeting against MOORCROFT after their first two fights ended in draws. Hunt floored Moorcroft with a left hook late in the sixth and then held off a strong finish from Moorcroft to take the unanimous decision on scores of 96-93 twice and 99-90. Reportedly this was for the WBO European title. Good bounce back by Hunt who lost on a first round stoppage against Ben Vaughan in June last year. Moorcroift had lost in a challenge for the WBO European welterweight title in 2023 Nadim vs. Jackson NADIM extends his run of wins to six as he outpoints JACKSON on scores of 97-93 twice and 97-94. Jackson had won his last two bouts Barrett vs. Garcia Former IBF title challenger BARRETT gets in some ring time as he outpoints Mexican GARCIA with the referee scoring it 60-54 for Barrett. He came up short in a fight with Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov for the vacant IBF title in 2022 and dropped a decision against James Dickens in February but this is Barrett second win in just over a month. Now thirteen defeats in a row for Garcia. SIOUX CITY, IA, USA: LIGHT: STEVIE MORGAN (18-2) W RTD 2 CRYSTAL GARCIA (11-4). WELTER: DEONTAY WALKER (21-1) W TKO 2 JUAN WITT (33-4-2). Morgan vs. Garcia Floridian MORGAN wins the vacant WBA Goild title with a second round retirement victory over Dominican GARCIA. Sixteenth inside the distance win for 36-year-old Morgan. She was stopped in two rounds by Amanda Serrano in July last year and has a heavily padded record. Garcia qualified to fight for this “prestigious” title on the basis of her outstanding recent action. Garcia was knocked out in 65 seconds by Ramla Ali in 2022 and her last fight was May 2023. Walker vs. Witt WALKER overwhelms Argentinian WITT in two rounds. Walker put Witt down in the first and then twice in the second both with body punches and the fight was stopped. The 24-year-old local has impressive looking figures having won his last 19 fights 17 of them by KO/TKO but the opposition has been much less impressive including eight who had never won a fight and many of the others being no hopers who he has beaten in Colombia. He was defending the UBO International title. Witt, 38, was inactive for five years until returning to the ring in 2022 and since returning has lost his 4 fights by KO/TKO. OBSERVATIONS : You could hear the cash registers at the sanctioning bodies ringing up the money at the weekend. With so many fights involving more than one title (ignoring interim titles) there were 19 titles on the line WBC=6, IBF=5, WBO=5 and WBA=3 SANCTIONING BODY SINNERS in this case (again) the WBA The way that they so blatantly manipulated their ratings for the fight between Alessandro Riguccini and Jesus Correa was disgraceful. The WBA trumpeted about what a great fight it was between two unbeaten punchers with Riguccini rated No 7 and Correa No 8. Sounds good! Two top ten fighters fighting for the interim title but the truth about the validity of those ratings tells a very different story. Riguccini rose from No 15 to No 7 despite not fighting for almost seven months. Correa was unrated before March but for beating two fighters with 2-7-2 and 3-6-1 he went from being unrated to No 8 by fight time. He was No 203 with BoxRec. Situation normal at the WBA. 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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